Project U.F.O. (1978) - Season 1 OPENING

[MrGpoppop]

What exactly is "high strangeness" anyway?



[CodySimpsonlover67]

I bet those 2 dislikes are the Irate Gamer and Arch Fiend.

[Goodiesfanful]

I love the MAD satire of Project UFO. IMO, it was one of MAD's best satires because it really hit the bullseye - that Project Bluebook was a concerted effort to "Reject UFOs". Hence the title of the satire.

[TryTheRedPill]

I remember being so excited when the pilot premiered. I couldn't have been more than 10 at the time. The first alien encounter with that robot alien that goes to some womans farm house scared the piss out of me. Matter of fact this show always scared the piss out of me. But it got really cheesy after a few weeks and I quit watching

[thejimm2009]

Thanks for posting! One of my favorite shows as a kid.

[durhay]

I remember the zebra aliens. Judging by the brief clip at the end of this video, I think it's the one where this guy spots a strange rock by the side of the road. He puts it in the passenger seat, but his car won't start. Once he removes the rock, it starts. I don't know what happened next because that scene lasted only a few minutes.

[Di0genesus]

On every Sunday, I think it was just before or after Wide World of Disney.

[graciemaemarie11]

jacjk webb mr DRAGNET... you cunts ever heard of dragnet? you cumsucking pussy sniffers

[MikeTaylorLives]

I used to watch this as a kid.

[websuspect]

PROJECT BLUEBOOK. The AIRFOCE CLASSIFIED EVERYTHIGN REPORTED AS A WEATHER BALOON.

[skatemonk]

Wow I used to love this show, the FX were quite strange but very imaginative! Why is this gem not on DVD? I remember one alien with a domed helmet, and when he spoke his whole face was just one big superimposed mouth. Lots of model kits must have been cannibalized to make all those space ships!

[B5guy]

WOW I remember this program when i was young

[eandatoo]

@B5guy I remember this series too! We used to watch it every week.

[RavenHouseMystery]

This was a great show when it first aired and it was too bad it only lasted one season. It looked like the writers were hinting that some of the UFO encounters were real, even if there was a reasonable explaination. Maybe they were planning for the show to go in a new direction with a second season, but we won't ever know.

I do think that this show may have been one of the inspirations behind "The X-Files" 15 years later.

[glennorange]

The opening sounds like the music from the Gamera films!

[renkn]

The names have been changed to protect innocent.

[doihavetowatchthis]

I used to watch this when I was a boy. Alongside Gerry Anderson's 'UFO' and Happy Days it was one of my favourite programmes.

Of course now I know that UFOs, like God, are just creations of a feeble mind. The lost innocence of youth.

[Teflon65]

I forgot that Jack Webb narrated this show, even though I knew his production company, Mark VII, made the show. I also didn't know Nelson Riddle did the theme song. Nelson Riddle did the musical accompanyment on many famous old songs.

[whiskeyify]

Really liked this show...but it led us believe that UFO's do not exist..

[PatchesRips]

"High" strangeness... yeah, I'd say that was the case about 80% of the time. :D

[carmichaelful]

Tasteless aliens. Looking at the craft at the start of this documentary, they built their craft to be flying condoms.

[carmichaelful]

These informative documentaries and the expertise of Mr Von Daniken make me believe in extra terrestrials. They're real!

[Mantikal]

Intergalactic & Trans-dimensional pedophiles hiding in your families - no one is safe!!!

[dynagravitomagnetic]

This was meant to dissuade people from coming forward with information. It was an active effort of the national security agency to suppress public interest in the subject matter. "Operation Paperclip" was the transfer of the German Gravity experiments after WW2 to Nellis Air Force Base. The reality of extraterrestrial visitation can be seen by looking up Dr. Steven Greer and the "DISCLOSURE PROJECT". Ironic that this premier coincided with the "Billy Meier" contacts?

[dynagravitomagnetic]

This subject goes back into ancient days. It is the genuine foundation of human history. in 1920 German "Haunenburg", which was directed by the "Black Sun" of the NASDP S.S., and "Thuler" societies built modern UFOs. Sigrund and Marie Osruc with E.T. contacts, and the work of Viktor Schauberger helped develop the "vrill" gravity lift. "New Shwabenland" in the Antarctic was the result. Look up "MARCONI VORTEX DYNAMO" and "SUPER FLUID GRAVITY CENTRIFUGE"

[doihavetowatchthis]

Yeah! And "FLUX CONVERTER" and "SONIC SCREWDRIVER".

