American Movie Classics replays groundbreaking UFO-contact film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" late Saturday night, while those looking for the nuts and bolts behind UFOs can turn to Peter Davenport's monthly sighting roundup on Jeff Rense's radio show Tuesday.
(all times Eastern)
Saturday, October 9
2:00 AM
First Wave (SciFi) - The Aftertime
Conspiracy/alien drama. New Episode! A woman from the future, having lived through the horrors of the Second Wave, travels back in time to save
Cade from assassination and change history.
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1:00 PM The X-Files:
Fight the Future (HBO)
Conspiracy/UFOlogy drama. In their big screen debut, Scully and Mulder travel to the ends of the earth, from the deserts of Texas to the icy plains of Antarctica, out to stop the alien menace and menaced by FEMA and bees every step of the way.
2:15 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind (Showtime)
Alien contact drama. Musical aliens get up close and personal with Francois Truffaut (as a thinly-disguised Jacques Vallee), Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, J. Allen Hynek and other Earth people, while "tinkerbell" brings up the rear. A classic example of Steven Spielberg's sensibilities circa 1977.
3:00 PM Dark Skies (SciFi) - We Shall Overcome
Conspiracy/UFOlogy drama. J. Edgar Hoover threatens to break with MJ-12 while John and Kim deal with alien involvement in the murders of Mississippi civil rights activists.
3:30 PM Contact (HBO)
Alien contact drama. Aliens help an aloof astronomer (Jodie Foster) work through her unresolved father-daughter issues, while a wide-eyed Matthew McConaughey looks on in religious bewilderment. Also featuring James Woods, John Hurt and Tom Skerritt.
Sunday, October 10
3:15 AM Five Million Years to Earth (TNT)
Unusually thorough investigation of the effects of UFO visitation. Better known under its British title, "Quatermass and the Pit," film deals with the apocalyptic ramifications of a Martian spaceship being dug up under London. Harrowing climax, stolid plotting.
1:00 PM The Day the Earth Stood Still (AMC)
Groundbreaking UFO film directed by believers. Michael Rennie turns in a pensive performance as "Klaatu," the alien who came a long way to warn the people of Earth to change their warlike ways. All-time classic of the genre also features a Bernard Herrmann score and Gort the giant robot, and watch for behind-the-scenes interviews in upcoming documentary, "Celebrity Close Encounters."
6:00 PM
Roswell (WB) - Series Premiere
UFOlogy drama. A high school girl finds out her classmates are stranger than she had previously suspected after a random diner shooting forces three youthful aliens to reveal themselves
7:00 PM Dark Skies (SciFi) - The Awakening
Conspiracy/UFOlogy drama. The year is 1961. Two young Washington go-getters uncover evidence of sinister collusion between aliens and the government organization called Majestic-12. (first part of two)
9:00 PM Art Bell: Dreamland (radio, syndicated)
Radio talk. Regular guest host
Whitley Strieber talks to Sam Sherman about audio evidence of a UFO air chase at Edwards Air Force Base. Sherman also has video, apparently.
10:00 PM The Visitor (SciFi) - Reunion
Conspiracy drama. The Visitor finds his wife (the lovely Barbara Bain) dying in a hospital while FBI agents watch the exits.
Monday, October 11
(no relevant listings)
Tuesday, October 12
12:00 AM The X-Files (FX) - Memento Mori
Conspiracy/UFO drama. Scully contracts inoperable "abductee cancer" while Mulder finds some clones of his sister Samantha.
9:00 AM Sightings (SciFi)
Paranormal news digest. The implications of Hale/Bopp and its "companion"; backyard UFO encounters.
9:00 PM The X-Files (FX) - Memento Mori
Conspiracy/UFO drama. For full summary, see 12:00 a.m. listing.
10:00 PM Sightings with Jeff Rense (radio, syndicated)
UFO talk. Topics include national NUFORC director Peter Davenport's monthly eyewitness report roundup.
Wednesday, October 13
9:00 AM Sightings (SciFi)
Paranormal news digest. Today's episode centers on alien autopsies and other UFO-oriented evidence.
10:00 PM Sightings with Jeff Rense (radio, syndicated)
UFO talk. Guests include Michael Lindemann of the Weekly UFO/ET World Report.
Thursday, October 14
9:00 AM Sightings (SciFi)
Paranormal news digest. Topics include the possibility of underwater UFOs.
10:00 PM Mysteries of the Unexplained (Discovery) - Strange Beings and UFOs
Documentary. Topics include alien abductions as well as mystery primates and water creatures.
Friday, October 15
1:00 AM Mysteries of the Unexplained (Discovery) - Strange Beings and UFOs
Documentary. For full summary, see Thursday's 10 p.m. listing.
9:00 AM Sightings (SciFi)
Paranormal news digest. No summary currently available.
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