Ufos in Fiction

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UFOs in fiction

Many works of fiction have featured UFOs. In most cases, as the fictional story progresses, the Earth is being invaded by hostile alien forces from outer space, usually from Mars, as depicted in early science fiction, or the people are being destroyed by alien forces, as depicted in the film Independence Day. Some fictional UFO encounters may be based on real UFO reports, such as Night Skies. Night Skies is based on the 1997 Phoenix UFO Incident.

UFOs appear in many forms of fiction other than film, such as video games in the Destroy All Humans! or the X-COM series and Halo series and print, The War of the Worlds or Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. Typically a small group of people or the military (which one depending on where the film was made), will fight off the invasion, however the monster Godzilla has fought against many UFOs.

Books

Oahspe: A New Bible - John Ballou Newbrough - First book to use the word Starship long before science-fiction writers conceived of interstellar space travel (1882). The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells - Martian capsules are shot at Earth by aliens on This 1929 cover of Science Mars.(1898). Wonder Stories, drawn by Imaginary Friends (1967) - Alison Lurie - Two sociologists investigate a UFO cult. notable pulp artist Frank R. Saucer Wisdom (1999) - Rudy Rucker Paul, is one of the earliest The Unreals, a novel by Donald Jeffries (2007). depictions of a "flying saucer" in https://web.archive.org/web/20100115010803/http://donaldjeffries.com/ fiction Radio

"War of the Worlds" a radio play by Orson Welles, caused all manner of panic in 1938 Contents Films Books Radio 1930s Films 1930s Flash Gordon - 1936 1940s Buck Rogers - 1939 - a.k.a. Planet Outlaws 1950s 1960s 1940s 1970s 1980s Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe - 1940 - a.k.a. Purple Death from Outer Space 1990s The Purple Monster Strikes - 1945 - a.k.a. D-Day on Mars 2000s Bruce Gentry - 1949 - Possibly contains the first cinematic appearance of a Flying Saucer 2010s Television 1950s In video games Atom Man vs. Superman - 1950 See also Flying Disc Man from Mars - 1950 References The Flying Saucer - 1950 - The first film to deal with Flying Saucers Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere - 1951 Mysterious Island - 1951 The Man from Planet X - 1951 The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951 The Thing from Another World - 1951 1. April 2000 - 1952 Blackhawk - 1952 Operation: Rabbit - 1952 The Hasty Hare - 1952 Radar Men from the Moon - 1952 Zombies of the Stratosphere - 1952 - a.k.a. Satan's Satellites Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe - 1953 The Lost Planet - 1953 The War of the Worlds - 1953 Invaders from Mars - 1953 It Came from Outer Space - 1953 Phantom from Space - 1953 Robot Monster - 1953 Devil Girl from Mars - 1954 Gog - 1954 Killers from Space - 1954 Stranger from Venus - 1954 - a.k.a. 'Immediate Disaster' The Beast with a Million Eyes - 1955 This Island Earth - 1955 Forbidden Planet - 1956 Earth vs. the Flying Saucers - 1956 Jungle Hell - 1956 Supersonic Saucer - 1956 宇宙人東京に現わる - a.k.a. 'Warning from Space' - 1956 Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers - 1956 The Astounding She-Monster - 1957 Invaders from Space - 1957 - a.k.a. 'Attack of the Flying Saucers' 地球防衛軍 - a.k.a. 'The Mysterians' - 1957 The 27th Day - 1957 Invasion of the Saucer Men - 1957 Kronos - 1957 Enemy From Space - 1957 - a.k.a. 'Quatermass 2' Attack of the 50 Foot Woman - 1958 The Blob - 1958 Flying Saucer Daffy - 1958 Hare-Way to the Stars - 1958 I Married a Monster from Outer Space - 1958 The Lost Missile - 1958 The Strange World of Planet X - 1958 War of the Satellites - 1958 The Atomic Submarine - 1959 The Cosmic Man - 1959 Invisible Invaders - 1959 Plan 9 from Outer Space - 1959 Prince of Space - 1959 Quatermass and the Pit - 1959 Teenagers from Outer Space - 1959

