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  0:00:31  Criswell tells us that these events have already happened, but then he adds: "FUTURE events such as these will affect you in the FUTURE." So which is it? Joe Blevins 
  0:00:34  As Criswell reads his opening lines, you can see his eyes move from side to side. Gary Schmidt 
  0:02:45  Why is the minister reading to himself at the funeral? Ok - it's a silent prayer, but this is ridiculous! Did the mourners just come to watch him read silently?  
  0:02:56  Criswell's narration says it's sundown, when it's obviously broad daylight. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:03:38  At the grave of the wife of the old man, the last mourner walks around the foot of the open grave. He can’t be more than 5 feet from the tombstone. This distance indicates someone extremely short especially when you take into consideration the length of a coffin, but Vampira looks to be taller than average. Edward Fisher 
  0:03:59  How can it be dark when they gather round the grave, but full daylight when the gravediggers start their digging? (This error is quite consistent, and is a Wood trademark...)  
  0:04:00  With the mourners now gone, the gravediggers walk up to the open grave (off camera). When they begin shoveling dirt, they throw it behind themselves instead of in front of themselves where the open grave is located. Edward Fisher 
  0:04:01  The sky is free from clouds when we see the airplane, yet full of clouds when we get to see the flying saucer in the very next shot.  
  0:04:02  Why are there two shadows on the wall on the airplane behind Jeff, when there's only one lightsource (the sun)?  
  0:04:03  The curtain in the airplane cockpit is a shower curtain. Erik J Lander 
  0:04:03  When you see the cockpit of the airplane, there are NO instruments visible, when the whole cockpit should be covered with them. And just what are the pilots controlling the plane with? Cardboard yokes? And how can one yoke move when the other doesn't? In a real airplane, the yokes move together, no matter which one the pilot is using. Eric and Lorna 
  0:04:33  The boom mic shadow is easily seen, when the cockpit is lit up by the saucer. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:04:40  After the flying saucer buzzes by the airplane, when it shows the saucer you can see the string. Gary Schmidt 
  0:05:36  The sky has clouds for the first landing of the saucer in one frame, but not in the next. Steven Zanker 
  0:06:19  Stock footage shows a completely different cemetary. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:06:19  How can the gravediggers meet Vampira, when they're leaving her grave?  
  0:06:40  Bela's shadow on the front door is impossible, given the suns position - look at the shadow from the porch. Steven Zanker 
  0:07:43  After the old man gets run over by the car, you can still see his shadow remaining upright.  
  0:07:43  When Bela Lugosi walks off the screen the swaying tree suddenly freezes. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:08:11  Why is the old man buried in the crypt, and his wife in the ground? ("Something to do with family tradition, a superstition of some sort", according to the movie.)  
  0:08:17  A man at the old man's funeral says that it's "getting dark", when it's already pitch black. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:08:22  Seems to me that the tombstones are *way* too close together for there to be room for bodies. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:08:37  The police leave the station in one car (a plain black one), driving along on the road in another (a car with some lights on the roof), and finally arriving in a third car (a black car with white doors)!!!  
  0:11:59  According to Jeff, the flying saucer is cigar-shaped, when it in fact is just saucer-shaped.  
  0:12:12  How does big Army brass get to the pilot of the airliner so quickly after landing? Edward Fisher 
  0:12:43  The wind from the saucer knocks Jeff and Paula to the ground, but the coffee cups on their table remain untouched.  
  0:12:43  There's always a bright flash of light when the saucer passes, but we never see any lights from the saucers in the close-ups (even when it's dark).  
  0:13:02  When the alien ship buzzes by the police officers in the graveyard, knocking them to the ground, one of the officers fall onto a cardboard tombstone and bends it. He's the one in the back. Gary Schmidt 
  0:13:03  The men carrying the dead body can clearly be seen throwing away the dead body. (Submitted by someone whose name I've forgot.) Please mail me again.  
  0:13:51  The first time we see the old man (Dr. Tom) leave the crypt, it appears that another person inside the crypt opens the door to let him out. (You can see an arm with a light colored shirtsleeve open the door.) Edward Fisher 
  0:14:37  If Vampira is being controlled by the aliens, how come she flinches when the policeman fires the second and third bullets? Steven Zanker 
  0:15:14  The police officers constantly scratch themselves with the barrels of their loaded guns.  
  0:16:46  On the raised freeway, all three people in the same car point in different directions, yet the three saucers are flying close together, very low alongside the freeway. Steven Zanker 
  0:16:59  The saucers seem to have special interest in TV networks since it passes CBS, NBC and ABC.  
  0:17:06  First we see the newspaper headlines telling of flying saucers. The very next scene, an old woman sees a flying saucer and calls the police. Where has she been all this time? Gary Schmidt 
  0:18:17  Why does a colonel have to make the decision whether to fire at the aliens or not - shouldn't that decision be left to someone with higher rank (such as the president, or the United Nations)?  
