And tastier. And we offer more variety, for hungry alien families that can’t decide whether they’re in the mood for Mexican or Chinese or Italian. America is the world’s food court!
Most alien invasions in the United States center on the major cities and landmarks. But there is the short story It came from Schenectady. And the movie Superman II had the aliens first invading the moon and then … Houston.
In conjunction with the release of the movie Independence Day, BBC radio broadcast a drama telling the story of what was going on in Britain during the movie’s events.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind had them in Mexico first, returning American airplanes they collected over the gulf of Mexico. Then they put a ship in the Gobi, which shows their sense of humor. But eventually they help to Hollywood convention by buzzing Ohio and landing in Wyoming.
I don’t think that’s an accurate description. The Thing crashlands on earth and goes into hibernation. It then attacks (possibly in self defense) the humans who wake it up. It isn’t a planned invasion.