| The Aurora Encounter | |
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| Directed by | Jim McCullough Sr. |
| Written by | Melody Brooke Jim McCullough Jr. |
| Produced by | Jim McCullough, Sr. |
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| Cinematography | Joseph Wilcots |
| Edited by | Sheri Gallow |
| Music by | Ron F. Lulio |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
Release date | |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Aurora Encounter is a 1986 American Weird Western film directed by Jim McCullough Sr., written by Melody Brooke and Jim McCullough, Jr., and starring Jack Elam, Mickey Hays, Peter Brown, Carol Bagdasarian, and Dottie West. Its plot follows the residents of a small Texas town at the turn of the 19th century who are visited by an alien being after a UFO crashes in their town. The screenplay was very loosely based on the Aurora, Texas, UFO incident of 1897.
- ^ "'Aurora' paced well with kindly charm". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. March 7, 1986. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Green, Paul (2016). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games (Revised ed.). McFarland. p. 26. ISBN 978-1-476-66257-2.