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My mother always talked to me a lot about the sky.

She liked to watch the clouds in the day and the stars at night.

Especially the stars.

We would play a game sometimes.

A game called What's Beyond the Sky?

We would imagine darkness or a blinding light or something else that we didn't

know how to name.

But of course, that was just a game.

There's nothing beyond the sky.

The sky just is, and it goes on and on, and we play all of our games beneath it.

Gunners, give them short bursts when they're in range. Do not waste

Watch out. They'll come back around.

There's one. Here he comes. Watch out.

That was too close. Roger that.

We won't die.

Russell Keyes came home from the war like a lot of other soldiers.

He was tired of fighting, and he was very glad to be coming home.

There were things that had happened to him, and he knew that he was not the

person he had been when he left.

He had changed, and he wondered about all the things here at home that might

have changed, too, while he'd been away.

But sometimes when you go somewhere far away and then come back, the part that

bothers you most is not the things that have changed.

but the way that other things have stayed the same.

Like you hadn't been anywhere or done anything at all. Hello, Mom.

The kids would still play ball on the vacant lot where he and his friends had

played every summer.

The high school band would still play every Friday night in the park downtown.

And old Mrs. Parker would still be waiting as the kids came home from

yell at them if they stepped on her flowers.

All of that might still be the same.

But he was different.

And so nothing would really be the same at all. I know you will. Miss?

Miss, who do I talk to about getting one of those GI loans?

I remember the day I proposed to your mother.

I was nervous as hell.

I can't picture anything making you nervous.

I had to walk around the block five times.

And then I walked halfway home after that before I finally managed to get my

nerve up.

Of course, I hadn't had the life experience that you've had.

Dad.

My car looked real nice.

We hit her from a couple of scrap drives.

Kind of unpatriotic, I guess, but we did our bit in other ways.

Was it very terrible?

No, it wasn't so bad.

They say some men carry their war with them for the rest of their lives.

And some men put it behind them like an old pair of shoes.

And then I guess there are others who go on fighting, even if they have no idea

who their fight is with or why it's so important not to give up.

Some people will tell you the war was won by superior manpower.

Some people say that it was strategy, or a just cause, or the fact that we're so

damn tough.

Well, none of that is true.

What won the war was secret.

Knowing theirs and keeping ours.

Gentlemen, meet the Enola Gay.

When the Enola Gay dropped her payload on Hiroshima, Only 107 men in the entire

country knew what that specific payload was.

The B -29 had been redesigned to carry its load, and a new crew selected to

carry an atomic bomb was on board.

They were carrying out a mission so secret that even they didn't know what

was.

The secret was kept until the ultimate moment.

As a result, the war was won.

As members of the Intelligence Corps, it will be your job to keep secrets.

Here at the 509th Bomb Group, that responsibility is made all the more

by the fact that we are the only base authorized to store atomic weapons.

At any given moment, your ability to keep your mouth shut, and if necessary,

lie through your teeth, may very well determine the course of history.

Group 10, move!

We had 18 more sightings today.

Dancing lights, mostly.

The bulk of them...

over the Pacific Northwest, and three, I think, over the Great Lakes.

Something Russian?

I heard something on the radio.

People were saying that they're from another planet.

We used to hear that a lot in Los Alamos.

We never knew if it was something of ours or something the Germans had going.

That's right, Alan, I forgot.

You were at Los Alamos.

We got a new mayor in at the Seagulls, and I thought you might like to join me

for a ride.

I'd like that very much.

Fine.

Will you be joining us?

No, she doesn't ride.

Her constitution.

It's a little too dark.

He's a bit of a bully, your father.

No, it's not personal. He just, he's like that.

Captain, he's gonna ride. You're gonna stand around yapping.

He doesn't let you ride. How does he feel about you going to the movies?

A man named Kenneth Arnold, a private pilot out of Boise, flying over the

Cascades, says he saw nine saucer -shaped disks in the sky.

This is all over the Seattle papers.

Wire services picked it up and they're running with it. And they're running

it, sir.

You don't want to forget about the sir.

Some officers around here that can really get their shorts in a bunch over

Howard.

Just something to keep in mind.

What do you make of all this?

Russians.

Some sort of reconnaissance.

Coming over the Bering Strait, it has to be.

You don't think we're being invaded by Martians, then?

No, sir.

I don't.

Hey there, soldier.

You looking for some fun?

Not now, Sue. I'm on duty.

You look ready for action, but you don't look like you're on duty.

Meeting the colonel to go over something.

