Fire in the Sky (1993)
Alien abduction. November 5, 1975. White Mountains, Northeastern Arizona.
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Fire in the Sky rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb6.5/10· 31K votes
Rotten Tomatoes52%
Metacritic42%
TMDb6.643/10· 691 votesWith 52% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 6.5/10 on IMDb and 42/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Fire in the Sky
After clearing brush for the government, a group of men return to town claiming their friend was abducted. Despite no apparent motive or evidence of foul play, no-one believes their story and his disappearance is treated as murder.
Cast of Fire in the Sky
D. B. Sweeney
as Travis Walton
Robert Patrick
as Mike Rodgers
Craig Sheffer
as Allan Dallis
Peter Berg
as David Whitlock
Henry Thomas
as Greg Hayes
Bradley Gregg
as Bobby Cogdill
Noble Willingham
as Blake Davies
Kathleen Wilhoite
as Katie Rogers
James Garner
as Frank Watters
- G
Georgia Emelin
as Dana Rogers
Scott MacDonald
as Dan Walton
Wayne Grace
as Cyrus Gilson
Fire in the Sky facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $19.9M
Ranked by the iRankMovies editorial teamUpdated August 2026MethodologyData sources
Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Alien abduction narrative based on true story provides grounded science-fiction
- •Biography format adds documentary credibility to extraordinary claim material
- •Arizona setting and dramatic elements create atmospheric mystery-thriller tension
What the audience disliked
- •Mixed critical reception suggests debate over narrative accuracy versus entertainment
- •Science-fiction elements occasionally strain credibility of biographical adaptation
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