  0:18:18  During the stock footage battle with the flying saucers, the stock footage of the troops firing at the UFOs was shot in the desert, yet the flying saucers were supposed to be over Washington, D.C. J Bishop 
  0:19:35  When the army is bombing the aliens in space, the spot from where the colonel is commanding the troops (even the airplanes!) shows a little scratch on the white cardboard behind him. I think it's intended to be the sky, but it shows some marks. Frederico Camara 
  0:20:02  If the aliens have attacked a small town, shouldn't their existense be pretty well known? (There was a cover up according to the movie, but that doesn't seem very likely, does it?)  
  0:20:03  The aliens destroyed a town - couldn't they've just destroyed the entire planet, and saved themselves the trouble of raising our dead? (On the other hand, it could have been another alien race.)  
  0:20:50  How can we hear the saucers in space? (This is on the other hand characteristic for all sci-fi-movies.)  
  0:20:53  The alien vessels not only make shadows on the sky but also in the universe, as seen in the scenes where they fly from and to behind the mothership. Frederico Camara 
  0:21:49  When discussing the new plan to take over the earth, the head alien pick up his script Erik J Lander 
  0:24:00  When he's leaving for a flight, we can notice that there isn't any kind of furniture inside Jeff's house. Sean Finnegan 
  0:24:01  The alien leader gives permission for plan 9 to start, yet Lugosi and Vampira have already been raised from the dead. Terry Burns 
  0:24:02  Jeff goes off on a several-day trip with a tiny overnight bag as his only luggage. Joe Blevins 
  0:26:40  The second time we’re shown the interior of the airliner, neither the pilot nor the co-pilot has their hands on the controls. Edward Fisher 
  0:27:16  The clipboard the stewardess is holding in her arms, moves from her left arm to her right, and then back to her left arm again in the different shots.  
  0:28:32  The scene where Bela exits the forest, draw his cape over his shoulder and reenter is used 5 times! (Either in its entirity or in its parts)  
  0:30:17  Jeff's wife is running through the same scenery in the graveyard 4 times.  
  0:30:18  Paula face expression running around the graveyard seems to be completely normal and unpreocupied, as if nothing was happening at all. Sean Finnegan 
  0:30:25  When Paula falls while being chased, the whole rug (supposed to be dirt) she falls on moves. Steven Zanker 
  0:30:26  Paula falls to the ground BEFORE the so-called UFO light appears. Sean Finnegan 
  0:30:34  There is a really busy highway behind Bela in the forest scene. Brad & Shelly Estes 
  0:31:03  When the dead inspector is worming around in his grave, another dirt covered rug can easily be seen. Steven Zanker 
  0:31:20  Why does it take such an advanced culture so much time to raise only three dead? Kris Falk 
  0:32:42  When the old man (now played by Dr. Tom) is chasing the girl before she gets resued by the farmer, his hair is no longer grey - it's black Eric Pokrovsky 
  0:33:14  After the farmer rescues Paula, the movie portrays a noise of an engine trying to start - but both his hands are on the wheel, and Paula is unconscious. Who is trying to start the engine? Steven Zanker 
  0:33:58  The second time the police car arrives at the cemetery, we see one car on its way, and another car arriving. (Making it the fourth police car in total!!!)  
  0:33:59  JT tells me that the cars were all from different years. Sínce I'm not an expert in american cars, I can't verify this. If you can - mail me JT 
  0:35:10  The saucer looks like a square (a normal earth-house) both from the inside and in the outside close-ups, but is spherical in all other shots.  
  0:35:11  There are two ladders glued onto walls - one outside the ship and one inside. How can anyone climb a ladder glued to a wall? - It needs to be mounted away from the wall to be usuable. Steven Zanker 
  0:37:40  None of the policemen seem to recognize inspector Clay's grave, even though all four of them attended the funeral.  
  0:37:46  "Strange... If someone had broken in, the dirt should be piled up here somewhere. It looks like it's fallen in to the grave." I'm no expert at breaking out of graves, but don't you have to get rid of the dirt somehow - i.e. piling it up somewhere outside the grave?!  
  0:38:31  While Kelton is in Clay's opened grave, the tombstone that fell in a few scenes earlier isn't there. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:38:40  Kelton can stand on all four down in Inspector Clay's grave and still reach up to its edges, even though inspector Clay himself had great trouble getting out of it because of its depth.  
  0:38:44  When Kelton is in Inspector Clay’s grave he says it too dark to make out the name on the grave, but it’s not too dark for Kelton to catch a book of matches thrown to him. Edward Fisher 
  0:39:34  If you look closely, you can make out a Santa Fe Railroad logo on the map in the Pentagon office. William Luitje 
  0:39:51  How can the colonel be "in charge of field operations", but still not know that the aliens really exist?  
  0:41:17  How can anyone, without any knowledge of the alien's language, build a language computer "that breaks down any language into our own."  
