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'Phantom from Space' released

When: 15 May 1953
Sources: 1 public source

Noreen Nash in Phantom from Space, released by United Artists in 1953 W. Lee Wilder, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

United Artists released W. Lee Wilder's 'Phantom from Space', in which radar tracks an unidentified object to Southern California and investigators hunt an invisible alien in the Los Angeles area. It was one of the low-budget films of the early saucer era.

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OtherPhantom from Space (1953) (opens in a new tab)AFI Catalog of Feature Films

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