I saw this again today and it's still a fun, wonderful story. I love the spaceship itself, wholly original and fun and NOT a saucer. There's a few quibbles, like Putnam's car facing the wrong way when they head back to discover the telephone workers bodies, and the fast and loose play of how Putnam leaves with the sheriff's sedan before the sheriff but the posse beats Putnam to cut off the alien in the truck, but otherwise one of the best that 50's science fiction films had to offer, for my meager money.