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The article reports on the Soviet Union's spy satellite Cosmos 954 which crashed in a remote Canadian wilderness area. It narrates that the satellite, which contained a nuclear reactor in the system, started to sag in its orbit during December 1977, and crashed into the atmosphere with probable reentry point in North America based on the computer analysis of the North American Air Defense Command (NORAD). It states that military intelligence from both Russia and the U.S. knew that Cosmos 954 was in fact a satellite that tracks U.S. submarines, and that search attempts by the U.S. and Canada became more of a pursuit of military intelligence rather than of environmental conservation.

The article focuses on the fallen Soviet nuclear-powered space satellite Cosmos 954. It notes that the findings confirmed the claim of scientists that parts of the Russian satellite had survived the blazing entry into atmosphere and fell in a shotgun-manner over at least 200 miles in Canada. It says that even a small part is emitting enough radiation that can kill anyone whose holding it for two hours. It says that as the retrieval operation code-named Operation Morning Light continues, Canadian paratroopers set up a camp to prevent wandering Eskimos from being exposed to the radiation and protect the pieces until analyzed by Western military experts. In February 1978, U.S. President Jimmy Carter implies that space satellites must be installed with much more advanced safety precautions.