Many works of fiction have featured UFOs

Unidentified flying object

A term originally coined by the military, an unidentified flying object is an unusual apparent anomaly in the sky that is not readily identifiable to the observer as any known object...

. In most cases, as the fictional story progresses, the Earth is being invaded by hostile alien forces from outer space, usually from Mars

Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...

, as depicted in early science fiction, or the people are being destroyed by alien forces, as depicted in the film Independence Day

Independence Day (film)

Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...

. Some fictional UFO encounters may be based on real UFO reports, such as Night Skies

Night Skies (film)

Night Skies is a 2007 horror film starring A.J. Cook, Jason Connery, George Stults and Ashley Peldon. It revolves around the infamous "Phoenix Lights", one of the largest UFO sightings ever.- Plot :...

. 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!

Destroy All Humans! (series)

Destroy All Humans! is a video game franchise developed by Pandemic Studios, Locomotive Games, Sandblast Games and published by THQ. The series is designed as a spoof of Cold War-era alien invasion films...

 or the X-COM series and print, The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds is an 1898 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells.The War of the Worlds may also refer to:- Radio broadcasts :* The War of the Worlds , the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles...

 or Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

is a Japanese sci-fi light novel series written by Mizuhito Akiyama with illustrations by Eeji Komatsu that centers on the relationship between Kana Iriya, a high school girl who has to fight alien invaders, and Naoyuki Asaba, a member of the school newspaper club and one of her few friends...

. Typically a small group of people or the military

Military

A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...

 (which one depending on where the film was made), will fight off the invasion, however the monster Godzilla

Godzilla

is a daikaijū, a Japanese movie monster, first appearing in Ishirō Honda's 1954 film Godzilla. Since then, Godzilla has gone on to become a worldwide pop culture icon starring in 28 films produced by Toho Co., Ltd. The monster has appeared in numerous other media incarnations including video games,...

 has fought against many UFOs.

Books

• Oahspe: A New Bible
  Oahspe: A New Bible
  Oahspe: A New Bible is a book published in 1882, purporting to contain "new revelations" from "...the Embassadors of the angel hosts of heaven prepared and revealed unto man in the name of Jehovih..." It was written by an American dentist, John Ballou Newbrough , who reported it to have been...
  
   - John Ballou Newbrough - First book to use the word Starship
  Starship
  A starship or interstellar spacecraft is a theoretical spacecraft designed for traveling between the stars, as opposed to a vehicle designed for orbital spaceflight or interplanetary travel....
  
   long before science-fiction writers conceived of interstellar space travel (1882).
• The War of the Worlds
  The War of the Worlds
  The War of the Worlds is an 1898 science fiction novel written by H. G. Wells.The War of the Worlds may also refer to:- Radio broadcasts :* The War of the Worlds , the 1938 radio broadcast by Orson Welles...
  
   - H. G. Wells
  H. G. Wells
  Herbert George Wells was an English author, now best known for his work in the science fiction genre. He was also a prolific writer in many other genres, including contemporary novels, history, politics and social commentary, even writing text books and rules for war games...
  
   - Martian capsules are shot at Earth by aliens on Mars
  Mars
  Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in the Solar System. The planet is named after the Roman god of war, Mars. It is often described as the "Red Planet", as the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance...
  
  . Earth germs eventually kill the alien invaders (1898).
• DNAlien, A novel by Jim West (2007).
• The Unreals
  The Unreals
  The Unreals is a science fiction/fantasy novel by Donald Jeffries, published in 2007 by StoneGarden. Conspiracy theories feature prominently in the plot, with the JFK assassination playing an especially significant role....
  
  , a novel by Donald Jeffries (2007). http://donaldjeffries.com/

1930s

• Flash Gordon
  Flash Gordon (serial)
  Flash Gordon is a 1936 science fiction film serial. Told in 13 installments, it was the first screen adventure for the comic-strip character Flash Gordon, and tells the story of his first visit to the planet Mongo and his encounter with the evil Emperor Ming the Merciless. Buster Crabbe, Jean...
  
   - 1936
• Buck Rogers
  Buck Rogers (serial)
  Buck Rogers is a Universal serial film based on the Buck Rogers comic strip, starring Buster Crabbe as the eponymous hero, Constance Moore, Jackie Moran and Anthony Warde.-Plot:...
  
   - 1939 - aka Planet Outlaws

1940s

• Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
  Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe
  Flash Gordon Conquers the Universe is a 1940 twelve episode serial film about Flash Gordon. It was the last of three Flash Gordon serials made from 1936 to 1940. The serial was produced and copyrighted by Universal Pictures....
  
   - 1940 - aka Purple Death from Outer Space
• The Purple Monster Strikes
  The Purple Monster Strikes
  The Purple Monster Strikes is a Republic Movie serial. It was also released as a television film under the title D-Day on Mars .The original production title for the serial was The Purple Shadow Strikes...
  
   - 1945 - aka D-Day on Mars
• Superman
  Superman (serial)
  Superman is a 15-part black-and-white Columbia film serial based on the comic book character Superman. It stars an uncredited Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill as Lois Lane. It is notable as the first live-action appearance of Superman on film and for the longevity of its distribution...
  
   - 1948
• Bruce Gentry
  Bruce Gentry
  Bruce Gentry is a Columbia movie serial based on the Bruce Gentry comic strip created by Ray Bailey. It may contain the first cinematic appearance of a Flying Saucer, here the secret weapon of the villainous Recorder.-Plot:...
  
   - 1949 - Possibly contains the first cinematic appearance of a Flying Saucer

1950s

• Atom Man vs. Superman
  Atom Man vs. Superman
  Atom Man vs. Superman , Columbia's 43rd serial, finds Lex Luthor , secretly the Atom Man, blackmailing the city of Metropolis by threatening to destroy the entire community...
  
   - 1950
• Flying Disc Man from Mars
  Flying Disc Man from Mars
  Flying Disc Man from Mars is a Republic film serial. This is considered a weak example of the serial medium, even compared to other post-World War II serials.-Plot:...
  
   - 1950
• The Flying Saucer
  The Flying Saucer
  The Flying Saucer is an American, black-and-white science fiction feature film, produced independently by Colonial Productions Inc. and distributed in the USA by Film Classics Inc.. The film script was written by Howard Irving Young from an original story by Mikel Conrad, who also produced,...
  
   - 1950 - The first film to deal with Flying Saucers
• Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
  Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere
  Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere is a 15-chapter serial released by Columbia Pictures in 1951. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet and Wallace A. Grissel with a screenplay by Royal G. Cole, Sherman I. Lowe and Joseph F. Poland, based on a treatment by George H. Plympton...
  
   - 1951
• Mysterious Island
  Mysterious Island (serial)
  Mysterious Island is the 46th serial released by Columbia Pictures. It is an adaptation of the 1874 novel by Jules Verne, The Mysterious Island . As in the original story, which was a follow-up to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, this serial is set in 1865...
  
   - 1951
• The Man from Planet X
  The Man from Planet X
  The Man From Planet X is a 1951 science fiction film.It was directed by Edgar G. Ulmer who had directed the very first Bela Lugosi/Boris Karloff teamup picture The Black Cat in 1934.-Plot:...
  
   - 1951
• The Day the Earth Stood Still - 1951
• The Thing from Another World
  The Thing from Another World
  The Thing from Another World , is a 1951 science fiction film based on the 1938 novella "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell . It tells the story of an Air Force crew and scientists at a remote Arctic research outpost who fight a malevolent plant-based alien being...
  
   - 1951
• 1. April 2000 - 1952
• Blackhawk
  Blackhawk (serial)
  Blackhawk is a Columbia movie serial based on the comic book Blackhawk published by Quality Comics at the time. The serial's subtitle was "Fearless Champion of Freedom". It was the studio's 49th serial....
  
   - 1952
• Operation: Rabbit
  Operation: Rabbit
  Operation: Rabbit is a 1951 Looney Tunes animated cartoon first released theatrically in 1952. Directed by Chuck Jones, the cartoon features Bugs Bunny and Wile E. Coyote in the latter character's first attempt to capture and eat the former.....
  
   - 1952
• The Hasty Hare
  The Hasty Hare
  The Hasty Hare is a 1951 Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny. Marvin the Martian is assigned to capture an Earth creature, and the first one he comes across is Bugs.-Synopsis:...
  
   - 1952
• Radar Men from the Moon
  Radar Men from the Moon
  Radar Men from the Moon is the first Commando Cody serial, in 12 chapters, starring newcomer George Wallace as Cody and Aline Towne as his sidekick Joan Gilbert, with serial veteran Roy Barcroft as the evil Retik, the Ruler of the Moon. The director was Fred C...
  
   - 1952
• Zombies of the Stratosphere
  Zombies of the Stratosphere
  Zombies of the Stratosphere was intended as the second serial featuring "new hero" Commando Cody and the third 12-chapter serial featuring the rocket-powered flying suit introduced in King of the Rocket Men...
  
   - 1952 - aka Satan's Satellites
• Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
  Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe
  Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe is a science fiction television series or serial. It consists of twelve 25-minute episodes. The series was filmed and intended to be broadcast as a television limited series but, due to contract restrictions, it was originally released in theaters as a...
  
   - 1953
• The Lost Planet
  The Lost Planet
  The Lost Planet is a 1953 Columbia Pictures 15-chapter serial which has the distinction of being the last interplanetary-themed sound serial ever made. It was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet with a screenplay by George H. Plympton and Arthur Hoerl...
  
   - 1953
• The War of the Worlds
  The War of the Worlds (1953 film)
  The War of the Worlds is a 1953 science fiction film starring Gene Barry and Ann Robinson. It was the first on-screen loose adaptation of the H. G. Wells classic novel of the same name...
  
