The story follows “Ira” (David Duchovny) and "Harry" (Orlando Jones), who are professors at a local college and decide to check out a meteor that has fallen close to their town. Upon arrival, they find the meteor is full of odd, unsettling creatures that clearly don't belong in this world. Soon after, the military arrives, and these two are dismissed from the investigation by an incredibly inept "Gen. Woodman" (Ted L…

The film begins with a meteorite striking the desert near Glen Canyon, Arizona. Two university instructors, Dr. Ira Kane and Professor Harry Phineas Block, decide to look into it and poke around the area. There, they find worm-like insects that seem to be from somewhere else entirely. Believing they’ve stumbled upon something worthy of a Nobel Prize, their excitement fades when government officials seize control of t…