# 70s Sci Fi TV movie? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 13, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371 "2015-12-13T23:45:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/1 "2015-12-13T23:45:32Z")
This is a long shot but I will ask if anyone else remembers this TV movie. I think it was on ABC late night during 1976 give or take a year. The plot was that an Air Force crew was stationed way up north near the article circle. (I think it was a radar station) One day their dead relatives show up to meet them. Being dumb, they bought the story that these really were dead relatives coming back to life. But the commander found out that one guy never knew his parents -they died when he was a baby. But he had dreamed about his parents. So as you may have guessed , the “relatives” were actually aliens. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/2 "2015-12-14T00:05:49Z")
I can’t answer your question, but there is a list of ABC Movies of the Week (all TV movies), at the Wikipedia page: > **[ABC Movie of the Week](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_Movie_of_the_Week)** > > The ABC Movie of the Week was an American weekly television anthology series featuring made-for-TV movies, that aired on the ABC network in various permutations from 1969 to 1975. > In the 1960s, movie studios viewed television as a second-rate medium but also as a threat to their theatrical revenue, so they charged high fees for the privilege to broadcast their films. The networks experimented with having films made specifically for TV to lower expenses. NBC created the first weekly umbrella fo... Maybe one of the titles listed will sound familiar? ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/3 "2015-12-14T00:22:07Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > This is a long shot but I will ask if anyone else remembers this TV movie. I think it was on ABC late night during 1976 give or take a year. > > The plot was that an Air Force crew was stationed way up north near the article circle. (I think it was a radar station) One day their dead relatives show up to meet them. Being dumb, they bought the story that these really were dead relatives coming back to life. But the commander found out that one guy never knew his parents -they died when he was a baby. But he had dreamed about his parents. So as you may have guessed , the “relatives” were actually aliens. Sounds a lot like Bradburys “Mars is Heaven” - part of the Martian Chronicles, which was adapted for TV in the 70s [The Martian Chronicles (miniseries) - Wikipedia](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Martian_Chronicles_(TV_miniseries)#Episode_1_Summary_:_.22The_Expeditions.22) ---
**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/4 "2015-12-14T00:30:40Z")
I’ve read a variation on that elsewhere: I think it was an old EC comic, doing something akin to a Bradbury “Martian Chronicles” story. (It may have been a Bradbury story, but I don’t remember it from the book. (Or, what Andy L said.) ---
**Author:** ![Kobalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@Kobalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobalt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/5 "2015-12-14T00:56:39Z")
It sounds like _ **Distant Early Warning** _. [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266471/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266471/) ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/6 "2015-12-14T01:00:51Z")
> [@Kobalt](#): > > It sounds like _ **Distant Early Warning** _. > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266471/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266471/) Yes, it does… ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/70s-sci-fi-tv-movie/740371/7 "2015-12-14T01:04:15Z")
yes that is probably it. The few people listed there went on to fame for other shows, Geary and Frann.