Project Blue Book (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 5 - The Men in Black - full transcript
The mysterious Man in Black kidnaps Hynek, which sends Quinn on a mission with the CIA to follow him and rescue Hynek.
Previously
on "Project Blue Book"...
No more secrets.
From now on, you and I,
we are going to work as a team.
The CIA has acquired
intelligence detailing
an imminent threat.
Where exactly
is this intel coming from?
Her name is Rebecca.
Psychics as a national
defense strategy.
Where do you find these people?
That's something I can't share.
What you need to know
about me is,
we want the same thing,
but even when the truth
flies right over your head,
it's still
impossible to believe.
But why do you need me?
It's simple. I don't exist.
- Mimi?
- She's not here.
Or Joel.
What is this?
What do you want?
(EERIE MUSIC)
♪♪
(THUNDER ROLLING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
♪♪
(GROANS)
♪♪
♪♪
(FAINT, ECHOING)
There's some aspirin over there
if you need some.
You and I can have
a little talk.
(GROANS)
(RAIN PATTERING,
THUNDER RUMBLES)
♪♪
(RASPY VOICE) Where am I?
Let me get you a glass of water.
♪♪
My family.
Safe and sound at home.
Don't worry.
It's not about them.
- How much longer?
- Less than ten.
♪♪
When we were last in touch,
I told you to stay
out of the way.
Remember?
Go back to your old life.
You didn't listen.
What exactly is it
that you want from me?
- Take these.
- You'll feel much better.
They're just aspirin. I promise.
♪♪
If you want answers
to your questions,
you're gonna need to prove to me
that you can take
my instructions seriously.
It's gonna be very important
over the next 48 hours.
♪♪
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Mimi, it's me.
- Allen, thank God.
- Where are you?
I came home and you were gone,
and Joel was waiting outside.
He didn't have a key.
Is everything okay...
No, it's fine. I'm fine.
Just...
tell Joel... tell him I'm sorry.
I had to go out of town.
I'm at the airport now.
Where is it this time?
Mimi, you know
I can't tell you everything.
We've talked about this,
remember?
Is the captain with you?
No, I'm just out here chasing
one of my crazy theories again.
I won't be gone long, though,
so I'll check in again soon.
♪♪
Um...
kiss Joel goodnight for me.
Okay?
Can you do that?
♪♪
Of course.
I love you.
I love you, too.
♪♪
Mom?
Is everything okay?
♪♪
Now...
what do you know
about Maury Island?
Maury Island?
What's that got to do
with why I'm here?
It's the most important UFO
encounter in American history.
Follow instructions, professor.
Remember?
♪♪
Uh...
21st of June, 1947,
just two weeks
before the events in Roswell,
a fisherman
by the name of Ernest Reed
was out in Puget Sound,
checking his traps.
After he's out there
about an hour,
something appeared overhead.
♪♪
He described them as...
round, silver craft
with holes in the middle,
far bigger than the size
of his boat.
And despite being able to hover
less than a hundred feet
over his head...
What in the name of God?
It didn't make a sound.
That is, not until one of them
appeared to be in distress.
(LOUD BUZZING)
He said he wasn't sure
if the craft was falling apart,
or whether it was bombing him
with these metal fragments.
And that is when
all hell broke loose.
♪♪
(GROANS)
♪♪
Mayday! Mayday!
This is the Sophie Rose 0426.
I am under attack from...
alien ships.
Repeat. Mayday! Mayday!
Professor does do his homework.
Yeah, enough to know
that Reed recanted his story
shortly after the incident.
Oh, and that's never
happened before, has it?
After government
inspectors show up?
♪♪
- You were there?
- In the shadows, yeah.
And I can assure you that Reed
was telling the truth.
There's plenty of physical
evidence to back it up.
You even had some in your hands.
I have?
♪♪
That object you had me steal
from White Forest.
That was from Maury Island?
It will be our key
to first contact.
But only if we can find
more of it.
♪♪
- Say that again.
- You have a code?
I'm telling you,
it's not official.
It's what he said on the phone.
How he said it.
"Kiss Joel goodnight for me."
(DISTANT, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Joel's going through
this phase where he hates that.
So for Allen to say it,
you have to trust me,
something is wrong.
- Mimi. I trust you.
- Let's just back things up.
What else did he say?
Something about...
chasing down one
of his crazy theories again.
Do you know
what that could mean?
Doc's crazy theories.
I'm telling you,
he wouldn't disappear
without telling me where,
especially after last year
with all the crazy secrets
you two were keeping.
Captain?
♪♪
I'm gonna need you
to stay here for a bit.
Base is the safest place
for you and Joel.
- Faye!
- We shouldn't go home now?
Not until I figure this out.
♪♪
Do you know what's happening?
I may know someone who can help.
Well, then I'm coming with you.
- No, you are staying here.
- Faye!
If Allen's in trouble, then...
If Doc's in trouble,
the last thing he'd want
is for you to put yourself
at the same risk.
But he knows
I can take care of myself.
I came to you for help, Captain,
and you are not gonna start
by lying to me.
I want to know what the hell
you think is going on.
Faye, I'm gonna need
you to make some space
for Mimi and Joel for a bit,
maybe even the night.
♪♪
She's not allowed off this base.
Okay.
♪♪
Why me, and why now?
Because it took six years
to understand
what the metal is for.
As far as you're concerned,
when the esteemed
Professor Hynek,
one of the most well respected
men in his field,
says that he has met visitors
from another world,
well, who's gonna doubt him?
You really believe
that's gonna work?
(SLAPS CARDS DOWN)
It's why I've been grooming
you this whole time, Professor.
♪♪
Forgot something.
♪♪
Now that you're gonna
play the part...
you're gonna have to dress
like it, too.
♪♪
So you don't stand out.
One of our strengths
is anonymity.
Who exactly are you people?
♪♪
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
I think that color
suits you quite well.
Who knows?
Maybe when this
is all over with,
you might even decide
to stay with us.
♪♪
Dr. Hynek.
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
♪♪
You're being awfully quiet.
Something you'd like me to say?
Well, at some point,
I will expect a thank you.
I am giving you the opportunity
of a lifetime, Professor.
Was I wrong about D.C.?
How did you know?
That date, the time...
where the UFOs would be.
I think you already know
the answer to that question.
He told you who I am.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
♪♪
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
♪♪
- Captain.
- Morning.
Please, come in.
Uh, can I help you
with something?
I just have a plane to catch.
Doc told me he spoke
with you about someone
at that lab of yours
the other day...
who could see the future,
like what's her name?
- Rebecca.
- Rebecca. (SNAPS FINGERS) Yes.
- Remember that?
- I do.
I think
he may have kidnapped him.
Details are
a little fuzzy right now,
but the doc is missing,
and I think that this guy
may have something
to do with it.
Hoping you can help.
♪♪
You know who I'm talking about.
If we're talking about
the same guy, yes, I do.
Then why do you
look more worried than I do?
♪♪
Yeah, all right.
His name is William.
He was a member
of our program years back.
Before I was there.
He was very gifted.
But also very dangerous.
