Col. Pete Moore (Glen Ford), at 58 years old but looking much older, is in charge of a radar test plane, 412. Right up front, we see evidence of UF0s on radar.
Glen was probably placed there to give the movie credibility. We are also immediately distracted by all the old, used equipment and plans, even from 1974. Wait, it gets worse, all the military people have hippy quaffs for hair style; they could not cut it even to make a movie. At least they were filmed at real air bases, Edwards Air Force Base, California, USA, and Oxnard Air Force Base, California, USA.
In one scene, they are told which runway by number to land on. But it is an unknown airfield, so how do they know which runway was suggested?
The drama is Col. More has lost his plane, and he gets stonewalled when he looks for it. And the missing crew is the boring filler to stretch the film time.
Never give up, never surrender.
When push comes to shove, someone forgot to say that only lawful orders need to be followed.
Looks like Pete hits a dead end. Too bad and too bad about this really crummy movie. By the way, what happened to everybody?
This may look like a precursor to The X-Files. But this does not have their quality.
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