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Previously on Project Blue Book.

I want Project Blue Book to formally close the Roswell incident.

Run! You put Blue Book in that position and they fail, those guys won't be the

only ones to lose their jobs.

Somebody left us a message.

Tomorrow at 9 a .m. I will show the world proof of what really happened in

Roswell, New Mexico.

Mexico on a cancel.

I'm out of town for a couple days.

Don't be gone too long.

I'll miss you.

There were two separate crash times.

Covered its remains and buried under a big dead tree on the land.

What is that?

sir what's the situation something crashed again middle of town the whole

street's on fire let's go

No guess is as good as mine.

Let's get some lights out here. Set a perimeter.

50 -foot radius, two -man post, and let's sweep these buildings. I don't

anyone near that thing.

Professor, what do you suggest?

Professor.

Professor! It's okay. I know what this is. Doc!

Duncan.

Hello, General.

Duncan's claimed responsibility for the tire stunt, the letter, the whole damn

thing. Let's go through all that trouble and turn himself in before the

deadline. Doesn't make any sense.

Well, he doesn't want to. Not yet.

He brought you here for a reason, General. Whatever he's doing, he's not

yet. Well, he's in my custody now. Trust me.

He's done.

Duncan Booker.

It's been a while, hasn't it?

According to this, you were a troublemaker back then as well.

Is that what the Air Force thinks of me? Well, spreading lies, trying to create

a panic. Am I missing something?

You?

You're missing a lot, General.

Oh, don't get cute with me now. What exactly did he miss?

The reason you created all this chaos, I'd like to know.

General, the public is going to want to know what all this was about. Hearing it

allows us a chance to counter his narrative strategically makes sense.

I'm assuming you have a story to tell.

Okay, Duncan, regale us.

Well, when you came to see Judy and I and asked what we saw, I thought we were

supposed to tell the truth.

Sign it.

Sign it.

I did every detail.

And you told me to never repeat that story again.

And if I did, there'd be consequences.

And when I asked why, why would I be punished? Just for telling the world

saw? That's what I know.

Things took a turn.

You don't remember that, General?

You know what I remember?

I remember you signing a statement claiming that what you saw was a weather

balloon. So do me a favor, cut the bullshit, because every word out of your

mouth has been a lie. You get everyone in D .C. to sign the same thing?

You were both there, weren't you? When the saucers flew over the Capitol?

See, I saw you on TV that weekend and I thought, bastards doing it again,

ruining more people's lives.

Just couldn't stomach it anymore. So that's what this is about?

Revenge? This is about getting the truth out there.

These things really exist.

It's about making sure more people like me don't get beat down over it. Because

the world needs to know what's really going on.

Still have a piece of the saucer.

Yeah.

I may have made those stunts up just to get your attention, but part about the

evidence, that's true.

That's what you want the world to see tomorrow morning? Unless the general

goes on TV and tells the truth about what really happened here in Roswell.

See, the plan's already set in motion.

I'm just giving you a chance to do the right thing here and come clean.

Either way.

Truth is coming out.

Told you the people in this town are nuts. So what are we going to do with

Search his place first. What for?

Oh, I don't know, Professor. Maybe he's hiding Santa Claus in the attic.

Look, just go to his house and report back to me what you find.

We've only got a few hours to shut this down. I want no stone unturned.

Understood?

Can you stop that, please?

What am I doing?

Your brain is like in overdrive right now. I can hear what you're thinking.

The man built a shrine in his house.

He dumped the fly sauce in the middle of town. He is crazy. You know what's

crazy? The Air Force paying people to be quiet and beating them up if they

don't. That's crazy.

It's our turn.

What are you doing?

Artie gave us an order. He can give you an order. I'm a civilian. I don't have

to listen to him. Stop the car.

Doc, stop the car.

Great.

Doc, what are you doing? We need to get to the bottom of what really happened

here tonight.

Booker just confessed to faking the whole thing. Yeah, not the crash six

ago. Harding already confirmed it was a cover -up.

Forgetting that?

