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THEY HAD PUNY WHITE BODIES AND THESE BIG, LARGE EYES.

WE KIND OF HAVE A PICTURE

OF WHAT THESE THINGS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE.

THERE ARE CREATURES SCIENCE REFUSES TO RECOGNIZE.

BUT NEW TECHNOLOGY MAKES US QUESTION WHAT IS REAL.

BACK AWAY FROM THE GIRL!

ENTER A REALM WHERE FACT MEETS FICTION...

IT'S REAL! I SAW IT!

...SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND.

SHOOT IT!

AAH!

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IN THE SPRING OF 2008,

ASTRONAUT CAPTAIN MIRANDA BACH

RETURNED FROM HER FINAL SPACE MISSION.

SOON AFTER HER ARRIVAL,

A STATE TROOPER PULLED HER OVER FOR DRIVING ERRATICALLY.

SHE APPEARED TO BE IN EXTREME PAIN

AND WAS SPEAKING INCOHERENTLY.

OFFICERS BROUGHT HER

TO THE LOCAL V.A. HOSPITAL FOR EVALUATION,

WHERE SHE WAS PLACED UNDER THE CARE

OF PSYCHIATRIST DR. LEE MORRIS AND INTERNIST DR. REBECCA DAMON.

ON THE SURFACE, THE CASE DIDN'T APPEAR TO BE SO UNUSUAL,

BUT THE NEXT 24 HOURS WOULD REVEAL THE STARTLING SOURCE

OF CAPTAIN BACH'S AFFLICTION

AND SUBJECT BOTH PATIENT AND DOCTORS

TO A HARROWING AND DEADLY ORDEAL.

MIRANDA! STOP IT!

GET IT OUT!

GET IT OUT OF ME!

HELP ME! GET IT OUT!

GET IT OUT!

Dr. Damon: SO, WHAT'S THE BACKGROUND ON THE PATIENT?

SHE WAS DECLARED 51/50.

POLICE BROUGHT HER IN FOR A 72-HOUR PSYCH OBSERVATION.

PRIOR TO THE SUICIDE ATTEMPT,

SHE WAS COMPLAINING OF UNBEARABLE SKIN IRRITATION

AND ABDOMINAL PAIN.

YOU WANT A FULL WORKUP.

YEAH, I'VE GOT TO RULE OUT ANY PHYSICAL CAUSES

BEFORE I FINALIZE MY PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATION.

ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HER?

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, SHE'S AN ASTRONAUT.

CAPTAIN MIRANDA BACH--

PAYLOAD COMMANDER, MISSION T-258.

MISSION DEBRIEFING-- JUNE 16, 2008, 0800 HOURS.

THE MISSION TO RELEASE A MILITARY SATELLITE

WAS A SUCCESS.

HOWEVER, AN OFF-NOMINAL EVENT OCCURRED

DURING AN EXTRAVEHICULAR-ACTIVITY REPAIR.

WHILE PERFORMING THE E.V.A. WITH MISSION COMMANDER MADISON,

WE PASSED THROUGH A CLOUD OF COMET DUST.

A NOMINAL AMOUNT OF THIS DUST ENTERED THE STS.

UPON INVESTIGATION,

SCIENTISTS DISCOVERED THAT THIS DUST

CONTAINED A TYPE OF UNKNOWN SPORE.

AFTER ANALYSIS DETERMINED THE SPORES WERE INERT

AND IT POSED NO DANGER,

MY CREW AND I WERE RELEASED FROM QUARANTINE.

NONE OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED ANY ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS

FROM THIS EXPOSURE.

I CERTAINLY HAVEN'T.

IN FACT, AFTER THIS DEBRIEFING,

I'M REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO HEADING HOME TO MINNESOTA

FOR A LITTLE "R" AND "R."

Dr. Yanega: IT IS VERY LIKELY THAT, INEVITABLY,

YOU WILL GET LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS

BECAUSE THERE ARE PROBABLY LOTS AND LOTS OF OTHER PLANETS

THAT HAVE THE RIGHT CONDITIONS

FOR THAT SORT OF THING TO HAPPEN.

THE UNIVERSE IS SO LARGE AND CONTAINS SO MANY STAR SYSTEMS

AND HAS SO MANY PLANETS

THAT THERE MUST BE OTHER PLANETS OUT THERE

THAT HAVE CONDITIONS THAT ARE SIMILAR ENOUGH TO EARTH

TO ALLOW LIFE TO ARISE THERE.

