Project Blue Book (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 9 - Episode #2.9 - full transcript
- Previously on
"Project Blue Book"...
- Can I ask you
a serious question?
- Absolutely not.
[eerie music]
- You've been lying to
all of us this whole time.
- You work for the Russians.
- I will take the blame
for everything.
- No, no, no, no, no.
I'd still be accused
of colluding.
My career, everything--over.
- I'm sorry.
- You're instincts about Susie
were spot on.
Quinn--what are we gonna do
about that?
- This is far from over.
♪
- We'll get through this, Doc.
- As long as we're all
together.
[eerie music]
♪
[airplane engine roaring]
- Inbound aircraft heading
vector 210 at 12-700,
this is RCAF
Air Traffic Control.
♪
Be advised, you have entered
Canadian airspace.
Please identify yourself.
[tense music]
♪
Pilot, you are in violation
of Canadian airspace.
You must ID immediately.
- It's probably
just some bush pilot
fell asleep at the wheel again.
♪
- Control, this is zero-two-
throttle--
[audio garbles]
Over.
- Pilot, we're having
a hard time hearing you.
Can you please repeat?
- Climb to 15,000.
Heading 1-8-0.
♪
- Where'd that come from?
[radar blips]
- Pilot, we're seeing
an object of some kind
directly in your flight path.
Do you see anything up there?
- What is that?
- I'm--I'm not sure.
♪
- It's headed
straight for them.
[alarm blaring]
- It's coming right as us!
- What in the hell?
Pull up!
- I'm trying!
- Pilot, can you acknowledge,
please?
- What's going on?
What is that thing?
- They're gonna crash.
- Pilot, change course.
- It's headed right for us!
- Pilot, change course.
Change course!
Change course.
- It's gonna hit us!
- The controls are jammed!
Mayday!
Mayday!
We have lost complete control!
What is ha--
[jazz music]
[knocking on door]
♪
[lock clicks]
- I did try calling first.
A lot, actually.
- Phone's not working.
♪
- Can we talk?
- Yeah, sure.
Come on in.
♪
[sighs]
Excuse the mess.
♪
[door closes]
- What happened in here?
- Well, I told
the generals everything.
- About Susie?
- Yeah, I think they took it
rather well, actually.
- What, they did this?
- No, FBI.
They brought them in to look
for listening devices.
Very thorough,
as you can see.
Didn't find any,
so, you know, I guess
I got that going for me.
- So what happens now?
- "Until such a time
as we can determine
"if your actions warrant
a permanent discharge,
you will be placed
on administrative leave."
[soft music]
♪
[sighs]
♪
She really had me fooled, Doc.
- You weren't the only one.
- Yeah, but I'm the only one
that can be held accountable.
♪
[sighs] You know the thing
that really gets me?
Air Force is questioning
my loyalty.
♪
I've--I've dedicated my life
to defending this country,
you know?
To be judged like this now...
[object clatters]
♪
- Yeah.
I-I don't blame them.
It's, uh--
objectively speaking...
It makes sense
given the political climate.
- Oh, so you came by
to cheer me up, huh?
Thanks.
- No, I...
You know, things have been hard
at home, too.
They questioned Mimi
and I for ten hours straight.
I don't question your loyalty.
Do I?
I know who you are.
♪
I look up to you.
♪
- Thanks.
♪
Me too.
♪
- I was actually coming by
to, uh...
tell you that I was thinking
of taking a sabbatical also.
You know, I'll--I'll continue
with my studies
and all of that.
Uh, the science of UFOlogy
is in its infancy,
and it needs
the kind of rigorous study
that you and I can provide...
that--that we did provide.
- So that's it, huh?
- No, it's not.
Because this case just came in,
which is, uh...
Potentially far too interesting
to walk away from.
A plane collided with a UFO
over Canadian airspace.
- "Collided"?
- Well, Canadian Air Force,
they don't have a UFO program.
They asked if we would, uh,
assist with the investigation.
- Oh, yeah?
What'd you say?
- I said I'd check
with my partner.
- [scoffs]
Your partner who's technically
supposed to be sitting
on the sidelines right now.
- I've never been
officially informed of this,
but, uh, yes, yes.
It's not like if anyone wanted
to check on you,
they'd even be able
to get a hold of you.
Plus, I, uh--
I already bought the tickets.
[dramatic music]
- [chuckles]
♪
One last case, huh?
- Before we ride off
into the sunset.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Project Blue Book.
I'm your Vice Marshall
Christopher Thomas.
- Sir, Captain Michael Quinn,
US Air Force.
This is Dr. Allen Hynek.
- Pleasure.
And if you don't mind
me asking,
how'd you hear about Blue Book
all the way up here?
- I've actually been advocating
for a program like yours
for years in Canada.
Please.
- So this wasn't
your first encounter, sir?
- Uh, no.
I've had dozens of unofficial
reports during my command,
but never anything like this.
- We saw the first craft on
radar at approximately 21:30.
- This was the bush pilot?
- He actually
never identified himself.
- So this was
the unidentified aircraft.
- No, sir.
A second unidentified craft
appeared on radar
at approximately 21:32.
♪
- We clocked the other one
at over 2,000 miles an hour.
- The pilot
we were in contact with,
he tried to take
evasive maneuvers,
but no matter what he did,
he couldn't get away.
- It was as if the other,
whatever it was,
was hunting it, sir.
- Now, you said on the phone
that's when it looked like
they collided.
You're not sure?
- Well, we were sure,
but about an hour
after it happened,
our radar picked up
the first plane again
at 60,000 feet.
- A prop plane?
That's not possible.
- That's what we thought.
But then the tower received
another transmission.
We managed to record it.
Would you, um...
♪
- Mayday!
Mayday!
- What is that?
- Help!
- It's coming closer!
We have lost complete control.
- [shouts indistinctly]
Pull up!
- It's taking us!
- Pull up!
- It's taking us!
- So the supposed collision
happened here
near King Island
when we were traveling south.
But that last mayday
transmission at 60,000 feet
was here near Port Belmont,
which is north.
- And according to the tape,
the pilots still had visual
contact with the other craft?
- Which means if they ditched
or managed to land somehow,
they'd be somewhere in here.
- A roughly 200-mile square.
- I already scrambled search
and rescue to fly a grid,
but so far nothing.
- Sir, what's here?
- That's Hartley Bay.
The only thing up there
is a logging outpost.
- People?
- A few seasonal workers maybe?
- What are you thinking?
- Eyewitnesses on the ground.
Someone up there saw something,
could help narrow our search.
- Well, Hartley Bay's
not accessible by road.
You'd have to take
a sea plane up there.
I don't have
any available pilots right now.
[dramatic music]
- Sir, as a matter of fact,
you do.
♪
Never gets old, Doc.
♪
It's a great view, huh?
- It is quite spectacular.
♪
- Think you'll go back
to teaching?
- I'm not sure yet.
- Well, I think the generals
would be at a loss
if you left for good.
[chuckles]
You may have been
a pain in their ass, but...
- [laughs]
- They're better off
for having you.
- Yeah.
I think we did good, Captain.
- We weren't the '27 Yankees.
We made
for a pretty good team.
- Yep.
- [chuckles]
♪
Maybe I'll go back to flying
for a while.
Be a pilot again.
- Well, you certainly seem
to enjoy it.
♪
- Hey, why don't you
take the yoke for a bit,
see what it feels like?
- What?
- Come on, when are you ever
gonna get a chance
like this again?
