Media1950

The Flying Saucer, first feature film about saucers, opens

When: 4 Jan 1950
Where: New York, NY
Sources: 1 public source

Mikel Conrad's independent film The Flying Saucer opened in New York; general release followed Jan. 10. In it an agent races Russian agents to a saucer hidden in Alaska. The AFI Catalog calls it the first saucer feature and found none of the real saucer footage Conrad claimed in its print.

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OtherThe Flying Saucer (1950) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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Earlier in MediaKeyhoe's 'The Flying Saucers Are Real' in True magazineJan 1950 Later in MediaEdward R. Murrow's CBS flying saucer documentary7 Apr 1950

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