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Project U.F.O.
| Project U.F.O. | |
| Premiere | February 19, 1978 |
| Finale | July 12, 1979 |
| Creator | Harold Jack Bloom |
| Network/Provider | NBC |
| Style | 60-minute sci-fi drama |
| Company | Mark VII Limited, Worldvision Enterprises |
| Seasons | 2 |
| Episodes | 26 |
| Origin | USA |
Project U.F.O. is a sci-fi drama that aired on NBC.
The show features two U.S. Air Force investigators with the Foreign Technology Division at Wright-Patterson AFB, charged with investigating UFO sightings. The first season starred William Jordan as Maj. Jake Gatlin alongside Caskey Swaim as Staff Sgt. Harry Fitz. Jordan was a rather nondescript leading man, while Swaim, who had never had any significant acting experience before landing the role, added diversity as a Southerner with a pronounced accent. In season two, Jordan was replaced by Edward Winter as Capt. Ben Ryan. Aldine King ("Libby") was another regular. Dr. Joyce Brothers appeared in two episodes.
In the pilot episode, Gatlin informed the newly assigned Fitz that, since it is impossible to prove a negative, their job was to prove that each UFO sighting was real, by researching and disproving possible alternate explanations. Gatlin also told Fitz that he himself had once seen "something I can't explain" while flying as an Air Force pilot, which led to his interest in Blue Book.
In retrospect, Project U.F.O. anticipated many of the themes of The X-Files, which aired 14 years later, but without the latter show's romantic subtext or its anti-government (or, for that matter, its anti-alien) paranoia. As with Blue Book, many of the UFO sightings on Project UFO turned out to have conventional explanations. Some, however, were left unexplained, and suggestive of alien contact. By the second season, the investigators had themselves experienced a UFO sighting.
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Cast
| Actor | Character | Duration | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Main Cast | |||
| William Jordan | Maj. Jake Gatlin | * | |
| Edward Winter | Capt. Ben Ryan | * | |
| Caskey Swaim | Sgt. Harry Fitz | * | * |
Seasons
| Season | Premiere | Finale | # | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NBC | ||||||
| Season One | February 19, 1978 | June 4, 1978 | 13 | |||
| Season Two | September 21, 1978 | July 12, 1979 | 13 | |||
In-Depth
- At a Glance: Additional information about the series
DVD Releases
There are no DVD releases for this show.
