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{{Short description|1980 American science fiction action film by James L. Conway}}
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| name = Hangar 18 | name = Hangar 18
| image = Hangar18poster.jpg | image = Hangar18poster.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Theatrical release poster | caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = ] | director = ]
⚫ | producer = ]
| screenplay = Ken Pettus | screenplay = Ken Pettus
| story = {{Plain list | | story = {{Plain list |
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* James L. Conway * James L. Conway
}} }}
⚫ | producer = ]
| narrator =
| starring = {{Plain list | | starring = {{Plain list |
* ] * ]
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* ] * ]
}} }}
⚫ | music = ]
| cinematography = Paul Hipp | cinematography = Paul Hipp
| editing = Michael Spence | editing = Michael Spence
⚫ | music = ]
| distributor = ] | distributor = ]
| released = July 1980 | released = {{Film date|1980|7|}}
| runtime = 97 minutes | runtime = 97 minutes
| country = United States | country = United States
| language = English | language = English
| budget = | budget =
| gross = $11,000,000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hangar-18#tab=summary|title=Hanger 18|work=]|publisher=|location=United States|accessdate=December 4, 2016}}</ref> | gross = $5.8 million<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/292/mode/1up|title= American film distribution : the changing marketplace|last=Donahue|first= Suzanne Mary|year=1987 |publisher=UMI Research Press |page=292}} Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada</ref>—$11 million<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Hangar-18#tab=summary|title=Hangar 18|work=]|publisher=|location=United States|access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>
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'''''Hangar 18''''' is a 1980 American ] ] directed by ] and written by Ken Pettus from a story by Thomas C. Chapman and Conway. The film stars ], ], ], ], and ].<ref name="Hangar 18">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77285/Hangar-18/full-credits.html|title=Hangar 18|website=]|publisher=] (])|location=]|accessdate=December 4, 2016}}</ref> '''''Hangar 18''''' is a 1980 American ] ] directed by ] and written by Ken Pettus, from a story by Thomas C. Chapman and Conway. It stars ], ], ], ] and ].<ref name="Hangar 18">{{cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/77285/Hangar-18/full-credits.html|title=Hangar 18|website=]|publisher=] (])|location=]|access-date=December 4, 2016}}</ref>


==Plot== ==Plot==
''Hangar 18'' is about a cover-up following a UFO incident aboard the ]. A satellite, just launched from the orbiter, collides with an unidentified object which, after being spotted on radar moving at great speeds, had positioned itself just over the shuttle. The collision kills an ] in the launch bay. The events are witnessed by Bancroft and Price, the astronauts aboard. After returning to Earth, the two are immediately stymied when they try to discuss what happened. They are told by Harry Forbes, Deputy Director of NASA, that "everything is going to be all right". ''Hangar 18'' is about a cover-up following a UFO incident aboard the ]. A satellite, just launched from the orbiter, collides with an unidentified object, which, after being spotted on radar moving at great speeds, had positioned itself just over the shuttle. The collision kills an ] in the launch bay. The events are witnessed by Bancroft and Price, the astronauts aboard. After returning to Earth, they are stonewalled when they try to discuss what happened. Harry Forbes, Deputy Director of NASA, simply tells them that "everything is going to be all right".


After making a controlled landing in the ] desert, the damaged alien spacecraft has been recovered, taken to an air force base in Texas and installed inside Hangar 18 where scientists and other technicians, headed by Harry Forbes, can study it. Due to an impending presidential election, government officials are anxious that there be no chance of the press or the public getting an inkling of this event. After it makes a controlled landing in the ] desert, the damaged alien spacecraft is taken to Wolf Air Force Base in Texas and installed in Hangar&nbsp;18, where scientists and other technicians, headed by Harry Forbes, can study it. Due to an impending presidential election, government officials are anxious to prevent any public knowledge of the event.


Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Harry Forbes, the Air Force puts out a news story blaming Bancroft and Price for the death of their colleague and for the destruction of a satellite. The men know they can prove otherwise by viewing the telemetry tapes which recorded the UFO, but when they see them, all evidence of the object has been erased. Through a friend who works at a remote tracking station, Bancroft and Price are able to see the real telemetry and discover where the alien craft landed. They set out to prove a cover-up and clear their names. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Forbes, the Air Force puts out a news story blaming Bancroft and Price for the death of their colleague and for the destruction of the satellite. The men know that they can prove their innocence by viewing the telemetry tapes which recorded the UFO; but when they view them, all evidence of the object has been erased. Through a friend who works at a remote tracking station, they see the real telemetry and discover where the alien craft landed. They set out to expose the cover-up and clear their names.


In the hangar, investigators who enter the ship find it to have been manned by a crew of two, both now dead. (During the collision with the satellite, some chemicals were released producing a short-lived toxic gas). As technicians and scientists work, they discover several things: a woman in some sort of stasis, who later wakes up screaming; symbols on the control panels match those used by ancient Earth civilizations; the ship's computer reveals extensive surveillance footage of power plants, military bases, industrial plants and major cities worldwide. Upon autopsy, the aliens' physiology shows they and humans underwent a similar evolutionary process. A scientist deduces that the ship could not have reached Earth on its own; that it must have launched from a larger, faster and more long-ranged mother ship. In the hangar, investigators enter the ship and find its two crew members dead. They determine that, during the collision with the satellite, chemicals were released in the craft that produced a short-lived toxic gas. They find a human woman in a stasis chamber, who later wakes up, screaming. They realize that symbols on the control panels match those used by ancient Earth civilizations. Video on the ship's computer shows extensive surveillance of power plants, military bases, industrial plants and major cities worldwide. Autopsies performed on the aliens show that they and humans had similar evolutionary processes. A scientist deduces that the ship could not have reached Earth on its own, but must have been launched from a much larger, faster and more long-ranged mother ship.


In their dogged pursuit of the truth, Bancroft and Price get closer to Hangar 18 but are targets of government agents. They elude one team of agents, who are killed during a high-speed chase. Later, as they are driving, they realize their rental car has no brakes; after careening along roads, they come to rest on the grounds of a gas refinery. The agents begin shooting at them, so they drive off in an oil tanker. With the agents following them, Price climbs onto the tanker, lets some gas out of the truck, lights an emergency flare, and tosses the flare. This kills their pursuers, but Price is fatally shot in the process, and dies shortly after. When Harry Forbes learns of Price's death, he demands that the air force produce Bancroft at Hangar 18, or he will go to the press with the truth. Their cover-up, and their careers, now threatened, government officials decide to remotely fly a plane filled with explosives into Hangar 18, thereby finally assuring secrecy. In their pursuit of the truth, Bancroft and Price get closer to Hangar&nbsp;18 but are targets of government agents. They elude one team, who are killed during a high-speed chase. Later, they find that the brakes on their rental car have stopped working, and after careening along roads, they come to rest on the grounds of a gas refinery. Agents begin shooting at them, so they drive off in an oil tanker. With the agents in pursuit, Price climbs onto the tanker, lets some gas out of the truck, lights an emergency flare, and tosses it. Their pursuers crash and are killed, but Price is fatally shot. When Forbes learns of Price's death, he demands the Air Force to take Bancroft to Hangar&nbsp;18, or he will go to the press with the truth. Their cover-up and careers now threatened, government officials decide to remotely fly an explosives-filled plane into Hangar&nbsp;18 to destroy all evidence of the event.


The researchers have determined that the aliens have been to Earth before and that human beings are, in fact, their descendants. Further examination of the video footage reveals that the industrial and military sites are "Designated Landing Areas", suggesting that the aliens are preparing to return in the near future. Bancroft arrives at the base and, after being chased, comes across Harry Forbes who shows him the alien craft. Just as it is revealed that a translation indicates the aliens are about to return, the plane crashes into Hangar 18. The researchers have determined that the aliens have been to Earth before and that human beings are, in fact, their descendants. Further examination of the video footage reveals that the industrial and military sites are "designated landing areas", suggesting that the aliens are preparing to return.


