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In 1953, Earth experienced a war of the worlds.

Common bacteria stopped the aliens but it didn't kill them.

Instead, the aliens lapsed into a state of deep hibernation.

Now the aliens have been resurrected,

more terrifying than ever before.

In 1953, aliens started taking over the world.

Today, they're taking over our bodies.

We should surrender to the aliens.

We have no other choice.

These must be on display at all times.

Our people have been trained to deal with anyone

not wearing their identification.

I'd remember that.

Cargo in the holding and it's moving.

This is unit three.

Cargo's in the bus.

MAN 1:10-4. I've got contact.

Cargo leaving 1-J.

Keep an even pace.

Sector 14, you're on.

Hey, slow down!

Don't even look at them.

What?!

Passing out of 14, now.

Got 1-J. Out.

Cargo arriving at destination. Out.

All conditions green.

Cargo's coming in for a landing, HQ.

We've got 'em. Thank you. Out.

We're coming at you, interior.

We've got a four count.

Dock to headquarters. We're inside.

Doctors, this way, please.

Place your left hands on the sensor plate.

Thank you.

Next.

Next, Dr. Blackwood.

Please, down the hall.

Follow the soldier.

Thank you.

Everything a go?

Everyone's waiting for you inside.

We've had two security anomalies, Harrison.

One, the representative from Sri Lanka

couldn't go through the heat sensor ID.

Because she's wearing a pacemaker;

and we've had

a last minute replacement

for the representative from Russia.

So his heat sensor ID didn't check out.

I wonder why the replacement?

Okay.

Good evening.

Okay, Let's seal them in.

I, uh, I want to thank each of you for coming.

Due to the somewhat controversial nature

of this meeting, a number of countries

have declined our invitation to attend.

Yet nonetheless they eagerly await

the outcome of these discussions.

So I want you all to know

that the eyes of many people around the world

are upon us this weekend.

I think the best way to begin is simply,

by introducing ourselves.

I'm Harrison Blackwood, United States,

director of the Blackwood Project,

a government-funded unit whose mission

is to combat the alien menace in America.

Norton Drake. United States.

I work on the Blackwood Project

as a communications and computer expert.

Dr. Suzanne McCullough. United States.

Microbiology and psychology.

I am Gabriel Morales,

of the Republic of Peru.

I am assistant to the Minister of the Interior

and I am involved with matters of an unusual nature.

Dr. Sunethra Menathong.

I teach Astronomy

in the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka,

at university.

It is my job to investigate and coordinate

all reports of unidentified flying objects.

Dr. Soo Tak.

Beijing Institute of Extraterrestrial Research.

Dr. Morris Burnobi, last year's Nobel Prize winner in Physics.

I've been the clearing house on the African continent

for information of close encounters

for over a quarter of a century.

I'm Dr. Leonid Argochev, astrophysicist.

Union of Soviet

Socialist Republics.

Last but not least, I'm Jerry Raymond.

I'm a photographer.

I have a doctorate in celestial astronomy

and I'm president of the Skywatch Society

in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Good. I think that's everybody.

Look, I, uh, I know this abandoned old campus

and this drafty gymnasium are way below

the standards of comfort

you're accustomed to in your travels,

but I'm sure you all understand

the need for absolute security.

Now tomorrow...

Tomorrow we're going to begin

the actual discussions about the alien problem

and this could be the single most important event

in determining what life-forms are going to exist

on this planet in the future.

Thank you, Advocates.

I am nothing without your counsel.

To life immortal.

One of our units reports there is a secret meeting of humans

from across the planet who know of our existence.

It has always been amusing how long it took for the humans

to organize any global resistance.

This meeting could be a major opportunity, for us.

If we find the location of that meeting

and destroy those human leaders,

our task on this planet will be considerably easier.

Your counsel is wise.

This shall be our number one priority.

To life immortal.

To life immortal.

Good morning.

We've got a lot of ground to cover,

very little time to do it in.

I think our goals

for the next two days are pretty clear.

We're here to exchange information

about the alien invaders.

To establish for the first time really

the extent of their threat globally.

And, most important to my mind,

develop a planetary strategy

for combating the aliens.