Sure, yeah.

Call you later?

I won't be there.

Welcome back to KGFL Studios in Roswell, New Mexico.

Breezy July 2nd, 1947, and here is Dinah Washington with Stairway to the Stars.

We believe that what we saw was God's angels dancing.

That, or some new airplane from White's end, gone out of control.

You mentioned that you saw a crash.

Clear as day.

If that was God's angels, then right now, they're camped out about a mile and

half above Pine Lodge.

Yes!

Excuse me for interrupting, sir.

There's a rancher who just came into the sheriff's office with something I think

you want to take a look at.

Sue.

I'm right in the middle of something. I really need to see you.

And I need to see you.

And what if I give you a call tonight, if I can get away?

I want every bit of debris out of this pasture and back at the base.

All of your men are confined to the base pending a debriefing. And that means

the two of you?

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Any witnesses?

Yes, sir.

Name's Brazel.

Sir?

We'd appreciate your not speaking to anyone about that.

It's a matter of national security.

It's from outer space, isn't it?

What crashed in that field was a constant -level balloon train.

This is the material...

out of which the radar reflectors on the train are made.

If the Russians have figured out how to build a bomb, we want to know about it,

and this little spy balloon will tell us.

This is a project called Mogul, and it has a security classification of A1.

Reporters are all over this. We're going to have to give them something.

Somebody already has.

With us this morning in the KGFL studios is a local rancher who... has a

startling story to tell you found something on your ranch some kind of

this wasn't just any debris sir this was some metal like nothing i'd ever seen

before this was something from another world we've got to shut this guy up sir

we thought we'd let it go divert attention from mogul when you've seen

reports on all these sightings people are eating this up with a spoon i

recommend that sir why is that captain If we give our seal of approval to this,

people are going to believe it.

You get a country that thinks that we're not in control of the skies, you're

inviting a major panic.

Oh, really?

So which do you like better for the press release?

Flying discs or flying saucers?

Is this for real, Captain? Those were pieces of a spaceship?

No. It was ours.

Spy balloon.

Highly classified, A1.

That weird metal, all of that... Part of the project.

Some flying saucer, eh, sir?

This highly classified project, it collided with something. That's how it

crashed?

I suppose so, yeah.

So what did it collide with?

The advantage comes through preparation.

By the time your troop goes out for its wilderness badge, you guys are going to

know every inch of this ground.

Isn't that kind of like cheating?

Yeah, scouting's about attitude.

You're going to have to do something about yours.

I've done this weekend 14 times, Dad.

Don't you think we're ready?

You're ready when you know, when you absolutely know your ground, okay?

When you can be sure that nothing can surprise you.

Oh, my God.

Jackie Robinson continues to extend his consecutive game -hitting streak to 19.

While Robinson will no doubt remain the center of attention in the National

League, he's about to share the spotlight with Larry Dovey, another

just... Once you let them in, there's no turning back.

It's the end of the world as we know it.

What do you guys make of all this flying saucer razzmatazz? What do you think?

I think the Russians are giving us a buzz on some sort of spy gadget.

See what all we got out of the base.

Oh, no.

Hell with that. It was ours.

We were testing something to spy on them.

Or maybe the Germans.

I'd say it was the Martians, pure and simple.

Captain.

Owen, I need to speak to you.

Sue.

You know what?

A couple of minutes.

Martin. Yes, sir.

The woman I just nodded to.

Give me a couple of minutes and go tell her I was called away in an emergency

and I won't be back today.

I went there. Marty, she's going to know you're lying, so try to sound as

sincere as possible.

Yes, sir.

Excuse me, miss. I'm sorry, but the captain's been called away.

You're welcome to wait, but he may not be back for a while.

Excuse me. Are you the people we talked to about flying saucers?

Yeah, there's someone around here who can help you. If you just go down the

hall. My boys and I, we have some information.

Down the hall.

But we know where one crashed.

I was out with the boys.

Doing a little practice for the wilderness outing with the Pioneer

Which we think is kind of cheating.

Knowing as much as possible beforehand is not cheating, son.

Be prepared.

Thank you, Captain.

We're just coming up over this rise.

Yes, sir.

Most people change kind of slowly.

They're who they are, and then after a while, they're someone else.

But some people know the exact moment where their lives changed.

They saw the person they were going to marry, or the look in their baby's eyes

the first time they smiled.

For some people, it's not the good things in life that made them change.

It's something they've gone through that makes everything they look at from that

moment on seem very different from how it had always been.

