The Invaders (1967–1968): Season 2, Episode 1 - Condition: Red - full transcript
Major Dan Keller works for NORAD, at the computer control section. There he programs complex machinery that watches the skies, constantly. The aliens need a window to bring in a great many saucers, so that they may establish a base on a remote island. To do that, they place one of their own as Dan Keller's new wife Laurie. She is equipped to hypnotize Dan into replacing a crucial programming tape with one the aliens have forged - one that will instruct the systems to ignore certain things they see.
♪ ♪
Hi. This is Dr. Rogers,
Dr. Frederick Rogers.
There's been an accident
up on Highway 14.
A woman was
thrown from her horse.
No, I'm afraid she's dead.
Yes, uh, her name
is Laurie Keller.
K-E-double L-E-R.
That's right.
I'll bring her in, all right?
All right.
What do you want?
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
No!
What are you doing?! No!
No! No! No!
Stop! Why are you doing this?!
Starring Roy Thinnes as
architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here.
That they have taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
Antoinette Bowers, Jason Evers.
NARRATOR A physician
reports the death of a woman.
Two hours later, her
husband, a NORAD major,
reports her very much alive.
The newspaper account
attracted no particular attention,
but David Vincent knew that
an alien, unconscious,
without pulse or heartbeat,
might easily be
mistaken for dead--
Even by a doctor... And
so he arranged to visit
NORAD's Combat
Operations Center,
1,400 feet beneath
Cheyenne Mountain,
and a natural target
for the Invaders.
Over there, please.
Yes, sir.
Robert Davis.
You're a freelance
magazine writer?
That's right.
It'll be just a few
minutes, Mr. Davis.
Would you step
over there, please?
Thank you.
Excuse me, please.
You were right about
Robert Davis, sir.
He's David Vincent.
Let him take the
tour with the others.
Yes, sir.
These tours for
journalists are designed
to publicize our
defensive capabilities.
We want the public... And
our potential enemies...
To know about this facility.
Naturally, you won't see
anything that's classified,
but I can promise there'll be
plenty for you to write about.
Morning, Major Keller.
General.
How's your wife, Major?
I read about that accident
up in the mountains.
Oh, she's fine
now, sir, thank you.
I think she was more
concerned about what happened
to that doctor than
she was by her fall.
Terrible thing.
That's the last of it.
We'll be able to install
the new tapes as scheduled
at 0900 tomorrow.
Officially, this is
the War Room.
To us, it's the peace room.
What you're looking at
now is a composite picture
of the aerial activity
and the approaches
to the North American continent.
Each object in the
sky must be identified
and accounted for.
The key to the entire operation
is the computer section.
On its reliability rests
the defense of the
North American continent.
Now for a closer
look at the big screen.
Naturally, the final
decisions are made by men.
Beyond the electronic logic,
no matter how advanced,
there is always a human brain.
This is the computer section.
As you can see, we'll
have to pass it up.
Uh, Captain, are any of the section
personnel available for interview?
You, uh, might be able
to arrange something
through the Public
Information Officer.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
Hello. Mr. Davis?
Yes. I'm Major Dan Keller.
How do you do?
Come on in. Thank you.
The PIO phoned.
Said you wanted to do a piece
on the home life
of a NORAD officer.
Something like that, yes.
Uh-huh.
My wife Laurie will
be down in a minute.
Good.
Drink?
All right. Uh, scotch
and soda. No ice, please.
Fine.
Make yourself comfortable.
Thank you.
You'll, uh, forgive me for
not joining you, Mr. Davis,
but I have to get back to work.
I really don't have
too much time.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Donna, my first wife.
She died six months ago.
It was a heart attack.
Oh, yes, I realize you're
running short on time.
Just a couple of questions.
Uh, the second
Mrs. Keller, Laurie?
Is that right? Mm.
Good. How long
have you known her?
Three months.
What does that have
to do with anything?
Well, I thought the PIO
explained to you that...
No,
the PIO said you wanted
to know about my home life.
To me, that means
meals, hobbies, schedules.
You want to know about
my personal life. Why?
Major, I'm not a journalist.
I'm trying to find out about
a plot against NORAD
involving the computer section.
I can assure you, Mr. Davis,
our security is excellent.
But not foolproof.
Why don't you talk
with A2; Intelligence?
I intend to talk to them,
but I wanted to
talk to you first.
Why?
There are a couple of
things I wanted to find out
about the second Mrs. Keller.
What exactly are you
getting at, Mr. Davis?
My wife.
Hello.
Hello.
I thought I'd make
you both some lunch.
Mr. Davis was just leaving.
Excuse me.
I'll see you again.
What was all that about?
Oh, this guy really came
up with quite a story. He...
Oh, never mind. It's... nothing.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
These so-called aliens of yours,
why hasn't NORAD
spotted their spacecraft?
Major, I don't know,
but they've been moving
single saucers without detection,
and this could involve
something much more important.
Send him in.
Thank you for coming down, Dan.
I thought I'd find
you here, Mr. Davis.
His name is not Davis.
It's David Vincent.
That's right, the one
with the UFO theories.
I knew who he was
this morning, Dan.
I didn't interfere with him
because I wanted to know
what he was doing at NORAD.
Well, you don't buy
his stuff, do you?
Look, Dan,
I spent five years
in UFO investigation.
There are plenty of
unanswered questions.
Sit down.
Dan,
Mr. Vincent has a theory that...
Laurie may not be
what she seems to be.
Oh, well, you know
her so well, Mr. Vincent.
What does she seem to be?
Maybe you could
explain why Dr. Rogers
called the state police to tell
them that Laurie was dead.
Well, she was unconscious.
He made a mistake.
A doctor with 30
years experience?
Is that likely?
More likely than flying saucers.
And right afterwards,
Dr. Rogers drowned.
Oh, I can't explain
coincidences, Mr. Vincent.
Then let me try.
Suppose there are
aliens here on Earth
without pulse or heartbeat.
One of them is
knocked unconscious
after a fall from a horse.
Now, you can see how a
doctor mistakenly would...
Just a minute, mister.
Mr. Vincent,
are you saying that Laurie
has no pulse or heartbeat?
Ask the major to bring
his wife to the base.
Have your own
doctors examine her.
Pete, I'm tired.
We're programming tomorrow.
Major Keller.
What was your wife doing
alone at dawn in the mountains?
She grew up with
horses. She likes to ride.
Well, you said you
have an open mind.
Bring her in.
I don't have the
authority to do that.
And I can't force her to
take a medical examination.
Okay. I'll see you later.
What's so funny?
That guy that was here today?
Mr. Davis.
Oh... His name's not Davis.
It's Vincent,
and he goes around the country
preaching about
aliens from outer space
with no pulses or heartbeats.
I don't think that's funny.
I think it's rather sad.
Hmm?
Huh.
Do you know what
he said about you?
You... are an alien being.
Yes, he did.
You are a heartless alien being.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
We were talking about the
area southwest of Alaska.
Southwest of Alaska.
That is within the
NORAD defense perimeter.
For 3000 miles.
Which reels of tape
are programmed
to detect objects
entering the airspace
over the islands 1,000
miles southwest of Alaska?
Reel nine. Only reel nine.
How could that tape
be reprogrammed
so as not to see 20 spacecraft
approaching those islands?
Objects entering airspace
at one degree
in fixed trajectory
at 2,000 feet per
second per second...
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Reprogram this.
What?
Laurie?!
Laurie?
We've put in the blind spot.
Will you be able to get
this to NORAD in time?
My husband will see to it.
Is the attack still scheduled
for tomorrow morning?
10:22.
♪ ♪
Dan?
I'm over here.
Why aren't you in bed?
For one thing, I've
got a headache.
Well, I have
something to fix that.
Where were you?
Well, I hope I didn't
worry you, darling.
Of course I was worried.
It's 4:00 in the morning.
Is it really?
I just couldn't sleep,
and I thought I'd
try my old standby...
A ride in the mountains.
Here.
Take this. You'll
feel much better.
It was so beautiful
up there tonight.
The air was so clear.
The stars were so bright.
I think I'll pass.
I feel drugged already.
Drugged?
I had a nightmare.
Part of the human condition.
And I felt as though my brain
were being scooped
out of my head.
I looked all over
the house for you.
You weren't there.
Well, I'm here now.
Come on. Let's get some sleep.
Laurie, I don't want
you to go out riding again
in the middle of the night.
Dan, I've done it all my life.
Well, you'll stop doing it now!
Why is it suddenly
so important to you?
Do you think I'm meeting a
man out there or something?
I'm going to bed. Laurie.
I want your word!
My word for what?
That you won't go
out riding again alone.
What do you think you're doing?
Is that what's on your mind?
Do you think I'm
what he said I am?
Some sort of creature?!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Laurie.
It's just... just sitting
here in the dark...
Sorry.
You had a nightmare,
darling, that's all.
A nightmare.
Don't let's fight anymore.
I'll be back in a minute.
And, this time, I
won't leave you.
I promise.
Thanks a lot.
David Vincent.
Then I cut cross-country.
I got to the highway,
hitched a ride here.
If there's anything up
there, our patrol will find it.
Oh, yes. Send him in.
Morning, Dan.
What's he after now, Pete?
I think you'd
better hear him out.
General Winters?
We've installed the new tapes.
Thank you, Captain.
What makes people like you
so dangerous, Mr. Vincent,
is that there's always a grain
of truth in what you have say.
Obviously, you went
driving last night,
and you happened to see Laurie.
Well, then she was out?
Well, I don't know what
time she left the house,
but she came back at 4:00.
Surely you have enough now
to bring her in for questioning.
Yes? Oh, yes.
Tell him to come right in.
Excuse me, sir.
The patrol just reported back.
Oh, yes. Go on.
The shack was empty. Dusty.
No sign that anyone
had been near it for years.
This doesn't prove anything.
They're experts
at this kind of thing.
All right, Captain. Thank you.
Yes, sir.
Sorry to have bothered
you again, Dan.
Major.
Look. You're an
Intelligence officer.
In any other case, you'd try
to consider every possibility.
All I'm asking is that
you try to do that now.
I'll bring her in, Pete.
If you want to, Dan.
It would help clear things up.
I'll see you in a half
an hour with Laurie.
Major?
If she knows why you're
bringing her in, she won't come.
She'll be here, Mr. Vincent.
You should take a detail
of air police with you, Major.
I don't intend to
arrest my own wife.
Laurie.
Dan. What are you
doing home at this hour?
How would you like to
see the inside of COC?
Today?
Uh-huh. Right now.
Whatever brought
that on so suddenly?
Well, actually, I
thought the two of us
might have a talk
with Pete Stanhope.
The Intelligence
officer? Whatever for?
It's not about that
alien thing again, is it?
Oh, Dan, I hope you
didn't tell Pete I was coming.
Well, I didn't think
you would object.
It's not Pete
Stanhope at all, is it?
It's you.
Something's troubling you.
That argument last night...
Is it Donna?
Do you feel guilty
about marrying me?
You think that I trapped
you into marriage
with some sort of witchcraft?
Oh, Dan, I love you.
Do aliens cry?
Oh, Laurie, I'm sorry.
Forgive me, darling.
I don't know what I
was thinking about.
If it means that much,
I'll come with you.
I just don't want you to worry.
I don't want you
to worry at all.
Come get me.
They must be on their way.
Maybe.
He'll be here.
Unless they finished with him.
Unless... unless he
served his purpose.
Conners, I'm coming right over.
I want a complete rundown
on everything Major Keller did
since he arrived at
the base this morning.
Laurie?
I only saw him
for a minute, sir.
Then he went to your office.
Did he say anything to you?
He instructed me to
replace the computer tapes.
That was a routine replacement?
Yes, sir. It's been
scheduled for three weeks.
What time did he arrive
here at the computer section?
I'd say... 8:58.
He entered the vault at 8:56
and stayed about
a minute and a half.
It takes a few seconds to
walk here from the vault,
so that accounts for the time.
Except for what he did
while he was in the vault.
I'm sure he was
checking on the tapes.
We hadn't completed
them when he left last night.
Last night, Mrs. Keller
brought something
out in a saddlebag
from that shack.
Could it have something
to do with the tapes?
Laurie... What happened to me?
Nothing, darling.
You just fell asleep.
Whe-where are you going?
Going for a little trip.
We talked about it.
Don't you remember?
No, Laurie. I...
I don't want you to... to go.
It's... true.
It's true.
Why?
We need a base here, an island.
At 10:22, we'll have it.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Major... Stanhope.
Just a second.
It's Major Keller.
Yes, Dan, what is it?
Reel...
nine.
Dan!
Captain, take a
detail and get over
to Major Keller's house fast.
I think he's been shot.
Yes, sir.
What did he say?
Reel nine.
A computer program.
Is there any way a
reel can be altered
to make things look
normal even if they're not?
I don't understand.
Can a computer be fixed?
Can it be made to ignore
a specific phenomenon
and nothing else?
Yes, I suppose so.
How?
An instruction could
be added to a tape.
All it would take would be
one extra card in the right place.
Then you'd get something
on the memory bank like...
"If objects approach
at a certain speed
"on a certain course, forget it.
Don't project it."
Could that be it?
Major Stanhope here, General.
We may have discovered an
error in the computer programming.
Thank you, sir.
They're switching to
the backup computers.
What's happening?
We've got an automatic
Condition: Red.
Whatever they are,
they're not
air-breathing engines.
There should be visual
contact within two minutes.
We have to intercept them.
They were warned.
♪ ♪
Major Stanhope, please.
Stanhope here.
Oh, yes, Captain.
No, Captain, that's all.
Major Keller is dead.
What about Laurie?
She left a "Dear John" note.
Come in.
Oh, thank you for
dropping by, Mr. Vincent.
I've been trying to make
some military sense
out of what happened,
Just personal speculation
you understand.
Yes, sir.
Some of it's pretty
hard to swallow
and still keep
your peace of mind.
The general's preliminary
report on the Condition: Red.
He explains the UFOs
as natural phenomena.
It's says nothing here
about the changes
in the computer tape.
The general feels
that Major Keller
was worried about
his private life,
and that he, uh...
simply made a mistake.
And how do you feel?
There was some
talk around the base
that Dan married Laurie too
soon after his first wife died.
I suppose you could say
he did make a mistake.
Good luck, David.
Stick with it.
I plan to.
For my peace of mind.
So long.
The Invader has lost a battle,
but David Vincent knows
that somewhere in space
new strategies are
already being devised...
for the war has only begun.
Hi. This is Dr. Rogers,
Dr. Frederick Rogers.
There's been an accident
up on Highway 14.
A woman was
thrown from her horse.
No, I'm afraid she's dead.
Yes, uh, her name
is Laurie Keller.
K-E-double L-E-R.
That's right.
I'll bring her in, all right?
All right.
What do you want?
Let go of me!
Let go of me!
No!
What are you doing?! No!
No! No! No!
Stop! Why are you doing this?!
Starring Roy Thinnes as
architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here.
That they have taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
Antoinette Bowers, Jason Evers.
NARRATOR A physician
reports the death of a woman.
Two hours later, her
husband, a NORAD major,
reports her very much alive.
The newspaper account
attracted no particular attention,
but David Vincent knew that
an alien, unconscious,
without pulse or heartbeat,
might easily be
mistaken for dead--
Even by a doctor... And
so he arranged to visit
NORAD's Combat
Operations Center,
1,400 feet beneath
Cheyenne Mountain,
and a natural target
for the Invaders.
Over there, please.
Yes, sir.
Robert Davis.
You're a freelance
magazine writer?
That's right.
It'll be just a few
minutes, Mr. Davis.
Would you step
over there, please?
Thank you.
Excuse me, please.
You were right about
Robert Davis, sir.
He's David Vincent.
Let him take the
tour with the others.
Yes, sir.
These tours for
journalists are designed
to publicize our
defensive capabilities.
We want the public... And
our potential enemies...
To know about this facility.
Naturally, you won't see
anything that's classified,
but I can promise there'll be
plenty for you to write about.
Morning, Major Keller.
General.
How's your wife, Major?
I read about that accident
up in the mountains.
Oh, she's fine
now, sir, thank you.
I think she was more
concerned about what happened
to that doctor than
she was by her fall.
Terrible thing.
That's the last of it.
We'll be able to install
the new tapes as scheduled
at 0900 tomorrow.
