The Flying Saucer (1950) by #MikelConrad
w/#PatGarrison #HantzvonTeuffen

The CIA sends a rich playboy to Alaska to investigate flying saucer sightings.

“Streaking out of the unknown comes a strange new terror!”

“Have we visitors from outer space?”

\#SciFi #Thriller
#NotQuiteClassicCinema
#FridayNightAtTheHomeDriveIn

The Flying Saucer (1950) was apparently the first movie ever made about a flying saucer.  It even starts with an acknowledgement of those in authority who made the release of The Flying Saucer possible at this time. Hmmm… sounds like it was a very serious project, and that the director really wanted to get the facts right. Perhaps we’ll all learn something before the movie is through…

The first thing I learned while watching the credits is that Mikel Conrad not only stars in it, but he came up with the original story – and he directed it. So if nothing else, we’ll know who to blame if The Flying Saucer turns out to be a dud…

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