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Previously on Project Blue Book. We're supposed to be meeting someone from

Central Intelligence.

Daniel Bank?

Call me Dan.

Central Intelligence is all about staying off the radar.

Operating in the shadows.

Evan, I'm glad I caught you before you left.

When Carolyn told me who you were, I thought you were working with the FBI.

What does the FBI want with civilian UFO groups? Mimi, you have the ability to

pass along information to the one person who could make... A difference.

We could blow the lid off this whole government cover -up.

Our intel has the CIA cooperating with Queen and Professor Hynek. I think the

captain would provide for a much better source of information.

After what I just saw in the desert, I'm convinced the CIA has one goal.

To see us obsolete.

If we're going to war, let's fire the first goddamn shot.

Johnny Paper is never seen again.

Why?

Because if you meet the black dog once, that's for joy.

You meet him twice, that's for sorrow.

But if you meet him three times,

well then,

You told me to tell him a bedtime story.

Go get me some more water. I need to get these ones into the tub now.

Coming right up, Mom.

Oh, my Lord.

What's got you all speared? I just saw a flying saucer land in the woods, and

now these creatures are running around out there now.

Jimmy J., haven't you scared those kids enough for one night? Do I look like I'm

fooling? Boys, get them kids down in the cellar now!

What in the world's out there?

Hello?

General, yes. Uh -huh.

I'm sorry, did you say that again?

I see.

Yes.

Yeah, of course, right away.

Yeah? What is it?

Alan? I have to leave for Kentucky.

Some place called Hopkinsville.

I thought it's serious.

It sounded like a lot more than that.

Okay, well, I will make coffee, and you can tell me all about it. No, no, you

just go back to sleep.

I'll call you when I get there.

You couldn't sleep.

So I decided to transform your clothes.

Looks good on ya.

Hello?

General!

I'm going to go.

So, I'm going to be needing this.

Change of plan?

We'll wait and see.

We all sit.

You know, there's a saying in chess.

Ponds are the soul of the game.

You just have to know where and when to move them.

What are you going to take up golf like the rest of us?

The plan is in motion.

The pawns are on their way to Hopkinsville.

We'll only have one shot at this.

So let's make sure our aim is true this time.

Yeah.

Why does it always UFOs land in the woods?

You know, just once, I'd like to hear about a saucer -shaped object put down

Times Square.

Take me to your leader.

You ever been to Times Square, Doc?

Oh, yes.

Several times.

And you know, those aliens would never make it past 49th Street.

What in the world?

These are the hotshot Air Force investigators.

Captain Michael Quinn, Dr. Alan Hynek.

What did they tell you on the telephone?

Just that a family reported having an encounter.

That's all?

Come on, then.

Folks, this is the Air Force.

They're here to help you figure out what happened last night.

I told you we already know what happened, Sheriff.

What's your name, sir?

Jimmy J. Shoemaker.

This is my house, my family.

Nice to meet you all. You gonna believe me?

All we want is to just hear your story.

Start to finish.

My story?

My story is aliens landed here and tried to kill us all.

And were you the only one who saw these aliens, Mr.

Shoemaker? No, sir.

We all saw them.

And who would like to describe for me exactly what they look like?

It was like a horror movie in real life.

Like War of the Worlds, only worse.

Their heads, they were as big as watermelons.

Beady little eyes.

I thought they looked just like us, but their eyes were big.

Big and black as car tires.

And they had these claws like an eagle.

They weren't claws.

They were hands.

With only three long fingers.

Yeah, it's me.

We're lucky to be alive.

Looks like you guys had yourselves a hell of a party here last night.

Pardon?

You know, sometimes our imagination can get the better of us.

Especially after a couple late -night cold ones. I did not shoot up my house,

scare my kids half to death because I had a few beers.

What do you think I am, huh?

Just some dumb hillbilly?

That's not what I'm saying.

Could you just excuse me one moment?

A little help here, please, Don. Looks like we may need to deal with this

invasion first.

This is what a circus needs.

More clowns. How many aliens were there? Can you give us a description?

Are we under attack? Gentlemen, ladies, as I said, our investigation is just

beginning, but I... You could all just turn around and go before we have to...

Look, there's nothing to report here. As I said, we will issue a statement in

due time.

She dies in a really long thing.

Yeah. How's that? Big enough?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

That's it.

Jimmy J, why don't you go on back inside?

Please.

Thank you.

Sorry about that.

It'll be available in just a few.

That's okay. I got what I came for. What you got there?

Description of the alien invader.

Oh, really?

Let me see that.

