A Dundee man is hoping to find proof his baseball cap has origins that are out of the world.
Science fiction fan Donald Suttie bought a hat in September that he believes was worn in the movie Alien by cult actor Harry Dean Stanton.
He is hoping to get the cap authenticated as the genuine article worn by the actor when he played the role of doomed technician Brett in Ridley Scott’s 1979 classic.
Harry Dean Stanton’s character Brett is the second person to die in the movie, after John Hurt is killed by the creature bursting from his chest.
Stanton has starred in a host of cult films including Repo Man, Paris, Texas, Red Dawn and Pretty in Pink. He also made a cameo appearance in Avengers Assemble.
Donald, a collector of film memorabilia, acquired the cap last year.
It bears the logo of the USCSS Nostromo and he believes the prop was originally acquired from film studio 20th Century Fox for the Alien War interactive experience which was launched in Glasgow in the early 1990s.
He has now sought the advice of experts, including some who worked on the original Alien move, in a bid to verify its authenticity.
He said: “I bought if from a chap who wasn’t quite sure of its background and so sold it to me on that understanding.
“He had got it from one of the guys behind Alien War, which began at The Arches in Glasgow.”
Donald said he thinks the cap, which has the initials HDS written inside, was made for Harry Dean Stanton for the movie, although may not be the exact one he wore on screen.
“I spoke to Dennis Lowe, which was involved in Alien as a special effects technician , and he said the badge appears genuine.
“I also spoke to Lee Stringer, who is a film-maker and Alien fanatic, and he told me they made caps for all the cast members but only Harry Dean Stanton wore his in the film.”
Alien was filmed at Pinewood Studios in England and has inspired numerous sequels and prequels.
Other movie props owned by Donald include the sunglasses worn by Tom Cruise in Mission: Impossible.
Remarkably he owns two other Alien caps – although these are only replicas of the one worn in the film.
