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.

Newly declassified documents reveal the 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 cutting-edge defenses now in place.

A top-secret government program might have proof that aliens have visited Earth; 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.

A top-secret aviation program funded by a mysterious money trail could have built a plane that can travel nearly 4,000 mph; a former CIA operative investigates how these superplanes will revolutionize flight and unleash a new lethal technology.

Declassified documents reveal that the U.S. 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.

Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers hosts this CNN original series, an eight-part look at complex true stories of America's covert operations. The newly declassified missions are recounted firsthand by agents from all 16 U.S. intelligence bureaus, providing viewers with unprecedented access to a secret world of espionage. The missions span time periods from Cold War-era Moscow to modern-day Iran, from the streets of 1980s Cuba to Beijing of today. Among the stories covered are the military's hunts for Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein and al-Qaida leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.