An expedition is sent from Earth to Altair in the constellation of Aquilae (some 17 light years from Earth) to discover what happened to a colony of settlers on its fourth planet, Altair-4. What they discover is how and why an alien race of geniuses destroyed itself overnight while leaving their technology intact at some point in the distant, distant past.
Not the cheesy sci-fi movie I was hoping for. I was hoping for something along the lines of the original The Time Machine. However, it was quite a site to see Leslie Nielsen without white hair
