New History Channel TV Show "Project Blue Book" Gets Positive Reactions Online

The History Channel's hotly-anticipated series, "Project Blue Book," premiered this week to an impressive 3.1 million viewers (making it one of the network's top premiers ever) and a pretty positive, if not cool reception online. Some viewers became instant fans, while others were underwhelmed or even took issue with the series being a work of fiction, versus a documentary. However, most the reviews and comments online were hopeful about the next episode.

FBI.gov currently houses a number of intriguing UFO files (many formerly top-secret) that reveal the US Air Force's nonfiction interest and investigations into the UFO phenomenon. Project Blue Book was one of these investigative groups, and in fact, it was preceded by the top-secret Project Sign and Project Grudge. As recently as December 2017, the New York Times revealed that the Pentagon  followed in the footsteps of Project Blue Book, and still considers UFOs to be real, and a potentially real,  extraterrestrial threat.

The History Channel series focuses on the cases from the 50s and 60s that Project Blue Book founder, and so-called "father of ufology" J. Allen Hynek would have been close to, like the "Lubbock Lights," but reportedly has plenty of fantasy mixed in. Hynek is the main character in the show, and he's  played by Aidan Glenn, famous for playing "Littlefinger" in "Game of Thrones." As with any good scifi drama, the UFO and alien-pursuing Hynek needs a skeptical foil. Enter Captain Michael Quinn, played by Michael Malarkey from "The Vampire Diaries."

Scroll down for some of the most recent reactions to the new History Channel show:

I just finished watching the first episode of "Project Blue Book". I wonder how many people actually realize that the suppression of information portrayed in this show is actually a real thing. I'm guessing most will just write it off as pure fantasy.

— Jamie Forsyth (@forsyth_jamie) January 9, 2019

"Project Blue Book" ep. 1 begins with a meeting of MJ-12. That's a pretty bold choice since it means potentially losing 50% of the UFO crowd immediately. Not that we're a statistically significant subset of TV viewers anyway. No need to woo us. @HistoryBlueBook #ProjectBlueBook

— Laurie Decatur (@LaurieDecatur) January 10, 2019

Reading The UFO Experience for the third time. After watching the Pilot of @HistoryBlueBook I'm going back through Hynek's work. pic.twitter.com/8yk5Za5oyE

— The Our Strange Skies Podcast (@OurStrangeSkies) January 10, 2019

@HistoryBlueBook been waiting for this ever since i saw the trailer. Truly great acting and story as i expected. This shall be my X-Files replacement and i cant wait for more:)

— Roswellllllllll (@jepsjep) January 10, 2019

I really enjoyed the 1st episode of Project Blue Book @HistoryBlueBook - you just gotta love a show that had Les Paul and Mary Ford’s ‘How High The Moon’ as a continuous music theme throughout the episode...looking forward to watching the rest of the series □ □

— Judie Swanson (@Wrigs) January 10, 2019

I found my new show. □□#projectbluebook#Littlefingerlives

— BostonTorey (@BostonTorey) January 10, 2019

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