Project UFO: Release Date, Trailer & Where to Stream

In 1978, an older farmer named Jan Wolski in Emilcin, a small town in Poland, told family and friends that he’d been approached by two aliens — literally little green men, per his description in a later interview. The beings, according to Wolski, led him from his horse-drawn cart to a UFO waiting in a clearing, where they examined and released him. Shortly after, a “UFOlogist” came to Emilcin to investigate and promote the story for publicity, according to a Polish culture platform run by The Adam Mickiewicz Institute, a Polish arts organization. His coverage earned national attention and became fodder for everything from a documentary and a book to postcards. In 2005, a memorial to commemorate the incident was put up near Emilcin bearing the inscription “Prawda nas jeszcze zadziwi” — or, roughly translated to English, “the truth will surprise us yet.”

First-time Polish director Kasper Bajon — the writer behind Polish Netflix project High Water — focuses his mini-series on two fictional characters: one, the host of a Close Encounters-style TV show, the other, an extraterrestrial enthusiast. After a reported UFO landing in a small Polish town grips the nation, the two men get caught up in the search for answers — and, unwittingly, in a conspiracy led by a political opportunist who sees the public’s UFO fears as an entry to seizing power.

Speaking to a Central and Eastern Europe network of TV reporters, Bajon said: “Our series talks about the longing for mystery and discovering the truth. It is also a story about loneliness — not only here on Earth, but in the universe. Younger viewers in the series can see a story about fake news and how quickly, like a virus, they spread and appropriate the truth.”

Netflix is releasing an English-dubbed version in April, but if you find dubs distracting, you’ll want to watch this one with subtitles. (Assuming you don’t speak Polish, that is!)

Is Project UFO a remake?

No, Project UFO isn’t a remake. Its name may remind some of the 1978 American TV series Project U.F.O., but the two aren’t directly related beyond their shared focus on UFO investigations.

Like the new series, the show from the ‘70s also had some loose IRL inspiration. Airing on NBC, it was based on real-life U.S. Air Force investigations into UFO sightings — specifically Project Blue Book, a classified military program that studied reports of unidentified flying objects from 1952 to 1969.

Who is in Project UFO?

The series features a predominantly Polish cast, including:

• Piotr Adamczyk
• Mateusz Kościukiewicz.
• Maja Ostaszewska
• Julia Kijowska
• Adam Woronowicz
• Stanisław Pąk
• Marianna Zydek

Is there a trailer?

Yup! Watch it below.