It's easy.
- It's easy?
- Yeah, come on, take it.
- No, no, no, don't do that.
- I'm letting go.
- This is a bad idea.
- [laughs]
Just keep it steady.
♪
That's it, relax.
- [exhales sharply]
♪
- See?
That's it.
- Okay.
♪
- Look at that.
You're flying.
- [chuckles]
Yes, I am.
I'm flying.
- [chuckles]
Doc, you are flying.
♪
- You got to be shitting me.
All right, keep me posted.
[door closes]
They still can't crack her.
- Jim.
- They've been interrogating
her for three days,
and she'll only say
that she was sent to Ohio
to find out about
our UFO program?
She's good.
And I'm starting to believe
Quinn when he said
he didn't know who she was.
- I agree.
- We still had to put him
on leave, though.
What else could we do?
We didn't have any--
- Jim!
I just got a call from one
of our intel groups in the UK.
They picked up
a radio transmission
that the boys in the CIA
managed to decode.
♪
- Has this been verified?
- That's what we've just
been asked to do...
after we brief the President.
♪
- Excuse me.
Is this Hartley Bay?
- I'm Greg.
I run the operation.
You here about the crash?
- Oh, you know about the crash?
- Yeah.
Phones haven't worked
since last night.
I sent one of my guys
to Key Junction
to alert the authorities,
but I'd imagine he's still
on the road.
- Well, can you, uh,
tell us a little more
about what happened last night?
- Oh, about 9:30, there was
a earth-shattering boom.
Knocked the power out,
scared me half to death.
Ran outside to see what it was,
but wasn't nothing.
Wasn't till this morning
I found out what happened.
- Well, we have
reason to believe
that there may still
be survivors.
Do you think you could, uh,
get us to the crash site?
- "Survivors"?
You mean aliens?
That's why you're here,
isn't it?
'Cause it was a UFO crash?
- Why do you think
it was a UFO?
[horn blares]
- Jean.
Uh, Greg there said you saw
a UFO fall out of the sky.
- That's not what I said.
That's not what I said!
- So you didn't see a UFO?
- No, I did.
I didn't see a UFO crash,
I saw it cause a crash.
♪
- Could you be more specific?
♪
- Sure. Last night
I was out hunting a wolf
that's been prowling
around my cabin.
Saw fresh tracks.
I knew I was close.
[owl hooting]
[engine roars overhead]
That's when I heard it.
♪
It was moving so fast,
I didn't think
it was possible.
And that plane looked like
it tried real hard
to move out the way,
but it was just hit
by this light.
♪
Plane split in two before
it fell behind those trees.
♪
We get jets out here
all the time from the base,
so I just assumed
it belonged to them.
I tried to call.
The phone's been down.
- And you think you
could estimate
where this plane went down?
- Beyond that ridge.
At least five miles.
- That way?
You sure?
- Positive.
♪
- Thanks for your time.
♪
- The last radar transmission
had it heading
the opposite way.
- Well, if they lost power,
stopped transmitting,
could've gone down
any direction.
- We need to get
back in the air.
Call the base.
♪
- Tell Air Vice Marshall Thomas
to divert the operation east
toward Hawkesbury Island.
Eyewitness saw
what we think was a crash.
- If you can stand down,
I'll relay,
and we should have support on
your position in a few hours.
- That's a negative.
We don't have time to wait.
There could be survivors
on the--
What do you see?
♪
- Does that look like, uh--
- Part of a plane?
Yes, it does.
Hold on, Doc.
♪
That's part of a wing.
- So where's the rest
of the plane?
- Jean said it broke in half
in the sky.
It could be scattered
all over this area.
♪
- What about survivors?
- This is not a good sign, Doc.
♪
- Look!
♪
- Anybody out there?
♪
- Anybody hear us?
- Hello!
Hello!
♪
- Whoever it was,
they got themself down.
Can't be far.
- Hello?
Anyone out here?
- Anybody hear us?
♪
- There.
♪
Is he breathing?
♪
- [gasps]
- It's okay!
It's okay.
- [breathing heavily]
♪
The plane.
Where's my plane?
I need to know.
I need to know now.
♪
- All right, easy.
We just want to make sure
you're okay first.
♪
- Who are you?
- I'm Captain Michael Quinn,
US Air Force.
This is Dr. Allen Hynek.
♪
- US Air Force?
American?
- Right.
♪
- I thought I was in Canada.
- We're with Project Blue Book.
We were asked
to help investigate
the plane's disappearance.
Now, according to radar,
there was another object
in your flight path.
- The plane's nearby.
♪
- I'm gonna radio in,
get search and rescue to divert
to our new location.
- We don't have time for that.
My copilot's still out there.
We have to find him
and the plane...
now.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[airplane engine
roars overhead]
- Air Vice Marshall Thomas.
Generals Harding and Valentine,
United States Air Force.
- From Wright-Pat.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were coming.
We're in the middle of a--
- Search and rescue.
We know.
Did you find it yet?
- The aircraft?
How do you know about that?
What's going on?
- We should speak
in a secure room.
- This way.
- So where were you guys coming
from before you had to ditch?
I only ask because your plane
was in communication
with RCAF ground control, but
you never identified yourself.
- Didn't I?
- You don't remember that?
- Alex!
- Can you tell me where
you were headed at least?
It might help us
locate the aircraft.
- I had cargo headed to Alaska
coming over from Greenland.
Everything
after that's a blur.
- Oh, yeah?
What kind of cargo?
- Alex!
I thought you guys
wanted to help.
- Just trying to make sense
of what happened, that's all.
Something's off.
- No, no.
He's--he's still in shock.
- What, he can't tell us
anything that's gonna help us?
- Well, it could be
another explanation.
UFO abductees often report
a period of missing time
following an encounter--
hours, sometimes days.
- Yeah, but this guy
wasn't abducted.
- Yeah, well, he disappeared
for an hour on radar.
We don't know what happened
during that time.
- Over here.
Look at this.
♪
- Burn marks.
Those trees were ripped apart
from above.
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah, we must be close.
♪
- He's that way.
- Yeah.
- Alex!
♪
Alex!
♪
Alex!
♪
- There's no way
that's part of a cargo craft.
- Then what is it?
And where's the rest of it?
♪
- Is he in there?
- [groaning]
- Come on, buddy.
[both grunt]
I got you.
♪
Stay there.
Take him out.
He's still breathing.
- [grunts] Easy.
- I got you.
- We don't know what kind
of injuries he could have.
- It's okay.
He needs some air.
Get him over
to that tree, please.
- Come on.
♪
- [groans]
♪
- Steady.
- [coughs]
♪
- Alex.
♪
Alex.
♪
Alex. Alex.
Alex, look at me.
♪
Look at me, buddy.
The plane.
Where's the plane?
- What happened?
- Shh, shh, shh.
Where's the rest of the plane?
- Where's what?
♪
[groans]
- The plane, Alex.
♪
What happened to the plane?
What happened?
♪
- You guys got a medical kit
on board?
I'll go check.
- No, no, no, no.
Wait.
God damn it.
♪
- You got to be
fucking kidding me.
- Alex, I am Dr. Hynek.
Can you remember at all
how you got here?
- They're US Air Force.
- We're in Am--America?
- Something caused you
to fly off course and crash.
Do you recall what that was?
- I can't remember anything.
- Hey, Doc.
♪
- Excuse me a second.
