“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.”
Whatever this black mist might be, I find it reminiscent of the 1956 sci-fi movie FORBIDDEN PLANET.
NEVER NOTICED MOST OF THESE. COOL TO FIND CLUES…..
DON’T THINK I EVER SAW FORBIDDEN PLANET,..WHEN WAS IT MADE? CAST?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049223/
“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.”
Will check it out….does sound familiar to this story line.