Project Mogul? If you're under orders, then by all means go. I'm not stopping

you. But Stewart's house, it's just up there.

And I want to check out his story. About aliens.

On his property.

You're not very good at this, you know.

Whole undercover thing.

Harding is expecting us at Booker's. We do not show up. It'll take 20 minutes.

If you help.

20 minutes to know the truth.

What do you see again?

A dead tree on the hill near the house.

Just about done digging holes, Doc.

Just keep digging.

This is ridiculous.

Hang on.

Come here.

Help me out.

You gotta be kidding me.

Jim, tell me you found something at Booker's house.

A whole lot of nothing.

Every square inch.

Well, we could still burn it down, dig through the foundation.

It'll make you feel any better.

He turned himself in. He knew we would search the house.

He's screwing with us. He's been screwing with us.

I gotta get a hold of the captain. When? Why? He wasn't there.

At least he wasn't when I left. Was he supposed to be?

You're going to wake the dead.

Ah, very funny.

It is, actually.

Hello. Sorry for the late hour. I'm Dr. Alan Hynek. This is Captain Michael

Quinn. United States Air Force.

We have a bit of an emergency and need use of your facilities.

Someone die? Yes.

We're just not sure who.

Sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit down.

You know, six years ago, I brought 200 men down here.

We combed through every square inch of the desert.

We pulled metal out of trees, under rocks, places you wouldn't even think to

look.

We even found a horse that swallowed some.

When we finished, I had to start all over again.

So do you really expect me to believe that I missed something?

You okay?

Hey.

I need you to know I don't really enjoy this, but you have to understand what's

at stake here. So I'm going to ask you one more time. Where is it?

Where is it?

Okay. I'll tell you.

Where's the need to write me a check?

So this is all about money?

My Connor's got a brand new car two days after he changed his story.

Have a Roswell got chance.

Just to keep quiet. I want mine.

Let him go.

So all this stuff about trying to embarrass me or expose the truth was...

hurt me back then.

Destroyed this town.

I'm sorry, son.

I truly am.

Let's say I do pay you. How do I know you're not going to try this again?

I have no idea about that.

Where'd you get this?

Best classified.

They're definitely not human.

You sure?

I'm just a mortician, not a doctor.

I don't really do this.

Tell me again what this is about.

Uh... You ever hear of Project Blue Book?

That's the Air Force program to investigate flying saucers.

I don't trust the Air Force.

Neither do we. We don't work for them.

We work for you, the people.

And that's why we're here.

To find out what really happened here in Roswell six years ago.

Is that what all the commotion's been about?

The checkpoints and whatnot?

That's right.

Someone's out there spreading more lies.

And we're doing whatever we can to get to the truth.

I like that.

You know, you tell us what you know.

Maybe you can be a hero.

Are these part of those things that flew the ship?

Flew the ship?

Yeah.

There were five of them.

Five of what?

You know.

And how do you know that?

Because the night of the crash, I got a call.

Hello? Base was asking if I had five child -sized coffins I could deliver to

them ASAP.

Ask yourself, what would a military base need with five child -sized coffins?

And how did you wind up on the base that night?

I double as the ambulance driver in Roswell.

One of the captains got into a motorcycle wreck and needed a transport.

When I got there, the place was crazy with activity, like we were under attack

or something.

I asked what was going on.

No one would talk to me.

So I went looking for someone who would.

I wound up running into a nurse.

She told me to leave or they'll throw you in jail.

And what was going on in there?

From what I could see.

It looked like an alien autopsy.

I don't know, Doug.

Second -hand account six years ago, and he wasn't even in the room. I wasn't in

the room when my son was born, but I'm pretty sure Mimi had something to do

it. You know, if we can find this nurse and she confirms the story... What then?

What? Go to Harding?

If you really did cover this up, we can't come to him with this.

Where have you been?

I gave you an order to supervise a search of Booker's.

Blackstone said you didn't even show.

I took a wrong turn.

The roads out here are so poorly marked, so...

It was my fault.

We're going home.

Booker's changed his story.

