UFO Hunters is an American television series that premiered on January 30, 2008 on The History Channel, produced by Motion Picture Production Inc., and ran for three seasons.Jon Alon Walz was the Executive Producer of the show and was responsible for selling the series to History Channel after a bidding war for the rights to the show broke out between History Channel and Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy).
The concept for the show was tested in a segment of History Channel's 2006 UFO special entitled "Deep Sea UFOs", produced by Motion Picture Production Inc, which featured two of the final four cast members. "UFO Hunters" was not a spin-off from a 2005 History Channel special with the same title. The tagline of the show is: Hoax or History?
The series should not be confused with a similarly themed and titled UFO Hunters, a special that debuted the same day and time on the Sci-Fi Channel, (now SyFy), and created by the producers of Ghost Hunters, but which only aired one episode.
In the US, History Channel only released the first two seasons on DVD in the correct airdate order. However, the format was only released in full screen (1:33:1) instead of wide screen. In the UK, History Channel released the third and final season on DVD however, the episodes were released in the incorrect airdate order.
In a 2011 interview with Jim Harold, William J. Birnes claimed that after the Dulce Base episode aired, the show was canceled by top level executives at History Channel.
Season three
History ended season three of the series abruptly on May 20, 2009 and the last four episodes that were produced were never broadcast. According to his Facebook page, Bill Birnes headed up an online petition for History to continue the series. On October 29, 2009, History aired the last four episodes as a four-hour marathon.
Episode Title Original Airdate
301 (27) "Giant Triangles" March 18, 2009
The team investigates the increasing number of enormous black triangle reports in Sonora, California – what has become known as "Triangle Alley" – and analyzes night and rare daylight video footage of these objects to determine if they are top secret military aircraft or otherworldly spacecraft.
302 (28) "Underground Alien Bases" March 25, 2009
The team looks into the claims of undercover investigators and former military personnel about Dulce Base, an alleged alien facility that exists somewhere below a mesa near Dulce, New Mexico, where human-alien hybrid experiments are being performed and how the beings there came into deadly conflict with military personnel.
303 (29) "The Greys Conspiracy" April 1, 2009
The team investigates alien abduction cases from different parts of the world, each with alarmingly similar details involving alien-human hybrid experimentation and beings ufologists call "Greys" which are typically described as gray-skinned humanoids with large, black, almond-shaped eyes.
304 (30) "Underwater Alien Bases" April 8, 2009
The hunters delve into the mountain of reports from the Gulf Breeze, Florida UFO sighting wave of the early 1990s and then looks for possible connections to recent reports from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba of alleged Unidentified Submerged Objects (USOs) spotted rising from the ocean.
305 (31) "Nazi UFOs" April 22, 2009
The team ventures to Germany and Poland to investigate rumors that the Third Reich had reverse engineered technology and may have produced a functional spacecraft, and how some of this technology was captured by the United States and helped jump start the U.S. space program. Military historian Igor Witkowski gives the team insight on "Die Glocke" (The Bell), an alleged top secret Nazi wunderwaffen.
306 (32) "Alien Harvest" April 29, 2009
The team investigates the phenomena of cattle mutilations, investigating a recent slaughter and following patterns of other cases, as well as sightings of black helicopters which have led some to believe the military may be involved in the killings as part of a secret experiment.
307 (33) "UFO Relics" May 6, 2009
Investigating so-called "trace cases", the team studies supposed physical evidence left behind after various UFO sightings, from a strange glass-like rock found in Poland, to an odd piece of metal a Missouri man claims to have found after it was dropped from a UFO.
308 (34) "Underwater Area 51" May 13, 2009
The investigators monitor the activity of the AUTEC (Atlantic Undersea Test and Evaluation Center), which is used by the U.S. Navy for underwater research, but the increasing reports of UFO and USO activity surrounding the facility have led to rumors the base is testing alien technology.
309 (35) "UFO Surveillance" May 20, 2009
The team analyzes videos and eyewitness accounts that suggest a strong UFO presence at two of America's top research facilities; Brookhaven National Laboratory on New York's Long Island, and Lawrence Livermore Laboratory in Northern California.
310 (36) "Dark Presence" October 29, 2009
The team investigates the phenomena of orbs – mysterious balls of light that appear to coincide with earthquakes – and travel to areas of orb activity in Arizona, Indiana, and Missouri where some witnesses claim the spheres are intelligent and communicate through dreams and premonitions.
311 (37) "First Response" October 29, 2009
The team tries to gather insight on the military's "First Response" protocols, the alleged recovery and cover-up procedures that are followed in case of a UFO incident. The investigation takes them to a claim of a military pursuit of multiple UFOs near Long Beach, California and a return visit to the supposed UFO crash in Needles, California in 2008.
312 (38) "The Silencers" October 29, 2009
The hunters delve into cases involving witness interrogation by mysterious agents known as the "Men in Black" (MIBs), who sometimes appear suddenly after a UFO event, exhibit unusual behavior, know facts that have not been divulged by witnesses, and threaten the lives of those involved with severe consequences unless they remain silent about their encounter.
313 (39) "Area 52" October 29, 2009
The hunters investigate the Dugway Proving Ground, a remote military testing facility near Dugway, Utah, and examine the reports of UFO activity that has surrounded the site for the past 10 years – leading some UFO watchers to dub it "Area 52" and "The New Area 51."