Project Blue Book (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 3 - Area 51 - full transcript
Hynek and Quinn investigate reports of a soldier who was allegedly taken inside a flying saucer at a remote military base in Nevada, and learn why the secrets contained in Area 51 should not be released.
‐ Previously
on "Project Blue Book"...
‐ Cigar shaped craft
nearly takes out an airplane.
‐ The military
is hiding the truth.
‐ The government is involved
in a massive conspiracy
to cover up the evidence
of visitors from other worlds.
When we try
to expose the truth,
that makes us
enemies of the state.
‐ But what does the FBI want
with civilian UFO groups?
‐ They think we're dangerous.
‐ I don't usually
move this fast.
♪ ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
‐ I want Project Blue Book
to formally close
the Roswell incident.
‐ Closing Roswell
means reopening it.
You put Blue Book
in that position
and they fail,
those guys won't be
the only ones
to lose their jobs.
‐ How long can you pretend
to believe in something
that you know is not true?
♪ ♪
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Sergeant, help!
Help me!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[panting]
[low rumbling]
[high‐pitched whoosh]
‐ Willingham, is that you?
‐ He's been out here
for 12 hours.
‐ They took him...
‐ Sergeant Willingham.
‐ The aliens took him.
‐ Its size and its appearance,
this thing
came from outer space.
I even have reason to believe
that there's some form
of life in it.
‐ You think they're recreating
the Missouri crash?
‐ Mm‐mm.
The saucer's the wrong shape.
This looks like
the Helena encounter to me.
‐ But that was a hoax.
‐ What do you think
the Missouri incident was?
‐ But there were
12 witnesses, Allen.
You think they were all lying?
[laughs]
‐ What?
‐ You.
You really know your stuff.
‐ Well, I am typing up
all your research, Professor.
‐ No, this goes beyond
my research.
This is your UFO group, yes?
‐ Mm.
‐ Well, you seem to be
really enjoying it.
‐ It's been really good for me.
And honestly, with everything
we've been through,
I think...
I'm just looking for answers.
‐ We both are.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm worried, though.
About you.
You've seen how far
the government will go
to keep their secrets.
If they wanted to,
they could ruin you.
‐ I know the risks, I do,
but if I don't do this,
you know, who will?
‐ Even if it was in one piece,
would anyone still walk around
after a concussion like that?
‐ [chuckles]
♪ ♪
‐ You hate this.
‐ Well, no,
I wouldn't say that.
Loathe might be a better word.
‐ [laughs]
Let's just go home.
Hello?
Vicki?
‐ Mrs. Hynek, I'm so sorry.
I didn't know what to do.
‐ Why, what's wrong?
‐ Is Joel okay?
‐ Um...
‐ Oh, General.
‐ Doctor, Mrs. Hynek.
So sorry to show up
unannounced like this.
‐ It's probably best
we talk in private.
‐ Sure, uh, maybe‐‐
‐ Of course, Vicki, would you?
‐ Yeah.
‐ We had an incident
near Nellis Air Force Base.
‐ Nevada.
‐ Place called Groom Lake.
Couple of our guys, they seem
to have sighted a craft.
One of them is still missing,
but there's a wrinkle.
It happened on part of the base
run by the CIA.
‐ The who?
‐ It's a fairly new agency.
Probably why you never
heard of 'em.
‐ Truman put them together
after the war.
Mostly just to collect intel,
but my experience of them
is that they think
they're more than that.
‐ Yeah, we fight
over the same turf now.
‐ But we still
have to play nice.
Especially now with
a new administration coming in.
We make waves,
Eisenhower can just say
he doesn't need
Blue Book any more.
‐ Yeah, I'm sorry,
but are we to believe
that someone has been abducted?
Is that what I'm hearing?
‐ No, what you're hearing
is I need you two
to close this case
quickly and cleanly.
Is that understood?
‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Pack your bags
if you need to.
Wheels up in an hour.
You can sleep on the plane.
Gotta borrow him again,
Mrs. Hynek.
‐ Duty calls.
‐ Thank you
for your hospitality, ma'am.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[helicopter whirring]
‐ Someone supposed
to meet us here?
‐ I don't even know
where here is.
[Big Mama Thornton's
"Hound Dog" plays in distance]
‐ ♪ You ain't nothing
but a hound dog ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Been snoopin'
round my door ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You can wag your tail ♪
♪ But I ain't
gonna feed you no more ♪
[engine rumbles]
♪ You told me
you was high class ♪
♪ ♪
♪ But I could see
through that ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Sorry, guys, I always
underestimate that drive.
Ah, Dr. Hynek, yes?
[laughs]
Pleasure.
Which makes you
Captain Michael Quinn.
[chuckles]
Look, we're very excited
to have you both here.
‐ We're supposed
to be meeting
someone from
Central Intelligence.
Daniel Banks?
‐ Just call me Dan.
Come on,
we're burning daylight.
[engine rumbles]
You know, read a lot
of your case work.
Very provocative
but very thorough.
Lubbock especially was‐‐
‐ How have you read
our case files?
‐ A big part of the CIA's job
is about gathering intel,
Captain.
‐ Are we headed for Nellis?
‐ Nah, Nellis is that way,
toward Vegas.
You guys ever been?
Oh, you gotta go.
It's like
the Wild Wild West over there.
The gambling,
the girls‐‐girls.
[chuckles]
Oh, you're married, I'm sorry.
‐ Oh, no, no,
we've talked about going.
‐ Well, when you do, take her
to see Sinatra at the Sands.
Yeah, you'll feel like
teenagers in love
all over again.
You more of a Mel Tormé fan,
I'm guessing.
‐ No, haven't interacted much
with the agency.
Just tryin' to get my read,
that's all.
‐ You mean you're wondering
how a guy like me got the job.
♪ ♪
See, Central Intelligence
is all about
staying off the radar,
operating in the shadows.
I look like you,
I'm what people expect.
So boss is smart enough
to realize that,
mix things up a bit.
The truth, though, I was
the smartest man for the job.
♪ ♪
‐ So if we're not headed
to Nellis, where are we going?
‐ This swath of desert here,
they call it Groom Lake.
Army, Air Force, Navy,
they all have facilities here.
♪ ♪
‐ What, we outta gas?
‐ Nope, just need
to knock to enter
the CIA's little
neck of the woods.
12‐4‐84 requesting permission
to bring in
my guests for dinner.
12‐4‐84,
you are cleared for entry.
‐ Copy that.
Congratulations, gentlemen,
you have arrived.
‐ Arrived where?
I don't see a base anywhere.
‐ This is just
the outer perimeter.
Without my clearance,
you'd be shot.
Welcome to Area 51.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[buzzer blares]
‐ CIA initially wanted
to handle this internally,
but when I heard
the sergeant's story,
I said, "No way.
We need the experts."
That's you guys.
‐ What exactly goes on
here at Area 51?
‐ Well, there's the cover story
or the disinformation campaign.
‐ I'm not following.
‐ He's saying it's classified.
‐ [chuckles]
I'm sure the captain's
heard a few rumors.
‐ Experimental weapons
and aircraft.
Boys playing with toys,
basically.
‐ [laughs]
Boys with toys.
Yeah, something like that.
♪ ♪
‐ So this Sergeant Willingham?
‐ A good man,
according to his CO.
After he reported
Miller missing,
we sent out
some of our guys,
and they found Willingham
wandering about 5 klicks north.
Had no idea where he was.
‐ And this talk about aliens?
‐ Hasn't changed
his story one bit.
‐ Well, wandering around
in the desert,
heatstroke can cause
hallucinations.
