# Where was this Sci--fi scene from?

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**Created:** [June 4, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620 "2021-06-04T15:06:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/1 "2021-06-04T15:06:47Z")

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Probably 50s: there is a reflective globe hovering over a crater. A net attached to a crane has been thrown over the globe, which refuses to budge from where it’s hovering. I don’t know if this was a movie or TV show. This is an extremely vague memory. Thanks!

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**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/2 "2021-06-04T15:13:34Z")

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Sure it was a crater and not maybe a sport place like a baseball stadium? I don’t know where that memory came from either but your scenario did sound familiar.

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**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2021, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/3 "2021-06-04T15:17:10Z")

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It sounds like **Starman** , but with no crane. And in color. And 30 years too late.

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**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/4 "2021-06-05T06:19:57Z")

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Did it look like this from _Flight of the Navigator_?  
[![](https://rosedefremery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault.jpg) ](https://rosedefremery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/maxresdefault.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/5 "2021-06-05T14:16:42Z")

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Similar look. Mine was from 50s, maybe early 60s and, IIRC, the orb was relatively small.

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**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:** [June 5, 2021, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/6 "2021-06-05T14:21:09Z")

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Sounds like this story

> <https://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/159007/short-sci-fi-story-about-an-object-too-heavy-to-be-moved>

(The story is “The Cricket Ball” by Avro Manhattan)

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**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2021, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-this-sci-fi-scene-from/943620/7 "2021-06-05T14:26:18Z")

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The crane and ball are similar, but I’m pretty sure mine was suspended in the air, and they were unable to move it.