Now we've brought this equipment in

to help you with your presentations.

And, uh, I thought we could begin

by examining the documentation I know you've all brought along.

Norton?

Excuse me, Dr Blackwood.

Rather than proceeding ahead recklessly,

it might be helpful to open the floor

to any other thoughts regarding the proposed agenda.

Well, there's nothing written in stone, Doctor.

What do you have in mind?

Self-determination, in the form of everyone having some say

in how these talks should proceed.

I think for the sake of expediency

we listen to Dr. Blackwood's plan.

What difference does it make?

We all have something to contribute.

Doctor, do you have a problem

with the way things are set up here?

Or is it just outdated Cold War posturing?

Dr. Burnobi, I don't know what the criteria

for attendance here is, perhaps it is

questionable research like yours.

Research that is yet

to be replicated.

Gentlemen, gentlemen, it's way too early in the morning

for this sort of thing, don't you think?

We have less than two days.

To spend more than 20 seconds on this kind of procedural matter

is negligent at best and criminal at worst.

Dr. McCullough and Mr. Drake have prepared

the United States presentation

and, if nobody has any objection,

we could begin.

According to archaeological dating,

we know the aliens have visited this planet

for the last 2,000 years.

They have periodically visited many places on Earth

using several different kinds

of spaceships.

Now the oldest ship that we've encountered

was at the Westesquin Indian Reservation.

This was a walking space ship, over 600 years old.

In this century, we know the aliens arrived

on the East Coast

of the United States

in late October, 1938 on a reconnaissance mission.

The main invasion force arrived in 1953,

as it apparently did around the world.

The aliens would have conquered the planet

if they had not succumbed to our bacteria.

Now the United States government placed what they thought

were the remains of dead aliens into steel drums

and these drums were placed in different dump sites

throughout the continental United States.

One of the dump sites, a secret facility

called Fort Jericho,

in northern Nevada, was the first

confirmed location of an alien resurrection.

There was a large number of steel drums in storage.

About a year and a half ago, a few of these drums

accidentally came in contact with radiation.

The radiation neutralized the bacteria

we thought had killed the aliens,

and they came back to life.

The aliens searched out the war machines

from the invasion of 1953,

and mounted a lethal attack.

At this point we can only estimate

how many aliens are in the United States.

Somewhere between

1,000 and 5,000.

But this number keeps growing.

Now we first discovered aliens

at the site of what appeared to be a terrorist operation.

We were investigating the scene

and we think it started here.

The count is still incomplete.

We still have two quadrants to check.

It appears we have, mm... six.

Six, only six.

But there were hundreds, maybe thousands.

What is his problem?

Aliens walk the Earth again

and we let them get away.

Now we've had contact

with a renegade mutant alien named Quinn.

He has confirmed our worst suspicions.

The aliens' goal is world domination.

In four short years a force of millions of aliens

are scheduled to arrive here.

So let's see what we're dealing with.

Structurally, they're more like jellyfish than mammals.

By examining DNA molecules, it appears that the aliens

possess humans using a cell-face-matching technique.

The alien cells literally overtake

the human cells through osmosis.

As a result, they have access to the host body's intelligence

and can control them physically.

And yet there is no outward way for anyone to know.

Physiologically, the aliens have a liquid core

which carries neurological information

as well as arterial matter.

Their stable, upright carriage

is supported by a web-like muscular structure.

The alien stands between five and a half and seven feet tall.

It has a cyclops eye in the center of its forehead

and it is a biped.

It's got three fingers, three toes and three arms.

Apparently it has no skeletal structure per se.

One of the aliens' most remarkable characteristics

is their ability to osmose into the human body,

actually meld their body into ours.

We have footage that was taken by

a local news photographer.

Aliens have never possessed animals or children.

Because of this, we theorize

they need a certain minimal mass to occupy.

They can be anywhere and they can be anyone.

Soldiers...

Those are my men.

Not any more.

Waitresses...

bikers...

the homeless...

paramedics...

They can take over just about anyone.

Once they took over an abandoned town

and they stocked it with aliens.

You're telling me all of these people have aliens inside them?

To life immortal.

To life immortal.

Just a hunch.

To life immortal.

To life immortal.