‐ That's the thing,
the doctors who examined him
said all fluids were normal.
Didn't even have a sunburn.
‐ Still no sign
of the corporal?
‐ We had spotter planes flying
that grid since yesterday.
Nothing.
[eerie music]
Ah, you have it?
♪ ♪
I thought I said
bring the good stuff.
That's okay, this'll do.
Thank you.
‐ Liquid lunch?
‐ That's not
how I roll, Captain.
[solemn music]
Sergeant.
This is Captain Quinn
and Dr. Hynek.
Project Blue Book.
‐ [sighs]
You came.
♪ ♪
Is that, uh‐‐
‐ But just one glass,
all right?
Like I said.
♪ ♪
‐ [clears throat]
♪ ♪
Thank you.
He's the only one
who didn't think I was crazy.
♪ ♪
Just, my nerves have been
like this ever since‐‐
‐ It's okay, it's all right,
it's all right.
You're in good hands now, okay?
This is their specialty.
Just tell them
what you told me.
What you remember.
‐ Sure.
Miller and I were tasked
to sector bravo.
‐ It's everywhere, see?
‐ Miller was goofing around
like always.
Think you're funny, huh?
‐ No, sir, I think it's crazy
we're out here
in the first place.
Looking for scraps of metal
from a missile
that blew up two miles
that way.
‐ We'd been out there all day
in 100‐degree heat.
[sighs]
Miller was getting
on my nerves.
You go find something,
then I'll give you
a drink, Corporal.
I don't know how long
it was after,
maybe a minute, maybe more.
I lost track of time.
And then, um...
then this wind
came out of nowhere.
Felt almost electric.
‐ Help!
‐ Then I heard him again.
‐ Sergeant!
‐ You better not be
messing with me again.
He was screaming.
‐ Help!
‐ I ran up to the top
of the ridge.
‐ Help me!
‐ I looked up and, uh...
the‐‐a ship appeared
in front of me.
‐ Oh, my God!
‐ Miller was sucked up inside.
[echoing]
‐ Help!
‐ And then, um, I don't
remember anything after that.
[sighs]
You ever hear anything
like that before?
‐ Well, we've heard
all kinds of stories.
‐ But nothing like this.
‐ They're gonna section‐8
the poor bastard
if he keeps talking like that.
Thing is, I believe him.
‐ Well, I mean,
it's clear to me
that he certainly believes
he had some kind of encounter.
‐ You're thinking we should
all go out there.
‐ We've had our guys
combing that desert nonstop.
‐ No, no, no, no, we need
to go with the sergeant.
I mean, sometimes, you know,
revisiting the scene
can help trigger a memory.
‐ Smart.
We'll just need to get
you guys cleared first.
‐ For what, the desert?
‐ See, this whole place
operates
on a compartmentalized
information protocol.
Means no one goes anywhere
without authorization.
‐ How 'bout the john?
‐ Ah, we have snipers
in there too.
‐ What do you know
about Groom Lake?
‐ Terry Milton takes
this photo of a UFO...
‐ You just say Groom Lake?
‐ You know it?
‐ Of course I know it.
I'm just impressed that you do.
‐ I heard about
a sighting there.
‐ From your husband?
‐ From my research.
‐ Oh.
That's not surprising.
Get a decent view of the base,
you can catch a UFO show
every night.
‐ And what about abductions?
‐ No, it's not like that.
These UFOs, they're friendlies.
‐ "Friendlies"?
‐ You know that craft
they recovered in '47?
‐ Mm‐hmm, Roswell.
‐ Well, it didn't
stay there long.
They sent that thing
to Groom Lake,
and that is where
they reverse‐engineered it
to make our very own
flying saucers.
‐ So that's what people
are seeing in the sky?
[dramatic music]
‐ Mimi, these days,
you never know what
the government is capable of.
♪ ♪
Besides,
if you're gonna hide a UFO,
where better
than the middle of the desert?
♪ ♪
‐ Soldiers were sent out here
to gather debris.
‐ Lot of desert out here.
‐ Lot of places
for a soldier to go missing.
‐ Well, you've seen
our security, Captain.
Soldiers don't
just go missing.
‐ Any of this look familiar?
‐ [sighs]
I'm sorry.
‐ Well, all looks
the same to me too.
‐ Well, it's not all about
what you see, Captain.
Memories are a combination
of cognitive, sensory,
and emotional elements
all working in tandem,
so you never know
what may trigger
a memory trace.
‐ That's Dr. Lashley, right?
On engrams?
‐ Yeah, you familiar
with his work?
‐ Neuroscience is a bit
of a hobby of mine.
[eerie music]
I know, handsome and well‐read.
Something to shoot for,
Captain.
‐ [laughs]
♪ ♪
‐ Over here.
‐ What is it, Sergeant?
♪ ♪
‐ Not sure.
It's more of a feeling.
‐ Yeah, well, take your time.
You know, keep walking around.
‐ Just don't wander off
too far.
‐ Any chance our corporal
took an unscheduled leave?
‐ What, AWOL?
No, not likely.
Only way out's
beyond that ridge,
and that's a big no‐no.
‐ Another classified operation?
‐ [chuckles]
Of the highest order.
I'm talking shoot on sight.
‐ Who's doing the shooting?
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
‐ Hey, what's he doing?
‐ Remembering.
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Hey, wait, wait, wait!
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Hold up!
‐ Down here!
‐ What the hell's he doing?
‐ It's down here!
Hurry!
♪ ♪
I found it!
I found it!
It's over here!
Help me. Help me.
‐ What is it?
‐ There's something
underneath here.
Is it rock?
♪ ♪
‐ It's not rock.
It's glass.
‐ What are we looking at here?
♪ ♪
‐ The site of the abduction.
♪ ♪
‐ You know, sand doesn't melt
into glass unless
the temperature is 3,000
degrees Fahrenheit.
‐ I've seen glass formations
like this
under a missile launch.
‐ It came from that ship,
I'm telling you.
‐ Okay, look, we're in
restricted territory here,
and someone will notice.
‐ Someone already did.
‐ Maybe they know
what happened here.
‐ If they do, they're not
gonna tell us, Captain.
We gotta get back to the Jeep.
[eerie music]
Now.
♪ ♪
Captain, let's go.
♪ ♪
‐ Forgive me, Father,
I have sinned.
It's been, uh...
Actually, Father,
I don't even know why I'm here.
‐ Something's weighing
heavy on your mind.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
Something about your faith.
♪ ♪
‐ What if, uh...
♪ ♪
What if I told you we
weren't alone in the universe?
‐ I'd say you're right.
‐ No, that's, uh...
♪ ♪
That's not what
I'm talking about, Father.
The universe is a...
♪ ♪
It's a pretty big place,
Father.
♪ ♪
You know, the possibilities
of other life out there...
♪ ♪
[whispering]
How can there not be?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm not sure I follow.
♪ ♪
‐ If man is made
in God's image...
♪ ♪
How do you explain
other beings?
♪ ♪
If they exist,
then I‐I can't explain
why God would show me
the things I've seen.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
‐ You should get
you some rest.
I'll let you know if we need
anything else, okay?
‐ Hey, Banks,
part of what goes on here
is experimental aircraft.
‐ And you know the deal.
It's classified.
‐ Yeah, and we got
a missing Air Force officer...
‐ I'm aware.
‐ On your territory.
So if there's something here
that can explain what happened,
we need to see it.
‐ Yeah, and I show you
top secret aircraft
without clearance,
we all get sent home.
♪ ♪
You understand.
♪ ♪
‐ Course.
