The Bala Incident

It looks like it’s going to be another hot summer’s day in the small town of Bala, North Wales. Nobody knows that an alien has been living in the town for half a century, hidden in plain sight.
Seven-year-old Menna is swimming in Bala Lake when she suddenly disappears beneath the chilly waters. Moments later, she reappears, suspended in midair, before levitating towards land. Within minutes, social media erupts. Within the hour, the military descends, isolating Bala from the outside world.
Caught in this turmoil is Ammar Rashid, an investigative journalist escaping his own shattered life. Initially an unwelcome visitor, he soon becomes consumed by what he realises is the story of the century: an alien that crashed here in 1974 wasn’t taken away by the army. It stayed. It survived. Now, the military wants to contain the “threat” and keep the residents detained within the town.
Ammar teams up with Lowri Jones, a local national park warden. Their partnership forms the emotional core of the saga, driven by their contrasting views on belonging and home. Ammar, the son of Iraqi refugees, believes borders and barriers are humanity’s greatest weakness, while Lowri, proud of her eighth-generation Bala roots and Welsh heritage, sees them as crucial safeguards to protect her area’s identity, culture, and language.
When Ammar and Lowri finally solve the puzzle, they uncover startling truths: The alien is Thomas Owen, a pillar of the community. He not only survived when he crashed here in 1974. Menna, the drowning girl, is his granddaughter. Thomas’s descendants share a genetic gift that could change the course of human evolution – and that is what the military is really after.
The series concludes with a heart-stopping standoff as Ammar, Lowri, and the alien family face the might of the British Army. In a final act of sacrifice to save the community that kept them safe for so long, Thomas and his family vanish to protect their secret, leaving Bala forever changed.