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 * KING KONG CARTOON

On June 12th, 1983, the passenger spacecraft The Spindrift makes a suborbital flight to London, England. Piloted by Captain Steve Burton and First officer Dan Erickson, the ship undergoes severe solar turbulance. Suddenly, a bizarre celestial anomaly appears before them and the ship is drawn into it. The Spindrift is pulled across the galaxy and they exit the anomaly in the orbit of an unknown alien world. Burton tries to radio London, but gets nothing but static. He informs the stewardess Betty Hamilton to keep the passengers calm while he angles the ship to a landing.

When the ship lands, Burton and Erickson leave to check out the surrounding area. Betty sees to the comfort of the ship's four passengers, Mark Wilson, Valerie Scott, Alexander B. Fitzhugh, Barry Lockridge and his pet dog. Fitzhugh is excedingly nervous and wants to get off the ship immediately. Hamilton offers to help him with his briefcase, but he angrily clutches at it, refusing to accept aid. Mark Wilson stands up and defiantly asks to speak with the captain.

While Steve and Dan explore the foggy environment, they are nearly run down by an automobile many times their size. They race back to the ship while huge footsteps follow closely behind them. Steve tries to get the ship started, but a giant appears before them and picks up the Spindrift. Steve accelerates the engines and they manage to break free, but as they climb higher, they notice that the buildings that populate this world are more than five-thousand feet tall. They manage to get away, but the ship suffers from damage and they are forced to land in the middle of a dense jungle. Burton tries to keep the passengers calm, but Mark Wilson refuses to entertain any more delays and the two argue. Alexander grows fearful and sneaks away from the ship. He is startled to discover that the ship is now in the middle of a dense jungle. The young boy, Barry Lockridge, decides to follow him. Intrigued by the military vestments that Fitzhugh is wearing, he begins addressing him as "Commander". Fitzhugh tells him that "Devlish men" are after him and the secrets contained within his briefcase and he swears Barry to secrecy. He wanders off deeper into the jungle and Barry follows him. A giant lizard picks up their scent and suddenly becomes interested in the two walking meals.

Betty tells Captain Burton that Alexander and Barry are missing. He decides to go looking for them and gives Dan instructions to set up a radar scan. Valerie wants to go with him, but he makes her stay in the cabin.

Steve begins trekking through the jungle and he uses an old HAM radio to keep in contact with the ship. A giant tarantula emerges and Steve runs for his life. He gets away and the creature loses sight of him. Valerie disobeys orders and follows Steve out into the jungle.

Elsewhere, Fitzhugh and Barry continue walking through the darkness. A giant cat appears from between two trees and begins growling at them. Alexander flails his briefcase about, hoping to ward the animal off, but the case opens, spilling money all about the area. He quickly closes it and Barry and he run back to the Spindrift. The cat follows them and begins batting the Spindrift around with it's giant claws. After a few tense minutes, it loses interest and leaves.

Meanwhile, Steve and Valerie come upon a large, open, square container. Steve tells her to stay out of it, but Valerie disobeys him a second time and enters the box. Steve trails after her, but as he does so, the cover of the box slams shut, trapping them. They look out a screened window and see a giant man in a lab coat approaching them. The man picks up the container, as well as two others, and walks off into the jungle.

On the ship, Alexander recommends fixing the engines as soon as possible and taking off. Erickson, flustered, tells him that even when the ship is operational, they will not be leaving without the captain and Miss Scott. Alexander sneaks off into the pack where he removes a small handgun from his uniform coat.

Meanwhile, the giant scientist takes Captain Burton and Valerie Scott back to his laboratory. He places the container on a table then consults with his female lab assistant. Burton picks up a broken branch from inside the container and slices open the screen. Valerie and he sneak out while the scientist's back is turned and manage to climb atop an adjacent lab table.

Synopsis
At different points in the past, people find themselves being abducted by a mysterious, inexplicable white light. In Crescent City, California on March 13th, 1946, young Maia Rutledge is taken while wandering in the woods. On May 11th, 1951, an African American US Army soldier stationed in South Korea named Richard Tyler finds himself the victim of violence by his own peers after they discover that he has been romantically involved with a white woman. He too disappears. In Tacoma, Washington, a middle-aged businessman named Orson Bailey leaves the office and disappears on June 11th, 1979. On April 22nd, 2001 two cousins named Shawn Farrell and Kyle Baldwin sit out at Highland Beach drinking beer. They see a bright light overhead and Shawn disappears. Kyle falls to the ground and slips into a coma.

Three years later, in the present, Kyle's father Tom Baldwin sits and watches over him in his hospital room. While keeping his nightly vigil over Kyle, he watches a news broadcast, which talks about a strange comet traveling close towards the Earth. Tom's estranged wife, Linda enters the room to visit Kyle. Tom and she bicker over Kyle's wellbeing and Linda tells him that she cannot live by his bedside every moment of every day the way Tom does.

Elsewhere, CDC analyst Diana Skouris receives a telephone call summoning her to the Seattle branch of the Department of Homeland Security. She meets Dennis Ryland who is in the midst of doling out emergency evacuation procedures for an upcoming threat. An agent named Sid Stradner tells Diana that their radar has spotted a comet on a direct course for Earth. Ryalnd fields a call informing him that China has just launched its missiles at the comet. Following suit, NORAD launches its Titan II missiles as well. The combined arsenal however has no affect and the comet continues on its course, altering its trajectory so that it is now heading directly towards Mount Rainier. Diana monitors the comet's progress on a computer and notes that it is slowing down, as if it were coming in for a landing.

HomeSec teams and emergency crews converge on the spot at Mount Rainier and watch the skies as the comet comes closer. As it becomes more visible, spectators see that it is not a comet, but a hovering ball of blue energy. The ball of energy dwindles in size, then explodes, releasing a tremendous shockwave and a blinding flash of light. A blanket of fog rolls over the lake at the base of the mountain and as the spectators adjust their vision, they see 4,400 people emerge from the fog. They are dressed in attire from various time periods and all of them appear to be in a state of great disorientation. Some of the returnees include Maia Rutledge, Richard Tyler and Shawn Farrell.

Tom Baldwin goes to Dennis Ryland's office. A former Homeland Security field agent, Tom wants to be part of the operation responsible for researching the returnees. Ryland is irritated by Baldwin's sudden arrival and feels that he abandoned the department three years ago. Tom admits towards having a personal stake in joining back up and he feels that the return of his nephew Shawn might shed some light as to why his own son is in a coma. Ryland ultimately relents and decides to take Tom on. He introduces him to Diana Skouris and tells them that they will be working together with one another.

All 4,400 returnees are placed into quarantine. NTAC agents conduct extensive interviews with each of them, recording all information that they gather. Tom and Diana pour over the video files and Diana determines that the earliest known person to be abducted is eight-year-old Maia Rutledge. Tom has his own returnee that he wants to interview - Shawn.