You just seemed like someone
willing to bend the rules
to get to the truth.
♪ ♪
‐ He always like this?
‐ Depends if he
likes you or not.
♪ ♪
‐ I'll bend them,
not break.
♪ ♪
Then I'll deny
it ever happened.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
I don't want anything
you see here
ending up in the files
of Project Blue Book.
♪ ♪
This is "The Flying Wing,"
for obvious reasons.
♪ ♪
That's the "Stogie" X‐15,
goes Mach 3 on a bad day.
♪ ♪
And the "Tailsitter".
Bet you've never seen
anything like that before.
♪ ♪
‐ There's no weapons systems.
‐ There's no need.
CIA's all about espionage,
not engagement.
‐ So what happens
when the Soviets
spot your boys
on their radar?
‐ That's the whole point.
They don't.
This is how we end
the Cold War.
‐ Or start World War III.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you, Father.
‐ I went through
this whole thing
while you were in there.
‐ You following me now?
‐ No, just making sure.
I remember what it was like
after Roswell the first time.
Didn't want you putting
another foot
over the ledge again.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm fine, Hugh.
♪ ♪
[pats]
I'm fine.
‐ Captain.
[dramatic music]
"Flying Wing."
♪ ♪
This underside
remind you of anything?
♪ ♪
‐ It's the exact formation
of the Lubbock Lights.
♪ ♪
And that "Stogie."
♪ ♪
Tell me that's not identical
to what they described
in the Chiles‐Whitted sighting.
These are all
top‐secret craft.
If you're not CIA‐‐
‐ Then every one
of these crafts is a UFO.
‐ Doc, these planes
might not just explain
Willingham's sighting.
They could explain
every sighting.
♪ ♪
‐ CIA currently has Blue Book
investigating a case
at Area 51.
‐ Well, if the CIA
wants a piece
of the UFO program,
good luck.
The Eisenhower administration
ain't that big.
‐ I'm thinking they're trying
to force a choice.
Who's gonna be teacher's pet,
us or them?
♪ ♪
‐ Why don't we
make that choice for Ike?
♪ ♪
‐ You know, I was hoping
we'd have our answer,
but based on what I can see,
there's no craft here
with a downward facing engine
capable of turning desert
into glass.
♪ ♪
You think Daniel's
hiding something?
‐ I think he's showing us
what he wants us to see.
‐ Yeah, then why invite us
in the first place?
‐ Well, to do what he just did,
clear the CIA.
Otherwise he's on the hook for
a missing Air Force soldier.
My guess, we never find Miller.
‐ Captain.
♪ ♪
‐ What's going on?
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
What the hell happened here?
♪ ♪
‐ This is Dr. Montgomery,
presiding coroner
at the operating facility
0‐5‐1.
Let the medical record show
this will be
the initial internal exam
of Corporal Miller.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
The subject's eyes
have been removed...
♪ ♪
As has the tongue.
♪ ♪
And there looks to be
an incision of some sort.
Precise, under the chin,
and extending back
to the esophagus and larynx.
‐ What the hell did this?
‐ Sternum has been removed
to expose
the inner cavity.
One lung missing,
the heart, the stomach.
♪ ♪
All the arteries that were cut,
they've been cauterized closed.
I can't explain how.
♪ ♪
You say you found him
in a tree?
♪ ♪
‐ [clears throat]
Yeah, um...
couldn't something like a‐‐
you know, like a mountain lion
have dragged him up there?
‐ No animal did this.
‐ It was something
put him up there.
‐ Or maybe he was dropped
from above.
[door clicks]
‐ I want everybody out.
‐ Excuse me,
what the hell is this?
‐ We're laying claim
to Corporal Miller.
‐ Under whose jurisdiction?
‐ The United States Air Force.
Is there a problem?
‐ Yes, there is, actually.
‐ Colonel,
I'm Captain Michael Quinn.
U.S. Air Force liaison‐‐
‐ Project Blue Book.
I'm aware.
Well, this no longer
concerns you.
[distant shouting]
‐ No! What are you doing?
It wasn't me!
‐ Colonel, we need
to finish this autopsy.
‐ You're making a mistake.
They set me up.
‐ Sergeant.
‐ They're saying
that I made it up,
that I killed him.
You know the truth.
You're the only one
that can help me.
‐ Where are you taking
this man?
‐ Tell them!
Please, tell them!
Tell them what you saw!
Tell them!
♪ ♪
‐ I was wrong
about the Roswell wreckage.
I thought they sent it
to Groom Lake,
but they didn't.
Read that.
‐ "When they were done staging
the photos for the press,
"the Air Force
had the debris shipped
from Fort Worth...to Ohio."
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ "To Wright"‐‐
if this is true, then‐‐
‐ Our own backyard.
I know.
‐ So what do you do with that?
‐ I can't do anything,
but you could.
[soft dramatic music]
‐ Evan, I'm happy to pass along
this information to my husband,
but you need to understand
that's the only way this works.
‐ Who said anything
about your husband?
You've been to the base before.
If you went there again
and got proof...
♪ ♪
Remember what we talked about?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry.
I think you have
the wrong impression of me.
Doing something like that,
that‐‐that's not who I am.
♪ ♪
‐ You sure about that?
♪ ♪
‐ So what exactly
would I be looking for?
♪ ♪
‐ Air Force is charging
Willingham with murder.
‐ How can that be?
There's no way
Willingham did
what we saw
in that autopsy room.
‐ Look, I told the Colonel
the same thing
with more colorful language.
‐ We need to talk to him.
‐ That's not gonna happen.
♪ ♪
The colonel told me you've both
been ordered back to Ohio.
‐ What?
No, we're not done here.
Who do I need to talk to?
‐ Hey, remember
what Valentine said.
If we're done, we're done.
‐ He begged for my help
as they were dragging him away.
‐ We'll have better luck
fighting this back home.
‐ Hey, hey, I'm sorry.
I don't wanna interrupt.
I'm sorry, but I wish
there's more I could do here.
But I imagine this happens
a lot for you two.
Look, in the future, if there's
ever anything I can do to help,
I'm on your side.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Jeep's outside waiting
to take you back.
‐ All right.
♪ ♪
Doc, where you going?
♪ ♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
[quietly]
What are you doing?
‐ Unless we can present
an alternate theory,
an innocent man's life
is about to be ruined.
Beyond the ridge
where we were earlier,
that's where I'm going.
‐ Where they shoot on sight?
‐ Military Jeep‐‐
we'll look like friendlies,
if they even see us.
Now or never, Captain.
‐ Hey! Hey, hey!
[men shouting]
♪ ♪
‐ I figure we've got
about 20 minutes
before they conduct
an aerial search.
We're gonna have to‐‐
‐ Whoa, did you see that?
‐ Let's check it out.
♪ ♪
Whoa.
Kill the lights.
[mysterious music]
♪ ♪
‐ What is that?
‐ I don't know.
♪ ♪
[shutter clicks]
‐ Looks good.
Go ahead. Bring it up.
♪ ♪
Got it?
[eerie music]
‐ Are those coyotes?
What are they doing?
♪ ♪
Give me that.
‐ What does that
look like to you?
♪ ♪
‐ That looks like the same
surgical dissection
that happened to Miller.
♪ ♪
Willingham didn't do that.
‐ We're gonna find out who did.
[engine rumbles]
♪ ♪
‐ All right,
follow that truck.
And don't get too close.
Don't wanna tip them off.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Where are you going, truck?
♪ ♪
‐ They can't drive
over that thing.
Why not just go around?