[dynagravitomagnetic]

@doihavetowatchthis Most people who actually do their homework and have a basic understanding will simply shrug. Then there are those who do no research, and cannot be enlightened by any means whatsoever. They post harassing and often foul dialogue. Flux convert probably refers to "Back to the future" and Sonic to Doctor who. - Congrats Genius.

[tomg5150]

Havent seen this in Years!!!

[Apophisguard]

The theme music is so wrong for this type of programme. But thanks for posting, I haven't seen this for years.

[PupuTheClown]

The narrator sounds like he really likes his cigarettes.

[justinarrieta420]

i seen a ufo and it was awesome

[wanderer711]

lol... the funny thing is.. Project Bluebook closed up almost overnight...

[altha2008]

The real operation of Bluebook was to discredit people who claim to see U.F.O not to prove it

[ryoushii]

And the UFO nutjobs are here too. I remember this series, and there was only ONE episode where the UFO in question wasn't explained as ordinary phenomena that was misinterpreted by gulible yokals. And, even that episode didn't come to a firm conclusion, it simply left the question open.

[crittertv]

I watched this show as a kid, dont remember it well though, just didnt have the staying power, I remember they would built tiny models and moved around inside the models with a periscope lens, that was hi-tek at the time. I think w/the military theme and all the whole UFO awareness concept was lost, I really did like that BBC show UFO & Space 1999!!

[PetePuma00]

I've UFOs teice. One time back in the 80s, another a few years ago.

All that appeared for me were distant points of light moving in ways that could not be explained. Hence, unidentified. I make no claim as to what I saw being from another world. I just saw something very odd on both accounts.

Fortunately, on the second sighting, I had a witness with me. It was strange to be sure.

It was a "do you see what I'm seeing" moment.

[eoinboru]

I remember this show. Sgt. Fritz was always talking about grits. There was a glowing monkey episode that gave me nightmares.

[billpage]

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[robertisaistrujillo]

See this proves it they're out there and it's creeping me out. I think they bugged my rubber ducky.

[b6gm6n]

post close encounters...(the film) interesting

[polyrhythmic1]

They're real. We're not alone.

[LonesomeTroubadour]

@polyrhythmic1 No.

[TheRebel2007]

Please! By the end of the show's second season you could actually see the prop-masters hand as he held up a cigar wrapped in aluminium foil with the letters "U.F.O." drawn on the side with sharpie marker!

[dharmathai]

i lved this programme and never missed a single episode.. never had to argue about what channel to watch as we live in malta g.c and only had one tv channel lol

I was lucky enough to see my dream come true at 17 when i saw my first ufo with my own eyes.

[BrionyCoote]

I remember this programme from watching it as a 10 year old - thirty years ago! I think the MAD satire of it - their view that these Blue Book investigations that it was all a concerted effort to "Reject UFOs" was right on the head as well!

[rdt1970]

anywhere i can download this

[Robertasim]

Luck you.

[md902A]

Oh yeah, I had nightmares about the episode with aliens that had horses heads.....

[Anomalocaris42]

Oh thank goodness, I thought I was the only one! Those horseheaded aliens who handed over a medallion whilst floating at a window scared me senseless. I wouldn't look out the window at night for ages after watching that. But I was only 9!

[md902A]

No me also. However the people who witnessesd the horse aliens had a picture of a horse in their lounge and shit loads of LCD so got written by Blue book. I made up the LCD part. And this programme was shown what, 1pm/2pm in afternoon! X-files was watershed. Just shows how attitudes to the main topic have changed over years. Mind you Columbo (he knows everything) or Randell and Hopkirk still scares me witless but is still shown in the afternoon. Conspritize that one. :-)

[md902A]

who witnessesd the horse aliens had a picture of a horse in their lounge and shit loads of LCD so got written of by Blue book guys.

[IRONMANAustralia]

Me four.

Those horse aliens freaked me the fuck out - big time.

