A really great watch, stands up even today. Some of the older films are painful for the modern attention span, but this one is engaging the whole time with some controlled silences. The approach to alien life is quite interesting, and the structure around the exploration is quite fun.

After a U.S. government satellite crashes near the small rural town of Piedmont, New Mexico, on February 5, nearly all the residents are dead. A military recovery team from Vandenberg Air Force Base sent to recover the satellite dies while trying to do so. Suspecting that the satellite has brought back an alien organism, the military activates an elite team of scientists.