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The Twilight Zone airs 'The Invaders'

When: 27 Jan 1961
Sources: 1 public source

Agnes Moorehead, the sole on-screen star of The Twilight Zone's The Invaders RKO Pictures, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

CBS's The Twilight Zone aired 'The Invaders', a nearly wordless episode in which Agnes Moorehead plays a farm woman fighting off intruders from a landed flying saucer. The twist reveals the crew came from Earth, making humans the alien invaders.

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PressThe Twilight Zone: 'The Invaders'/'A Penny For Your Thoughts' (review) (opens in a new tab)The A.V. Club

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