NEW YORK – With news of three unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs) being shot down throughout the North American continent, front and center in the media, National Geographic’s latest docuseries, UFOs: Investigating the Unknown, could not have debuted at a more opportune time.

The series takes an in-depth look at the phenomenon of unidentified flying objects. The concept of investigating these mysterious objects is nothing new, but Nat Geo’s latest take is the first major UFO media offering following a 2022 open Congress hearing on the still unexplained sightings.

On May 17, 2022, members of the United States House Intelligence Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Counterintelligence and Counterproliferation held congressional hearings with top military officials to discuss military reports of unexplained aerial phenomena. It was the first public congressional hearing into UFO sightings in the US in over 50 years.