About this season
Every year, the government funds clandestine programs collectively called the black budget. But what’s exactly behind these secretive missions operating around the globe? Former CIA operative Mike Baker will dig into these mysterious programs each week in Black Files Declassified.
Episodes (6)
1. Secrets of the Space Force
Aired 2 April 2020
Newly declassified documents reveal that the US Space Force is the culmination of decades of top-secret military programs to weaponize the cosmos. Special access exposes the cutting-edge weapons and sci-fi defense systems behind real-life star wars.
2. American UFOs
Aired 9 April 2020
A secret aviation program funded by a mysterious money trail could have built a plane that can travel nearly 4,000 miles an hour; a former CIA operative investigates how these superplanes will revolutionize flight and unleash a new lethal technology.
3. To Catch an Alien
Aired 16 April 2020
A top-secret government program might have proof that aliens have visited earth, and a former CIA operative uses newly declassified documents and special access to investigate if the US military already has its hands on advanced, alien technology.
4. How to Stop an Assassination
Aired 23 April 2020 • 60 min
Newly declassified document reveal details of a top-secret government program created in the wake of the Kennedy assassination to go to extreme lengths to protect the president; a former CIA operative exposes the cutting-edge defenses now in place.
5. Iron Man Army
Aired 30 April 2020
A former CIA operative investigates newly declassified documents that reveal the secrets of a multibillion-dollar mission to build a real-life Iron Man equipped with superhuman strength, cutting-edge weapons, and telepathic abilities.
6. Rise of the Nightstalkers
Aired 7 May 2020
A former CIA operative investigates new evidence of a top-secret group known as the Nightstalkers, a clandestine team of the world's best aviators involved in the assassination of Osama Bin Laden and other dangerous black ops.