Question 1

What real-world book inspired this science fiction movie?

Accepted Answer

The movie was suggested by the 1953 non-fiction book 'Flying Saucers from Outer Space' by retired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, who believed certain aerial phenomena were interplanetary.

Question 2

How did the filmmakers create the sound of the alien spacecraft?

Accepted Answer

The sound of the alien craft came from the disintegration tanks at the Hyperion Treatment Plant (later renamed Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant) in Los Angeles, which was used as the movie's headquarters.

Question 3

What unusual historical footage appears in the movie's destruction scenes?

Accepted Answer

The scene of a destroyer blowing up uses stock footage of the sinking of HMS Barham on November 25, 1941, whose disclosure led to a witchcraft trial.

Question 4

What practical effect created the saucers' death ray?

Accepted Answer

The death ray used by the flying saucers was an in-camera effect created using Roman candles.

Question 5

What is the central conflict in Earth vs. the Flying Saucers?

Accepted Answer

Alien survivors of a dead, extra-galactic civilization attempt to invade Earth using impervious flying saucers with ray-weapons of mass destruction, following test rocket explosions and increased UFO sightings.

Earth vs. the Flying Saucers

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