Sightings (TV series)


Sightings is an American paranormal and news television show that originally aired in the 1990s. The show began as a special titled The UFO Report: Sightings on October 18, 1991, as well as eventual follow up reports, Ghost Report and the Psychic Experience. The original Concept Creator and Supervising Producer of that hour special produced by Paramount for Fox TV was Linda Moulton Howe, an Emmy Award-winning TV producer and documentary filmmaker of TV specials about science and the environment. One of her Emmy Award-winning broadcasts was A Strange Harvest, about the worldwide animal-mutilation mystery linked by law enforcement to extraterrestrial biological entities.

Show history

After the special broadcast to high ratings, it went forward into weekly TV production as the program Sightings. The show featured everything from UFOs to ghosts to Bigfoot in an investigative news format and was hosted by reporter Tim White. The show was created by Ann Daniels Productions, Fair Dinkum Productions, and Paramount Domestic Television . its executive producers was Henry Winkler and Ann Daniels.
The program began on Fox in 1992, in a 30-minute-long format that aired on Friday nights. When the show was put into syndication in 1994, it was extended to an hour-long format and was on at various times. In 1996, it was picked up by Sci Fi Channel. Sightings was cancelled in 1997, and reruns continued on the Sci Fi Channel until April 2003.
In 1998, the producers made a new UFO special that aired on UPN, called Danger in Our Skies: The New UFO Threat hosted by Jim Forbes.
In 2003, a program called Unexplained Mysteries debuted in syndication. Although it did not have the same hosted news format like Sightings, it was produced by many of the same individuals involved with Sightings, and sometimes reused footage and graphics from the earlier program.

Episodes

Series TitleSightings
Broadcast Historyfrom October 17, 1991 to December 23, 1998
Number Of Episodes120
DistributorParamount Television
NetworkFOX, Syndicated, Sci-Fi Channel
Run TimeEarly Specials, 30 min.
Season 1-2, 60 min.
Seasons 3-5, 60 min.
In Depth and Beyond Specials, 120 min.
Show Mottos"No Mystery Is Closed To An Open Mind""Beyond Imagination Lies The Truth"

Special Shows from 1991/92 - FOX
NOTE: These 3 60 minute specials should not be confused with the three Paramount Home Video issues above.
They have similar titles and subject matter but contain some different stories between them.
Production #Air DateSpecial Title
39101 & 3910210-18-1991The U.F.O. Report: Sightings, Evidence, Contact, Abductions, Cover-Up.
39103 & 391042-28-1992Ghosts: Sightings, Hauntings, Contact, Evidence, Investigations, Contact
39105 & 39106  4-24-1992Psychic Experiences: Precognition, Psychic Detectives, Mental Telepathy, Psychokinesis.

Special Shows from 1991/92 
*these 30 minute versions appear to have only aired on Sci-Fi,
the airdates represent their first run on Sci-Fi.
Production #Air DateSpecial Title
391011-4-1998The U.F.O. Report  # 1: Possibility of UFO's and new information.
391027-23-1998The U.F.O. Report # 2: Alien Abductions.
391032-9-1998Ghost Encounters: Atlanta spirits, New York haunted house.
391047-27-1998Ghost Contact: Electronic recordings of sound and images.
391052-18-1998Hidden Powers Of The Mind # 1: Precognition, psychic detectives.
391062-11-1998Hidden Powers Of The Mind # 2: Mental telepathy, psychokinesis.

Season One - 1992 - FOX 
Production #Air DateStory Titles
391074-17-1992Near Death Experience: Life after death and near death experiences.
391085-1-1992Psychic Healing: Unexpected recoveries from life-threatening illnesses.
39109  5-8-1992Mysteries Of The Earth: Forces, Evidence, Markings, Sacred Places.
391105-15-1992U.F.O. Contact: Research, Abduction, Surveillance, Contact
39111 6-12-1992Monsters: Bigfoot, Lizardman, Loch Ness Monster, Ogopogo
391126-26-1992Magazine I: Vampires, Visions Of Death, Bermuda Triangle.
39113  7-10-1992Magazine II: Vision Of Murder, Men In Black, Awakening
391147-17-1992Magazine III: Curses, Past Lives, Ghosts.
391157-31-1992Magazine IV: Hauntings, U.F.O.s, Superstitions.
39116  8-14-1992Magazine V: Evidence From Beyond, Gateway To Oblivion, Soul Exchange
39201  8-21-1992Back From The Dead, Hauntings, Millboro

