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Astral Crisis

A female Sheriff searching for a missing teens must out race North Korean agents to the impact site of an old satellite holding images of the USS Pueblo boarding and thereby enable reparations for the crew. 

In the soft morning glow, a police cruiser cuts off Highway 180 onto the rugged dirt road: FR557. At the wheel, a tough seasoned Sheriff, Maria Cortez, reports her location over the radio before arriving at the Mount Elden lookout station.

The Rangers claim that during the previous night, two interns, John Tharp, a summer hire at the Lowell Observatory and Carol Owens, NAU junior whose family runs a mortuary, climbed to the top of the Elden lookout tower and are now missing. Maria assembles a search team and the hunt gets underway with discovery of a severed female finger, a rescue team member's body and John's burnt-out car.

When North Korean agents are spotted in the wilderness, the Sheriff consults CIA liaison, Richard Lee and learns that an old reconnaissance satellite is about to return to earth carrying images of the USS Pueblo boarding back in 1968. If those pictures show that the seizure took place within international waters, reparations totaling $2.3 billion may finally be awarded to the crew. If not, North Korean President Kim vows a hail of missiles headed our way. . Time is running out. With only three days left before impact, the spacecraft has become unstable. Flagstaff is now within the target zone and claims of extraterrestrial sightings are spreading like wildfire.

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Format:
Screenplay
Starring Roles For:
Riley Keough
Haley Richardson
Josh Hutchenson
In the Vein Of:
X-Files, Altered

Posted:
07/24/2024
Updated:
10/07/2024
Author Bio:
Thomas Thorpe experienced many events of this screenplay's history, having served as an intern during his college years at the Lowell Observatory, reconnaisance work at Eastman Kodak followed by a 30 year career at the Jet Propulsion Lab, most recently as Project Manager of the Mars Global Surveyor Mission. Currently, he is the science advisor and contributor to the Project: Antarctica at Panic Attack Films. As Adjunct Professor of Astronomy, he has taught astronomy at Gendale college (Extended day program).

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