Hey, you can't do that. That's my personal property. It is now evidence in

Air Force investigation.

Give me that back. Officer, thank you. Hey! What was all that about?

Looks like Jimmy J's already selling his story.

Middle Green Monster.

That's what they're calling them.

Early reports are saying almost a dozen aliens were spotted.

Actual contact, like we predicted.

Local police said it was a full -scale invasion.

Not sure that's entirely accurate.

I suppose you were told something different.

The official story, I'm guessing.

The cover -up?

Go ahead, Mimi.

What were you going to say?

Alan's actually in Kentucky right now.

And I know from his work, eyewitness testimony is often inaccurate, even

erratic. In fact, I've reviewed his notes on several cases. Oh, I'm sure you

have. That way you can get your story straight and do to us what the

is trying to do to the whole country.

Convince us that none of this is true.

Am I right?

You put up quite a fight, darling.

How's your head?

He was called away.

I had no way of knowing.

I can get him for you the minute he returns.

I had your word the first time.

So what value should I place on a new?

What is this? What are you doing?

Where is this?

Where are you going?

It's not safe to stay in this house any longer. No, no, no, no, no. We have the

situation in hand. Those reporters, they won't bother you anymore. I don't care

about them.

Come on, Ruthie.

Until we've finished our investigation, we're going to need you to stop talking

to them. Putting these crazy ideas in their head.

You still think I'm lying?

If I cared about lying,

I'd have called the sheriff after the first night, wouldn't I? The first

Yeah. Those things came back two nights in a row.

Second night they came, I shot one of them.

He ran off into the woods.

I bet you it's still out there now.

So I'm an alien and I get shot.

Which way do I go?

This way?

Nah. That way?

Maybe you have a tree.

You're not helping.

Just think about what we're doing out here right now.

Look, come on. It's getting dark.

Let's head on back before we... It's dark.

Look like a handprint to you?

Possibly. Why is it green?

Well, there is a local bioluminescent spore that grows on decaying wood called

foxfire.

But this wood still looks very much alive in the smell.

It's not organic. It's almost a chemical.

Oh, hey, hey, I wouldn't touch that if I were you.

Well, until we test it, we don't know what it is.

What if it's like alien blood or something?

Would aliens bleed if they were shot, Captain?

I don't know how to answer that.

Did you just eat that whole tin?

Ripple's pretzels are amazing.

Hey, what are we having for dinner?

Not worth dinner.

What, for both of us?

I got you your own tin.

I actually got bourbon.

Hello? Mimi.

Alan, are you still in Kentucky?

Yes, and I'm afraid the captain and I are going to have to spend the night

What is going on? Can you tell me anything? I've been reading all the

Don't pay attention to any of it. I'll tell you the real story as soon as we

know it, okay? I promise.

The people in my group are calling it an invasion.

Mimi, the captain and I are managing it. The people in my group are... Is there

anything else?

A man named... Daniel Banks has been calling the house.

Said he needed you to get in contact with him right away.

Banks?

All right, well, um, if he calls again, you tell him that I'm in Hopkinsville

for the night and I should be home tomorrow.

Will do.

Um, I have to go before it gets dark, but I'll check in first thing in the

morning when we're back on the road, okay?

Okay.

Bye.

Evan, it's Mimi.

How would you feel about going on a road trip with me?

You are always my favorite.

Before I go, is there anything you would like me to tell her?

You know I'm going to find her.

And when she's old enough, recruit her.

I just hope for your sake that she's not going to disappoint us the same way.

Don't you fucking dare.

Tennis.

General sold me a belly good.

Blue Book was just the beginning, they said.

First step to greater glory.

Promise me the future, all I do is run in place.

Did you know that bourbon was invented by a Baptist minister?

That's true.

I open up my soul to you, all you do is give me a history of booze.

All right, well, if we're talking about personal matters, then why don't you

tell me something about this new woman in your life?

How'd you know about that? Well, you're much more of an open book than you'd

think, Captain.

Oh, I am, am I? Yes.

All right, then. What else you got figured out about me, huh?

You want kids.

Desperately.

But the very idea of it terrifies you.

I imagine that's... To deal with some sort of tragedy in your past.

I think that bourbon's giving you a lack of confidence there.

Am I wrong?

It's Susie.

Mimi's here.

Susie. Yeah, Susie.

Susie, Susie.

What? Does Mimi know about this? I don't know. It's just sort of been a little

secret.

I like her, Doc.

I like her a lot.

So how long have you and Mimi been together, huh?

Fifteen years.

Oh, fifteen years.

You know, sometimes it feels like the day we first met.

She still does it for you, huh?