Season Two - 1992/93 - FOX 
Production #Air DateStory Titles
392039-18-1992Werewolf, Paranormal Photography, Ghost Update
392049-25-1992Encounter In Space, Marfa Lights, Ghost Update
3920510-2-1992Lizzie Borden, Deliverance, S.E.T.I. Update
3920610-9-1992The Uninvited, Haunted Family, The Curse Of Christopher Columbus
3920710-16-1992Aliens Among Us, Top Secret UFO, Ghost Investigation.
3920810-30-1992Halloween: Scotland's House Of Horror, Vampires, Witchcraft
39209  11-6-1992Epidemic of Evil, Garden Grove Ghost
3921011-13-1992Crop Circles, Royal Curse, Lake Champlain Monster
3921111-20-1992Russian U.F.O. Investigation, Ghost Of Whitechapel, Iceman Update
3920211-27-1992Alcatraz, Mass Sightings, U.F.O. Update
39212  12-4-1992Deadly Abduction, Lake Champlain Monster, Royal Curse Update
3921312-11-1992Hell's Gate, Angels, Astrology Update
392141-8-1993Astrological Predictions, Close Encounters, Spy House Investigation
392151-15-1993Voodoo, Russian Psychics, Black Hole Update.
392162-5-1993Ghost Writer
392172-12-1993Searching The Skies, Ouija, Phobos II Update
392182-19-1993Cults, Super Humans, Mind Control, Ghost Writer Update
392192-26-1993Scranton UFO Mystery, Ghost Molester, Fire In The Sky.
392203-12-1993Mass Abductions, Seizure Alert Dogs, Prophecies.
39221  4-9-1993Countdown To Doomsday, Russian Top Gun, Ghost Molester Update.
392234-30-1993Psychic Detectives Special: Psychic detectives assist police in Key West FL and Milwaukee WI.
39222  5-7-1993UFO Cover-Up, Missing Link, Wisconsin UFOs.
39224  5-14-1993Ghost Special: Manressa Castle, Viewer Phone Calls, Anatomy Of A Haunting.
39225  5-21-1993U.F.O. Special: U.F.O. Hot Spots, Hoaxing, Cattle Mutilations, Space Growth.