Beautiful boy you got there, Russell.

Yeah, he takes after his mom.

Yeah, he does.

Well, you got the life, I'm telling you.

You got the best girl in Piment, beautiful boy.

You got your memories and your heroic youth.

Yeah, I've got it all.

Unless if I was you, I'd be the happiest man in town. I wouldn't be walking

around looking like something the cat just dragged in.

Bill, I'm all right.

I just have, uh,

trouble sleeping, that's all.

I can't concentrate on anything.

Pictures in your head.

From the war?

I was shot in the gut, Kate.

And I was dying.

And my plane was going down.

And three days later, I was in a field in France.

With all of my men.

With no idea where we've been for those three days or how we got into that

field.

But why weren't we dead?

What did your men say?

We never talked about it.

I don't know what. I just have this feeling it's still happening.

What? Yes.

It was a

dream.

It was a dream.

You're all right, honey.

You're all right.

You're here with me.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

It was a dream.

It wasn't a dream.

It doesn't matter.

As long as they can't get in.

No. As long as you can't get in.

You don't want to know.

Russell,

Russell, Russell.

You going to let them give this to the press, too?

Well, it was one thing when we knew it was a lie. We can control that, but now

that it's real, there's no way we can let this down.

Who found it?

A father and a son got hiking.

You clean that up?

I already have.

That's good.

Son, I appreciate you coming to me with this.

And when the time comes, you won't be forgotten.

Sir, when I went inside the craft, there were five seats and only four bodies.

Damn, but everything within a 200 -mile radius of the grid.

If something crawled out of here alive, I want to know about it.

People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons.

Some people have something in their disposition.

Maybe they were just born too mean, and maybe they were born too tender.

But most people are brought to where they are by circumstance.

By calamity or a broken heart, or something else happening in their lives

wasn't anything they planned on.

The hell's wrong with my chicken? I don't think it was a chicken, Tyler.

Keep going, huh, Sally? I'll take care of these stragglers and lock up.

Unless, of course, you want to call Fred and tell him you're leaving him and the

kids for me.

Well, maybe I best go home and tell him in person, Tyler.

He ain't good enough for you, Sal.

People are lonely in this world for lots of different reasons.

The one thing that I do know is it doesn't matter what any one of them

tell you.

Nobody wants to be alone.

Shoehorn?

What? The shoehorn. Have you seen it?

You have to leave tonight?

I'm in San Antonio tomorrow afternoon sailing to an insurance company.

These guys can smell road sweat on a person.

They don't respond well to road sweat.

Did the kids eat?

You want me to feed the kid?

You're the waitress.

You feed them.

I gotta go.

It's about to be in three weeks.

If nothing comes up, just call the home office. They know where I am.

Stay right here for just a second.

Tom, honey.

Wake up, sweetie.

What's wrong?

Nothing. I need you to sleep on the couch, okay?

Who's that?

We'll talk about it in the morning.

Go get the pillow and the extra blanket from my bed, okay?

Come on, sweetie, go on.

You really should see a doctor.

I'll be fine.

As soon as I can collect my thoughts.

Thank you.

Thank you for bringing me in.

Who's that man?

He's a stranger, honey, and he's hurt.

How long does he have to stay in my room?

I don't know. I guess until he's better.

Mama?

What happened to your nose?

Some people have given up all hope of anything in their lives ever changing.

They just go on with it day by day.

And if something were to come along and make things different, you probably

wouldn't even notice it right off.

Except maybe for that kind of nervous feeling you get in your stomach.

My mom and I used to call that the car trip feeling.

Because it was how I'd feel whenever I knew we were going to go somewhere far

away or somewhere new.

How you feeling?

Not much better.

What's this?

Breakfast.

Thank you.

Maybe in a few minutes.

Oh, the bathroom's right down the hall.

I put out some towels and shirt and pants that belonged to my husband before

gained all that weight.

I reckon you can keep them.

That's very kind.

Your husband doesn't appreciate that kindness in you.

He doesn't see your sadness either.

But you've stopped wanting him to.

I think you're right.

There's some things you don't share with an uncaring person.

What happened to you?

I was in an accident.

Well, I can see that. What kind of accident?

Farming.

You got a farm around here?

No, I... Someone gave me a ride.

What's wrong?

Oh, I woke up with this headache this morning. I thought I was gone already.

You were telling me about your accident.

I'm not feeling much like talking right now.

Would you mind letting me rest for a while?

I'm sorry, sure, not at all.