He's agreed to make a public confession at the local TV station in a couple of

hours. In exchange, we won't press charges.

What? We had a talk. Came to an understanding.

And I apologized.

Honestly, I think that's all he ever wanted from the beginning. And he's

on TV?

We both are.

To make light of the whole thing. Kind of like that Orson Welles thing.

The name of the game is Control the Narrative.

I thought you two would have learned that by now. That doesn't really make

sense. Yes, it is, Captain. The kind worth celebrating.

I'm thinking scotch. You have a little time before I have to be at the station.

Yes, General. That sounds great. I just feel like we've gotten more important.

Yes, General. That sounds great.

See you in my office in ten minutes. And a little attitude adjustment,

Professor. I'm not opening up a good bottle if you're going to be sour about

The Enola Gay.

She was based out of Roswell.

Bet you didn't know that, Professor.

509th Bomb Squadron.

I arranged to have her shipped to the Smithsonian after her service.

History like that needs to be preserved. Over 70 ,000 Japanese died in

Hiroshima. Shouldn't that history be preserved as well?

We were at war, Professor.

Many more would have died, Americans and Japanese, had we not taken the decisive

action to end it.

Well, in that case, I'm sure it was, uh...

painfully difficult choice to make.

It was the only way to protect the world from chaos.

And it requires a special kind of man to do that.

The kind of man who knows where the line is drawn that separates the unthinkable

from the necessary.

The kind of man that has a job to do and gets it done.

That's what makes a hero.

To men like that.

To men like us.

I know there are hard calls to make, General, but I also recognize the way

men call their inhumanity necessary.

In my eyes, that doesn't make a hero. It makes a coward.

Maybe lay off the scotch duck.

Did you just call me a coward? Yes, I suppose I am. All right, let's get you

of here.

See, because deep down, that's exactly what you are, General. You know it, and

you won't do anything to try to change it. So you tell me this. Between men

us, how long can you pretend to believe in something that you know is not true?

I need to urinate.

Now there's a man who cannot handle his liquor.

Sir, permission to see if he's okay.

Yeah.

And, uh, tell Professor Hynek that tonight is his last night as a member of

Project Blue Book.

I think I've had quite enough of that son of a bitch.

Sir, yes, sir.

How was that?

Do you realize what you just did? Just come on. We don't have much time.

Hold on.

You're not drunk. Yes.

Undercover, remember?

You'll never suspect a thing now.

And we both got out of that performance. What, you thought calling Harding a

coward was a good way to get us out of the room? Yeah.

You told me to tell you you were fired.

Well, I guess I have nothing to lose now.

Confound it. Doug.

Just don't try to talk me out of this now, okay? I've seen too much. I've got

get to the bottom of this.

Earlier, I checked with the guard.

I was just going to wait until we were done, but you had to go and get all

dramatic. So you do believe Duncan's story? What I believe in is finding out

truth. We made a pact.

I'll go back on my word.

I'll look for the duty roster of 47.

You grab a phone book, we'll cross -reference in the car.

Four. I don't know if we'll have time for that, Doc.

Harding's due on TV in under two hours. Well, this one's close by. He says here

she subbed in the night of the crash.

Her address is... Oh.

What is it?

It's Nurse.

Her last name.

It's different in the phone book.

Really? Yeah.

It's about a half a mile up here on the left.

Imagine that.

Looks like someone's headed out.

Got here just in time.

Judy!

Hey, sorry for the scare, miss.

Is that your name? Judy?

Yes.

Who are you? Well, I'm Captain Michael Quinn. This is Dr. Alan Hynek. We're

Project Blue Book, United States Air Force.

Maybe we could talk inside.

I was just heading out, so if you could move your car.

It's about your husband.

I don't have a husband.

That's funny, because he said he wasn't married either.

The military record only lists your maiden name, but the phone book that had

your married one.

Booker, isn't it?

Hold on.

It's okay, we're friends.

Wait, where are you going? Hey!

Give me that back!

Just the soul to the captain of the United States Air Force.

Oh, my God.

