In the 22nd Century, Ray Peterson, reporter for the Interplanetary News, is assigned to write a story aboard a space station. Tension mounts between Peterson and the station’s commander, who think he’s in the way, but has orders to leave him alone.

The inhabitants of a small Illinois town begin disappearing after a strange cone is found sticking out of the ground nearby.

An American secret agent tries to stop the Soviets from launching an intercontinental missile at the mainland United States.