Astronaut Finds Alien Life | The Outer Limits

Astronaut Jeff Barton’s (William Shatner) mission to orbit Venus takes an unexpected turn as he encounters a strange being from outer space.

Season 2, Episode 2
"Star Trek's" William Shatner stars as the first man to successfully land on Venus. But when he suddenly starts craving heat -- more heat than humans can stand -- it is just the beginning of a nightmare brought back from The Outer Limits.

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[fw]

Shatner was on a lot of shows like this a lot in the early 60’s. Amazing that he’s still with us all these years later. God bless him.🙏🏻

[pentameteriamb]

Heart warming acts of love and kindness always make the best stories.

[fredderf]

B&W TV show from before Star Trek and Shatner is commanding a spacecraft talking with Vulcan Control. Shades of things to come! Too funny!

[demongo]

This episode scared the shit out of me when I was a kid. It was this specific scene, with that creepy creature bouncing toward the ship out of that mist...literally gave me nightmares.

[voicetube]

So wild to think that William Shatner – the actual dude – is one of the few people, in this section of human history, to actually go up in a rocket to the edge of space. Wild!

[Wildstar]

When Captain Kirk screams ... sorry ... when Jeff Barton screams all I think of hearing right after is Doctor McCoy saying loudly and dramatically "Snap out of it Jim ! It's just a Muppet !" and then Spock with a tricorder "Captain, The tricorder readings are confirming the alien consists of 92% cotton, 5% polyester and 3% nylon ... it is indeed, a Muppet."

[josemoreno]

That part were the alien coming toward him scared the hell out of me when I first saw on TV living in Los Angeles in the early 1960's. William Shatner is one of my favorite actors.

[robertzeurunkl]

3:48 - For the 1960s, that was some pretty spectacular special effects. That looks pretty good even by today's standards, the way the smoke slowly became a distinguishable moving figure.

[lindaeasley]

This scared me as a kid watching it in reruns in the late '60s.
The original Outer Limits was innovative as it pushed the envelope with it's monsters

[siggyretburns]

Nobody has that look of panic like William Shatner.

[georgecoventry]

If it had only been a female alien, Shatner would have been able to work out some kind of friendly agreement in no time flat.

[alexp]

60 years in his profession and still active! Bravo, Mr. Shatner!

[michaelproctor]

Everytime Shatner looks out a window he sees a monster!

[kali]

Now the funny thing is, he's in charge of "Project Vulcan" in the episode.... 🤣🤣

[Bobster]

Little did William Shatner know then that someday he would travel to space in a similar looking rock as in this movie. Live long and prosper 🖖

[hendrsb]

It's just amazing that William Shatner, of all his contemporaries, has come closest to realizing many of the characters he's played over the decades. The only one to look back at the Earth from the edge of space.

[Fhita]

Angry carrot monster, but as a child watching this, as others have stated, was the stuff of nightmares! Great show!

[Martin]

The original Outer Limits certainly should have been around for more than a season and a half. ABC really dropped the ball when they moved it to Saturday night from its Monday night berth.

[johnbarry]

Shatner is what, 92? What a amazingly long life and career, so happy for him.

[pschroeter]

Wow, I can't believe I've forgotten Kirk was in the original Outer Limits. And talking to Vulcan Control no less. I could easily rattle off a dozen of my favorite episodes of the series starting with Soldier, but have forgotten this one for some reason.