[clicking, whirring]
♪ ♪
‐ You've gotta be
fucking kidding me.
♪ ♪
‐ A hangar inside a mountain?
How do you even engineer that?
‐ Why would you engineer that?
‐ I wonder what it's for.
‐ Well, to keep
secret work hidden.
You think Daniel
knows about this?
‐ I think what we saw
back there
at the base
was just a cover.
This is the real Area 51.
♪ ♪
Where you going?
‐ I have a camera
in my briefcase.
‐ Doc, wait.
[dramatic music]
[electric crackling]
Doc, get down.
Something's happening.
Come on. Get the shot.
Let's get the hell
out of here, Doc.
♪ ♪
Quick.
♪ ♪
Shit.
♪ ♪
‐ They see us?
‐ We're not sticking around
to see if they did.
‐ Wait, I have to get
the camera.
‐ Leave it.
‐ We need proof.
‐ None of this matters
if we're caught.
♪ ♪
‐ Okay,
we're getting out of here.
‐ Come on.
♪ ♪
[engine rumbling]
♪ ♪
‐ You do realize
what we just saw.
‐ A base in the side
of a mountain.
‐ No, no, no, no, the coyotes,
you said so yourself.
Looks just like
what happened to Miller.
That means
Willingham is innocent.
‐ "Your Honor,
I'd like to call to the stand
"the men in hazmat suits
who disappeared
in the side of a mountain
with an electrical storm."
‐ An innocent man has just
been charged with murder!
♪ ♪
You know,
we have to do something.
‐ Yes, we get
the hell out of here first.
Already gonna be in deep shit
as soon as we get‐‐
‐ Captain!
‐ Ah, great, hold on.
[engine revving]
[suspenseful music]
‐ They've definitely
spotted us.
♪ ♪
They're getting closer!
Step on it.
‐ That's not helping, Doc.
‐ Captain!
Captain!
‐ What the hell?
[whooshing]
‐ That's no truck.
‐ What was that?
‐ Whatever it was,
it's gone.
♪ ♪
We have to get back
to the base.
♪ ♪
‐ There it is again!
Turn around!
Ah!
♪ ♪
It's circling around!
♪ ♪
Watch out!
♪ ♪
Captain, it's coming
straight for us!
‐ Duck!
[craft whooshes]
[engine grinding]
You gotta be kidding me.
Come on.
[engine grinding]
Come on.
♪ ♪
‐ Where'd it go?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[helicopters whirring]
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Our own backyard.
[planes whooshing]
Mimi, if you got proof...
‐ Sorry to interrupt.
‐ Oh, you didn't interrupt.
I was just taking
a little break.
Trying to decipher Allen's
notes can be a little...
‐ Exhausting?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
[both chuckle]
‐ Well, I was just about
to lock up for the day.
‐ Right, um, I didn't realize
it had gotten so late.
‐ You're welcome to come back
and finish when you need.
‐ Thanks, Faye.
♪ ♪
I was just wondering.
I noticed some
of the hangars out there.
They seem to be unmarked.
Do you know why that is?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry.
I'm not at liberty to say.
‐ Right, it's classified,
of course.
It just‐‐it seems
a little strange, doesn't it?
That kind of secrecy
on a military base?
♪ ♪
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Captain.
Hey, Captain.
♪ ♪
Where are we?
♪ ♪
‐ A military truck.
[groans]
♪ ♪
What the hell happened to us?
‐ You can't remember either?
♪ ♪
‐ The last thing I remember
is taking off in that Jeep.
‐ Me too.
♪ ♪
12 hours ago.
♪ ♪
‐ Here they are.
[indistinct chatter]
Feet. Step out, please.
‐ Captain, are we speaking
different languages?
‐ General.
‐ What part of
"return to Ohio"
did you not understand?
‐ Sir, we were headed back‐‐
‐ It was my fault.
I took off in a Jeep.
The captain, he‐‐he tried to‐‐
he tried to stop me.
‐ I already lost
a man out here!
And then I get a call
that two more are missing.
What the hell are you doing?
‐ Well, they're not
being honest with you.
I asked them to survey some
anomalous celestial activity,
something the agency has been
requesting funding for.
So I was out of line.
Should have authorized
with you first.
My apologies.
But they were a big help.
‐ I want you two
on the next flight out of here.
Do you understand me?
‐ Yes, sir.
‐ We'd like to reopen the case
into Sergeant Willingham's
encounter.
‐ Willingham confessed.
‐ He‐‐he did what?
‐ Confessed to murder?
[dramatic music]
‐ I want you two
to listen to me,
and listen to me
very carefully.
Corporal Miller's murder
was a tragedy,
and we are not gonna trivialize
that young man's death
with talk of flying
fucking saucers.
You understand me?
Now you will go home,
and I will clean up this shit
because you can't.
♪ ♪
Dismissed.
♪ ♪
‐ He told me
about the confession
as soon as he arrived.
♪ ♪
Lyin' sack of shit.
♪ ♪
‐ Why would you cover for us
like that?
‐ 'Cause I'm just like you,
Captain.
Both of you.
I think when people
try to cover up
what's really going on
in this world, we all suffer.
♪ ♪
‐ We went beyond the ridge.
♪ ♪
There's another base
inside a mountain.
What is all that?
‐ I've never been.
I don't know.
‐ What do you mean
you've never been?
Isn't that part of the CI‐‐
‐ Anything beyond the ridge,
that belongs to the Air Force.
♪ ♪
Look, for the future,
you need anything,
like help finding the truth,
just ask me first.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, Doc, what happened
to us last night?
‐ You heard what the man said.
Everything beyond the ridge
belongs to the Air Force.
♪ ♪
‐ I heard that you're
a low‐down Yankee liar.
‐ Hi.
Here's your order.
There you go.
[gunshots]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Shane, look out!
[gunshots]
‐ You'd think Americans would
be tired of Westerns by now.
Same thing every movie.
First sign of trouble,
someone starts shooting.
[dramatic music]
Was that where you got
the idea to killing Cal?
‐ I have a new mark,
a better one.
Captain Quinn
from Project Blue Book.
The professor was a dead end,
but our intelligence was right.
The UFO program is a cover
for advanced weapons systems.
Given time, I can gain
more information.
‐ Our intel
has the CIA cooperating
with Quinn
and Professor Hynek.
The one thing
we don't have is time.
‐ Two weeks,
that's all I'll need.
‐ For what?
More photos?
Files?
‐ To start.
‐ Hmm.
I think the captain himself
would provide
for a much better source
of information.
Hmm?
♪ ♪
You can deliver him to us.
♪ ♪
‐ Kidnapping
an Air Force captain‐‐
‐ Is something you're
very capable of managing.
♪ ♪
And you owe us a body, Mishka.
♪ ♪
‐ How was Nevada?
‐ Hot.
‐ Mm.
‐ We're gonna need
to accelerate our timetable.
‐ Wait, we scrapped this
years ago and for good reason.
‐ After what I just saw
in the desert, I'm convinced
the CIA has one goal:
to see us obsolete.
That will make us
indispensable.
‐ We're taking
a big risk, Hugh.
‐ Let me tell you something.
I'm tired of these
little skirmishes.
If we're going to war,
let's fire the first
goddamn shot.
♪ ♪
‐ All right, then,
let's go to war.
♪ ♪
[distorted]
‐ 3‐1‐5‐4‐5‐6‐5‐3‐9...
on "Project Blue Book"...
‐ Cigar shaped craft
nearly takes out an airplane.
‐ The military
is hiding the truth.
‐ The government is involved
in a massive conspiracy
to cover up the evidence
of visitors from other worlds.
