On this day in movie history - The UFO Incident (movie & book):

The UFO Incident

directed by Richard A. Colla,

written by Hesper Anderson, S. Lee Pogostin/Jake Justiz, S. Lee Pogostin,

based on the book The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer by John G. Fuller,

released in the United States on October 20, 1975.

Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast: James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill, Beeson Carroll, Terrence O'Connor, Jeanne Joe, Lou Wagner, Vic Perrin, Joey Stefano.

Recommended reading:

The Interrupted Journey:

Two Lost Hours Aboard a UFO – The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill

By John G. Fuller.

Filmed as The UFO Incident (1975), directed by Richard A. Colla.

Published by Vintage.

First published 1966.

Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0593468236

ISBN-13: 978-0593468234

Description:

"True believers will see this as further evidence of the reality of UFOs." – The New York Times.

One of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time – a thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter.

On a summer night in 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home through New Hampshire when a bright object appeared in the sky and began following them. When the couple finally pulled over to get a better look, the object vanished before their eyes. With nothing else to do, Betty and Barney returned to their car and kept driving into the night. The encounter left them rattled, but what came next was even more the following day, the Hills realized they couldn’t remember anything from almost two hours of their drive. Time itself had disappeared, so the couple began looking for help, hoping to uncover what happened that mysterious night.

Captivating and unputdownable, The Interrupted Journey is the complete story of those missing hours and the Hills’ nearly identical accounts, as revealed to doctors under psychotherapy and hypnosis. It stands as one of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time. Thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining, The Interrupted Journey is an adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter.