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10 minutes to launch

all right guys listen up for a minute

we've got an important call coming

through for you

roger flight good evening nasa this is

the president i know you're busy but mrs

tyler

and i wanted to take a moment to wish

you the best of luck in launching the

first satellite from our space shuttle

this is a real feather in the cap of

america's space program

also i want to pass along a special

hello from my son bobby to nasa

astronaut stephen bancroft and lou price

and to air force colonel john gates all

of us in the white house wish you well

uh listen congress has been after me to

hold down the budget so i better keep

this short after all it is long distance

so good night and godspeed

all right thank you mr president let's

get back to work now we've got a

satellite to launch

seven minutes to launch

i'm getting a red light from the

satellite colonel's

no i don't that satellite's got to be

launched on time

six minutes to launch i wonder what that

satellite's going to do

probably flush all the toilets in moscow

what was that it's coming from the

shuttle

what's going on up there i don't know uh

i think uh the colonel's looking for a

parachute

airlock pressure is equalized and the

light is green

i'm closing the airlock flight and

stepping into the cargo bay

five minutes to launch uh standby for

satellite launch positioning

we're proceeding with the countdown

steve man the launch arm controls

here goes

roger capcom

roger capcom she's locked in i'm getting

an affirmative reading now

i'm going to stay in the cargo bay steve

in case this thing goes haywire again

there it is again what is it

unless a meteor can make a u-turn

colonel gates will maintain eva position

three minutes to launch okay steve go

ahead and connect the extension arm to

the satellite

how does it look to you colonel smooth

so far steve

i'll keep you posted roger fly

roger orbiter we're picking up something

pretty wild on radar do you read it

bob we see it right there

captain call no read

two minutes are you sure this is working

right let's check on the b mode

no no we're getting it there too i'll

keep checking it

i'm ready to lock in the remote arm

looks good from here steve go ahead

connection is verified take it away

roger capcom

here we go how's it looking colonel

she's lifting out nicely and on her way

up

one minute to launch

she's at the

t-minus

according to the radar 26. that thing is

right over us

all right has it too you're trying to

get a fix in the speed

i don't know steve lou

come here come here come in roger

what happened whatever that thing was

the satellite

that exploded

steve

lord why is it steve

it's gates gates

we lost

he's dead what happened how

i guess some debris from that satellite

must have hit him

his helmet was torn off

come on people we still have two men to

bring home safely

shuttle we have 20 seconds to loss of

signals we'll make re-entry over the

indian ocean station

do you copy

the speed has been constant

it has to be a control craft it's in u.s

airspace and coming down

we better alert air command this is a

scramble air search alpha and bravo this

is a scrap

this is a scrap air search outlet bravo

this is a scramble

air search units there is an object

coming down in sector 12 trajectory

y'all

wait a minute look there's something

over there

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well what do you see lights in a

circular pattern

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well what's it look like just lights no

