Film screening of 'The Maury Island Incident' followed by a Tuesday Talk with filmmakers, Scott Shaefer & Steve Edmiston!

Since 1947, the Vashon Theatre has served film enthusiasts of all ages who live and visit Vashon Island!

Join the Vashon Heritage Museum at the Vashon Theatre for a film screening of 'The Maury Island Incident' followed by a Tuesday Talk with filmmakers, Scott Shaefer and Steve Edmiston.

ABOUT THE FILM:

History meets pop culture, J. Edgar Hoover, and lands on the floor of the Washington State Senate in a sensational 1947 Northwest tale that challenges the historical foundations of UFO mythology and the origin story of the “Men in Black.”

In 1947, “Summer of the Saucers” phenomenon that launched the modern UFO era, and Washington State was ground zero for alleged sightings. Discover how two local filmmakers learned about the infamous “Maury Island Incident,” then chose to reject the usual tropes, speculations, and sensationalism surrounding UFO stories and instead tackled the project as “incidental historians.”

You’ll learn—as they did—from FBI records about how a Tacoma-based FBI Special Agent charged to investigate a mysterious B-25 Bomber crash east of Kelso, Washington, reported the Maury Island Incident facts directly to J. Edgar Hoover and re-framed the entire historical narrative, providing the inspiration for award-winning 30-minute film The Maury Island Incident.