This card represented all the wonderful Sci-Fi series by Gerald Alexander "Gerry" Anderson MBE that hit our screens starting with Fireball XL5 in 1962, and going on through Space Patrol, Stingray, Thunderbirds, etc.
This set commemorates "UFO", which again revolved around the United Nations, but this time in their endeavouring to prevent an alien invasion of this planet. There were actually only twenty-six episodes of this series, which had quite a dark theme, starting with the first, which introduced the idea of aliens harvesting organs from human beings. However there was going to be a second series, set on the moon, to where the HQ had relocated. But it never came about. And once more, not so long ago, there were plans for a feature film remake, which also never happened.
If there is a flaw, it is the common one that the creators did not set the timeline far enough ahead, and most of the action is said to take place in the 1980s, which makes for odd viewing now. And if you get a chance to sit and watch it, just bear in mind that there were only two alien costumes made, so you will never see more than two aliens on screen at the same time.
The set first appears in our original British Trade Index part three, as :
- UFO. 76 x 55. Nd. (64). Sectional picture back. ... ANF-17
And this is the exact same text which appears in our updated British Trade Index save a new card code of ANG-390