The Making of The Movie - The Maury Island Incident

The award-winning film, The Maury Island Incident, featured key sequences shot just off the Des Moines Marina on Puget Sound. The cast and crew staged its production at the on-the-water platform at the Des Moines Marina.

The 30-minute short film (directed by Scott Schaefer, written by Steve Edmiston, executive produced by John White) has been featured at film festivals and conferences all over the US; was adapted to a web series (previously on Hulu, now on IndieFlix); was named Best Short Film by the UFO Congress; and helped re-frame the conversation around the controversial story. The Washington State Legislature passed a unanimous resolution in 2017 acknowledging The Maury Island Incident film's contributions to Washington State's history and culture.

Here's how the producers describe the film's story:

"Based on declassified FBI documents, “The Maury Island Incident” film tells the incredible, tragic, and forgotten story of Harold Dahl, who on June 21, 1947, alleged a UFO sighting over Puget Sound, Washington, sparking ‘the summer of the saucers,’ the modern era of UFO obsession, the first appearance of the ‘Men in Black,’ and a governmental battle over UFO jurisdiction reaching directly to FBI Executive Director J. Edgar Hoover." Watch the trailer here. 

The film shoot took four days, and Harold Dahl's boat, the North Queen, was played by "The Reliable," the same boat you might recall from the hit movie "Free Willy." 

For more information (and to watch the entire film) go to the film website here.