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    Hangar 18 (1980)

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    Shortly after being launched from a space shuttle, a satellite collides with a UFO which then crashes to Earth in the Arizona desert. One of the shuttle astronauts is decapitated in the collision.

    The US government recovers the alien craft and takes it to a location known as “Hangar 18” at a remote disused military airbase for analysis. They also do their best to conceal the event because POTUS is in the midst of his election campaign and any leak about aliens in the Arizona desert could apparently really hurt his chances of re-election.

    Unfortunately, the president’s Chief of Staff, Gordon Cain (Robert Vaughn) also thinks it is a good idea to blame the death of the third astronaut on the remaining members of the shuttle crew. Naturally, astronauts Steve Bancroft (Gary Collins) and Lew Price (James Hampton) take offence at this and go on the run to discover the truth about Hangar 18 and clear their names – all the time pursued by government agents.

    Meanwhile, a group of NASA scientists and technicians – under NASA head honcho Harry Forbes (Darren McGavin) – set about investigating the UFO and make some surprising discoveries via deciphering the alien hieroglyphs on the ship. It turns out these aliens (a couple of fat bald guys) actually created the human race tens of thousands of years ago.

    Stuart Pankin supplies hilarious unintentional comic relief as excitable local yokel Sam Tate.

    The script is just silly and the screenplay, filming and lighting are poor (and it’s certainly not Capricorn One), but it’s an entertaining watch if you like a good conspiracy theory – or have a collection of tinfoil hats – and it probably would have made a great made-for-TV-movie.

    Steve Bancroft
    Gary Collins
    Lew Price
    James Hampton
    Gordon Cain
    Robert Vaughn
    Frank Morrison
    Philip Abbott
    Harry Forbes
    Darren McGavin
    Frank Lafferty
    Joseph Campanella
    Sarah Michaels
    Pamela Bellwood
    Phil Cameron
    Tom Hallick
    Paul Bannister
    Steven Keats
    Professor Mills
    William Schallert
    Sheriff Barlow
    Cliff Osmond
    Neal Kelso
    Andrew Bloch
    Sam Tate
    Stuart Pankin
    Flo Mattson
    Betty Ann Carr
    Ace Landon
    Bill Zuckert
    Judd Gates
    J.R. Clark
    Captain Wyatt
    Craig Clyde
    Flight Director
    H.M. Wynant

    Director
    James L Conway

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