markings

no visible sign of life not outside

general what should we do

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sequence

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switches

sure

checklist has been confirmed all systems

arming circuit now

have you called washington better call

into the white house gordon kane the

president's chief of staff

this information should go directly to

the president oh yeah yeah

what do you want with me i want you to

go there harry

set up a team check it out top to bottom

inside and out

flight we are setting up for re-entry

attitude

degrees

looking fine stand by for reality

roger

hello general i hate to bother you at

this hour

what can i do for you i have some

information that should go to the

president immediately

what is it well

we believe we have an alien spacecraft

in our possession

i don't want to talk about this any

further on the telephone meet me at the

white house when you get to washington

yes sir

orbiter we have you on our videos

ready for the gear

roger feels real steady 200

90 knots

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and they're down

hey i'm sorry about what happened up

there blindfolded right

look bill we want to talk to colonel

gates family no you haven't got time to

air force

who cares about the airport come on okay

take it up to harry when you get to

houston you got a plane to catch

all right

hold it stop the car

it's right here it's right over that

rise

well sam it was here

it was right here

sure it was

i saw it steve saw it gate song

i know i know and i saw it

then why don't we look at the telemetry

tapes because we already know what's on

it

it's not necessary it's it's

it's all going to come out in the report

now that's all you have to know

for now everything's going to be all

right

harry just trust me okay

okay that's better

so what you're saying to me general is

that we have a flying

saucer in our possession yes sir

now it's too fantastic even to consider

yes but it's there

investigation team what is it mostly

nasa people

yes they know all about the satellite

everything that happened up there

there's no way to keep them out of it

besides it's their field i thought it

was best to move fast on this

no it's fine obviously they were the

right people to bring in

but this is still all speculation

i mean until we get inside that thing

who can guess what the hell it is

whatever it is we've got one what

facility was it moved to

an air force base in texas hangar 18.

nasa took it over a few years ago and

converted it into a manned lunar flight

receiving station

what did it work it's got everything we

need decontamination chambers

got computer facilities it's got

biological labs

who's handling security ordinarily nasa

would i ordered air force personnel in

last night

good all right it'll take a lot to set

up you'll need a briefing procedure

the side department of defense will want

c.i.a to get full reports of course

okay i can make those contacts get

things set up at this end

somebody's going to have to talk to the

press

yeah that's right it's the first time a

u.s astronaut has died in space

the papers will be crawling all over the

story now wait a minute

we're getting into a problem area here

the election is only two weeks away

you both read the harris poll this

morning it's too close to call could go

either direction

so what's that got to do with our

situation

well what we don't need right now is a

lot of inconclusive speculation and wild

rumors floating around washington

what they find in that hangar may have a

crucial effect on our space program

maybe even our defense gordon you are

suggesting that we

back off this thing all right no no of

course now we've got to continue the

investigation check it out thoroughly

find out everything we can

we must proceed very very carefully

duncan tyler's the best president this

country has had in a long

long time and i don't want to blow this

election because of

rumor or panic

we've got to keep this thing under wraps

for two weeks just until the election

is over two weeks

are you sure that's the right approach

do you remember when senator stalin said

publicly that he saw a ufo

and the president went after him on it

he asked the country

would you feel safe electing a man

president who said he believed in flying

saucers

and next week starter dropped seven

points in the polls it was a joke

some joke yeah i mean you know what it

would do to his chances for reelection

if the public found out that we had an

alien spacecraft parked at a nasa

facility

now you've heard started speeches

you know what he would do to the defense

budget

do you know what it would mean to this

country if that man was elected

just what are you asking gordon keep the

lid

on hangar 18.