   - 1953
• Invaders from Mars
  Invaders from Mars (1953 film)
  Invaders From Mars is a science fiction film directed by William Cameron Menzies, taken from a scenario by Richard Blake, and based on a story treatment by John Tucker Battle who was inspired by a dream recounted by his wife. It was produced independently by Edward L. Alperson Jr. and starred...
  
   - 1953
• It Came from Outer Space
  It Came from Outer Space
  It Came from Outer Space is a 1953 science fiction 3-D film directed by Jack Arnold, and starring Richard Carlson, Barbara Rush, and Charles Drake. It was Universal's first film to be filmed in 3-D.- Plot :...
  
   - 1953
• Phantom from Space
  Phantom from Space
  Phantom from Space is a United States science fiction film produced in 1953. The film was produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder from an original screenplay written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder...
  
   - 1953
• Robot Monster
  Robot Monster
  Robot Monster is a 1953 American science fiction film made in 3-D by Phil Tucker. It is frequently considered one of the worst films ever made.- Plot :...
  
   - 1953
• Devil Girl from Mars
  Devil Girl from Mars
  Devil Girl from Mars is a black and white 1954 British science fiction film, directed by David MacDonald. It was adapted from a stage play and became a cult favorite.-Synopsis:...
  
   - 1954
• Gog
  Gog (film)
  Gog is a 1954 science fiction film directed by Herbert L. Strock and released in 1954 by United Artists. It is notable for having been shot in color, widescreen and 3-D...
  
   - 1954
• Killers from Space
  Killers from Space
  Killers from Space is a 1954 American black and white science fiction feature film, produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder from an original, commissioned screenplay by his son Myles Wilder and their regular collaborator William Raynor, and starring Peter Graves and Barbara Bestar...
  
   - 1954
• Stranger from Venus - 1954 - aka 'Immediate Disaster'
• The Beast with a Million Eyes
  The Beast with a Million Eyes
  The Beast with a Million Eyes is a science-fiction movie about an alien capable to see through the eyes of the many creatures he takes control of. It was produced and directed by David Kramarsky, although some sources say that it was co-directed by Lou Place and co-produced by Roger Corman and...
  
   - 1955
• This Island Earth - 1955
• Forbidden Planet
  Forbidden Planet
  Forbidden Planet is a 1956 science fiction film directed by Fred M. Wilcox, with a screenplay by Cyril Hume. It stars Leslie Nielsen, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. The characters and its setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and its plot contains certain...
  
   - 1956
• Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
  Earth vs. the Flying Saucers is an American black and white science fiction film, directed by Fred F. Sears and released by Columbia Pictures. The film is also known as Invasion of the Flying Saucers. It was ostensibly suggested by the non-fiction work Flying Saucers from Outer Space by Donald...
  
   - 1956
• Jungle Hell
  Jungle Hell
  Jungle Hell is a 1955 American film.In the film several Natives visit a physician who, against the advice of a witch doctor, proceeds to try to heal burns....
  
   - 1956
• Supersonic Saucer - 1956
• 宇宙人東京に現わる
  Warning from Space
  is a Japanese science fiction tokusatsu film released in January 1956 by Daiei, and was the first Japanese science fiction film to be produced in color. In the film's plot, starfish-like aliens disguised as humans travel to Earth to warn of the imminent collision of a rogue planet and Earth...
  
   - aka 'Warning from Space' - 1956
• Unidentified Flying Objects: The True Story of Flying Saucers - 1956
• The Astounding She-Monster
  The Astounding She-Monster
  The Astounding She-Monster is a 1957 science fiction horror film starring Robert Clarke and directed, written and produced by Ronald V. Ashcroft...
  
   - 1957
• Invaders from Space
  Invaders from Space
  Invaders from Space is a 1964 film edited together for American television from films #3 and #4 of the Japanese short film series Super Giant.-Plot:...
  
   - 1957 - aka 'Attack of the Flying Saucers'
• 地球防衛軍
  The Mysterians
  The Mysterians, released in Japan as , is a tokusatsu science fiction film produced and released by Toho Studios in 1957. It was directed by the "Golden Duo" of Ishirō Honda and Eiji Tsuburaya . It is notable for being the first tokusatsu filmed in TohoScope and the first Toho film to use...
  
   - aka 'The Mysterians' - 1957
• The 27th Day
  The 27th Day
  The 27th Day is a 1957 science fiction film from Columbia Pictures. It was directed by William Asher, produced by Helen Ainsworth, and the screenplay was written by John Mantley, who also wrote the original novel...
  
   - 1957
• Invasion of the Saucer Men
  Invasion of the Saucer Men
  Invasion of the Saucer Men is a 1957 sci-fi comedy film starring Steven Terrell and Gloria Castillo and personally produced by James H. Nicholson for his American International Pictures...
  
   - 1957
• Kronos
  Kronos (film)
  Kronos is a 1957 black and white science fiction film directed by Kurt Neumann, starring Jeff Morrow and Barbara Lawrence. The film is also known as Kronos, Destroyer of the Universe...
  
   - 1957
• Enemy From Space - 1957 - aka 'Quatermass 2'
• Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
  Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
  Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 American science fiction feature film produced by Bernard Woolner for Allied Artists Pictures. It was directed by Nathan H. Juran from a screenplay by Mark Hanna, and starred Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers. The original music score was...
  
   - 1958
• The Blob
  The Blob
  The Blob is an independently made 1958 American horror/science-fiction film that depicts a giant amoeba-like alien that terrorizes the small community of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania...
  
   - 1958
• Flying Saucer Daffy
  Flying Saucer Daffy
  Flying Saucer Daffy is the 187th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges. The trio made a total of 190 shorts for Columbia Pictures between 1934 and 1959.-Plot:...
  
   - 1958
• Hare-Way to the Stars
  Hare-Way to the Stars
  Hare-Way to the Stars is a 1957 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical cartoon short, starring Bugs Bunny, and released on March 29, 1958.-Plot:...
  
   - 1958
• I Married a Monster from Outer Space
  I Married a Monster from Outer Space
  I Married a Monster from Outer Space is a 1958 science fiction film, directed by Gene Fowler Jr. and starring Tom Tryon and Gloria Talbott....
  
   - 1958
• The Lost Missile
  The Lost Missile
  The Lost Missile is a 1958 science fiction film which was originally slated to be directed by William A. Berke, who also executive produced the film. The screenplay was co-written by John McPartland and the longtime science-fiction writer Jerome Bixby, and starred a young Robert Loggia. When...
  
   - 1958
• The Strange World of Planet X
  The Strange World of Planet X (film)
  The Strange World of Planet X is a British science fiction horror film, and a cautionary tale about science. It was also known as Cosmic Monsters, The Crawling Terror, The Cosmic Monster, and The Crawling Horror....
  
   - 1958
• War of the Satellites
  War of the Satellites
  War of the Satellites is a 1958 black and white sci-fi film directed by Roger Corman rapidly conceived, filmed and released to exploit the Sputnik satellite.-Cast:*Dick Miller as Dave Boyer*Susan Cabot as Sybil Carrington...
  
   - 1958
• The Atomic Submarine
  The Atomic Submarine
  The Atomic Submarine is a 1959 science fiction film starring Arthur Franz, Dick Foran and Brett Halsey, with John Hillard as the voice of the alien. The film was directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, the script was adapted by Orville H. Hampton from a short story by Jack Rabin and Irving Block...
  
   - 1959
• The Cosmic Man - 1959
• Invisible Invaders - 1959
• Plan 9 from Outer Space
  Plan 9 from Outer Space
  Plan 9 from Outer Space is a 1959 science fiction film written and directed by Edward D. Wood, Jr. The film features Gregory Walcott, Mona McKinnon, Tor Johnson and Maila "Vampira" Nurmi...
  
   - 1959
• Prince of Space - 1959
• Quatermass and the Pit
  Quatermass and the Pit
  Quatermass and the Pit is a British television science-fiction serial, originally transmitted live by BBC Television in December 1958 and January 1959. It was the third and last of the BBC's Quatermass serials, although the character would reappear in a 1979 ITV production simply entitled Quatermass...
  
   - 1959
• Teenagers from Outer Space
  Teenagers from Outer Space
  Teenagers from Outer Space is a 1959 science-fiction film about an extraterrestrial space ship landing on Earth to use it as a farm for its food supply. The crew of the ship includes teenagers, two of whom oppose each other in their activities. The independent film was originally distributed by...
  
   - 1959

1960s

• Battle in Outer Space
  Battle in Outer Space
  Battle in Outer Space, released in Japan as is a tokusatsu film produced and released by Toho Studios in Japan in 1959, and distributed worldwide in 1960 by Columbia Pictures...
  
   - 1960
• Visit to a Small Planet
  Visit to a Small Planet
  Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 Paramount Pictures film starring Jerry Lewis, based on a play by Gore Vidal. It was released on February 4, 1960.-Plot:...
  
   - 1960
• Il pianeta degli uomini spenti
  Battle of the Worlds
  Battle of the Worlds is a 1961 Italian science fiction film directed by Antonio Margheriti, starring Claude Raines, Bill Carter and Maya Brent.-Plot:...
  
   - 'Battle of the Worlds' - 1961
• Invasion of the Neptune Men
  Invasion of the Neptune Men
  is a tokusatsu SF/superhero film produced by Toei Company Ltd. in 1961. The movie starred then 22-year old Sonny Chiba as the intergalactic superhero Iron-Sharp...
  
   - 1961
• Planets Against Us - 1961
• Invasion of the Star Creatures
  Invasion of the Star Creatures
  Invasion of the Star Creatures is a May 3, 1962, science fiction/comedy film directed by Bruno VeSota and starring Bob Ball and Frankie Ray. It was released theatrically by American International Pictures. It was released as a double feature with The Brain That Wouldn't Die.-Plot:The film opens...
  
   - 1962
• The Creeping Terror
  The Creeping Terror
  The Creeping Terror is a 1964 horror/science fiction film, in which a slug-like monster terrorizes an American town after escaping from a crashed spaceship...
  
