The only existing original UFO series' alien helmet, today part of Paolo Malaguti's UFO collection.
The helmets, in origin, were two, very similar one to another, unfortunately the other one, that was a bit better in details than this, was destroyed. You can see the original shape of the helmets in the episodes IDENTIFIED, THE COMPUTER AFFAIR, THE CAT WITH THEN LIVES or SURVIVAL. The shape was flat, long and sealed, and this caused many problems to the actors breathing. After some episodes, it was decided to make some changes to the helmets, just to allow a better life to the poor alien actors (Gito Santana, Anthony Chinn and others)!! So they added an openable visor mounted on a large clack frame, and also two additional parts of fiberglass on the frontal surface, around the visor, just to make the shape of the helmet a bit more round.
Thanks to this change a second shape of alien helmets was born, but we can say that if someone believes that UFO had four helmets, he is wrong. The helmets just two, and they were modified from the first to the second shape. You can see these modified helmets in the episodes THE LONG SLEEP, MINDBENDER, THE SQUARE TRIANGLE and ORDEAL.
The materials used were fiberglass for the main body, glass for the visor, wood for three black strips on each side (put to hide a series of unsufficient small holes for breathing), iron for the main black strip and brass for screws and hindges.
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