When Bancroft arrives at the base, he crashes through the base's security gate and, hiding in a warehouse, is discovered by Forbes, who takes him to Hangar&nbsp;18 and the alien craft. Just as a researcher reveals that a translation of the aliens' language indicates that they are about to return, the plane crashes into Hangar&nbsp;18, creating a huge explosion.
⚫ The next day, a news report about the explosion says that Bancroft, Harry Forbes and some technicians survived because, as NASA has stated, they were shielded inside an alien spacecraft. Harry Forbes has scheduled a press conference for that afternoon.

⚫ The next day, a news report says that Bancroft, Forbes and their group of technicians survived the blast, shielded inside an alien spacecraft. Forbes schedules a press conference for that afternoon.


==Cast== ==Cast==
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* ] as NASA Deputy Director Harry Forbes * ] as NASA Deputy Director Harry Forbes
* ] as Sheriff Duane Barlow * ] as Sheriff Duane Barlow
* ] as Ace Landon
* ] as Sam Tate * ] as Sam Tate
* ] as Flight Director * ] as Flight Director


==Production== ==Production==
Parts of the movie were filmed in ] and ], and at the former ], as well as the former ].{{Fact|date=December 2016}} Filming also took place in ], ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=D'Arc|first1=James V.|title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah|date=2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, Utah|isbn=9781423605874|edition=1st}}</ref> ] took place in ] and ], and at the former ], as well as the former ].{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} Filming also took place in ], ].<ref>{{cite book|last1=D'Arc|first1=James V.|title=When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah|date=2010|publisher=Gibbs Smith|location=Layton, Utah|isbn=9781423605874|edition=1st}}</ref>


The title is believed to stem from hoaxer ], who, in 1974, named Hangar 18 as the storage location of bodies from the ].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=igqUDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA21|title=UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson: Eyewitness Accounts from the Real Area 51|isbn=9781938875182|last1=Carey|first1=Thomas J.|last2=Schmitt|first2=Donald R.|year=2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thesaucersthattimeforgot.blogspot.com/2018/05/robert-spencer-carr-and-hangar-18.html|title = The Saucers That Time Forgot: Robert Spencer Carr and Hangar 18|date = 29 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.history.com/news/hangar-18-ufos-aliens-wright-patterson|title = Does Hangar 18, Legendary Alien Warehouse, Exist?}}</ref>
⚫ ==Reception==
===Critical response===
⚫ When the film was released '']'' film critic ] dismissed the film, writing, "''Hangar 18'' is the sort of melodrama that pretends to be skeptical, but requires that everyone watching it be profoundly gullible&nbsp;... It stars&nbsp;... Robert Vaughn as the ruthless and fatally unimaginative ] ]&nbsp;... In the supporting cast is Debra MacFarlane, who plays a beautiful female specimen found aboard the saucer, a young woman who looks amazingly like a Hollywood starlet. But then, I guess, she is. The flying saucer itself looks like an oversized toy that might have been made in ]."<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |authorlink=Vincent Canby |date=January 10, 1981 |title=Hangar 18 film review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/movies/hanger-18-a-tale-about-a-captured-ufo.html |work=] |accessdate=February 19, 2011}}</ref>

⚫ Christopher John reviewed ''Hangar 18'' in '']'' #8 and commented that "''Hanger 18'' is the perfect Sunday evening movie for television. If you watch closely, you can even see the spaces they planned for the commercials."<ref name="Ares">{{cite journal | last=John | first=Christopher | title=Film & Television | journal=] | publisher=] | date=May 1981 | issue=8 | page=31-32}}</ref>


==Release== ==Release==
''Hangar 18'' was released in the United States in July 1980, and in Ireland on March 13, 1981.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} It was one of the very few American films to be shown theatrically in the ], and was also broadcast on the Soviet television channel ], premiering on January 1, 1982.{{Citation needed|date=December 2016}} Due to the limited number of science fiction and action films available to the Soviet public, ''Hangar 18'' became quite popular with the youth of the country.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}
⚫ The film was released by ], an independent U.S.-based film distributor whose library is now owned by ], notable for presenting what '']'' called "awful big-screen 'documentaries' '']'' and '']''{{-"}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/hangar-18/review/125538 |work=]|title=Hanger 18 film review|accessdate=February 19, 2011 |location=United States}}</ref> ''Hangar 18'' was released on ] on June 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFHEEVM |title=Hanger 18 |publisher=Olive Films |date=June 25, 2013|accessdate=December 4, 2016|asin=B00CFHEEVM}}</ref>


