'Project Blue Book' Season 1 episode 8 review: Hynek's scientific temperament proves to be the voice of reason in 'War Games'

Once again, it is Hynek's personal curiosity and the need to seek the deeper truth without any ulterior motive that helps them arrive at a solution of sorts

This article may contain spoilers for 'Project Blue Book' season 1 episode 8: 'War Games.'

History's ongoing show 'Project Blue Book' is just eight episodes old now, and if anything, the story based on the titular real-life investigation revolving aliens and UFO sightings in the 50s, only gets more complex and darker as the plot progresses. Mingling both facts and nuanced fiction together, the show does a remarkable job at portraying the real-life phenomena that caused widespread panic among civilians and army men alike in America.

Much like the title of the eighth installment, 'War Games,' suggested, portrayed was a lot of post-traumatic stress the soldiers underwent as a consequence of the preceding World War II, and also the eventual panic that had risen as a result of the brewing Cold War at the time.

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