   - 1964
• Il disco volante - 'The Flying Saucer' - 1964
• Hercules Against the Moon Men - 1964
• Robinson Crusoe on Mars
  Robinson Crusoe on Mars
  Robinson Crusoe on Mars is a 1964 Techniscope science fiction film retelling of the classic novel by Daniel Defoe. It was directed by Byron Haskin, produced by Aubrey Schenck and starred Paul Mantee, Victor Lundin and Adam West...
  
   - 1964
• Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
  Santa Claus Conquers the Martians is a 1964 science fiction film that regularly appears on lists of the worst films ever made. It is regularly featured in the "bottom 100" list on the Internet Movie Database, and was also featured in an episode of the 1986 syndicated series, the Canned Film...
  
   - 1964
• Invasion of Astro-Monster
  Invasion of Astro-Monster
  Invasion of Astro-Monster is a Science Fiction kaiju film released in 1965 as a direct sequel to Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster...
  
   - 1965
• Mars Invades Puerto Rico - 1965 - aka 'Duel of the Space Monsters' & 'Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster'
• The Night Caller - 1965 - aka 'Night Caller from Outer Space' & 'Blood Beast from Outer Space'
• Destination Inner Space - 1966
• The Eye Creatures
  The Eye Creatures
  The Eye Creatures is a 1965 science-fiction film about an invasion of an unnamed American countryside by a flying saucer and its silent, shambling alien occupants...
  
   - 1966 - remake of 'Invasion of the Saucer Men' (1957)
• Invasion
  Invasion
  An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts of the armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a...
  
   - 1966
• Mars Needs Women
  Mars Needs Women
  Mars Needs Women is an American International Pictures made for TV science fiction film filmed in 1966 and released in 1967 which features Tommy Kirk, Yvonne Craig, and Byron Lord. it was shot during a two week period in Houston and Dallas, Texas...
  
   - 1966
• Casino Royale
  Casino Royale (1967 film)
  Casino Royale is a 1967 comedy spy film originally produced by Columbia Pictures starring an ensemble cast of directors and actors. It is set as a satire of the James Bond film series and the spy genre, and is loosely based on Ian Fleming's first James Bond novel.The film stars David Niven as the...
  
   - 1967
• Five Million Years to Earth - 1967 - remake of 'Quatermass and the Pit' (1959)
• The Ambushers
  The Ambushers (film)
  The Ambushers is a 1967 spy comedy film filmed in Acapulco starring Dean Martin, Senta Berger and Janice Rule. It is loosely based upon the novel of the same title by Donald Hamilton....
  
   - 1967
• The Terrornauts
  The Terrornauts
  -Synopsis:Project Star Talk is based at a UK radio telescope site, its mission is to listen for radio signals from other intelligences. Dr Joe Burke is the head of the project assisted by his small team consisting of electronics expert Ben Keller and office manager Sandy Lund . Due to the lack of...
  
   - 1967
• They Came from Beyond Space
  They Came From Beyond Space
  They Came From Beyond Space is a 1967 British science fiction film directed by Freddie Francis, written by Milton Subotsky and based on the book The Gods Hate Kansas by Joseph Millard. It was produced by Amicus Productions.- Plot summary :...
  
   - 1967
• You Only Live Twice
  You Only Live Twice (film)
  You Only Live Twice is the fifth spy film in the James Bond series, and the fifth to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. The film's screenplay was written by Roald Dahl, and loosely based on Ian Fleming's 1964 novel of the same name...
  
   - 1967
• Destroy All Planets - 1968
• Kaijû sôshingeki
  Destroy All Monsters
  Destroy All Monsters, released in Japan as , is a 1968 Japanese horror Science fiction Kaiju film. The ninth in Toho Studios' Godzilla series, it was directed by Ishirō Honda with special effects by Sadamasa Arikawa This is the fifth film to feature Mothra, third to feature King Ghidorah, fourth...
  
   - 'Destroy All Monsters' - 1968
• The Bamboo Saucer - 1968
• Goke - Body Snatcher from Hell - 1968
• Attack of the Giant Monsters - 1969
• Easy Rider
  Easy Rider
  Easy Rider is a 1969 American road movie written by Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, and Terry Southern, produced by Fonda and directed by Hopper. It tells the story of two bikers who travel through the American Southwest and South with the aim of achieving freedom...
  
   - 1969
• The Incredible Invasion
  The Incredible Invasion
  The Incredible Invasion is a 1971 film directed by Jack Hill. It stars Boris Karloff and Enrique Guzmán.The Incredible Invasion is one of four low-budget Mexican horror films Karloff made in a package deal with Mexican producer Luis Vergara. The others are The Snake People, The Fear Chamber, and...
  
   - 1969 - aka 'The Sinister Invasion'

1970s

• Night Slaves
  Night Slaves
  Night Slaves is a 1970 American television science fiction-horror film directed by Ted Post.-Plot:Clay and Marjorie, an estranged married couple, take a vacation together while Clay recuperates from a serious auto accident...
  
   - 1970
• The People
  The People
  The People, previously known as the Sunday People, is a British tabloid Sunday-only newspaper. The paper was founded on 16 October 1881.It is published by the Trinity Mirror Group.In July 2011 it had an average daily circulation of 806,544....
  
   - 1971
• Invasion: UFO - 1972
• Distant Early Warning - 1973
• The Disappearance of Flight 412
  The Disappearance of Flight 412
  The Disappearance of Flight 412 is a 1974 made-for-television science fiction drama film starring Glenn Ford, Bradford Dillman, David Soul and Guy Stockwell.-Plot:...
  
   - 1974
• The Stranger Within
  The Stranger Within
  The Stranger Within is a 1974 science fiction film that premiered on ABC on October 1, 1974, as the ABC Movie of the Week. The film was inspired by Rosemary's Baby, but included a science-fiction twist....
  
   - 1974
• UFO: Target Earth
  UFO: Target Earth
  UFO: Target Earth is a 1974 American film directed by Michael A. DeGaetano.The film is also known as Target Earth.- Plot summary :...
  
   - 1974
• Escape to Witch Mountain
  Escape to Witch Mountain (1975 film)
  Escape to Witch Mountain is a 1975 film based on the novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key. It was produced by Walt Disney Productions, released by Buena Vista Distribution Company and directed by John Hough.- Plot :...
  
   - 1975
• The UFO Incident - 1975
• El hombre perseguido por un O.V.N.I. - 1976
• God Told Me To
  God Told Me To
  God Told Me To is a 1976 science fiction/horror film written and directed by Larry Cohen...
  
   - 1976
• Laserblast
  Laserblast
  Laserblast is a 1978 American science fiction film about an unhappy teenage loner who discovers an alien laser cannon and goes on a murderous rampage, seeking revenge against those who he feels have wronged him. The low-budget film was directed by Michael Rae and produced by Charles Band, who is...
  
   - 1977
• Starship Invasions
  Starship Invasions
  Starship Invasions is a 1977 Canadian science fiction film produced by Ed Hunt and filmed in Toronto, Ontario.-Production and release:The film began production under the title Alien Encounters, and a previous working title was War of the Aliens...
  
   - 1977
• Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Close Encounters of the Third Kind
  Close Encounters of the Third Kind is a 1977 science fiction film written and directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Richard Dreyfuss, François Truffaut, Melinda Dillon, Teri Garr, Bob Balaban, and Cary Guffey...
  
   - 1977
• Foes - 1977
• The Alien Factor
  The Alien Factor
  The Alien Factor is a 1976 B-grade science fiction film directed and written by Baltimore low-budget filmmaker Don Dohler. The film begins with a young teenage couple making out in a car when an insect looking monster attacks. The local sheriff must find out what's causing the killings. Meanwhile,...
  
   - 1978
• Burû Kurisumasu - 1978
• The Day Time Ended
  The Day Time Ended
  The Day Time Ended is an independent science fiction film released in 1980. The film starred Jim Davis, Christopher Mitchum and Dorothy Malone and was directed by John 'Bud' Carlos...
  
   - 1978
• Eyes Behind the Stars - 1978
• Return from Witch Mountain
  Return from Witch Mountain
  Return from Witch Mountain is the 1978 sequel to Walt Disney Productions' 1975 film, Escape to Witch Mountain. It was written by Malcolm Marmorstein and is based on the novel by Alexander Key. Ike Eisenmann, Kim Richards, and Denver Pyle reprise their roles as Tony, Tia, and Uncle Bené—humanoid...
  
   - 1978
• The Cat from Outer Space
  The Cat from Outer Space
  The Cat from Outer Space is a 1978 Disney film, starring Ronnie Schell, Ken Berry, Sandy Duncan, Harry Morgan, Roddy McDowall and McLean Stevenson.-Plot:...
  
   - 1978
• The Dark - 1979

1980s

• The Aliens Are Coming - 1980
• Hangar 18
  Hangar 18 (film)
  Hangar 18 is a 1980 science fiction film that was released to capitalize on the UFO interest of the era. The film itself carries ties to Area 51, as well as ufology. Although it flopped , it tantalized those who saw government cover-ups of UFOs...
  
   - 1980
• The Return
  The Return (1980 film)
  The Return is a 1980 American science fiction film directed by Greydon Clark. It stars Jan-Michael Vincent, Cybill Shepherd, Martin Landau, and Raymond Burr...
  
   - 1980 - aka 'The Alien's Return'
• Earthbound
  Earthbound (1981 film)
  -Plot summary:When a family of aliens is stranded in the Midwest after their spaceship crashes, a kind innkeeper takes them in. But their peace is threatened by a government agent who wants to assure that the aliens cannot intermingle with humankind.-Cast:...
  
   - 1981
• Heavy Metal
  Heavy Metal (film)
  Heavy Metal is a 1981 Canadian fantasy-animated film directed by Gerald Potterton and produced by Ivan Reitman and Leonard Mogel, who also was the publisher of Heavy Metal magazine....
  
