Destruction (UFO)
"Destruction" is the ninth episode aired of the first series of "UFO" - a 1970 British television science fiction series about an alien invasion of Earth. The screenplay was written Dennis Spooner and the director was Ken Turner. The episode was filmed between 4 June to 16 June 1970 and aired on the ATV Midlands on 2 December 1970. Though shown as the ninth episode, it was actually the twentieth to have been filmed.
Gordon Cooper
Cooper claimed to have seen his first UFO while flying over West Germany in 1951, although he denied reports he had seen a UFO during his Mercury flight.