They thought I was dangerous.
What, because you could
see the future?
Because I could see
the potential.
Beyond intelligence.
So you left the program?
No one ever leaves the program.
I escaped.
Along with some others
who believed as I did.
Believed what?
He had a theory
about UFOs and contact
that he and other members
of the program were conduits,
antennas,
as he liked to call them,
that were meant
to communicate with, uh...
- Little green men.
- Mm-hmm.
There was no reasoning with him.
The CIA only
wanted to cover up the truth.
The truth I suspect
you already know.
This is madness.
You never thought the same?
You see why I chose you?
Because you and I,
we're a lot alike.
So how do we find him?
The agency
has been looking for years.
I wish I knew.
What about Rebecca? Huh?
Isn't that her specialty?
We tried.
She can't see him.
♪♪
She never tried
to find Hynek, though.
♪♪
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
I'm still working
on getting you and Joel
a spot in the barracks,
but it shouldn't take
much longer.
Thank you.
Faye,
my husband's still out there,
and he needs my help.
I can't just, you know,
sit here right now.
I'm so sorry.
I can't imagine
what you're going through.
If I could just look
at the Blue Book reports,
the classified ones,
maybe I could
try and help find him.
I wish I could
help you with that,
but, um, if I grant you access
to those documents...
- That would put you at risk.
- Of course.
Why don't I take Joel
on a tour of the base?
That way,
you can stay by the phone
in case the captain calls.
♪♪
I'd appreciate that.
(KEYS JINGLE)
♪♪
I imagine we'd probably
be gone at least an hour.
Thank you.
For what?
♪♪
- Van Dyke delivers.
- (BAT SMACKS BALL)
It's a groundball
back to the pitcher.
- He knocked it down.
- Come on, boys.
You got this. Come on.
(RADIO STATIC)
What?
Hello, Ernest.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Relax. This won't take long.
♪♪
Mr. Reed, would you like
to have a seat, please?
We're not here to hurt you.
♪♪
I never said
anything to anybody.
All these years,
just like you said.
I swear.
Professor.
Mr. Reed, this is gonna be
very easy, okay?
We just... all we need
from you is for you to give us
the location of where
the initial incident occurred.
Can you do that? Just...
circle the spot where you saw
the ships that afternoon
and where the metal fell
and we'll be on our way.
That's it.
♪♪
Is this a joke?
Look, there were no ships.
No metal.
It never happened...
We're not the Air Force.
This is not a test.
Just tell us the truth.
I am.
What, are you saying you
were making the whole thing up?
Look, I was trying
to collect on some insurance.
Some fire damage on my boat.
Now, you know that.
No, that was a story
you told the investigators
to keep them from bothering you
after we showed up.
But it's the truth.
♪♪
- No, what are you doing?
- What are you doing?
The Air Force told you to lie.
We came to you for the truth.
Now if they're still
paying you to keep lying...
- Nobody's paying me anything.
- (GUN COCKS)
- No, put that gun away.
- Put it away.
There were never any ships.
Then I guess
we are wasting our time.
♪♪
Please, you don't...
you don't have to do this.
Please.
If you shoot this man,
you are never
going to get what you want.
Not unless
you understand the process
of thermohaline circulation
and how to account for it.
Unless I what?
Look, it's really not my area,
but you understand
what I'm talking about, yes?
- Yes.
- Oceanic upwelling?
Mm-hmm.
Ocean currents are driven
by global density gradients
created by surface heat
and freshwater fluxes,
so anything, anything landing
on the seafloor that long ago,
almost certainly
will have moved.
So even if Mr. Reed
can pinpoint the location
of that metal six years ago,
he can't guarantee anything
is gonna still be there, right?
- That's right.
- But as someone
who sailed this water for years,
you're gonna have
a better understanding
of where it
may have drifted to, yes?
Yes, sir.
So... not unless
you want to go out there
running around in circles,
looking for something
that no one can help you find
but Mr. Reed here,
you need to keep him alive.
And you need
to take him with us.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
(DOOR BUZZES, OPENS)
♪♪
You remember Captain Quinn.
♪♪
Nice to see you again.
Something's wrong.
From the look on your face.
I'm not picking up anything,
if that's what you're thinking.
♪♪
We need your help.
Captain Quinn's
colleague is missing.
Dr. Hynek. You remember him?
- What happened?
- Let's...
try to give a clean
assessment first
before we give any details.
♪♪
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)
(GASPS)
♪♪
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
♪♪
(PANTING)
♪♪
Well...
it's all so very hazy.
Um...
but I know that this,
this part is important.
I'm just not sure why.
I'm sorry.
I wish I could tell you more.
Well, none of it
looks familiar to you?
I need Hynek right now
to help me find Hynek.
What a colossal waste of time.
Yeah, let's forget about
the pictures for a second.
Now, what would William
need with him?
His access, his expertise,
his what?
Well, he did have Doc steal
something for him once.
Steal what?
It was a...
It's not important.
Then why'd you bring it up?
Look,
don't play games with me here.
Hang on. Hold this up.
♪♪
Son of a bitch.
- What? What is it?
- I gotta make a phone call.
(FOGHORN BLARES DISTANTLY)
Which boat is yours?
The Sophie Rose
there on the end of the dock.
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
Are we gonna find anything
when we get out there?
I don't know.
Maybe he knows
something I don't.
He's got me so confused,
I don't know
what I believe anymore.
I don't know what's real.
Run for help.
- What?
- I'll take care of him.
Do it,
or we could both get killed.
You understand? Go.
♪♪
Get the professor!
♪♪
You know what you just did?
You never had any intention
of bringing him back alive
after he showed us where to go.
- Get him on the boat.
- We gotta get out of here.
But what am I looking at here?
Okay. Is this the object
the professor had to steal?
♪♪
Is it classified?
♪♪
You come to me, ask for help.
I not only give it to you,
I bring you
into a classified program
that puts me at risk again.
So either you start
being honest with me,
or you can get
the fuck out of my lab.
♪♪
Yes,
it looks like what Hynek stole.
And yes, it was classified.
The only other thing
you need to know
is that it could lead us
back to Hynek.
♪♪
Who I'm pretty sure
is in real trouble right now.
From someone
who used to work here.
♪♪
How do you get a goddamn
dial tone on this thing?
(PHONE RINGING)
Project Blue Book.
Mimi.
It's Captain Quinn.
- Perfect.
- I think I found something.
- Can you put Faye, please?
- It's urgent.
The man in the black hat,
the one who told Allen
about the events in D.C.,
I think he may be involved.
Allen told me he's someone
to be concerned with,
and there's this photo
here from 1947.
I'm not sure yet,
but you might be onto something.
There's this other piece,
also this...
something Doc stole
from a base in New Mexico.
- Was it that piece of metal?
- You know about that.
It may be part
of a UFO invasion from 1947.
Washington State.
One where metal debris
rained down from the sky.
And it also happened to be...
the first reported sighting
of men in black hats...
who came to silence a town.
You sure about this?
I'm looking
at the photo right now.
Where in Washington?
♪♪
Funny, isn't it?
For centuries, man used
the stars as his only map.
Now, look. You and I are using
maps to chase the stars.
We're almost there.
Port side, 20 degrees.
Slow ahead. 200 yards.
- Port side, 20 degrees.
- Slow ahead, 200 yards.
That was admirable what you
did back there, by the way.
Helping Reed.
Though he didn't
really deserve it.
And I do?
After everything I've shown you,
you still just
can't trust me, can you?
Remote Viewing.
That's what
they called the program.
Although it was really
just another way of waging war.
Make it feel safe.
Calling targets
from that white room.
They asked me to look
at a target run one time.
I told them, "Don't engage."
There's civilians,
parents, children inside."
♪♪
I remember
I saw this little girl.
She had a little hair brush.
She's brushing
her mother's hair.
(CHILD LAUGHS)
Boom! (EXPLOSION)
That's when they detonated
the bomb.
I wasn't really there,
of course.
But I could hear their screams.
I could feel that heat.
♪♪
I still do.
I'm sorry.
They didn't believe me then.
But they'll believe you.
You'll make them believe.
♪♪
We're here.
You sure
we're in the right spot?
Yeah.
See for yourself.
And look, because of you,
we'll soon
be making first contact.
(EERIE MUSIC)
♪♪
When you get to the bottom,
grab whatever debris
you can find.
Give two tugs on the rope,
we'll pull you back up.
All right?
(OXYGEN TANK HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
You know, there's no way
to know for sure
if we're even in the exact spot.
It could all just be
subsurface bioluminescent algae,
or something like that.
♪♪
(RADIO STATIC)
♪♪ Under this shining light
- Go shut that off.
- It's distracting.
(MUSIC MUFFLES AS IF UNDERWATER)
(RADIO STATIC)
♪♪ I am so in love
(RADIO STATIC)
Marine radios don't play music.
Turn it off!
I'm trying.
(ELECTRICITY HUMS, CRACKLES)
(REPETITIVE TONE, HUMMING)
(ELECTRICITY POWERS DOWN)
(BOAT CREAKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
♪♪
(ROPE CHURNS)
- There, there.
- That's the signal.
Pull him up. Hit the switch.
(BOAT GROANING)
Brace yourself!
- Whoa!
- (GRUNTS)
Cut the rope! Cut the rope!
♪♪
(GRUNTS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
(GROANS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVVING)
♪♪
(ROPE STRAINS)
♪♪
What happened? Did you cut it?
It just snapped free on its own.
Watch, watch, watch, watch!
(WATER BUBBLING SLOWLY)
There. Something's coming up.
What is that?
I'm not sure.
♪♪
There.
♪♪
- Come on.
- (GRUNTING, SPUTTERING)
Come on there. (GRUNTS)
(ALL GRUNTING) We got you.
(GRUNTS) Yeah.
- I got something.
- I got some of the metal.
- Get up.
- (COUGHS)
(GRUNTS)
Where's Charles?
- He's gone.
- What?
- It's all gone.
- We have to go now.
- No, no, no.
- We can't just leave him there...
He's gone!
We have to go now,
or we're gonna die.
♪♪
(METAL CLANGS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDING)
♪♪
I know what it feels like
to lose a partner.
My cousin flew
with the Red Tails,
and we were like brothers.
Got shot down over Sicily.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Yeah, but I'm sure you got
plenty of those same stories.
See, but I didn't fight
in the war.
I know.
How do you know that?
I just know.
I did train to be a Marine.
Montford Point, Jacksonville.
Oh, yeah? Montford?
Mm-hmm.
How'd you get into Intelligence?
Well,
my former CO loved to gamble.
Baseball.
Now, I didn't give a shit
about sports,
but I had a knack for research.
Stats, that sort of thing.
I would listen to his picks,
give him my assessment.
He started winning.
Next thing I know,
keeps me from shipping out.
Puts me on the payroll
at the CIG.
CIG?
Yeah, CIG was the predecessor
to the CIA.
Roger that.
So, uh,
you happy where you are?
Project Blue Book?
The work I do is vital
to the survival of our country.
Russians want us to panic,
we help keep America calm.
UFOs, people from other planets.
You're saying
that we shouldn't panic?
I think
there's no reason to fear
what we still don't understand.
♪♪
How could you that?
Leave your man back there
in the water like that?
- He knew the risks.
- But what if he's still alive?
Have you forgotten
what's going on here?
What we found down there?
- What, pitchstone?
- Volcanic glass?
You find that everywhere
in this region.
You think it was pitchstone
at the bottom of Puget Sound
that nearly capsized our boat?
If your anchor
snagged in a log down there,
it gets pulled
into an underwater current
or a whirlpool.
It wasn't a whirlpool.
That shot you back
to the surface like that,
dragged off your mask?
- You weren't down there.
- You didn't feel what I felt.
That deep,
lack of oxygen to your brain
will play all kinds
of tricks on your senses.
There is a completely rational
explanation for all of this.
Tricks? Tricks?
That kind of skepticism
may be appreciated
by the Air Force, but out here,
it can get you killed.
Well, maybe you
shouldn't have brought
a scientist with you.
What kind of a scientist
doesn't want to be responsible
for making the biggest
discovery in all of mankind?
Let's get a move on.
We don't have a lot of time.
♪♪
(DISTANT SIREN BLARING)
♪♪
(DISTANT PHONE RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Excuse me. Sheriff?
Be with you in a minute.
Sheriff.
Captain Michael Quinn.
U.S. Air Force.
This is agent Daniel Banks, CIA.
(CLEARS THROAT)
What can I do for you?
We're looking
for a missing person
we believe may be
on Maury Island.
Name's Dr. Allen Hynek.
Say he's a doctor?
Hey, Reed.
Come over
and take a look at this.
This look like one
of those men to you?
Oh, my God. Yeah, that's him.
- That's the one.
- You've seen this man here?
This guy,
along with a couple others,
broke into my house
and kidnapped me.
Yeah,
I think you got the wrong guy.
No, I don't. That's him.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- Just hold on a second.
All right, first of all,
what's your name?
- Ernest Reed.
- Mr. Reed,
you're saying that
this man kidnapped you?
They had guns.
And they forced me
to take them to my boat,
but this guy?
He helped me escape.
Amy,
show them what you've drawn up.
(TENSE MUSIC)
He's confident this the man
you're looking for.
♪♪
Sheriff, couple of fishermen
just spotted the men in black
on shore about a mile
off the coast of Gig Harbor.
They're headed into the woods.
Let's go.
♪♪
Now we know how they got ashore.
Well, we don't know for sure
this came from Reed's boat.
No telling
where they went from here.
Let's fan out, see what else
we can find, fellas.
- Yes, sir.
- You got it.
Now, Reed told the sheriff
that Hynek was helping William.
They're on the same team.
Reed also said
Hynek helped him escape.
Then why didn't Hynek
escape with him?
I don't know.
You know,
when William left the agency,
he took a lot
of people with him.
People who we screened.
Who you never think
crossed the line like that.
No, that's not Doc.
No?
Didn't he already
steal classified material?
Is that not like him, either?