  0:41:54  While talking about the language computer we see that there is a clock behind the General. It reads 8:40. When he gets up and turns on the reel to reel player (just a few seconds later) we see that the clock now reads 9:10. "Homerman" 
  0:41:56  How do the aliens know that the humans have finished their language computer?  
  0:41:57  If the aliens are such a developed intelligent species, couldn't they just build a language computer, give it to the humans, and save them a lot of time and effort?  
  0:42:49  The aliens claim the humans deny their existense, even though the UFO sightings have been reported in the newspapers. (Not to mention people seem to know an awful lot about the saucers. "Haven't you heard? Many times a saucer hasn't had a glow or a light of any kind for that matter.")  
  0:43:17  In the general’s office there are three cords hanging over the side of his desk, but at the end of this scene only one cord is shown. "Homerman" 
  0:43:23  How can there be atmospheric conditions that interfer with transmissions in outer space?  
  0:44:52  While claiming to be a highly advanced race, their leader's wooden desk is decorated with a ham radio and he is sitting in an office chair. Ethan Monk and Drew Rogers 
  0:44:53  Why is the alien leader wearing a (dark ages) knight's vest with a war axe blade symbol that is nothing like the emblem worn by his subordinates?. Later he claims to be from a peaceful race. Wearing that symbol? Steven Zanker 
  0:44:54  Sitting on the alien leader’s desk is the battery pack and flasher off of a street barricade. A ball painted half black and half white with a rod running through it is taped (with what looks like electrical tape) to the flasher. The black and white ball and rod can later be seen in Eros’ spaceship on the table with the main controls. "Homerman" 
  0:45:34  Eros tells Tanna to bring Inspector Clay to the alien leader. He tells her to, “Use your small electrode gun.” The gun she uses is about the size of a blow dryer. The “regular sized” electrode gun must be HUGE. Edward Fisher 
  0:46:47  How can an "electrode gun" jam (the name "electrode gun" suggests there are no mechanical parts...)  
  0:47:12  (The dead) Clay's shoulders move as he breathes. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:50:03  In the background is a 4 coke bottle carry pack with 3 bottles inside. The 4th is on the table. after a few frames, the 3 bottles are still inside the carry pack, but more bottles have been placed on the table. Steven Zanker 
  0:51:19  The 4 coke bottle carry pack is missing. Steven Zanker 
  0:52:43  After knocking out Kelton, Dr. Tom (the Bela stand-in) adjusts his cape. Sean C. Courtney 
  0:53:03  After the old man disintegrates, all that's left is his cape. Does this mean he was buried nude except for a cape? Sean C. Courtney 
  0:53:04  The old man have been through a car accident, yet he appears not to have broken a bone. Frederico Camara 
  0:54:01  You can see the studio lighting reflect in the car door.  
  0:56:28  The instrument on the wall in the airplane is the same instrument that is used on the wall in the saucer.  
  0:56:29  One window inside the spaceship shows a cloudy afternoon sky. The window next to it shows darkness. Sean C. Courtney 
  1:01:51  The studio lighting can be easily seen in the "televisor". Steven Zanker 
  1:01:52  When Eros turns on the televisor to show Mr. Trent his wife being carried by Clay towards the space ship shouldn't it be a frontal view rather than from the back? Barbara Holland 
  1:01:53  Clay, carrying Paula, walks and walks to get to the spaceship but never gets there, even though Jeff, Col. Edwards and the Lieutenant got there in a matter of seconds. Joe Blevins 
  1:07:12  When the police car is driving down the road, its right-hand flashing light is not working, but finally works when it pulls up at the cemetery. Steven Zanker 
  1:07:20  When the second police car arrives at the cemetery if you look at the license plate, the first half of the license numbers had been blacked out or covered over. Edward Fisher 
  1:10:42  After Inspector Clay is whacked over the head, Kelton revives Mrs. Kent. She says, “I’ll be all right. Take care of the others.” How does she know that the others are in trouble? She was asleep when Kelton was knocked out by Inspector Clay and couldn't have know that Jeff, Col. Edwards, and the Lieutenant were "trapped" on board the alien spaceship. Edward Fisher 
  1:11:00  Kelton and the other cop apparently leave Mrs. Kent lying next to the living-dead corpse of Inspector Clay and head to the spaceship. Edward Fisher 
  1:12:00  Why does the colonel keep playing with the door control after the door in the spacecraft has opened? Steven Zanker 
  1:12:41  Eros says that the aliens don't cling to life like we do, but when they take off and Eros was knocked out, Tanna is screaming and hollering for Eros to wake up so they can put out the fire. Gregg Jones 
  1:12:46  Shouldn't the aliens be more concerned about putting out the fire before they try to take off?  
  1:12:47  The ship is completely ingulfed in flames from the outside, while inside it only shows smoke. Ethan Monk and Drew Rogers 
  1:13:30  Why does the burning spaceship sound like burning wood? Edward Fisher 
 
 

 

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