History has announced that UFO drama Blue Book has been ordered straight to series, with its first season set to feature 10 episodes.
“Blue Book is inspired by the true covert events of an era in American history shrouded in mystery,” said Paul Buccieri, President, A+E Studios and A+E Networks Portfolio Group. “Robert Zemeckis and the creative team have shaped an incredibly compelling narrative, building upon History’s unique, growing brand of fact-based scripted programming.”
From David O’Leary (Missing Time) and executive produced by Robert Zemeckis (Back to the Future), Blue Book chronicles Project Blue Book, clandestine investigations by the U.S. Air Force into UFO-related phenomena. Taking place during the 1950s and 60s, the series focuses on brilliant college professor Dr. J. Allen Hynek, who gets recruited by the Air Force to help lead the research into thousands of cases.
Blue Book joins a scripted roster for History that includes Vikings and military drama Six, as well as upcoming medieval drama Knightfall.