♪
- [groaning]
♪
- [whispering indistinctly]
♪
- What is it?
- Look at
this instrument panel.
♪
- That's Russian.
- This is a bomber,
which means that those two
are Russian military.
- You sure?
♪
[gun cocks]
♪
- He is now.
♪
[tense music]
- Lieutenant Colonel
Yuri Obolensky.
- Yuri, that's a pretty good
American accent you got there.
- Spasiba.
- You realize half
the Royal Canadian Air Force
is out here
looking for you right now?
♪
- [Russian accent]
Not at this location. Hmm?
Isn't that
what you said earlier?
- Look, I'm not sure what
you're planning
on doing right now, but
with no plane, no way out...
hurting us won't help you
in the least.
♪
- I'm not going to hurt you.
I need your help to find
the rest of the plane.
Move.
- This thing's
got to be scattered
into a million pieces out here.
What the hell do you need
our help for?
- I need what was
on that plane,
which I'm pretty sure
is intact,
because if it wasn't,
everything within five miles of
here would be destroyed by now.
- Five miles?
That's...
roughly the blast radius of a--
of a nuclear bomb.
♪
- Not including
radioactive fallout...
yes, you are correct.
♪
- Are you telling me you had
a nuclear bomb on your plane?
- That is what I'm saying, yes.
And it's still out there.
And if it goes off,
it will start World War III.
♪
- Where the hell were you going
before you crashed?
- We're testing
North American airspace.
It's nothing you Americans
don't do.
- Yeah, not with a live nuke!
♪
Are you insane?
You Russians, man!
- Just--Captain!
So you just wanted to get
picked up on radar,
then turn back,
is that it?
- Yes.
- But you encountered
another craft.
- We don't know what it was.
♪
All I know is that is separated
us from the fuselage--
almost purposely--
then dropped us like toys.
I don't remember much else,
do you?
- Why do you say purposefully?
- I remember thinking that
whatever that was,
it was trying to take the bomb
from us.
♪
- [scoffs]
No, here's what I think.
I think you're a couple
of shit pilots.
You got picked up on radar,
took too many Gs heading back,
and your plane tore apart.
Now you want us
toelieve this horseshit.
- You know what I think?
I think the bomb was still
on the plane when it went down.
And if it hasn't gone off, that
means it's somewhere nearby.
So I have to make sure
that it's safe, okay?
Do you both understand?
- Could the force of the impact
have armed it?
♪
- Barometric
and radar triggers
are designed to go off
beneath 1,000 feet.
But there is an internal
safety switch.
♪
- What--what--
what about a clock trigger?
- It's possible.
But I'm sure it was damaged
upon impact.
- Right.
Meaning it could still arm.
- Yes.
- So we have no idea
how long it could be
before this thing detonates.
♪
Shit.
♪
- We call it a broken arrow.
It's a US military term
for a missing nuclear asset
lost in transit.
- We have solid intel
that points to the unidentified
aircraft that went down
as a Russian bomber.
- What's been
the Soviet response?
- They've denied any knowledge.
- They're stalling.
If that aircraft managed
to make it back across
the Arctic Circle
without going down, they could
avoid the consequences.
- Like a counterstrike.
- It's our last resort, but
it's definitely on the table.
♪
- We've been flying a grid
north of here since yesterday.
So far, nothing.
Your men might have
found something, though.
- Our men?
- Project Blue Book.
They came up to help
investigate the possibility
of a UFO encounter
with the aircraft.
- Blue Book is here?
- They're out in the bush
right now.
♪
- Your partner,
he called you "Captain."
Are you a pilot?
- Yeah.
♪
- I flew in the war.
Was decorated five times.
You?
- Six.
- Six times?
That's impressive.
So why are you doing this now?
This Blue ok--
studying UFOs?
Why?
- I wanted to defend
my country
from people like you.
- [chuckles]
I'm not a UFO.
- Yeah, well, you're Russian.
You send spies
to infiltrate our programs,
exploit our fears
of the unexplained.
You're worse.
- [sighs]
So do you believe in aliens?
They're real?
I do.
After last night, 100%.
- We've heard of this Blue Book
in Russia.
It's first of its kind, yes?
- You don't have
a similar program?
- Not that I know of, no.
- Because Russia does have
its own history of UFOs.
- What do you know
of our history?
- Uh, Tunguska in 1908,
a meteor falls from the sky.
2,000 miles of forest
are decimated,
except the witnesses
there claim
that it wasn't a meteor at all
but a-a craft of some kind.
- What else do you know
of this?
- Well, after the war began,
did you notice an increase
in sightings at all?
♪
- The frequency
increased for us, yes.
- Yeah, well,
we had a spike, too.
Particularly around, uh,
military installations,
uh, nuclear test sites.
- Hey, Doc.
♪
You're crossing the line here.
We don't tell the Russians
anything, you understand?
- I'm trying to gain trust,
Captain,
and if there are UFOs
over Russian nuclear sites,
well, that lines up
with the theory that I have
that UFOs are protecting us
from ourselves
and the weapons we created.
- Look, I don't give a damn
about your theories right now.
You keep quiet about
America's nuclear program.
♪
- Over here!
♪
- The captain radioed
in earlier,
said they were following
a lead on the crash,
but it was almost
the opposite direction
of where we had the plane
on radar before it went down.
- If Hynek and Quinn
are following a lead,
it's probably a good one.
- Have they checked in sense?
- Their only radio's
on the plane.
If they're on foot in the
backcountry, they'd--
they'd have to circle back
to let us know.
- No, but if
they found something...
- Which means they'd be needing
our help right now.
Show us exactly where
they were last reported.
♪
[tense music]
♪
- How do we know
if it's armed?
- We have to open it up...
have a look inside.
- One of you know
how to do that?
- I've been trained, but...
to handle anything there
requires a very steady hand.
- What, this thing
falls out of the sky,
creates this big hole,
but if your hand's not steady,
it blows up?
Makes perfect sense.
♪
- So one of us
just has to get inside,
and you will talk us
through the rest, yes?
- All right, I'll do it.
- Yeah, I will do it.
- You're not going anywhere
near that thing.
- Why should you?
- I'm not the one
who flew it over here.
♪
- So you think I want
to blow it up now?
- Yeah.
In a heartbeat.
- Stupid Americans.
You think that Russians are the
only ones eager to start war?
- Trust me,
we are at war right now.
- Maybe I'll kill you myself.
- Go ahead.
- Stop, both of you!
We don't have time for this!
Put that down!
Put it down!
♪
Now, I am the only
nonmilitary person here.
I also have a lot of experience
dealing with small tools
in delicate spaces,
transistors, telescopes.
♪
I should be the one
to attempt this,
but we have to work together.
♪
Okay?
Agreed?
♪
- I will show you the steps.
First you need
to open the panel.
Just give us some room.
- What, in case it goes off?
Just stand, what,
five feet back?
♪
I'm fine right next
to my partner.
Thank you very much.
♪
[sighs]
Doc?
- One last case, eh?
Huh?
- Ride off into the sunset.
♪
- Gentle, Doctor.
♪
- [sighs]
- Should be the one
in the middle.
♪
- Hey...
if this doesn't go well,
we don't make it out of here,
I just want to tell you--
- Captain...
that doesn't help.
- Yeah.
Roger that.
♪
- Okay.
I'm ready to take the door off.
♪
Easy.
- Doctor, please be careful.
♪
[alarm blaring]
- Go! Let's go!