Dr. Stanford: WE SHOULD EXPECT THAT WHEN WE FIND LIFE ELSEWHERE,

IT WILL RESEMBLE LIFE WE KNOW ON EARTH

IF THE BASIC PHYSICAL PROPERTIES UNDER WHICH THEY EVOLVED

ARE AT ALL SIMILAR.

SO WE MIGHT FIND SOMETHING THAT LOOKED LIKE AN INSECT

THAT WOULD PROBABLY BE VERY FUNCTIONALLY EQUIVALENT

TO WHAT WE SEE IN INSECTS ON EARTH.

SOME OF THE REPORTS HAVE BEEN,

JUST NOT OF THE CREATURES LIKE A MAN-LIKE CREATURE,

BUT OF OTHER KINDS OF LITTLE ANIMALS,

LIKE A LARGE ANT OF SOME SORT OR OTHER REPTILES--

THINGS OF THAT NATURE.

SO, THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF ALL TYPES.

THERE'S NOT JUST HUMANOID TYPE.

ONE OF THESE DAYS, I'M HOPING THAT WE'LL FIND OUT FOR SURE.

MAYBE WE'RE AFRAID TO FIND OUT. I DON'T KNOW.

CAPTAIN BACH? MM.

REBECCA DAMON.

DR. MORRIS ASKED ME TO COME IN AND TAKE A LOOK AT YOU.

SO, HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

ARE THESE REALLY NECESSARY?

OH, I'M SORRY, BUT THEY ARE.

I'M JUST GONNA HAVE A LOOK AT YOUR EYES.

SO, ARE YOU FEELING ANY PAIN ANYWHERE?

YEAH. MY SHOULDER HURTS A LOT.

RIGHT HERE? MM-HMM.

HOW LONG HAS THIS BEEN HERE?

WHAT IS IT?

THAT'S A NASTY RASH.

ALL RIGHT, I'M JUST GONNA GO AHEAD

AND LISTEN TO YOUR HEART, OKAY?

IS EVERYTHING OKAY?

I THINK WE HAVE BEEN VISITED BY EXTRATERRESTRIAL BEINGS.

I ALSO THINK THAT MANY OF OUR EXPERIENCES

OF ENCOUNTERS WITH ALIEN CREATURES,

EVEN ABDUCTIONS BY THEM,

MAY BE WITH BEINGS WHO ARE VERY CLOSE TO OUR WORLD.

IN THE EARLY DAYS OF JULY 1947,

THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION IN THE MIDST OF A THUNDERSTORM

WHICH SCATTERED DEBRIS

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN CORONA AND ROSWELL, NEW MEXICO.

NOW, ROSWELL WAS ACTUALLY A SITE OF AN AIR BASE,

AND IT WAS CALLED INTO ACTION AS PART OF THE RECOVERY EFFORT.

THE DEBRIS WAS LOADED UP--

NOT ONLY THE DEBRIS, BUT, OUR UNDERSTANDING IS,

ALIEN BODIES, AS WELL,

AND TAKEN TO WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE.

THE MILITARY, ON JULY 8th, CHANGED ITS STORY

FROM SAYING THEY HAD RECOVERED A FLYING SAUCER

TO THEY HAD RECOVERED THE REMAINS OF A WEATHER BALLOON.

THE BARNEY AND BETTY HILL CASE

IS THE FIRST MAJOR CASE OF MISSING TIME AND ABDUCTION.

THE HILLS WERE DRIVING LATE AT NIGHT

ON THEIR WAY BACK TO THEIR HOME IN PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE.

THEN THIS CRAFT CAME DOWN.

ACCORDING TO BETTY,

THEY HAD BEEN TAKEN ABOARD THIS CRAFT

AND GIVEN MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS.

SKEPTICS TRIED TO DEBUNK THEM, BUT THEY STUCK TO THEIR STORY.

WHAT DR. DAMON DIDN'T REVEAL TO CAPTAIN BACH

WAS THAT SHE DETECTED TWO DISTINCT HEARTBEATS.

BLOOD WORK CONCLUSIVELY DETERMINED

THAT SHE WAS NOT PREGNANT.

HOWEVER, HER CHEST X-RAY SHOWED ANOTHER ANOMALY.

LOOK AT THIS X-RAY.

WHAT IS THAT-- A TUMOR?

IT'S INCONCLUSIVE.

STUMPED BY THEIR FINDINGS, THE DOCTORS BEGAN TO SUSPECT

THAT THERE MIGHT BE SOME KIND OF ORGANISM

INHABITING CAPTAIN BACH'S BODY.

Dr. Reed: PARASITES ARE ORGANISMS

THAT HAVE A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH A HOST.