Yeah.

I like her.

I like her a lot.

There's something out there.

We really need some light out here. Where's that lantern?

It's back at the farmhouse.

Want to have a match?

I hit the road and many a wife told me where you were.

Blew out of town, outside of town.

I've been on foot for almost an hour.

It's a long walk.

In the dark?

In this part of the South? Yeah, it is.

What was so important that you had to get here tonight?

The CIA has acquired intelligence detailing an imminent threat.

What kind of threat?

An invasion.

Come on, that's not even funny right now. I know. Sounds completely crazy.

Well, I don't know.

Where exactly is this intel coming from?

Her name is Rebecca.

And who is Rebecca?

She drew this.

Rebecca is part of a new, highly classified intelligence gathering

developed by the CIA called MKUltra.

It involves precognition.

See in the future.

She's the one who drew this.

I know.

What is that?

One of our eyewitnesses here described this.

Miss Rebecca, when did she draw yours?

Four days ago.

Did she tell you anything else about this upcoming invasion?

Yeah.

She said that Hopkinsville is the center point.

And that you two were the only ones who could stop it.

Maybe we should have gone left about four or five miles back.

Why are you slowing down?

I'm asking for directions.

Locals don't know where to go.

Stay here. I'll ask.

Afternoon, sir.

We were just looking for... What'd he

say? He didn't have to say anything. Let's just go. Come on.

Let me talk to him.

What? No, no, no. Wait. Mimi. Excuse me, sir?

If you're after them aliens, you can just turn right back around.

Sorry?

You newspaper people.

You come down here and make us all look foolish.

You go on now.

We're not from the newspaper.

Sir, you can't point that at her.

Everything's fine.

We're part of a civilian UFO group, and we're trying to get to the truth.

So we can tell the world what really happened here.

But you don't believe the story, do you?

I've known that family a long time.

Them and the truth are not related.

And if Jimmy J's lips are moving, he's lying.

Well, then his story shouldn't be the one that gets out and makes everyone in

town look foolish, should it?

We created MK Ultra to investigate the paranormal.

After learning the Russians were working on harnessing psychic activity for

intelligence purposes.

Psychics is a national defense strategy.

What's next, voodoo?

Unless you're spoken to, do not address her directly.

Rebecca, these are the gentlemen that you told us about.

Is there anything else I can help you with?

He has to leave.

Me? We'll step outside.

But I'd like to observe.

You can stay.

Sorry, Professor.

It's all right, Doc. I got this.

I'm sorry.

Some people can block things.

It's just how it works.

It's okay.

So, uh, what do I, uh... Please stop talking.

How's that?

That's talking.

Where do you find these people?

That's something I can't share.

I knew someone else who predicted an encounter once.

Something big is about to happen.

How many people do you have working at this facility?

What are you getting at? I'm wondering if I may have met someone who either

works here or worked here at one point, demonstrated the same kind of

precognitive ability with an insider's knowledge of government intelligence.

Well, tell me more.

You know, about this, um, this person.

Whatever kind of shelter you find, settle down and make the best of it.

If there are others with you, help them by being as calm as you can.

Asshole.

So, uh... Evidently, this is all gonna happen in

Hopkinsville tonight.

You know, I was hoping I was gonna witness some genuine, clairvoyant

here today. I really was, but look at these.

Just vague enough to induce anxiety. This is... No different from an inkblot

test, except in this case, you're only seeing what she wants you to see. How

could she be so confident? With all due respect, the captain and I have not

completed our investigation into Hopkinsville, and bringing in military

personnel will only create a panic.

Thank you, but we still have a case to close, Captain.

I'm not saying I don't think the possibility of precognition exists.

Well, then why be so quick to dismiss it? That's hard enough trying to solve a

case of alien invaders, saying we use CIA psychics to get there. I don't know.

As a scientist, I simply can't. Certainly not to the generals.

Excuse me.

We were looking to match a paint color. Do you do that here?

We can try. How about this?

That's not paint.

Doesn't smell like it either.

Well, can you identify what it is?

It's a glaze.

Hold on.

That man in the hat led us to D .C.

You said you predicted that flyover to the minute.

That convinced you, didn't it? Yeah, I brought him over to Daniel.

Yeah, what'd he say?

More what he didn't say.

I got the sense there was a lot more to the story, but he didn't want to tell.

Yeah. This is it right here.

Glaze. Works just like paint.

More application, better weatherproofing.

Have you sold any of this recently?

Matter of fact, yes.

Part of a larger order from a regular customer.

Can we guess who that was?

I

bet

you they got a horse with a garden hose taped to its snout, calling it an

elephant.