When we try
to expose the truth,
that makes us
enemies of the state.
‐ But what does the FBI want
with civilian UFO groups?
‐ They think we're dangerous.
‐ I don't usually
move this fast.
♪ ♪
[camera shutter clicking]
‐ I want Project Blue Book
to formally close
the Roswell incident.
‐ Closing Roswell
means reopening it.
You put Blue Book
in that position
and they fail,
those guys won't be
the only ones
to lose their jobs.
‐ How long can you pretend
to believe in something
that you know is not true?
♪ ♪
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Sergeant, help!
Help me!
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
[panting]
[low rumbling]
[high‐pitched whoosh]
‐ Willingham, is that you?
‐ He's been out here
for 12 hours.
‐ They took him...
‐ Sergeant Willingham.
‐ The aliens took him.
‐ Its size and its appearance,
this thing
came from outer space.
I even have reason to believe
that there's some form
of life in it.
‐ You think they're recreating
the Missouri crash?
‐ Mm‐mm.
The saucer's the wrong shape.
This looks like
the Helena encounter to me.
‐ But that was a hoax.
‐ What do you think
the Missouri incident was?
‐ But there were
12 witnesses, Allen.
You think they were all lying?
[laughs]
‐ What?
‐ You.
You really know your stuff.
‐ Well, I am typing up
all your research, Professor.
‐ No, this goes beyond
my research.
This is your UFO group, yes?
‐ Mm.
‐ Well, you seem to be
really enjoying it.
‐ It's been really good for me.
And honestly, with everything
we've been through,
I think...
I'm just looking for answers.
‐ We both are.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm worried, though.
About you.
You've seen how far
the government will go
to keep their secrets.
If they wanted to,
they could ruin you.
‐ I know the risks, I do,
but if I don't do this,
you know, who will?
‐ Even if it was in one piece,
would anyone still walk around
after a concussion like that?
‐ [chuckles]
♪ ♪
‐ You hate this.
‐ Well, no,
I wouldn't say that.
Loathe might be a better word.
‐ [laughs]
Let's just go home.
Hello?
Vicki?
‐ Mrs. Hynek, I'm so sorry.
I didn't know what to do.
‐ Why, what's wrong?
‐ Is Joel okay?
‐ Um...
‐ Oh, General.
‐ Doctor, Mrs. Hynek.
So sorry to show up
unannounced like this.
‐ It's probably best
we talk in private.
‐ Sure, uh, maybe‐‐
‐ Of course, Vicki, would you?
‐ Yeah.
‐ We had an incident
near Nellis Air Force Base.
‐ Nevada.
‐ Place called Groom Lake.
Couple of our guys, they seem
to have sighted a craft.
One of them is still missing,
but there's a wrinkle.
It happened on part of the base
run by the CIA.
‐ The who?
‐ It's a fairly new agency.
Probably why you never
heard of 'em.
‐ Truman put them together
after the war.
Mostly just to collect intel,
but my experience of them
is that they think
they're more than that.
‐ Yeah, we fight
over the same turf now.
‐ But we still
have to play nice.
Especially now with
a new administration coming in.
We make waves,
Eisenhower can just say
he doesn't need
Blue Book any more.
‐ Yeah, I'm sorry,
but are we to believe
that someone has been abducted?
Is that what I'm hearing?
‐ No, what you're hearing
is I need you two
to close this case
quickly and cleanly.
Is that understood?
‐ Yes, sir.
‐ Pack your bags
if you need to.
Wheels up in an hour.
You can sleep on the plane.
Gotta borrow him again,
Mrs. Hynek.
‐ Duty calls.
‐ Thank you
for your hospitality, ma'am.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[helicopter whirring]
‐ Someone supposed
to meet us here?
‐ I don't even know
where here is.
[Big Mama Thornton's
"Hound Dog" plays in distance]
‐ ♪ You ain't nothing
but a hound dog ♪
♪ ♪
♪ Been snoopin'
round my door ♪
♪ ♪
♪ You can wag your tail ♪
♪ But I ain't
gonna feed you no more ♪
[engine rumbles]
♪ You told me
you was high class ♪
♪ ♪
♪ But I could see
through that ♪
♪ ♪
‐ Sorry, guys, I always
underestimate that drive.
Ah, Dr. Hynek, yes?
[laughs]
Pleasure.
Which makes you
Captain Michael Quinn.
[chuckles]
Look, we're very excited
to have you both here.
‐ We're supposed
to be meeting
someone from
Central Intelligence.
Daniel Banks?
‐ Just call me Dan.
Come on,
we're burning daylight.
[engine rumbles]
You know, read a lot
of your case work.
Very provocative
but very thorough.
Lubbock especially was‐‐
‐ How have you read
our case files?
‐ A big part of the CIA's job
is about gathering intel,
Captain.
‐ Are we headed for Nellis?
‐ Nah, Nellis is that way,
toward Vegas.
You guys ever been?
Oh, you gotta go.
It's like
the Wild Wild West over there.
The gambling,
the girls‐‐girls.
[chuckles]
Oh, you're married, I'm sorry.
‐ Oh, no, no,
we've talked about going.
‐ Well, when you do, take her
to see Sinatra at the Sands.
Yeah, you'll feel like
teenagers in love
all over again.
You more of a Mel Tormé fan,
I'm guessing.
‐ No, haven't interacted much
with the agency.
Just tryin' to get my read,
that's all.
‐ You mean you're wondering
how a guy like me got the job.
♪ ♪
See, Central Intelligence
is all about
staying off the radar,
operating in the shadows.
I look like you,
I'm what people expect.
So boss is smart enough
to realize that,
mix things up a bit.
The truth, though, I was
the smartest man for the job.
♪ ♪
‐ So if we're not headed
to Nellis, where are we going?
‐ This swath of desert here,
they call it Groom Lake.
Army, Air Force, Navy,
they all have facilities here.
♪ ♪
‐ What, we outta gas?
‐ Nope, just need
to knock to enter
the CIA's little
neck of the woods.
12‐4‐84 requesting permission
to bring in
my guests for dinner.
12‐4‐84,
you are cleared for entry.
‐ Copy that.
Congratulations, gentlemen,
you have arrived.
‐ Arrived where?
I don't see a base anywhere.
‐ This is just
the outer perimeter.
Without my clearance,
you'd be shot.
Welcome to Area 51.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[buzzer blares]
‐ CIA initially wanted
to handle this internally,
but when I heard
the sergeant's story,
I said, "No way.
We need the experts."
That's you guys.
‐ What exactly goes on
here at Area 51?
‐ Well, there's the cover story
or the disinformation campaign.
‐ I'm not following.
‐ He's saying it's classified.
‐ [chuckles]
I'm sure the captain's
heard a few rumors.
‐ Experimental weapons
and aircraft.
Boys playing with toys,
basically.
‐ [laughs]
Boys with toys.
Yeah, something like that.
♪ ♪
‐ So this Sergeant Willingham?
‐ A good man,
according to his CO.
After he reported
Miller missing,
we sent out
some of our guys,
and they found Willingham
wandering about 5 klicks north.
Had no idea where he was.
‐ And this talk about aliens?
‐ Hasn't changed
his story one bit.
‐ Well, wandering around
in the desert,
heatstroke can cause
hallucinations.
‐ That's the thing,
the doctors who examined him
said all fluids were normal.
Didn't even have a sunburn.
‐ Still no sign
of the corporal?
‐ We had spotter planes flying
that grid since yesterday.
Nothing.
[eerie music]
Ah, you have it?
