In 2004, in an Advocacy Initiative effort spearheaded by the Sci-Fi Channel and President Clinton's Chief of Staff, John Podesta, copies of Out of the Blue were given to 435 members of Congress with the hope that it might lead to the disclosure of what the U.S. Government actually knows about UFOs.
Film had a pre-release preview screening at the Foreign Cinema in San Francisco on July 22, 2002.
Peter Coyote records narration for film on November 6, 2002.
Film is released and premieres on the Sci Fi Channel on June 24, 2003.