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[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]

[EXPLOSION]

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Situation, General.

We'’ve got an impact site, almost the size of a football field.

What'’s more is we recovered a body.

"Body"? You don'’t mean a...

Radio activity has prevented anyone with medical knowledge

from examining it so far, sir.

Major, if what you got in that bag is an alien life-form,

I don'’t have to tell you how carefully this whole matter

has to be handled.

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 they can handle the autopsy as well as all necessary security.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

RALEIGH: Can you go a little faster?

"Faster"? I really can'’t imagine.

Yeah, but... [CLEARS THROAT]

JOHNNY: Let'’s stop and get some coffee.

I don'’t want to stop. She'’s waiting for me.

Who... [CHUCKLES] She ain'’t waiting for you.

She'’s waiting.

What the...

What could'’ve happened? That whole ridge is on fire.

Yeah, yeah, except those aren'’t...

Those aren'’t fire-fighting choppers, those are Cobras, man.

Gun ships.

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

This is all we need.

Sorry, sir, this road is temporarily closed.

What'’s going on out there?

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

Come on now, bro.

You guys better make yourself comfortable.

It'’s gonna be a wait.

Thanks.

Apocalypse.

This is more than a fire.

The visitor has been taken off our hands.

I can'’t say I am not grateful.

That'’s gonna 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.

Okay, nice and steady, close her up, close her up.

Keep moving. Keep coming.

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

[BEEPING]

Godspeed.

Yes, sir.

[PHONE BEEPING]

There must be a communication blackout in this area.

Still can'’t get through to the club to tell them we'’re gonna be late.

JOHNNY: Oh, check it out.

I wonder what'’s inside the truck?

Whatever it is,

they'’re guarding it like it came out of Fort Knox.

And the truck came from the National Nuclear center.

How do you know that?

Oh, we use to use '’em to ship prototype nuclear weapons.

Chill up to million rads of radiation.

Meaning?

Meaning whatever came out of that fire,

was producing a lot of radiation.

Go, go, go, traffic'’s being released. We'’re not gonna be late.

What do you think we'’re carrying back there?

Whatever it is, as long as it stays sealed up,

we got nothing to worry about.

[BEEPING]

Motion detector went off.

I don'’t see any 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. Should be glad we got heaters in here.

I'’m fine.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

What the hell!

[SCREAMS]

Can we stop on the shoulder. I think we trashed the escort.

[GASPS] Oh, God.

They slid right off the road into that canyon.

It'’s gotta be a 1,000 foot drop.

We'’re gonna have four dead soldiers down there.

Five.

JOHNNY: There'’s that truck again.

RALEIGH: And something'’s wrong, I don'’t see an escort.

What happened?

It'’s a government matter. Every thing'’s under control.

Thank you.

I used to do some defense work, so if I can 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.

Thank you for offering to help, but there is no problem.

Johnny.

[SCREAMS]

Where'’s he going?

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

The escort went off this cliff.

What?

JOHNNY: 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.

[CELL PHONE BEEPS]

There is still a communication blackout in this area.

We'’ll have to rely on our friend.

Let'’s go.

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

You follow the truck, find out who is in charge,

tell them about the accident.

All right.

You'’re probably gonna get there before I do.

If I get through...

What are you talking about?

I just don'’t know yet.

Look, if you'’re picking up something from all 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.

I'’ll stay with the truck.Good.

Raleigh.

Watch yourself.

RALEIGH: I always do. [BEEPING]

[GROANS]

[WHIMPERS]

Help'’s arrived.

Don'’t move.

You fell a long way.

You'’ve been shot.

Who did this to you?

I don'’t know.

The cargo'’s...

alive.

Raleigh is in trouble.

And I put him there.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

You'’re following a security vehicle

on a special assignment, I am afraid I 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.

How 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.

Oh, 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?

Yeah, yeah, he did say that, um...

He will be back.

I'’ll just ride with you, all right.

Thank you.

[SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING]

[BEEPING]

So I gather whatever crashed out there in the woods,

has something to do with your cargo, huh?

Sorry.

Don'’t have to answer that.

Any idea why communications are blacked out?

Sun spots.

"Sun spots"?

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

in intergalactic navigation.

Ah, so that'’s the kind of thing that'’ll keep

E.T. from going home, huh?

Sorry.

Joke.

I guess this is the kind of situation that doesn'’t call for much laughs, huh?

[BEEPING]

Where are you from? I mean...

You'’re not from around here, right?

I can tell you'’re not from around here.

Around here,

a lot more relaxed.

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

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

[CHUCKLES]

Cable television?

Huh.

I am gonna... shut up.

[SIGHS] Gonna be a long night.

DR. LESLIE: The Jefferson Deep Space Probe is funded for the next 100 years.

Scanning the skies to prove we'’re not alone.

Right now, for instance, we are systematically

exploring nebula Perseus,

over ten 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 will be amazed at the colors you'’ll find.

Emula, Nesiris, Ornoyan.

I'’ve never heard of those.

Are you...

Are you sure you have the right galaxy?

Anyway, you said that you had an urgent message

from a General Nordoff.

I don'’t believe that I know a General Nordoff.

He'’s monitoring a crash site, some distance south of here.

DR. LESLIE: What kind of a crash site?

Possible UFO.

How fascinating.

But what can the General possibly want us to do?

Well, there has been a local communications blackout,

we need to 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...

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

You'’re joking.

He'’s joking.He'’s got a wonderful sense of humor.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, you can'’t...

RALEIGH: Whoa...

How do you program the computer?

I'’m not gonna tell you that.

Thank you.

DR. LESLIE: Who are you people? What do you want?