well they're living quarters right there

in the hangar

any communication in or out has to go

through my office

what about the shuttle crew bankroll the

price

yeah they saw the satellite hit the ufo

they're going to want to talk about that

they could create some problems then

the best thing we can do is to take the

initiative be prepared to discredit

their reports

oh come on frank is that necessary it

would only be for two weeks then we

could clear things up take them off the

hook

officially maybe if we talked with them

brought them into

this thing no i don't think so it'll

just create more security leaks down the

line

it's best for them to not know any more

than they already do

i think you ought to keep an eye on both

of them though right

gentlemen we're in agreement then

all we need is two weeks

yeah steve this is

flomatsum and public information oh yeah

yeah

steve have you seen the morning paper

no why well take a look at it then you

and lord better get over here

what the hell is this how can they blame

us i tried to find out where the story

came from

but there's no byline a newspaper

wouldn't tell me a thing

i just don't get it who'd float a story

like that

the air force honey why

to cover themselves but this is stupid

i'll never get away with it but they're

saying that you guys are responsible for

wrecking a satellite and killing a man

whoa we didn't do anything the satellite

hit something and we can prove it

eight seconds to launch here we go seven

six five where is it four three

where's the blip of that thing we saw

there's the explosion but that's it

either we imagine this whole thing lou

well the blip of the ufo's been erased

let's go talk to harry

harry we just took

where's harry he's been reassigned

where did he go i don't know it's

classified

top secret when's he coming back i don't

know that either

let it pass

hey phillip harry

this is a lunar receiving lab i don't

let the outside fool you phil that's

just for security come on

let's have a look

i'd heard all those crazy stories about

ufos like everybody else

and didn't believe him well it's not

something that most people

want to believe in

is there any exterior damage oh none

we think it was a controlled landing

it means someone brought it in and that

someone is still inside there

well we'll know more when the others

arrive oh

well aside from the nasa technicians and

engineers there's uh

neil kelso linguist for translations

yeah the very best and uh

sarah michaels and paul bannister two

doctors

just in case

i wonder what they're like second

thought i'm not sure i want to know

i do

you know buddy they hang this thing on

us we're through

and i don't just mean with nasa we won't

be able to get a part-time job playing a

kite

i mean harry said we were in the clear

yeah

i wonder if harry knew about those

doctor telemetry tapes

man i don't know all i know is that

we're being made to fall guys in this

thing and i don't like it it's scary

maybe it's time to go to the newspapers

with a story what story

lou we don't have a story we claim the

satellite hit a ufo you know what the

air force is gonna do drag out that fake

telemetry and we're gonna look like

idiots

case closed you're real encouraging what

do you want

wasn't crown mountain one of the

stations that monitored us

should have been they always do oh

they're pretty remote

i wonder if they still have the

telemetry and it hasn't been fooled

around with yet

it's worth a shot yeah i got a friend

that's crown mountain too

george turner well why don't you

introduce me

okay i don't know if he's your type

though he's a lot shorter and allows you

to answer

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we'll live and work right here until