Look, I know you want
to believe in your friend here,
but we gotta start
confronting the facts.
♪♪
What the hell are those?
Coordinates?
Headed to airstrip, Captain.
♪♪
Hynek's not with William.
He's trying to help
lead us to him.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You gonna tell me
where we're going?
You already know
where we're going.
You had it
figured out all along.
Saw the research in your office.
♪♪
- Antarctica?
- Yep.
♪♪
Are you sure that's safe?
You know,
there was one other detail
about the Maury Island case
that I didn't tell you.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
After the Army retrieved
the metal that Reed
salvaged from his encounter,
they loaded it onto a plane
a lot bigger than that one.
♪♪
That plane crashed,
killing the two officers
on board.
Almost done. Two minutes.
Thank you.
What makes you think
I don't know about that?
Look, if that metal
has such powerful properties,
why fly with it
if you know it brought down
another plane already?
Oh, so you do think
that it was the metal
that brought the plane down?
I thought you said
it was volcanic glass.
No, no, no,
the object that I stole
at White Forest was not. That...
that had properties
and a composition
that I can't explain.
Because it's not found
on this Earth.
♪♪
It wasn't the metal
that caused the plane to crash.
♪♪
We should've maybe
used the backup.
- No cops.
- Way too many questions.
Well, I still have questions
of my own.
Are you sure
there's an airstrip out here?
Well, through here
is the only flat patch
of land for miles.
And there it is.
♪♪
- You sabotaged that plane?
- Innocent people died.
I had to secure
and protect the evidence.
- Air Force officers...
- The same officers
who were sworn
to cover up the truth.
You don't think
he'd turn now, do you?
I'll ask him
once we get him out of there.
All right, so what's our move?
All right, Reed said
these guys were armed.
You brought your gun?
No.
I'm not a cowboy.
I don't carry it everywhere.
Ready when you are.
♪♪
- You don't need me anymore.
- Let me go.
If I do,
you'll never forgive yourself.
♪♪
Get on the plane.
(ENGINE TURNING OVER)
♪♪
Whatever we're gonna do,
we need to do it now.
Okay. You win.
Let me examine
the metal before we go.
I could run some...
- You're stalling.
- You're stalling.
If it turns out
to be extraterrestrial,
I will get on this plane.
Wait, where are you going?
They know you.
They see you coming, they shoot.
- I got this one.
- What you gonna do?
Just make sure you got my back.
You'll know when.
- I gave you UFOs over D.C.
- What did you do?
You blame it
on temperature inversion.
I had to.
I risked my life
to show you that.
- I listened to you.
- I followed your breadcrumbs.
I stole for you.
I mean,
what else do you want from me?
I want you to believe.
It's not about what I believe.
It's about what I can prove.
Professor, I thought
we were kindred spirits.
And now I see how wrong I was.
You're nothing but a coward.
- You're afraid of the truth.
- Can you help me out?
- You want the truth?
- My car.
♪♪
What are you doing?
- Whoa.
- Don't take another step.
- I just need some help.
- My car broke down...
Hands to your side.
I don't want any trouble.
I just need some help. I don't...
(BOTH GRUNTING)
♪♪
- Stop right there, Captain.
- Drop it.
- It's all right, Doc.
- I got this.
- Daniel.
- Yeah, you must be William.
You want to tell
this Air Force lackey here
that I'm more important
to the government alive
than I am dead?
Let's everyone try to relax.
I'm gonna count to three.
- No, no.
- One.
- Bad idea.
- Two.
- Captain.
- Three.
♪♪
♪♪
Yeah, you take direction
very well.
Thank you.
♪♪
He won't be getting far.
Then what the hell
do you call that?
Plane's leaking fuel.
He'll be down soon enough.
Yeah. But where?
♪♪
No, no, it wasn't so much
the rosary beads.
It was the gnomes.
(LAUGHTER)
So, uh, seriously...
what do we tell the generals
when we get back?
I think this one we keep
strictly to ourselves.
Three of us.
I already got my people on it.
CIA will make it
like it never happened.
But we'll also do whatever
we can to hunt William down.
- Promise.
- Thank you, Daniel.
Hey, throw me
on that party list, too.
When the time comes.
You know, um,
you two,
you do make a pretty good team.
- (LAUGHS)
- Yeah, he's not bad.
For Central Intelligence.
Let's not make a habit of it,
though.
(LAUGHS)
All right. You fellas excuse me.
I want to see
if I can get some more ice.
You had me worried there
for a second, Doc.
Cops thought
you were one of them.
Yeah,
imagine even you had doubts.
Well, I thought...
"No way he's wearing that coat
for the rest of his life."
♪♪
Yeah, well,
it was all my fault, you know?
I mean, if I hadn't allowed
myself to get taken in by him...
No, look.
The symbol, the metal, UFOs.
He did show you things, Doc.
There still are
unanswered questions.
Yeah, but I was ready to take
us to Antarctica, Captain.
Based on what?
Certainly not science.
That could've been me.
But it's not.
That's why you're here,
and he's out there.
♪♪
So how exactly did you find me?
♪♪
♪♪
Allen?
Allen?
Mimi.
- You're okay.
- Yes, I am.
Thanks to you.
Quinn told me what you did.
I'm just so sorry, Mimi.
No, it's okay.
You're home.
You're home.
Mrs. Hynek, couldn't have
done it without you.
I know.
(PHONE RINGING)
- What did you tell Joel?
- Project Blue Book.
I told him that his dad
was busy working,
and he'd be home soon.
Just don't try
to kiss him goodnight, okay?
It's amazing that you picked
up on that enough to know.
Thank you.
May I steal him for a moment,
Mrs. Hynek?
No, you cannot.
If you have something to say,
you say it to both of us.
♪♪
That was my contact
at the National Guard.
They found William's plane.
Crashed in Mount Hood National
Forest outside of Portland.
Is William alive?
There's no sign of him.
No sign of any cargo, either.
(SIGHS)
Look, I'm gonna make some calls.
I'll have a private
security detail
for your family
within the hour...
- No.
- I need to take my family home.
- Doc.
- Please, trust me.
William has what he wants.
He's not coming back for me.
He's got his own path now.
♪♪
The hell?
What is all this?
- Your homework, Captain.
- Right, sir, anything else?
- At ease.
- That's it.
- Excuse me.
- I'm sorry.
- I'll be after you.
- It's okay.
♪♪
What's the Robertson Panel?
Seems Central
Intelligence will put
the U.S. Air Force on trial.
With a full investigation
into Project Blue Book.
CIA? They can do that?
This is a matter
of national security.
They can do whatever
the hell they want.
But what's the purpose?
We're not clear on that.
We brought all the files
from Project Sign and Grudge
so as to be thorough.
Is that understood?
Read everything you can, fellas.
We've got targets
on our backs now,
so make yourselves bulletproof.
Otherwise,
Blue Book is finished.
♪♪
(CHILD COUNTING INDISTINCTLY)
on "Project Blue Book"...
No more secrets.
From now on, you and I,
we are going to work as a team.
The CIA has acquired
intelligence detailing
an imminent threat.
