U.S.Airforce Vs UFO / U.S.S. Enterprise!

Fascinating episode. As for William Shatner, what a life. He went into space on 13 October 2021, at the age of 90. For real. Shatner became the oldest person to reach the final frontier.

This had to be one of the best out of the TOS run....but i always figured the F-104 pilot should have beamed aboard still sitting down......

Meanwhile at Temporal Investigations. "He did WHAT!?"

"We'll tell you what we decide to tell you in a few moments." Like a BOSS.

This was an excellent episode and I remember watching it when it first aired a half century ago.

I always liked the way The Enterprise looked when flying through the atmosphere. Somehow it seemed more impressive than when it was in space.

US Air Force: I’m going to force it to land! Enterprise: Am I a joke to you?

I've always wondered if the writers of this "Star Trek" episode were influenced (consciously or not) by a "Twilight Zone" episode that had aired a few years earlier. Entitled "A Hundred Yards Over The Rim", it starred Cliff Robertson as a Western pioneer in 1849, who is near death from hunger and thirst. Transported (it is never explained how) to 1961, he is assisted by several kind people, and eventually learns from an encyclopedia that his son (who is dying of influenza back in 1849) is destined to be a scientist of some importance. He eventually returns to his own time with a vial of penicillin tablets from 1961, which saves his son's life. In this "Star Trek" episode, Kirk and Company discover that John Christopher has to be returned to HIS time, because his son (whom he hasn't yet fathered) will grow up to be an important scientist. If that plot similarity was a coincidence, it was certainly a striking one.

I love the lighting on Kirk's face the entire time he's talking to the pilot. The area around his eyes lit up and everything else in shadow.

Let's pick up some whales while we're here. It will save time later.

Kirk: "You'll have to forgive me - I didn't know that your aircraft couldn't hold up to our tractor beam". Goddammit, Spock TOLD you back up on the bridge this was probably going to happen.

Enterprise?!? What the hell are you damn navy guys trying to pull?

Captain John Christopher alias Roger Perry died Thursday July 12, 2018 from prostate cancer, He was 85. RIP d(--_--)b

This was my favourite episode when I was a kid because having the enterprise flying above the earth was something I used to dream about.

Remember this episode clearly as a young teen. One of my favorites. Ironically I was in the Air Force a few years after this episode actually working with F-104’s in NATO. Seems like yesterday.

I like Kirk's mischievous smile at the pilot's befuddlement, enjoying his moment of superiority and in anticipation of the series of shocks the pilot was about to experience.

BTW, there were nuclear tipped air-to-air missiles, meant to detonate in the middle of enemy bomber streams. Though unlikely to be on an aircraft unless at top readiness. So Spock’s statements were accurate.

Two cylindrical projections on top and one below also a saucer shaped projection in the front. Wow! That Enterprise is a crazy looking ship, huh?!

Jet Cpt.: "What ever this thing is it's big". Michael Scott: "That's what she said". STAR TREK- still one of the best t.v. shows in television history. 📺

The 1st frame of the Enterprise over blue skies is awesome