When an airplane crashes into the sea, its crew awakes to find themselves inside a large plastic chamber. Soon their bewilderment is replaced by fear when they come under attack by a huge machine and large blob-like creature.
A hurricane. A plane crash over the open ocean. Four of the five aboard survive, only to find themselves inside a preliminary alien probe examining the composition of Earth and a few of its most advanced life forms. Also on board, a giant microbe that finds them delicious. Conjectures abound.—statmanjeff