******SPACESHIP-SIZED SPOILERS!****** The 1950s saw a wave of ambitious space adventure films, inspired by the heady optimism of post-World War 2 prosperity in the United States, as well as a brain trust of science and engineering (a brain trust in serious danger of extinction these days). Full-color space epics such as “Destination Moon” (1950) and…
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Retro-Musings: “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” blew audiences away 70 years ago…
******SAUCER-SHAPED SPOILERS!****** Inspired by a report of “flying saucers” as described by pilot Kenneth Nelson in June 1947, and followed by the infamous Roswell incident in New Mexico that same year, UFOs (UAPs now) were all the rage in mid-century America. That trend was amplified in the 1950s with prominent sci-fi films such as producer…