| Release Date: | Jun 1957 |
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| Genres: | Sci-Fi / Horror / Fantasy |
| Runtime: | 75 min |
| Cast: | Jeff Morrow (Mitchell 'Mitch' MacAfee), Mara Corday (Sally Caldwell), Morris Ankrum (Lt. Gen. Edward Considine) Louis Merrill (Pierre Broussard (as Louis D. Merrill)) Edgar Barrier (Dr. Karol Noymann) Robert Shayne (Gen. Van Buskirk) Frank Griffin (Pete, pilot (as Ruell Shayne)) Clark Howat (Maj. Bergen) Morgan Jones (Lieutenant, Radar Officer) George Cisar (Admonishing man on airliner (uncredited)) Dabbs Greer (Fighter Pilot, in clips from 'Mission...) Fred F. Sears (Narrator (voice) (uncredited)) Robert Williams (First State Trooper (uncredited)) |
When electronics engineer Mitch MacAfee spots a UFO as "big as a battleship," from his plane, the Air Force scrambles planes to investigate. However, nothing shows up on radar, and one of the jets is lost during the action. MacAfee is regarded as a dangerous crackpot until other incidents and disappearances convince the authorities that the threat is real. Some believe it is a French-Canadian folk legend come to life, but it turns out to be an extraterrestrial giant bird composed of anti-matter whose disregard for human life and architecture threatens the world.