To life immortal.

They took over an abandoned warehouse

and they brought humans for the aliens to possess.

No!

This is really sick, Blackwood.

They're reviving new aliens.

This whole town has been set up

to recruit host bodies for aliens.

The most frightening thing of all...

they've absolutely no regard for human life.

Not since Nazi Germany has the world witnessed such callous

and brutal treatment of human beings.

They mutilate...

they maim.

To them, we're an inferior species

and they treat us like one.

I've heard of morbid curiosity but there is a limit.

Look at this.

It's incredible.

The top of his head was literally torn off.

Now we know the alien threat is real.

And the future of our planet is dependent upon

what we accomplish here.

Unless we transcend partisanship and we begin to cooperate,

we may just as well hand the Earth over to them right now.

It's an odd combination...

Microbiology and psychology.

I don't know.

I'm constantly amazed at how often they overlap.

But we've been talking about me all through dinner.

Tell me a little more about what you do.

From your introduction

and the background that your government sent us,

I couldn't really figure out exactly

what you did.

I think that's the idea.

Now these aliens that we were talking about this morning,

are they the same ones

you've been sighting in your country?

Yes. Yes. Exactly the same.

Most curious, um...

we have tried to communicate with them,

but, uh, as of yet,

unable to set up dialogue.

They're very intractable.

What about their numbers?

I mean, how many

do you estimate?

Well, I can only guess.

No more than 10,000.

That many?

We have a big country, sir.

Paul, having a good time?

Oh. Right, Norton.

I'm having a great time.

Half the number of men I need,

I don't know who the hell is who around here,

and I am supposed

to trust that clown from Russia.

I'm having a wonderful time, Norton.

Come on, big guy.

Wake up and smell the caviar. It's amazing.

I don't have time, Norton.

Just no time.

What a guy.

Why do I like looking at this?

I do not know but I like it, too.

Advocacy...

intelligence has collected vital information.

The humans meet near the city called Philadelphia.

It is imperative we locate that meeting.

Our kind is spreading across that city as we speak.

We have no evidence of alien activity in my country at all.

However, we believe with some certainty,

that aliens walked our land many thousands of years ago.

During an archaeological dig funded by my government,

some extra-ordinary discoveries were made.

While excavating a previously untouched crypt,

deep within the hillside tombs of the Andes,

a large and strange artifact was uncovered.

This never-before-seen object was removed.

It was brought to my ministry

where it was carefully examined in detail by my staff.

After a very close examination

we found that inside this artifact... was this.

We detected a soft X ray of 93 angstroms...

Nothing dangerous...

And it emits a 33,000 hertz percussive sound

out of the range of the ordinary ear.

This sound

mirrors in many ways

the audio tape of the alien transmission

you forwarded to us

in preparation for this conference.

To date, we are not sure

what function this alien object has.

I think you're gonna find

some pretty interesting parallels

in the tape that Norton Drake has put together

on alien technology.

Okay.

Here's some examples based on eyewitness reports

of the aliens utilizing everyday items

to make high-tech tools and devices.

There's a report from Canada where kitchen appliances

were jerry-rigged to make radio receivers and locators.

And a story from New Jersey where the aliens were seen

using a vacuum cleaner-like device

to locate an alien warship buried underground.

They've even used their technology to create artwork

unlike anything we've ever seen before.

We also believe that

they can communicate over light years

in a matter of seconds, using their makeshift devices.

So as we've seen,

the alien technology runs from the lethal

to the sublime.

The closest that we've ever come

to actually examining an alien artifact

was in an automated power plant north of San Francisco.

The aliens had taken over the facility,

brutally killed

every single member of the crew and then had gone on

to set up this bizarre device.

When I finally found the aliens we'd been looking for,

I couldn't believe my eyes.

It was a device using a logic system

foreign to ours in every way... It was fascinating.

After they'd gone, Dr. McCullough and I

went up to examine this strange alien handiwork.

They're gone.

What is that?

That's alien medical science, Colonel.

It works like a distillery.

Somehow they're able to reduce the brains

to their very essence...

and then one very potent drop of this extract

and the sick alien is cured.

This is a perfect example of the alien logic system,

their problem- solving abilities.

