Fact1: American satellite X-117 carrying chimpanzee has fallen after entering part of stratosphere known as flame barrier, Fact2: Howard Dahlman went into Mexican jungle to recover satellite, Fact3: Carol Dave Matt and native porters head into jungle with copy of Howard 's map, Fact4: Dave took to X-117 crash site route, Fact5: man 's body To bursts leaving skeleton similar to one everyone 's shock
Output: American satellite X117, carrying a chimpanzee, has unexpectedly fallen back to earth after entering a part of the stratosphere known as the flame barrier, which encircles the earth at an altitude of 200 miles. Howard Dahlman Dan Gachman, a rich businessman and ardent amateur space program enthusiast, went into the Mexican jungle to recover the satellite but never returned. His wife Carol Kathleen Crowley sets out to find him. Arriving in Campeche, Mexico, Carol meets two jungle guides, the illtempered Dave Hollister Arthur Franz and his drunken but goodhearted brother Matt Robert Brown. When she asks their help, Dave refuses, citing the coming rainy season. But he changes his mind after Carol gives in to his extravagant demand for 7,000 each for him and Matt if Howard is alive or 10 percent of his estate if hes dead. Dave asks Carol which is more important to her, Howard or the money from his estate. She hesitates before saying unconvincingly that she wants to find her husband alive. Carol, Dave, Matt and their native porters head into the jungle with a copy of Howards map. It shows the route he took to the X117 crash site, 200 miles from Campeche. In the jungle, they find a burned skeleton. Dave examines it and tells Carol that its not Howard. Dave asks if she loves Howard. Carol says that she doesnt know, and that perhaps this is what shes trying to learn on the expedition. In return, Dave says that he too had had an unhappy marriage. At their camp, Dave, Matt and the porters bring in a badly burned tribesman. Dave attempts to treat him, but the man dies. The porters say that the God of Fire is responsible. To everyones shock, the mans body suddenly bursts into flames, leaving a skeleton similar to the one theyd found earlier. Despite the rigors of the trek, Carol and Daves mutual attraction grows. They kiss passionately later that night. One by one the porters run off, leaving Carol, Dave and Matt on their own. They soon find Howards abandoned camp. It has solar power and, surprisingly, the chimp from the satellite is there. Carol says that shes now convinced that Howard is dead, but Dave says that they must find Howards body to legally prove it. A tribesman appears and takes them to the cave where he says the God of Fire lives. Inside the cave, they find X117 surrounded by an alien blob, out of which Howards perfectly preserved head protrudes. But the chimp disintegrates as it approaches the blob, which itself is surrounded by a deadly invisible electric field. Dave and Matt calculate that the blob doubles in size every two hours. At that rate, it will expand out of the cave and overtake them if they try to outrun it. Their only chance is to destroy it inside the cave. Dave notices that X117 is sitting on two veins of metallic ore. He says that if they connect a solar battery to both veins, they can perhaps electrocute the blob and kill it. But by the time theyve prepared everything, they have only eight minutes before the blob again doubles. Matt climbs to the vein above the blob. Unfortunately, theyve miscalculated and the blob suddenly begins to expand. Matt dives into the blob, sacrificing himself, but giving Dave just enough time to electrocute it. With the blob dead, Carol and Dave walk slowly away, arm in arm.