With the success of such television programs as "The X-Files" and "Sightings", it's not surprising that films are following suit with "true-life" offerings like FIRE IN THE SKY and ROSWELL, a made-for-cable drama based on the same events that inspired the 1980 cult film HANGAR 18.
Major Jesse Marcel (Kyle MacLachlan) sees a 1977 military reunion in Roswell, New Mexico, as an opportunity to clear his name. Thirty years earlier, Marcel had been the point man in an investigation into the possible crash landing of a flying saucer--a crash that left a crater littered with
silvery, foil-like debris that displayed reconstructive properties unlike any earthly alloy. Soo...
Released:
1994
Rated:
PG-13
Length:
91 mins