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Film Junk Podcast

Fire in the Sky (1993)

Film Junk Podcast

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Film Reviews, Tv & Film, Entertainment, Comedy

4.5732 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Back in the early 90s, fear of aliens was at an all-time high with the release of The X-Files and Fire in the Sky. One of those was a lot more successful than the other, but Fire in the Sky still left a lasting impression / trauma on many who saw it. What is the true story behind Travis Walton’s disappearance? How and why is it different from the movie? Do any of us believe in visitors from another world? Why don’t we hear reports of alien abductions anymore? Was M.T. Motors the inspiration for Welland restaurant M.T. Bellies? We want to believe on this week’s episode of the Film Junk Podcast.

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, welcome to Film Junk, the longest running movie podcast on the internet.

0:13.0

My name is Sean.

0:15.0

My name is Jay.

0:17.0

And my name is Frank.

0:18.0

And coming up on this episode, we've got a close encounter with the alien abduction thriller,

0:23.7

Fire in the Sky, directed by Robert Lieberman.

0:29.1

And this is, um, is this my choice?

0:33.2

I think this is my choice, right?

0:35.3

I feel like it's come up a bunch on the show over the years,

0:39.0

kind of like one of those movies that we all have some kind of memory of or connection to,

0:45.7

have not rewatched in many years.

0:49.7

Has anybody watched this in recent memory?

0:53.9

I think I watched it within the last three or four years.

0:57.6

Yeah?

0:58.8

I have never seen it until today.

1:01.7

Oh, okay.

1:02.8

It actually, you know, might be one of the movies that really defined my cowardice

1:09.6

or me becoming a coward for life.

1:12.7

I was really into Unsolved Mysteries and Alien episodes and the like monsters,

1:20.0

anything with Bigfoot, Ogopogo, Moth Man, and, anything supernatural and strange, but a lot with UFOs.

1:31.4

And I would get books from the library and what was really into it, even though it scared me a lot.

1:36.9

And I would, like, there was a period of time, could have been like almost a year where I would not sleep at night because I kept thinking

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