"The Encounter" is episode 151 of the American television series "The Twilight Zone". First broadcast on May 1, 1964, its racial overtones caused it to be withheld from syndication in the U.S. On January 3, 2016, the episode was finally reaired as part of Syfy's annual "Twilight Zone" New's Year Eve marathon.
The episode of the Twilight Zone that was banned from television due to alleged racial overtones called "The Encounter" was originally aired in 1964, and was not aired on public broadcast television again until the next century.