In 1980, the Earth is threatened by an alien race who kidnap and kill humans and use them for body parts. A highly secret military organization is set up in the hope of defending the Earth from this alien threat. This organization is named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization) and operates from a secret location beneath a film studio. They also operate a fleet of submarines and have a base on the moon as well as an early warning satellite that detects inbound UFOs. UFOs can be destroyed in space by Interceptors which are launched from Moonbase. If one gets through it can be attacked in the Earth's atmosphere by a high altitude aircraft launched from one of the submarines. If a UFO also avoids this and manages to land it can be tracked and destroyed by a number of Mobiles (armored vehicles) which are deployed throughout the world. The missions of the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization, which defends Earth from extra-terrestrial threats. This was a fanciful TV program which I believe was filmed and cast in Britain. The special effects were somewhat cheesy with UFOs that looked like huge spinning metal tops from the 1930s. I don't recall ever seeing the aliens, but I believe I watched the same UFO crash repeatedly each time one was shot down. The organization that was responsible for blasting the alien spacecrafts to smithereens was SHADO which seemed to win every battle with the aliens. Each week, you'd see a huge UFO plunging to earth, totally destroyed by SHADO's defense network. What I always had a little difficulty understanding was how a race of aliens who were able to develop a craft that carried them across billions and billions of miles of the universe, was unable to come up with a weapons system that could effectively blast SHADO's defense craft. It seemed like the poor wretches were always out gunned. It would seem that such an innovative and technically capable race would realize the folly of their repeated attempts to break through SHADO's defenses and either come up with a ray gun that would atomize the defenders or cut their losses and move on to easier pickings. Having said all of this, I always watched the program and was quite entertained by it. I don't know whether that was because it was actually a good series or simply so cheesy that I just had to watch it to see just how cheesy it could get. Wow! 9 out of 11 junior space cadets with no life and no grasp of reality were unimpressed by my review. I best be careful they don't zap me with their Mattel jr. space ranger ray guns. Maybe I should have said the series was only cheesy if you're not out of touch with reality. LOL. GREAT website. For photos. Movie clips. Sound clips. Etc.<br/><br/>www.UFOseries.com<br/><br/>I remember this show from when I was a kid. Early 1970 / 1971.<br/><br/>To this very day, I can recall the theme song. Now, I have it saved on my computer, thanks to "www.UFOseries.com". And the girls were pretty hot for that era as well!<br/><br/>In the year 1980, a secret military organization named SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) becomes operational. Its purpose is to defend the Earth from a race of Aliens who've been kidnapping humans for body parts.<br/><br/>SHADO's main headquarters is hidden beneath a London film studio. It also has a base on the moon (Moonbase) and a fleet of submarines (Skydiver). Incoming UFO's are initially detected by an Earth orbiting satellite named SID (Space Intruder Detector). An initial interception attempt is made in space with three Interceptors launched from Moonbase. A second attempt is made in the Earth's atmosphere with a fighter plane (Sky One) launched from Skydiver. Landed UFO's are tracked down with ground Mobiles.<br/><br/>SHADO is run by the extremely dedicated Commander Ed Straker. His seconds in command are Col. Alec Freeman, Col. Paul Foster, and Col. Virginia Lake. Moonbase is often commanded by Lt. Gay Ellis.
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