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Previously on Project Rebirth.

Our nation is suffering from mass hysteria right now. We saw something in

woods and it was real.

You want me to investigate flying saucers, spaceships, aliens, and the Air

knows they don't exist.

The others that came to leave me. What others?

The men in that.

I think the doctor will perform his role rather well, don't you? There's

something off about him.

I just didn't like him asking so many questions.

So I was thinking dinner and a movie Friday.

Would you like that?

What movie?

Well, The Thing is playing at the Rialto.

Tommy, you know I don't like scary movies.

Yeah, makes you hang all over me.

That's kind of the point.

Gina, hang on.

Unidentified aircraft in Lubbock airspace, please identify yourself.

Gene, baby, hello?

Hello?

And they've been hiding the truth for years. Since 1947, there have been over

,200 confirmed sightings of strange objects in the sky just in America.

And we all know what happened in Roswell.

You call it a massive government cover -up. Government and military.

We're being...

by aliens on a regular basis.

The only question now is whether or not those visits are preparation for

invasion.

Public has a right to know for their own safety.

And that is why I do the work I do.

And important work it is. Folks, you can find the whole story on newsstands now.

It's a pleasure having you.

Thank you for having the courage to let me speak the truth.

Let's hear it for our guest, renowned author, flying saucer expert, Mr.

Donald Kehoe.

Mr. Kehoe, sir? Mm -hmm.

What do you want me to sign?

Sir? Just tell me.

Here.

To whom shall I make it out?

What's your name?

What is it that you want?

I understand that you sometimes pay cash for the right kind of story.

Nothing you've ever seen before.

I very much doubt that you can tell me anything I haven't seen before. This is

bigger than Thomas Mantell and the government cover -up of flying saucers.

All right.

Let's go.

I feel you have something worthy.

This is about lights in Texas.

Lubbock, Texas.

Joe?

Is he alright?

Joel,

wake up.

What are you doing in the closet?

Hiding. Hiding?

From what?

Spaceman.

From Mars.

How did you get this?

At school.

Everyone's reading it.

Hello?

The communists and the Kremlin are engaged in a monstrous conspiracy to

out freedom all over the world.

If they were to succeed...

the United States would be numbered among their principal victims.

It must be clear to everyone... He called the bomb Joe 3.

Why?

Russians airdropped their first atom bomb test. Somebody somewhere's going to

give it a name.

I'm guessing there was a number 1 and a number 2 before that. It's just the idea

of nuclear war.

Pure insanity.

Why don't you ask Harding? It's only a matter of time before we find out his

nukes are bigger.

Are you doctors?

No, we're here about the sighting from Blue Book.

I'm Gina.

I'm Tom's fiancée.

Gina. You're the one who called.

How's he doing?

They say he crashed his truck.

But there's not a mark on him.

And he just won't wake up.

The thing is, if you saw his truck, it just don't make no sense.

Listen, if now's a bad time, we can... You know, the power went out right when

it happened.

All over town.

Like this craft or whatever it was sucked it right out of the sky.

Craft? Did you see something, too?

A lot of folks did.

Ask around.

V -shaped lights flying faster than a meteor.

I'm sure they keep radar logs at the tower.

You know, I'd like to get a look at it.

Doctor, hello?

I got it, Donna.

Are you stocking up for the bomb shelter?

Jack wants to be fully prepared for the end of the world.

Sounds like one of Joel's nightmares.

Well, those rats in Korea.

Chairman Mao in China.

Nightmare sounds about right.

Is it difficult to build?

Oh, no. We just picked it up at the hardware store. It comes mostly

Those underground ones are so expensive.

And it makes you feel safer.

Snug like bugs in a rug.

It seems cozy.

But the thing is, there's only room for one family inside.

Oh, of course. I wasn't suggesting... Oh, I know you weren't.

But Jack and I, we discussed it. I mean, you have to.

What would you do if someone came knocking?

Well, what would you do?

Jack bought a rifle and told me not to worry about it.

Alan in town?

He's away on business.

Great. Well, when he gets back, we need to have dinner real soon.

He still had his hands on the wheel when we got to him.

Had to pry him off.

Eyes wide open.

Couldn't say a word.

Just craziest thing I ever saw.

You pull him out of this thing?