1960s

Battle in Outer Space - 1960 Visit to a Small Planet - 1960 Il pianeta degli uomini spenti - 'Battle of the Worlds' - 1961 Invasion of the Neptune Men - 1961 Planets Against Us - 1961 Invasion of the Star Creatures - 1962 The Creeping Terror - 1964 Il disco volante - 'The Flying Saucer' - 1964 Hercules Against the Moon Men - 1964 Robinson Crusoe on Mars - 1964 Santa Claus Conquers the Martians - 1964 Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster - 1965 Invasion of Astro-Monster - 1965 - a.k.a. 'Monster Zero' & 'Godzilla vs Monster Zero' Mars Invades Puerto Rico - 1965 - a.k.a. 'Duel of the Space Monsters' & 'Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster' The Night Caller - 1965 - a.k.a. 'Night Caller from Outer Space' & 'Blood Beast from Outer Space' Destination Inner Space - 1966 The Eye Creatures - 1966 - remake of 'Invasion of the Saucer Men' (1957) Invasion - 1966 Mars Needs Women - 1966 Casino Royale - 1967 Five Million Years to Earth - 1967 - remake of 'Quatermass and the Pit' (1959) The Ambushers - 1967 The Terrornauts - 1967 They Came from Beyond Space - 1967 Destroy All Planets - 1968 Kaijû sôshingeki - 'Destroy All Monsters' - 1968 The Bamboo Saucer - 1968 Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell - 1968 Attack of the Giant Monsters - 1969 The Incredible Invasion - 1969 - a.k.a. 'The Sinister Invasion'

1970s

Night Slaves - 1970 The People - 1971 Invasion: UFO - 1972 Silent Running - 1972 Distant Early Warning - 1973 The Disappearance of Flight 412 - 1974 The Stranger Within - 1974 UFO: Target Earth - 1974 Escape to Witch Mountain - 1975 The UFO Incident - 1975 El hombre perseguido por un O.V.N.I. - 1976 God Told Me To - 1976 Laserblast - 1977 Starship Invasions - 1977 Close Encounters of the Third Kind - 1977 Foes - 1977 The Alien Factor - 1978 Burû Kurisumasu - 1978 The Day Time Ended - 1978 Eyes Behind the Stars - 1978 Return from Witch Mountain - 1978 The Cat from Outer Space - 1978 The Dark - 1979 Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres - 1979

1980s

The Aliens Are Coming - 1980 Cheech & Chong's Next Movie - 1980 Hangar 18 - 1980 The Return - 1980 - a.k.a. 'The Alien's Return' Earthbound - 1981 Heavy Metal - 1981 V (science fiction) series - 1980s Big Meat Eater - 1982 E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial - 1982 The Thing - 1982 Wavelength - 1982 Xtro - 1983 Alien Prey - 1984 The Last Starfighter - 1984 Meatballs Part II - 1984 - a.k.a. 'Space Kid' Starman - 1984 Strange Invaders - 1984 Cocoon - 1985 Miami Golem - 1985 - a.k.a. 'Miami Horror' Morons from Outer Space - 1985 My Science Project - 1985 Star Knight - 1985 UFOria - 1985 The Aurora Encounter - 1986 Escapes - 1986 Flight of the Navigator - 1986 Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star - 1986 Invaders from Mars - 1986 Maximum Overdrive - 1986 *batteries not included - 1987 Predator - 1987 Real Men - 1987 Alien Nation - 1988 Cocoon: The Return - 1988 Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here - 1988 It Came from Somewhere Else - 1988 Killer Klowns from Outer Space - 1988 Mac and Me - 1988 My Stepmother Is an Alien - 1988 They Live - 1988 The Abyss -1989 Communion - 1989

1990s

Predator 2 - 1990 Intruders (film) - 1992 Invader - 1992 Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman - 1993 Fire in the Sky - 1993 U.F.O. - 1993 Official Denial - 1994 The Puppet Masters - 1994 Roswell - 1994 Stargate - 1994 Dead Weekend - 1995 Visitors of the Night - 1995 The Arrival - 1996 Independence Day - 1996 Mars Attacks! - 1996 Night Visitors - 1996 Phenomenon - 1996 Dreamland - 1996 Film won an award called "The EBE Award: Best UFO Documentary in 1996". Film made by a Bruce Burgess who also made Broken Dagger See www.digiview.com/Dreamland (http://www.digiview.com) for more on this film Contact - 1997 Invasion - 1997 - a.k.a. 'Robin Cook's Invasion' Men in Black - 1997 The Shadow Men - 1998 Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County - 1998 I Married a Monster - 1998 - remake of 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space' (1958) Progeny - 1998 The X-Files: Fight the Future - 1998 Sphere - 1998 The Second Arrival - 1998 Gojira ni-sen mireniamu - 'Godzilla 2000' - 1999 Muppets from Space - 1999 My Favourite Martian - 1999 The Astronaut's Wife - 1999 Roswell: The Aliens Attack - 1999 Fantozzi 2000 - La clonazione - 1999