I'll just put the tray right here, and it'll be here if you wake up hungry.

You're right, you know.

I guess I don't care if my husband sees my sadness.

the 5th, this debris was recovered in a field near Rodwell, New Mexico.

Earlier reports have stated that this debris was the wreckage of a flying

saucer.

I'm afraid we are here today to pop that balloon and replace it with one of our

own. This gentleman is a weather balloon.

On any given day in the United States, there are hundreds of these in the air,

and they do not come from outer space.

They are manufactured in Cleveland.

This is its radar reflector.

It tracks wind speed.

None of this debris is from outer space.

The reflector is made in Newark, New Jersey, and the balloon is made in

Cleveland.

Excuse me, sir.

I wonder if I might have a word.

Yes, Captain.

I was wondering, sir, what we're to do now.

About what?

About the craft, about the bodies.

What craft?

What bodies?

It's clearly organic.

It's not clearly anything.

Jenkins says it's animal.

And it takes on the characteristics of an animal cell.

Krauss says it's some sort of fungus, which would explain its sameness and

density. And we look again, and it has those characteristics.

It seems to be able to change into whatever we want it to be.

You'd all better come see Dr. Golden.

I

came

to check on the body from the crash, and I found him like this.

What's he say?

Is it German?

Golden wouldn't speak German.

Hebrew.

What has he done with the body?

My God.

Well, operator, I'd like to tell you to call the Fresno, California, Madison,

4573.

Yes, ma 'am.

Thank you.

My crew of nine men.

Eight of them are dead.

And Johnson, my co -pilot... He's in the hospital at Fort

Blith, not expected to recover.

What happened to them?

No one has any idea at all.

What are you doing?

I have to find out what's happened to my man.

And what's happening to me.

No, you don't. Kate, I'm no husband.

And I'm no father to our boy until I can find out what's going on.

You're not going to find anything out there, Russell.

I mean, what do you think you're going to find?

Bishop, right?

I'm Bishop.

You flew Colonel Campbell out of Fort Worth the other night, right?

Destination?

That's neat to know.

Army intelligence.

I need to know.

Captain Crawford.

Is that right?

Colonel Campbell told me you might want to talk to me.

A gentleman to feel this.

Can you go for a ride?

I'll get my car coat.

No, I said a ride, not a drive.

Loosen up in the reins, just a little. There you go.

Like that?

Yep. There you go.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm good.

Okay Where

did

you learn to ride one of my many odd jobs before I found the army Well, I'm

you found us It's afraid you wouldn't come out with me

Why wouldn't I come?

Your father is so dead set against you and me seeing each other.

I'm not quite sure why he has such a low opinion of me.

Well, I'm not my father.

Here we go.

You're welcome.

And I had to come up with the ROTC reaction.

I may never be anything more than a captain.

I don't care about that. But I can tell you this. I am going to do some things

in this world, Ann.

I am nobody's fool, and I know that I can make my mark.

Ann.

Will you marry me?

Oh, and what happened back there up on the hill? And I would never do anything

like that with anyone but the woman I intend to marry.

Marry me.

Marry me.

I want to tell your father.

Do you have any idea where he's gone?

He seemed to be able to reach inside my brain.

To use my own memory.

A stage on which to mount our conversation.

I don't quite follow, Professor.

I was there.

In that room.

My bar mitzvah interested.

If I could have stayed, I could have spoken again with my father.

To see my father.

What in God's name happened here?

They're both dead.

You mind stepping out of the car, sir?

What did I do, officer?

You mind stepping out of the car, sir?

Thank you, officer. I'll take it from here.

Captain Crawford, Army Intelligence.

This is routine debriefing. Nothing to be alarmed about.

Routine?

I apologize for the unconventional approach.

Look, I'll be honest with you. There's a leak in the project. Someone's talking.

And don't be alarmed. We don't suspect you. But the fact is, we need to go over

some information to verify the source of the leak.

Does this have anything to do with what happened to Dr. Golden?

In part, yes.

I don't see how Dr. Golden's death could have anything to do with the leak.

Well, why don't you tell me what you think happened?

Well, Dr. Golden was in the room with the one that turned out to be alive.

And apparently they can... Well, this is incredible.

We saw it first on a cellular level.

They can become whatever they want.

I don't follow you at all.

They can appear as people.

Dr. Golden, for example, thought he was 13 at his bar mitzvah.

He saw his father.

Apparently, that's what killed him and the visitor.

Been a lot of help.

And, Doctor, I think you can appreciate how important it could be that you say

nothing about this to anyone.