You'd think maybe another vehicle was involved, but no skid marks, no signs of

collision.

It's just the strangest thing I ever saw.

Can't explain it at all.

He said he crashed his truck.

What you thinking?

Thermal strain can cause tensile stress in some metals like this, but if that

was electrical, it would have to be tuned to the right frequency.

This blackout people have been reporting. What do we know about that?

The power grid out here isn't the best. It could have just been the old lines.

Blackouts don't usually send folks into a blind panic.

Tied up our phone lines pretty good last night.

Last night. Yeah, we've been traveling. We don't know anything about this.

Mostly near the university.

It's a regular ride on campus.

Well, the dean was kind enough to give us a room to interview the witnesses.

According to this, it should be just over... This

way. Come on. We're late.

Get a double check.

Hi there.

Oh, hi.

Look, we seem to have lost our heading.

Look at the size of the administration building. I don't know if you can point

me in that direction.

It's right there.

What do you know?

By the way, I'm Leanne.

Any plans tonight?

I don't think about it.

Okay.

You were right.

This way.

They're not women you're chatting about there, Captain. They're schoolgirls.

Grad students.

Well, at their age, I was old enough to escort bombers over Berlin.

So, I guess I missed all this.

Big homecoming party tonight.

You got invited, by the way.

These are all witnesses?

That's some negative.

Some of these are just kids trying to get out of class.

Hello.

I'm Captain Quinn.

This is Dr. Heineck from the United States Air Force.

Now listen, we don't have a lot of time today, so if you'll need to be here,

beat it.

Come on.

Let's go.

Hello, everyone. Thank you for coming. We do understand it can be hard to come

forward as a witness, so we do appreciate you being here.

Now, if you believe that you have seen these strange lights in the sky,

please raise your hands.

There's many witnesses.

That's a new one.

I'd just come out of the cafeteria when it passed overhead.

All the lights went out. It was terrifying.

I thought there were stars up there.

And then it started moving.

And all of a sudden I look up and I saw this thing hovering over me.

I felt all tight inside like there was something grabbing hold of me.

My heart was just pounding so fast, I thought it was going to burst. And I

thought, planes don't do that.

I figured they were stars and offsprats.

But the scariest thing, they didn't make it fast.

So I ran.

I thought I was going to die.

I prayed.

It was the last thing I could do. I didn't know how to react. I was

And I fainted.

Question, Professor.

What exactly am I looking at here?

Well, I've taken the accounts and created a grid of the night sky over the

campus. Timeframes, angles of sight, light interference. It is a composite

sketch of the sighting. So what's it telling you?

Shooting stars, not possible.

Plane, well, there were no scheduled flights that evening.

But the power outage... Now I'm starting to think... Good, you're still here.

And you must be Hynek.

Dr. Alan Hynek.

I'm Professor Carlton Fanshoff. This is my classroom.

I need it for the next period.

Of course, but the dean assured us that we had used it. The classroom is not the

domain of the dean. It's mine.

You must be misinformed.

We're here on official government business.

No, no, no. I'm well informed. I know exactly who you are. I know exactly why

you're here.

And trust me when I say you won't be needing my chalkboard because I have

Hold on.

Is that it?

What you've been looking for. Yes, it is.

And not only did I take that photograph last night, but I've done your job for

you. Tell me.

I've solved the mystery of the Lubbock light.

Your work here is done.

Having seen the photograph, the answer is quite obvious to anyone familiar with

the local avian fauna.

Plovers? Your basic plover is a water bird.

It's about the size of a quail. I know what a plover is.

Please go on, Professor.

We see the oily white breath of the plover serves as a highly efficient

reflective surface. So when a light shines on it from below, from the

installed mercury vapor street lamps along Hollister Avenue, hitting a flock

flight, you get, voila, a V -shaped alien armada.

Excuse me.

I'm looking for the customer right now.

Sorry, I'll do that.

There you are.

Can I help you, ma 'am?

Do you have a question?

Yes, sorry. The, um... The sign outside.

Do you have any shelters in stock?

We do.

So why don't you get your hubby to drop by tomorrow so he and I can talk?

It'll take some explaining.

Unfortunately, the hubby is out of town, and the wifey would like to surprise

him when he gets back, so...

Why don't you bring one up and deliver it by morning so I can build my own bomb

shelter before he gets home?

