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Situation, General. We've got an impact site almost the size of a football

field. What's more, we recovered a body.

Body?

You don't mean a... Radioactivity has prevented anyone with medical knowledge

from examining it so far, sir.

Major, what you've got in that bag is an alien life.

I don't have to tell you how carefully this whole matter has to be handled.

The Pentagon has already been in touch with the National Nuclear Center.

They have a special truck on the way over here to transport the body back to

their facility, where they say that they can handle the autopsy as well as all

necessary security.

Can you go a little faster?

Faster? Yeah, but... Stop and get some coffee.

I don't want to stop. She's waiting.

Who?

She ain't waiting for you.

What,

uh... What could have happened? That whole ridge is on fire.

Yeah, yeah, except for those aren't, those aren't firefighting choppers,

those are cobras, man.

Gunships.

Whoa, looks like they've got the whole army out tonight.

That's all we need.

Sorry, sir, this road is temporarily closed.

What's going on up there?

Look, sir, I'd like to tell you, but I can't.

Ah, come on now, bro.

You guys better make yourself comfortable.

It's gonna be a wait.

Thanks.

More than a father.

The visitor has been taken off our hands.

I can't say I'm not grateful.

That's going to be a real circus.

Sir, we've still got a ship buried in that mountain.

As far as I can tell, our own circus is far from over.

Gentlemen, it's going to be a long night for all of us.

Godspeed. Yes, sir.

Your communication blackout in this area. Still can't get into the club to

tell them we're going to be late.

Oh, check it out.

I wonder if we can climb the truck.

Whatever it is, that garnet lake came out of Fort Knox.

And the truck came from the National Nuclear Center.

How do you know that?

You know, we used to use them to ship prototype nuclear weapons.

And chill it for up to a million rads of radiation.

Meaning?

Meaning that whatever came out of that fire was producing a lot of radiation.

Oh, cool, cool, cool, cool. Traffic's being relieved. We're not going to be

late.

What do you think we're carrying back there?

Whatever it is, as long as the stage seals out, we have nothing to worry

about.

Motion detector went off.

No problem.

Sometimes it happens when the load shifts.

Man, you okay?

Yeah, I think so. I just got a chill.

It's a cold night. I'm glad we got heaters in.

I'm fine.

Oh, God.

They split right off the road into that cave.

It's got to be a thousand-foot drop.

We're going to have to forward those bullets to them.

Five.

that truck again.

Something's wrong. I don't see an escort.

What happened?

It's a government matter. Everything's under control.

Thank you.

I used to do some defense work so if I could be of any assistance.

As a matter of fact, I used to work at the nuclear center. I imagine that's

where you're headed since that's where the truck is from.

Yes, and thank you for offering to help, but there is no problem.

Where's he going?

I offered him my help. He said there's no problem.

The escort went off. What?

I call that a problem.

How could he just drive away?

Johnny, whatever happened here tonight is huge. The only thing I can think of

is security.

Maybe his orders were for the immediate delivery of whatever's in the back of

the truck. Some of those people down there may still be alive. We have to

find out and get help.

There's still a communication blackout in this area.

We'll have to rely on our friend.

Let's go.

You follow the truck, find out who's in charge, tell them about the accident.

All right.

You're probably going to get there before I do. If I get through.

Who are you talking to?

I don't know yet.

Look, if you're picking up something from all of this, I'd like to know what

it is.

That's what's bothering me.

I got something from the driver.

As if he was part of the blackout.

All right.

Go with the truck.

Good.

Raleigh, watch yourself.

I always do.

Help's arrived.

Don't move.

You fell a long way.

You've been shot.

Who did this to you?

I don't know.

Ricardo.

A liar.

We're always in trouble.

And I put him...

You're following a security vehicle on special assignment. I'm afraid I'm going

to have to search you.

Look, we know about your escort going over the cliff back there, and we

appreciate your predicament with the communication blackout, so my friend

went for some help.

Did your friend know what happened?

Well... You're thinking about telling him to approach the Jefferson Institute

to circumvent the blackout, is that correct?

Well, the other world's most powerful deep space probe.

I figure they can at least help us get a call out downstate.

Please, direct me there.

Well, I'll just follow you.

I can't take the chance that we'll get separated.

Please.

It's my friend's car.

He told you to get through to the authorities, to tell them what happened.

Is that correct?

Uh, yeah.

Yeah, you did say that.

He won't be back?

