Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by J.J. Abrams, BEYOND: UFOS AND THE UNKNOWN is a four-part documentary that explores what's buried deep within the Pentagon, following revelations in 2017 of a secret government program studying UFOs. Since this program was revealed, many scientists, academics, and government officials stopped wondering whether UFOs were real and started asking: "what are they?" This journey led them far beyond machines in the sky, taking them down a rabbit hole of alien encounters, near-death experiences, remote viewing, and other seemingly unrelated paranormal phenomena. Using the most sophisticated techniques and searching for only credible evidence, they discovered frightening, perplexing, and eye-opening realities buried just beneath the surface of everyday life. The answers they brought back promise not only to rewrite our conception of UFOs, but to change everything we thought we knew about human consciousness, the afterlife, and our place in the universe. Featured experts include: Jacques Vallee (Computer Scientist and Astronomer), Whitley Strieber (Author, Communion), Garry Nolan (Professor at Stanford University School of Medicine), Leslie Kean (Journalist), Bryan Bender (Former Defense Editor, POLITICO), Christopher Mellon (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Intelligence), Tim Gallaudet (Rear Admiral, US Navy, Retired), Greg Eghigian (Professor of History and Bioethics at Penn State), Mitch Horowitz (Author, Modern Occultism), Jeffrey J. Kripal (Professor of Philosophy and Religious Thought, Rice University) and many more. The four episodes are:

Episode 1 (Sunday, October 27, 2024): Revelations of a secret Pentagon program as well as eyewitness testimony from fighter pilots forces the world to take UFOs seriously for the first time in years. But Congressional hearings and new task forces find more questions than they do answers. Directed by Paul Crowder.

Episode 2 (Sunday, November 3, 2024): Most people think that UFOs are just machines in the sky. But legendary researcher Jacques Vallee and writer Whitley Strieber believe that the explanation is much stranger and more terrifying... a terror that Strieber has experienced firsthand. Directed by Mark Monroe.

Episode 3 (Sunday, November 10, 2024): Academics and scientists are finally able to study UFOs and alien encounters without risking their careers. Some subjects remain taboo, though - including materials allegedly left by UFOs, and the frightening stories of "experiencers." Directed by Paul Crowder.

Episode 4 (Sunday, November 17, 2024): A number of mavericks believe that unexplained phenomena like remote viewing and near-death experiences have a strange connection to UFOs -- and this connection threatens to change everything we thought we knew about human consciousness. Directed by Mark Monroe.