UFOs in fiction

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This 1929 cover of Science Wonder Stories, drawn by notable pulp artist Frank R. Paul, is one of the earliest depictions of a "flying saucer" in fiction

Many works of fiction have featured UFOs. In most cases, as the fictional story progresses, the Earth is being invaded by hostile alien forces from outer space, usually from Mars, as depicted in early science fiction, or the people are being destroyed by alien forces, as depicted in the film Independence Day. Some fictional UFO encounters may be based on real UFO reports, such as Night Skies. Night Skies is based on the 1997 Phoenix UFO Incident.

UFOs appear in many forms of fiction other than film, such as video games in the Destroy All Humans! or the X-COM series and Halo series and print, The War of the Worlds or Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu. Typically a small group of people or the military (which one depending on where the film was made), will fight off the invasion, however the monster Godzilla has fought against many UFOs.

Books[]

  • Oahspe: A New Bible - John Ballou Newbrough - First book to use the word Starship long before science-fiction writers conceived of interstellar space travel (1882).
  • The War of the Worlds - H. G. Wells - Martian capsules are shot at Earth by aliens on Mars.(1898).
  • (1967) - Alison Lurie - Two sociologists investigate a UFO cult.
  • (1999) - Rudy Rucker
  • The Unreals, a novel by Donald Jeffries (2007).[citation needed] https://web.archive.org/web/20100115010803/http://donaldjeffries.com/

Radio[]

  • "War of the Worlds" a radio play by Orson Welles, caused all manner of panic in 1938

Films[]

See also: List of films featuring extraterrestrials

1930s[]

  • Flash Gordon - 1936
  • Buck Rogers - 1939 - a.k.a. Planet Outlaws

1940s[]

1950s[]

1960s[]

1970s[]

1980s[]

1990s[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

Television[]

UFOs in television programs fall into three basic categories: real UFOs, hoaxes, and misidentified terrestrial spacecraft (often landing in a backward rural area or traveling back in time as in Lost in Space and Star Trek).

Shows depicting real UFOs include: The Outer Limits, The Invaders, The Monkees, The Bionic Woman, Dark Skies, Roswell, Wonder Woman, V, and The X-Files.

Hoax stories include: Batman, The Beverly Hillbillies, The Brady Bunch, The Green Hornet, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., Mission: Impossible, and The Wild Wild West (a hoax story with a real sighting at the end)

Earth ships mistaken for UFOs appear in: I Dream of Jeannie, The Munsters, Lost in Space, Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. (Pyle witnesses the location filming of a science fiction film).

Alphabetical Order

(2012)

  • Lost in Space - Episode: "Visit to a Hostile Planet" (1967)
  • MacGyver - Episode: "The Visitor" (1990)
  • Married... with Children - Episode: "Married... with Aliens" (1990)
  • Maude - Episode: "The Flying Saucer" (1977)
  • Miami Vice - Episode: "Missing Hours" (1987)
  • Mission: Impossible - Episode: "The Visitors"
  • Monk - Episode: "Mr. Monk and the UFO" (2009)
  • The Monkees- Episode: "Monkees Watch Their Feet" (1968)
  • Mork & Mindy (1978–1982)
  • Mister Ed - Episode: "Moko" (1964)
  • The Munsters - Episode: "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up" (1965)
  • My Favorite Martian (1963–1966)
  • My Three Sons - Episode: "You Saw a What?" (1967)
  • Mystery Science Theater 3000 - Episode: "Hangar 18" (1989) - Episode: "Attack of the Eye Creatures" (1992)
  • Pokémon Black and White - Episode: "" (2011)
  • Project UFO (1978–1979)
  • Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996–2000)
  • Quantum Leap - Episode: "Star Light, Star Bright" (1992)
  • Quatermass II (1957)
  • Roseanne - Episode: "Aliens" (1992)
  • Roswell (1999–2002)

In video games[]

See also[]

  • Ancient astronauts in popular culture
  • Extraterrestrial life
  • Ufology
  • Project Blue Book
  • The Twilight Zone
  • Disclosure Project
  • UFO

References[]

  1. ^ "The Appearance of a Man". 25 September 2008. Retrieved 13 April 2018 – via www.imdb.com.
  2. ^ "Ninjaturtles". 1989. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  3. ^ "Ninjaturtles". 1990. Archived from the original on 31 August 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2012.
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