Ma Iune 24, 1947, ua ʻōlelo kekahi pailaka ponoʻī ʻo Kenneth Arnold ua ʻike ʻo ia i ke aho o nā mea lele ʻeiwa i hoʻomālamalama ʻole ʻia i ka wā o ka lele ʻana o ke kauwela ma Mt. Rainier. ʻO kēia mau pā lele lele - kahi āna i manaʻo ai e piʻi ana i luna o 1,200 mph - i kaha ʻia ka mua o he nui ʻikea i hahai.

ʻO ka mea maʻamau, aia kekahi mau hihia o nā mea lele i loko o ka mōʻaukala. No nā kenekulia pili pinepine lākou i nā ʻuhane, nā ʻānela, a me nā mea kupua ʻē aʻe. Akā i ka ulu ʻana o ka fiction ʻepekema ma ke ʻano he ʻano, ua ʻae ʻia ka manaʻo o kēia mau mea lele he ʻano extraterrestrial.

I ka makahiki 1938, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Orson Welles nui ka hysteria me kona ʻO Mercury Theatre ma ka lewa hoʻolele leo o Ke Kaua o nā Honua - kahi hoʻololi o ka puke e HG Wells. Ua kūkulu ʻia ka lekiō e like me ke ahiahi maʻamau o ka hoʻolālā ʻana me nā nīnūnē nūhou e hāʻawi i nā mea hou o ka hoʻouka kaua kūʻē ma New York. ʻO ka Hale Keaka ʻo Mercury ʻAʻole pili ka papahana i nā haʻihaʻi kalepa, e hoʻohui ana i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia nūhou bulletin "interruptions".

I ka hopena o ka 1940 - ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka WWII - ua hoʻokau nui ʻia ka lehulehu i nā hanana ʻenehana weliweli a me ka mana a lākou i hoʻopaʻa ai. Ua ʻike lākou āpau i ka mantra o "kiaʻi i ka lani". Ua lohe lākou i nā moʻolelo o ka mea pohihihi.nā mea kaua"ʻIke ʻia e nā pailaka kaua e lele ana ma luna o Kelemania. No laila i ko Kenneth Arnold hele ʻana mai me kāna hōʻike o kahi ʻike ʻano ʻē, ua paʻi nā nūpepa i kāna moʻolelo ma ka ʻaoʻao mua me kahi leo koʻikoʻi a me ka lima.

Ua komo nā huaʻōlelo "leucer lele" a me ka "lele disc" i ka lexicon English, a ua hoʻokumu ʻia kahi mea hoihoi hou. Ua hoʻohui pū kekahi me kahi ʻaoʻao ʻepekema i kahi malihini ma ke ʻano he hoʻoweliweli i nā puke nūpepa a me nā mele hoʻomakeʻaka, akā ʻaʻole i neʻe ʻia nā manaʻo paʻakikī i ka pale kālā.

ʻO nā moʻo nui weliweli i hoʻomake i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i nā makahiki 1940 e wili ana i ke kaulana, no laila ua ʻapo ke ʻano weliweli i nā moʻolelo ʻepekema, ka wā Atomic, a me kā lākou mea hou. ʻōpio.

I ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā ʻōpio i loko o kā lākou mau kaʻa a ʻākoakoa i nā kalaiwa, ua hana ʻia nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni e lawelawe ai i kā lākou makemake moʻomeheu pop; wikiwiki a me ka hana kolohe me ke kamaʻilio kūkā a me ka moemoeā hihiu. Luhi i nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni melodramatic a me nā pō TV ma ka home, makemake kēia hanauna hou i nā manaʻo hou.

Ua ʻae nā malihini a me nā mea komo hewa i kēlā ʻaʻa. Ua hāʻawi lākou i nā manaʻo hou i kapitalized i ka hoihoi o ka lehulehu i nā UFO a ʻaihue ʻoiai e hōʻaiʻē nei i kā lākou mau kumuhana i nā ʻōlelo pilikino. ʻO nā kiʻi ʻoniʻoni Hoʻouka o nā Snatchers Kino (1959), Ua hele mai ia mai kahi ākea (1953), ʻO Blob (1958), a me Nā mea komohewa mai Mars (1953) kū i ka makaʻu i loko o ka puʻuwai o kā lākou poʻe hoʻolohe ʻoiai ke akahele nei ma ʻO McCarthyism a me ka makaʻu ʻulaʻula.

ʻO kēia mau kiʻi ʻoniʻoni i hōʻailona i kēia ʻano. ʻOiai Hoʻolālā 9 mai kahi ākea ma waho (1958) - ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka kūleʻa me nā loiloi - ua loaʻa iā ia kona wahi ma ke ʻano he hoʻomana moʻomeheu.

ʻO ka hoihoi i nā mea pohihihi a me nā moʻo ʻike ʻole i hoʻopili ʻia i loko o nā hiʻohiʻona hanana 1950s pū kekahi. ʻO ka Mea Hana Mai ka Lagoon ʻEleʻele (1954), ʻO ka mea mai kahi honua ʻē aʻe (1951), ʻO ka Alligator People (1959), a me kahi hoʻololi o ka mea i ʻōlelo ʻia aʻe ka Kaua o nā Honua (1953) hōʻike ʻia nā mea hou me nā kumu honua ʻē aʻe.

Loaʻa ka uku i nā kānaka mai ka makaʻu - holomua mākou iā ia - ʻo ia kekahi o nā kumu i makemake nui ʻia ai ka weliweli ma ke ʻano he ʻano. Makemake mākou e makaʻu. I ka wā ma hope o ke kaua, ʻaʻole pono ka lehulehu e kū kiaʻi no ka hoʻoweliweli o ka Honua, no laila ua ukali lākou i ke alakaʻi extraterrestrial ma ke ʻano he kumu a puka no kā lākou mau hopohopo. I kekahi manawa, ke hoʻolōʻihi ʻoe i ka "nānā ʻana i nā lani" no ka weliweli hiki, paʻakikī ke nānā aku.

No nā mea hou aʻe e pili ana i nā makaʻu extraterrestrial, kaomi ma aneʻi e heluhelu e pili ana i ka 1957 lawe pio ʻana o Antonio Vilas-Boas.