Did I explain that clearly enough for you?

Yes, ma 'am.

The man can only stand over his putt so long before he gets the shakes.

Yeah, there's just one more reason I never much cared for that game.

Try playing on a regular basis, you'd hate it even more.

Should I go watch paint dry while you figure out what you'd like to do here,

Nathan?

You know, I forgot to ask, how is Mrs. Harding? Is she okay?

She's fine. Well, you know, I just figured she has to put up with you every

single day. That woman needs looking after.

Bogey, six o 'clock.

General.

Shit.

General Valentine, sir. You won't see this right away.

Donald Kehoe.

Who's the other man?

Ace of the land. Rudy Pitts.

His uncle is the county sheriff.

Lubbock, Texas, sir.

Lubbock. Yes, sir.

Yeah, I know.

You gotta go.

We'll finish this next time. No, no, we won't.

Checkmate. Son of a bitch.

Next time, we go golfing. Oh, I'm shaking.

Snow in Texas.

What are we doing here? This is where Fanshaw allegedly took his photograph.

Gina says the lights were moving faster than the meteor.

Did the good professor honestly expect us to believe that a basic plumber can

fly that fast?

You know, It doesn't bother me if someone else gets the credit. Our job is

close the case.

Our job is to find the truth.

Sometimes I think you're trying to convince yourself more than anybody

Like you know something I don't.

Hey,

how are you?

What are you doing here?

I just picked up my friend Tammy.

Hi.

We're going to the homecoming party.

Want to come?

Room for one more inside.

Sorry, ma 'am. No can do.

Looking late tonight.

Top secret mission, Captain?

Military protocol for business and giving a direct answer to that question.

Thank you.

Maybe next time.

Are blubbers even nocturnal?

Wouldn't they be sleeping right now?

Hey.

What the hell are you doing out here?

Good evening.

I said, what are you doing?

Just taking pictures, mister.

Nothing to worry about.

Hey, how are you? I put that bad battery below.

Who are you?

I'm Dr. Alan Heineken.

Captain Flynn, we work for the United States Air Force.

You got any ID?

I don't carry identification.

Big surprise.

Here's another one, I bet.

Another one? What do you mean?

We had other men out here just last week doing like you are. Right before the

spaceships came.

Other men?

Who were they?

This is Graham before we could ask.

Commies, probably.

You look like a commie to me.

When you're back to back.

Mary, call the police.

I'm going to need your camera. We are Julian Franchise representatives of the

United States government.

Everyone go back to your homes.

Another C here.

Wait for plant sausage to show up.

Based on our witness reports, this is the place.

I bought a bomb shelter today.

Hardware stores delivering in the morning.

Tell that yourself.

What on earth made you do that?

Alan's gone more and more, and Joel's been having trouble sleeping with all

talk about Russians and the atomic bomb.

I don't... think there's anything wrong with doing what you can to feel safe.

Thank you for my cleaners.

I owe you an apology.

For what?

The beatnik club.

I shouldn't have taken you there.

No, it was my idea. It wasn't your fault at all.

I should be apologizing.

I ran out on you.

You're sure it wasn't something I did?

Alan's a professor at the local university, and I was worried that if

saw me in a place like that... I

don't have friends here. I was afraid that I lost

you.

You didn't lose me.

I don't see stars like that in the city.

How many would you guess that there are?

Just in the Milky Way.

A million, two.

One hundred billion.

And every one of them has a story to tell us.

You like stories.

I've dedicated my life to them.

How's this one?

Professor Dipstick tells us birds.

And you think that's crap.

So we drive out to Hollister Street, where the neighbors greet us with

pitchforks and torches.

Someone shouts spaceship.

Then we drive out to the middle of nowhere.

We look up to the stars.

A hundred billion of them turns up.

Until we realize the spaceship's never shown.

The end.

That's not a story.

That's a wild goose chase.

Yes, it is.

I'll bet I know what you're thinking.

Yeah. Yeah.

You wish you were at that homecoming party with, uh... Where?

Yeah.

You blame me?

I do remember what it feels like.

Pretty girl.

Party.

So are we done here?

I'll drop you at the dorm.

Just a...

So the power did go out again.

Five years working here.

This never happened once.

Now it's twice in one week.

