Operation Skyhook's (an actual military operation, although the real one dealt with high altitude balloon research) location was at White Sands, New Mexico. Someone here mentioned the aliens "blew up Cape Canaveral" which may be a fun fantasy but the truth be its New Mexico.
I've always liked this movie, maybe because there are so many "flubs" in it. The special effects are really great for the time period, when digital didn't exist and all they had were screen mattes and stop-action photography.
I really get a kick out of the scene where they've just abandoned their laboratory with the new fangled sound weapon. They are running through the woods, in front of a rear projected screen to provide a sense of movement, but they are running at the wrong pace in reference to the projected image.
I've always liked this movie, maybe because there are so many "flubs" in it. The special effects are really great for the time period, when digital didn't exist and all they had were screen mattes and stop-action photography.
I really get a kick out of the scene where they've just abandoned their laboratory with the new fangled sound weapon. They are running through the woods, in front of a rear projected screen to provide a sense of movement, but they are running at the wrong pace in reference to the projected image.