♪ ♪
I thought I said
bring the good stuff.
That's okay, this'll do.
Thank you.
‐ Liquid lunch?
‐ That's not
how I roll, Captain.
[solemn music]
Sergeant.
This is Captain Quinn
and Dr. Hynek.
Project Blue Book.
‐ [sighs]
You came.
♪ ♪
Is that, uh‐‐
‐ But just one glass,
all right?
Like I said.
♪ ♪
‐ [clears throat]
♪ ♪
Thank you.
He's the only one
who didn't think I was crazy.
♪ ♪
Just, my nerves have been
like this ever since‐‐
‐ It's okay, it's all right,
it's all right.
You're in good hands now, okay?
This is their specialty.
Just tell them
what you told me.
What you remember.
‐ Sure.
Miller and I were tasked
to sector bravo.
‐ It's everywhere, see?
‐ Miller was goofing around
like always.
Think you're funny, huh?
‐ No, sir, I think it's crazy
we're out here
in the first place.
Looking for scraps of metal
from a missile
that blew up two miles
that way.
‐ We'd been out there all day
in 100‐degree heat.
[sighs]
Miller was getting
on my nerves.
You go find something,
then I'll give you
a drink, Corporal.
I don't know how long
it was after,
maybe a minute, maybe more.
I lost track of time.
And then, um...
then this wind
came out of nowhere.
Felt almost electric.
‐ Help!
‐ Then I heard him again.
‐ Sergeant!
‐ You better not be
messing with me again.
He was screaming.
‐ Help!
‐ I ran up to the top
of the ridge.
‐ Help me!
‐ I looked up and, uh...
the‐‐a ship appeared
in front of me.
‐ Oh, my God!
‐ Miller was sucked up inside.
[echoing]
‐ Help!
‐ And then, um, I don't
remember anything after that.
[sighs]
You ever hear anything
like that before?
‐ Well, we've heard
all kinds of stories.
‐ But nothing like this.
‐ They're gonna section‐8
the poor bastard
if he keeps talking like that.
Thing is, I believe him.
‐ Well, I mean,
it's clear to me
that he certainly believes
he had some kind of encounter.
‐ You're thinking we should
all go out there.
‐ We've had our guys
combing that desert nonstop.
‐ No, no, no, no, we need
to go with the sergeant.
I mean, sometimes, you know,
revisiting the scene
can help trigger a memory.
‐ Smart.
We'll just need to get
you guys cleared first.
‐ For what, the desert?
‐ See, this whole place
operates
on a compartmentalized
information protocol.
Means no one goes anywhere
without authorization.
‐ How 'bout the john?
‐ Ah, we have snipers
in there too.
‐ What do you know
about Groom Lake?
‐ Terry Milton takes
this photo of a UFO...
‐ You just say Groom Lake?
‐ You know it?
‐ Of course I know it.
I'm just impressed that you do.
‐ I heard about
a sighting there.
‐ From your husband?
‐ From my research.
‐ Oh.
That's not surprising.
Get a decent view of the base,
you can catch a UFO show
every night.
‐ And what about abductions?
‐ No, it's not like that.
These UFOs, they're friendlies.
‐ "Friendlies"?
‐ You know that craft
they recovered in '47?
‐ Mm‐hmm, Roswell.
‐ Well, it didn't
stay there long.
They sent that thing
to Groom Lake,
and that is where
they reverse‐engineered it
to make our very own
flying saucers.
‐ So that's what people
are seeing in the sky?
[dramatic music]
‐ Mimi, these days,
you never know what
the government is capable of.
♪ ♪
Besides,
if you're gonna hide a UFO,
where better
than the middle of the desert?
♪ ♪
‐ Soldiers were sent out here
to gather debris.
‐ Lot of desert out here.
‐ Lot of places
for a soldier to go missing.
‐ Well, you've seen
our security, Captain.
Soldiers don't
just go missing.
‐ Any of this look familiar?
‐ [sighs]
I'm sorry.
‐ Well, all looks
the same to me too.
‐ Well, it's not all about
what you see, Captain.
Memories are a combination
of cognitive, sensory,
and emotional elements
all working in tandem,
so you never know
what may trigger
a memory trace.
‐ That's Dr. Lashley, right?
On engrams?
‐ Yeah, you familiar
with his work?
‐ Neuroscience is a bit
of a hobby of mine.
[eerie music]
I know, handsome and well‐read.
Something to shoot for,
Captain.
‐ [laughs]
♪ ♪
‐ Over here.
‐ What is it, Sergeant?
♪ ♪
‐ Not sure.
It's more of a feeling.
‐ Yeah, well, take your time.
You know, keep walking around.
‐ Just don't wander off
too far.
‐ Any chance our corporal
took an unscheduled leave?
‐ What, AWOL?
No, not likely.
Only way out's
beyond that ridge,
and that's a big no‐no.
‐ Another classified operation?
‐ [chuckles]
Of the highest order.
I'm talking shoot on sight.
‐ Who's doing the shooting?
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Oh, you gotta be kidding me.
‐ Hey, what's he doing?
‐ Remembering.
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Hey, wait, wait, wait!
‐ Sergeant!
‐ Hold up!
‐ Down here!
‐ What the hell's he doing?
‐ It's down here!
Hurry!
♪ ♪
I found it!
I found it!
It's over here!
Help me. Help me.
‐ What is it?
‐ There's something
underneath here.
Is it rock?
♪ ♪
‐ It's not rock.
It's glass.
‐ What are we looking at here?
♪ ♪
‐ The site of the abduction.
♪ ♪
‐ You know, sand doesn't melt
into glass unless
the temperature is 3,000
degrees Fahrenheit.
‐ I've seen glass formations
like this
under a missile launch.
‐ It came from that ship,
I'm telling you.
‐ Okay, look, we're in
restricted territory here,
and someone will notice.
‐ Someone already did.
‐ Maybe they know
what happened here.
‐ If they do, they're not
gonna tell us, Captain.
We gotta get back to the Jeep.
[eerie music]
Now.
♪ ♪
Captain, let's go.
♪ ♪
‐ Forgive me, Father,
I have sinned.
It's been, uh...
Actually, Father,
I don't even know why I'm here.
‐ Something's weighing
heavy on your mind.
[somber music]
♪ ♪
Something about your faith.
♪ ♪
‐ What if, uh...
♪ ♪
What if I told you we
weren't alone in the universe?
‐ I'd say you're right.
‐ No, that's, uh...
♪ ♪
That's not what
I'm talking about, Father.
The universe is a...
♪ ♪
It's a pretty big place,
Father.
♪ ♪
You know, the possibilities
of other life out there...
♪ ♪
[whispering]
How can there not be?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm not sure I follow.
♪ ♪
‐ If man is made
in God's image...
♪ ♪
How do you explain
other beings?
♪ ♪
If they exist,
then I‐I can't explain
why God would show me
the things I've seen.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
‐ You should get
you some rest.
I'll let you know if we need
anything else, okay?
‐ Hey, Banks,
part of what goes on here
is experimental aircraft.
‐ And you know the deal.
It's classified.
‐ Yeah, and we got
a missing Air Force officer...
‐ I'm aware.
‐ On your territory.
So if there's something here
that can explain what happened,
we need to see it.
‐ Yeah, and I show you
top secret aircraft
without clearance,
we all get sent home.
♪ ♪
You understand.
♪ ♪
‐ Course.
You just seemed like someone
willing to bend the rules
to get to the truth.
♪ ♪
‐ He always like this?
‐ Depends if he
likes you or not.
♪ ♪
‐ I'll bend them,
not break.
