Story

It is about a group of people who are brought together by their different and equally strange maladies

Disease

A disease is an abnormal condition affecting the body of an organism. It is often construed to be a medical condition associated with specific symptoms and signs. It may be caused by external factors, such as infectious disease, or it may be caused by internal dysfunctions, such as autoimmune...

. These people gather to meet in the middle of the Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

'high-desert' to try to figure out what was done to them, and who could have done it, while at same time being watched by the people who have done this.
Altogether they realize that a UFO landed near the Tranquility Motel.