Where exactly
is this intel coming from?
Her name is Rebecca.
Psychics as a national
defense strategy.
Where do you find these people?
That's something I can't share.
What you need to know
about me is,
we want the same thing,
but even when the truth
flies right over your head,
it's still
impossible to believe.
But why do you need me?
It's simple. I don't exist.
- Mimi?
- She's not here.
Or Joel.
What is this?
What do you want?
(EERIE MUSIC)
♪♪
(THUNDER ROLLING)
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
♪♪
(GROANS)
♪♪
♪♪
(FAINT, ECHOING)
There's some aspirin over there
if you need some.
You and I can have
a little talk.
(GROANS)
(RAIN PATTERING,
THUNDER RUMBLES)
♪♪
(RASPY VOICE) Where am I?
Let me get you a glass of water.
♪♪
My family.
Safe and sound at home.
Don't worry.
It's not about them.
- How much longer?
- Less than ten.
♪♪
When we were last in touch,
I told you to stay
out of the way.
Remember?
Go back to your old life.
You didn't listen.
What exactly is it
that you want from me?
- Take these.
- You'll feel much better.
They're just aspirin. I promise.
♪♪
If you want answers
to your questions,
you're gonna need to prove to me
that you can take
my instructions seriously.
It's gonna be very important
over the next 48 hours.
♪♪
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello?
Mimi, it's me.
- Allen, thank God.
- Where are you?
I came home and you were gone,
and Joel was waiting outside.
He didn't have a key.
Is everything okay...
No, it's fine. I'm fine.
Just...
tell Joel... tell him I'm sorry.
I had to go out of town.
I'm at the airport now.
Where is it this time?
Mimi, you know
I can't tell you everything.
We've talked about this,
remember?
Is the captain with you?
No, I'm just out here chasing
one of my crazy theories again.
I won't be gone long, though,
so I'll check in again soon.
♪♪
Um...
kiss Joel goodnight for me.
Okay?
Can you do that?
♪♪
Of course.
I love you.
I love you, too.
♪♪
Mom?
Is everything okay?
♪♪
Now...
what do you know
about Maury Island?
Maury Island?
What's that got to do
with why I'm here?
It's the most important UFO
encounter in American history.
Follow instructions, professor.
Remember?
♪♪
Uh...
21st of June, 1947,
just two weeks
before the events in Roswell,
a fisherman
by the name of Ernest Reed
was out in Puget Sound,
checking his traps.
After he's out there
about an hour,
something appeared overhead.
♪♪
He described them as...
round, silver craft
with holes in the middle,
far bigger than the size
of his boat.
And despite being able to hover
less than a hundred feet
over his head...
What in the name of God?
It didn't make a sound.
That is, not until one of them
appeared to be in distress.
(LOUD BUZZING)
He said he wasn't sure
if the craft was falling apart,
or whether it was bombing him
with these metal fragments.
And that is when
all hell broke loose.
♪♪
(GROANS)
♪♪
Mayday! Mayday!
This is the Sophie Rose 0426.
I am under attack from...
alien ships.
Repeat. Mayday! Mayday!
Professor does do his homework.
Yeah, enough to know
that Reed recanted his story
shortly after the incident.
Oh, and that's never
happened before, has it?
After government
inspectors show up?
♪♪
- You were there?
- In the shadows, yeah.
And I can assure you that Reed
was telling the truth.
There's plenty of physical
evidence to back it up.
You even had some in your hands.
I have?
♪♪
That object you had me steal
from White Forest.
That was from Maury Island?
It will be our key
to first contact.
But only if we can find
more of it.
♪♪
- Say that again.
- You have a code?
I'm telling you,
it's not official.
It's what he said on the phone.
How he said it.
"Kiss Joel goodnight for me."
(DISTANT, INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Joel's going through
this phase where he hates that.
So for Allen to say it,
you have to trust me,
something is wrong.
- Mimi. I trust you.
- Let's just back things up.
What else did he say?
Something about...
chasing down one
of his crazy theories again.
Do you know
what that could mean?
Doc's crazy theories.
I'm telling you,
he wouldn't disappear
without telling me where,
especially after last year
with all the crazy secrets
you two were keeping.
Captain?
♪♪
I'm gonna need you
to stay here for a bit.
Base is the safest place
for you and Joel.
- Faye!
- We shouldn't go home now?
Not until I figure this out.
♪♪
Do you know what's happening?
I may know someone who can help.
Well, then I'm coming with you.
- No, you are staying here.
- Faye!
If Allen's in trouble, then...
If Doc's in trouble,
the last thing he'd want
is for you to put yourself
at the same risk.
But he knows
I can take care of myself.
I came to you for help, Captain,
and you are not gonna start
by lying to me.
I want to know what the hell
you think is going on.
Faye, I'm gonna need
you to make some space
for Mimi and Joel for a bit,
maybe even the night.
♪♪
She's not allowed off this base.
Okay.
♪♪
Why me, and why now?
Because it took six years
to understand
what the metal is for.
As far as you're concerned,
when the esteemed
Professor Hynek,
one of the most well respected
men in his field,
says that he has met visitors
from another world,
well, who's gonna doubt him?
You really believe
that's gonna work?
(SLAPS CARDS DOWN)
It's why I've been grooming
you this whole time, Professor.
♪♪
Forgot something.
♪♪
Now that you're gonna
play the part...
you're gonna have to dress
like it, too.
♪♪
So you don't stand out.
One of our strengths
is anonymity.
Who exactly are you people?
♪♪
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
I think that color
suits you quite well.
Who knows?
Maybe when this
is all over with,
you might even decide
to stay with us.
♪♪
Dr. Hynek.
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
♪♪
You're being awfully quiet.
Something you'd like me to say?
Well, at some point,
I will expect a thank you.
I am giving you the opportunity
of a lifetime, Professor.
Was I wrong about D.C.?
How did you know?
That date, the time...
where the UFOs would be.
I think you already know
the answer to that question.
He told you who I am.
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
♪♪
(KNOCKING AT DOOR)
(TENSE MUSIC BUILDS)
♪♪
- Captain.
- Morning.
Please, come in.
Uh, can I help you
with something?
I just have a plane to catch.
Doc told me he spoke
with you about someone
at that lab of yours
the other day...
who could see the future,
like what's her name?
- Rebecca.
- Rebecca. (SNAPS FINGERS) Yes.
- Remember that?
- I do.
I think
he may have kidnapped him.
Details are
a little fuzzy right now,
but the doc is missing,
and I think that this guy
may have something
to do with it.
Hoping you can help.
♪♪
You know who I'm talking about.
If we're talking about
the same guy, yes, I do.
Then why do you
look more worried than I do?
♪♪
Yeah, all right.
His name is William.
He was a member
of our program years back.
Before I was there.
He was very gifted.
But also very dangerous.
They thought I was dangerous.
What, because you could
see the future?
Because I could see
the potential.
Beyond intelligence.
So you left the program?
No one ever leaves the program.
I escaped.
Along with some others
who believed as I did.
Believed what?
