The movie “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” (1956) was based on the novel “The Body Snatchers” (1955) by Jack Finney. Directed by Don Siegel. Produced by Walter Wanger. Remade in 1978.
Web Resources
Credits and other details included in the Internet Movie Database (imdb) entry online at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049366/
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 Many links to material on UFO websites quickly become out of date.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 “Invasion of the Body Snatchers” see the following:
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Baxter, John in his “Science Fiction in the Cinema” (1970) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 139-142 (in Chapter 11), 225 (in the “Select Filmography”) of the Zwemmer softcover edition. |
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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. |
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Boyce, Chris in his Extraterrestrial Encounter (1979) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 22 (in the Prologue) of the David & Charles hardback edition, at page 20 of the 1980 revised NEL paperback edition. |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Complete Sightings Catalogue” (1995) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 42 (in Chapter 3) of the BCA hardback edition (with the same page numbering in the Blitz hardback edition, and in the Barnes & Noble hardback edition published under the title “UFO: The Complete Sightings”). |
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Brookesmith, Peter in his “UFO: The Government Files” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 124 (in Chapter 6) of the Parragon hardback edition. |
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Darling, David in his “The Extraterrestrial Encyclopedia” (2000) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 81 (in the entry entitled “Cold War, linked to UFO reports”), 210-211 (in the entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”), 372 (in the entry entitled “science fiction involving extraterrestrials, after 1940”) of the Three Rivers softcover edition. |
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Darling, David in his online encyclopedia, “The Encyclopedia of Astrobiology, Astronomy and Spaceflight” (2003) in the entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”. The relevant entry is available online at: |
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Dervin, Daniel in “Alien Zone : Cultural Theory and Contemporary Science Fiction Cinema” (1990) (edited by Annette Kuhn) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 99 (in Chapter 8) of the Verso softcover edition. |
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di Fate, Vincent in his “The Science Fiction Art of Vincent Di Fate” (2001) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 53 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Sci-Fi, Hokum and Barry Who? - The Golden Age of Science Fiction Movies”), 90 (in the unnumbered chapter entitled “Shadows on the Sky - The Early Flying Saucer Era”) of the Paper Tiger hardback edition. |
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Dick, Steven J in his “Life on Other Worlds“ (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 133 (in Chapter 4) of the |
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Dick, Steven J in his “The Biological Universe” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 263 (in Chapter 5) of the |
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Hennessey, Roger in his “Worlds Without End : The Historic Search for Extraterrestrial Life” (1999) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 119 (in Chapter 11) of the Tempus hardback edition. |
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Hopkins, Budd in his “Intruders – The Incredible Visitations at Copley Woods” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 192 (in Chapter 10) of the Random House hardback edition, at pages 276-277 of the Ballantine Books paperback edition. |
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Kaveney, Roz in her “From Alien to The Matrix: Reading Science Fiction Film” (2005) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 40 (in Chapter 4) of the I B Taurus softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 272 (in an entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 266 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S and Story, Ronald in “The Mammoth Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 328-329 (in an entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Kottmeyer, Martin S in “The Encyclopedia of Extraterrestrial Encounters” (2001) (edited by Ronald Story) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 353 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the New American Library softcover edition, at page 345 of the pdf edition (with the same page numbering in the Microsoft Word edition). |
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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 428 (in an entry entitled “Mind Control By Aliens”) of the Robinson softcover edition. |
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Larson, Bob in his “UFOs and the Alien Agenda” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 70 (in Chapter 4) of the Nelson softcover edition. |
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Mannion, Michael in his “Project Mindshift” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 174-175 (in Chapter 6) of the Evans hardback edition. |
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McDonough, Thomas R in his “The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence - Listening for Life in the Cosmos” (1987) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 46 (in Chapter 3) of the Wiley softcover edition. |
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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 pages 36-37 of the Visual Imagination softcover edition. |
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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 66, 68, 69 of the General Publishing softcover edition. |
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Parker, Barry in his “Alien Life” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 49 (in Chapter 4) of the Plenum Trade hardback edition. |
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Pope, Nick in his “Open Skies, Closed Minds” (1996) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 51 (in Chapter 3) of the Simon and Schuster hardback edition, with the same page numbering in the Pocket Books paperback edition. |
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Randle, Kevin D and Estes, Russ in their “Faces of the Visitors” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 82-83 (in Part 2) of the Fireside softcover edition. |
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Rutkowski, Chris in “Making Contact” (1997) (edited by Bill Fawcett) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 111 (in Section 2) of the Morrow hardback edition. |
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Rux, Bruce in his “Hollywood Vs. the Aliens” (1997) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 216-217 (in Chapter 4) of the Frog softcover edition. |
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Sachs, Margaret in her “The UFO Encyclopedia“ (1980 (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 162 (in the first entry entitled “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”) of the Corgi softback edition. |
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Shostak, Seth in his “Sharing the Universe” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 115 (in Chapter 6) of the Berkeley Hills softcover edition. |
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Siegel, Richard and Suares, Jean-Claude in their “Alien Creatures” (1978) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 72 (in Chapter 2), 158 (in the Afterword) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Tompkins, Bolyston in “Alien Creatures” (1978) (by Richard Siegel and Jean-Claude Suares) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at pages 16, 25, 37, 44 (in the Introduction) of the Reed softcover edition. |
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Wright, Susan in her “UFO Headquarters” (1998) (available on Amazon USA and on Amazon UK) at page 229 (in Chapter 12) of the |
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