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Revision as of 16:20, 14 August 2020
Two people who witnessed a UFO when they were children have their paths come together once again.
Genre
Characters/Groups
Niles Buchanan - Martin Landau
The Prospector - Vincent Schiavelli
Dr. Mortorff - Ernest Anderson
Federal Agent 2 - Candy Castillo
Motel Manager - Dorothy Constantine
Grandfather - Michael R. Starita
Young Wayne - Zachary Vincent
Young Jennifer - Farah Bunch
Horsemen - Dee Cooper and Mickey Epps
Townspeople - Pat Allphin, Robert Allphin, Gabrielle Bottcher, Neil Bottcher, Diane de Moye, James de Moye, Tom Franckhauser, Donna Gaff, James Gaff, Gary Goldberg, J.R. Green, Barbara Kimmich, Ronald Kimmich, Edythe Magnus, John Roedel, Mary Ann Roedel, Barbara Starita and Bill Womble
Character thumbnails with links to profiles
Detailed Synopsis
A spaceship flies over the Earth as Wayne and Alan walk towards a cafe in Little Creek, New Mexico. Alan tells Wayne to wait outside and as Wayne is standing outside, a car driven by Jennifer’s father drives up to the gas station and parks. Jennifer gets outside of her car and the spaceship flies over her and Wayne. Two lights come towards Wayne and Jennifer and then a beam and gas falls upon them, engulfing them in the gas and showing them something from space. The spaceship then flies away. Jennifer goes back inside of her car and her father’s car drives away while Wayne runs inside the cafe and a group of people including Alan come outside and Wayne points to the sky. Alan tells Wayne he doesn’t see anything and then goes back inside the cafe with the others. Inside of a mine, The Prospector is digging in the wall of the cave. The spaceship lands and his dog starts barking. The Prospector walks outside the cave and is hit with the same lights and gas as Wayne and Jennifer and he collapses. The spaceship then flies off again.
Twenty-five years later, in Los Angeles, Jennifer is at work when Dr. Parkfield gives her some satellite images and invites her to dinner. She tells him she is too busy until tomorrow and he complains she can put her work aside for a little while. She shows them to Dr. Kramer and he suggests they show them to Dr. Mortorff. The Prospector, who doesn’t appear to have aged any, sits on a hill looking around. Jennifer presents the Skycon1 System images to Dr. Parkfield, Dr. Kramer and Dr. Mortorff. Dr. Mortorff asks what she noticed and she shows them blobs on one of the images and it may be a system malfunction. Dr. Mortorff suggests they send someone to check it out and suggests Jennifer and Dr. Parkfield suggests she doesn’t have enough experience and he should go, but Dr. Kramer says Jennifer will go by herself. Wayne is drinking beer in his patrol vehicle when a car driven by Eddie and with Darren and Joyce inside of it speeds past while also swerving along the road. Eddie crashes his car through the entryway of his father Walt’s property and stops. Wayne walks up and knocks on Eddie’s window and Eddie lowers it and spits beer on Wayne who finally pulls his gun out when Eddie refuses to get out of his car. Darren warns Wayne not to do anything that might upset Walt and Wayne shoots Eddie’s radio. Niles Buchana drives up and Darren tells him Wayne went crazy. Niles smooths things over and he and Wayne leave. The aliens communicate with The Prospector who asks them why they are doing what they are doing. The Prospector’s dog jumps on the hood of Jennifer’s car as she is about to enter Little Creek and she crashes into the town sign. At the bar, Lee Ann pour Wayne a drink and Niles sends Wayne out to check on Jennifer’s crash. Wayne drives up drinking a beer and disconnects Jennifer’s horn which has been going off since she crashed. She tells him about the dog and he gives her the direction to the only motel in town and tells her to see him in the morning. As Niles is telling Wayne a story of Lee Ann short changing him on bacon, Jennifer walks in and Wayne walks with her and she tells him about the SSR Institute. She drives out into the country and Jennifer sets her equipment out. When she comes to where The Prospector lives, she opens his shack door and the dog jumps out and chases her back to her car and she drives away. Jennifer faxes a satellite image of the areas she placed equipment and photographs she took back to the SSR Institute and Dr. Mortorff asks her what she wants them to look for when she asks them to enhance one of the images. She tells them about circular patterns of crystals that appear in the area and don’t appear to be random. As Jennifer is walking in town she sees a Girl in the back of a station wagon. She sees Wayne staring at her and they both look into the sky and they both realize they saw the same thing when they were younger. She calls Dr. Kramer and tells him, but he tells her it is probably just coincidence. Wayne orders a six pack of beer from Lee Ann and she asks him about the local cattle mutiliations she heard about. Wayne sees Jennifer and she tells him about the dog attack and while they are talking, Dr. Kramer shows up