Guest blogger exclusive #10

Leading conspiracy writer Kenn Thomas returns for the tenth instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger series.

In this, his second guest article for SSS, Kenn explains how an almost-forgotten story from one of the more bizarre chapters in UFO history provided significant inspiration for the 1956 movie Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers. 

There’s also a Roswell connection… and cloudbusters! It’s a fascinating article. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #9

The ninth instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger series is a sort of whistle-stop tour of American UFOlogy by way of the movies, and our guide is Robert Barrow, a gentleman who on more than one occasion has been described justifiably as an unsung hero of UFOlogy.

Barrow’s six-decades-worth of memories are infused with all things UFOlogical – not least of all big and small screen UFO-themed entertainment products. Of particular interest to me are his recollections of seeing one of his self-penned UFO articles appear in Spielberg’s 1977 classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind:

“I felt peculiarly rattled that my speculative article regarding the real UFO phenomenon had been subjugated into the realm of cinematic fantasy, creating a blurred image of something taken out of place… suddenly I saw my work transformed into pop art for the sake of theater popcorn munchers.”

And with that to whet your appetite, read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #8

In the eighth instalment of the the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger series, well known Fortean blogger Red Pill Junkie (a.k.a. Miguel Romero) draws our attention to a little-known Spanish UFO movie...

Platillos Volantes is notable for a number of UFOlogical reasons - not least among which is its bold exploration of what RPJ refers to as "UFOlogy's ugly bastard son - the Contactist (or “contactee”) movement." Even more intriguing is that the movie is based on a true story - one with a bizarre and tragic ending. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #7

In the seventh instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger mini-series, veteran conspiracy writer Kenn Thomas turns his attention to an overlooked chapter in the history of the interplay between the national security state and the entertainment industry - a chapter in which the Kennedy assassination, UFOs and sci-fi TV bizarrely intertwine. It's a story worthy of Hollywood. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #6

To tie-in with the release of the new Transformers movie - which presents an alternative history of modern human interactions with the moon - author and journalist Jim Marrs has provided Silver Screen Saucers with an abbreviated version of a chapter that first appeared in his best-selling 1997 book, Alien Agenda.

Even if you are already familiar with this thought-provoking and contentious material - given Hollywood's current fascination with our orbital chunk of cheese - now is the perfect time to ponder afresh the many mysteries of the moon. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #5

In the fifth instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger mini-series, Grant Cameron looks at how two of Hollywood's most iconic UFO movies impacted the political thinking of two of America's most iconic Presidents. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #4

In the fourth instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger mini-series, Nick Redfern takes us on a nostalgic trip back to his youth through his fond recollections of watching what would become his all-time favourite UFO-themed TV show. Little did Nick know that one day he'd be shooting the breeze with its star. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive #3

In the third instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger mini-series, Emmy Award-winning TV producer and investigative reporter Linda Moulton Howe recounts a meeting she once had with a Hollywood producer who took a took a special interest in her ground-breaking animal mutilation documentary, A Strange Harvest (1980), and who had some rather suspicious requests of Linda in the context of a future big-screen adaptation of her work. Read on...

Guest blogger exclusive: #2

In the second instalment of the Silver Screen Saucers guest blogger mini-series, Hollywood filmmaker Paul Davids provides a comprehensive overview of Tinseltown's historical fascination with extraterrestrials and gives thoughtful consideration to what he refers to as "The Black-Ops Theory of Hollywood science-fiction films."

Incidentally, just who were those mysterious Men in Black types sniffing around the production of Davids' 1994 Roswell movie? Read on...

Silver Screen Saucers: guest blogger exclusives

Over the next few weeks, Silver Screen Saucers will be running an exclusive mini-series of guest posts by some of the biggest names in the UFO field on the subject of UFOs and entertainment media.

The aim of this mini-series is to provide a unique insight into how today's UFO researchers view the Hollywood/UFO relationship and to afford these researchers the opportunity to comment more personally on how particular UFO movies and TV shows may have influenced their own perspectives on the phenomenon.

When complete in a few weeks time, this mini-series of guest posts will be archived as a permanently accessible feature here on Silver Screen Saucers.

Kicking off the mini-series today is Nick Pope, who needs no introduction. See here for Nick's fascinating essay summarising his own perspectives on frequently-debated issues surrounding the topic of UFOs and Hollywood...