Captain. How did she even get that film? Captain. Doc, Doc, that is not just

highly classified government property.

Do you even realize what kind of trouble you're in right now?

Stealing a piece of sensitive material like that?

That's worse than the Rosenbergs. This is the final piece.

What were you going with us when we pulled up?

TV station, right?

This is what Duncan wanted all along. It's what he planned.

What are you talking about?

He was telling us the truth first time.

He wants revenge.

And he was going to get it by showing this to Harding on live TV.

Showing it to the world.

Is that true?

So the station, they need to be prepared for something like this. Which means

that they are in on it too.

What are you going to do with it?

The film. What? What? The cinematic evidence of alien fucking life?

I don't know.

How about you tell me if there's any goddamn bourbon in the house and we'll

from there.

Did they put it through? Yes, sir. You should be on the line.

What is it with this town? It's like the gates of hell.

Are you Nick?

Oh, Jim.

You've got to be on live TV in less than an hour. You can't screw this up. Look,

if I can pull myself together after ditching a plane over Guadalcanal during

war, I'm sure I can do a ten -minute interview on live TV after a couple of

drinks.

I called the station.

It's patched in nationwide.

I'm just making sure that you're okay, that's all.

You.

The State Department called.

This got on their radar.

You blow it, Blue Book goes away.

You go away.

Look, I fixed it the last time, didn't I?

So what do we do?

Right now, she stays here until we sort this all out.

Am I under arrest?

Are you leaving?

You've got to keep an eye on her. Unless I'm under arrest, you can't force me to

stay here.

Being under arrest would be a vacation for you right now. Trust me. You're

staying here.

What are you planning on doing with this? That is Air Force property.

What, you're going to show it to Harding?

Really?

After all that we've seen?

You do know what we saw.

Right? And what that means for the world.

Come on, don't do this. Give me the film.

Come on.

Okay, um, I understand.

You know, um, I don't want you to get in trouble or to have to put you in that

position. You have another drink. We both have another drink.

Sorry.

Okay.

General. Where'd you go, Captain? Where's the professor?

Sir, I need to speak with you. In private, it's urgent.

Sir, we need to get going. This won't take long. Excuse us.

If you're trying to talk me into saving his job... Was it really a spy balloon

that crashed in 47?

Oh, for Pete's sake. Because I've seen evidence to the contrary tonight.

Captain, I'm in no mood.

What is this?

That's a test.

You need to see it, sir, if you haven't already.

And I might add that given what's on there, I will need to be briefed at the

highest levels.

Is this a joke?

General, I'm coming! What the hell is this, Captain?

You know what?

When I get back, you and I are going to talk.

Let go!

How far did you get?

All the way.

You know, I really thought at the end of the day we had each other's backs. You

were making a rash decision.

So when it comes down to it, you'll just do what you gotta do for you.

Not us.

Where's Judy?

Where's Judy?

Headed to the TV station.

And the film?

It was never ours to begin with.

I just didn't want to be the one responsible for hiding the greater...

Phone's not working.

Can't get through to the TV station. You won't make it on time.

Not if I take the main roads.

I'm not going to.

What are you doing? I'm coming with you. No, you're not. Yes, I am. No, you're

not.

General, nice to see you, sir. Pleasure's mine. Thank you very much. So

are we doing this? Right this way, sir. We're just getting set up for you now.

Can we get some makeup on the general, please?

Come on through, guys.

How are you? I'm well, thank you, sir.

Here you go.

We've still got time.

We've still got time. Right through here, gentlemen.

Right through here.

No, no, no, no. It's like putting a lipstick on a pig.

Michael. The least you could do is not talk right now. I'm sorry.

Well, a lot of good that'll do me a court martial.

If this film gets broadcast, everything changes. For better or for worse, you

have no idea.

You do not know what's going to happen.

But someone is going to take the fall.

Guess what they'll be looking at now. Yeah, you're right. I don't know.

And if they do blame you, I'll say that you had nothing to do with it. But I

did. I did have something to do with it. Yes.