⚫ The film was released by ], an independent, American film distributor notable for presenting what '']'' called "awful big-screen 'documentaries' '']'' and '']''{{-"}}.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/hangar-18/review/125538|work=]|title=Hangar 18 film review|access-date=February 19, 2011|location=United States|archive-date=May 31, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120531220113/http://movies.tvguide.com/hangar-18/review/125538|url-status=dead}}</ref> Sunn Classic's library is now owned by ].
''Hangar 18'' was released in US theaters in July 1980.{{Fact|date=December 2016}} The film was released in ] on March 13, 1981.{{Fact|date=December 2016}} ''Hangar 18'' was one of the very few American films to be theatrically shown in the ].{{Fact|date=December 2016}} It premiered on the ] on the New Year night of 1982.{{Fact|date=December 2016}} Because of the general unavailability of films with elements of science fiction and the action genre, it achieved enormous popularity among Soviet youth.


A version with a different ending was televised under the title ''Invasion Force''.<ref>'']'', June 25, 2013 - </ref>
⚫ In May 1989, ''Hangar 18'' was featured in an episode of the movie-mocking television show '']''<ref>{{cite web |title=Hangar 18 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080836/ |work=|publisher=] |accessdate=December 4, 2016}}{{unreliable source|date=December 2018}}</ref> during the ] ].


''Hangar 18'' was released on ] on June 25, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CFHEEVM |title=Hangar 18 |publisher=Olive Films |date=June 25, 2013|access-date=December 4, 2016|asin=B00CFHEEVM}}</ref>
⚫ A version with an alternate ending was televised as ''Invasion Force''. ]'s ''2015 ]'' says that the new ending undermines the whole film.<ref>'']'', June 25, 2013 - </ref><ref>''Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide'', By Leonard Maltin - </ref>


⚫ ==Reception==
''Hangar 18'' was rated '''PG''' in New Zealand for low level violence
⚫ When the film was released, '']'' film critic ] dismissed it: "''Hangar 18'' is the sort of melodrama that pretends to be skeptical, but requires that everyone watching it be profoundly gullible&nbsp;... It stars&nbsp;... Robert Vaughn as the ruthless and fatally unimaginative ] ]&nbsp;... In the supporting cast is Debra MacFarlane, who plays a beautiful female specimen found aboard the saucer, a young woman who looks amazingly like a Hollywood starlet. But then, I guess, she is. The flying saucer itself looks like an oversized toy that might have been made in Taiwan."<ref>{{cite news |last=Canby |first=Vincent |authorlink=Vincent Canby |date=January 10, 1981 |title=Hangar 18 film review |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1981/01/10/movies/hangar-18-a-tale-about-a-captured-ufo.html |work=] |access-date=February 19, 2011}}</ref>

⚫ Christopher John reviewed the film in '']'' #8, writing, "{{sic|''Hanger&nbsp;|18''|expected=he really calls it "Hanger" instead of "Hangar"}} is the perfect Sunday evening movie for television. If you watch closely, you can even see the spaces they planned for the commercials."<ref name="Ares">{{cite journal | last=John | first=Christopher | title=Film & Television | journal=] | publisher=] | date=May 1981 | issue=8 | pages=31–32}}</ref>

⚫ In his review of ''Hangar 18'' for his ''2015 ]'', ] opined that the alternate conclusion used in ''Invasion Force'', the television version of the film, undermines the entire movie.<ref>''Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide'', By Leonard Maltin - </ref>

==Legacy==
Director Conway would revisit the subject matter of ''Hangar 18'' in "]", an episode of '']'' in which characters accidentally travel back in time to 1947 and ]. The building in which their ship is subsequently stored is designated Hangar 18.<ref>{{cite web |date=February 16, 2012 |author=STARTREK.COM STAFF |title=Catching Up With Director James L. Conway, Part 1 |url=https://www.startrek.com/article/catching-up-with-director-james-l-conway-part-1 |website=StarTrek.com }}</ref>