Season Three - 1994/95 - SYNDICATED 
Production #Air DateStory Titles
3001  9-11-1994Heartland Ghost, Gulf Breeze Encounters, A Sculptor's Gift, Black Holes
3002    9-18-1994Heartland Ghost Update, Shared Memory Abduction, Watching The Skies, Schoolroom Angel, Colorado Cattle Mutilations, Ancient Creatures.
3003      9-25-1994Patterns Of Denial, Pet Interpreter, Ice Circles, A Vision Of Murder, True Believers, Mars Mission Cover-Up.
3004    10-2-1994Sasquatch, A Gift From The Light, Intuition, Abduction: Horror Or Hype, Future Life Progression, Crop Circle Mystery.
300510-9-1994Tunguska, Embracing The Light, Human Candles, Crop Circles, Whaley House, Haunted High.
300610-16-1994Psychic Eye, Prediction Update, Dragon Project, Making Of A Hoax, Power Of Prayer, S.E.T.I. Resurrected.
300710-23-1994Ghost Of Berry Pomeroy Castle, It Came From Outer Space, Ghost Hunt, Santeria, Moon Madness, Water Witches.
300810-30-1994U.F.O. Confrontation: Iran, Death In The Desert, Heartland Ghost Investigation, Gift Of Life, Heartland Ghost Investigation.
300911-6-1994Heartland Ghost Investigation, Nessie, Height 611, To Swim With Dolphins.
301011-13-1994U.F.O. Confrontation: Mansfield, Bodega Bay Ghost, Prophecy Of Hope, Dream Murder, Power To Heal, Encounters In Space.
301111-20-1994Apocalypse Now, A Mother's Love, Montreal Mass Sighting, Baby Jane Doe, Ishii.
301211-27-1994Ghost Of Brookdale Lodge, Gulf Breeze Update, Spontaneous Recall, Murder On Route 2, Message From Stephen, Sci-Fi Prophets.
301312-4-1994Avebury Mystery Lights, Alien Evolution, A Sculptor's Gift, Miner's Revenge, A Child's Premonition, The Big WOW
30141-15-1995Disinformation, Russian Psychics, Crop Circle Update, Trail Of Death, Guided Imagery, Quake Sense
30151-22-1995Time Warp, Healing Mind, New Mexico U.F.O. Mystery, Murder In Nags Head, Seventh Sense, Cattle Mutilation Update
30161-29-1995Heartland Aftermath, Curses, Sprites And Blue Jets, Gaia's Revenge, Outback Abduction, Heartland Online
30172-5-1995U.F.O.'s Over F.D.R., Heartland Aftermath, Multiple Mystery, Never Forget, Hyperspace, Dream Murder Update
3018  2-12-1995UFO Confrontation: Kentucky, SHC Update, The Final Gift, Psychic Evidence, Restless Spirits
30192-19-1995Mexico Mass Sightings, Twinless Twins, Conspiracy Of Silence, Cloning, Animal Communication
30202-26-1995Idaho U.F.O. Flap, Coma Healer, Perfect Harmony, Search For Danny, Haunted Knickerbocker, Mexico Mass Sightings Update
30214-16-1995Top Secret Projects, Roswell Revisited, K-911, A Call For Help, Lady In White, Taos Hum
30224-23-1995Allagash Abduction, Future Shock, Baleroy Ghost, Touched By Angels, U.F.O. Home Videos
30234-30-1995My Past Life, Heartland Ghost, Clear Intent, Snake Church, Transformed By The Light
30245-7-1995U.F.O. Contact: The Holyland, Saved By Angels, Bigfoot Update, Ghosts Of Gettysburg, Gaia's Revenge, U.F.O. Protocols
30255-14-1995What's Inside Hangar 18, Monticello Murder, Waiting Room For The Soul, Michigan Abduction, Luck, Spark Of Life In Space
3026  5-21-1995Saucers Are Real, Psychic Trauma, Walk Ins, Obeah, Mexico Update, Heal Thyself

