“I definitely read a great amount of Edward J. Ruppelt’s book, who was the head of Blue Book at the time, and who my character is loosely based on and I even did research at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base [Project Blue Book’s headquarters] because I grew up near there,” Malarkey says.

“There’s just so much rich material to draw from. And I think that the exciting thing about this show is that, as much as it is a drama, and you do have to take artistic license to be able to tell a story, at the same time, hopefully, what the show will do is reactivate an incredible interest from people who aren’t as aware of the depths of what’s going on and the truth behind the stories told.”

Malarkey says he was aware the U.S. Air Force had looked into UFOs, but he did not realize how many cases they were unable to explain.

“I mean, it was like some 15 to 20% that fell into the unknown category,” Malarkey says. “The thing is, the further you go down this rabbit hole, I think anybody who does, cannot help but question that something else out there exists.”

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