AND IN THAT RELATIONSHIP, THE PARASITE WILL BENEFIT,

WHILE THE HOST WILL SUFFER.

SOME ESTIMATES PUT THE PERCENTAGE OF PARASITES

UP TO 50% OF ALL THE WORLD'S SPECIES.

I'M NOT SURE IF IT'S QUITE THAT HIGH,

BUT DEFINITELY A SUBSTANTIAL PROPORTION

OF THE WORLD'S SPECIES ARE PARASITES.

IN SOME WAYS, HUMANS MAKE A GREAT HOST FOR PARASITES.

THEY'RE LARGE-BODIED,

SO THEY CAN SUPPORT A HIGH LOAD OF PARASITES

AND STILL SURVIVE AND GO ON WITH THEIR DAILY LIFE.

THEY ALSO ARE HIGHLY SOCIAL.

AND SO THERE'S A LOT OF CONTACT FROM HUMAN TO HUMAN,

SO THE PARASITES CAN SPREAD FROM PERSON TO PERSON.

IT'S POSSIBLE AND PLAUSIBLE

THAT SOME OF THESE ALIENS MIGHT BE PARASITIC IN NATURE.

THEY MIGHT NEED TO FEED OFF OF US IN SOME WAY.

OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS,

CAPTAIN BACH'S SKIN CONDITION WORSENED CONSIDERABLY.

ALARMED BY THIS DRAMATIC TURN,

THE DOCTORS ORDERED ADDITIONAL TESTS.

HEY, CAPTAIN. HOW ARE YOU?

FINE.

I'M JUST GONNA TAKE A LITTLE TISSUE SAMPLE FROM YOU TODAY--

SEE WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU SO WE CAN GET YOU OUT OF HERE.

IT MIGHT HURT A LITTLE BIT, SO HOLD STILL, WILL YOU?

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

AGH!

AGH!

WHAT HAPPENED?

I DON'T KNOW.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

YOU DON'T REMEMBER?

NO! WHAT HAPPENED?!

I THINK SHE BROKE MY ARM.

THE PATIENT IS NOW DISPLAYING A SEVERE CASE OF ATOPIC ECZEMA.

THE RASH IS NOW COVERING HER ENTIRE TORSO,

INCLUDING HER EXTREMITIES.

I'M WONDERING IF IT COULD BE SOME TYPE OF MUTATED PARASITE.

LEE, THIS IS LIKE TISSUE I'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.

WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING?

I HAVE NO IDEA.

I'VE ORDERED HER TRANSFERRED TO A SPECIALIZED FACILITY

IN THE MORNING.

Dr. Reed: WE ALSO HAVE CASES OF PARASITOIDS

THAT WILL ULTIMATELY END UP KILLING THE HOST.

THE EASTERN CICADA KILLER WASP

IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF A PARASITOID.

THESE WASPS WILL CAPTURE CICADAS

AND PARALYZE THEM WITH THEIR VENOM.

THE MOTHER WILL LAY A SINGLE EGG ON THE PARALYZED CICADA

AND THEN BURY IT.

THE HOST STAYS ALIVE.

THE VENOM DOESN'T KILL THE HOST, BUT IT KEEPS IT ALIVE.

AND THE EGGS EVENTUALLY HATCH

AND, IN A PRETTY GROTESQUE WAY, EAT THE BODY OF THE HOST.

OH, MY GOD!

GOD!

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

MOST U.F.O. SIGHTINGS AND ALIEN ENCOUNTERS

ARE QUICKLY DISMISSED.

BUT WHEN RESPECTED NASA ASTRONAUTS

COME FORTH WITH THEIR OWN CLAIMS,

CAN THEY BE SO EASILY REJECTED?

THE OUT-OF-THIS-WORLD DETAILS WHEN "LOST TAPES" RETURNS.

BEGINNING IN 1951,

ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER REPORTED SEVERAL U.F.O. SIGHTINGS.

AFTER ONE SIGHTING IN 1957, COOPER CONTACTED THE PENTAGON

WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE OF A SUSPECTED ALIEN SPACECRAFT,

EXPECTING THEM TO INVESTIGATE.

BUT THERE WAS NEVER ANY PUBLIC RECORD OF THIS INCIDENT.

MORE RECENTLY, IN 2008 ON A BRITISH RADIO SHOW,

RETIRED APOLLO 14 ASTRONAUT EDGAR MITCHELL

EXPRESSED HIS BELIEF THAT THE ROSWELL CRASH WAS REAL

AND THAT GOVERNMENTS ARE GUILTY

OF COVERING UP EVIDENCE OF ALIEN ENCOUNTERS.

WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!

