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Director J.J. Abrams is known for his work with the found-footage horror staple "Cloverfield," as the director of two movies in the recent "Star Trek" trilogy , and is one of the minds behind the classic 2000s sci-fi series "Lost." However, much like his colleague James Cameron, who produced a set of docuseries for National Geographic, he's contributed to non-fiction projects. One that flew a bit under the radar is "UFO," a Showtime docuseries he's connected to through his production company Bad Robot.

"UFO" looks further into evidence of life in space across four episodes. In 2017, The New York Times published an article sharing information about the Pentagon's secret UFO research program. While many had speculated for years that the government was interested in possible extraterrestrial activity, the New York Times article confirmed it.…