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Actor David Soul died at age 80 this week, and whereas most individuals will bear in mind him for his function within the TV collection, Starsky and Hutch — and for a short however common singing profession — few could recall his function in a film about UFOs. In 1974, a |
We have now talked about this movement image on a number of events over time, however
the notable factor about it was that one of many script’s writers, himself with a
navy background, was really placing into fiction an precise occasion with
which he was acquainted. On this case, two Marine pilots disappear whereas checking
out three radar UFOs, and in a while solely just a little plane wreckage is situated
with no hint of the pilots. An analogous jet scramble occurs solely days later, however
that is solely talked about by the narrator towards the tip.
Including to the intrigue concerning manufacturing of the movie, the
Aerial Phenomena Analysis Group (APRO)
of Arizona, then one of many oldest personal UFO organizations on this planet,
supplied purportedly actual images of UFOs, and these have been displayed as a part of
the story.
The Disappearance of Flight 412 has way back pale into the background,
in all probability due to its apparent minimal funds and lack of aliens with laser
weapons threatening the planet, however as soon as the viewer understands that there is
actual — scary — historical past right here, the manufacturing takes on a special worth
for us.
David Soul’s function was no kind of noteworthy than that of the opposite
actors, however the truth that he took on this undertaking, primarily a showplace for
Glenn Ford, who himself was a navy officer and already held views about
UFOs, needs to be of curiosity notably to these fascinated with UFO historical past. I
simply needed you to know.
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