⚫ ''Hangar 18'' was featured in an episode of '']'' in 1989, while it was still a local show.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hangar 18 |date=13 March 1981 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080836/ |publisher=] |access-date=December 4, 2016}}{{unreliable source?|date=December 2018}}</ref>

==See also==
* '']'' – 1968 science fiction film about the United States and Soviet Union competing to recover a UFO that has crashed in China


==References== ==References==
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⚫ ==External links==
⚫ ===Mystery Science Theater 3000===
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1980 American science fiction action film by James L. Conway
Hangar 18
Theatrical release poster
Directed byJames L. Conway
Screenplay byKen Pettus
Story by
  • Thomas C. Chapman
  • James L. Conway
Produced byCharles E. Sellier, Jr.
Starring
CinematographyPaul Hipp
Edited byMichael Spence
Music byJohn Cacavas
Distributed bySunn Classic Pictures
Release date
  • July 1980 (1980-07)
Running time97 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5.8 million—$11 million

Hangar 18 is a 1980 American science fiction action film directed by James L. Conway and written by Ken Pettus, from a story by Thomas C. Chapman and Conway. It stars Darren McGavin, Robert Vaughn, Gary Collins, James Hampton and Pamela Bellwood.

Plot

Hangar 18 is about a cover-up following a UFO incident aboard the Space Shuttle. A satellite, just launched from the orbiter, collides with an unidentified object, which, after being spotted on radar moving at great speeds, had positioned itself just over the shuttle. The collision kills an astronaut in the launch bay. The events are witnessed by Bancroft and Price, the astronauts aboard. After returning to Earth, they are stonewalled when they try to discuss what happened. Harry Forbes, Deputy Director of NASA, simply tells them that "everything is going to be all right".

After it makes a controlled landing in the Arizona desert, the damaged alien spacecraft is taken to Wolf Air Force Base in Texas and installed in Hangar 18, where scientists and other technicians, headed by Harry Forbes, can study it. Due to an impending presidential election, government officials are anxious to prevent any public knowledge of the event.

Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Forbes, the Air Force puts out a news story blaming Bancroft and Price for the death of their colleague and for the destruction of the satellite. The men know that they can prove their innocence by viewing the telemetry tapes which recorded the UFO; but when they view them, all evidence of the object has been erased. Through a friend who works at a remote tracking station, they see the real telemetry and discover where the alien craft landed. They set out to expose the cover-up and clear their names.

In the hangar, investigators enter the ship and find its two crew members dead. They determine that, during the collision with the satellite, chemicals were released in the craft that produced a short-lived toxic gas. They find a human woman in a stasis chamber, who later wakes up, screaming. They realize that symbols on the control panels match those used by ancient Earth civilizations. Video on the ship's computer shows extensive surveillance of power plants, military bases, industrial plants and major cities worldwide. Autopsies performed on the aliens show that they and humans had similar evolutionary processes. A scientist deduces that the ship could not have reached Earth on its own, but must have been launched from a much larger, faster and more long-ranged mother ship.

In their pursuit of the truth, Bancroft and Price get closer to Hangar 18 but are targets of government agents. They elude one team, who are killed during a high-speed chase. Later, they find that the brakes on their rental car have stopped working, and after careening along roads, they come to rest on the grounds of a gas refinery. Agents begin shooting at them, so they drive off in an oil tanker. With the agents in pursuit, Price climbs onto the tanker, lets some gas out of the truck, lights an emergency flare, and tosses it. Their pursuers crash and are killed, but Price is fatally shot. When Forbes learns of Price's death, he demands the Air Force to take Bancroft to Hangar 18, or he will go to the press with the truth. Their cover-up and careers now threatened, government officials decide to remotely fly an explosives-filled plane into Hangar 18 to destroy all evidence of the event.

The researchers have determined that the aliens have been to Earth before and that human beings are, in fact, their descendants. Further examination of the video footage reveals that the industrial and military sites are "designated landing areas", suggesting that the aliens are preparing to return.

When Bancroft arrives at the base, he crashes through the base's security gate and, hiding in a warehouse, is discovered by Forbes, who takes him to Hangar 18 and the alien craft. Just as a researcher reveals that a translation of the aliens' language indicates that they are about to return, the plane crashes into Hangar 18, creating a huge explosion.

