''Fatal Sky'' (a.k.a. ''Project Alien'') is a 1990 science fiction thriller film. The script was alternately known as ''No Cause for Alarm'', ''Deadfall'' and ''Vanished'' in its initial preproduction stages. It was an American/ British/ Australian/ Yugoslavian co-production. The movie was not theatrically released and went straight to video.Ed. Scott Murray, ''Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995'', Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p56

Plot

Prior to crashing, the pilot of a military plane radios about seeing many lights in the sky. NATO tries to quash the story, but two famous newsmen (George Abbott and Jeff Milker) decide to investigate the story, with the aid of a female pilot named "Bird" McNamara. They discover the area around the crash site is extremely desolate and discover the presence of a mysterious disease. Strange sores begin to appear on members of the local population and the bodies of animals are found mutilated. What is the military covering up?

Cast

* Michael Nouri as Jeff Milker * Maxwell Caulfield as George Abbott * Darlanne Fluegel as "Bird" McNamara * Derrin Nesbitt as Arthur Corbin * Charles Durning as Col. Clancey * Ray Charleson as Dr. Bannister * Sebastian Allen as Beggs * Ena Begovic as Mrs. Sumner * Janez Vajevec as Mr. Sumner

References

External links

* {{David Peoples 1990 films 1990s science fiction thriller films Films set in Norway Films set in Croatia Films set in Zagreb 1990s English-language films Films with screenplays by David Peoples Australian science fiction thriller films Films directed by Frank Shields 1990s Australian films