Today’s science fiction movie has a scene set on April 17. I
hope you will enjoy this film and watch it tonight.
THE AURORA ENCOUNTER
In the sleepy little town of
Aurora, Texas, Alain Peebles the local schoolmarm takes over running the town’s
newspaper when her father, the editor dies. The paper is about to go bankrupt
and needs a big story to increase readership. On April 17, 1897 [4:48 – 11:33]
a UFO lands near the town. That night the alien scares Irene, a widow. A little
girl sees the UFO and the alien and takes a crystal he left behind. Then the
alien introduces himself to Charlie, who makes and sells the alcohol loaded
“Neptune’s Elixir”. Alain seizes on the
story and prints articles to help sell newspapers. She goes to see the
governor, who says ‘no comment’, but later sends a Texas ranger undercover to
investigate. Alain’s attempt to build an airplane results in a crash into a
lake. The alien pays another visit to Charlie. Three little girl who try to use
the crystal fall into a cavern full of alien artifacts, where they end up
trapped. The alien rescues them. Alain organizes the townspeople to use crystals
to ‘summon’ the UFO which does appear. Then Ranger Sheridan shoots the alien,
who takes off in his ship, but crashes into a windmill. The townspeople bury
the alien in the town cemetery.
A very strange low budget film.
Amusing in its own way, its worth watching at least once. This movie had a lot
of potential and could have been much better. Based a supposedly true story.
The UFO Enigma: A New Review of the Physical Evidence
by Peter A. Sturrock (Warner Books, New York, 1999) at page. 106 gives the date
the UFO crashed
Director - Jim McCullough, Sr.
Producer - Jim McCullough, Sr.
Screenplay - Melody Brooke and Jim McCullough, Jr.
Runtime – 1 hour 30 minutes
Released - December 29, 1986
Cast -
Jack Elam as Charlie
Peter Brown as the Sheriff
Carol Bagdarsarian as Alain Pebbles
Dottie West as Irene
Will Mitchell as Phil Sheridan
Mickey Hays as the alien
Spanky McFarland as the governor
Copyright by Ivan Walters 2014.
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