♪ ♪
Then I'll deny
it ever happened.
♪ ♪
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
I don't want anything
you see here
ending up in the files
of Project Blue Book.
♪ ♪
This is "The Flying Wing,"
for obvious reasons.
♪ ♪
That's the "Stogie" X‐15,
goes Mach 3 on a bad day.
♪ ♪
And the "Tailsitter".
Bet you've never seen
anything like that before.
♪ ♪
‐ There's no weapons systems.
‐ There's no need.
CIA's all about espionage,
not engagement.
‐ So what happens
when the Soviets
spot your boys
on their radar?
‐ That's the whole point.
They don't.
This is how we end
the Cold War.
‐ Or start World War III.
♪ ♪
‐ Thank you, Father.
‐ I went through
this whole thing
while you were in there.
‐ You following me now?
‐ No, just making sure.
I remember what it was like
after Roswell the first time.
Didn't want you putting
another foot
over the ledge again.
♪ ♪
‐ I'm fine, Hugh.
♪ ♪
[pats]
I'm fine.
‐ Captain.
[dramatic music]
"Flying Wing."
♪ ♪
This underside
remind you of anything?
♪ ♪
‐ It's the exact formation
of the Lubbock Lights.
♪ ♪
And that "Stogie."
♪ ♪
Tell me that's not identical
to what they described
in the Chiles‐Whitted sighting.
These are all
top‐secret craft.
If you're not CIA‐‐
‐ Then every one
of these crafts is a UFO.
‐ Doc, these planes
might not just explain
Willingham's sighting.
They could explain
every sighting.
♪ ♪
‐ CIA currently has Blue Book
investigating a case
at Area 51.
‐ Well, if the CIA
wants a piece
of the UFO program,
good luck.
The Eisenhower administration
ain't that big.
‐ I'm thinking they're trying
to force a choice.
Who's gonna be teacher's pet,
us or them?
♪ ♪
‐ Why don't we
make that choice for Ike?
♪ ♪
‐ You know, I was hoping
we'd have our answer,
but based on what I can see,
there's no craft here
with a downward facing engine
capable of turning desert
into glass.
♪ ♪
You think Daniel's
hiding something?
‐ I think he's showing us
what he wants us to see.
‐ Yeah, then why invite us
in the first place?
‐ Well, to do what he just did,
clear the CIA.
Otherwise he's on the hook for
a missing Air Force soldier.
My guess, we never find Miller.
‐ Captain.
♪ ♪
‐ What's going on?
♪ ♪
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
What the hell happened here?
♪ ♪
‐ This is Dr. Montgomery,
presiding coroner
at the operating facility
0‐5‐1.
Let the medical record show
this will be
the initial internal exam
of Corporal Miller.
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
The subject's eyes
have been removed...
♪ ♪
As has the tongue.
♪ ♪
And there looks to be
an incision of some sort.
Precise, under the chin,
and extending back
to the esophagus and larynx.
‐ What the hell did this?
‐ Sternum has been removed
to expose
the inner cavity.
One lung missing,
the heart, the stomach.
♪ ♪
All the arteries that were cut,
they've been cauterized closed.
I can't explain how.
♪ ♪
You say you found him
in a tree?
♪ ♪
‐ [clears throat]
Yeah, um...
couldn't something like a‐‐
you know, like a mountain lion
have dragged him up there?
‐ No animal did this.
‐ It was something
put him up there.
‐ Or maybe he was dropped
from above.
[door clicks]
‐ I want everybody out.
‐ Excuse me,
what the hell is this?
‐ We're laying claim
to Corporal Miller.
‐ Under whose jurisdiction?
‐ The United States Air Force.
Is there a problem?
‐ Yes, there is, actually.
‐ Colonel,
I'm Captain Michael Quinn.
U.S. Air Force liaison‐‐
‐ Project Blue Book.
I'm aware.
Well, this no longer
concerns you.
[distant shouting]
‐ No! What are you doing?
It wasn't me!
‐ Colonel, we need
to finish this autopsy.
‐ You're making a mistake.
They set me up.
‐ Sergeant.
‐ They're saying
that I made it up,
that I killed him.
You know the truth.
You're the only one
that can help me.
‐ Where are you taking
this man?
‐ Tell them!
Please, tell them!
Tell them what you saw!
Tell them!
♪ ♪
‐ I was wrong
about the Roswell wreckage.
I thought they sent it
to Groom Lake,
but they didn't.
Read that.
‐ "When they were done staging
the photos for the press,
"the Air Force
had the debris shipped
from Fort Worth...to Ohio."
‐ Mm‐hmm.
‐ "To Wright"‐‐
if this is true, then‐‐
‐ Our own backyard.
I know.
‐ So what do you do with that?
‐ I can't do anything,
but you could.
[soft dramatic music]
‐ Evan, I'm happy to pass along
this information to my husband,
but you need to understand
that's the only way this works.
‐ Who said anything
about your husband?
You've been to the base before.
If you went there again
and got proof...
♪ ♪
Remember what we talked about?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry.
I think you have
the wrong impression of me.
Doing something like that,
that‐‐that's not who I am.
♪ ♪
‐ You sure about that?
♪ ♪
‐ So what exactly
would I be looking for?
♪ ♪
‐ Air Force is charging
Willingham with murder.
‐ How can that be?
There's no way
Willingham did
what we saw
in that autopsy room.
‐ Look, I told the Colonel
the same thing
with more colorful language.
‐ We need to talk to him.
‐ That's not gonna happen.
♪ ♪
The colonel told me you've both
been ordered back to Ohio.
‐ What?
No, we're not done here.
Who do I need to talk to?
‐ Hey, remember
what Valentine said.
If we're done, we're done.
‐ He begged for my help
as they were dragging him away.
‐ We'll have better luck
fighting this back home.
‐ Hey, hey, I'm sorry.
I don't wanna interrupt.
I'm sorry, but I wish
there's more I could do here.
But I imagine this happens
a lot for you two.
Look, in the future, if there's
ever anything I can do to help,
I'm on your side.
♪ ♪
[sighs]
Jeep's outside waiting
to take you back.
‐ All right.
♪ ♪
Doc, where you going?
♪ ♪
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
whoa, whoa, whoa.
[quietly]
What are you doing?
‐ Unless we can present
an alternate theory,
an innocent man's life
is about to be ruined.
Beyond the ridge
where we were earlier,
that's where I'm going.
‐ Where they shoot on sight?
‐ Military Jeep‐‐
we'll look like friendlies,
if they even see us.
Now or never, Captain.
‐ Hey! Hey, hey!
[men shouting]
♪ ♪
‐ I figure we've got
about 20 minutes
before they conduct
an aerial search.
We're gonna have to‐‐
‐ Whoa, did you see that?
‐ Let's check it out.
♪ ♪
Whoa.
Kill the lights.
[mysterious music]
♪ ♪
‐ What is that?
‐ I don't know.
♪ ♪
[shutter clicks]
‐ Looks good.
Go ahead. Bring it up.
♪ ♪
Got it?
[eerie music]
‐ Are those coyotes?
What are they doing?
♪ ♪
Give me that.
‐ What does that
look like to you?
♪ ♪
‐ That looks like the same
surgical dissection
that happened to Miller.
♪ ♪
Willingham didn't do that.
‐ We're gonna find out who did.
[engine rumbles]
♪ ♪
‐ All right,
follow that truck.
And don't get too close.
Don't wanna tip them off.
[suspenseful music]
♪ ♪
Where are you going, truck?
♪ ♪
‐ They can't drive
over that thing.
