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    This document discusses how aliens and UFOs became a topic of fascination in the mid-20th century, influenced by events like the atomic bombings and the Space Race. It notes several key events, including the supposed 1947 Roswell UFO incident, the establishment of Area 51 as a secret test site, and alien-themed films from the 1950s and 1960s that expressed fears around immigration and social change. The document argues that the concept of aliens allowed for cultural criticism of power structures and the nuclear arms race, and shaped public protest and government policy around issues like the Strategic Defense Initiative through the late 20th century.

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    This document discusses how aliens and UFOs became a topic of fascination in the mid-20th century, influenced by events like the atomic bombings and the Space Race. It notes several key events, including the supposed 1947 Roswell UFO incident, the establishment of Area 51 as a secret test site, and alien-themed films from the 1950s and 1960s that expressed fears around immigration and social change. The document argues that the concept of aliens allowed for cultural criticism of power structures and the nuclear arms race, and shaped public protest and government policy around issues like the Strategic Defense Initiative through the late 20th century.

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    Aliens, Monsters, & Area

    51
    The Other
    Space and nuclear radiation

    Sputnik, October 1957

    Van Allen Belt, 1958

    Ray Bradbury
    The Martian Chronicles

    The Day the Earth Stood


    Still
    1951

    The Atomic Psychosis


    The fascination with space
    and aliens brought on by the
    bomb

    Todays topics:
    Some general historical themes
    Central event in 1947: The Roswell
    Incident
    Area 51 of the Nevada Test Site
    What does the UFO phenomenon mean?
    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    Events of 1960s
    Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    Historical consequences
    7

    General historical themes


    Radiation and the other
    Immigrant culture (aliens)
    Us vs. them
    Challenges to configuration of power

    July 1947: The Roswell


    Incident

    Area 51
    Nevada Test Site

    10

    Nevada Test Site

    11

    Area 51 No trespassing

    12

    What does the UFO


    phenomenon mean?

    13

    Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956


    )

    14

    Events of the 1960s


    1. Limited Test Ban Treaty
    1963

    15

    Events of the 1960s, 2.


    1968

    16

    Night of the Living Dead (1968)

    17

    Aliens: Historical
    conclusions

    Fear vs. hope


    Vocabulary to talk about social fears
    Changes: 1970s-1980s
    Significance:
    Cultural criticism and public protest
    Government response: SDI

    18

    Atomic Age in space still in the


    future
    Canvas on which the hopes and
    fears of nuclear power has been
    expressed, but filtered through
    45-63, 63-79, and 79-89.
    19

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