It's absolutely amazing; it's so complex

and it's so simple.

Something... not of this world.

I can't even tell if it's elemental or synthetic.

We are gonna learn so much.

But apparently they'd anticipated us,

and the device was booby-trapped.

Clearly, they do not want anyone

to get a hold of their technology.

Excuse me.

This note was left at the security desk. By?

We don't know.

Colonel Ironhorse has brought me a note.

One of the delegates to this conference

has accused Señor Morales

of having faked his presentation.

This is outrageous!

Who says my presentation was fraudulent?

The important thing is not who made the accusation

but that it's been made at all.

We're here to deal with the alien threat on this planet,

but we're being stopped at every turn

by a carefully orchestrated

campaign to undermine this conference,

and I, for one, think an explanation is in order.

Why is it?

The automatic United States reaction

is always to point the finger and accuse us.

Thank you for your hospitality.

Advocacy, we are expecting intelligence any moment

from one of our agents.

They say we will value this information greatly.

That is not good enough.

We need faster action.

Time is wasting.

If you cannot fulfill the mission,

we will find agents who can.

But, Advocate... URICH: Silence.

I am nothing without your counsel.

Should we send more troops?

We should send operatives who are more efficient.

I can't believe we've blown this opportunity. We haven't blown it yet.

The question is, what are we gonna do

to salvage this conference? Could the Russians know something

the rest of us don't?

We don't even know it's Argochev.

We've got to deal with this head-on. Let's go.

Obviously, there has been a lot of speculation

as to who made this accusation against Señor Morales.

I'd like to suggest that since our time is short,

that we just continue with the program,

pending, of course, the outcome of research

into Señor Morales's presentation.

Dr. Blackwood, if I might?

I believe an explanation is in order.

I was the one who accused Señor Morales.

My apologies, Señor.

My accusation was totally unfounded.

You're right, Dr. Blackwood,

I have been a very disruptive influence in these proceedings,

but I've been so with very good reason.

Soviet military intelligence has been checking out

our security reports that indicate that one among us

is not who he says he is.

That one among us is an alien.

Couldn't we tell if one of us was, in fact, an alien, Doctor?

You mean by visual inspection?

Exactly.

No.

Doctor, that we are exposed to an environment

poisoned by an alien presence...

I am formally requesting security assistance from my embassy.

As soon as arrangements can be made,

I will be leaving. Señor Morales,

if I told you I could definitely tell if anyone here was an alien?

Can you do that, Doctor?

Okay, now, Dr. McCullough is going to, uh,

stick your fingers with a sterilized instrument.

She'll take out a drop of blood,

she'll put it under her microscope,

and we are going to be able to tell instantly

if anyone amongst us is an alien.

This was definitely not part of the agenda.

I... I refuse. Oh, now, we can't be

victim to this kind of paranoia.

This test is designed to instantly allay

anyone's fears that there's an alien amongst us.

I'll be very happy to be the first one to go.

Doctor, would you choose the sterilized instrument for my use?

Before I agree to take this blood test,

if I could speak to my home country first.

But that would be against the strict communications blackout

that we've all been observing.

What harm would there be if whoever wanted to contact their people could?

Then we could do

these infernal blood tests and get on with it.

What choice do we have?

Well, I'm afraid we don't have any choice at all.

Then I'd like to make a call.

I would as well.

It's gonna take some time. I...

I've got to get some secure lines in here.

I...

Harrison, are we really gonna do this?

Yeah, I'm afraid that we are.

Yes, Advocate.

We've narrowed down the location.

It's in a section outside of Philadelphia

called Cheltenham.

Yes, we know.

You know?

One of our foreign operatives

has managed to contact us from inside the meeting.

We have the exact location

and are making plans to destroy them.

This is the most important operation we have had

since arriving on this planet.

We succeed now, we will have taken

a giant step in annihilating the humans once and for all.

And the Earth shall be ours.

Look, Harrison, I have got major problems

with what's going on here. Meaning?

Meaning I can no longer guarantee

the security for this operation.

There are just too many variables out of my control.

I highly recommend

that we call this whole thing off.

It's just gotten too risky!

We have a global alien problem, remember?

That's what's too risky!