Officially, this is
the War Room.
To us, it's the peace room.
What you're looking at
now is a composite picture
of the aerial activity
and the approaches
to the North American continent.
Each object in the
sky must be identified
and accounted for.
The key to the entire operation
is the computer section.
On its reliability rests
the defense of the
North American continent.
Now for a closer
look at the big screen.
Naturally, the final
decisions are made by men.
Beyond the electronic logic,
no matter how advanced,
there is always a human brain.
This is the computer section.
As you can see, we'll
have to pass it up.
Uh, Captain, are any of the section
personnel available for interview?
You, uh, might be able
to arrange something
through the Public
Information Officer.
Thank you.
♪ ♪
Hello. Mr. Davis?
Yes. I'm Major Dan Keller.
How do you do?
Come on in. Thank you.
The PIO phoned.
Said you wanted to do a piece
on the home life
of a NORAD officer.
Something like that, yes.
Uh-huh.
My wife Laurie will
be down in a minute.
Good.
Drink?
All right. Uh, scotch
and soda. No ice, please.
Fine.
Make yourself comfortable.
Thank you.
You'll, uh, forgive me for
not joining you, Mr. Davis,
but I have to get back to work.
I really don't have
too much time.
Here you are.
Thank you.
Donna, my first wife.
She died six months ago.
It was a heart attack.
Oh, yes, I realize you're
running short on time.
Just a couple of questions.
Uh, the second
Mrs. Keller, Laurie?
Is that right? Mm.
Good. How long
have you known her?
Three months.
What does that have
to do with anything?
Well, I thought the PIO
explained to you that...
No,
the PIO said you wanted
to know about my home life.
To me, that means
meals, hobbies, schedules.
You want to know about
my personal life. Why?
Major, I'm not a journalist.
I'm trying to find out about
a plot against NORAD
involving the computer section.
I can assure you, Mr. Davis,
our security is excellent.
But not foolproof.
Why don't you talk
with A2; Intelligence?
I intend to talk to them,
but I wanted to
talk to you first.
Why?
There are a couple of
things I wanted to find out
about the second Mrs. Keller.
What exactly are you
getting at, Mr. Davis?
My wife.
Hello.
Hello.
I thought I'd make
you both some lunch.
Mr. Davis was just leaving.
Excuse me.
I'll see you again.
What was all that about?
Oh, this guy really came
up with quite a story. He...
Oh, never mind. It's... nothing.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
These so-called aliens of yours,
why hasn't NORAD
spotted their spacecraft?
Major, I don't know,
but they've been moving
single saucers without detection,
and this could involve
something much more important.
Send him in.
Thank you for coming down, Dan.
I thought I'd find
you here, Mr. Davis.
His name is not Davis.
It's David Vincent.
That's right, the one
with the UFO theories.
I knew who he was
this morning, Dan.
I didn't interfere with him
because I wanted to know
what he was doing at NORAD.
Well, you don't buy
his stuff, do you?
Look, Dan,
I spent five years
in UFO investigation.
There are plenty of
unanswered questions.
Sit down.
Dan,
Mr. Vincent has a theory that...
Laurie may not be
what she seems to be.
Oh, well, you know
her so well, Mr. Vincent.
What does she seem to be?
Maybe you could
explain why Dr. Rogers
called the state police to tell
them that Laurie was dead.
Well, she was unconscious.
He made a mistake.
A doctor with 30
years experience?
Is that likely?
More likely than flying saucers.
And right afterwards,
Dr. Rogers drowned.
Oh, I can't explain
coincidences, Mr. Vincent.
Then let me try.
Suppose there are
aliens here on Earth
without pulse or heartbeat.
One of them is
knocked unconscious
after a fall from a horse.
Now, you can see how a
doctor mistakenly would...
Just a minute, mister.
Mr. Vincent,
are you saying that Laurie
has no pulse or heartbeat?
Ask the major to bring
his wife to the base.
Have your own
doctors examine her.
Pete, I'm tired.
We're programming tomorrow.
Major Keller.
What was your wife doing
alone at dawn in the mountains?
She grew up with
horses. She likes to ride.
Well, you said you
have an open mind.
Bring her in.
I don't have the
authority to do that.