Why not just go around?
[clicking, whirring]
♪ ♪
‐ You've gotta be
fucking kidding me.
♪ ♪
‐ A hangar inside a mountain?
How do you even engineer that?
‐ Why would you engineer that?
‐ I wonder what it's for.
‐ Well, to keep
secret work hidden.
You think Daniel
knows about this?
‐ I think what we saw
back there
at the base
was just a cover.
This is the real Area 51.
♪ ♪
Where you going?
‐ I have a camera
in my briefcase.
‐ Doc, wait.
[dramatic music]
[electric crackling]
Doc, get down.
Something's happening.
Come on. Get the shot.
Let's get the hell
out of here, Doc.
♪ ♪
Quick.
♪ ♪
Shit.
♪ ♪
‐ They see us?
‐ We're not sticking around
to see if they did.
‐ Wait, I have to get
the camera.
‐ Leave it.
‐ We need proof.
‐ None of this matters
if we're caught.
♪ ♪
‐ Okay,
we're getting out of here.
‐ Come on.
♪ ♪
[engine rumbling]
♪ ♪
‐ You do realize
what we just saw.
‐ A base in the side
of a mountain.
‐ No, no, no, no, the coyotes,
you said so yourself.
Looks just like
what happened to Miller.
That means
Willingham is innocent.
‐ "Your Honor,
I'd like to call to the stand
"the men in hazmat suits
who disappeared
in the side of a mountain
with an electrical storm."
‐ An innocent man has just
been charged with murder!
♪ ♪
You know,
we have to do something.
‐ Yes, we get
the hell out of here first.
Already gonna be in deep shit
as soon as we get‐‐
‐ Captain!
‐ Ah, great, hold on.
[engine revving]
[suspenseful music]
‐ They've definitely
spotted us.
♪ ♪
They're getting closer!
Step on it.
‐ That's not helping, Doc.
‐ Captain!
Captain!
‐ What the hell?
[whooshing]
‐ That's no truck.
‐ What was that?
‐ Whatever it was,
it's gone.
♪ ♪
We have to get back
to the base.
♪ ♪
‐ There it is again!
Turn around!
Ah!
♪ ♪
It's circling around!
♪ ♪
Watch out!
♪ ♪
Captain, it's coming
straight for us!
‐ Duck!
[craft whooshes]
[engine grinding]
You gotta be kidding me.
Come on.
[engine grinding]
Come on.
♪ ♪
‐ Where'd it go?
[dramatic music]
♪ ♪
[helicopters whirring]
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Our own backyard.
[planes whooshing]
Mimi, if you got proof...
‐ Sorry to interrupt.
‐ Oh, you didn't interrupt.
I was just taking
a little break.
Trying to decipher Allen's
notes can be a little...
‐ Exhausting?
‐ Mm‐hmm.
[both chuckle]
‐ Well, I was just about
to lock up for the day.
‐ Right, um, I didn't realize
it had gotten so late.
‐ You're welcome to come back
and finish when you need.
‐ Thanks, Faye.
♪ ♪
I was just wondering.
I noticed some
of the hangars out there.
They seem to be unmarked.
Do you know why that is?
♪ ♪
‐ I'm sorry.
I'm not at liberty to say.
‐ Right, it's classified,
of course.
It just‐‐it seems
a little strange, doesn't it?
That kind of secrecy
on a military base?
♪ ♪
[eerie music]
♪ ♪
‐ Captain.
Hey, Captain.
♪ ♪
Where are we?
♪ ♪
‐ A military truck.
[groans]
♪ ♪
What the hell happened to us?
‐ You can't remember either?
♪ ♪
‐ The last thing I remember
is taking off in that Jeep.
‐ Me too.
♪ ♪
12 hours ago.
♪ ♪
‐ Here they are.
[indistinct chatter]
Feet. Step out, please.
‐ Captain, are we speaking
different languages?
‐ General.
‐ What part of
"return to Ohio"
did you not understand?
‐ Sir, we were headed back‐‐
‐ It was my fault.
I took off in a Jeep.
The captain, he‐‐he tried to‐‐
he tried to stop me.
‐ I already lost
a man out here!
And then I get a call
that two more are missing.
What the hell are you doing?
‐ Well, they're not
being honest with you.
I asked them to survey some
anomalous celestial activity,
something the agency has been
requesting funding for.
So I was out of line.
Should have authorized
with you first.
My apologies.
But they were a big help.
‐ I want you two
on the next flight out of here.
Do you understand me?
‐ Yes, sir.
‐ We'd like to reopen the case
into Sergeant Willingham's
encounter.
‐ Willingham confessed.
‐ He‐‐he did what?
‐ Confessed to murder?
[dramatic music]
‐ I want you two
to listen to me,
and listen to me
very carefully.
Corporal Miller's murder
was a tragedy,
and we are not gonna trivialize
that young man's death
with talk of flying
fucking saucers.
You understand me?
Now you will go home,
and I will clean up this shit
because you can't.
♪ ♪
Dismissed.
♪ ♪
‐ He told me
about the confession
as soon as he arrived.
♪ ♪
Lyin' sack of shit.
♪ ♪
‐ Why would you cover for us
like that?
‐ 'Cause I'm just like you,
Captain.
Both of you.
I think when people
try to cover up
what's really going on
in this world, we all suffer.
♪ ♪
‐ We went beyond the ridge.
♪ ♪
There's another base
inside a mountain.
What is all that?
‐ I've never been.
I don't know.
‐ What do you mean
you've never been?
Isn't that part of the CI‐‐
‐ Anything beyond the ridge,
that belongs to the Air Force.
♪ ♪
Look, for the future,
you need anything,
like help finding the truth,
just ask me first.
♪ ♪
‐ Hey, Doc, what happened
to us last night?
‐ You heard what the man said.
Everything beyond the ridge
belongs to the Air Force.
♪ ♪
‐ I heard that you're
a low‐down Yankee liar.
‐ Hi.
Here's your order.
There you go.
[gunshots]
[somber music]
♪ ♪
‐ Shane, look out!
[gunshots]
‐ You'd think Americans would
be tired of Westerns by now.
Same thing every movie.
First sign of trouble,
someone starts shooting.
[dramatic music]
Was that where you got
the idea to killing Cal?
‐ I have a new mark,
a better one.
Captain Quinn
from Project Blue Book.
The professor was a dead end,
but our intelligence was right.
The UFO program is a cover
for advanced weapons systems.
Given time, I can gain
more information.
‐ Our intel
has the CIA cooperating
with Quinn
and Professor Hynek.
The one thing
we don't have is time.
‐ Two weeks,
that's all I'll need.
‐ For what?
More photos?
Files?
‐ To start.
‐ Hmm.
I think the captain himself
would provide
for a much better source
of information.
Hmm?
♪ ♪
You can deliver him to us.
♪ ♪
‐ Kidnapping
an Air Force captain‐‐
‐ Is something you're
very capable of managing.
♪ ♪
And you owe us a body, Mishka.
♪ ♪
‐ How was Nevada?
‐ Hot.
‐ Mm.
‐ We're gonna need
to accelerate our timetable.
‐ Wait, we scrapped this
years ago and for good reason.
‐ After what I just saw
in the desert, I'm convinced
the CIA has one goal:
to see us obsolete.
That will make us
indispensable.
‐ We're taking
a big risk, Hugh.
‐ Let me tell you something.
I'm tired of these
little skirmishes.
If we're going to war,
let's fire the first
goddamn shot.
♪ ♪
‐ All right, then,
let's go to war.
♪ ♪
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