- A couple of our men
found the seaplane
about ten miles east
along with some other wreckage.
- What about our guys?
- Looks like they headed off
on foot deeper into the forest.
- Well, let's get
the hell out there, then.
[blaring continues]
♪
- You should be able to see
the safety switch.
It'll be about a foot tall
with a red and green dial.
♪
Do you see it?
♪
- Yes.
- What does the dial show?
- Well, uh,
I can't read Russian,
but it's stuck halfway
between red and green.
♪
- That's the arming switch.
[breathing heavily]
If it's stuck in the middle, it
means the bomb could be armed.
- Well, can't we just push
the dial back so we know?
- That would risk arming it.
- Or maybe it saves us.
- And who would like
to take that chance?
♪
There is one other way.
It's much riskier.
- What's that?
♪
- Disconnecting the fireset.
It's a bank of capacitors
that stores electricity
from the batteries.
They, um, carry a charge
that triggers an explosive
in the core.
- Right, so,
if we disable those...
- Then we should be good.
But you have to be
extra careful.
The charge in those capacitors
could kill you.
♪
- What other choice do we have?
♪
- Hey, Doc, you got this.
♪
- We found it!
We found it, sir!
- It's the Russian plane, sir!
- Over here!
- We got a lot of broken trees
here--stay out of that area.
- It is
the Russian plane, sirs!
[indistinct chatter]
- Where's the rest
of the plane?
- Well, it's got
to be close, right?
- Well, if our guys were here,
they can't be far.
- Yeah, but are they alone?
- All right, men, fan out!
And stay alert!
- Remember, Doctor,
don't touch the inner housing
or any of the conduit
on the floor.
The charge could kill you.
♪
[object clangs]
♪
- Everything all right
in there, Doc?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
♪
[scoffs]
♪
[sighs]
- Take your men over there...
right on that bluff.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪
- [sighs]
I think I did it.
♪
- There's 32.
You sure you have them all?
- 32 wires.
Yes.
I'm just counting again
to be sure.
- Hynek.
- All good, uh,
just need to check one or two
more things.
♪
- It should be good.
Thank God.
♪
- Well done, Doc.
♪
At least we won't die in vain.
♪
- What are you doing?
- Ah, it's like your partner
said--we're at war.
♪
So, Dr. Hynek,
thank you for your work.
♪
But we no longer have use
for either one of you.
♪
[tense music]
- You don't want to do this.
- I have no choice.
I'm sorry.
If Alexei and I make it back to
your plane, maybe we get home.
- You're never gonna make it.
♪
- With you still alive?
♪
No.
[gun cocks]
- Shoot now, you'll risk
setting this off.
♪
- Is that...
- The core.
Yes, I believe it is.
What do you think?
- Don't shoot.
- Doc, what are you doing
with that?
- I don't know.
Do you want it?
- No, no, no.
Hey, Doctor, Doctor.
You be careful.
- Oh, well, maybe you want it?
- No, don't do anything crazy.
- Do you want it?
- No, no, no.
- Here!
- No, no, no, no, no, no!
♪
[gun cocks]
- Are you insane?
♪
- If there were plutonium
inside there, I would say yes.
Which there isn't.
Should weigh about five times
heavier than that, yes?
That's because
it's just the empty casing.
There's nothing inside.
- He's right.
There's nothing in here.
♪
- How did you know?
- You told me those capacitors
had enough charge in them
to kill a man, yet when
I slipped up a couple of times,
I didn't get so much
as a static shock.
♪
Then when I was finished, I saw
the cap that conceals the core,
and I looked inside.
- So you just reached in
and grabbed it?
- Well, there was no way they
were gonna leave that
with us here,
and they don't need us anymore,
so, yes, I did,
and when I picked it up,
I knew.
♪
- Why?
♪
Why did our government...
- They had us believe that...
- The Kremlin wasn't testing
our air defense.
They were testing you.
- They wanted to see
how well you'd fare
when you thought you had
a live nuclear weapon on board.
The human element--
it's always the one variable
you can't control.
- Yeah.
It makes so much sense.
They're not gonna be flying
a live nuke over here.
[chuckles]
- [exhales deeply]
I guess no one wants
World War III, huh?
- Hey, Doc.
[grunts]
I really thought you were
gonna kill us back there.
- I thought so, too.
[both laugh]
- When I saw this thing flying
through the air, I thought,
"What is this cocky American
trying to do?"
- Whoo.
- It's nice catch.
Doctor...
thank you.
- [sighs]
You're welcome.
- Captain,
you showed incredible bravery.
Thank you.
♪
- You were just about
to kill us.
Let's not forget that.
♪
- Okay.
Okay.
♪
What will you do with us?
- Not up to us now.
Seaplane's about
five-mile hike from here.
We'll head back, radio in.
♪
- You know, Captain,
if the four of us
can work together,
I'm sure that we could persuade
our governments--
- Hands up!
♪
[guns cocking]
♪
- Come on, let's go.
♪
- When we get back,
we're gonna need a full debrief
from both of you.
To scrub this clean is gonna
take a lot of work.
- What is gonna happen
to the pilots?
- I can imagine
a few scenarios.
But, honestly,
we've never had to deal with a
situation this sensitive, so...
- You know,
I got to commend you both.
What you did here was heroic.
- We just came up here
to do our job, sir.
- Which makes the work you do
more important than ever.
♪
We need you out in the field.
Both of you.
- Yes, sir.
- Generals...
I need you for a moment.
♪
- We'll see you
back at the base.
♪
- So they, uh, never found
the rest of the plane.
- I'm sure they will.
- I doubt they let us
take a look at it, though.
♪
- You still think
that unidentified craft
had something to do
with what happened here?
- Maybe.
♪
Maybe it wasn't the Russians
that removed the plutonium.
It certainly poses
some interesting questions.
- Demands further
investigation.
- Well, I guess that means
we're back in business.
- I guess we are, Professor.
♪
[door opens]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
Some things never change.
- What's that?
- I decide to get in early, you
still find a way to beat me in.
- Well, I heard we, uh, got
a few calls while we were gone.
Priest in Akron saw an object
hovering above his church
after Mass.
Wanted to pre-interview him
on the phone.
- Yeah, look at this--
Missouri, Texas, Maryland.
Never a dull day, huh?
- Need anything?
- Just some coffee.
That'd be great. Thanks, Faye.
- [clears throat]
[door closes]
- Excuse me.
Can I help you?
- Uh, yes.
The Senator's here
for Project Blue Book.
Are they in?
- Senator?
Oh, yes.
Senator Kennedy.
- Morning, miss.
Are they, uh, in there?
- Inside.
Yes, um, just this way.
- Speak to somebody's
who's been--
- Gentlemen, Senator Kennedy
is here to see you.
- I'll have to call
you right back.
- Oh, apologies, I'll need to
call you back in ten minutes.
- Project Blue Book.
Sorry for the unexpected visit.
It's urgent.
- Senator.
- Senator.
- What can we do for you?
- Eh, could you give us
some privacy, please?
[tense music]
Whatever you're working on,
I need you to put it down.
We have a situation developing
in the North Atlantic.
- What kind of situation?
- The crew on a Navy destroyer
spotted a triangle-shaped craft
trailing their fleet.
♪
- And you'd like for us
to investigate, sir?
- I didn't finish.
The craft they saw
didn't come from the sky.
It came out of the water.
♪
- Three, one, five, four,
five, six, four, five, nine...
