The Outer Limit (DIMX)

A pilot of an experimental rocket plane is launched into the upper atmosphere with only enough fuel for a ten minute flight. He disappears, and then unexpectedly reappears ten hours later, with a story of alien contact and a dire warning for humanity.

There were a number of these cautionary tales regarding the dangers of atomic weapons throughout the cold war. Some pretty successful films (Red Dawn, Wargames, etc.) were still making use of this theme into the 80's. Though cold war themes are now a bit dated, the story is still engaging.

Outer Limit was first published in The Saturday Evening Post on December 24, 1949. Kinoy's script was re-used many times by shows like X Minus One, Suspense, Escape, and Beyond Tomorrow.

Dimension X #1
The Outer Limit
8 April 1950
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Albert Buhrman (music), Edward King (director), Ernest Kinoy (adaptor), Graham Doar (author), Joe DeSantis, Joseph Julian, Norman Rose (host), Sam Monroe (sound design), Van Woodward (producer), Bob Warren (announcer), Fred Collins (announcer)

The X-1 experimental rocket plane used by Chuck Yeager to break the sound barrier for the first time in Oct. 1947!