bamboo saucer, Cold War sci-fi, Frank Telford, geopolitical tension, 1960s cinema, UFOs, Sino-U.S. relations, alien technology, military cooperation, science fiction action

## Introduction

If you think the world is chaotic now, you clearly haven't experienced the palpable tension of the 1960s, particularly in 1968. As wars ravaged Southeast Asia and fears of communism spread like wildfire, the globe teetered on the brink of disaster. The Sino-Soviet split was just one more nail in the coffin o...