"Project Blue Book"...
- Can I ask you
a serious question?
- Absolutely not.
[eerie music]
- You've been lying to
all of us this whole time.
- You work for the Russians.
- I will take the blame
for everything.
- No, no, no, no, no.
I'd still be accused
of colluding.
My career, everything--over.
- I'm sorry.
- You're instincts about Susie
were spot on.
Quinn--what are we gonna do
about that?
- This is far from over.
♪
- We'll get through this, Doc.
- As long as we're all
together.
[eerie music]
♪
[airplane engine roaring]
- Inbound aircraft heading
vector 210 at 12-700,
this is RCAF
Air Traffic Control.
♪
Be advised, you have entered
Canadian airspace.
Please identify yourself.
[tense music]
♪
Pilot, you are in violation
of Canadian airspace.
You must ID immediately.
- It's probably
just some bush pilot
fell asleep at the wheel again.
♪
- Control, this is zero-two-
throttle--
[audio garbles]
Over.
- Pilot, we're having
a hard time hearing you.
Can you please repeat?
- Climb to 15,000.
Heading 1-8-0.
♪
- Where'd that come from?
[radar blips]
- Pilot, we're seeing
an object of some kind
directly in your flight path.
Do you see anything up there?
- What is that?
- I'm--I'm not sure.
♪
- It's headed
straight for them.
[alarm blaring]
- It's coming right as us!
- What in the hell?
Pull up!
- I'm trying!
- Pilot, can you acknowledge,
please?
- What's going on?
What is that thing?
- They're gonna crash.
- Pilot, change course.
- It's headed right for us!
- Pilot, change course.
Change course!
Change course.
- It's gonna hit us!
- The controls are jammed!
Mayday!
Mayday!
We have lost complete control!
What is ha--
[jazz music]
[knocking on door]
♪
[lock clicks]
- I did try calling first.
A lot, actually.
- Phone's not working.
♪
- Can we talk?
- Yeah, sure.
Come on in.
♪
[sighs]
Excuse the mess.
♪
[door closes]
- What happened in here?
- Well, I told
the generals everything.
- About Susie?
- Yeah, I think they took it
rather well, actually.
- What, they did this?
- No, FBI.
They brought them in to look
for listening devices.
Very thorough,
as you can see.
Didn't find any,
so, you know, I guess
I got that going for me.
- So what happens now?
- "Until such a time
as we can determine
"if your actions warrant
a permanent discharge,
you will be placed
on administrative leave."
[soft music]
♪
[sighs]
♪
She really had me fooled, Doc.
- You weren't the only one.
- Yeah, but I'm the only one
that can be held accountable.
♪
[sighs] You know the thing
that really gets me?
Air Force is questioning
my loyalty.
♪
I've--I've dedicated my life
to defending this country,
you know?
To be judged like this now...
[object clatters]
♪
- Yeah.
I-I don't blame them.
It's, uh--
objectively speaking...
It makes sense
given the political climate.
- Oh, so you came by
to cheer me up, huh?
Thanks.
- No, I...
You know, things have been hard
at home, too.
They questioned Mimi
and I for ten hours straight.
I don't question your loyalty.
Do I?
I know who you are.
♪
I look up to you.
♪
- Thanks.
♪
Me too.
♪
- I was actually coming by
to, uh...
tell you that I was thinking
of taking a sabbatical also.
You know, I'll--I'll continue
with my studies
and all of that.
Uh, the science of UFOlogy
is in its infancy,
and it needs
the kind of rigorous study
that you and I can provide...
that--that we did provide.
- So that's it, huh?
- No, it's not.
Because this case just came in,
which is, uh...
Potentially far too interesting
to walk away from.
A plane collided with a UFO
over Canadian airspace.
- "Collided"?
- Well, Canadian Air Force,
they don't have a UFO program.
They asked if we would, uh,
assist with the investigation.
- Oh, yeah?
What'd you say?
- I said I'd check
with my partner.
- [scoffs]
Your partner who's technically
supposed to be sitting
on the sidelines right now.
- I've never been
officially informed of this,
but, uh, yes, yes.
It's not like if anyone wanted
to check on you,
they'd even be able
to get a hold of you.
Plus, I, uh--
I already bought the tickets.
[dramatic music]
- [chuckles]
♪
One last case, huh?
- Before we ride off
into the sunset.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Project Blue Book.
I'm your Vice Marshall
Christopher Thomas.
- Sir, Captain Michael Quinn,
US Air Force.
This is Dr. Allen Hynek.
- Pleasure.
And if you don't mind
me asking,
how'd you hear about Blue Book
all the way up here?
- I've actually been advocating
for a program like yours
for years in Canada.
Please.
- So this wasn't
your first encounter, sir?
- Uh, no.
I've had dozens of unofficial
reports during my command,
but never anything like this.
- We saw the first craft on
radar at approximately 21:30.
- This was the bush pilot?
- He actually
never identified himself.
- So this was
the unidentified aircraft.
- No, sir.
A second unidentified craft
appeared on radar
at approximately 21:32.
♪
- We clocked the other one
at over 2,000 miles an hour.
- The pilot
we were in contact with,
he tried to take
evasive maneuvers,
but no matter what he did,
he couldn't get away.
- It was as if the other,
whatever it was,
was hunting it, sir.
- Now, you said on the phone
that's when it looked like
they collided.
You're not sure?
- Well, we were sure,
but about an hour
after it happened,
our radar picked up
the first plane again
at 60,000 feet.
- A prop plane?
That's not possible.
- That's what we thought.
But then the tower received
another transmission.
We managed to record it.
Would you, um...
♪
- Mayday!
Mayday!
- What is that?
- Help!
- It's coming closer!
We have lost complete control.
- [shouts indistinctly]
Pull up!
- It's taking us!
- Pull up!
- It's taking us!
- So the supposed collision
happened here
near King Island
when we were traveling south.
But that last mayday
transmission at 60,000 feet
was here near Port Belmont,
which is north.
- And according to the tape,
the pilots still had visual
contact with the other craft?
- Which means if they ditched
or managed to land somehow,
they'd be somewhere in here.
- A roughly 200-mile square.
- I already scrambled search
and rescue to fly a grid,
but so far nothing.
- Sir, what's here?
- That's Hartley Bay.
The only thing up there
is a logging outpost.
- People?
- A few seasonal workers maybe?
- What are you thinking?
- Eyewitnesses on the ground.
Someone up there saw something,
could help narrow our search.
- Well, Hartley Bay's
not accessible by road.
You'd have to take
a sea plane up there.
I don't have
any available pilots right now.
[dramatic music]
- Sir, as a matter of fact,
you do.
♪
Never gets old, Doc.
♪
It's a great view, huh?
- It is quite spectacular.
♪
- Think you'll go back
to teaching?
- I'm not sure yet.
- Well, I think the generals
would be at a loss
if you left for good.
[chuckles]
You may have been
a pain in their ass, but...
- [laughs]
- They're better off
for having you.
- Yeah.
I think we did good, Captain.
- We weren't the '27 Yankees.
We made
for a pretty good team.
- Yep.
- [chuckles]
♪
Maybe I'll go back to flying
for a while.
Be a pilot again.
- Well, you certainly seem
to enjoy it.
♪
- Hey, why don't you
take the yoke for a bit,
see what it feels like?
- What?
- Come on, when are you ever
gonna get a chance
like this again?
It's easy.
- It's easy?
- Yeah, come on, take it.