we're ready to finish our report neal

you uh

mentioned talking to your wife it was a

red telephone down in the conference

room with the direct line of general

morrison's office

that is our only contact with the

outside world i'm afraid

it's so restrictive harry isn't it well

it meant to be

sarah and i know how difficult it's

going to be for you and paul working

together in the hospital

but until we fully understand what it is

that we're dealing with out there

then we simply have got to keep this

this whole project completely under

wraps

i assume you've all read through the

procedural breakdown and uh acquainted

yourself with the facility

so if they're no more questions we've

got a lot of work ahead of us

sarah and neil you'll be in the

observation booth

well i got a surprise for you

you're coming with us

infrared monitors will also scan the

forbes

monitoring all states

do

question how do we open it

another question do we want to

the magnetometer readings are rising

thank you

well

we're going in

what do you think engine room

all right

so

uh

so pressure suit

must be another deck yeah

but how do we get up to it

that's your orbiter yeah time 12 seconds

to launch

11 10 9. there it is

and there it goes george can we have

this taper a copy

this is a department of defense

operations you guys couldn't get out of

here with a coffee cup

but george now look guys i just did this

as a favor

if the brass knew i even let you in here

i could lose my job

all right could you at least project

where that thing came down

sure

this will pinpoint the location based on

trajectory readings

it'll compute the area of impact and

then focus on it

right there bannon county arizona

thanks george

oh you have a life all you wanted but i

know what i've seen sure sam sure

what do you know

his name's tate

mm-hmm

how many men you got down there two they

went down immediately to check out the

crash site and secure it that's how they

ran into this guy

well how much trouble is he going to be

i know he's talking but is anybody

listening

not really but that isn't the problem

bancroft and price are on their way to

bannon county

oh well that's not good the crash site's

been cleaned up

but i sure wouldn't want them running

into this tank guy his story would

confirm what they saw

well what is he what does he do

construction work i'm mostly unemployed

right now

with a lot of federal projects down

there get him something get him a job

right oh and uh bancroft and price

keep me briefed on what they're up to of

course

looks okay harry all my indicator lights

are green

all right sarah get a couple of gurneys

in here on the double that's it boys

careful be careful he's real heavy

quick let's get him into the land well

is she still alive barely she's in a

deep coma she has very weak vital signs

she needs the kind of medical help that

we can't give her here

she should be in a hospital all right

i'll take care of it

get me gordon kane at the white house

uh yeah phil i want you to get a crew to

go over the outside of that ship with a

fine-tooth comb see if i can find any

damage we may have missed

i don't care if they have to use a

microscope i don't care how small the

damage is even a pinhole

i have got to find out whether those men

were dead or alive when the ship went

and i got to find out

oh phil there's a couple of glass

beakers or vials broken down the lower

deck have those analyzed too will you

and i saw what looked like a library in

there kelsey check it out yeah

sure thing here are those preliminary

reports you asked for

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well what do you think i sure didn't get

