Philip Abbott

Two astronauts are deploying a satellite from a space shuttle when it collides with an unidentified object. The object makes a safe landing in the remote southwestern desert where it is quickly carted off by government agencies to a secret Air Force base. Meanwhile, the two astronauts are back on earth and are anxious to know what happened, but no one is talking. When they being to investigate they learn that the government will stop at nothing to...

The fourth season of this classic groundbreaking series saw the beginning of one-hour episodes. This allowed for more elaborate and detailed stories which plunged viewers even further into the twilight zone.