“The Dalotek Affair” is episode seventeen of season one of UFO.
The, real, Dr Frank E. Stranges, the, real, founder of the, real, National Investigations Committee on Unidentified Flying Objects, is being interviewed about UFOs. By, as it happens, SHADO’s Lt. Ford.
Foster bumps into a woman at a bar. He then joins Freeman; it seems Foster knows her, but she doesn’t remember him. The Dalotek Affair, 6 months ago.
Foster is in command of MoonBase when three UFOs are detected heading for their area. Straker is informed that the UFOs are heading to an area of bare rock and orders Interceptors launched anyway. Once they are, the UFOs turn back and head the way they came. Straker wants Foster to find out what’s going on.
The UFOs leave and a light heads to the Moon; MoonBase detects it as a meteorite. Starker is informed because it’s heading for the Dalotek unit. Straker says if the Dalotek people need bringing back to MoonBase, the amnesia protocol will need following.
An attempt is made to contact Dalotek, but the occupants, one of whom is the woman from earlier, are out on the Moon. They see the meteorite come in and explode and head to take a look. Straker is telling Freeman how much he dislikes having a private company on the Moon. Dalotek’s president, Blake, contacts Straker, and Straker makes it clear that he’s unhappy, but affirms they will render assistance if needed.
The Dalotek people return to their base and confirm the pressure skin is okay. MoonBase is calling and Foster is told that yes, they saw the meteorite and yes, their pressure skin is fine. Then they end the call.
Straker is telling Foster to head to Dalotek to ensure they’re behaving when the video link goes down. MoonBase can’t find the source of the problems and the technician suggests outside interference. Foster suspects Dalotek and heads there to check. Nothing causing the problem can be found there. He wants a landline laid, though, to check if their geoscanner is on next time there’s a problem as it’s the only thing powerful enough to cause problems.
Communications are reestablished, then lost again, resulting in a crash. Foster assumes the geoscanner is responsible and has it disabled. He is, of course, wrong; the geoscanner isn’t the problem at all.