Season Four - 1995/96 - SYNDICATED 
Production #Air DateStory Titles
40279-10-1995Intruder On The Range, What Happened To Debbie?, IN THE NEWS, The Roswell Autopsy, A Spirit Of Love, Update - Bigfoot In Ohio
40289-17-1995Psychic Cop, Ica Mystery Stones, IN THE NEWS, The Shag Harbour Incident, Haunted Queen Mary, Sightings Online
40299-24-1995Poor Souls, U.F.O. Encounter: Shikmona, IN THE NEWS, The Burning Within, U.F.O. Initiative
403010-1-1995Black Forest Haunting, The Mars Complex, IN THE NEWS, Restless Warrior, Update - U.F.O. Confrontation
403110-8-1995Generational Abduction, Blind Sight, IN THE NEWS, Amazing Grace, Haunted Catacombs, Update - Saucers Are Real
403210-15-1995Silent Intruder, Psychic Constable, IN THE NEWS, Dream Vision, Stalked By Spirits, Update - Nellis A.F.B.
403310-22-1995Spirit Of Oregon, Tesla's Death Ray, IN THE NEWS, Consumed By Vampires, Anatomy Of An Autopsy, Update - Nessie Lives
403410-29-1995U.F.O. Encounter At 30,000 Feet, One Missing Link, IN THE NEWS, Miracle On I-74, A Vision Through Time, Update - Crop Circles
403511-5-1995Contact In Colorado, Boomtown Ghost, IN THE NEWS, Miracle At Betania, Update - Prophecy
403611-12-1995Shag Harbour Investigation, Angel Of Fire, IN THE NEWS, The Curse Of H-3, Spiritual Warfare, Update - Sightings On Line
403711-19-1995Return To Black Forest, Coming From The Light, IN THE NEWS, Shag Harbour Investigation, Update - Gaia
40381-14-1996Attack On Washington, Spiritual Exorcist, IN THE NEWS, Wandering Souls, Whitley Strieber's Breakthrough, Update: Visions Of Mary.
40391-21-1996Contact At Socorro, Shaman Healer, IN THE NEWS, Reclaiming The Farm, Close Encounters Of The Fourth Kind, Update - Gaia's Revenge
40401-28-1996Without A Trace, IN THE NEWS, Vision Quest, The Doomsday Machine, Update - U.F.O. Investigation
40412-4-1996Abducted, IN THE NEWS, South Bend Mystery, Renovation Haunting, Update - Star Is Born
40422-11-1996Echoes From The Battlefield, Psychic Espionage, IN THE NEWS, Crash Of '62, Candomble, Update - Black Forest
40432-18-1996A Search For The Truth, Murder On The Interstate, IN THE NEWS, Voices From Beyond, The Sci-Fi Prophet, Update - Contact In Israel
40443-10-1996Murder For Hire, Healing The Causes Of Violence, IN THE NEWS, Boomtown Revisited, Ancient Visitors, Update - Martian Canals
40453-17-1996Trapped In Time, Miracle Child, IN THE NEWS, Messengers Of Destiny, Sacred Sites, Update - Bigfoot
40464-14-1996Edwards Encounter, My Two Lives, IN THE NEWS, Paranormal Politics, Spirit Message, Update - Face On Mars
40474-21-1996Messages From Beyond, Cluster U.F.O., IN THE NEWS, Psychic Warrior, Update - N.D.E.
40484-28-1996Her Name Was Cathy, The New Area 51, IN THE NEWS, The Great Gadsden, Master Healer, Update - Lost Civilizations
4049 *5-5-1996 Syndication or 10-25-1996 Sci-FiGallows Ghost, Re-Wiring The Brain, IN THE NEWS, Incident At Exeter, Healing Wisdom, Update - U.F.O.'s: Japan, Sightings Online
4050 *5-12-1996 Syndication or 11-1-1996 Sci-FiRuwa Re-Examined, Healing Hands, IN THE NEWS, Fire From Heaven, Simulated O.B.E., Update: Ghost Investigation

