Earth vs. the Flying Saucers (1956) - Quotes

The Terrifying Truth of Flying Saucers

Taglines: The terrifying truth about flying saucers!

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Global Alert: Flying Saucers Invade Earth

Taglines: Warning! Take Cover! Flying Saucers Invade Our Planet! Washington, London, Paris, Moscow Fight Back!

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The Ultimate Battle Awaits You

Taglines: The Battle of Your Lifetime!

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Prepare for the Ultimate Shock in Cinema

Taglines: Before You Scoff at Flying Saucers - See the Greatest SHOCK Film of All Time !

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Flying Saucers Launch an Assault

Taglines: Flying Saucers Attack!

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Hope for a Peaceful World

Carol Marvin: Russ, do you think there are any more? Will they come back again?

Dr. Russell A. Marvin: [pulling her up from her beach chair to head to the surf] Not on such a nice day.

Carol Marvin: And not in such a nice world. I'm glad it's still here.

Dr. Russell A. Marvin: It's still ours.

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Identity and Control in Alien Encounters

Carol Marvin: My father! What have you done to him?

Alien: You're addressing General Hanley's mind, not General Hanley.

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UFO Sighting Reported by Sergeant Nash

Brig. Gen. John Hanley: As you were, Sergeant.

Sgt. Nash: Unidentified Flying Object reported flying due West, sir. Probably a buzzard.

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Marriage and Collaboration in Project Reporting

Russell Marvin: [into tape recorder] July 16, to Internal Security Commission, re: Sky Hook. Summary and progress report, from project director, Dr. Russell A. Marvin.

Carol Marvin: And Mrs. Dr. Russell A. Marvin, without whose inspiration and untiring criticism this report could never have been written.

Russell Marvin: Married two hours and already she's claiming community property!

Carol Marvin: Now that you're married, Dr. Marlowe, you don't have to sneak up on me.

Russell Marvin: You always did have eyes in the back of your head.

Carol Marvin: Besides, it's not safe when we're driving.

Russell Marvin: But pretty...

Carol Marvin: I thought intellectual giants were supposed to be backwards and shy.

Russell Marvin: My third-grade teacher, Miss Hickey, said I was a quick study.

Carol Marvin: You're starting something you're not going to be able to finish.

Russell Marvin: [sighs] Yeah. Yeah, today I've got a hot date with a three-stage rocket.

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Confrontation with an Uninvited Threat

Gen. Edmunds: When an armed and threatening power lands uninvited in our capitol, we don't meet him with tea and cookies!

Maj. Huglin: [to Alien] What makes you think you can conquer us without a fight?

Perception of Time Across Different Species

Alien: We operate in a very different time reference. You might say all this is happening between the ticks of your watch or the beats of your heart.

Warning from Beyond the Planet

Alien: People of Earth, attention... People of Earth attention. This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet... This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet. Look to your sun for a warning... Look to your sun for a warning.

Survivors in a Silent World

Dr. Russell Marvin: [into tape recorder] To the best of my knowledge my wife and I are the only ones left alive since we have not seen or heard from anyone for hours.

The Scientist's Perspective on Atmospheric Disturbances

Dr. Russell Marvin: Both Carol and I are subject to the same atmospheric disturbances that may have affected other observers, but there is a qualitative difference, when you are a scientist.

Identification of a Flying Saucer

Dr. Russell Marvin: It's only a hollow steel ball, but for our purposes, it's a flying saucer.

Exploring Humanity's Fascination with UFOs

Narrator: [voice over] Since biblical times, man has witnessed and recorded strange manifestations in the sky, and speculated on the possibilities of... visitors from another world. Today from the skies of California... to fields of Kansas... the rice patties of the Orient... the air lanes of the world... come persistent reports of UFOs: unidentified flying objects which we have come to know as flying saucers. In Dayton, Ohio, the Air Intelligence Command gathers and sifts data from all quarters of the globe. Ninety-seven percent of the objects prove on investigation to be of natural origin... but three percent still are listed as unknown. The Air Force is aware of the widely held belief that some of these could be flying saucers from another planet. While there is nothing conclusive in the evidence, the probing and digesting of information about UFOs continues unceasingly. As a result, headquarters of the Hemispheric Defense Command in Colorado Springs issued an order: all military installations are to fire on sight at any flying objects not identifiable. But even as they did so, the military wondered whether their scientific know how and their best weapons would be effective in any battle of...the Earth Vs. the Flying Saucers.