Movies: Night Skies

"Night Skies" released in 2007 is based upon an abduction of Richard, a former Gulf War Army Vet and POW, that happened in 1997 during the Phoenix Incident where thousand of people saw a series of UFOs in the sky. The events of this story are not fully known, as there is no evidence to support if Richard existed. The story is based upon the events of Richard. He was found some 100 miles away from the location of the incident and was found with the blood of several people on him. Supposedly he was catatonic for over a year and was finally able to tell what had happened. The RV and the individuals he meet have never been verified though. The RV was never found and Richard was a POW that may have suffered from PTSD.

The film starts of with a group of friends traveling to Las Vegas, taking a back road in Arizona. Matt and Molly are siblings, Joe and June are married, and Lilly is Matt's fiance. There is some tension as Matt spent their savings on an RV and Lilly has yet to tell Matt she is 5 months pregnant. Molly is asleep and everyone else sees the odd lights in the sky. Molly wakes up several times as if stuck in a dream, as she keeps encounter a being in the back room of the RV. It is assumed that Molly may have been an abducted, and her brother Matt may be one. Distracted by the lights in the sky Matt gets into an accident almost killing Richard, whose truck is stuck on the side of the road. Everyone in the RV takes a tumble. Joe ends up with a knife is his shoulder as everyone else is okay. Richard does his best to help as he has some military medical training.
Matt tries to fix the RV, while the other do their best to take care of Joe.

During the whole time the group seems to be stalked by several greys. They first lure Matt away. Matt supposedly comes back, yet we are not sure. Joe is getting worse, so Matt convinces Richard to go get help with him. The rest stay in the RV. However on the way there Matt disappears and Richard is confronted with several greys. He manages to run back to the RV. The rest begin panicking as there is confusion of what happened to Matt. Molly believing brother is outside is lured and taken. In the next moments the greys assult the RV, taking June and Joe. Lilly and Richard manage to make it to a cabin, but the greys find them and eventually drag Richard and Lilly off.

The film ends with the greys on their ship examining Lilly. They take her baby. Meanwhile Richard wakes up naked and wanders around. He eventually finds Lilly and witnesses the medical procedure. When they are done with her and they walk off, Richard looks at her and the shoots her with the last bullet. In a few moments they come back and begin to examine him. He blacks out and then we find him buried i a ditch a week later as a government/civil officer find the "dead body". Richard awakes, but is severely traumatized.

What is interesting about the movie is that it demonstrates the Greys ability to mental manipulate people, causing hallucinations, and using psychokinetic abilities. Another thing of interest is the bio-technology they utilize in this film. People familiar with "Fire in the Sky" in which Travis Walton was abducted will note the similarities of the bio-technology and cocooning of abductees.