Born on this day – Richard A. Colla:

 

Richard A. Colla

Actor

Director

Producer

April 18, 1936 – December 24, 2021

Credits:

Battlestar Galactica (1978); Blind Witness (1989); Blue Valley Songbird (1999); By the Wayside (1962); CHiPs (1982); Cover Up (1984); Days of Our Lives (1965–1966); Dazzle (1995); Deadly Medicine (1991); Desperate Rescue: The Cathy Mahone Story (1993); Don't Look Back: The Story of Leroy 'Satchel' Paige (1981); Fuzz (1972); Getting Up and Going Home (1992); Growing Up Brady (2000); Gunsmoke (1966); Hardcastle and McCormick (1985); Her Last Chance (1996); Hidden in Silence (1996); Houston Knights (1987); Hunter (1985); Ironside (1968–1971); Jake's Way (1980); Judd for the Defense (1968); Kay O'Brien (1986); Like Father, Like Son (1961); Live Again, Die Again (1974); Love's Deadly Triangle: The Texas Cadet Murder (1997); MacGyver (1985); McCloud (1970); Miami Vice (1984); Murder, She Wrote (1984); Naked Lie (1989); Olly, Olly, Oxen Free (1978); Reforestation (1987); Remembering 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Roseanne & Tom: Behind the Scenes (1994); Roxanne: The Prize Pulitzer (1989); Sarge (1971); Shannon (1981–1982); Something Is Out There (1988–1989); Sparks: The Price of Passion (1990); Spenser: For Hire (1985–1987); Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987); Stingray (1985); Storm and Sorrow (1990); Tenafly (1973); That Secret Sunday (1986); The Cylons of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); The Equalizer (1985); The Legend of Jesse James (1966); The Name of the Game (1968); The Other Man (1970); The Questor Tapes (1974); The Shaft of Love (1983); The Soldier (1962); The Tribe (1974); The UFO Incident (1975); The Virginian (1968); The Whole World Is Watching (1969); Trapper John, M.D. (1981); Ultimate Deception (1999); Web of Deception (1994); Werewolf (1988); When Husbands Cheat (1998); Wizards and Warriors (1983); Working with the Daggit of 'Battlestar Galactica' (2004); Zig Zag (1970); Zoya (1995).

On this day in movie history - The UFO Incident (movie & book):

 

The UFO Incident

directed by Richard A. Colla,

written by Hesper Anderson, S. Lee Pogostin / Jake Justiz, S. Lee Pogostin,

based on the book The Interrupted Journey: Two Lost Hours Aboard a Flying Saucer by John G. Fuller,

released in the United States on October 20, 1975.

Music by Billy Goldenberg.

Cast:

James Earl Jones, Estelle Parsons, Barnard Hughes, Dick O'Neill, Beeson Carroll, Terrence O'Connor, Jeanne Joe, Lou Wagner, Vic Perrin, Joey Stefano.

Recommended reading:
 

The Interrupted Journey:
Two Lost Hours Aboard a UFO – The Abduction of Betty and Barney Hill

by John G. Fuller.
 
Filmed as The UFO Incident (1975), directed by Richard A. Colla.

Published by Vintage.
First published 1966.
Paperback.

ISBN-10: 0593468236
ISBN-13: 978-0593468234
 
Description:
"True believers will see this as further evidence of the reality of UFOs." – The New York Times.

One of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time – a thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter.

On a summer night in 1961, Betty and Barney Hill were driving home through New Hampshire when a bright object appeared in the sky and began following them. 

When the couple finally pulled over to get a better look, the object vanished before their eyes. With nothing else to do, Betty and Barney returned to their car and kept driving into the night. The encounter left them rattled, but what came next was even more the following day, the Hills realized they couldn’t remember anything from almost two hours of their drive. Time itself had disappeared, so the couple began looking for help, hoping to uncover what happened that mysterious night.

Captivating and unputdownable, The Interrupted Journey is the complete story of those missing hours and the Hills’ nearly identical accounts, as revealed to doctors under psychotherapy and hypnosis. It stands as one of the most extraordinary UFO tales of our time. Thrilling, otherworldly, and wildly entertaining, The Interrupted Journey is an adventure that enraptured America and stands as the quintessential extraterrestrial encounter.