<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> External links </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Official website </Td> </Tr> <P> Project Blue Book is an upcoming American science fiction drama television series, scheduled to premiere on History January 8, 2019 . The main role of Josef Allen Hynek is played by Aidan Gillen, and the series will consist of ten episodes . The series is based on the real - life Project Blue Book . </P> <P> The series revolves around secret U.S. Air Force investigations into supposed UFO encounters and unexplained phenomenon, undertaken by astrophysicist, and eventual ufologist, Josef Allen Hynek in the 1950s and 1960s . </P>

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