'Project Blue Book' and 'The Americans' share striking similarities from Russian espionage to Cold War distrust
With president Donald Trump's affinity for Russia currently a hot topic in the nation's political discourse, History's latest series, 'Project Blue Book', has major potential when it comes to garnering a wide-based fandom. The show premiered January 8 and digs deeper into the titular investigation carried out by the US Air Force back in the 50s, after a sudden spur in reports of alien sightings around the Washington DC area.
Alongside, it shows Dr. J Allen Hynek - a real-life astrophysicist who was involved with the project - and his journey into discovering suspected dark underlying truths about the government's speculated cover-up of the same. What we also see in the new show are streaks of the FX show, 'The Americans', especially in its Russian espionage following the Cold War aspect.