Anything on the street?

Same thing as the whole town, so I'll show you lights.

I'll log this path.

Yes, station.

We're already firing.

The lumberyard.

Okay, based on our records, the lights were here,

here, and here.

out matches of flight path on the radar.

What happened in the car last night?

Now I can know where to start. The V -shaped formation of blue lights.

I saw them in my own eyes. We both did.

West Virginia recon.

About North Dakota aerial engagement. Last night ground assault.

Maybe Joe 3 isn't the only thing Russians are testing.

More.

Maybe it's not the Russians.

what you're doing, but I'm a member in good standing of the Fourth State,

answering to no one.

What were you saying?

Now you listen.

The next article you write for True Magazine or anybody else, we're going to

read it first.

As a matter of fact, from now on, you're going to write the stories we want you

to write.

That's who I am.

You're so good at this.

Where'd you learn carpentry?

My father always wanted a son.

I never volunteered, but he made sure I knew how to swing a hammer.

Giants beat everybody but Cleveland. You get Otto Graham as your quarterback.

It's kind of a one -sided thing. The guy's... Hold on.

What?

Ah, shit.

Mr. Secretary.

What did you do?

Well, that's a pretty long list there, William. You want to be a little more

specific? Kehoe, the writer.

You authorize men to intimidate and terrify a journalist?

He's a former Marine.

Keogh is a hack. We're not even sure he's nothing. He's an American citizen.

In my eyes, that's more than enough.

I'm warning you, both of you, I will not tolerate lawless enterprise.

You fix it now.

Do you understand me?

Loud and clear.

Don't think I don't know what you're doing here.

What am I doing here, Bill?

Try it again, and I will march into the Oval Office, and I will tell the

President all of your secrets.

And what do you think Truman will do when he hears them?

I'm going to try it my way first. Oh, come on. Do I look worried?

I'll change that.

I just heard from Captain Quinn.

He and Hynek swear they have conclusive evidence about an unidentified flying

object.

Gentlemen, what we're about to show you, you never saw.

Do you understand?

This is so far above your need to know, it might as well be on the moon.

What you found in Texas, the lights, the radar reports, all of it, was not an

unidentified flying object.

It was one of ours out of Randolph Air Force Base.

It's a top -secret military craft, unofficially known as the V -Wing.

It's experimental and highly classified.

That's your UFO.

We need you to keep it out of the public eye.

Cover story.

Birds, for example. That's a plausible explanation.

Just wait one minute.

What about the power outages? What kind of experimental craft could possibly

cause that?

Captain, you want to tell them about what happened in the car?

Professor, did you just call me a liar?

No, of course not. Boys, we're all on the same team here.

And we all have the same job to do.

For America.

Keep it out of the public eye.

Aren't you that?

Thank you, Captain.

We'll send an escort to get you back.

Top secret military craft?

That is the cover for you. Of all people should know it, there is no way that

that is a plausible explanation for what we witnessed. You know, you've got to

be the dumbest, smartest person I've ever met.

Hello? Dad!

Hey, how are you doing?

Mom put new locks on the doors.

Yes, I noticed.

Why don't you go and wash them?

Sure.

Dead bolts on the doors?

What's going on here, Mimi?

Someone's been following me.

What?

There was a man at the hardware store, and then I saw him again at the end of

the driveway, watching.

What did he look like? I don't know. I didn't get a really good look at him.

Fedora hat?

Trench coat?

What are you talking about? You're scaring me.

I'm sorry. I'm just...

What's that?

I don't think you need to worry. But I do worry.

You're gone for most of the time, and it's just me and Joel now, and I don't

think there's anything wrong with making sure... Joel.

Want to show Dad our big surprise?

Okay. Come on.

He's been waiting all day.

It's like having a fort in the backyard.

You built this all by yourself?

My friend Susie helped me.

Oh.

Me too.

The way the world is, every day it's something bad.

I can't just wait for things to get better.

So, let's move up the top shelter.

I wonder if we need special anti -radiation suits.

That'd be neat.

Well, I'll tell you what, I will look into it first thing.

conference is going again.

The United Nations broadcast says...

You want to tell me what's on your mind?

Heineck.

The professor?

What about him?

I'm wondering if Professor Heineck will one day be a problem that needs solving.