this equipment at radio shack

let's try the other one

what's going on what's happening i don't

know i just pulled the panel over there

and everything went haywire well watch

what you're doing

if we're going to find out anything here

we can't keep our hands in our pockets

we've got to do something

well be careful

ah she's still alive

just barely where is she now in a

hospital private clinic

they're keeping her under close

observation we've got a group of

computer staff people running a trace

trying to get some kind of id on her

i don't like it there are too many

outside people involved we got too many

loose ends

don't worry we're keeping very tight

security

the campaign is going well things are

running smoothly

we've got to keep this thing bottled up

you understand

look gordon i'll take care of it

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so

phil's right we've got to find out what

makes this thing tick

everybody okay everybody all right

look at this

i threw it like butter

howdy how you doing we need a place to

tie down for a while

just leave it set right there it's ten a

day

ah say you wouldn't happen to have a uh

bar we could rent

nope we need some way to get around you

know where we could rent something

yep where's that from me i thought you

said you didn't have a car we could rent

don't got a truck you didn't ask me

about no truck

you asked me about a car ain't got no

car a truck will be fine

it's around the side of the hangar keys

are in it's 20 a day

of course you buy your own gas i ain't

no millionaire by any chance have you

heard anything about a crash that

happened in this area a couple of days

ago

trash you must be talking about that

crazy story

sam tate's been telling dragged the

sheriff out there and everything

said he saw a flying saucer come down

you know

like like on the tv uh where was this

shoot i don't know you better ask the

sheriff

you know it's it's the desert air that

does it does what

dries out your brain juice so you can't

think straight no more

happens everybody out here

you know i think we better talk to the

sheriff thanks

do

uh

current trouble in the middle east

america's military strength has

substantially decreased

despite the brisk weekend weather the

streets of new york were bustling with

activity

but we expect snow by early next week

the gasoline shortage has not greatly

affected the transit systems in montreal

or

san francisco apparently they've been

recording our broadcasts so when you

they must have been monitoring them

this announcement paid for by the

committee to re-elect president duncan

harry what is that

i don't know i had it at the beginning

too i've seen it before

i'm sure

i know it's here somewhere

right here

what is it this is a symbol

for the earth

what makes you say that because it was

on that film or tape or whatever it was

we saw

and it reminds me something else i'm

gonna check with research

so we went out there and take a look

around and

found just about what i have expected to

find

nothing sam deliberately lies

just the way he is you have to take and

believe him

he even called washington made at least

five phone calls to herb pope

or herbs our local congressman tell him

about it sheriff where can we find tate

don't know well that's the other thing

about sam he's just a drifter

comes and goes ambles off to work

somewhere

and comes back and nests necessarily has

to go out and find a job again

so you think he might have left him well

he

ain't around so guess so

autographs well it ain't every day a

couple of live astronauts pass through

this town

ain't for me for my wife who shall i

make it out to

dwayne

barlow say just under the ridge

steve what

somebody's trying to hide something

let's see how big

look at this heat of a

blast furnace to fuse these rocks

together yeah

they found something

this rock could be just the thing we

need to prove what we saw you know that

morning oh hi how you doing

what's up this is private property flat

butte mining

so you're trespassing we're sorry

thanks what have you got there

it's um it's a rock i found it over

there it's for my kid he's got a little

collection

but we're making an exploratory

operation here you're gonna have to

leave that

uh we're not gonna jump your claim

that's what you're worried about

and there's no reason not to give it to

me is there

no i guess not

let's get out of here

come on we gotta get that rough back

boy i haven't punched anybody out since

high school

how's your other hand fine why

oh great

i think they still want to talk to us

that could have been us you know

i don't know about you but i don't want

to stick around here try to explain this

let's

two men have been killed and all you can

tell me is it was an accident

we can't afford accidents like that

we're trying to re-elect the president

you realize this could put all of us in

jail there's no way any of us can be

connected with what happened

two men are dead we don't handle things

that way this is the white house for

christ's sake

well bankrupt the price aren't exactly

cooperating with us they're the ones who

were responsible for what happened out

there

fine fine well frank i'll just have you

explain that to the grand jury

and to the senate investigating

committee and to the newspapers i'm sure

they'll all be very understanding

look i know we're operating under

complicated conditions but we've got to

stay on top of this

plateau in mexico now this portion of

the markings

are identical to the symbols we saw on

the ship

no one's ever been able to figure out

what these zorotica markings mean

or who made them or why

but they were made hundreds maybe

thousands of years ago

and they can only be seen from the air

amen if this isn't the wildest

coincidence

then what you're saying is that beings

from another world

have been here on earth before that's

what i'm saying

okay go ahead it's a great pyramid of

tetanapa yeah now this is bigger than

any pyramid in egypt yeah right

no one knows who built it or why but

here's the best part

this pyramid is honeycomb with

passageways

and there are inscriptions on the walls

and here's some drawings up compare

these

with these

you see what i mean they're similar to

the spaceship

too similar harry for it to have been

any coincidence yeah

yeah look i think they have the same

route

developed differently but from the same

source yeah yeah so there's the

