John Putnam is a writer and an amateur stargazer with a new home out in the beautiful Arizona desert| which he enjoys with Ellen Fields| his girlfriend and a local
schoolteacher. John is not trusted by the people of the small town near where he lives| certainly not by Sheriff Matt Warren| who feels protective of Ellen| and
perhaps something more. One night| John and Ellen see a meteor crash in the desert. John drags his friend| Pete| out of bed to take him over to the crash site in his
helicopter. Once there| John climbs down into the crater. Unfortunately| he does so alone| as Pete and Ellen wait for him. John is the only one who sees the
spaceship before a landslide covers it. And John is the only one who catches a glimpse of the hideous thing inside. At first John's story seems mad| until some of
the townsfolk begin acting strange - as if they aren't really who they seem to be.
