Finding UFO again

Hello everyone,

I think I was about 13 when I first saw UFO. It was 1972 and the
Moon Landings were winding down. I'd grown up with other Gerry
Anderson shows, Supercar, Stingray, Fireball XL-5 and Thunderbirds
but this was something different. At that age I was attracted to the
action and gadgets ( and I still am to a degree), later on as I had a
chance to read the novels I became interested in the characters.

In 1977 I joined SHADO-USCC, a UFO/ Ed Bishop Fan Club that was
endorsed by Mr. Bishop and our membership cards had his signature
even. I rediscovered UFO and UFO Fandom along with Space:1999.
Although I never met Ed I always heard good things about him and was
saddened to hear about him and Michael Billington passing away.

The show still looks good after all these years and the technology
used for 1980 wasn't that far off base. I think tape based magnetic
storage was still being used in computers back then and a lot of
engineers were still using slide rules.  

It's good to be a part of the group and start reliving some good
times.

Brian Blank
Melbourne, Florida
Gateway to Space




 

--- In [hidden email], "Brian" <bkblank@...> wrote:
> In 1977 I joined SHADO-USCC, a UFO/ Ed Bishop Fan Club that was
> endorsed by Mr. Bishop and our membership cards had his signature
> even.

Brian:

I was a member of the same club! In fact, the lady who founded it (and
who passed away in the late 70s-early 80s, as I recall) was kind enough
to send me an open-reel audio tape of the theme, which I always thought
was one of the coolest themes ever. I no longer have any of the
material, but I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black tubes.  

Best,
Alex

--- In [hidden email], "ruadan1963" <ruadan63@...> wrote:
> ...but I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
> in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
> and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black
tubes.  
>
> Best,
> Alex
>

Black tubes? What black tubes?

Photon torpedo casing?

Jeff

Simon Graves <[hidden email]> wrote:
--- In [hidden email], "ruadan1963" <ruadan63@...> wrote:
> ...but I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
> in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
> and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black
tubes.
>
> Best,
> Alex
>

Black tubes? What black tubes?






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> Simon Graves <simongvs1@...> wrote:
> Black tubes? What black tubes?

The ones in the episode "The Sound of Silence." Weren't they black?  
Alas, I'm at work and can't check my DVD...

--Alex

The tube that the character 'Russ' was sealed into was actually grey, with at least one end (we don't see the other end) a chartreuse color. My reference to photon torpedo tubes resulted from this passage in your earlier post:

"I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black tubes."

I made the erroneous assumption that BOTH pieces of fan fiction mentioned were crossovers with Star Trek, instead of just one of them.

Sorry for the confusion.

Jeff


ruadan1963 <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Simon Graves <simongvs1@...> wrote:
> Black tubes? What black tubes?

The ones in the episode "The Sound of Silence." Weren't they black?
Alas, I'm at work and can't check my DVD...

--Alex






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The funny thing about the tube they put that guy in in
"Sound Of Silence"....

It looked like a canister of Aluminum like metal, claimed
very advanced technology by the characters in the room, and
with walls that looked like they were 3 inches thick.

You expected them to be using a powered drilling or hole
cutting device to cut into it....yet what do they use?.... A guy
turning a wood hole cutting tool, by hand, that is only about an
inch deep.

It's funny to watch him pull out that 3 inch deep core cutting
out of the side of the casing, attached to the end of that little
1 inch deep cutting tool.


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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Nelson
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Finding UFO again


The tube that the character 'Russ' was sealed into was actually grey, with at least one end (we don't see the other end) a chartreuse color. My reference to photon torpedo tubes resulted from this passage in your earlier post:

"I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black tubes."

I made the erroneous assumption that BOTH pieces of fan fiction mentioned were crossovers with Star Trek, instead of just one of them.

Sorry for the confusion.

Jeff

ruadan1963 <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Simon Graves <simongvs1@...> wrote:
> Black tubes? What black tubes?

The ones in the episode "The Sound of Silence." Weren't they black?
Alas, I'm at work and can't check my DVD...

--Alex

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I had always found that amusing, too. If it was so hi-tech, why did the walls need to be so thick? I too wondered how they got a 3 inch thick cutting with the tool they were using. But their rationale for using a hand-operated cutter (I'd have to check the episode) was probably to minimize vibrations, as they thought it might be some sort of explosive device. So at least THAT much makes some sort of sense.

Jeff

davrecon <[hidden email]> wrote:

The funny thing about the tube they put that guy in in
"Sound Of Silence"....

It looked like a canister of Aluminum like metal, claimed
very advanced technology by the characters in the room, and
with walls that looked like they were 3 inches thick.

You expected them to be using a powered drilling or hole
cutting device to cut into it....yet what do they use?.... A guy
turning a wood hole cutting tool, by hand, that is only about an
inch deep.

It's funny to watch him pull out that 3 inch deep core cutting
out of the side of the casing, attached to the end of that little
1 inch deep cutting tool.

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----- Original Message -----
From: Jeffrey Nelson
To: [hidden email]
Sent: Friday, February 09, 2007 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [SHADO] Re: Finding UFO again

The tube that the character 'Russ' was sealed into was actually grey, with at least one end (we don't see the other end) a chartreuse color. My reference to photon torpedo tubes resulted from this passage in your earlier post:

"I do recall one piece of fan fiction that had Mr. Spock
in an Enterprise shuttle landing on earth and running afoul of SHADO,
and another in which Straker was sealed into one of those black tubes."

I made the erroneous assumption that BOTH pieces of fan fiction mentioned were crossovers with Star Trek, instead of just one of them.

Sorry for the confusion.

Jeff

ruadan1963 <[hidden email]> wrote:
> Simon Graves <simongvs1@...> wrote:
> Black tubes? What black tubes?

The ones in the episode "The Sound of Silence." Weren't they black?
Alas, I'm at work and can't check my DVD...

--Alex

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