connection

this alien symbol is part of this

architectural markings then the tetanapa

inscription

could be the key to the whole

translation

it's worth a shot

ah thanks boss

where are you i was just wondering about

him

who he was what he did

where he came from what his life was

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like

who are we gonna see again his name is

mills professor andrew mills

he runs a research lab at western tech

do you think he can help us

well he's a professor we give him the

rock and see if he can tell us what mel

did it

he ran a nasa seminar on astrogeology

before you got in the program

if anyone can help us he can great

sure hope them boys can fly better than

they can drive

well how's it going any luck well one

word and 10 makes any sense

well let's start i'll check back in a

couple of hours see how you doing

hi where's paul he's in the lab what do

you got for me

we still haven't found out how they died

but they didn't suffer any obvious

external or internal injuries

our lab work may turn up something

though do you have any idea when they

died i mean before or after the crap

no we know why is the time important yes

yes

yes i want to know if they were dead how

they made a controlled landing with that

ship

what else do you have for me a height

six feet one inch

weight 200 pounds obviously a biped

thumb four fingers five toes and pale

blue eyes

his heart lungs other organs they're

mostly identical to ours

physically that is biologically we're

gonna have to wait for the lab results

one surprising thing though and we have

an appendix a tailbone and a herdarian

glass behind the eyeball yeah

he's got them too and they're useless to

us

i don't know about him but it's obvious

that we've both gone through a parallel

evolutionary process

it's startling

we've run every conceivable test on the

exterior we still have no idea what

brought it down

no id at all no sir nothing

no sir keep trying here keep trying

anything yes sir

uh take that down to the equipment room

will you

harry can i see you for a minute please

yeah sure sure what can i do for you

look i'm not a nuclear engineer but my

opinion for what it's worth is it

this is an end fusion drive

fusion what kind of fuel probably

hydrogen

scooped it up as it went along

how could it create temperatures high

enough to make a fusion reaction it

takes one million degrees as far as we

know

as far as we know

and there's another thing again i'm just

guessing

but i don't think this thing was capable

of interstellar travel this couldn't

have generated enough speed

where do you think it came from a

mothership

something bigger and faster than we can

imagine

here we go

oh my god that's it that's it

it's a piece of sandstone it's quite

common to the region where you found it

but was it melted by the heat of the

spacecraft then

probably

but there are several dozen other

sources that generate temperatures

sufficient to do exactly the same thing

what do we got

what you got lou is a piece of rock

that's been subjected to a great deal of

heat

and that's all

if you want to show that the air force

is concealing a flying saucer

you've got to have substantial proof

or you're just another nut but we saw it

what do you think you think we're a

couple of nuts no

no i believe you but in the last

analysis my opinion means nothing

i think you witnessed something

extraordinary

and if what you're suggesting is so then

you're talking about the most

significant event in the history of

mankind

but nobody's gonna believe you unless

you can prove it well

i guess we're just counting on a little

more help

now how do we prove what we saw

all right let's go at it from another

angle

if the air force does have a ufo on

their hands where would they hide it

well it'd have to be close to the crash

site and someplace secure

like a military base

there are four or five bases near there

yeah but

it have to be one with the proper

equipment to study it

a lunar receiving station

hangar 18. let's go find that thing

kelso has deciphered the aliens language

this is a translation of a document

found aboard the uh spacecraft

now the translation is very rough and is

incomplete but if what we can read

is true and there's no reason to doubt

that it isn't then all of the previous

information that we have had about the

origin of mankind

and the human race is absolutely

false what are you talking about here

this is a report of a previous visit of

the spaceman to earth

this report speaks

of the capture the training and the use

of certain animals as slaves

both male and female the slaves worship

them as gods

then what they referred to as animals

were pre-humans

yes

report also speaks

to the fact that the female slaves found

it a great honor

to be chosen to live with and to bear

the offspring of the gods

good lord you see it's no coincidence

that the spacemen are almost identical

to us

it is not sarah a case

of two species developing

evolving independently of each other

those ancient space men

altered forever our evolution

they are the missing link

do you know what you're saying yes

we mankind the human race

are their children

what we must find out now is why they're

monitoring us

why they're watching us

thank you vicky

frank see the latest california pools

they break the president's gonna take

the site by a landslide

great great it's fantastic we got

everything buttoned down

gonna do all right ten days there's ten

more days we keep everything buttoned

down for ten more days and we get

four more years

we don't have any problems right and i

told the president everything was under

control

well everything is under control price

and bancroft are running around the

desert chasing their tails it's all

covered i'm staying on top of it every

minute

good i'm counting on you

this is lafferty this is wilson go ahead

bancroft and price have just filed a

flight plan for midland texas

midland that's 50 miles from hangar 18.

how did they find out i don't know

sir

when they left mill's office they went

directly to the airport ah

damn it it's up to you to keep them from

getting to that hangar is that clear

yes sir wilson this is in your hands

i understand

why'd it take you so long to rent this

thing oh the guy said something about

washing the car

no wonder they're number two still dirty

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hey slow down a little will you i'm

