title: The Alien Encounters
text: # The Alien Encounters
  
  The Alien Encounters is a 1979 science fiction film written and directed by James T. Flocker and starring Augie Tribach and Matthew Boston. It is an American B movie
  
  ## Plot
  
  An unemployed astronomer loses his job when a radio telescope is destroyed while he is hearing messages from outer space. He then tracks down a scientist who is building a machine to extend life, only to discover the scientist is dead. He visits with the scientist's wife and son, and discovers about the scientist's own encounter with UFOs. An alien probe which has landed on Earth from Barnard's Star. The machine known as a betatron which has remarkable rejuvenating effects.
  
  ## Cast
  
  | Actor | Role |
  | - | - |
  | Augie Tribach | Allan Reed |
  | Matthew Boston | Steve Arlyn |
  | Phil Catalli | Wally |
  | Bonnie Henry | Elaine Stafford |
  | Patricia Hunt | Mrs. Arlyn |
  | Amy Ballor | Melissa |
  | Skye Tollefson | Laurie |
  | Steve Abbott | Rancher |
  | Chris Love-Jackson | Susan Reed |
  | Lukas Jackson | Luke Reed |
  | Gene Davis | Man In Black #1 |
  | Mark Purdy | Man In Black #2 |
  
  ## Reception
  
  Described by leading science fiction author David Wingrove in his Science Fiction Source Book as a "Deathly dull B-movie UFO story with dire effects and no real encounters at all...Endless desert scenes and interminable talk-overs disguise crank concerns of writer/director James T. Flocker", the film received generally poor reviews. Fantastic Movie Musings found the movie to be okay for its low budget, that it has some interesting points.
  
  ## Production
  
  Filmed in and around the Calico Mountains including Mule Canyon Road and scenes on the lake bed, off Ghost Town Road and Interstate 15, 7 miles north of Barstow, California.
  
  