Easy, easy.

That's it, that's it. Mr. Shoemaker?

Jimmy J?

This is about the aliens. I'm charging for my time now.

We're not reporters.

We're from Ringling Brothers.

I'm sure you're familiar with us, yes?

Yeah, of course I am.

What are your names?

This is Mimi.

I'm Evan.

And you're Jimmy J, the famous alien killer.

We've traveled a long way to see you, sir.

What can I do for you folks?

Well, the bosses had us come down here, talk about maybe getting you to join the

big time. The great alien killer, Jimmy J.

Shoemaker. Of course, we just need to verify some of the details of your story

first. Isn't that right?

Corporate policy.

So, whatever you could give us to help convince our audience that you're

the truth?

Any physical evidence?

Any photos? Well, I wish I could help, but those government men that came, they

took it all away.

They call themselves Blue Book.

They don't want nobody to know the truth.

Hey, Jimmy J, they need you at the box office.

I'm sorry, but I got a show to set up for. We'll talk after, all right?

Stick around. You'll see what a real circus looks like.

He's lying.

About which part?

He's already trying to sell a painted donkey as a zebra.

About my husband.

I wouldn't try to cover anything up.

Do you really know that for a fact, Mimi?

After everything I've shown you?

Look, isn't it at least possible that Alan's been... collective about what

been sharing with you?

No.

Alan is the most honest man I have ever known.

Mimi?

Alan? What are you doing here?

Professor Evan William Blake.

Nice to meet you, and you're Captain Michael Quinn.

Evan's part of my UFO group, and he's been helping me with my

research. Research? But what are you doing here? This isn't your source, is

Helping you?

We were just speaking with Jimmy J, and...

I think I may know what actually happened here.

Uh, Mimi.

Remember I told you when I was little and my dad used to take me to the

Yeah, of course. You said it was your favorite thing.

Well, there was one thing I loved the most.

Monkeys.

Because they were trained.

And usually in costume.

Hey, Doc.

Look familiar.

Look at this.

What's going on in here?

Maybe you'd like to tell us.

Trying to sell tickets.

I know you tried to pull a scam.

Not only did you waste the airport's time by putting out misleading stories,

also scared half of Kentucky.

You work with them?

All that talk about Ringling Brothers was a lie?

I knew it.

You government people would do anything to hide the truth.

The monkeys are part of a recreation of the circus.

But what happened earlier, that was real.

And I'll never change my story.

It's the army. What are they doing here? Why is the army here?

Jack,

what's going on?

The CIA is preparing for an alien invasion.

We have to follow those trucks.

Stay here. Tell everyone there's nothing to worry about. Everything's under

control.

Why are they hiding?

Did the CIA capture a flying saucer, Omidy?

Looks more like they created one.

Not CIA.

Airport.

Outdoor!

Feathered aerial detection system. Tracks boats.

Ground vehicles, manned airplanes, all from the sky.

Works as an early warning system.

And after unproven reports of an alien invasion, you deploy them

to Hopkinsville.

Did you close the case or not?

Well, yes, we did, sir.

It was monkeys.

Circus monkeys.

Hopkinsville was nothing more than a hoax.

Those are pretty.

Add a little sugar to the water, they'll last longer, too.

Vodka, actually.

It's a trick most people don't know.

It certainly preserved you quite well.

He's one of yours, yes?

He's working with the Americans now.

How do you know that?

I'm going to kill him for you.

And then we'll be... Is that clear?

So it's going to happen. We're going to want to bring him back on a Tuesday.

What the hell are you doing in there?

Southpaw, huh?

You know, I hated Southpaws when I boxed.

Range, you bastards.

All of them.

Did you ever get knocked out by one?

I'm sorry. Forgive me. I'm being rude. I only stopped by to drop this off.

And what is that?

Research into scheduling of secret and purposeful aerial activity in designated

locations shows promise, both to test levels of civilian stress and the

by local authorities.

Staging a fake alien invasion after some circus carner reports a story?

So you can what?

Swoop in to calm the public? Prove your worth to the White House?

You looking to start a war, son? We have enough problems worrying about the one

the Russians are trying to start, General.

You and I should be looking to avoid one.

What do you want?

The time comes.

I'll give you my answer.

Yeah.

I bet you want one tricky bastard in the ring.

You ever want to find out?

Good night, Jensen.

Hey, I'm the one who should be surprised I live here, remember?

Mimi, can we talk?

She's not here.

Or Joel.

I've arranged to have them out of the house.

You and I can have a little talk.

What is it?

What do you want?

Good night.