The screenplay, originally entitled "The Sun Always Rises", was written by Ian Scott Stewart and the director was Ken Turner.
He manages to destroy the incoming UFO but the resulting explosion punctures his space suit and he dies from oxygen starvation.
[4] Review website anorakzone.com ranks "Flight Path" the fifth-best episode of UFO, noting Cole's prominent guest role and its "downbeat", "chilling" conclusion.
On the latter point, the review adds: "While there are better episodes of UFO, this is what it specialised in more than the camp and the action sequences: human tragedy and offbeat resolutions.
"[6] John Kenneth Muir calls it "adequate", praising the UFO effects but commenting that "despite the personal stakes involved, the episode never seems anything other than straightforward."