[gell7]

@IRONMANAustralia me and you both!! man if aliens and out of the ufo, 2days out came "talking horses" i freak out i was only a kid back then the special effect would be laughable by todays standard? .. but they work with what they had.

[md902A]

This program was called "Project Bluebook" in the UK.

[MAGNADOODLER]

I REMEMBER THIS PROGRAM A LONG TIME AGO

[doomroe3]

this brings back memories of the x-files (i'm only 17 :( ), which makes me long for them to continue the x-files story, i want more episodes :(

[Efrasnel]

Loved this show, even though I was scared shitless at times. Hey, I was 9...

[RazulLD]

It was a great show indeed. I was inspired by this show to search for the truth.

[BitterCycle]

It starts off so ominous sounding, then burst into a typical cheesy and upbeat 70's show intro.

[warszawianka]

"Ezekiel saw the wheel..." and suddenly I am transported back to being a 6-year-old kid. Thanks for posting this. Project UFO was like an early version of the X-Files.

[BootPatrol]

In a sense, it was, but was based on the files of Project Blue Book.

[EmpressDR]

I bet the reason they replaced this opening was due to Webb saying "Ezekiel saw the wheel. This is the wheel he said he saw." Well! How would HE know? Was that picture in the Bible?

When I was a kid, we had a UFO sighting, and were visited by Project Blue Book Air Force guys. I loved their uniforms. I told them they were cute, and one dashed my hopes by saying he was married. BAH!

[EmpressDR]

I loved this show. I prefered William Jordan, because he was SO hot and sexy--but I read that he quit because he didn't like the show. TV Guide critic Judith Crist refered to him as "grumpy" William Jordan being replaced by Edward Winter --who was on MASH as Colonel Flagg. He was really great, though. But I sighed for my sexy William Jordan, whom I only recall being in the Buddy Holly Story.

[Arctic49519]

I loved this show. It was way ahead of it's time. This really was the x-files of the '70's.

[rocknum]

who's the narrator?

[Arctic49519]

I believe the narrator is Jack Webb. Webb produced this show.

[fatkat357]

Before the X-Files, there was already a show that was "X Files meets Dragnet, and leaves out the sex".

[howelldrake]

They left out the angels farting fire in the wheel image they claim Ezekiel saw. GMAFB.

[RacerXGTO]

Damn, I remember watching this when I was 6 years old.

The Soviet Union lanched a little UFO project of their own too. KGB agents inside the US were sent to determine if any of it posed a threat to the USSR. Their findings.... NOPE!

[BitterCycle]

It starts out dark and ominous, and then breaks into the typical cheesy tv show music lol

[recordman64]

It was popular enough that Mad Magazine parodied it as 'Reject U.F.O's'...the last scene in the parody read 'a What IV Production'!

[MasterEiji]

wow.. I had almost forgotten this one altogether... I would sometimes watch it. but I was only 5 at the time..

[plutaris33]

I would love to see this show back on Cable, the American Life Cable channel is playing mostly old shows from the 60's and 70's, like Combat!!, Mission:Impossible, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Land of the Giants, Lost in Space, and one of my childhood favs, The Time Tunnel. This would be a perfect show for them to broadcast. Let's all Email them to get

Project Blue Book (UFO) back on the air!!!

[nicknameRebel]

The show that made UFOs boring. Mission accomplished!

[ghostgeek]

Wow. What a let down. I vaguely remember the show as a child. I recall the opening being much more dramatic than this, but then again, I was like 10 years old at the time! Whats with the cheesy CHIPS-Like theme music and crappy title graphics? Try and be a little more spooky and dramatic guys!

They should have had Leonard Nemoy do the voice over!

[trentcreek]

Maybe you are thinking the other show "Project Blue Book"

[jwhiteout]

Anyone remeber the episode where some dude find some mirrored little projectile in the desert and it explodes? One of the few clips I remember. I was so little...

[WildmanWoodie]

Man, I dig that voiceover by Jack Webb in the opening credits!

[Datan0de]

WOW! I was 7 or 8 when this show aired, and I haven't thought about it since. Just a few minutes ago I heard someone make a reference to Project Blue Book and vaguely remembered that there had been a TV show about it way back when. The only thing about it that I could clearly recall was the music, and I'm amazed tht I remembered it so clearly!

