Sky History 2 HD Thursday

Investigations into inventor Nikola Tesla's claims of communication with extraterrestrials on other planets and whether the scientist could have been a human 'receiver'

A countdown of the top 10 alien petroglyphs around the world, from strange figures to flying craft and carvings of what appear to be astronauts

Dan Jones explores Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, which has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 850 years

The story of Noah's ark, the biblical tale in which God sends a flood to wipe out nearly every living thing on Earth, except for the fabled ark. Its location has remained unknown

How, in 1942, the battles of Midway and Stalingrad began and Americans achieved a ground-breaking milestone in the development of atomic weapons

Investigations into the possibility that extraterrestrials with a superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago

The events of December 1941 when under cover of a fierce naval bombardment, a taskforce of elite British commandos sailed toward the Norwegian town of South Vaagso

A look at how Soviet partisans took up arms, encouraged by Nazi brutality, creating forbidden areas for German troops. Told from the Russian perspective

The January 2008 mass UFO sightings between Fort Worth, Texas and Houston, with focus on the nearby town of Stephenville, Texas

An investigation into the construction of Stonehenge with reference to an ancient mass grave near the site

A look at the 11,000-year-old skull of a deer, a decorated Bronze Age disk and a steampunk lightbulb

Experts question whether the moon is just a rock floating in space, or whether it holds profound secrets and perhaps even possesses incredible powers

Beau Ouimette and Rick Edwards return to the River Trent to follow in the bloody footsteps of the Vikings as they invaded 9th-century Britain

Interviews and re-creations bring some of history's most daring jailbreaks to life, detailing every step of the way

How RAF squadron leader Roger Bushell masterminded one of the most unbelievable mass escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp

Exploring the legend of Odysseus, the Greek king of Ithaca. Divers investigate whether Homer's tale of vengeful gods could have been true after uncovering ancient remains

The suggestion that that advanced - and perhaps even extraterrestrial - civilisations existed on Earth thousands of years before the present one

Investigations into the possibility that extraterrestrials with a superior knowledge of science and engineering landed on Earth thousands of years ago

Dan Jones explores Arundel Castle, in West Sussex, which has been the seat of the Dukes of Norfolk and their ancestors for over 850 years

Operation Husky, a massive amphibious invasion of the island of Sicily carried out by Allied Forces in July 1943

The actor examines instances of superhuman feats by humans, be it surviving freezing temperatures, diving unfathomable depths in one breath or lifting weighty objects

Part one of two. Sixty years on, Tony's close encounter has become an obsession. Pilot David presents photographic evidence of the UFO he almost crashed into