A specialized team of misfits in 1966 are tasked with the job of convincing the American public that aliens exist. They perpetuate and affirm the UFO phenomenon which is a military cover up of a drone program that started during the Cold War.

SYNOPSIS:

The show is a loose procedural that reveals the “true” story behind many of the abduction accounts reported in Project Blue Book, the government report that was supposed to “explore” the UFO phenomenon. We watch as a company of specialists fake the alien phenomenon at the behest of the government. Each episode will have an abduction at its center, but it’s the drama behind the scenes that moves the plot forward. The show starts in 1966, a year that coincided with a huge spike in alien activity throughout the country. The show will end in 1971 a year after the end of the Project Blue Book investigations. We are introduced to the company through its newest member Rachel Willis, a young actor from NYC. She was told by her agent that she had been chosen to be part of a rare and illustrious paid residency program headed by the reclusive actor Robert Crawford. He is a hero to her and the chance to gain his mentorship is an honor and a personal acknowledgment of her talents. The only thing she has to leave behind is her boyfriend Walker who she is madly in love with. But being the great love of her life, he is supportive of her move. But when she arrives to an office building in Arizona to receive her training she learns the true nature of the “residency”. We realize the team is underfunded and ill regarded by Air Force command. There is a general malaise permeating the group when Rachel joins. Already having been in operation for twenty years, the group is considered a remnant of the early years of the Cold War. But that soon begins to change because of a new mandate by the Johnson administration to distract the public from the Vietnam Protests and Civil Right movement. And as they abduct one person after another Rachel will begin to question her relationship to Robert Crawford. She will realize over the course of the series that her mentor is a madman. Though Rachel is ignored and often sexual harrassed by members of her team she will gain the strength to take on a leadership role and inspire her teammates to take their missions to the next level. Initially Maddie Holbrook, the unofficial team leader, is reluctant to welcome Rachel. Throughout the series Rachel will ignite Jack Minnow’s obsession for acting to dangerous levels. Frank Martin will begin to unearth his true feelings for the men on his team. Ted Kimura will realize how little he cares for people with sociopathic tendencies bubbling to the surface as they continue their missions. Gil Chavez will become more sympathetic to the protests engulfing the country and bring into question the entire motive of their company. He will stir up so much trouble that he is removed from the group after the first season. Rich Raleigh will accidentally be shot after a fatal mistake in planning by Danny Hill. Maddie Holbrook will come to terms with her anger problems that stemmed from the loss of a member the year before Rachel joined. Robert Crawford will take the program to new levels of depravity with the use of anal probes and cattle mutilations. Walker will move to Arizona to be closer to Rachel and she will have to lead a double life to hide the true nature of her residency. But as the series progresses it will be revealed that Walker is a Soviet spy who had been tracking Rachel after Robert Crawford appeared in New York to see her perform. Rachel’s success with Drone Company will eventually lead to the disbanding of the group as they create the UFO phenomenon and make it part of the fabric of American culture, effectively rendering the group obsolete.

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