- No, no, no, don't do that.
- I'm letting go.
- This is a bad idea.
- [laughs]
Just keep it steady.
♪
That's it, relax.
- [exhales sharply]
♪
- See?
That's it.
- Okay.
♪
- Look at that.
You're flying.
- [chuckles]
Yes, I am.
I'm flying.
- [chuckles]
Doc, you are flying.
♪
- You got to be shitting me.
All right, keep me posted.
[door closes]
They still can't crack her.
- Jim.
- They've been interrogating
her for three days,
and she'll only say
that she was sent to Ohio
to find out about
our UFO program?
She's good.
And I'm starting to believe
Quinn when he said
he didn't know who she was.
- I agree.
- We still had to put him
on leave, though.
What else could we do?
We didn't have any--
- Jim!
I just got a call from one
of our intel groups in the UK.
They picked up
a radio transmission
that the boys in the CIA
managed to decode.
♪
- Has this been verified?
- That's what we've just
been asked to do...
after we brief the President.
♪
- Excuse me.
Is this Hartley Bay?
- I'm Greg.
I run the operation.
You here about the crash?
- Oh, you know about the crash?
- Yeah.
Phones haven't worked
since last night.
I sent one of my guys
to Key Junction
to alert the authorities,
but I'd imagine he's still
on the road.
- Well, can you, uh,
tell us a little more
about what happened last night?
- Oh, about 9:30, there was
a earth-shattering boom.
Knocked the power out,
scared me half to death.
Ran outside to see what it was,
but wasn't nothing.
Wasn't till this morning
I found out what happened.
- Well, we have
reason to believe
that there may still
be survivors.
Do you think you could, uh,
get us to the crash site?
- "Survivors"?
You mean aliens?
That's why you're here,
isn't it?
'Cause it was a UFO crash?
- Why do you think
it was a UFO?
[horn blares]
- Jean.
Uh, Greg there said you saw
a UFO fall out of the sky.
- That's not what I said.
That's not what I said!
- So you didn't see a UFO?
- No, I did.
I didn't see a UFO crash,
I saw it cause a crash.
♪
- Could you be more specific?
♪
- Sure. Last night
I was out hunting a wolf
that's been prowling
around my cabin.
Saw fresh tracks.
I knew I was close.
[owl hooting]
[engine roars overhead]
That's when I heard it.
♪
It was moving so fast,
I didn't think
it was possible.
And that plane looked like
it tried real hard
to move out the way,
but it was just hit
by this light.
♪
Plane split in two before
it fell behind those trees.
♪
We get jets out here
all the time from the base,
so I just assumed
it belonged to them.
I tried to call.
The phone's been down.
- And you think you
could estimate
where this plane went down?
- Beyond that ridge.
At least five miles.
- That way?
You sure?
- Positive.
♪
- Thanks for your time.
♪
- The last radar transmission
had it heading
the opposite way.
- Well, if they lost power,
stopped transmitting,
could've gone down
any direction.
- We need to get
back in the air.
Call the base.
♪
- Tell Air Vice Marshall Thomas
to divert the operation east
toward Hawkesbury Island.
Eyewitness saw
what we think was a crash.
- If you can stand down,
I'll relay,
and we should have support on
your position in a few hours.
- That's a negative.
We don't have time to wait.
There could be survivors
on the--
What do you see?
♪
- Does that look like, uh--
- Part of a plane?
Yes, it does.
Hold on, Doc.
♪
That's part of a wing.
- So where's the rest
of the plane?
- Jean said it broke in half
in the sky.
It could be scattered
all over this area.
♪
- What about survivors?
- This is not a good sign, Doc.
♪
- Look!
♪
- Anybody out there?
♪
- Anybody hear us?
- Hello!
Hello!
♪
- Whoever it was,
they got themself down.
Can't be far.
- Hello?
Anyone out here?
- Anybody hear us?
♪
- There.
♪
Is he breathing?
♪
- [gasps]
- It's okay!
It's okay.
- [breathing heavily]
♪
The plane.
Where's my plane?
I need to know.
I need to know now.
♪
- All right, easy.
We just want to make sure
you're okay first.
♪
- Who are you?
- I'm Captain Michael Quinn,
US Air Force.
This is Dr. Allen Hynek.
♪
- US Air Force?
American?
- Right.
♪
- I thought I was in Canada.
- We're with Project Blue Book.
We were asked
to help investigate
the plane's disappearance.
Now, according to radar,
there was another object
in your flight path.
- The plane's nearby.
♪
- I'm gonna radio in,
get search and rescue to divert
to our new location.
- We don't have time for that.
My copilot's still out there.
We have to find him
and the plane...
now.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
[airplane engine
roars overhead]
- Air Vice Marshall Thomas.
Generals Harding and Valentine,
United States Air Force.
- From Wright-Pat.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know you were coming.
We're in the middle of a--
- Search and rescue.
We know.
Did you find it yet?
- The aircraft?
How do you know about that?
What's going on?
- We should speak
in a secure room.
- This way.
- So where were you guys coming
from before you had to ditch?
I only ask because your plane
was in communication
with RCAF ground control, but
you never identified yourself.
- Didn't I?
- You don't remember that?
- Alex!
- Can you tell me where
you were headed at least?
It might help us
locate the aircraft.
- I had cargo headed to Alaska
coming over from Greenland.
Everything
after that's a blur.
- Oh, yeah?
What kind of cargo?
- Alex!
I thought you guys
wanted to help.
- Just trying to make sense
of what happened, that's all.
Something's off.
- No, no.
He's--he's still in shock.
- What, he can't tell us
anything that's gonna help us?
- Well, it could be
another explanation.
UFO abductees often report
a period of missing time
following an encounter--
hours, sometimes days.
- Yeah, but this guy
wasn't abducted.
- Yeah, well, he disappeared
for an hour on radar.
We don't know what happened
during that time.
- Over here.
Look at this.
♪
- Burn marks.
Those trees were ripped apart
from above.
- Uh-huh.
- Yeah, we must be close.
♪
- He's that way.
- Yeah.
- Alex!
♪
Alex!
♪
Alex!
♪
- There's no way
that's part of a cargo craft.
- Then what is it?
And where's the rest of it?
♪
- Is he in there?
- [groaning]
- Come on, buddy.
[both grunt]
I got you.
♪
Stay there.
Take him out.
He's still breathing.
- [grunts] Easy.
- I got you.
- We don't know what kind
of injuries he could have.
- It's okay.
He needs some air.
Get him over
to that tree, please.
- Come on.
♪
- [groans]
♪
- Steady.
- [coughs]
♪
- Alex.
♪
Alex.
♪
Alex. Alex.
Alex, look at me.
♪
Look at me, buddy.
The plane.
Where's the plane?
- What happened?
- Shh, shh, shh.
Where's the rest of the plane?
- Where's what?
♪
[groans]
- The plane, Alex.
♪
What happened to the plane?
What happened?
♪
- You guys got a medical kit
on board?
I'll go check.
- No, no, no, no.
Wait.
God damn it.
♪
- You got to be
fucking kidding me.
- Alex, I am Dr. Hynek.
Can you remember at all
how you got here?
- They're US Air Force.
- We're in Am--America?
- Something caused you
to fly off course and crash.
Do you recall what that was?
- I can't remember anything.
- Hey, Doc.
♪
- Excuse me a second.
♪
- [groaning]
♪
- [whispering indistinctly]
♪
- What is it?