Let's go!

I don't think I have to remind you

that we are at war with an enemy who is so insidious

that it could be any one of us.

Now, I think it's time that we all started working together.

Dr. Blackwood, I must interrupt.

My superiors

are very concerned about the taking

of any intrusive test.

We must find another way.

Well, then forget about the tests.

But let's keep these discussions going.

And what have we got to lose?

If, in fact, there is an alien among us,

they already know who we are

and what we're about.

I say let them test our resolve.

Let them learn about our passion for freedom.

And if this alien

were to leave with all our identities?

Well, I don't think that's going to happen.

I think in the short time we have left,

we're going to ferret

this alien out...

and we're going to capture it.

I, for one,

say let's do it.

I'm willing.

As am I.

Good.

Okay. Now, I believe that Colonel Ironhorse

has a presentation that's gonna be a lot more encouraging

than what we've seen so far.

I'm sorry, Harrison.

Due to the new security situation,

I think it best

I excuse myself.

Seal them in.

Come with me.

We've been painting a pretty negative picture

about our battle with the aliens,

but there is a bright side.

They can be killed.

We're getting pretty efficient at it.

One particular incident comes to mind.

The aliens had broken into

a secure Army facility in search

of war machines and weapons left over from

their earlier invasion.

Our intelligence discovered this plan.

We wiped them out.

What they turn into after they die

is the only real indication we have

that these were once human beings

who are now possessed by aliens.

But we can be fooled.

You're wasted.

They're students.

Pretty weird students.

As a result of an exothermic reaction,

their cells become a horrible broiling mass

of decomposing alien and human tissue.

They are vulnerable...

and so are we.

We have already lost a member of our team.

We've lost many soldiers in combat.

Of course, all the innocent people.

The aliens are deadly...

and they promise, as their numbers increase

and they become more sophisticated,

they promise to become even deadlier.

What's that?

Trucks.

Here they come. Out.

Everybody, please, stay calm.

We don't know what's happening here.

Follow me.

Gather round.

Okay, men. We're outnumbered.

Each one of you will have to be ten.

So it will be up to you out here.

I'm heading back to the gym.

This is what you've been trained for.

Good luck.

Dr. Blackwood, your security

has obviously been compromised.

What do you plan to do?

We're going to have to defend ourselves.

Bring 'em on, mate.

Let me re-introduce myself.

Lieutenant Argochev, GRU, Military Intelligence.

Norton! Try and raise the colonel.

Colonel.

Can you hear me?

Stand back away from this door.

This is Norton. Colonel?

What are those gunshots?

We've been found out.

It's the aliens.

You two men, cover the far end of this hallway.

What's the situation?

We've got problems, Harrison.

We're outnumbered.

The entire perimeter is under attack.

Somehow we've got to make our lack of numbers work for us.

Harrison, we don't have time.

What?!

We should surrender to the aliens.

What?

What?

But, Harrison...

We don't have any other choice.

You're out of your mind.

Look, we're hopelessly outnumbered here.

What can we hope for if we surrender?

Talk with them. Reason with them.

Look, this could be the opportunity

we've been looking for.

But by your own

admission, Doctor, they hold no regard

for human life.

Look, I know that if we can all present our case,

if we could just talk

to one of them...

You are.

Stop her.

I am one of them.

So, there was a spy among us.

You were right,

Dr. Blackwood.

You said we'd find a spy amongst us, and we did.

You humans are such fools.

That weapon is empty.

You insult my intelligence.

Stop her!

Well done.

Thanks.

What happened?

She went out the window.

Omegans... on the double.

We've got to get out of here.

We've got to protect these delegates first.

There!

Put them right under there.

We'll draw the aliens out of here.

Exactly.

You. Open that up.

People!

Let's go.

You, go with Norton.

The boiler room. Plan "B."

Come on, people... let's go!

What happens once we draw them out?

Trap them.

Okay. Let's move.

Follow me.

Down there.

You, you two, down there.

Okay... let's go.

Norton, you all set?

Ready, Colonel.

Let's do it.

They're coming.

Well done, Colonel.

Brilliant.

We've won.

This time, yes,

but tomorrow...

Tomorrow is another day.