Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Norman Grant (James Garner) bụ onye bụbu dike n'agha ghọrọ onye omeiwu nke na-agbasi mbọ ike ịkwalite mmemme mbara igwe America n'agbanyeghị mmegide ọ fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ nke a na-apụghị imeri emeri. Ndị ọzọ na-eme ihe nkiri gụnyere John Pope (Harry Hamlin), onye, mgbe ọ na-emeghị ka ọ gaa Annapolis, na-edebanye aha site na ndị agha ụgbọ mmiri ka ọ bụrụ onye ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri, Naval Aviator, onye na-ahụ maka ule na onye ọsụ ụzọ na-ahụ maka mbara igwe na ụlọ ọrụ nke onye njem ụgbọelu Randy Claggett (Beau Bridges); Penny Hardesty Pope (Blair Brown), onye ndụmọdụ mara mma na nke mara mma nye Senator Grant kemgbe a họpụtara ya na nwunye John Pope; Leopold Strabismus (David Dukes), onye na-ere ahịa na-ere ahịa nke na-atụ anya ịba uru na egwu UFO nke 1947
; German rocket scientist Dieter Kolff (Michael York), onye echiche ya (maọbụ enweghị ya) na-etinye ya n'ule mgbe ọ gbanwere iguzosi ike n'ihe ya site na ndị Nazi gaa na ndị America; na Stanley Mott (Bruce Dern), onye injinia ụgbọelu nke ọrụ nzuzo ya bụ ijide n'aka na ndị ikom dị ka Kolff adịghị ejide ndị Soviet mgbe ọdịda nke Germany gasịrị.