UFO: Identified

Identified is the pilot episode of the British television series UFO. Directed and written by series creator Gerry Anderson, it first aired on ATV on September 16th, 1970. The plot of the series revolves around S.H.A.D.O., the Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organization, a secret government group located underground beneath Harlington-Straker Studios. The leader of S.H.A.D.O. is Commander Ed Straker. In this episode, a young man and his girlfriend come upon an alien space ship. The youth begins taking photographs of the ship when aliens in orange space suit emerge and attack them, harvesting their organs. A decade later in 1980, Commander Ed Straker learns about the UFOs after they shoot down a USAF plane piloted by his friend Commander Freeman.