He had a theory
about UFOs and contact
that he and other members
of the program were conduits,
antennas,
as he liked to call them,
that were meant
to communicate with, uh...
- Little green men.
- Mm-hmm.
There was no reasoning with him.
The CIA only
wanted to cover up the truth.
The truth I suspect
you already know.
This is madness.
You never thought the same?
You see why I chose you?
Because you and I,
we're a lot alike.
So how do we find him?
The agency
has been looking for years.
I wish I knew.
What about Rebecca? Huh?
Isn't that her specialty?
We tried.
She can't see him.
♪♪
She never tried
to find Hynek, though.
♪♪
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)
I'm still working
on getting you and Joel
a spot in the barracks,
but it shouldn't take
much longer.
Thank you.
Faye,
my husband's still out there,
and he needs my help.
I can't just, you know,
sit here right now.
I'm so sorry.
I can't imagine
what you're going through.
If I could just look
at the Blue Book reports,
the classified ones,
maybe I could
try and help find him.
I wish I could
help you with that,
but, um, if I grant you access
to those documents...
- That would put you at risk.
- Of course.
Why don't I take Joel
on a tour of the base?
That way,
you can stay by the phone
in case the captain calls.
♪♪
I'd appreciate that.
(KEYS JINGLE)
♪♪
I imagine we'd probably
be gone at least an hour.
Thank you.
For what?
♪♪
- Van Dyke delivers.
- (BAT SMACKS BALL)
It's a groundball
back to the pitcher.
- He knocked it down.
- Come on, boys.
You got this. Come on.
(RADIO STATIC)
What?
Hello, Ernest.
(TENSE MUSIC)
Relax. This won't take long.
♪♪
Mr. Reed, would you like
to have a seat, please?
We're not here to hurt you.
♪♪
I never said
anything to anybody.
All these years,
just like you said.
I swear.
Professor.
Mr. Reed, this is gonna be
very easy, okay?
We just... all we need
from you is for you to give us
the location of where
the initial incident occurred.
Can you do that? Just...
circle the spot where you saw
the ships that afternoon
and where the metal fell
and we'll be on our way.
That's it.
♪♪
Is this a joke?
Look, there were no ships.
No metal.
It never happened...
We're not the Air Force.
This is not a test.
Just tell us the truth.
I am.
What, are you saying you
were making the whole thing up?
Look, I was trying
to collect on some insurance.
Some fire damage on my boat.
Now, you know that.
No, that was a story
you told the investigators
to keep them from bothering you
after we showed up.
But it's the truth.
♪♪
- No, what are you doing?
- What are you doing?
The Air Force told you to lie.
We came to you for the truth.
Now if they're still
paying you to keep lying...
- Nobody's paying me anything.
- (GUN COCKS)
- No, put that gun away.
- Put it away.
There were never any ships.
Then I guess
we are wasting our time.
♪♪
Please, you don't...
you don't have to do this.
Please.
If you shoot this man,
you are never
going to get what you want.
Not unless
you understand the process
of thermohaline circulation
and how to account for it.
Unless I what?
Look, it's really not my area,
but you understand
what I'm talking about, yes?
- Yes.
- Oceanic upwelling?
Mm-hmm.
Ocean currents are driven
by global density gradients
created by surface heat
and freshwater fluxes,
so anything, anything landing
on the seafloor that long ago,
almost certainly
will have moved.
So even if Mr. Reed
can pinpoint the location
of that metal six years ago,
he can't guarantee anything
is gonna still be there, right?
- That's right.
- But as someone
who sailed this water for years,
you're gonna have
a better understanding
of where it
may have drifted to, yes?
Yes, sir.
So... not unless
you want to go out there
running around in circles,
looking for something
that no one can help you find
but Mr. Reed here,
you need to keep him alive.
And you need
to take him with us.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
(DOOR BUZZES, OPENS)
♪♪
You remember Captain Quinn.
♪♪
Nice to see you again.
Something's wrong.
From the look on your face.
I'm not picking up anything,
if that's what you're thinking.
♪♪
We need your help.
Captain Quinn's
colleague is missing.
Dr. Hynek. You remember him?
- What happened?
- Let's...
try to give a clean
assessment first
before we give any details.
♪♪
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC BUILDS)
(GASPS)
♪♪
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
♪♪
(PANTING)
♪♪
Well...
it's all so very hazy.
Um...
but I know that this,
this part is important.
I'm just not sure why.
I'm sorry.
I wish I could tell you more.
Well, none of it
looks familiar to you?
I need Hynek right now
to help me find Hynek.
What a colossal waste of time.
Yeah, let's forget about
the pictures for a second.
Now, what would William
need with him?
His access, his expertise,
his what?
Well, he did have Doc steal
something for him once.
Steal what?
It was a...
It's not important.
Then why'd you bring it up?
Look,
don't play games with me here.
Hang on. Hold this up.
♪♪
Son of a bitch.
- What? What is it?
- I gotta make a phone call.
(FOGHORN BLARES DISTANTLY)
Which boat is yours?
The Sophie Rose
there on the end of the dock.
(SEAGULLS SQUAWKING)
Are we gonna find anything
when we get out there?
I don't know.
Maybe he knows
something I don't.
He's got me so confused,
I don't know
what I believe anymore.
I don't know what's real.
Run for help.
- What?
- I'll take care of him.
Do it,
or we could both get killed.
You understand? Go.
♪♪
Get the professor!
♪♪
You know what you just did?
You never had any intention
of bringing him back alive
after he showed us where to go.
- Get him on the boat.
- We gotta get out of here.
But what am I looking at here?
Okay. Is this the object
the professor had to steal?
♪♪
Is it classified?
♪♪
You come to me, ask for help.
I not only give it to you,
I bring you
into a classified program
that puts me at risk again.
So either you start
being honest with me,
or you can get
the fuck out of my lab.
♪♪
Yes,
it looks like what Hynek stole.
And yes, it was classified.
The only other thing
you need to know
is that it could lead us
back to Hynek.
♪♪
Who I'm pretty sure
is in real trouble right now.
From someone
who used to work here.
♪♪
How do you get a goddamn
dial tone on this thing?
(PHONE RINGING)
Project Blue Book.
Mimi.
It's Captain Quinn.
- Perfect.
- I think I found something.
- Can you put Faye, please?
- It's urgent.
The man in the black hat,
the one who told Allen
about the events in D.C.,
I think he may be involved.
Allen told me he's someone
to be concerned with,
and there's this photo
here from 1947.
I'm not sure yet,
but you might be onto something.
There's this other piece,
also this...
something Doc stole
from a base in New Mexico.
- Was it that piece of metal?
- You know about that.
It may be part
of a UFO invasion from 1947.
Washington State.
One where metal debris
rained down from the sky.
And it also happened to be...
the first reported sighting
of men in black hats...
who came to silence a town.
You sure about this?
I'm looking
at the photo right now.
Where in Washington?
♪♪
Funny, isn't it?
For centuries, man used
the stars as his only map.
Now, look. You and I are using
maps to chase the stars.
We're almost there.
Port side, 20 degrees.
Slow ahead. 200 yards.
