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“Earth vs. the Flying Saucers”
The movieEarth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956) (also referred to as “Earth versus the Flying Saucers”) was directed by Fred F Sears, with special effects by Ray Harryhausen. It was produced by Charles H Schneer.

 

 

 

Sections below

1. Web Resources

2. Book References

3. Other material

 

Web Resources

Credits and other details included in the Internet Movie Database (imdb) entry online at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049169/

There is a rapid turnover of UFO material on the Internet. Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date. Therefore, instead of giving many links to specific webpages I have instead included below a search box which can be used to search various leading UFO websites at the same time. You can then click on tabs at the top of the search results to list only results from forums, only results from websites I have labelled as "skeptical" etc. I have included tabs for a couple of specific websites that I find particularly useful, including the valuable archives of the UFO UpDates email discussion List. The relevant websites are all listed in the discussion of the "UFO Searchillion" search engine in Section 2.4 of the "Free UFO Researcher Starter Pack" and continues to evolve...

 

The relevant search box is one of the two main tools on this website which are intended to help reduce the amount of reinvention of the wheel within UFOlogy. The other main tool is the collection of tables of references to discussion of UFO incidents, personalities and other matters in various books. Those tables can be sorted by author, length and date. I hope these tools are useful.

 

 

 

Book References

The table below includes references to relevant discussions in UFO/SETI books noted by Isaac Koi during a review of approximately 963 UFO/SETI books during the period 2003-2006 (with a few later additions). The table can be sorted by author, date and length of discussion by clicking on the relevant word in the top line of the table.

Many of the tables of references on this website are considerably longer than the references to books found on most other UFO websites. Indeed, some are probably the longest that have been collated in relation to some events and personalities. Together with the "UFO Searchillion" search box, I hope that these tables are found to be a useful contribution to UFOlogy.

For discussion of “Earth vs the Flying Saucers” see the following:

 

Year

Discussion by:

 

No. of Pages

1999

Baker, Alan in his “The Encyclopaedia of Alien Encounters” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 220 (in an entry entitled “Science Fiction”) of the Virgin hardback edition.

1

1979

Ball, Brian in his “A Young Person’s Guide to UFOs” (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 7) of the Dragon paperback edition.

1

1995

Barclay, David in his “Aliens: The Final Answer?” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 96-97 (in Chapter 7) of the Blandford softcover edition.

2

1970

Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 154 (in Chapter 12), 219 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition.

2

1979

Beckley, Timothy Green in “The Total UFO Story” (1979) (edited by Milt Machlin) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 285 (in Chapter 17, entitled “Flying Saucers In The Movies”) of the Dale paperback edition.

1

1979

Boyce, Chris in a list entitled “A Checklist of ETs in the Cinema” in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 164 (in Appendix 1) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 152 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition.

1

1998

Bullard, Thomas E in Jerome Clark’s “The UFO Book: Encyclopedia of the Extraterrestrial” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 13 (in an entry entitled “Abduction Phenomenon”) of the Visible Ink Press softcover edition.

1

1992

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: 1st edition: Volume 2 – Emergence of a Phenomenon” (1992) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 136 (in an entry entitled “Earth Versus the Flying Saucers”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1998

Clark, Jerome in his “The UFO Encyclopedia: The Phenomenon from the Beginning - 2nd edition : Volume 1:A-K” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 357 (in an entry entitled “Earth versus the Flying Saucers”) of the Omnigraphics hardback edition.

1

1995

Cousineau, Phil in his “UFOs: A Manual for the Millenium” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 68 (in Chapter 3) of the Harper Collins paperback edition.

1

2000

Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 372 (in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, in films and on television”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition.

1

2003

Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, in films and television”. The relevant entry is available online at:

http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/SFfilm.html

1

1975

Jacobs, David Michael in his “The UFO Controversy in America” (1975) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 130 (in Chapter 5) of the Indiana hardback edition, page 115 of the Signet paperback edition.

1

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 477 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page -467 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition).

1

2001

Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 574 (in an entry entitled “Reconnaissance Theory of UFOs”) of the Robinson softcover edition.

1

1999

Kurland, Michael in his “The Complete Idiot's Guide to Extraterrestrial Intelligence” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 294-295 (in Chapter 28) and included a list entitled “Alien Inspired Movies” in Appendix E at pages 315-316 of the Alpha Books softcover edition.

2

1996

Miller, David and Gatiss, Mark in their “They Came From Outer Space : Alien Encounters in the Movies” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 32 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition.

1

1977

Naha, Ed in his “Science Fiction Aliens - Starlog Photo Guidebook” (1977) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 18, 23 (in the unnumbered section entitled “Motion Pictures”) of the Starlog softcover edition.

2

1997

Nesheim, Eric and Nesheim, Leif in their “Saucer Attack! : Pop Culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 80-81 of the General Publishing softcover edition.

2

1994

Peebles, Curtis in his “Watch the Skies!” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 113-114 (Chapter 8) of the Smithsonian hardback edition, pages 136-137 of the Berkley paperback edition.

2

1999

Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ and Cone, William in their “The Abduction Enigma” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 123 (in Chapter 7) of the Forge hardback edition.

1

1984

Randles, Jenny in “The Age of the UFO” (1984) (edited by Peter Brookesmith) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 57 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “ ‘UFOs are bunk’ ”) of the Black Cat hardback edition. The relevant chapter is an article reprinted from the weekly partwork “The Unexplained”.

1

1997

Randles, Jenny in her “Alien Contact – The First Fifty Years” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 31 (in the chapter entitled “1956”) of the Collins and Brown hardback edition.

1

1999

Randles, Jenny in her “The Complete Book of Aliens and Abductions” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) a pages 124, 126 (in Part 4) of the Piatkus hardback edition.

2

1994

Ritchie, David in his “UFO : The Definitive Guide” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 62 (in an entry entitled “Earth versus the Flying Saucers”) of the MJF hardback edition.

1

1997

Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 217 (in Chapter 4) of the Frog softcover edition.

1

1978

Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 68, 78, 79 (in Chapter 2) of the Reed softcover edition.

3

1979

Simon, Armando in “UFO Phenomena and the Behavioral Scientist” (1979) (edited by Richard F Haines) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 48 (and included at page 54 in a list of science fiction films with themes of either visitors from space, or travelling to space or both) (in Chapter 3) of the Scarebrow Press hardback edition.

1

1994

Spencer, John in his “Gifts of the Gods?” (1994) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 34, 42-44 (in Chapter 4) of the Virgin paperback edition.

4

1978

Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 38 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition.

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Other Material

See also references provided in relation to Donald Keyhoe’s book, “Flying Saucers from Outer Space

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