And I can't force her to
take a medical examination.
Okay. I'll see you later.
What's so funny?
That guy that was here today?
Mr. Davis.
Oh... His name's not Davis.
It's Vincent,
and he goes around the country
preaching about
aliens from outer space
with no pulses or heartbeats.
I don't think that's funny.
I think it's rather sad.
Hmm?
Huh.
Do you know what
he said about you?
You... are an alien being.
Yes, he did.
You are a heartless alien being.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
We were talking about the
area southwest of Alaska.
Southwest of Alaska.
That is within the
NORAD defense perimeter.
For 3000 miles.
Which reels of tape
are programmed
to detect objects
entering the airspace
over the islands 1,000
miles southwest of Alaska?
Reel nine. Only reel nine.
How could that tape
be reprogrammed
so as not to see 20 spacecraft
approaching those islands?
Objects entering airspace
at one degree
in fixed trajectory
at 2,000 feet per
second per second...
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Reprogram this.
What?
Laurie?!
Laurie?
We've put in the blind spot.
Will you be able to get
this to NORAD in time?
My husband will see to it.
Is the attack still scheduled
for tomorrow morning?
10:22.
♪ ♪
Dan?
I'm over here.
Why aren't you in bed?
For one thing, I've
got a headache.
Well, I have
something to fix that.
Where were you?
Well, I hope I didn't
worry you, darling.
Of course I was worried.
It's 4:00 in the morning.
Is it really?
I just couldn't sleep,
and I thought I'd
try my old standby...
A ride in the mountains.
Here.
Take this. You'll
feel much better.
It was so beautiful
up there tonight.
The air was so clear.
The stars were so bright.
I think I'll pass.
I feel drugged already.
Drugged?
I had a nightmare.
Part of the human condition.
And I felt as though my brain
were being scooped
out of my head.
I looked all over
the house for you.
You weren't there.
Well, I'm here now.
Come on. Let's get some sleep.
Laurie, I don't want
you to go out riding again
in the middle of the night.
Dan, I've done it all my life.
Well, you'll stop doing it now!
Why is it suddenly
so important to you?
Do you think I'm meeting a
man out there or something?
I'm going to bed. Laurie.
I want your word!
My word for what?
That you won't go
out riding again alone.
What do you think you're doing?
Is that what's on your mind?
Do you think I'm
what he said I am?
Some sort of creature?!
I'm sorry. I'm sorry, Laurie.
It's just... just sitting
here in the dark...
Sorry.
You had a nightmare,
darling, that's all.
A nightmare.
Don't let's fight anymore.
I'll be back in a minute.
And, this time, I
won't leave you.
I promise.
Thanks a lot.
David Vincent.
Then I cut cross-country.
I got to the highway,
hitched a ride here.
If there's anything up
there, our patrol will find it.
Oh, yes. Send him in.
Morning, Dan.
What's he after now, Pete?
I think you'd
better hear him out.
General Winters?
We've installed the new tapes.
Thank you, Captain.
What makes people like you
so dangerous, Mr. Vincent,
is that there's always a grain
of truth in what you have say.
Obviously, you went
driving last night,
and you happened to see Laurie.
Well, then she was out?
Well, I don't know what
time she left the house,
but she came back at 4:00.
Surely you have enough now
to bring her in for questioning.
Yes? Oh, yes.
Tell him to come right in.
Excuse me, sir.
The patrol just reported back.
Oh, yes. Go on.
The shack was empty. Dusty.
No sign that anyone
had been near it for years.
This doesn't prove anything.
They're experts
at this kind of thing.
All right, Captain. Thank you.
Yes, sir.
Sorry to have bothered
you again, Dan.
Major.
Look. You're an
Intelligence officer.
In any other case, you'd try
to consider every possibility.
All I'm asking is that
you try to do that now.
I'll bring her in, Pete.
If you want to, Dan.
It would help clear things up.
I'll see you in a half
an hour with Laurie.
Major?
If she knows why you're
bringing her in, she won't come.
She'll be here, Mr. Vincent.
You should take a detail
of air police with you, Major.
I don't intend to
arrest my own wife.
Laurie.
Dan. What are you
doing home at this hour?
How would you like to
see the inside of COC?