- Look at
this instrument panel.
♪
- That's Russian.
- This is a bomber,
which means that those two
are Russian military.
- You sure?
♪
[gun cocks]
♪
- He is now.
♪
[tense music]
- Lieutenant Colonel
Yuri Obolensky.
- Yuri, that's a pretty good
American accent you got there.
- Spasiba.
- You realize half
the Royal Canadian Air Force
is out here
looking for you right now?
♪
- [Russian accent]
Not at this location. Hmm?
Isn't that
what you said earlier?
- Look, I'm not sure what
you're planning
on doing right now, but
with no plane, no way out...
hurting us won't help you
in the least.
♪
- I'm not going to hurt you.
I need your help to find
the rest of the plane.
Move.
- This thing's
got to be scattered
into a million pieces out here.
What the hell do you need
our help for?
- I need what was
on that plane,
which I'm pretty sure
is intact,
because if it wasn't,
everything within five miles of
here would be destroyed by now.
- Five miles?
That's...
roughly the blast radius of a--
of a nuclear bomb.
♪
- Not including
radioactive fallout...
yes, you are correct.
♪
- Are you telling me you had
a nuclear bomb on your plane?
- That is what I'm saying, yes.
And it's still out there.
And if it goes off,
it will start World War III.
♪
- Where the hell were you going
before you crashed?
- We're testing
North American airspace.
It's nothing you Americans
don't do.
- Yeah, not with a live nuke!
♪
Are you insane?
You Russians, man!
- Just--Captain!
So you just wanted to get
picked up on radar,
then turn back,
is that it?
- Yes.
- But you encountered
another craft.
- We don't know what it was.
♪
All I know is that is separated
us from the fuselage--
almost purposely--
then dropped us like toys.
I don't remember much else,
do you?
- Why do you say purposefully?
- I remember thinking that
whatever that was,
it was trying to take the bomb
from us.
♪
- [scoffs]
No, here's what I think.
I think you're a couple
of shit pilots.
You got picked up on radar,
took too many Gs heading back,
and your plane tore apart.
Now you want us
toelieve this horseshit.
- You know what I think?
I think the bomb was still
on the plane when it went down.
And if it hasn't gone off, that
means it's somewhere nearby.
So I have to make sure
that it's safe, okay?
Do you both understand?
- Could the force of the impact
have armed it?
♪
- Barometric
and radar triggers
are designed to go off
beneath 1,000 feet.
But there is an internal
safety switch.
♪
- What--what--
what about a clock trigger?
- It's possible.
But I'm sure it was damaged
upon impact.
- Right.
Meaning it could still arm.
- Yes.
- So we have no idea
how long it could be
before this thing detonates.
♪
Shit.
♪
- We call it a broken arrow.
It's a US military term
for a missing nuclear asset
lost in transit.
- We have solid intel
that points to the unidentified
aircraft that went down
as a Russian bomber.
- What's been
the Soviet response?
- They've denied any knowledge.
- They're stalling.
If that aircraft managed
to make it back across
the Arctic Circle
without going down, they could
avoid the consequences.
- Like a counterstrike.
- It's our last resort, but
it's definitely on the table.
♪
- We've been flying a grid
north of here since yesterday.
So far, nothing.
Your men might have
found something, though.
- Our men?
- Project Blue Book.
They came up to help
investigate the possibility
of a UFO encounter
with the aircraft.
- Blue Book is here?
- They're out in the bush
right now.
♪
- Your partner,
he called you "Captain."
Are you a pilot?
- Yeah.
♪
- I flew in the war.
Was decorated five times.
You?
- Six.
- Six times?
That's impressive.
So why are you doing this now?
This Blue ok--
studying UFOs?
Why?
- I wanted to defend
my country
from people like you.
- [chuckles]
I'm not a UFO.
- Yeah, well, you're Russian.
You send spies
to infiltrate our programs,
exploit our fears
of the unexplained.
You're worse.
- [sighs]
So do you believe in aliens?
They're real?
I do.
After last night, 100%.
- We've heard of this Blue Book
in Russia.
It's first of its kind, yes?
- You don't have
a similar program?
- Not that I know of, no.
- Because Russia does have
its own history of UFOs.
- What do you know
of our history?
- Uh, Tunguska in 1908,
a meteor falls from the sky.
2,000 miles of forest
are decimated,
except the witnesses
there claim
that it wasn't a meteor at all
but a-a craft of some kind.
- What else do you know
of this?
- Well, after the war began,
did you notice an increase
in sightings at all?
♪
- The frequency
increased for us, yes.
- Yeah, well,
we had a spike, too.
Particularly around, uh,
military installations,
uh, nuclear test sites.
- Hey, Doc.
♪
You're crossing the line here.
We don't tell the Russians
anything, you understand?
- I'm trying to gain trust,
Captain,
and if there are UFOs
over Russian nuclear sites,
well, that lines up
with the theory that I have
that UFOs are protecting us
from ourselves
and the weapons we created.
- Look, I don't give a damn
about your theories right now.
You keep quiet about
America's nuclear program.
♪
- Over here!
♪
- The captain radioed
in earlier,
said they were following
a lead on the crash,
but it was almost
the opposite direction
of where we had the plane
on radar before it went down.
- If Hynek and Quinn
are following a lead,
it's probably a good one.
- Have they checked in sense?
- Their only radio's
on the plane.
If they're on foot in the
backcountry, they'd--
they'd have to circle back
to let us know.
- No, but if
they found something...
- Which means they'd be needing
our help right now.
Show us exactly where
they were last reported.
♪
[tense music]
♪
- How do we know
if it's armed?
- We have to open it up...
have a look inside.
- One of you know
how to do that?
- I've been trained, but...
to handle anything there
requires a very steady hand.
- What, this thing
falls out of the sky,
creates this big hole,
but if your hand's not steady,
it blows up?
Makes perfect sense.
♪
- So one of us
just has to get inside,
and you will talk us
through the rest, yes?
- All right, I'll do it.
- Yeah, I will do it.
- You're not going anywhere
near that thing.
- Why should you?
- I'm not the one
who flew it over here.
♪
- So you think I want
to blow it up now?
- Yeah.
In a heartbeat.
- Stupid Americans.
You think that Russians are the
only ones eager to start war?
- Trust me,
we are at war right now.
- Maybe I'll kill you myself.
- Go ahead.
- Stop, both of you!
We don't have time for this!
Put that down!
Put it down!
♪
Now, I am the only
nonmilitary person here.
I also have a lot of experience
dealing with small tools
in delicate spaces,
transistors, telescopes.
♪
I should be the one
to attempt this,
but we have to work together.
♪
Okay?
Agreed?
♪
- I will show you the steps.
First you need
to open the panel.
Just give us some room.
- What, in case it goes off?
Just stand, what,
five feet back?
♪
I'm fine right next
to my partner.
Thank you very much.
♪
[sighs]
Doc?
- One last case, eh?
Huh?
- Ride off into the sunset.
♪
- Gentle, Doctor.
♪
- [sighs]
- Should be the one
in the middle.
♪
- Hey...
if this doesn't go well,
we don't make it out of here,
I just want to tell you--
- Captain...
that doesn't help.
- Yeah.
Roger that.
♪
- Okay.
I'm ready to take the door off.
♪
Easy.
- Doctor, please be careful.
♪
[alarm blaring]
- Go! Let's go!
- A couple of our men
found the seaplane
about ten miles east
along with some other wreckage.