   - 1981
• Big Meat Eater - 1982
• E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
  E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 American science fiction film co-produced and directed by Steven Spielberg, written by Melissa Mathison and starring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, and Peter Coyote...
  
   - 1982
• The Thing - 1982
• Wavelength
  Wavelength (1983 film)
  Wavelength is a low-budget, independent science fiction film written and directed by Mike Gray and starring Robert Carradine, Cherie Currie, and Keenan Wynn.The story involves a young couple who discover child-like aliens being held by the U.S...
  
   - 1982
• Xtro
  Xtro
  Xtro is a low-budget British science fiction horror film made in 1982 and directed by Harry Bromley Davenport and co-produced by Bob Shaye.-Plot:...
  
   - 1983
• Alien Prey - 1984
• The Last Starfighter
  The Last Starfighter
  The Last Starfighter is a 1984 science fiction adventure film directed by Nick Castle. The film tells the story of Alex Rogan , an average teenage boy recruited by an alien defense force to fight in an interstellar war. It also featured Dan O'Herlihy, Catherine Mary Stewart, Robert Preston, Norman...
  
   - 1984
• Meatballs Part II - 1984 - aka 'Space Kid'
• Starman
  Starman (film)
  John Carpenter's Starman is a 1984 science-fiction fantasy film directed by John Carpenter that tells the story of an alien who has come to Earth in response to the invitation found on the gold phonograph record installed on the Voyager 2 space probe.The screenplay was written by Bruce A. Evans,...
  
   - 1984
• Strange Invaders
  Strange Invaders
  Strange Invaders is a spoof science-fiction film made in 1983, as a tribute to the 1950s films, but most notably The Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It stars Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen and Diana Scarwid...
  
   - 1984
• Cocoon
  Cocoon (film)
  The score for Cocoon was composed and conducted by James Horner. The soundtrack was released twice, through Polydor Records in 1985 and a reprint through P.E.G. in 1997 and features eleven tracks of score and a vocal track performed by Michael Sembello...
  
   - 1985
• Miami Golem - 1985 - aka 'Miami Horror'
• Morons from Outer Space
  Morons from Outer Space
  Morons from Outer Space is a 1985 comedy/science-fiction film directed by Mike Hodges.-Plot:The story begins on a small spaceship docking with a refueling station. On board are a group of four aliens, Bernard, Sandra, Desmond, and Julian...
  
   - 1985
• My Science Project
  My Science Project
  My Science Project is a 1985 comedy science fiction film directed by Jonathan R. Betuel.-Plot:Gearhead Michael and bookworm Ellie break into a military junkyard to find a science project for Michael's class...
  
   - 1985
• Star Knight - 1985
• UFOria
  UFOria
  UFOria is a science fiction/comedy movie starring Fred Ward, Harry Dean Stanton, Harry Carey, Jr. and Cindy Williams. It was directed by John Binder.The film includes also guest appearances by Peggy McKay, Joe Unger, Hank Worden and Charlotte Stewart....
  
   - 1985
• The Aurora Encounter
  The Aurora Encounter
  The Aurora Encounter is a 1986 American science fiction film directed by the Jim McCullough Sr., written by Melody Brooke and Jim McCullough, Jr., and starring Jack Elam, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian and Dottie West....
  
   - 1986
• Escapes - 1986
• Flight of the Navigator
  Flight of the Navigator
  Flight of the Navigator is a 1986 Disney science fiction film directed by Randal Kleiser and written by Mark H. Baker and Michael Burton, about a 12-year-old boy named David who is abducted by an alien space craft and finds himself caught in a world which has changed around him...
  
   - 1986
• Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
  Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star
  Hyper Sapien: People from Another Star is a 1986 film directed by Peter R. Hunt and starring Dennis Holahan and Sydney Penny.-Cast:*Dennis Holahan as Aric*Sydney Penny as Robyn*Rosie Marcel as Tavy*Ricky Paull Goldin as Dirt...
  
   - 1986
• Invaders from Mars
  Invaders from Mars (1986 film)
  Invaders from Mars is a 1986 science fiction film directed by Tobe Hooper from a screenplay by Dan O'Bannon and Don Jakoby. It is a remake of the 1953 science fiction film Invaders from Mars, and is a reworking of that film's screenplay by Richard Blake from an original story by John Tucker Battle...
  
   - 1986
• Maximum Overdrive
  Maximum Overdrive
  Maximum Overdrive is a 1986 American action-horror-science fiction film written and directed by novelist Stephen King. The screenplay was inspired by and loosely based on King's short story, Trucks, which was included in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift.Maximum Overdrive is...
  
   - 1986
• * batteries not included - 1987
• Predator
  Predator (film)
  Predator is a 1987 American science fiction action film directed by John McTiernan, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Carl Weathers, Jesse Ventura, and Kevin Peter Hall. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox....
  
   - 1987
• Alien Nation
  Alien Nation (film)
  Alien Nation is a 1988 American science fiction film directed by Graham Baker and produced by Gale Anne Hurd, Richard Kobritz and Bill Borden. The storyline was based on a screenplay written by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It stars James Caan, Mandy Patinkin, Terence Stamp, and Kevyn Major Howard...
  
   - 1988
• Cocoon: The Return
  Cocoon: The Return
  Cocoon: The Return is a 1988 science fiction film that is the sequel to the 1985 film Cocoon. All of the starring actors from the first film reprised their roles in this film, although Brian Dennehy only appears in one scene at the end of the film...
  
   - 1988
• Invasion Earth: The Aliens Are Here - 1988
• It Came from Somewhere Else
  It Came from Somewhere Else
  It Came from Somewhere Else is a 1988 motion picture comedy directed by Howard Hassler. It is a spoof of sci-fi films and is a B-movie....
  
   - 1988
• Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  Killer Klowns from Outer Space
  Killer Klowns From Outer Space is a 1988 American comedy horror movie, made by The Chiodo Brothers and starring Grant Cramer. It is the only Chiodo Brothers' directed and written film – they have worked in many other projects in other roles, such as producing and visual effects...
  
   - 1988
• Mac and Me
  Mac and Me
  Mac and Me is a 1988 sci-fi fantasy film co-written and directed by Stewart Raffill about a "Mysterious Alien Creature" escapes from nefarious NASA agents and is befriended by a young boy who uses a wheelchair. Together, they try to find MAC's family, from whom he has been separated...
  
   - 1988
• My Stepmother Is an Alien
  My Stepmother Is an Alien
  My Stepmother Is An Alien is a 1988 comedy science fiction film produced by the Weintraub Entertainment Group for release through Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, with featured performances by Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan.-Plot:Celeste is...
  
   - 1988
• They Live
  They Live
  They Live is a 1988 science fiction/horror film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym Frank Armitage ....
  
   - 1988
• The Abyss
  The Abyss
  The Abyss is a 1989 science fiction film written and directed by James Cameron. It stars Ed Harris, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, and Michael Biehn. The original musical score was composed by Alan Silvestri...
  
   -1989
• Communion - 1989

1990s

• Predator 2
  Predator 2
  Predator 2 is a 1990 science fiction action film starring Danny Glover, Gary Busey, María Conchita Alonso, Rubén Blades, and Bill Paxton. Written by Jim and John Thomas and directed by Stephen Hopkins, the film is a sequel to 1987's Predator, with Kevin Peter Hall again playing the role of the...
  
   - 1990
• Intruders (film)
  Intruders (film)
  Intruders is a four hour CBS miniseries dealing with the subject of alien abduction that was first broadcast in 1992. The miniseries starred Richard Crenna, Daphne Ashbrook and Mare Winningham. It was partially based on ufologist Budd Hopkins' book Intruders: The Incredible Visitations at Copley...
  
   - 1992
• Invader - 1992
• Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman - 1993
• Fire in the Sky
  Fire in the Sky
  Fire in the Sky is a 1993 film based on an alleged extraterrestrial encounter, directed by Robert Lieberman, and written by Tracy Tormé based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience. The film stars Robert Patrick in the leading role as Walton's best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike...
  
   - 1993
• U.F.O.
  U.F.O. (film)
  U.F.O. is a 1993 British sci-fi spoof that stars Roy 'Chubby' Brown in the role of a blue comedian whose act offends a pair of female aliens, who proceed to kidnap him and put him on trial....
  
   - 1993
• Official Denial - 1994
• Roswell
  Roswell (1994 film)
  Roswell is a 1994 television movie based on the alleged true story from the testimony of hundreds of witnesses about the U.S. military capture of a flying saucer and its alien crew following a crash near the town of Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947....
  
   - 1994
• Stargate
  Stargate (film)
  Stargate is a 1994 American adventure-military science fiction film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco Pictures. Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise...
  
   - 1994
• Dead Weekend - 1995
• Visitors of the Night - 1995
• Independence Day
  Independence Day (film)
  Independence Day is a 1996 science fiction film about an alien invasion of Earth, focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they converge in the Nevada desert and, along with the rest of the human population, participate in a last-chance counterattack on July 4 – the same...
  
   - 1996
• Mars Attacks!
  Mars Attacks!
  Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and based on the cult trading card series of the same name. The film uses elements of black comedy, surreal humour, and political satire, and claims to be also a parody of multiple science fiction B movies...
  
   - 1996
• Night Visitors - 1996
• The Arrival
  The Arrival (film)
  The Arrival is a 1996 science fiction film directed by David Twohy and starring Charlie Sheen, and co-starring Lindsay Crouse, Richard Schiff, Ron Silver, and Teri Polo...
  
   - 1996
• Dreamland - 1996 Film won an award called "The EBE Award: Best UFO Documentary in 1996". Film made by a Bruce Burgess who also made Broken Dagger See www.digiview.com/Dreamland for more on this film
• Contact
  Contact (film)
  Contact is a 1997 American science fiction drama film adapted from the Carl Sagan novel of the same name and directed by Robert Zemeckis. Both Sagan and wife Ann Druyan wrote the story outline for the film adaptation of Contact....
  