TAKE IT EASY.

OH, MY GOD!

OH!

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO HER?!

OH, MY...

WHAT THE-- WHAT THE HELL IS THAT?!

WE CAN'T LET THAT GET OUT OF THE BUILDING.

SECURITY GUARD ALZADO CALLED IN AN EMERGENCY WARD LOCKDOWN.

THEY AND ALL OTHER HOSPITAL PERSONNEL

WOULD HAVE ONLY TWO MINUTES TO EVACUATE THE BUILDING

BEFORE THE DOORS WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY SEALED.

IT'S TRYING TO ESCAPE!

Dr. Morris: WE'VE GOT TO CONTAIN IT!

WHEN AN ANIMAL IS TRAPPED OR CORNERED

AND DOESN'T HAVE AN AVENUE FOR ESCAPE,

THEN IT'S LAST RESORT IS TO FIGHT BACK.

AND MANY ANIMALS WILL BE AGGRESSIVE

WHEN THEY CAN'T FIND AN ESCAPE ROUTE.

THE WORST THING THAT YOU CAN DO TO A WILD ANIMAL

IS TO TRAP IT IN A CORNER SO IT CAN'T GET AWAY,

BECAUSE IN THAT CASE, WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN

IS THE ANIMAL'S GONNA FIGHT ITS WAY OUT,

AND IT WILL ATTACK YOU.

THEY WILL KILL IF THAT'S WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO GET AWAY.

Dr. Morris: LET'S GET OUT OF HERE BEFORE...

WE'RE LOCKED IN HERE NOW!

GOD!

ALL OTHER HOSPITAL PERSONNEL AND PATIENTS

WERE ABLE TO SAFELY EVACUATE.

BUT HAVING FAILED TO ESCAPE BEFORE THE LOCKDOWN,

THE DOCTORS AND SECURITY GUARD WERE NOW FORCED TO WAIT

UNTIL AUTHORITIES ARRIVED AT THE SCENE.

Dr. Damon: WHAT-- WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT?!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! I'M GONNA KILL IT.

HEY, WAIT. ALZADO, WAIT A MINUTE.

ALZADO, BE CAREFUL!

WAIT.

LET ME USE YOUR CAMERA.

CAREFUL.

Dr. Morris: OH, GOD!

OH! OH, MY GOD!

OH, MY GOD.

LET ME SEE. LET ME SEE.

IS HE...

YES, HE'S DEAD.

OH, GOD, GET BACK!

GET OUT! GET OUT! GET BACK TO THE LAB!

OH, GOD, OH!

CAPTAIN-- CAPTAIN BACH

MUST HAVE PICKED UP SOME SORT OF SPACE PARASITE,

WHICH, USING HER BODY, GREW INTO SOME SORT OF...

A CREATURE INSIDE OF HER.

DESTROYED HER FLESH AND HARMED HER TORSO

AND-- AND BURST FORTH LIKE SOME KIND OF COCOON.

AND-- AND NOW THAT THING IS OUT THERE!

HOW DO WE KNOW THAT THING CAN'T GET OUT OF THE BUILDING?!

BUILDING'S ON LOCKDOWN.

IT-- IT CAN'T GET AWAY. EVERYTHING'S LOCKED IN.

WHAT IS THAT?!

UH, ACID-- W-WE MIGHT NEED A WEAPON.

OKAY, JUST-- JUST...

SHH! DO YOU HEAR THAT?

DO YOU HEAR THAT?!

WAIT.

Dr. Damon:

OH! SHH! SHH!

OKAY, WAIT, WAIT!

IS...

D-D-DO YOU THINK IT'S STILL THERE?

I DON'T KNOW.

WATCH OUT!

RUN! RUN! GET OUT! RUN!

MORRIS!

MORRIS?

ALL RECORDS SURROUNDING THE INCIDENT

WERE CONFISCATED AND CLASSIFIED BY THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

THE OFFICIAL CAUSES OF DEATH FOR CAPTAIN BACH, DR. MORRIS,

AND SECURITY GUARD ALZADO REMAIN A MYSTERY.

THE ALIEN CREATURE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.

HOWEVER, THERE ARE UNOFFICIAL REPORTS

OF SPORES SIMILAR TO THOSE FOUND ON CAPTAIN BACH'S SPACECRAFT

THAT HAVE BEEN DETECTED AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH AMERICA.

THIS INFORMATION,

AS WELL AS THE VIDEO-TAPE IMAGES FROM THE V.A. HOSPITAL,

LEADS US TO ASK THE DISTURBING QUESTION--

DO THEY LIVE AMONG US?

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