- Port side, 20 degrees.
- Slow ahead, 200 yards.
That was admirable what you
did back there, by the way.
Helping Reed.
Though he didn't
really deserve it.
And I do?
After everything I've shown you,
you still just
can't trust me, can you?
Remote Viewing.
That's what
they called the program.
Although it was really
just another way of waging war.
Make it feel safe.
Calling targets
from that white room.
They asked me to look
at a target run one time.
I told them, "Don't engage."
There's civilians,
parents, children inside."
♪♪
I remember
I saw this little girl.
She had a little hair brush.
She's brushing
her mother's hair.
(CHILD LAUGHS)
Boom! (EXPLOSION)
That's when they detonated
the bomb.
I wasn't really there,
of course.
But I could hear their screams.
I could feel that heat.
♪♪
I still do.
I'm sorry.
They didn't believe me then.
But they'll believe you.
You'll make them believe.
♪♪
We're here.
You sure
we're in the right spot?
Yeah.
See for yourself.
And look, because of you,
we'll soon
be making first contact.
(EERIE MUSIC)
♪♪
When you get to the bottom,
grab whatever debris
you can find.
Give two tugs on the rope,
we'll pull you back up.
All right?
(OXYGEN TANK HUMMING)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
♪♪
You know, there's no way
to know for sure
if we're even in the exact spot.
It could all just be
subsurface bioluminescent algae,
or something like that.
♪♪
(RADIO STATIC)
♪♪ Under this shining light
- Go shut that off.
- It's distracting.
(MUSIC MUFFLES AS IF UNDERWATER)
(RADIO STATIC)
♪♪ I am so in love
(RADIO STATIC)
Marine radios don't play music.
Turn it off!
I'm trying.
(ELECTRICITY HUMS, CRACKLES)
(REPETITIVE TONE, HUMMING)
(ELECTRICITY POWERS DOWN)
(BOAT CREAKING)
(SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC)
♪♪
(ROPE CHURNS)
- There, there.
- That's the signal.
Pull him up. Hit the switch.
(BOAT GROANING)
Brace yourself!
- Whoa!
- (GRUNTS)
Cut the rope! Cut the rope!
♪♪
(GRUNTS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
(GROANS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVVING)
♪♪
(ROPE STRAINS)
♪♪
What happened? Did you cut it?
It just snapped free on its own.
Watch, watch, watch, watch!
(WATER BUBBLING SLOWLY)
There. Something's coming up.
What is that?
I'm not sure.
♪♪
There.
♪♪
- Come on.
- (GRUNTING, SPUTTERING)
Come on there. (GRUNTS)
(ALL GRUNTING) We got you.
(GRUNTS) Yeah.
- I got something.
- I got some of the metal.
- Get up.
- (COUGHS)
(GRUNTS)
Where's Charles?
- He's gone.
- What?
- It's all gone.
- We have to go now.
- No, no, no.
- We can't just leave him there...
He's gone!
We have to go now,
or we're gonna die.
♪♪
(METAL CLANGS)
♪♪
(ENGINE REVS)
(DRAMATIC MUSIC BUILDING)
♪♪
I know what it feels like
to lose a partner.
My cousin flew
with the Red Tails,
and we were like brothers.
Got shot down over Sicily.
I'm sorry to hear that.
Yeah, but I'm sure you got
plenty of those same stories.
See, but I didn't fight
in the war.
I know.
How do you know that?
I just know.
I did train to be a Marine.
Montford Point, Jacksonville.
Oh, yeah? Montford?
Mm-hmm.
How'd you get into Intelligence?
Well,
my former CO loved to gamble.
Baseball.
Now, I didn't give a shit
about sports,
but I had a knack for research.
Stats, that sort of thing.
I would listen to his picks,
give him my assessment.
He started winning.
Next thing I know,
keeps me from shipping out.
Puts me on the payroll
at the CIG.
CIG?
Yeah, CIG was the predecessor
to the CIA.
Roger that.
So, uh,
you happy where you are?
Project Blue Book?
The work I do is vital
to the survival of our country.
Russians want us to panic,
we help keep America calm.
UFOs, people from other planets.
You're saying
that we shouldn't panic?
I think
there's no reason to fear
what we still don't understand.
♪♪
How could you that?
Leave your man back there
in the water like that?
- He knew the risks.
- But what if he's still alive?
Have you forgotten
what's going on here?
What we found down there?
- What, pitchstone?
- Volcanic glass?
You find that everywhere
in this region.
You think it was pitchstone
at the bottom of Puget Sound
that nearly capsized our boat?
If your anchor
snagged in a log down there,
it gets pulled
into an underwater current
or a whirlpool.
It wasn't a whirlpool.
That shot you back
to the surface like that,
dragged off your mask?
- You weren't down there.
- You didn't feel what I felt.
That deep,
lack of oxygen to your brain
will play all kinds
of tricks on your senses.
There is a completely rational
explanation for all of this.
Tricks? Tricks?
That kind of skepticism
may be appreciated
by the Air Force, but out here,
it can get you killed.
Well, maybe you
shouldn't have brought
a scientist with you.
What kind of a scientist
doesn't want to be responsible
for making the biggest
discovery in all of mankind?
Let's get a move on.
We don't have a lot of time.
♪♪
(DISTANT SIREN BLARING)
♪♪
(DISTANT PHONE RINGING)
(INDISTINCT CHATTER)
Excuse me. Sheriff?
Be with you in a minute.
Sheriff.
Captain Michael Quinn.
U.S. Air Force.
This is agent Daniel Banks, CIA.
(CLEARS THROAT)
What can I do for you?
We're looking
for a missing person
we believe may be
on Maury Island.
Name's Dr. Allen Hynek.
Say he's a doctor?
Hey, Reed.
Come over
and take a look at this.
This look like one
of those men to you?
Oh, my God. Yeah, that's him.
- That's the one.
- You've seen this man here?
This guy,
along with a couple others,
broke into my house
and kidnapped me.
Yeah,
I think you got the wrong guy.
No, I don't. That's him.
- Wait, wait, wait.
- Just hold on a second.
All right, first of all,
what's your name?
- Ernest Reed.
- Mr. Reed,
you're saying that
this man kidnapped you?
They had guns.
And they forced me
to take them to my boat,
but this guy?
He helped me escape.
Amy,
show them what you've drawn up.
(TENSE MUSIC)
He's confident this the man
you're looking for.
♪♪
Sheriff, couple of fishermen
just spotted the men in black
on shore about a mile
off the coast of Gig Harbor.
They're headed into the woods.
Let's go.
♪♪
Now we know how they got ashore.
Well, we don't know for sure
this came from Reed's boat.
No telling
where they went from here.
Let's fan out, see what else
we can find, fellas.
- Yes, sir.
- You got it.
Now, Reed told the sheriff
that Hynek was helping William.
They're on the same team.
Reed also said
Hynek helped him escape.
Then why didn't Hynek
escape with him?
I don't know.
You know,
when William left the agency,
he took a lot
of people with him.
People who we screened.
Who you never think
crossed the line like that.
No, that's not Doc.