   - 1997
• Invasion
  Invasion
  An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts of the armed forces of one geopolitical entity aggressively entering territory controlled by another such entity, generally with the objective of either conquering, liberating or re-establishing control or authority over a...
  
   - 1997 - aka 'Robin Cook's Invasion'
• Men in Black
  Men in Black (film)
  Men in Black is a 1997 science fiction comedy film directed by Barry Sonnenfeld, starring Tommy Lee Jones, Will Smith and Vincent D'Onofrio. The film was based on the Men in Black comic book series by Lowell Cunningham, originally published by Marvel Comics. The film featured the creature effects...
  
   - 1997
• The Shadow Men
  The Shadow Men
  The Shadow Men is a 1998 movie in which a married couple, Bob and Dez Wilson, and their 12-year old son Andy are being accosted by a blinding light when driving home from a daytrip...
  
   - 1998
• Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
  Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County
  Alien Abduction: Incident in Lake County is a re-enactment of a supposedly genuine home video of an alien abduction of a family in Montana that was shown on the UPN network in January,1998....
  
   - 1998
• I Married a Monster - 1998 - remake of 'I Married a Monster from Outer Space' (1958)
• Progeny
  Progeny (film)
  Progeny is an American science fiction film released in 1999. It was directed by Brian Yuzna and written by Aubrey Solomon and Stuart Gordon. The film stars Arnold Vosloo as Dr. Craig Burton, Jillian McWhirter as Sherry Burton, Brad Dourif as Dr. Bert Clavell and Lindsay Crouse as Dr...
  
   - 1998
• The X-Files: Fight the Future
  The X-Files (film)
  The X-Files is a 1998 American science fiction-thriller film written by Chris Carter and Frank Spotnitz, and directed by Rob Bowman. It is the first feature film based on The X-Files series created by Carter that revolves around a fictional FBI paranormal investigation unit called the X-Files...
  
   - 1998
• Sphere
  Sphere (film)
  Sphere is a 1998 science fiction psychological thriller film, starring Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, and Samuel L. Jackson. Sphere was based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Michael Crichton, author of Jurassic Park and The Lost World...
  
   - 1998
• The Second Arrival
  The Second Arrival
  The Second Arrival is a 1998 American science fiction movie. It is the sequel to the 1996 movie The Arrival.-Plot:This film takes place two years after the first film. After Zane Ziminski is found dead in a remote Eskimo community. It is believed that he died of a heart attack...
  
   - 1998
• Gojira ni-sen mireniamu
  Godzilla 2000
  is a 1999 Japanese science fiction kaiju film directed by Takao Okawara and written by Hiroshi Kashiwabara and Wataru Mimura. It was the twenty-third film released in the Godzilla series. It is the only film to feature Orga. The film was released on December 11, 1999...
  
   - 'Godzilla 2000' - 1999
• Muppets from Space
  Muppets from Space
  Muppets from Space is a 1999 science fiction comedy film and the sixth feature film to star The Muppets, and the first since the death of Muppets creator Jim Henson to have an original Muppet-focused plot. The film was directed by Tim Hill, produced by Jim Henson Pictures, and released to theaters...
  
   - 1999
• My Favourite Martian
  My Favorite Martian (film)
  My Favorite Martian is a 1999 science fiction comedy film starring Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Wallace Shawn and Ray Walston, based on the 1960s television series of the same name. It was directed by Donald Petrie and written by original-series creator John L....
  
   - 1999
• The Astronaut's Wife
  The Astronaut's Wife
  The Astronaut's Wife is a 1999 science fiction/thriller film directed and written by Rand Ravich. It stars Johnny Depp and Charlize Theron.-Plot:...
  
   - 1999
• Roswell: The Aliens Attack
  Roswell: The Aliens Attack
  Roswell: The Aliens Attack is a made for TV movie produced for the UPN Network. The story is about two aliens who escape from Roswell, New Mexico in 1947 with intentions to blow up the earth. The movie was filmed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-Cast:...
  
   - 1999

2000s

• Mission to Mars
  Mission to Mars
  Mission to Mars is a 2000 science fiction film directed by Brian De Palma from an original screenplay written by Jim Thomas, John Thomas, and Graham Yost. The film's story details a fictional portrayal of a manned Mars exploration mission gone awry in the year 2020...
  
   - 2000
• K-PAX
  K-PAX (film)
  K-PAX is a 2001 American science fiction and mystery film directed by Iain Softley and starring Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack and Alfre Woodard. The screenplay, written by Gene Brewer and Charles Leavitt, is based on a novel of the same name by Brewer about a psychiatric patient who...
  
   - 2001
• Groom Lake
  Groom Lake (film)
  Groom Lake aka The Visitor is a 2002 film directed by William Shatner and starring Amy Acker....
  
   - 2002
• Men in Black II
  Men in Black II
  Men in Black II is a 2002 science fiction action comedy starring Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones. The film also stars Lara Flynn Boyle, Johnny Knoxville, Rosario Dawson and Rip Torn...
  
   - 2002
• Signs
  Signs (film)
  Signs is a 2002 American science fiction horror film directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It was adapted from a screenplay also written by Shyamalan. Executive producers for the film comprised Shyamalan, Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy and Sam Mercer. The story focuses on a former preacher named Graham...
  
   - 2002
• Alien Hunter
  Alien Hunter
  Alien Hunter is a 2003 science-fiction-thriller film, directed by Ron Krauss and stars James Spader, Carl Lewis and Leslie Stefanson.-Plot:...
  
   - 2003
• Koi Mil Gaya (Bollywood) -2003
• Visitors
  Visitors (2003 film)
  Visitors is a 2003 thriller movie dealing with the experiences of a young woman sailing solo on a yacht around the world. The loneliness makes her start to lose her sanity. The movie was directed by Richard Franklin and was produced by Jennifer Hadden. This movie in some ways is close to the theme...
  
   - 2003
• Godzilla Final Wars-2004

• The Forgotten - 2004
• Alien Abduction
  Alien Abduction (film)
  Alien Abduction is a 2005 science-fiction horror film produced by The Asylum, and one of few by the same studio not produced to capitalize on the release of another film. It was released with the tagline: "The war of the worlds has just begun!", referencing the 1898 novel The War of the Worlds by H.G...
  
   - 2005
• War of the Worlds
  War of the Worlds (2005 film)
  War of the Worlds is a 2005 American science fiction film adaptation of H. G. Wells' novel of the same name, directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Josh Friedman and David Koepp. It is one of three film adaptations of War of the Worlds released that year, alongside The Asylum's version and...
  
   - 2005
• Alien Autopsy - 2006
• Flying Saucer Rock 'N' Roll - 2006
• Lifted - 2006
• Dreamland
  Dreamland (2007 film)
  Dreamland is an American science fiction film that was released on DVD February 27, 2007.-Plot:In the Nevada mountains between Las Vegas and Reno in the desolate nuclear testing grounds of Dreamland , a young couple Megan and Dylan stop in a greasy spoon cafe where they learn about the Area 51...
  
   - 2007
• Martian Child
  Martian Child
  Martian Child is a 2007 American comedy-drama film about a writer who adopts a strange young boy who believes himself to be from Mars. Martian Child was released on November 2, 2007. The film was directed by Menno Meyjes and produced by New Line Cinema. It stars John Cusack and Bobby Coleman...
  
   - 2007
• Night Skies
  Night Skies (film)
  Night Skies is a 2007 horror film starring A.J. Cook, Jason Connery, George Stults and Ashley Peldon. It revolves around the infamous "Phoenix Lights", one of the largest UFO sightings ever.- Plot :...
  
   - 2007
• Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - 2008
• The Appearance of a Man - 2008
• The Day The Earth Stood Still
  The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008 film)
  The Day the Earth Stood Still is a 2008 science fiction film, a remake of the 1951 film of the same name. The screenplay is based on the 1940 classic science fiction short story "Farewell to the Master" by Harry Bates, and the 1951 screenplay adaptation by Edmund H...
  
   - 2008 remake of the 1951 movie
• The Invasion
  The Invasion (film)
  The Invasion is a 2007 science fiction thriller film starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel, with additional scenes written by the Wachowski brothers and directed by James McTeigue....
  
   - 2007
• Bolt - 2008
• Summer of the Flying Saucer
  Summer of the Flying Saucer
  Summer of the Flying Saucer is a 2008 Irish Family film starring Robert Sheehan and Nicola Coughlan. The film was directed by Martin Duffy.- External links :*...
  
   - 2008
• The X Files: I Want to Believe - 2008
• Alien Trespass
  Alien Trespass
  Alien Trespass is a 2009 science-fiction comedy film based on 1950s sci-fi B movies. It stars Eric McCormack and Robert Patrick . The film was shot in Ashcroft, B.C.-Plot:...
  
   - 2009
• District 9
  District 9
  District 9 is a 2009 South African science fiction thriller film directed by Neill Blomkamp. It was written by Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell, and produced by Peter Jackson and Carolynne Cunningham. The film stars Sharlto Copley, Jason Cope, and David James...
  
   - 2009
• Knowing
  Knowing (film)
  Knowing is a 2009 American-British science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas and starring Nicolas Cage. The project was originally attached to a number of directors under Columbia Pictures, but it was placed in turnaround and eventually picked up by Escape Artists. Production was financially...
  
   - 2009
• Monsters vs. Aliens
  Monsters vs. Aliens
  Monsters vs. Aliens is a 2009 American computer-animated 3-D science fiction film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures...
  
   - 2009
• Race to Witch Mountain
  Race to Witch Mountain
  Race to Witch Mountain is a 2009 science fiction/thriller film and a remake of the original 1975 fantasy film, Escape to Witch Mountain. Both versions of the film are based on the 1968 novel Escape to Witch Mountain by Alexander Key...
  
