Posthuman Blues

Speaking of "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" . . .

Here's the original trailer. Note the scene with the "orb," possibly based upon pilot encounters with "foo fighters" during World War II.



In an interesting departure from most "invaders from beyond" flicks, humans start the fight in "Earth vs. the Flying Saucers" (unless I'm totally misremembering it). The aliens seem congenial enough until we start shooting at them. Then, of course, all hell breaks loose.

The aliens are eventually defeated using some kind of high-tech acoustic ray, which brings to mind rumors that radar interferes with the propulsion systems of "real" UFOs. According to early abductee Herbert Schirmer, an alien told him as much . . . along with much else that goes roundly ignored by "serious" ufologists.

(I'll now pass the mic to Greg Bishop.)