Phantom from Space is a 1953 independently made American black-and-white science fiction film produced and directed by W. Lee Wilder that stars Ted Cooper, Noreen Nash, Dick Sands, and Burt Wenland. The original screenplay was written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder. Working with most of the same crew, this was one of several early 1950s films made by Wilder and son Myles on a financing-for-distribution basis with United Artists and, on occasion, RKO Radio Pictures.

Plot
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigators arrive in the San Fernando Valley after what appears to be a flying saucer crash, causing massive interference with tele-radio transmissions. During their investigation, they receive eyewitness reports of what appears to be a man dressed in a bizarre outfit, which appears to be radioactive and thus a public threat.

Their investigation uncovers that the man is actually a humanoid creature from outer space, who is invisible without his spacesuit. They start a massive manhunt for the invisible, radioactive alien running loose.

The action culminates in Los Angeles where the invisible alien has been tracked. He becomes trapped inside the famous Griffith Observatory. A woman lab assistant discovers that he can be seen using ultraviolet light. The alien attempts to communicate by tapping out a code, but no one can understand it. Now breathing heavily because his breathing gas reserves are now running low, he is trapped high-up on the Griffith telescope’s upper platform. Because he can no longer survive without his breathing gas, he falters and then falls to his death. His body briefly becomes visible before completely evaporating

Cast
Ted Cooper as Lt. Hazen
Noreen Nash as Barbara Randall
Tom Daly as Charlie
Steve Acton as Mobile Center Dispatcher
Burt Wenland as Agent Joe
Lela Nelson as Betty Evans
Harry Landers as Lt. Bowers
Burt Arnold as Darrow
Sandy Sanders as First Policeman
Harry Strang as Neighbor
Jim Bannon as Desk Sgt. Jim
Jack Daly as Joe Wakeman
Michael Mark as Refinery Watchman
Rudolph Anders as Dr. Wyatt
James Seay as Major Andrews
Steve Clark as Bill Randall
Dick Sands as The Phantom