   - 2009 remake of the 1975 movie
• The Fourth Kind
  The Fourth Kind
  The Fourth Kind is a 2009 American mockumentary science fiction film starring Milla Jovovich, Charlotte Milchard, Elias Koteas, Will Patton, and Mia McKenna-Bruce. The title is derived from the expansion of J...
  
   - 2009
• Avatar
  Avatar
  In Hinduism, an avatar is a deliberate descent of a deity to earth, or a descent of the Supreme Being and is mostly translated into English as "incarnation," but more accurately as "appearance" or "manifestation"....
  
   - 2009

2010s

• Skyline - 2010
• Apollo 18
  Apollo 18 (film)
  Apollo 18 is a 2011 American science fiction horror film directed by Gonzalo López-Gallego and produced by Timur Bekmambetov and Ron Schmidt. The film's premise is that the officially canceled Apollo 18 mission was actually launched in December 1973 but never returned, and as a result the United...
  
   - 2011
• Area 51
  Area 51 (film)
  Area 51 is a science-fiction film picture written and directed by Oren Peli, the director of Paranormal Activity and starring Benjamin Rovner, Reid Warner and Darrin Bragg.-Cast:* Sandra Staggs* Ben Rovner as Ethan Cole...
  
   - 2011
• Battle: Los Angeles
  Battle: Los Angeles
  Battle: Los Angeles is a 2011 American military science fiction war film directed by Jonathan Liebesman, and starring Aaron Eckhart, Michelle Rodriguez, Ramon Rodriguez, Bridget Moynahan, Ne-Yo and Michael Peña...
  
   - 2011
• Cowboys & Aliens
  Cowboys & Aliens (film)
  Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg...
  
   - 2011
• Mars Needs Moms
  Mars Needs Moms!
  Mars Needs Moms is an animated science fiction action-comedy film co-written and directed by Simon Wells, and based on the Berkeley Breathed book of the same title. The film is centered around a nine-year-old boy who after being grounded, realizes he was wrong to be rude to his mother, and has to...
  
   - 2011
• Paul
  Paul (film)
  Paul is a 2011 science fiction comedy film directed by Greg Mottola, written by Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. It stars Pegg, Frost, and the voice of Seth Rogen as the title character...
  
   - 2011
• Super 8
  Super 8 (film)
  Super 8 is a 2011 American science fiction action film written and directed by J. J. Abrams and produced by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Joel Courtney, Elle Fanning, and Kyle Chandler and was released on June 10, 2011 in conventional and IMAX theaters...
  
   - 2011
• UFO in Her Eyes
  Xiaolu Guo
  Xiaolu Guo born 1973) is a Chinese novelist and filmmaker, who uses film and literary language to explore themes of alienation, memory, personal journeys, daily tragedies and develops her own vision of China's past and its future in a global environment....
  
   - 2011
• U.F.O. - 2012

Television

alphabetical order

Ace Lightning Ace Lightning Ace Lightning is a children's television show co-produced by the BBC and Alliance Atlantis, which has been broadcast in the United States as well as in the United Kingdom and Australia. The show was filmed in Canada, but the program was set in America...  - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Superhero"' (2002) Adventures of Superman Adventures of Superman (TV series) Adventures of Superman is an American television series based on comic book characters and concepts created in 1938 by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. The show is the first television series to feature Superman and began filming in 1951 in California...  - Episode: "Mr. Zero" (1957) ALF ALF (TV series) ALF is an American science fiction sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1986 to 1990, created by Paul Fusco. The title character was Gordon Shumway, a friendly extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF , who crash lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family.The series starred Max...  (1986–1990) Alvin & the Chipmunks Alvin and the Chipmunks (TV series) Alvin and the Chipmunks is an American animated television series featuring The Chipmunks, produced by Bagdasarian Productions in association with Ruby-Spears Enterprises from 1983–87, and DIC Entertainment from 1988-90....  - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Chipmunks" (1983) Batman Batman (TV series) Batman is an American television series, based on the DC comic book character of the same name. It stars Adam West as Batman and Burt Ward as Robin — two crime-fighting heroes who defend Gotham City. It aired on the American Broadcasting Company network for three seasons from January 12, 1966 to...  - Episode: "The Joker's Flying Saucer" (1968) Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince was a live-action Hanna-Barbera/Mulberry Square children's science fiction television series created by Joe Camp, the creator of the Benji film franchise...  - Episode: "U.F.O. Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince was a live-action Hanna-Barbera/Mulberry Square children's science fiction television series created by Joe Camp, the creator of the Benji film franchise... " (1983) Bewitched Bewitched Bewitched is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for eight seasons on ABC from 1964 to 1972, starring Elizabeth Montgomery, Dick York and Dick Sargent , Agnes Moorehead, and David White. The show is about a witch who marries a mortal and tries to lead the life of a typical suburban...  - Episode: "Samantha's Secret Saucer" (1968) Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales - Episode: "(U.F.M.) Unidentified Flying Mater" (2009) Charles in Charge Charles in Charge Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series which starred Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board...  - Episode: "U. F. Oh No!" (1987) Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men...  - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Angels" (1977) Chucklewood Critters Chucklewood Critters Chucklewood Critters was an American line of television specials and an animated TV series created by former Hanna-Barbera animators, Bill Hutten and Tony Love, which centered on two woodland animals: Buttons, a young bear cub, and Rusty, a fox cub...  - Episode: "Unidentified Furry Object Chucklewood Critters Chucklewood Critters was an American line of television specials and an animated TV series created by former Hanna-Barbera animators, Bill Hutten and Tony Love, which centered on two woodland animals: Buttons, a young bear cub, and Rusty, a fox cub... " (1999) Dark Skies Dark Skies Dark Skies is an American UFO conspiracy theory-based sci-fi television series that aired from the 1996 to 1997 season for 18 episodes, plus a two-hour pilot episode. The success of The X-Files on Fox proved there was an audience for science fiction shows, resulting in NBC commissioning this...  (1996–1997) Dennis the Menace and Gnasher - Episode: "Unidentified Funny Object" (1996) Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder Diagnosis: Murder is a mystery/medical/crime drama television series starring Dick Van Dyke as Dr. Mark Sloan, a medical doctor who solves crimes with the help of his son, a homicide detective played by his real-life son Barry Van Dyke. The series began as a spin-off of Jake and the Fatman...  - Episode: "Alienated Alienated Alienated may refer to:* Alienated , a 2003 Canadian science fiction TV series* "Alienated" , an episode of the sixth season of Diagnosis Murder...  (1998) Doctor Who Doctor Who Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...  (1963–1989) (2005-...) Encounters Encounters (TV series) Encounters: The Hidden Truth was an hour-long TV series that featured real-life stories of paranormal phenomena. The format featured a host and a team of reporters presenting 3 or 4 stories per episode dealing with UFOs, crop circles, exorcism, prophets, psychics, reincarnation, and other...  (1996) Frasier Frasier Frasier is an American sitcom that was broadcast on NBC for eleven seasons, from September 16, 1993, to May 13, 2004. The program was created and produced by David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee in association with Grammnet and Paramount Network Television.A spin-off of Cheers, Frasier stars...  - Episode: "Docu. Drama" (2001) Futurama Futurama Futurama is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series follows the adventures of a late 20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J...  - Episode: "Roswell That Ends Well Roswell That Ends Well "Roswell That Ends Well" is the nineteenth episode of the third production season of the TV show Futurama. This episode, which won an Emmy Award, originally aired on December 9, 2001 as the season premiere of broadcast season four. It was written by J. Stewart Burns and directed by Rich Moore... " (2001) Garfield and Friends Garfield and Friends Garfield and Friends is an American animated television series based on the comic strip Garfield by Jim Davis. The show was produced by Film Roman, in association with United Feature Syndicate and Paws, Inc., and ran on CBS Saturday mornings from September 17, 1988 to December 10, 1994, with...  - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Orson" (1988) Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C. Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.The show renders the title as Gomer Pyle - USMC. is an American situation comedy that originally aired on CBS from September 25, 1964, to May 2, 1969. The series was a spinoff of The Andy Griffith Show, and the pilot was aired as the finale of the fourth season of The Andy...  - Episode: "Gomer and the Little Men from Outer Space" (1966) Green Acres Green Acres Green Acres is an American television series starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country farm...  - Episode: "The Saucer Season" (1967) Gumby Gumby Gumby is a green clay humanoid character created and modeled by Art Clokey, who also created Davey and Goliath. Gumby has been the subject of a 233-episode series of American television as well as a feature-length film and other media...  - Episode: "Gumby's Close Encounter" (1988) Happy Days Happy Days Happy Days is an American television sitcom that originally aired from January 15, 1974, to September 24, 1984, on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in mid-1950s to mid-1960s America....  -Episode: "My Favorite Orkan" (1978) - Episode: "Mork Returns" (1979) Home Improvement - Episode: "Flying Sauces" (1991) I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie I Dream of Jeannie is a 1960s American sitcom with a fantasy premise. The show starred Barbara Eden as a 2,000-year-old genie, and Larry Hagman as an astronaut who becomes her master, with whom she falls in love and eventually marries...  - Episode: "U.F.Oh Jeannie" (1968)

