Project U.F.O.: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

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

Project U.F.O. is an American anthology television series which ran on NBC from 1978 to 1979. Running for two seasons of 13 episodes each, the show was based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book. The show was created by Jack Webb, who pored through Air Force files looking for episode ideas.

In the style of Jack Webb (Executive Producer), stories were taken from the USAF's "Project Bluebook" files and dramatized. The producer of the program, Col. William T. Coleman, USAF (Ret.) was the former head of "Project Bluebook".

Series details

• Title: Project U.F.O.
• Format: Scripted
• Language: English
• Genres: Drama, Fantasy, Science-Fiction
• Premiere date: 1978-02-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 1979-07-19
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NBC
• Network country: United States
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 25481
• IMDb ID: tt0077065
• TVDB ID: 78566

Cast and credited roles

• Caskey Swaim — Staff Sergeant Harry Fitz
• Edward Winter — Captain Ben Ryan
• William Jordan — Major Jake Gatlin

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 1978-02-19; final listed air date 1978-06-04; episode order: 13.
• Season 2: premiered 1978-09-21; final listed air date 1979-07-19; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Project U.F.O. on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.