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Project Blue Book
Where the conspiracy began.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Aidan Gillen
Allen Hynek
20 eps
Michael Malarkey
Michael Quinn
20 eps
Laura Mennell
Mimi Hynek
20 eps
Ksenia Solo
Susie Miller
20 eps
Neal McDonough
James Harding
20 eps
Michael Harney
Hugh Valentine
20 eps
Nicholas Holmes
Joel Hynek
12 eps
Jill Morrison
Faye
11 eps
Matt O'Leary
Henry Fuller
6 eps
Ian Tracey
Fixer
10 eps
Robert John Burke
William Fairchild
7 eps
Jerod Haynes
Daniel Banks
5 eps
Currie Graham
Cal Miller
5 eps
Keir O'Donnell
Evan Blake
4 eps
Michael Imperioli
Edward Rizzuto
3 eps
Caspar Phillipson
John F. Kennedy
3 eps
Sofia Milos
Daria
3 eps
Heather Doerksen
Donna Smith
3 eps
Zach McGowan
Duncan Booker
2 eps
Spencer Garrett
Ryan Blackstone
2 eps
Bob Gunton
Harry S. Truman
1 eps
Thomas Kretschmann
Wernher von Braun
1 eps
Bronson Pinchot
David Dubrovsky
1 eps
Nolan Hupp
Eric
1 eps
Jason Burkart
Greg
1 eps
Christopher Heyerdahl
Edmund
1 eps
Graham Greene
David
1 eps
Rohan Campbell
Rourke
1 eps
Steven Williams
Nate
1 eps
Dave Cameron
Panel Member (uncredited)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Project Blue Book actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Project Blue Book reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A chronicle of the true top secret U.S. Air Force-sponsored investigations into UFO-related phenomena in the 1950s and ’60s, known as “Project Blue Book”.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 20 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201910 episodes
7.4IMDbBest episode · S01E01 The Fuller Dogfight
Season 2 · Complete
Season 2
202010 episodes
7.9IMDbNew threats loom for Project Blue Book, Dr. Allen Hynek and Captain Michael Quinn must delve further down the UFO conspiracy rabbit hole in their quest for the truth. Soon, cover-ups from the past collide with new UFO cases, forcing our duo to not only question the multi-faceted layers to a broadening global conspiracy, but the very nature & origin of UFOs themselves in an unstable world.
Best episode · S02E10 Operation Mainbrace
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S02E10
Operation Mainbrace
Strange interlopers in the sky and sea, and the actions of a rogue admiral, threaten to turn a naval exercise into World War III. It's up to Hynek and Quinn to stop the rogue admiral.
S02E09
Broken Arrow
When Hynek and Quinn track down a mysterious plane that has vanished in the Canadian wilderness, they must embark on a dangerous mission to recover its missing cargo.
- Directed by Norma Bailey
S02E03
Area 51
Hynek and Quinn investigate reports of a soldier who was allegedly taken inside a flying saucer at a remote military base in Nevada, where they subsequently learn about the several reasons why the secrets contained in Area 51 should not be released.
- Directed by Pete Travis
S02E01
The Roswell Incident (1)
Hynek and Quinn follow General Harding to Roswell, New Mexico, where an anonymous townsperson has threatened to expose evidence to the world of an extraterrestrial crash-landing six years ago.
- Directed by Deran Sarafian
- Written by David O'Leary
S01E01
The Fuller Dogfight
Ohio State astrophysicist Dr. Allen Hynek is recruited by the Air Force into their top-secret program investigating UFOs called Project Blue Book. Partnered with Captain Michael Quinn, they investigate the case of a military pilot who survived a dogfight with an alien craft. Based on the "Gorman Dogfight" case.
- Directed by Robert Stromberg
- Written by David O'Leary
S02E02
The Roswell Incident (2)
Hynek and Quinn nearly reach a potential culprit, which could take them to just where they need to be to discover the truth behind the famous Roswell incident.
- Directed by Deran Sarafian
- Written by Sean Jablonski
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
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David O'Leary
Showrunner
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Sean Jablonski
Executive producer
Robert Zemeckis
Executive producer
Jack Rapke
Executive producer
Barry Jossen
Executive producer
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Jacqueline Levine
Executive producer
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Linda Burstyn
Writer
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Alec Wells
Writer
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Emily Brochin
Writer
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Thania St. John
Writer
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Stewart Kaye
Writer
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Aaron Rapke
Writer
Harley Peyton
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- David O'LearyExecutive Producer
- Sean JablonskiExecutive Producer
- Robert ZemeckisExecutive Producer
- Cecil O'ConnorProducer
- Jack RapkeExecutive Producer
- Barry JossenExecutive Producer
Writing
- David O'LearyWriter
- Sean JablonskiWriter
- Linda BurstynWriter
- Alec WellsWriter
- Emily BrochinWriter
- Thania St. JohnWriter
Direction
- Pete TravisDirector
- John ScottDirector
- Robert StrombergDirector
- Wendey StanzlerDirector
- Norma BaileyDirector
- Deran SarafianDirector
Cinematography
- François DagenaisDirector of Photography
- C. Kim MilesDirector of Photography
Music
- Daniel WohlOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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