A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities, and humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is friendly. But military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation when a peaceful exchange ends in the destruction of the U.S. Congress. (themoviedb.org)