No?
Didn't he already
steal classified material?
Is that not like him, either?
Look, I know you want
to believe in your friend here,
but we gotta start
confronting the facts.
♪♪
What the hell are those?
Coordinates?
Headed to airstrip, Captain.
♪♪
Hynek's not with William.
He's trying to help
lead us to him.
(DRAMATIC MUSIC)
You gonna tell me
where we're going?
You already know
where we're going.
You had it
figured out all along.
Saw the research in your office.
♪♪
- Antarctica?
- Yep.
♪♪
Are you sure that's safe?
You know,
there was one other detail
about the Maury Island case
that I didn't tell you.
Oh, yeah? What's that?
After the Army retrieved
the metal that Reed
salvaged from his encounter,
they loaded it onto a plane
a lot bigger than that one.
♪♪
That plane crashed,
killing the two officers
on board.
Almost done. Two minutes.
Thank you.
What makes you think
I don't know about that?
Look, if that metal
has such powerful properties,
why fly with it
if you know it brought down
another plane already?
Oh, so you do think
that it was the metal
that brought the plane down?
I thought you said
it was volcanic glass.
No, no, no,
the object that I stole
at White Forest was not. That...
that had properties
and a composition
that I can't explain.
Because it's not found
on this Earth.
♪♪
It wasn't the metal
that caused the plane to crash.
♪♪
We should've maybe
used the backup.
- No cops.
- Way too many questions.
Well, I still have questions
of my own.
Are you sure
there's an airstrip out here?
Well, through here
is the only flat patch
of land for miles.
And there it is.
♪♪
- You sabotaged that plane?
- Innocent people died.
I had to secure
and protect the evidence.
- Air Force officers...
- The same officers
who were sworn
to cover up the truth.
You don't think
he'd turn now, do you?
I'll ask him
once we get him out of there.
All right, so what's our move?
All right, Reed said
these guys were armed.
You brought your gun?
No.
I'm not a cowboy.
I don't carry it everywhere.
Ready when you are.
♪♪
- You don't need me anymore.
- Let me go.
If I do,
you'll never forgive yourself.
♪♪
Get on the plane.
(ENGINE TURNING OVER)
♪♪
Whatever we're gonna do,
we need to do it now.
Okay. You win.
Let me examine
the metal before we go.
I could run some...
- You're stalling.
- You're stalling.
If it turns out
to be extraterrestrial,
I will get on this plane.
Wait, where are you going?
They know you.
They see you coming, they shoot.
- I got this one.
- What you gonna do?
Just make sure you got my back.
You'll know when.
- I gave you UFOs over D.C.
- What did you do?
You blame it
on temperature inversion.
I had to.
I risked my life
to show you that.
- I listened to you.
- I followed your breadcrumbs.
I stole for you.
I mean,
what else do you want from me?
I want you to believe.
It's not about what I believe.
It's about what I can prove.
Professor, I thought
we were kindred spirits.
And now I see how wrong I was.
You're nothing but a coward.
- You're afraid of the truth.
- Can you help me out?
- You want the truth?
- My car.
♪♪
What are you doing?
- Whoa.
- Don't take another step.
- I just need some help.
- My car broke down...
Hands to your side.
I don't want any trouble.
I just need some help. I don't...
(BOTH GRUNTING)
♪♪
- Stop right there, Captain.
- Drop it.
- It's all right, Doc.
- I got this.
- Daniel.
- Yeah, you must be William.
You want to tell
this Air Force lackey here
that I'm more important
to the government alive
than I am dead?
Let's everyone try to relax.
I'm gonna count to three.
- No, no.
- One.
- Bad idea.
- Two.
- Captain.
- Three.
♪♪
♪♪
Yeah, you take direction
very well.
Thank you.
♪♪
He won't be getting far.
Then what the hell
do you call that?
Plane's leaking fuel.
He'll be down soon enough.
Yeah. But where?
♪♪
No, no, it wasn't so much
the rosary beads.
It was the gnomes.
(LAUGHTER)
So, uh, seriously...
what do we tell the generals
when we get back?
I think this one we keep
strictly to ourselves.
Three of us.
I already got my people on it.
CIA will make it
like it never happened.
But we'll also do whatever
we can to hunt William down.
- Promise.
- Thank you, Daniel.
Hey, throw me
on that party list, too.
When the time comes.
You know, um,
you two,
you do make a pretty good team.
- (LAUGHS)
- Yeah, he's not bad.
For Central Intelligence.
Let's not make a habit of it,
though.
(LAUGHS)
All right. You fellas excuse me.
I want to see
if I can get some more ice.
You had me worried there
for a second, Doc.
Cops thought
you were one of them.
Yeah,
imagine even you had doubts.
Well, I thought...
"No way he's wearing that coat
for the rest of his life."
♪♪
Yeah, well,
it was all my fault, you know?
I mean, if I hadn't allowed
myself to get taken in by him...
No, look.
The symbol, the metal, UFOs.
He did show you things, Doc.
There still are
unanswered questions.
Yeah, but I was ready to take
us to Antarctica, Captain.
Based on what?
Certainly not science.
That could've been me.
But it's not.
That's why you're here,
and he's out there.
♪♪
So how exactly did you find me?
♪♪
♪♪
Allen?
Allen?
Mimi.
- You're okay.
- Yes, I am.
Thanks to you.
Quinn told me what you did.
I'm just so sorry, Mimi.
No, it's okay.
You're home.
You're home.
Mrs. Hynek, couldn't have
done it without you.
I know.
(PHONE RINGING)
- What did you tell Joel?
- Project Blue Book.
I told him that his dad
was busy working,
and he'd be home soon.
Just don't try
to kiss him goodnight, okay?
It's amazing that you picked
up on that enough to know.
Thank you.
May I steal him for a moment,
Mrs. Hynek?
No, you cannot.
If you have something to say,
you say it to both of us.
♪♪
That was my contact
at the National Guard.
They found William's plane.
Crashed in Mount Hood National
Forest outside of Portland.
Is William alive?
There's no sign of him.
No sign of any cargo, either.
(SIGHS)
Look, I'm gonna make some calls.
I'll have a private
security detail
for your family
within the hour...
- No.
- I need to take my family home.
- Doc.
- Please, trust me.
William has what he wants.
He's not coming back for me.
He's got his own path now.
♪♪
The hell?
What is all this?
- Your homework, Captain.
- Right, sir, anything else?
- At ease.
- That's it.
- Excuse me.
- I'm sorry.
- I'll be after you.
- It's okay.
♪♪
What's the Robertson Panel?
Seems Central
Intelligence will put
the U.S. Air Force on trial.
With a full investigation
into Project Blue Book.
CIA? They can do that?
This is a matter
of national security.
They can do whatever
the hell they want.
But what's the purpose?
We're not clear on that.
We brought all the files
from Project Sign and Grudge
so as to be thorough.
Is that understood?
Read everything you can, fellas.
We've got targets
on our backs now,
so make yourselves bulletproof.
Otherwise,
Blue Book is finished.
♪♪
(CHILD COUNTING INDISTINCTLY)