* NOTE: There is some reason to suspect that episodes 4049 & 4050, despite their 4th season production numbers, may not have aired in syndication but rather have had  their initial airing on The Sci-Fi Channel as part of the 5th season of Sightings. For this reason, we've provided two airdates for each episode.
Season Five - 1996/97 - SCI-FI CHANNEL 
* NOTE: Episodes 4051 & 4052, despite their 4th season production numbers, actually seem to have had  their initial airing on The Sci-Fi Channel as part of the 5th season of Sightings.
Production #Air DateStory Titles
4051 *9-19-1996Hunt House Haunting, Solar Obliteration, IN THE NEWS, The Message, Love Ties, Update - Altered States
4052 *9-26-1996Deliberate Deception, A Psychic's Vision, IN THE NEWS,, Highway 666, Update - Silent Intruder
505310-4-1996Purging The Spirits, IN THE NEWS, My Brother's Keeper, The Brazilian E.T. Case, Millennium Watch: A Millennium Primer
505410-11-1996The Iron Woman, The Way Of The Explorer, IN THE NEWS, A Time To Remember, Update - Crop Circles
505510-18-1996Mantell Re-examined, Hands Of Remembrance, IN THE NEWS, Olivas Haunting, Omen In The Sky, Update - Life On Mars
505611-8-1996Silent Vulcans, The Conversion Of Nick Pope, IN THE NEWS, The Haunted Jerome Grand, Reprogramming The Brain, Update - Curse Of H-3
505712-6-1996Autopsy: Exposing A Fake, Red Lion Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Shadow Of Evil, Threat From Space, Update - Missing Soul Boy
50581-22-1997The Watchers, Life Before Life, IN THE NEWS, Ghosts Of Chillingham Castle, Lab Of Consciousness, Millennium Watch - Mayan Prophecy
5059 100th Episode!2-5-1997The Majestic 12 Documents, Sao Paolo Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Vanished, The Secret Of The Sphinx, Update - Cattle Mutilation
50602-26-1997House Of Plenty, IN THE NEWS, 1947, Healing Harps, Update - U.F.O.'s: The Holy Land
50613-5-1997U.F.O. Encounter: Argentina, Cancer Alert Dogs, IN THE NEWS, House Of Plenty, Update - U.F.O.'s
50623-12-1997The Heartland Ghost, Echo Missile Encounter, IN THE NEWS, Crop Circle Video Mystery, Healing With Music, Millennium Watch - Quatrain 72
50634-9-1997Restless Spirits, IN THE NEWS, Foo Fighters, Unexpected Visitors, Millennium Watch - The Spiritual Quest
50645-21-1997Case Closed, Angel Of Death, IN THE NEWS, Restless Spirits, The Call Of Sasquatch, Update - Hubble Discoveries
50656-4-1997Encounter Over England, The Way Of The Explorer, IN THE NEWS, School Spirits, Monster Of The Andes, Mars: The Next Step
50666-18-1997Ohio's Area 51, Anyone Can See The Light, IN THE NEWS, Chicago's Most Haunted, Mysteries From Above, Update - Lunar Discoveries
50677-17-1997The Oak Ridge Mystery, Sacred Healing, IN THE NEWS, Exposing Project Blue Book, The Soul Catcher, Update - Angels
50688-21-1997Black Swan Haunting, IN THE NEWS, Klinger Encounter, Spirits In The Garden, Update - U.F.O.'s In Korea
50699-4-1997To Catch A Killer, Unearthing Atlantis, IN THE NEWS, White Lady Of Avenel, Mysterious Ley Lines, Millennium Watch: Divining The Future
50709-11-1997Incident At Cherry Creek, Power Of Chi, IN THE NEWS, Spirit Photography, Profilers, Update: Omen In The Sky

SIGHTINGS SPECIAL
Production #Air DateTitle
ISAB9-20-1996Inside Sightings And Beyond: A behind-the-scenes look at Sightings with Tim White, Carla Wohl, Henry Winkler, Ann Daniel and more.

SIGHTINGS: IN DEPTH AND BEYOND 2 hour specials
Production #Air DateTitle
IDAB1  1-17-1998In Depth And Beyond: The 100 Year Cover-Up: U.F.O.'s: Is Seeing Believing, The Saucers Arrive, Roswell, The UFO Cold War, The Sightings Increase, Authorities Who Believe, Now The World Knows, The Evidence Is Mounting.
IDAB23-14-1998In Depth And Beyond: Secrets Of Alien Abduction: Case studies show similarities between claims of alien abduction.
IDAB36-13-1998In Depth And Beyond: Bioperfection: Building The New Human Race: Stephen Hawking, cryonics volunteers and people with prostheses predict changes to the quality and span of peoples' lives.
IDAB4  10-25-1998In Depth And Beyond: The Living Dead: Speaking From The Grave: Beyond Death, Watch The Kid, White Bird, A Child's Past Life, The Heartland Haunting.
IDAB512-23-1998In Depth And Beyond: Fire In The Brain: Unleashing The Power Of The Mind: Law-enforcement and government agencies begin to validate clairvoyance, premonition and precognition.

Home media

There have been three home video releases of the Sightings television show: Sightings: The UFO Report, Sightings: The Ghost Report, and Sightings: The Psychic Experience. The videos were repackaged segments from season one and two of the television show. All three videos were originally released in 1996 on VHS tapes.

Merchandise

In 2002, one of the stories featured on Sightings became the subject of a television movie on the Showtime network, called Sightings: Heartland Ghost. The movie tells the story of a Sightings crew sent to investigate a poltergeist haunting, eventually becoming victimized by the ghost themselves. The movie was later released on DVD.