Interpretations

Dwight, Tamara und der italienische Astronaut Mario sollen einen Satelliten im All aussetzten. Da werden die drei Zeuge einer rätselhaften Erscheinung, einem Lichtblitz, dem völlige Dunkelheit folgt. Als die Systeme wieder anlaufen, stellen sie mit Schrecken fest, dass sich der Satellit losgerissen hat und davonschwebt. Obwohl keiner genau weiß, was tatsächlich passiert ist, glaubt Tamara, etwas „Außerirdisches“ gesehen zu haben.

On a routine shuttle mission to launch an Italian satellite, Tamara, Dwight Ellis and Italian astronaut Mario, experience a strange flash of light - then darkness. When systems are restored they are horrified by the sight of the satellite, on the end of its severed tether, floating off into space. Although no one is quite sure what has happened, Tamara is unsettled by a vague memory from the darkness, something she chooses not to discuss. On their return the investigation turns ugly with much finger-pointing and recrimination solving nothing. Dwight, however, begins to hint that he too saw "something" but is also reluctant to divulge too much. Tamara presses him but, amid the wild speculation that something "extraterrestrial" may have been involved, he chooses to deny everything in fear of destroying his career.