I Love Lucy I Love Lucy I Love Lucy is an American television sitcom starring Lucille Ball, Desi Arnaz, Vivian Vance, and William Frawley. The black-and-white series originally ran from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957, on the Columbia Broadcasting System...  - Episode: "Lucy Is Envious" (1954) Invasion Invasion (TV series) Invasion is an American science fiction television series that aired on ABC for only one season beginning in September 2005. Somewhat similar to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, the show told the story of the aftermath of a hurricane in which water-based creatures infiltrate a small Florida town and...  (2005–2006) It's Punky Brewster It's Punky Brewster It's Punky Brewster is an animated spin off of the live action television show Punky Brewster. The show was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synopsis:...  - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Glomer It's Punky Brewster It's Punky Brewster is an animated spin off of the live action television show Punky Brewster. The show was animated by Ruby-Spears Productions.-Synopsis:... " (1985) Jeopardy Jeopardy (BBC TV series) Jeopardy was a BAFTA award-winning Scottish television series which ran for three series, from 2002 to 2004, on BBC One. It was created by Tim O'Mara who also directed, and all three series were produced by Andy Rowley with exec for Wark Clements Richard Langridge. It has aired numerous times on...  (2002) Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo Johnny Bravo is an American animated television series created by Van Partible for Cartoon Network. The series stars a muscular beefcake young man named Johnny Bravo who dons a pompadour hairstyle and an Elvis Presley-like voice and has a forward, woman-chasing personality...  - Episode: "Bikini Space Planet" - Episode: "Alien Confidential" Lassie Lassie (1954 TV series) Lassie is an American television series that follows the adventures of a female Rough Collie named Lassie and her companions, human and animal. The show was the creation of producer Robert Maxwell and animal trainer Rudd Weatherwax and was televised from September 12, 1954, to March 24, 1973...  - Episode: "The Man from Mars" (1959) - Episode: "Timmy and the Martians" (1961) Lie to Me Lie to Me Lie to Me is a 2009-2011 American television series.Lie to Me may also refer to:* Lie to Me , a South Korean drama series* "Lie to Me" , an episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer...  - Episode: "Beat the Devil" (2010) Lost in Space Lost in Space Lost in Space is a science fiction TV series created and produced by Irwin Allen, filmed by 20th Century Fox Television, and broadcast on CBS. The show ran for three seasons, with 83 episodes airing between September 15, 1965, and March 6, 1968...  (1965–1968) MacGyver MacGyver MacGyver is an American action-adventure television series created by Lee David Zlotoff. Henry Winkler and John Rich were the executive producers. The show ran for seven seasons on ABC in the United States and various other networks abroad from 1985 to 1992. The series was filmed in Los Angeles...  - Episode: "The Visitor" (1990) Married... with Children Married... with Children Married... with Children is an American surrealistic sitcom that aired for 11 seasons that featured a dysfunctional family living in Chicago, Illinois. The show, notable for being the first prime time television series to air on Fox, ran from April 5, 1987, to June 9, 1997. The series was created...  - Episode: "Married... with Aliens" (1990) Maude Maude (TV series) Maude was an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978.Maude starred Beatrice Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban Tuckahoe, Westchester County, New York with...  - Episode: "The Flying Saucer" (1977) Miami Vice Miami Vice Miami Vice is an American television series produced by Michael Mann for NBC. The series starred Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas as two Metro-Dade Police Department detectives working undercover in Miami. It ran for five seasons on NBC from 1984–1989...  - Episode: "Missing Hours" (1987) Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...  - Episode: "The Visitors" Monk Monk (TV series) Monk is an American comedy-drama detective mystery television series created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the titular character, Adrian Monk. It originally ran from 2002 to 2009 and is primarily a mystery series, although it has dark and comic touches.The series debuted on July...  - Episode: "Mr. Monk and the UFO" (2009) Mork & Mindy (1978–1982) Mister Ed Mister Ed Originally produced in late 1960, Mister Ed is an American television situation comedy produced by Filmways that first aired in syndication from January 5 to July 2, 1961, and then on CBS from October 1, 1961, to February 6, 1966....  - Episode: "Moko" (1964) My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963 to May 1, 1966 for 107 episodes...  (1963–1966) Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc., that ran from 1988 to 1999....  - Episode: "Hangar 18" (1989) - Episode: "Attack of the Eye Creatures" (1992) Pokémon Black and White Pokémon Black and White are role-playing games developed by Game Freak and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. They are the first installments in the fifth generation of the Pokémon series of role-playing games...  - Episode: "A UFO for Elgyem!" (2011) Project UFO Project UFO Project UFO was an NBC television series which lasted two seasons, from 1978 to 1979. Based loosely on the real-life Project Blue Book, the show was created by Dragnet veteran Jack Webb, who pored through Air Force files looking for episode ideas...  (1978–1979) Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal is a Canadian science fiction drama television series which was filmed in and around Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and aired 88 episodes over four seasons from 1996 to 2000...  (1996–2000) Quantum Leap - Episode: "Star Light, Star Bright" (1992) Quatermass II Quatermass II Quatermass II is a British science-fiction serial, originally broadcast by BBC Television in the autumn of 1955. It is the second in the Quatermass series by writer Nigel Kneale, and the first of those serials to survive in its entirety in the BBC archives...  (1957) Roseanne - Episode: "Aliens" (1992) Roswell Roswell (TV series) Roswell is an American science fiction television series developed, produced, and co-written by Jason Katims. The series debuted on October 6, 1999 on The WB and moved to UPN for the third season. The last episode aired May 14, 2002...  (1999–2002)

Rugrats Rugrats Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....  - Episode: "Visitors from Outer Space" (1992) Scooby Doo, Where Are You! - Episode: "Spooky Space Kook Scooby-Doo Scooby-Doo is an American media franchise based around several animated television series and related works produced from 1969 to the present day. The original series, Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was created for Hanna-Barbera Productions by writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears in 1969... " (1969) seaQuest DSV SeaQuest DSV seaQuest DSV is an American science fiction television series created by Rockne S. O'Bannon. It originally aired on NBC between 1993 and 1996. In its final season, it was renamed seaQuest 2032. Set in "the near future", seaQuest mixes high drama with realistic scientific fiction...  (1993–1996) Seinfeld Seinfeld Seinfeld is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. It was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself...  - Episode: "The Bizarro Jerry The Bizarro Jerry "The Bizarro Jerry" is the 137th episode of the American television sitcom Seinfeld. This was the third episode for the eighth season. It was originally broadcast on the NBC network on October 3, 1996. The title and plot extensively reference the Bizarro and Bizarro-Earth concepts that originally... " (1996) Sesame Street Sesame Street Sesame Street has undergone significant changes in its history. According to writer Michael Davis, by the mid-1970s the show had become "an American institution". The cast and crew expanded during this time, including the hiring of women in the crew and additional minorities in the cast. The...  - Episode: "Kermit News: Old Macdonald" -Episode: "Martians Find The Earth" - Episode: "Meet The Martians" Slimer! And the Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters The Real Ghostbusters is an American animated television series based on the 1984 film Ghostbusters. The series ran from 1986 to 1991, and was produced by Columbia Pictures Television, DiC Enterprises, and Coca-Cola Telecommunications. "The Real" was added to the title after a dispute with...  - Episode: "Unidentified Sliming Object" (1989) South Park South Park South Park is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. Intended for mature audiences, the show has become famous for its crude language, surreal, satirical, and dark humor that lampoons a wide range of topics...  - Episode: "Cartman gets an Anal Probe Cartman Gets an Anal Probe "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe" is the first episode of the animated television series South Park. It first aired on Comedy Central in the United States on August 13, 1997... " (1997) Spadla z oblakov Spadla z oblakov Spadla z oblakov is a Slovak language sci-fi TV series for children created in year 1978. The series became very popular in Czechoslovakia and several other countries....  (1978) SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants is an American animated television series, created by marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. Much of the series centers on the exploits and adventures of the title character and his various friends in the underwater city of "Bikini Bottom"...  - Episode: "Sandy's Rocket" (1999) Star Maidens Star Maidens Star Maidens is a British science-fiction television series made by Portman Productions for the ITV Network. Produced in 1975, and first screened in 1976, it was filmed at Bray Studios and on location in Windsor, Bracknell and Black Park...  (1976) Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...  - Episode: "Tomorrow Is Yesterday" (1967) Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while...  - Episode: "The 37's" (1995) - Episode: "Future's End", Part I and Part II (1996) Taken (2002) Tales of Tomorrow Tales of Tomorrow Tales of Tomorrow is an American anthology science fiction series that was performed and broadcast live on ABC from 1951 to 1953. The series covered such stories as Frankenstein, starring Lon Chaney, Jr., 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea starring Thomas Mitchell as Captain Nemo, and many others...  - Episode: "The Search for the Flying Saucer" (1951) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987 TV series) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is an American animated television series produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. The pilot was shown during the week of December 28, 1987 in syndication as a five part miniseries and began its official run on October 1, 1988...  - Episode: "Invasion of the Turtle Snatchers" (1989) - Episode: "Unidentified Flying Leonardo" (1991) The 4400 The 4400 The 4400 is a science fiction TV series produced by CBS Paramount Network Television in association with Sky Television, Renegade 83, and American Zoetrope for USA Network. The show was created and written by Scott Peters and René Echevarria, and it stars Joel Gretsch and Jacqueline McKenzie...  (2004–2007) The Addams Family The Addams Family (TV series) The Addams Family is an American television series based on the characters in Charles Addams' New Yorker cartoons. The 30-minute series was shot in black-and-white and aired for two seasons in 64 installments on ABC from September 18, 1964, to April 8, 1966...  - Episode: "The Addams Family and the Spaceman" (1965) The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and TV for a couple of years...  - Episode: "Ozzie and the Space Age The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and TV for a couple of years... " (1959) The Avengers The Avengers (TV series) The Avengers is a spy-fi British television series set in the 1960s Britain. The Avengers initially focused on Dr. David Keel and his assistant John Steed . Hendry left after the first series and Steed became the main character, partnered with a succession of assistants...  - Episode: "Man-Eater of Surrey Green" (1965) The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr....  - Episode: "The Flying Saucer" (1966) The Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman The Bionic Woman is an American television series starring Lindsay Wagner that aired for three seasons between 1976 and 1978 as a spin off from The Six Million Dollar Man. Wagner stars as tennis pro Jaime Sommers who is nearly killed in a skydiving accident. Sommers' life is saved by Oscar Goldman ...  - Episode: "The Martians Are Coming, the Martians Are Coming" (1978) The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch The Brady Bunch is an American sitcom created by Sherwood Schwartz and starring Robert Reed, Florence Henderson, and Ann B. Davis. The series revolved around a large blended family...  - Episode: "Out of This World" (1974) The Dick Van Dyke Show The Dick Van Dyke Show The Dick Van Dyke Show is an American television sitcom that initially aired on the Columbia Broadcasting System from October 3, 1961, until June 1, 1966. The show was created by Carl Reiner and starred Dick Van Dyke and Mary Tyler Moore. It was produced by Reiner with Bill Persky and Sam Denoff....  - Episode: "Uhny Uftz" (1965) The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard The Dukes of Hazzard is an American television series that aired on the CBS television network from 1979 to 1985.The series was inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners, which was also created by Gy Waldron and had many identical or similar character names and concepts.- Overview :The Dukes of Hazzard...  - Episode: "Strange Visitor to Hazzard" (1985) The Flintstones The Flintstones The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...  - Episode: "The Great Gazoo" (1965)