I'll just ride with you, all right?

Thank you.

So I gathered whatever crashed out there in the woods had something to do with

Chicago, huh?

Sorry.

You have to answer that.

Any idea why communications are blacked out?

Sunspot.

Sunspot.

Eruptions on the sun send radioactive waves through the ionosphere.

When severe, they eradicate all forms of transmission to and from Earth.

To and from Earth?

They're also responsible for wavelength errors and intergalactic navigation.

Ah!

So that's the kind of thing that'll keep DT from going home, huh?

Sorry.

Joke.

I guess it was the kind of situation that didn't call for much laughs,

though, huh?

Where are you from?

I mean, you're not from around here, right?

I feel like you're not from around here.

You're from around here.

A lot more relaxed.

Is it true what they say about truckers, you know?

You know the great places to stop, food, chicks, sleep, HBO?

Cable television.

Yeah.

Shut up.

It'll be a long night.

The Jefferson Deep Space Probe is funded for the next hundred years, scanning the

skies to prove we're not alone.

Right now, for instance, we are systematically exploring nebula persons

over 10 million light years away.

One of the most beautiful places in the star system.

Well, very few people on Earth have ever seen it. Those photographs are virtually

brand new.

If you'll focus your antenna on the upper left quadrant, you'll be amazed at

the colors you'll find.

Emula, Nesiris, Ornoian.

I've never heard of those.

Are you sure you have the right galaxy?

Anyway, you said that you had an urgent message from a General Nordhoff. I don't

believe that I know a General Nordhoff. He's monitoring a crash site some

distance south of here.

What kind of a crash site?

Possible UFO?

How fascinating.

But what can the general possibly want us to do?

Well, there's been a local communications blackout.

We need to get a call out about an accident that happened between here and

there.

Well, we have every transmission band at our disposal. You just let me know who

it is you'd like to speak to.

Actually, it's your deep space probe we'll need to reprogram.

You're joking.

He's just... He's got a wonderful sense of humor.

Whoa! You can't... Whoa!

How do you program the computer?

I'm not going to tell you that.

Thank you.

Who are you people?

What do you want?

Don't let me in with him. This is his own thing.

Look, you can't... be touching those he's going to destroy years of work hey

would you please listen to her she's telling you the truth now you may think

that you're helping your general oh

god what have you done

how can you be doing that

This is your receiver for getting messages back.

You're patching the receiver into the transmitter? Why?

In a few hours, I will be transmitting a message back to you.

Your receiver is automatically programmed to send it back out into

space to coordinates I previously selected.

What is this message and why are you sending it out into deep space?

You obviously have nothing to do with the military.

I have a job to do just like you.

To build a new world and play to the old.

Just like yours did not so long ago.

God, you were here.

What kind of a monster was he? Where did he come from?

Johnny, wait, wait, wait. We gotta get her to the hospital, man. I have

something I have to do.

What could be more important than saving this woman's life, right?

Saving thousands of lives.

Major Fury, scramble all available choppers.

The driver never delivered the alien to the Institute. Someone apparently

managed to hijack the truck and is on the road with it as we speak.

All right, you men, into the truck.

Into the truck.

Move it, Sergeant.

Somebody get backup.

You're going to kill me.

Major Fury, listen, I want backup.

Oh, damn it, bring in the gunship.

If this guy wants a fight, we'll give it to him.

Go. Come on!

Shut it down.

Now.

Go, go, go, go.

All right, Mr. Domino. Step away from the truck.

Sir, I know that he was not trying to hijack you, really. Why was he driving

down the highway at 100 miles an hour? I don't know.

What about shooting the empty drop? Maybe he was trying to disarm him and

the gun went off. Mr. Jordan, your friend's car is being ferried back here

as we speak. I suggest you use it to get off this facility as quickly as

possible. Yes, sir. You're not listening, Mr. Jordan. This entire

region is in a declared state of national alert.

Get out while you can.

You want to help your friend? Good lawyer.

General, I know under the circumstances it's going to be impossible to convince

you of his innocence.

Something very wrong is going on here, and he's the only chance we have of

finding out what it is.

Strong, Mr. Jordan.

I hold the key to what's going on around here.

Johnny, you guys, what you doing, huh?

Please. Yo, Simmons, we may need a medic.

Johnny, what happened?

Tell me.

You took the truck. You were barreling down the highway.

Why didn't you resist, man? Why didn't you just turn the truck over to the

authorities?

