"Project U.F.O." (1978) TV series 1978-1979

Creator:

Jack Webb

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

19 February 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Plot:

Two agents of the U.S. Government's Project Blue Book project investigate sightings of extraterrestrials and unidentified flying objects.

Plot Keywords:

Government | Extraterrestrial | Docudrama | Acronym In Title | Operation Blue Book

Cast

Caskey Swaim	...	Staff Sergeant Harry Fitz (26 episodes, 1978-1979)
Edward Winter	...	Captain Ben Ryan / ... (14 episodes, 1978-1979)
William Jordan	...	Major Jake Gatlin (13 episodes, 1978)

Also Known As:

Project Blue Book (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

60 min (26 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Mark VII Ltd.

Quotes:

[Opening narration]
Announcer: Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw. These are unidentified flying objects that people say they are seeing now. Are they proof that we are being visited by civilizations from other stars? Or just what are they? The United States Air Force began an investigation of this high strangeness in a search for the truth. What you are about to see is part of that 20-year search.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Walter Matthau (#4.7)" (1978)

Not bad, but I was about nine years old at the time....

I remember this show, particularly one episode which ended with the two agents at the top of some observation tower with a large white UFO floating away from them. As I recall the FX were actually OK, and the whole thing had quite a cool Close Encounters-type feel to it. Certainly a predecessor to the X-Files, Sci-Fi channel or somebody could re-run this and cash in.