A radio signal is detected coming from as close as the moon, and
it soon discovered that a large object is moving towards the earth.
It is an extremely large alien mothership, which later launches
smaller ships to earth. The ships are miles wide, and hover over
all major cities around the world. Although at first no offensive
mood is made, cable repair man David Levinson, a near computer
genius, makes a discovery that the aliens are going to attack and
desperately tries to warn US President Whitmore. Just as he said,
the aliens attack, and decimate the cities around the world.
Levinson, Whitmore, and a many more survivors, including air force
pilot Steven Hiller and others take refuge at Area 51, which houses
one a small alien shuttle craft and three alien bodies which
crashed in Roswell. When a nuclear offensive fails, all hope seems
lost. Levinson, with some inspiration from his father, devises a
daring plan to take defeat the inavaders, by flying into the alien
mothership with the captured spacecraft and uploading a computer
virus to bring down all the other ships. The survivors band
together with others around the world to put the plan into action
to save what is left of humanity. Thank you for volunteering.
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