The character Father Puglia (French Tickner) in the remake Feasibility Study (1997) was named after Frank Puglia, who played the equivalent character Father Fontana in this version.
This is Robert H. Justman's one of two acting credits, the other being on the Star Trek: TOS episode "The Conscience Of The King".
The concept of aliens transporting a section of a planet (and its inhabitants) was earlier seen in the WB cartoons Jumpin' Jupiter in 1955.