It's June 1977, the Croxteth area in Liverpool is experiencing a series of strange lights and noises seemingly from unknown origin. The owner of a local hotel raises the alarm and takes action by calling the UFO investigator Frederick Tate to help them out. Frederick Tate is quickly into the thick of it, but the Alien beings from the Planet Chimera weren't about to let him find out they were there. They abduct and tag a number of individuals before the Men In Black rumble their game and give them a time - scale in order to leave Planet Earth. The police force and army personnel also try to work out what they are really dealing with in the forest around the hotel, but with mixed results. The frightening realisation that they could be dealing with something not of this world causes many problems for them to deal with...