Famous Hollywood director and producer J.J. Abrams is producing a new show about UFOs for the Showtime network, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Since the late 1940s, Americans have been obsessed with the idea of UFOs (unidentified flying objects) and the thought of other nonhuman beings making some kind of contact with Earth. Abrams just might be one of those people, according to an interview with Entertainment Weekly. This also won’t be the first time the director is working on a project about UFOs. In the past, Abrams has directed popular sci-fi projects such as the “Star Trek” and “Star Wars” film franchises, per IMDb.

So far, we know that the docu-series, simply titled “UFO,” is going to explore the impact that UFOs have on American society. It will also examine how powerful believers in UFOs have been viewed differently compared to the average citizen sharing the same belief. Apparently, this all comes thanks to sightings from Navy pilots over the years of flying things they couldn’t interpret or understand, The New York Times recently reported.

The UFO phenomenon in the U.S.

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