The Flying Saucer The Flying Saucer (1950) is an American, black-and-white science fiction feature film, produced independently by Colonial Productions Inc. and distributed in the USA by Film Classics Inc.. The film script was written by Howard Irving Young from an original story by Mikel Conrad, who also produced, directed and starred in the film. It was the first film to deal with flying saucers, and has no relationship to Earth vs. the Flying Saucers.