- What about our guys?
- Looks like they headed off
on foot deeper into the forest.
- Well, let's get
the hell out there, then.
[blaring continues]
♪
- You should be able to see
the safety switch.
It'll be about a foot tall
with a red and green dial.
♪
Do you see it?
♪
- Yes.
- What does the dial show?
- Well, uh,
I can't read Russian,
but it's stuck halfway
between red and green.
♪
- That's the arming switch.
[breathing heavily]
If it's stuck in the middle, it
means the bomb could be armed.
- Well, can't we just push
the dial back so we know?
- That would risk arming it.
- Or maybe it saves us.
- And who would like
to take that chance?
♪
There is one other way.
It's much riskier.
- What's that?
♪
- Disconnecting the fireset.
It's a bank of capacitors
that stores electricity
from the batteries.
They, um, carry a charge
that triggers an explosive
in the core.
- Right, so,
if we disable those...
- Then we should be good.
But you have to be
extra careful.
The charge in those capacitors
could kill you.
♪
- What other choice do we have?
♪
- Hey, Doc, you got this.
♪
- We found it!
We found it, sir!
- It's the Russian plane, sir!
- Over here!
- We got a lot of broken trees
here--stay out of that area.
- It is
the Russian plane, sirs!
[indistinct chatter]
- Where's the rest
of the plane?
- Well, it's got
to be close, right?
- Well, if our guys were here,
they can't be far.
- Yeah, but are they alone?
- All right, men, fan out!
And stay alert!
- Remember, Doctor,
don't touch the inner housing
or any of the conduit
on the floor.
The charge could kill you.
♪
[object clangs]
♪
- Everything all right
in there, Doc?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
♪
[scoffs]
♪
[sighs]
- Take your men over there...
right on that bluff.
♪
[indistinct chatter]
♪
- [sighs]
I think I did it.
♪
- There's 32.
You sure you have them all?
- 32 wires.
Yes.
I'm just counting again
to be sure.
- Hynek.
- All good, uh,
just need to check one or two
more things.
♪
- It should be good.
Thank God.
♪
- Well done, Doc.
♪
At least we won't die in vain.
♪
- What are you doing?
- Ah, it's like your partner
said--we're at war.
♪
So, Dr. Hynek,
thank you for your work.
♪
But we no longer have use
for either one of you.
♪
[tense music]
- You don't want to do this.
- I have no choice.
I'm sorry.
If Alexei and I make it back to
your plane, maybe we get home.
- You're never gonna make it.
♪
- With you still alive?
♪
No.
[gun cocks]
- Shoot now, you'll risk
setting this off.
♪
- Is that...
- The core.
Yes, I believe it is.
What do you think?
- Don't shoot.
- Doc, what are you doing
with that?
- I don't know.
Do you want it?
- No, no, no.
Hey, Doctor, Doctor.
You be careful.
- Oh, well, maybe you want it?
- No, don't do anything crazy.
- Do you want it?
- No, no, no.
- Here!
- No, no, no, no, no, no!
♪
[gun cocks]
- Are you insane?
♪
- If there were plutonium
inside there, I would say yes.
Which there isn't.
Should weigh about five times
heavier than that, yes?
That's because
it's just the empty casing.
There's nothing inside.
- He's right.
There's nothing in here.
♪
- How did you know?
- You told me those capacitors
had enough charge in them
to kill a man, yet when
I slipped up a couple of times,
I didn't get so much
as a static shock.
♪
Then when I was finished, I saw
the cap that conceals the core,
and I looked inside.
- So you just reached in
and grabbed it?
- Well, there was no way they
were gonna leave that
with us here,
and they don't need us anymore,
so, yes, I did,
and when I picked it up,
I knew.
♪
- Why?
♪
Why did our government...
- They had us believe that...
- The Kremlin wasn't testing
our air defense.
They were testing you.
- They wanted to see
how well you'd fare
when you thought you had
a live nuclear weapon on board.
The human element--
it's always the one variable
you can't control.
- Yeah.
It makes so much sense.
They're not gonna be flying
a live nuke over here.
[chuckles]
- [exhales deeply]
I guess no one wants
World War III, huh?
- Hey, Doc.
[grunts]
I really thought you were
gonna kill us back there.
- I thought so, too.
[both laugh]
- When I saw this thing flying
through the air, I thought,
"What is this cocky American
trying to do?"
- Whoo.
- It's nice catch.
Doctor...
thank you.
- [sighs]
You're welcome.
- Captain,
you showed incredible bravery.
Thank you.
♪
- You were just about
to kill us.
Let's not forget that.
♪
- Okay.
Okay.
♪
What will you do with us?
- Not up to us now.
Seaplane's about
five-mile hike from here.
We'll head back, radio in.
♪
- You know, Captain,
if the four of us
can work together,
I'm sure that we could persuade
our governments--
- Hands up!
♪
[guns cocking]
♪
- Come on, let's go.
♪
- When we get back,
we're gonna need a full debrief
from both of you.
To scrub this clean is gonna
take a lot of work.
- What is gonna happen
to the pilots?
- I can imagine
a few scenarios.
But, honestly,
we've never had to deal with a
situation this sensitive, so...
- You know,
I got to commend you both.
What you did here was heroic.
- We just came up here
to do our job, sir.
- Which makes the work you do
more important than ever.
♪
We need you out in the field.
Both of you.
- Yes, sir.
- Generals...
I need you for a moment.
♪
- We'll see you
back at the base.
♪
- So they, uh, never found
the rest of the plane.
- I'm sure they will.
- I doubt they let us
take a look at it, though.
♪
- You still think
that unidentified craft
had something to do
with what happened here?
- Maybe.
♪
Maybe it wasn't the Russians
that removed the plutonium.
It certainly poses
some interesting questions.
- Demands further
investigation.
- Well, I guess that means
we're back in business.
- I guess we are, Professor.
♪
[door opens]
♪
[indistinct chatter]
Some things never change.
- What's that?
- I decide to get in early, you
still find a way to beat me in.
- Well, I heard we, uh, got
a few calls while we were gone.
Priest in Akron saw an object
hovering above his church
after Mass.
Wanted to pre-interview him
on the phone.
- Yeah, look at this--
Missouri, Texas, Maryland.
Never a dull day, huh?
- Need anything?
- Just some coffee.
That'd be great. Thanks, Faye.
- [clears throat]
[door closes]
- Excuse me.
Can I help you?
- Uh, yes.
The Senator's here
for Project Blue Book.
Are they in?
- Senator?
Oh, yes.
Senator Kennedy.
- Morning, miss.
Are they, uh, in there?
- Inside.
Yes, um, just this way.
- Speak to somebody's
who's been--
- Gentlemen, Senator Kennedy
is here to see you.
- I'll have to call
you right back.
- Oh, apologies, I'll need to
call you back in ten minutes.
- Project Blue Book.
Sorry for the unexpected visit.
It's urgent.
- Senator.
- Senator.
- What can we do for you?
- Eh, could you give us
some privacy, please?
[tense music]
Whatever you're working on,
I need you to put it down.
We have a situation developing
in the North Atlantic.
- What kind of situation?
- The crew on a Navy destroyer
spotted a triangle-shaped craft
trailing their fleet.
♪
- And you'd like for us
to investigate, sir?
- I didn't finish.
The craft they saw
didn't come from the sky.
It came out of the water.
♪
- Three, one, five, four,
five, six, four, five, nine...