2000s

Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders - 2000 Mission to Mars - 2000 K-PAX - 2001 Groom Lake - 2002 Men in Black II - 2002 Signs - 2002 Alien Hunter - 2003 Koi Mil Gaya (Bollywood) - 2003 Visitors - 2003 Godzilla: Final Wars - 2004 The Forgotten - 2004 Alien Abduction - 2005 War of the Worlds - 2005 Alien Autopsy - 2006 Flying Saucer Rock'n'Roll - 2006 Lifted - 2006 Dreamland - 2007 Martian Child - 2007 Night Skies - 2007 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2008 The Appearance of a Man - 2008[1] The Day the Earth Stood Still - 2008 remake of the 1951 movie The Invasion - 2007 Bolt - 2008 Summer of the Flying Saucer - 2008 The X-Files: I Want to Believe - 2008 Alien Trespass - 2009 District 9 - 2009 Knowing - 2009 Monsters vs. Aliens - 2009 Race to Witch Mountain - 2009 remake of the 1975 movie The Fourth Kind - 2009 Avatar - 2009

2010s

Skyline - 2010 Apollo 18 - 2011 Battle: Los Angeles - 2011 Cowboys & Aliens - 2011 Mars Needs Moms - 2011 Paul - 2011 Super 8 - 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon - 2011 UFO in Her Eyes - 2011 Battleship - 2012 Prometheus - 2012 U.F.O. - 2012 The Avengers - 2012 Area 51 - 2015

Television

UFOs in television programs fall into three basic categories: real UFOs, hoaxes, and misidentified terrestrial spacecraft (often landing in a backward rural area or traveling back in time as in Lost in Space and Star Trek).

Shows depicting real UFOs include: The Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Monkees, The Bionic Woman, Dark Skies, Roswell, Wonder Woman, V, and The X-Files.

Hoax stories include: Batman, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Brady Bunch, The Green Hornet, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, and The Wild Wild West (a hoax story with a real sighting at the end)

Earth ships mistaken for UFOs appear in: I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, Lost in Space, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (Pyle witnesses the location filming of a science fiction film).