I don't know.

Why didn't you go to the base?

The Jefferson Institute was the driver's idea. Something about the deep space

probe.

Deep space probe?

You'll have plenty of time to tell your story later, Mr. Domino.

For the moment, you're being held under suspicion of murder and high treason.

Take him away.

Wait, wait.

I have a right to a phone call.

Sorry, there's a complete blackout of all communications.

At least let me talk to my friend.

I'll check with my duty officer.

I don't think I need to remind you all what a remarkable moment this is in the

annals of medical science.

I want the meticulous record kept every step of this process.

You have five minutes.

Thank you.

The alien's not in the body.

What are you talking about?

To get what it needs, it patented from one person to the next.

And by it, you mean? That thing in the back of the truck.

It's going back to the ship to guide more of these things in.

You're serious, aren't you?

Yeah.

You gotta get me out of here.

How?

Can you get a hold of it?

No! You mustn't go in there!

Are you authorized to be in this motor pool?

Oh, absolutely.

As a matter of fact, here is the key to the vehicle of my choice.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Someone just murdered Dr. Brady.

If anyone tries to leave this installation without the general's

direct permission, shoot to kill.

Good work.

Thanks. Now we can talk.

What was that little trip by the radio

transmitter all about?

I think a call for reinforcement.

I hope you're not saying what I think you're saying.

Yeah. I think our visitor was apartment hunting when his ship malfunctioned and

went down. Well, they're just hostile.

I mean, considering all that he's been through, this guy could be pretty

frightening.

Remember the Pilgrims?

Cowboys and Indians?

We were the good guys. We were the bad.

You're right.

We moved in. We took over.

Survival of the fittest.

What do you think of the fittest?

I think we better stop that mess getting out.

You think you can get the ship back?

I'm close.

I wish we brought the prowler.

Don't worry. We got all the special equipment on board and back.

So we get off the base, take off the ground.

Looks like none of us are getting out of here.

We explained the situation?

Their major theory already has.

Looks like we have to split up sooner than I thought.

Okay.

We have every indication these aliens are hostile.

I think the president made a good call.

We've lower in 30 minutes.

Yes, sir.

Listen up, people. We got 30 minutes to pack it up and move them out. Let's go.

All

right,

everybody move it. I'm talking about everybody. Let's get a move on.

people. Let's go.

We got three minutes left. I want all personnel which saw us right now.

Major Fury, is that you?

Where is everybody?

Orders came down.

What orders?

Pulling out. We got less than two minutes.

Why couldn't they wait?

We have to stop it.

A lot of us felt the same way, Major.

The orders came from Washington.

Those people, those things, are to be considered hostiles.

I've got my orders.

You can stop it, Kent.

We've got less than a minute, Major.

We've got to get out of here.

Give me the feather.

Major.

Stand back from him, Major Wilton.

Who are you?

What are you?

He knows.

Don't you, Major Fury?

Stay out of this.

Whatever you are, you are not strong enough to win. Give me the timer.

You intend to take our planet.

How often have you taken when it suited your needs?

What primitive people did you steal this land from?

I can't deny the point, Major.

But you're going to have to take it away from us.

You hear that, Major?

He's provoking me.

Give me the timer.

I am the military police in charge. This is my jurisdiction.

Don't do it, Major.

Maybe we're not as strong as you, but we're strong enough.

We are intelligent beyond your belief.

And we can inhabit your primitive life forms.

Wilson, get away from him. Don't get between us.

It's too late.

You come after me, you kill an innocent man. If I have to kill one to save us

all. Exactly the kind of logic that is of my people.

That's what gives us the right to come here and take this land away from you.

For God's sakes, whoever you are, there's less than 30 seconds left. Don't

release the timer.

He has to make a choice.

He can't reset it with one hand.

You are a challenge, fella.

But I have felt your soul.

You will not be able to kill the major in whose body I reside.

Fifteen seconds? Damn it!

I'm going to take the timer.

Do not resist.

If you touch the timer, I'm about to stop you. It won't be pretty.

Until two people, I hope things... Ten seconds!

Nightman will be right back.

What the hell happened?

Major Dunn, are you all right? What do you mean, am I all right?

You had a gun stuck down my throat.

Why would I hold a gun on you?

I work with you.

Lucky this guy came along.

Who the hell are you?

Have I got a headache?

You want to talk about headaches?

You should have seen the one that almost got away.