- Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the fact-based, sci-fi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous Phoenix Lights.
- Thursday March 13th, 1997 marks the date of the Phoenix Lights, the largest mass UFO sighting in US History. The night of the incident, four Phoenix residents vanished in the Estrella Mountain National Park, south of Phoenix. Glenn Lauder (28), Mitch Adams (29), Ryan Stone (27), and Jacob Reynolds (28) were reported missing to the Maricopa County Sheriff's office. The infamous "Lauder Case" has become the longest unresolved missing person's case in Arizona history.
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Mitch Adams has not been seen since the evening of March 13, 1997 after a night of off-roading with his friends in the Estrella Mountains near Avondale, Arizona. Although the case was thought to have been resolved in 2001, Maricopa Country examiners say an investigation remains open.
In a brief interview with the Phoenix Sun Report, Adams told the Report he believes his son is dead, but he said he and his wife are keeping the case active because they want to find Mitch's body and put him "to rest in a proper grave." An official statement from the Maricopa County Medical Examiner claimed there was not enough physical evidence for the remains to be conclusive.
"I don't know if the pain will ever go away," Daniel Adams said. "But I spend most nights awake over not knowing (what happened). It is upsetting to talk about but I know Mitch would do the same for me. He would never give up."
Mitch Adams is the younger of Daniel Adam's two boys. The family moved to the Phoenix area in 1991 when Daniel Adam's position with the Air Force transferred him to Arizona.
On the night he disappeared, Mitch Adams had been drinking and off-roading with a group of friends in the Estrella Mountains. His three friends, Glenn Lauder, Ryan Stone, and Jacob Reynolds also remain missing. "I believe they got lost in the desert," Daniel Adam said. "I just wish he would have stayed home."
In the following years, a network of family and friends organized a public awareness campaign. Since 1997 there have been many unsuccessful searches. Avondale Police would not discuss details of the case.
Daniel Adams said he hopes a witness will come forward with information. "Someone must know what happened.”
