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TV-MA
2014
2 Seasons
7.8 (7,311)

Close Encounters is a television show where witnesses recall alleged alien encounters. Narrator James Fraser takes us through reenactments of these encounters. Each episode has a different eyewitness experience. Some of these experiences include ship sightings, strange lights and crop circles. The show debuted in 2014 and is currently in its first season. The show goes in depth about what they believe really happened. However, you are left hanging, wondering whether or not it is truth or fiction. The end of each show leaves you with more questions than answers.

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Seasons

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14. Highway to Hell

May 6, 2015

The first sightings of the UFO flap in Piedmont Missouri are recounted. Over 500 reports were made in the following months. A family driving to Ontario encounters strange lights and a cigar-shaped craft.

13. Saved By Aliens

May 6, 2015

Strange light patterns are seen across multiple counties in Texas on the same night. In France, after an intense encounter a man's previous knee injury is completely healed.

12. Episode 12

April 21, 2015

A hitchhiker in New Hampshire spots a pattern of lights in the sky and is terrified when they seem to dive bomb him. Renato Nicolai's sighting in Trans En Provence, France becomes one of the most scientifically investigated cases in UFO history.

11. Episode 11

April 21, 2015

Four US Air Force reservists are pursued by odd lights while flying back to their base in Cleveland. Constable Alan Godfrey loses consciousness when he investigates a strange disruption in West Yorkshire.

10. Caught on Tape

March 17, 2015

Local authorities receive over 50 UFO reports in the Chicago area on Halloween night. Many record video of the strange lights and one man witnesses a flying object. Multiple sightings of a large flying craft in PA are known as the Buck's County Wave.

9. Curse from Above

March 10, 2015

A father and son see strange lights near their property and call the sheriff's office. Six police cars try to chase down the object. A large cylindrical craft covers a French town in an odd stringy material. The local college investigates the substance

8. Alien Vampires

March 6, 2015

In Brazil, 3 men escape a close encounter only to realize it lasted hours longer than any of them realized. In Canada, a thirteen-year-old boy is temporally blinded after investigating a strange object near his home.

7. Alien Assault

March 3, 2015

Texas police receive several calls about a 200-foot flying object from local citizens. Two farmers witness the strange sighting up close. In Scotland, a property inspector is knocked unconscious when he comes in contact with a strange metallic object.

6. Hunting Season

March 3, 2015

Two brothers witness something extraordinary that defies explanation while hunting in Idaho. A strange metal craft passes over Antananarivo, Madagascar plunging it into darkness for almost 10 minutes. Thousands of citizens witness the event.

5. Nuclear Nightmare

February 24, 2015

Officials must decide how to confront a massive, unidentified object hovering over one of America's most secure Air Force bases. A priest interacts with four beings on a saucer-shaped metallic craft hovering over his missionary in Papua, New Guinea.

4. Fire in the Sky

February 17, 2015

A wave of sightings in Colares, Brazil in 1977 cause mass panic and thousands of people leave the island as a result. On a dairy farm in Australia, a strange flying object causes a severe headache for the farmer and distress among his livestock.

3. Aliens in the Swamp

February 10, 2015

In Ohio, two officers spot a strange bright light flying in the night sky. Police dispatch advises them to pursue the object, triggering a massive car chase. An ex-Military outdoorsmen tries to make contact with a UFO in the Florida Everglades.

2. War of the Worlds

February 3, 2015

Laura Sinclair is walking her dog when she sees a large cylindrical object hovering in the sky. A similar sighting is reported at a nearby air force base. Children at a Florida elementary school witness multiple UFO sightings over three days.

1. Terror on the Ranch

January 27, 2015

Henry Baker is driving home with his family when his wife spots strange lights hovering over Lake Erie. On a remote ranch in Argentina strange lights turn violent when three women try to investigate them.

Description

The show goes in depth about what they believe really happened. However, you are left hanging, wondering whether or not it is truth or fiction. The end of each show leaves you with more questions than answers.

Close Encounters is a series that is currently running and has 2 seasons (20 episodes). The series first aired on March 7, 2014.

Where to Watch Close Encounters

Close Encounters is available for streaming on the Science Channel website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Close Encounters on demand at Google Play and Apple TV.