They can appear as people, you say?

Yes, as unbelievable as that seems.

An exposure to one of these apparitions, that's what killed Dr. Golden.

It's not safe to spend too much time with one of them.

Well... How do you feel?

Like I'm spoken.

Headaches? Anything like that?

Nothing like that.

Good.

Becky?

Whammy. Whammy.

Woo.

That was amazing.

Mama, John's been doing magic tricks that are much better than Tom's.

You're not hungry?

No, I... He's never hungry. Tom, that's enough.

No, it's all right.

How are you feeling?

Your headache?

Oh, I'm fine. I hadn't even thought about it. Thank you.

Good. That's good.

So where did you come from anyway?

Tom? No, I don't mind.

I come from Des Moines.

That's like a thousand miles away from here.

How'd you know that?

It's where my magic hit came from. Tom, Becky, sit up and watch your manners.

I come from there originally.

Just been working any place I could since then.

Farm work mainly.

What happened to you that got you so messed up?

Machine accident.

Why are you being so mean to John? He's our friend, not my friend.

Well, you certainly seem to be recovering nicely.

Like I told you, I just need a little rest.

So now that you're feeling better, I guess you'll be moving on? I guess so.

I just need a few more days.

Everyone knows not to stare into the sun.

It's something your mother tells you when you're a kid.

Don't look at the sun or you'll go blind.

But sometimes you want to understand something so badly that you'll risk

blind for just a glimpse of what it might all be about.

I brought you something.

Thanks, Cap.

You got married, huh?

Same girl?

One that worked at the bank?

Yeah, same one.

What the hell are you doing here, Captain?

Not that I'm not glad to see you.

Do you know about the other men?

What about them?

They're dead.

Same thing?

Yeah, more or less.

What about you?

How come you're the walking one and only?

I don't know.

Do you believe in God, Captain?

Yes, yes, I do.

How about you?

Not in any way that helps.

I'm sorry, Captain.

I don't mean to sound bitter.

I should be thanking you.

After all, you saved my life.

The thing is, Jonathan, um...

Good for these dreams.

I've been having... I don't remember a thing about what happened.

Oh, well, hell, Captain, that's a damn shame.

Because you were an A1 Audie Murphy hero.

Whatever they did to us, they did for a long time.

Whenever I'd stop screaming, I'd hear one of the other guys.

It seemed like we were there for days.

You were on the cot next to mine.

Or maybe it was sloppy.

Maybe they thought we were too far gone to care, and we wouldn't fight back.

Put that machine gun down right across from your cock.

And they left a clip of the gun.

Almost like they didn't quite understand how a machine gun worked.

You sure sound so good, Captain.

Only one thing.

You and I both know it wasn't Germans you killed that day.

Not the Germans at all.

What

kind

of abilities?

In good time.

Colonel Campbell.

He's a small and petty man. I don't like him. He's an idiot.

In an attempt to control what I'm sure you'll agree is the most important

revelation of the century, if not all time, the colonel has confiscated the

bodies and initiated a high -level cover -up.

He froze you out.

Just like he did to us in that field. His manner doesn't want to share the

limelight, and I'm not a person you freeze out.

I'm going to take this project away from him, and in the process, I hope to ruin

his career.

I will also take down anyone who stands with him.

I'm under the impression that the two of you would never make that particular

mistake. Yes, sir.

If you were to have a bit of luck in your canvas for what is now the only

visitor, I would hope you'd share that information with someone who's a bit

forthcoming than a colonel. We would, sir.

Yes, sir.

Good, Howard.

Oh, I mentioned that they had certain abilities.

Don't confine your search to little gray men. Look for someone who's a little

bit more human.

Ah, this is beautiful country.

Yeah, I guess it is.

Living in a place long enough, you forget to notice that sort of thing.

I think it's important to always try and see as much as you can.

Sometimes a person's life can spoil the view.

I'm a really special woman.

You need to believe me when I tell you that.

You'll know what you're talking about.

Yes, I do.

I've... I've done some things that I didn't mean to do.

You don't have to tell me.

And I've had to learn to control my emotions.

It's okay.

It's all been worth it.

I don't know what's happening here, but I sure as heck don't care.

And when the Indians first saw Spaniards, they thought they were gods

To the Indians, white man did not look like man at all. I don't like him.

I think he's nice.

Children, these gentlemen are from the United States Army.

They're searching West Texas for a deserter.

This man ran away from his post, and these men think he might be hiding

here somewhere.

