Prototype Files

Prototype Files investigates the machines that look wrong — experimental aircraft, cancelled prototypes, destructive test programs, and the hardware we sent into space — using real footage, primary sources, and the engineering reasons behind them.

EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT — X-planes, research jets and aircraft that shouldn't fly
TESTED TO DESTRUCTION — engines fired until they break, tanks crushed until they burst
THE MACHINES WE SENT UP — spacecraft, telescopes, rovers and what became of them
UFO & UAP CASE FILES — Pentagon and FBI tapes, with the government's own wording on screen
FLY THROUGH THE UNIVERSE — NASA visualisations and onboard film, seen from the inside

New releases use archival and primary-source imagery — not AI-generated footage.

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