I watched this around 1995. I was a teen, it was very late in the night, I was in the country. The alien experimenting scenes were marked in my memory. I couldn't sleep for days and I still can see the scenes when I close my eyes, more than 20 years later.

The show starts with General Hanley arriving at Cheyenne Mountain. The radar operators there are tracking a U.F.O but the General ordered it to be classified as nothing more than a meteor and equipment problems.Meanwhile, at Nebraska, a dazed, disoriented Mary Wilkes was walking down a road that was about 30 miles away from her home. Mary couldn't remember how she got there.At Los Angeles, Lesley Hahn was woken up by several repairmen that had somehow gained access into her house. The next thing she remember was waking up on the couch and about three hours have passed.Under hypnosis by Dr. Neil Chase, both women discovered that they were abducted by aliens and had experiments performed on them.After her abduction, Lesley suddenly became pregnant. The aliens soon came back and took her baby.Mary was abducted again and she was shown her alien/human hybrid daughter by the aliens.

This is one of the best stories based on true experiences from people all over the world about UFO's and abductions which is made into a movie. Good book from the initial author Budd Hopkins who is a specialist about the subject. It is in line with other movies like "A Fire In The Sky" from Travis Walton and "Communion" from the author Whitley Strieber which are also based on true stories. Luckily the filmmakers did have hired good actors. Richard Crenna and Mare Winningham are very persuasive. A must see for everyone who have interest into the subject. I would like to buy this film on DVD (widescreen if possible), but unfortunately it is still not available on DVD.

Intruders, an over-long made for television movie, ranks as my third favorite film made on the topic of ufo's and alien abduction. Only Communion and The Interrupted Journey ranks ahead of it.Richard Crenna, the film's protagonist, is a therapist who must deal with the reality of ufo's when one of his patients thrusts an "alien abduction" account onto his plate. His initial reaction is to brush her off as a nutcase. Soon, when other people with similar accounts journey into his life, he begins to take a serious look at the possibility of ufo's actually abducting people.His investigation begins to uncover a certain amount of evidence and a government involvement(pre-X-Files) that forces him to take a 180 degree turn in his feelings about the subject.Richard Crenna, as pointed out by another commenter, does seem to be a composite of artist and author Budd Hopkins and Harvard professor John Mack. Crenna is very good in his role. I especially enjoyed watching his characters transition from non-believer into believer. The film is frightening in its depictions of abductions and encounters with aliens. There are several sequences featuring abductions and several scenes on board ufo's. Where Fire In The Sky seemed to tease the audience, Intruders wants to bombard it.Very, very frightening! A must see!