The next day, a news report says that Bancroft, Forbes and their group of technicians survived the blast, shielded inside an alien spacecraft. Forbes schedules a press conference for that afternoon.

Cast

Production

Principal photography took place in Midland and Big Spring, Texas, and at the former Pyote Air Force Base, as well as the former Webb Air Force Base. Filming also took place in Salt Lake City, Utah.

The title is believed to stem from hoaxer Robert Spencer Carr, who, in 1974, named Hangar 18 as the storage location of bodies from the 1948 Aztec UFO hoax.

Release

Hangar 18 was released in the United States in July 1980, and in Ireland on March 13, 1981. It was one of the very few American films to be shown theatrically in the Soviet Union, and was also broadcast on the Soviet television channel Programme One, premiering on January 1, 1982. Due to the limited number of science fiction and action films available to the Soviet public, Hangar 18 became quite popular with the youth of the country.

The film was released by Sunn Classic Pictures, an independent, American film distributor notable for presenting what TV Guide called "awful big-screen 'documentaries' In Search of Noah's Ark and In Search of Historic Jesus". Sunn Classic's library is now owned by Paramount Pictures.

A version with a different ending was televised under the title Invasion Force.

Hangar 18 was released on Blu-ray on June 25, 2013.

Reception

When the film was released, The New York Times film critic Vincent Canby dismissed it: "Hangar 18 is the sort of melodrama that pretends to be skeptical, but requires that everyone watching it be profoundly gullible ... It stars ... Robert Vaughn as the ruthless and fatally unimaginative White House Chief of Staff ... In the supporting cast is Debra MacFarlane, who plays a beautiful female specimen found aboard the saucer, a young woman who looks amazingly like a Hollywood starlet. But then, I guess, she is. The flying saucer itself looks like an oversized toy that might have been made in Taiwan."

Christopher John reviewed the film in Ares Magazine #8, writing, "Hanger 18 [sic] is the perfect Sunday evening movie for television. If you watch closely, you can even see the spaces they planned for the commercials."

In his review of Hangar 18 for his 2015 Movie Guide, Leonard Maltin opined that the alternate conclusion used in Invasion Force, the television version of the film, undermines the entire movie.

Legacy

Director Conway would revisit the subject matter of Hangar 18 in "Little Green Men", an episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine in which characters accidentally travel back in time to 1947 and crash near Roswell, New Mexico. The building in which their ship is subsequently stored is designated Hangar 18.

Hangar 18 was featured in an episode of Mystery Science Theater 3000 in 1989, while it was still a local show.

See also

  • The Bamboo Saucer – 1968 science fiction film about the United States and Soviet Union competing to recover a UFO that has crashed in China

References

  1. Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 292. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
  2. "Hangar 18". The Number. United States. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  3. "Hangar 18". Turner Classic Movies. Atlanta: Turner Broadcasting System (Time Warner). Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
  5. Carey, Thomas J.; Schmitt, Donald R. (2019). UFO Secrets Inside Wright-Patterson: Eyewitness Accounts from the Real Area 51. ISBN 9781938875182.
  6. "The Saucers That Time Forgot: Robert Spencer Carr and Hangar 18". 29 May 2018.
  7. "Does Hangar 18, Legendary Alien Warehouse, Exist?".
  8. "Hangar 18 film review". TV Guide. United States. Archived from the original on May 31, 2012. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  9. DVD Talk, June 25, 2013 - Hangar 18 (Blu-ray), Video & Audio
  10. "Hangar 18". Olive Films. June 25, 2013. ASIN B00CFHEEVM. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  11. Canby, Vincent (January 10, 1981). "Hangar 18 film review". The New York Times. Retrieved February 19, 2011.
  12. John, Christopher (May 1981). "Film & Television". Ares Magazine (8). Simulations Publications, Inc.: 31–32.
  13. Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide, By Leonard Maltin - Hangar 18 (1980)
  14. STARTREK.COM STAFF (February 16, 2012). "Catching Up With Director James L. Conway, Part 1". StarTrek.com.
  15. "Hangar 18". IMDb. 13 March 1981. Retrieved December 4, 2016.

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