So imagine that. Imagine that. Imagine a world with the truth out there and your

name associated with that. There is no one truth, Doc.

Not with anything.

It's just like what went on here six years ago. No one's ever going to know

really happened. You know why?

Because maybe the world isn't ready to hear that aliens exist.

And this is your camera here. You can look directly into it. Duncan, yours is

that one.

You don't have to raise your voices. The mic's up here. I'll pick everything up.

Thank you very much. Just give me for the count.

You want to review what you're going to say first?

Yes. Thanks.

Don't worry if you miss a few words. I'll make sure that we stay on track.

30 seconds, guys.

Hey, don't be nervous.

Here's your truck.

Hey!

We may never get this chance again.

A man needs to know where the line is drawn that separates the unthinkable

the necessary.

Ten seconds, everyone.

Nine.

Eight.

Seven.

Six.

Five.

Good evening. I'm General James Harding from the United States Air Force.

And we're here tonight live in Roswell, New Mexico.

I want to talk to you people about a rumor that's been circulating again,

a mysterious crash that's happened here in the desert of New Mexico.

I want to tell you, people of America, that's just a hoax.

And the hoaxer is here with us this evening.

Duncan, why don't you tell the good people about the stunt that you pulled?

The stunt?

Yes, let's talk about the stunt I pulled.

Six years ago, this man, General Harding, came into my house.

Threatened to kill me and my fiance if we didn't lie about what we saw. He even

wrote me a check earlier today.

To make sure I stayed quiet.

That is your signature, isn't it, Joe?

Why would you do this?

But I won't stay quiet.

Not anymore.

Roll the thread.

Son of a bitch, what are you doing?

I

ain't

gonna cover that up now that the whole world...

How did you get that?

How did you get that? Are we still live?

Turn that off. Turn off that film. Turn those cameras around. Turn them around!

You have no idea what you've just done, you son of a bitch. It's okay, General.

It's okay.

Professor? No one outside of this room saw anything.

I had the switchboard disabled before any signal was broadcast.

The film is fake, sir.

No one gets in or out of here.

Understood? Everyone needs to be questioned. Round them up.

You overexposed the negative to wash out any detail, but it didn't hide the

pattern of the studio light.

It does have a very distinctive pattern.

You'll see the same when you check back over the film. The clock there as well.

The film was shot right here.

By Duncan, his wife, Judy, the help of the station manager and a

couple of other actors.

It's over, Duncan.

You may as well come fully clean now.

Judy was there that day. Everything in that film she saw with her own eyes,

still the truth. Get him back to the base. This doesn't change anything. You

still tried to cover up the existence of alien life. Now, get him out of here.

Don't touch him. You can't do that.

How did you know?

Captain Quinn figured out the connection.

He raced here with me to help stop it, so...

He deserves all the credit.

A light grid pattern, huh?

Surprised you didn't notice it, too.

Only you would notice that, Doc.

Duncan, Judy, Connors, a lot of people went through a lot of trouble to see

Harding ruined.

I know what you're saying.

What am I saying?

Why not just let the film play?

Fake or not, the attention would have got the press.

Sooner or later, the truth would have come out.

Can't expose the truth by using a lie.

That would be worse than Harding.

You accepted my invitation.

I thought I was under orders, Captain.

You know, I don't usually move this fast.

when I showed you where the spring key was.

Can I ask you a serious question?

Absolutely not.

Now I'm in your home.

I'm home.

How

did

you know I needed that?

That is over, Kim.

I'll give them credit.

Quality was impressive.

Jim, what you saw in 47... It's what the Soviets wanted us to see, I know. They

wanted us to panic.

We didn't. But what we found on that craft... The sick work of Dr.

Mengele. What he did to those children's bodies, disfiguring them, making them

look inhuman, was unconscionable.

Jim, you didn't fall for it then.

Don't fall for it now.

Of course not.

Then I'll take care of that. Put it in the vault with the rest of them?

Sure. Maybe in ten years' time, we'll release it.

Give the masses a little more to chew on, huh?

Hmm.