Alphabetical Order

Ace I Love Lucy - Rugrats - Episode: The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. - Lightning - Episode: "Lucy "Visitors from Outer Episode: "The U.F.O. Episode: Is Envious" Space" (1992) Affair" (1967) "Unidentified (1954) Scooby-Doo, Where The Golden Girls - Flying Invasion (2005– Are You! - Episode: Episode: "The One That Superhero"' 2006) "Spooky Space Got Away" (1988) (2002) It's Punky Kook" (1969) The Goodies - Episode: "U- Adventures Brewster - seaQuest DSV Friend or UFO" (1980) of Superman Episode: (1993–1996) The Green Hornet - - Episode: "Unidentified Seinfeld - Episode: Episode: "Invasion from "Mr. Zero" Flying Glomer" "The Bizarro Jerry" Outer Space" (1967) (1957) (1985) (1996) The Honeymooners - ALF (1986– Jeopardy Sesame Street - Episode: "The Man from 1990) (2002) Episode: "Kermit Space" (1955) Alvin & the Johnny Bravo - News: Old The Invaders (1967–1968) Chipmunks - Episode: "Bikini Macdonald" - Episode: Space Planet" - Episode: "Martians The Lost Saucer (1975– "Unidentified Episode: "Alien Find The Earth" - 1976) Flying Confidential" Episode: "Meet The The Man from U.N.C.L.E. - Chipmunks" Lassie - Martians" Episode: "The Take Me to (1983) Episode: "The Slimer! And the Real Your Leader Affair" (1966) Batman - Man from Mars" Ghostbusters - The Munsters - Episode: "If Episode: (1959) - Episode: a Martian Answers, Hang "The Joker's Episode: "Unidentified Sliming Up" (1965) Flying "Timmy and the Object" (1989) The Outer Limits (1963– Saucer" Martians" Soap - Season 3 1965) (1968) (1961) (1979-1980) The Phil Silvers Show - Benji, Zax & Lie to Me - South Park - Episode: "Bilko and the the Alien Episode: "Beat Episode: "Cartman Flying Saucers" (1957) Prince - the Devil" Gets an Anal Probe" The Sarah Jane Episode: (2010) (1997) Adventures (2007-...) "U.F.O." Littlest Pet Spadla z oblakov The Simpsons - Episode: (1983) Shop - Episode: (1978) "Treehouse of Horror" Bewitched - "War of the SpongeBob (1990) - Episode: "The Episode: Weirds" SquarePants - Springfield Files" (1997) "Samantha's (2012) Episode: "Sandy's The Six Million Dollar Man Secret Rocket" (1999) Saucer" - Episode: "Straight on 'till Lost in Space - Star Maidens (1976) (1968) Episode: "Visit Morning" (1974) Star Trek: Deep Cars Toons: to a Hostile The Strange World of Space Nine - Mater's Tall Planet" (1967) Planet X (1956) Episode: "Little Tales - The Thin Man - Episode: MacGyver - Green Men" (1995) Episode: " Episode: "The "The Saucer People" Star Trek: The (U.F.M.) Visitor" (1990) Threshold (2005) Original Series - Unidentified Married... with Torchwood (2006-...) Flying Episode: "Tomorrow Children - Is Yesterday" (1967) The Twilight Zone - Mater" Episode: Episode: "The Invaders" Star Trek: Voyager - (2009) "Married... with (1961) - Episode: "To Episode: "The 37's" Charles in Aliens" (1990) Serve Man" (1962) - (1995) - Episode: Charge - Episode: "Death Ship" Maude - "Future's End", Part I Episode: "U. (1963) - Episode: "On Episode: "The and Part II (1996) F. Oh No!" Flying Saucer" Thursday We Leave for Taken (2002) (1987) (1977) Home" (1963) Tales of Tomorrow - Charlie's Miami Vice - UFO (1970–1971) Episode: "The Angels - Episode: UFO robo: Gurendaizâ Search for the Flying Episode: "Missing Hours" (1975) "Unidentified Saucer" (1951) (1987) V (1983) Teenage Mutant Flying Mission: Ninja Turtles - Walker, Texas Ranger - Angels" Impossible - Episode: "Invasion Episode: "Case Closed" (1977) Episode: "The of the Turtle War of the Worlds (1988– Dark Skies Visitors" (1996–1997) Snatchers" (1989)[2] 1990) Dennis the Monk - Episode: - Episode: Welcome Back, Kotter - Menace and "Mr. Monk and "Unidentified Flying Episode: "Class Gnasher - the UFO" Leonardo" (1990)[3] Encounters of the Carvelli Episode: (2009) The 4400 (2004– Kind" (1978) "Unidentified The Monkees- 2007) The Wild Wild West - Funny Episode: The Addams Family Episode: "The Night of the Object" "Monkees - Episode: "The Flying Pie Plate" (1966) (1996) Watch Their Addams Family and Wonder Woman - Episode: Diagnosis: Feet" (1968) the Spaceman" "Judgment from Outer Murder - Mork & Mindy (1965) Space" (1977) Episode: (1978–1982) The Adventures of Wonder Woman - Episode: "Alienated Mister Ed - Ozzie and Harriet - "Mind Stealers From Outer (1998) Episode: Episode: "Ozzie and Space" (1977) Doctor Who "Moko" (1964) the Space Age" The X-Files (1993–2002) (1963–1989) The Munsters - (1959) (2005-...) Episode: "If a The Avengers - Encounters Martian Episode: "Man-Eater (1996) Answers, Hang of Surrey Green" Frasier - Up" (1965) (1965) Episode: My Favorite The Beverly "Docu. Martian (1963– Hillbillies - Episode: Drama" 1966) "The Flying Saucer" (2001) My Three Sons (1966) Futurama - - Episode: "You The Bionic Woman - Episode: Saw a What?" Episode: "The "Roswell (1967) Martians Are That Ends Mystery Coming, the Well" (2001) Science Martians Are Garfield and Theater 3000 - Coming" (1978) Friends - Episode: The Brady Bunch - Episode: "Hangar 18" Episode: "Out of "Unidentified (1989) - This World" (1974) Flying Episode: The Dick Van Dyke Orson" "Attack of the Show - Episode: (1988) Eye Creatures" "Uhny Uftz" (1965) The Golden (1992) The Dukes of Girls - Pokémon Black Hazzard - Episode: Episode: and White - "Strange Visitor to "The One Episode: "A Hazzard" (1985) That Got UFO for The Flintstones - Away" Elgyem!" (2011) Episode: "The Great Gomer Pyle, Project UFO Gazoo" (1965) U.S.M.C. - (1978–1979) Episode: Psi Factor: "Gomer and Chronicles of the Little the Paranormal Men from (1996–2000) Outer Quantum Leap - Space" Episode: "Star (1966) Light, Star Green Acres Bright" (1992) - Episode: Quatermass II "The Saucer (1957) Season" Roseanne - (1967) Episode: Gumby - "Aliens" (1992) Episode: Roswell (1999– "Gumby's 2002) Close Encounter" (1988) Happy Days -Episode: "My Favorite Orkan" (1978) - Episode: "Mork Returns" (1979) Home Improvement - Episode: "Flying Sauces" (1991) I Dream of Jeannie - Episode: "U.F.Oh Jeannie" (1968)

In video games

Space Invaders (1978) Asteroids (1979) Choplifter (1982) Moon Patrol (1982) X-COM (1994) Area 51 (1995) Duke Nukem 3D (1996) Kirby (1998) Perfect Dark (2000) Destroy All Humans! (2005) Microsoft Flight Simulator X (2006) Halo: Combat Evolved (2001) The Sims 2 (2004) Deus Ex (2000) The Sims 3: Seasons (2012)