While filming the opening scene at night in the desert, director Nina Lopez-Corrado was dismayed to find the "Groom Lake" sign constructed by the prop department to be too perfect and new looking. She personally took an ax to it on the spot to make it look used and distressed.
Nora Zuckerman revealed there were a few title options for the episode, but "Alien Commies from the Future!" was chosen because "it had the best ring to it" and felt like "a cool '50s monster movie title"
The Sibyls were oracles in Ancient Greece.
Daisy refers to Freddy as the "Grand Wizard of Hydra". "Grand Wizard" is the title held by the head of the Ku Klux Klan.