The Outer Limit Robert Montgomery Presents : Season 4 Episode 22
NBC 1h 00m int(0)
Aired: January 26th, 1953 @ 9:30 PM EST on NBC
The military sends up a pilot in a rocket-boosted plane to reach the outer limit of the atmosphere. They lose communication with him as he travels beyond their radar's upper range. He's presumed dead, yet he lands safely an hour after he would have run out of oxygen and fuel.