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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
39 (list of episodes)

Final episode date
  
29 October 2009

Language
  
English

6.5/10
IMDb

Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
3

First episode date
  
30 January 2008

Distributor
  
A&E Networks

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Starring
  
William J. BirnesPat UskertTed Acworth (season 1 & 2)Jeff Tomlinson (season 1)Kevin Cook (season 3)John Tindall: experiments producer (season 1 & 2)

Narrated by
  
James Lrie (season 1 & 2)

Genres
  
Documentary film, Reality television, Live action

Similar
  
UFO Files, Ancient Aliens, Unsealed: Alien Files, Ghost Hunters, Hangar 1: The UFO Files

UFO Hunters is an American television series that premiered on January 30, 2008 on The History Channel, produced by Motion Picture Production Inc., and ran for three seasons. Jon Alon Walz was the Executive Producer of the show and was responsible for selling the series to History Channel after a bidding war for the rights to the show broke out between History Channel and Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy).

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The concept for the show was tested in a segment of History Channel's 2006 UFO special entitled "Deep Sea UFOs", produced by Motion Picture Production Inc, which featured two of the final four cast members. "UFO Hunters" was not a direct spin-off from a 2005 History Channel special with the same title, but they did use images from the 2005 special to promote the premiere of the new series. The tagline of the show is: Hoax or History? The series should not be confused with a similarly themed and titled Ghost Hunters, a special that debuted the same day and time on the Sci-Fi Channel, (now SyFy), and created by the producers of Ghost Hunters, but which only aired one episode.

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In the US, History Channel only released the first two seasons on DVD in the correct airdate order. However, the format was only released in full screen (1:33:1) instead of wide screen. In the UK, History Channel released the third and final season on DVD however, the episodes were released in the incorrect airdate order. In a 2011 interview with podcaster Jim Harold, William J. Birnes claimed that after the Dulce Base episode aired, the show was canceled by top level executives at History Channel. In 2013, Bill Birnes, Pat Uskert, and Ted Acworth were reunited on a radio interview with Inception Radio Network to discuss the possibilities of a UFO Hunters reboot.

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Format

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The show follows numerous investigations (referred to as "cases" in the beginning of each episode) led by William J. Birnes and his team of experts: researcher and scuba diver Pat Uskert, mechanical engineer and MIT researcher Ted Acworth, and investigative biologist Jeff Tomlinson. In the second season, Tomlinson departed. In the third season, Acworth was replaced by mechanical engineer Kevin Cook.

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In each episode, the team investigates reports of unidentified aerial phenomena in which they interview witnesses of close encounters with UFOs, USOs (unidentified submerged objects), and supposed extraterrestrial life. They also analyze any evidence collected such as photographs, video, or recovered physical material. They also conduct research with other investigators and scientists in the field in an attempt to find conclusive evidence that a report is real or a hoax. The show also investigates long-standing UFO cases such as the Roswell, New Mexico UFO crash incident and other famous sightings throughout history.

The opening theme song "The Only One" was performed by the band Operator. In later seasons the song was removed and the opening theme was changed.

Episodes

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Season 1 (2008)

Season 1 aired from January 30, 2008 to May 7, 2008.

Season 2 (2008–09)

Season 2 aired from October 29, 2008 to February 25, 2009.

Season 3 (2009)

History ended Season 3 of the series abruptly on May 20, 2009 and the last four episodes that were produced were never broadcast. According to his Facebook page, Bill Birnes headed up an online petition for History to continue the series. On October 29, 2009, History aired the last four episodes as a four-hour marathon.

References

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