If anyone has seen a stranger around these parts, you let us know about it

away.

Don't go trying to talk to him yourself.

This fellow's dangerous, boys and girls.

I want to go through his closet stuff, see if I can find anything from the

I don't know, Tom.

The sheriff says it was dangerous.

That's why I want to know if it's John.

Me too.

Now listen to me.

You think you know something, but you don't.

Let me go. Let me go. Let him go. Let him go.

My business here is almost done.

And I won't let you interfere.

Tom, you're not bleeding.

I'm sorry, Tom.

Where is everybody?

What's with them?

See for yourself.

Tyler, my boss down at the diner, called to say that there were some soldiers in

town looking for a deserter from the Army base in New Mexico.

I know you come from a place a whole lot further than that.

I don't know what it is how you do what you do. I know you can't see into

people.

They're gonna be coming for you soon.

My grandmother gave me these.

She came over to Texas in 1893.

Oh, I thought they were kind of funny.

Well, you know, they're for Texas.

The Lone Star State and there's two of them.

Will you take one with you?

And I'll keep the other.

Can I see you once before you go?

Better go inside.

What's this?

Come on.

I don't know what the trouble is.

That summer, a lot of things had happened that people couldn't explain.

There had been lights in the sky, and stories in the paper about saucers

crashing.

John had come, and then he had gone.

For a while, life went back to being life, and almost everyone forgot the

that that summer had brought with it from out of the sky.

He's gone, hasn't he?

He has.

Home?

Yes, home.

Guess I'm too late then, ma 'am.

What the hell are you doing here, Captain?

I don't remember a thing about what happened.

I don't remember a thing about what happened. I don't remember a thing about

what happened.

Oh, well, Captain, that's a damn show.

You sure as hell show it to the Captain. You were an A -1 on him. You sure as

hell show it to the Captain.

Only one thing.

You and I both know there was more Germans you killed that day. There was

Germans you killed that day.

It wasn't Germans at all.

I thought I told you to keep that woman away from me. I'm doing my best, sir.

She's somewhat persistent.

System.

Right.

So good to see you.

Lieutenant Bowen, this is Sue.

Ma 'am.

You don't even know my last name.

I hadn't been coming here for two weeks about you and me, Owen.

I came about this.

Where'd you find this?

At the Pine Lodge.

Here, on my odds.

That night after you dissed me to go to the movies with that army brat, I was

out driving around.

I saw something flash.

I went up there, and there was something in the trees, but it was dark, and I

couldn't really see what.

And then I found that.

You brought it to me?

So, you never let me explain about that night.

I was supposed to meet the Carl.

He was ill, and his daughter came to give me the message.

Sure she did. You completely misunderstood the situation.

Sure I did.

You are the sun and the moon to me, Sue.

You should get in the habit of locking your door.

Oh, well.

Too late.

Owen Crawford is the best commanding officer, boss, advisor, and all -around

good guy that I've ever come to know.

And Anne?

Well, you're not just marrying Owen.

You're getting me and Marty, too.

And everyone else who's ever served under him.

So I hope you like company.

To Owen and Ann.

Congratulations.

You can pour one for me too, Dad.

If I didn't think that it would break my daughter's heart, I'd kill you where

you stand.

But it really would break her heart.

You know what I like as a wedding present?

I'd like to be a major.

What?

A major.

Anything less and I wouldn't be right when you put me in charge of your little

project up there at Wright Field.

That project is mine.

You won't see the inside of that laboratory.

I disagree.

It's an alloy unknown on this planet. There's no translation, ancient or

for the language.

It was found at Pine Lodge, at the crash site.

Either you give me exactly what I want, or I'll go public with this.

I'll bring your flying saucer crashing down on your head, Dad.

Enjoy your new promotion.

Oh, and I'd never do anything to hurt Anne.

She's the sun and the moon to me.

Hey, Tyler, what do I have to do to get a refill in here today?

Hang on a minute, will you, Larry?

Sally, be right there.

Sally?

Sally?

Sally, honey, are you all right?

I'll be out in just a minute.

Honey, what's the matter with you?

I'm pregnant.

Be proud.

My mother always talked to me a lot about the sky.

She liked to watch the clouds in the day and the stars at night.

Especially the stars.

We would play a game sometimes.

A game called What's Beyond the Sky.

We would imagine darkness, or a blinding light, or something else that we didn't

know how to name.

But of course, that was just a game.

There's nothing beyond the sky.

The sky just is, and it goes on and on.

We play all of our games beneath it.