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different,...  - Episode: "The U.F.O. Affair (1967) The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...  - Episode: "The One That Got Away" (1988) The Goodies The Goodies (TV series) The Goodies is a British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s. The series, which combines surreal sketches and situation comedy, was broadcast by BBC 2 from 1970 until 1980 — and was then broadcast by the ITV company LWT for a year, between 1981 to 1982.The show was...  - Episode: "U-Friend or UFO" (1980) The Honeymooners The Honeymooners The Honeymooners is an American situation comedy television show, based on a recurring 1951–'55 sketch of the same name. It originally aired on the DuMont network's Cavalcade of Stars and subsequently on the CBS network's The Jackie Gleason Show hosted by Jackie Gleason, and filmed before a live...  - Episode: "The Man from Space" (1955) The Invaders The Invaders The Invaders, a Quinn Martin Production , is an ABC science fiction television program created by Larry Cohen that ran in the United States for two seasons, from January 10, 1967 to March 26, 1968...  (1967–1968) The Lost Saucer The Lost Saucer The Lost Saucer is an ABC network television series produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It first aired September 6, 1975.-Premise:The Lost Saucer was about two time-travelling futuristic androids named Fi and Fum who land their flying saucer on present day Earth...  (1975–1976) The Munsters The Munsters The Munsters is a 1960s American family television sitcom depicting the home life of a family of monsters. It starred Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster and Yvonne De Carlo as his wife, Lily Munster. The series was a satire of both traditional monster movies and popular family entertainment of the era,...  - Episode: "If a Martian Answers, Hang Up" (1965) The Outer Limits The Outer Limits (1963 TV series) The Outer Limits is an American television series that aired on ABC from 1963 to 1965. The series is similar in style to the earlier The Twilight Zone, but with a greater emphasis on science fiction, rather than fantasy stories...  (1963–1965) The Phil Silvers Show The Phil Silvers Show The Phil Silvers Show is a comedy television series which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959 for 142 episodes, plus a 1959 special. The series starred Phil Silvers as Master Sergeant Ernest G...  - Episode: "Bilko and the Flying Saucers" (1957) The Sarah Jane Adventures The Sarah Jane Adventures The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television series, produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies and starring Elisabeth Sladen...  (2007-...) The Simpsons The Simpsons The Simpsons is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical parody of a middle class American lifestyle epitomized by its family of the same name, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie...  - Episode: "Treehouse of Horror Treehouse of Horror "Treehouse of Horror" is the third episode of The Simpsons second season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 25, 1990. The episode was inspired by 1950s horror comics, and begins with a disclaimer that it may be too scary for children. It is the first of a... " (1990) - Episode: "The Springfield Files The Springfield Files "The Springfield Files" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons eighth season, which originally aired January 12, 1997. The episode sees Homer believe he has discovered an alien in Springfield. It was written by Reid Harrison and directed by Steven Dean Moore... " (1997) The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man The Six Million Dollar Man is an American television series about a former astronaut with bionic implants working for the OSI...  - Episode: "Straight on 'till Morning" (1974) The Strange World of Planet X The Strange World of Planet X The Strange World of Planet X is a British science fiction horror novel. Written by former actress Rene Ray, it is a cautionary tale about science.-Plot:...  (1956) The Thin Man The Thin Man (TV series) The Thin Man is a half-hour weekly television series based on the mystery novel The Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett. The 72 episodes were produced by MGM Television and shown on NBC for two seasons from 1957–1959 on Friday evening.-Overview:...  - Episode: "The Saucer People" The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...  - Episode: "The Invaders The Invaders (The Twilight Zone) "The Invaders" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:An old woman is apparently living alone in a very rustic cabin. She is dressed shabbily and there are no modern conveniences in evidence... " (1961) - Episode: "To Serve Man To Serve Man (The Twilight Zone) "To Serve Man" is an episode of the television series The Twilight Zone.The story is based on the short story "To Serve Man," written by Damon Knight... " (1962) - Episode: "Death Ship Death Ship (The Twilight Zone) "Death Ship" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:The Space Cruiser E-89, crewed by Captain Paul Ross, Lt. Ted Mason and Lt. Mike Carter, is on a mission to analyze new worlds and discover if they are suitable for colonization by Earth... " (1963) - Episode: "On Thursday We Leave for Home On Thursday We Leave for Home "On Thursday We Leave for Home" is an episode of the American television anthology series The Twilight Zone.-Synopsis:Thirty years before, in 1991, an expedition to the hellish Desert planet V9-Gamma was stranded, and the people had no choice but to begin their own small settlement there... " (1963) The X-Files The X-Files The X-Files is an American science fiction television series and a part of The X-Files franchise, created by screenwriter Chris Carter. The program originally aired from to . The show was a hit for the Fox network, and its characters and slogans became popular culture touchstones in the 1990s...  (1993–2002) Threshold Threshold (TV series) Threshold was a science fiction drama television series that first aired on CBS in September 2005. Produced by Brannon Braga, David S. Goyer and David Heyman, the series focuses on a secret government project investigating the first contact with an extraterrestrial species.The series was first...  (2005) Torchwood Torchwood Torchwood is a British science fiction television programme created by Russell T Davies. The series is a spin-off from Davies's 2005 revival of the long-running science fiction programme Doctor Who. The show has shifted its broadcast channel each series to reflect its growing audience, moving from...  (2006-...) UFO UFO (TV series) UFO is a 1970-1971 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth, created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson with Reg Hill, and produced by the Andersons and Lew Grade's Century 21 Productions for Grade's ITC Entertainment company.UFO first aired in the UK and Canada...  (1970–1971) UFO robo: Gurendaizâ (1975) V (1983) Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger Walker, Texas Ranger is an American television action crime drama series created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis, and starring Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Ranger Division. The show aired on CBS in the spring of 1993, with the first season consisting of three pilot episodes. Eight full...  - Episode: "Case Closed" War of the Worlds War of the Worlds (TV series) War of the Worlds is a television program that ran for two seasons, from 1988 to 1990. The series is an extension of the original 1953 film The War of the Worlds, using the same War Machine, often incorporating aspects from the film, radio adaptation, and original novel into its mythology.Though...  (1988–1990) Welcome Back, Kotter Welcome Back, Kotter Welcome Back, Kotter was an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta.It originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975 to June 8, 1979.-Premise:...  - Episode: "Class Encounters of the Carvelli Kind" (1978)

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• Space Invaders
  Space Invaders
  is an arcade video game designed by Tomohiro Nishikado, and released in 1978. It was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, and was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally. Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games and the aim is to...
  
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• Asteroids (1979)
• Choplifter
  Choplifter
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• Moon Patrol
  Moon Patrol
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  Kirby (series)
  The series is a fantasy video game series developed by HAL Laboratory and Nintendo, and produced by Nintendo. The gameplay of a majority of the games in the series consists mainly of action, platform and puzzle-solving elements...
  
   (1998)
• Destroy All Humans!
  Destroy All Humans!
  Destroy All Humans! is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by THQ. It was released for the Xbox and PlayStation 2 on June 21, 2005. The game is set in the late 1950s in the U.S. and parodies the lifestyles, pop culture, and politics of this time period...
  
   (2005)
• Halo: Combat Evolved
  Halo: Combat Evolved
  Halo: Combat Evolved, frequently referred to as Halo: CE, or Halo 1, is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie and published by Microsoft Game Studios. The first game of the Halo franchise, it was released on November 15, 2001 as a launch title for the Xbox gaming system, and is...
  
   (2005)
• The Sims 2
  The Sims 2
  The Sims 2 is a strategic life simulation computer game developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts. It is the sequel to the best-selling computer game, The Sims, which debuted on February 4, 2000. It was first released on September 14, 2004 for Microsoft Windows. A port to Apple Mac OS X...
  
   (2006)
• X-COM
  X-COM
  X-COM is a series of strategy games created by Julian Gollop. In 2010 2K Marin announced the official reboot of the series, entitled simply XCOM. The original game has a cult following.- Original series :...
  
   (1994)

See also

• Extraterrestrial life
  Extraterrestrial life
  Extraterrestrial life is defined as life that does not originate from Earth...
  
  
• Ufology
  Ufology
  Ufology is a neologism coined to describe the collective efforts of those who study reports and associated evidence of unidentified flying objects . UFOs have been subject to various investigations over the years by governments, independent groups, and scientists...
  
  
• Project Blue Book
  Project Blue Book
  Project Blue Book was one of a series of systematic studies of unidentified flying objects conducted by the United States Air Force. Started in 1952, it was the second revival of such a study...
  
  
• The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone
  The Twilight Zone is an American television anthology series created by Rod Serling. Each episode is a mixture of self-contained drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science fiction, suspense, or horror, often concluding with a macabre or unexpected twist...
  
  
• Disclosure Project
• UFO