trying to

there's something wrong with the brakes

old buddy the brakes are gone so is the

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emergency

so

god

let's go

you okay yeah fine

but these seat covers are ruined

now what

inside

they're still coming lou

you know if this thing takes a bullet

not gonna have the gas shortage

or us pal

what are you doing trust me

what do you mean trust you get in here

lou are you crazy get in here get back

in here

ah

what the hell is he doing

jesus christ stop him

ah

blue

steve take it easy you're gonna be all

right

don't worry i'm not going anywhere

until we find that

somebody call an ambulance i'll do it

lou hold on

hold on come on hold on

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so

i'll find it

take care of it

harry we need you in the lab right away

what is what is it harry yes

we know how the aliens died they were

asphyxiated

asphyxiated how these broken glass vials

contain chemicals

an element similar to potassium cyanide

a form of sulfuric acid and several

other compounds

now when combined together they form a

gas a deadly toxin

it must have spread throughout the ship

you know when we first went aboard our

instruments didn't indicate anything

dangerous

it had dissipated by that however we did

find traces of it throughout their

bodies

in their bloodstream and their lungs and

most of their organs the vials were

jarred loose

and broken probably when the satellite

hit oh how ironic

they're light years ahead of us in

intelligence

and yet they were killed because of a

stupid accident

this music is it one of the ship's

recordings oh no

it's a local station i've tamped through

to their monitoring system

terrific yeah but i still haven't

figured out what method they're using to

record and store all this stuff

magnetic it doesn't appear to be the

recordings themselves seem to be on sort

of

crystalline microchips

we interrupt this program to bring you a

news bulletin lewis price a

nasa space shuttle pilot has been killed

in a traffic accident in texas

the man who left the scene of the

accident has been identified as stephen

bancroft a space shuttle commander

bankrupt and price have been the target

of charges that they were responsible

for the death of an air force officer

more details i just heard about price

myself

i have no details you knew a about

steve and lou being blamed for gates

death yes i did

why didn't you tell me because i've been

checking it out

i've been trying to find out where that

story came from

i want to see steve bancroft i want to

know whether lou's death had anything to

do with what they saw up there in space

about what we've got here

in hangar 18. no no you've got my

assurance there is no connection

that's not good enough i want to talk to

steve bancroft myself

no no he's not here in the morning i'm

going to walk right out of here and i'm

going to hold a press conference

and i'm going to tell him things that

you don't want to hear nasa is not gonna

take the rap on this one

you don't understand the whole picture

harry morrison

i'm telling you if anything happens to

steve bancroft i'm holding you

personally responsible

lou price and four other men

dead

how could it have gone this far

it was a choice between two bad

alternatives need to let them get to

hangar 18 to stop them

and what are our choices now

we should have taken price and bancroft

into our confidence like i wanted to do

you think forbes is serious about going

to the press

oh i can guarantee you he's serious

you know there's a lot more to this now

than salvaging an election

a lot of people can be implicated

thank you very much general i'm sure we

are all aware of our situation

you think i enjoy being in the middle of

this

we've got to start talking about

alternatives here considering options

some decisions have to be made this

problem is not going to go away

as long as hangar 18 exists the problem

exists

what the hell are you saying aren't we

in this deep enough already

yeah so deep there's no going back if we

don't finish what we started

it's all over for the president and it's

all over for us

if we stop now we don't stand any chance

at all

all right let me hear your thinking on

this

the airplane crashes every day

even at military bases

um

your identification sir

one moment sir

oh

so

so

so

base security this is sector 10.

the subject has just entered building

43.

take it easy

okay that's it

so

hey

yeah their power plants

defense installations and industrial

complexes

yeah all right those symbols on the

bottom there can you translate those

i can try get the terminal up to your

room to the computer see what i come up

with

um

phil get up here i got something

steve harry

harry what are you doing here to do the

base security call

base security yeah they they said i'd

find you here

come on where

we will take you back to hangar 18

you'll be safe there

come on

there she is

there it is yeah

they they didn't want us to talk about

it and there it is

blue's been killed you know that i know

steve

and they've been trying to kill me

we've been set up from the start what

the hell's going on harry

steve i don't know but we're gonna find

out

come on

harry steve kelso's got a translation

get in here right away

evacuate your men all right let's move

out

again punch it in again to make sure

i've tried three times harry i keep on

getting the same answer these are all

designated landing areas

oh my god they're coming back

now what harry uh phil get the equipment

up here and make a hard copy print out

the rest of you were

keep checking the dates and

in today's headlines reports continue to

flood in about last night's massive

explosion at wolf air force base in west

texas

astronaut stephen bancroft nasa deputy

director harry forbes and a small crew

of technicians miraculously survived the

blast

initial accounts indicate they were

shielded from the explosion

inside what nasa claims to be an alien

spacecraft

press representatives from around the

world have been gathering since early

this morning

in anticipation of a news conference to

be held by mr forbes

this afternoon as yet there has been no

official statement from the white house

you