A pilot is testing out a new aircraft when he spots a flying saucer. Naturally it jams the radar as all flying saucers do and no one believes him, not even his relatives. So he uses a laser devise that is immune to static to track down the saucer.
Our government shoves a sketch under his noses for verification. Yep that is it. It is the height of the cold war and a downed saucer is found in RED china. So there is a race between a group of Americans and Ruskies to see who gets there before the Chinese Government finds out.
We get all the mix of good guys, and bad guys, nationalists, and individuals. They (and we) must learn what makes the other side tick and to get along on the mission.
The American pilot advisor John Ericson runs into the female Russian scientist Lois Nettleton while she is taking a shower. Later he keeps running into her verbally. Eventually through all the bantering the form a mutual affection.
Will they be able to discover the saucer secrets before being found by the Chinese Government?
Or will they be able to destroy the almost indestructible machine?
Aside from a well acted film that may have had a few too many clich's, there is something captivation about Lois Nettleton that years later you will say 'Now what was that movie I saw her in?' considering she made over 100 TV appearances.