[plutaris33]

There was another show Datan, on NBC called

"Project Blue Book" or just "Blue Book".

I watched it religiously. This one isn't it.

Do you rememeber that one?

[spockvideo]

Project UFO and Project Blue Book are the exact same show. Project Blue Book was the title they sometimes used in syndication.

[plutaris33]

spock, watched the opening credits to Project UFO and those 2 actors were not the ones I remember from Project Blue Book.

This could have been in the early 70's, cause I as got older in the 70's I was rarely home to watch TV much.

[crudbudsucks]

That's because Wm. Jordan was replaced by Edward Winter in the second season and also, each season had a different opening. Caskey Swaim remained with the show through the entire run. Project UFO and Project Blue Book are the same show no matter what the differences in titles.

[plutaris33]

Just saw that William Jordan played the lead role in Season 1. That was the actor and the show I rememebered. Seems he was only on the show in Season 1. Saw his picture on the Project UFO website. Another website mentioned that in America it was called Project Blue Book and in the UK, it was Project UFO. That settles that. Thanks for the info spock.

[GOOSEYGOOSE9]

CBS Television Distribution And The Estate Of Jack Webb Got The Distribution Rights To Project UFO And Sam As Well As Little Mo The 1978 TV Movie They Were Filmed At Samuel Goldwyn Studios In Hollywood Jack Webb Work At Warner Bros He Got Fired From Warner Bros And Worked At Universal In 1965 Then At Goldwyn Studios In Hollywood He Signed Distribution Deal With Worldvision

[Rusbuc1985]

I haven't seen that in about 30 years. I watched it as a kid. YouTube rocks!

[Escapingthebat]

I used to watch this as a kid myself. What I do remember is most of the UFO's were always a story proven fake in the series. I believe they had a few that they couldn't prove.....not sure though. Can anyone verify this for me please?

[MasterEiji]

well.. out of all the investigations.. about 20% are regarded as "unsovlable".. meaning they cant be regarded as "weather", aircraft, or other "oddities"

[WildmanWoodie]

Most they could prove were nothing otherworldly, but a few were left ambiguous, much like the findings of the real Project Blue Book.

[ryoushii]

@Escapingthebat You are correct. I was 16-17 when this show was on, and I only remember ONE episode where there was a question as to whether there really had been a UFO. Every other episode eventually debunked its particular UFO incident.

[Sharpblue]

Watch episodes here: glowingdial(dot)com/pufo_strea­mvid(DOT)htm

[Raphael99999]

I think they should make new episodes for this one.

[thimoneus]

I too was a kid when this was on the air. I remember seeing the commercials for the show before it first aired. I went absolutely berzerk over the advertisements and begged my mother to let me stay at my grandmother's to watch the first episode instead of going to my uncle's house with the rest of the family to watch Rocky on HBO.

[steveasat2]

Most shows look a lot better to me in hindsight, but I still recall how frustrating this show was to a kid with a flying saucer fixation. Brief glimpses of the UFOs, then a whole lotta "Adam-12" style interviewing. Probably would be more entertaining to me today.

[thimoneus]

Yeah, I loved the idea for the show, but it turned out to be too little UFO and alien footage and too much talk among humans. I watched part of the first show and then got my step uncle to drive me to my uncle's house, where I watched Rocky with everybody else. I tried to like the show a few more times, but they just didn't show enough aliens and space ships. I would probably love it now.

[tvengr4047]

This was a great show! I loved it as a kid and never forgot it. I would love to see this released someday.

[mrmike1884]

a good show. i loved it as a kid and i would love to see full episodes.

[NinjaNotGeisha]

OH WOW. Same as jpowell180... i saw this as a little kid in the late 70s on TV... anyone got full episodes or know where to find them!?!? I do have some memories about this series I can't forget!!!

[b6gm6n]

Interesting that the USAF sent out these hapless investigators to gather information about their own military black projects (about 99.6% of all UFO's seen to date) im sure they were all cold war Russian devices 'glammed' up by the public wanting a fast buck or their 15 mins of fame etc

[jpowell180]

YESS!!!!

At the time it aired, this was me & my bro's favorite show - but I haven't seen the intro in nearly three decades!!!!

Thanks for posting it!!!

[CultofJ]

pretty cool but what's with the elevator music?