******SAUCER-SHAPED SPOILERS!****** Growing up in the 1970s, UFOs (as they were called then) were wildly popular. I watched alien visitation/invasion movies, such as “The War of the Worlds” (1953), “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956), and “Invaders from Mars” (1953)–that last one really scared the hell out of me watching it alone on late-night TV…
Tag: The UFO Incident
A voice heard around the world and among the stars; James Earl Jones (1931-2024)…
That Voice One of the hardest parts of getting older, as I’ve written many times before, is seeing so many of one’s childhood heroes and icons pass away. Today was another such day, as the world lost James Earl Jones; an amazing actor who could go from playing a boxer to a king on a…
Retro-Musings: “The UFO Incident” (1975) is an impeccable account of an implausible tale…
The Interrupted Journey. When I was about eight or so, I remember watching a TV-movie that truly creeped me out; it was called “The UFO Incident,” based on a 1966 book called “The Interrupted Journey,” and it told the story of the alleged alien abduction of Betty (Estelle Parsons) and Barney Hill (James Earl Jones)….