Today?
Uh-huh. Right now.
Whatever brought
that on so suddenly?
Well, actually, I
thought the two of us
might have a talk
with Pete Stanhope.
The Intelligence
officer? Whatever for?
It's not about that
alien thing again, is it?
Oh, Dan, I hope you
didn't tell Pete I was coming.
Well, I didn't think
you would object.
It's not Pete
Stanhope at all, is it?
It's you.
Something's troubling you.
That argument last night...
Is it Donna?
Do you feel guilty
about marrying me?
You think that I trapped
you into marriage
with some sort of witchcraft?
Oh, Dan, I love you.
Do aliens cry?
Oh, Laurie, I'm sorry.
Forgive me, darling.
I don't know what I
was thinking about.
If it means that much,
I'll come with you.
I just don't want you to worry.
I don't want you
to worry at all.
Come get me.
They must be on their way.
Maybe.
He'll be here.
Unless they finished with him.
Unless... unless he
served his purpose.
Conners, I'm coming right over.
I want a complete rundown
on everything Major Keller did
since he arrived at
the base this morning.
Laurie?
I only saw him
for a minute, sir.
Then he went to your office.
Did he say anything to you?
He instructed me to
replace the computer tapes.
That was a routine replacement?
Yes, sir. It's been
scheduled for three weeks.
What time did he arrive
here at the computer section?
I'd say... 8:58.
He entered the vault at 8:56
and stayed about
a minute and a half.
It takes a few seconds to
walk here from the vault,
so that accounts for the time.
Except for what he did
while he was in the vault.
I'm sure he was
checking on the tapes.
We hadn't completed
them when he left last night.
Last night, Mrs. Keller
brought something
out in a saddlebag
from that shack.
Could it have something
to do with the tapes?
Laurie... What happened to me?
Nothing, darling.
You just fell asleep.
Whe-where are you going?
Going for a little trip.
We talked about it.
Don't you remember?
No, Laurie. I...
I don't want you to... to go.
It's... true.
It's true.
Why?
We need a base here, an island.
At 10:22, we'll have it.
♪ ♪
♪ ♪
Major... Stanhope.
Just a second.
It's Major Keller.
Yes, Dan, what is it?
Reel...
nine.
Dan!
Captain, take a
detail and get over
to Major Keller's house fast.
I think he's been shot.
Yes, sir.
What did he say?
Reel nine.
A computer program.
Is there any way a
reel can be altered
to make things look
normal even if they're not?
I don't understand.
Can a computer be fixed?
Can it be made to ignore
a specific phenomenon
and nothing else?
Yes, I suppose so.
How?
An instruction could
be added to a tape.
All it would take would be
one extra card in the right place.
Then you'd get something
on the memory bank like...
"If objects approach
at a certain speed
"on a certain course, forget it.
Don't project it."
Could that be it?
Major Stanhope here, General.
We may have discovered an
error in the computer programming.
Thank you, sir.
They're switching to
the backup computers.
What's happening?
We've got an automatic
Condition: Red.
Whatever they are,
they're not
air-breathing engines.
There should be visual
contact within two minutes.
We have to intercept them.
They were warned.
♪ ♪
Major Stanhope, please.
Stanhope here.
Oh, yes, Captain.
No, Captain, that's all.
Major Keller is dead.
What about Laurie?
She left a "Dear John" note.
Come in.
Oh, thank you for
dropping by, Mr. Vincent.
I've been trying to make
some military sense
out of what happened,
Just personal speculation
you understand.
Yes, sir.
Some of it's pretty
hard to swallow
and still keep
your peace of mind.
The general's preliminary
report on the Condition: Red.
He explains the UFOs
as natural phenomena.
It's says nothing here
about the changes
in the computer tape.
The general feels
that Major Keller
was worried about
his private life,
and that he, uh...
simply made a mistake.
And how do you feel?
There was some
talk around the base
that Dan married Laurie too
soon after his first wife died.
I suppose you could say
he did make a mistake.
Good luck, David.
Stick with it.
I plan to.
For my peace of mind.
So long.
The Invader has lost a battle,
but David Vincent knows
that somewhere in space
new strategies are
already being devised...
for the war has only begun.