Don'’t lump me up with him, this is his own thing.

Look, he can'’t be touching those.

He'’s going to destroy years of work.

RALEIGH: Hey, will you please listen to her, she is telling you the truth.

You may think that you'’re helping your General...

[BEEPING] DR. LESLIE: My God.

What have you done?

How can you be doing that?

Who are you?

What are you?

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 have previously selected.

DR. LESLIE: 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 in place of the old.

Just like yours did not so long ago.

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTING]

[INTENSE MUSIC PLAYING]

JOHNNY: Hey! Hey!

[GRUNTS]

Are you hurt?

Thank God, you were here.

DR. LESLIE: What kind of a monster was he?

RALEIGH: And where did he come from?

Johnny, wait, wait, wait,

we got to get her to the hospital, man.

JOHNNY: I have something I have to do.

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

Saving thousands of lives.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Sir, a message for you.

Major Fury, scramble all your 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 man, into the truck!

Into those trucks.

Move it, Sergeant. Somebody get back up.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Listen, I want back up.

No, dammit, bring in the gun ships.

This guy wants a fight, we'’ll give it to him.

Let'’s go. Come on!

Move, move, move.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

MAN ON SPEAKER: You have hijacked government property.

Stop immediately.

It'’s over, mister. Pull that rig over or we'’ll blow you off the road.

[TIRES SCREECHING]

Shut it down. Now.

Go, go, go, go!

[OFFICER] All right, Mr. Domino. Step away from the truck. Now.

[MILITARY DRUM MUSIC PLAYING]

Keep coming. Keep coming.

Come back.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Sir, I know that he was not trying to hijack your alien.

Why was he driving down the highway

at 100 miles an hour?

I don'’t know.What about shooting the institute'’s driver?

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, get him a good lawyer.

[GRUNTS]

General, I know under the circumstances

it'’s going to be impossible to convince you of his innocence.

But something very wrong is going on here.

And he is the only chance we have in finding out what it is.

Wrong, Mr. Jordan.

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

Johnny, you guys, what did you do to him, huh?

Please.

Yo, Simmons, we may need a medic.

Johnny, what happened?

I don'’t know.

You tell me.

What? You took the truck, you were barreling down the highway.

Why did you resist, why didn'’t you just turn the truck over

to the authorities?

I don'’t know.

Why did you go to the base?

The Jefferson'’s Institute was the driver'’s idea.

Something about a deep space probe.

"Deep space probe."

You 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.

[KNOCKING]

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 a meticulous record kept of every step of this procedure.

[KNOCK AT DOOR]

You have five minutes.

Thank you.

The alien'’s not in the body.

What are you talking about?

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

Then 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 got to get me out of here.

How?

The truck.

Can you get hold of it?

I think I can.

Everyone'’s ready?

Start the cameras, lets begin.

Scalpel.

[GASPS]

[WOMAN SCREAMING]

Somebody get help for this man.

No, you mustn'’t go in there.

They were right.

[GROANS] He'’s still alive.

Not for long.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[SIREN BLARING]

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.

[SCREAMS]

Sorry.

Sorry.

Sorry.

Sorry.

[SIREN BLARING]

Someone just murdered Dr. Brady.

If anyone tries to leave this installation

without the General'’s direct permission,

shoot to kill.

[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC PLAYING]

[ENGINE REVVING]

[ALARM BLARING]

Good work.

Thanks.

Now we can talk.

Open the gate.

RALEIGH: What was that little trip by the radio transmitter all about?

I think a call for reinforcements.

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

Yeah, I think our visitor was apartment hunting.

But his ship malfunctioned and went down.

But that doesn'’t mean they'’re hostile.

Considering all that he'’s been through this guy could be

pretty frightened himself.

JOHNNY: Remember the pilgrims, cowboys and Indians.

Who were the good guys? Who were the bad?

RALEIGH: You'’re right. They moved in and took over.

Survival of the fittest.

Who do you think is the fittest?

I say we better stop that message from getting out.

RALEIGH: Do you think we can get the ship back?

JOHNNY: It'’ll be close.

I wish we brought the prowler.

Don'’t worry. I got all the special equipment on board in back.

MAN ON PA: Unauthorized vehicle approaching gate.

Once we got to the base,

I have to take off on my own.

[SIGHS]

Looks like none of us are getting out of here.

Do we explain the situation?

JOHNNY: I'’m sure Major Fury already has.

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

Be careful.

Yeah.

[SIREN BLARING]

[BEEPING]

[SIREN BLARING]

It'’s official, we'’re gonna blow it.

We can'’t do this, sir. We don'’t even have the result from the research center.

Preliminary catch cameras chopped it to the White House this evening.

Reveals the victim to be an alien in origin.

If we bury this thing, we'’ll be giving up on millions of years of progress,

right in the palm of our hands.

Son, we have every indication these aliens are hostile.

I think the President made a good call.

We blow her in 30 minutes.

Yes, sir.

All right, listen up, people, we got 30 minutes

to pack it up and move them out. Lets go.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[SIREN BLARING]

All right, everybody move it.

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

[BEEPING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Twenty minutes and counting, people, lets go.

[HELICOPTER WHIRRING]

[SIREN BLARING]

We'’re running out of time.

Ten minutes and counting.

[INDISTINCT PA CHATTER]

[BEEPING]

[SIREN BLARING]

All right, we got three minutes left.

I want all personnel withdrawn 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.

But the orders came from Washington.

Those people, those things,

are to be considered hostiles.

I'’ve got my orders.

You can stop it, can'’t you?

We'’ve got less than a minute, Major.

We got to get out of here.

Give me the timer.

Major.

Stand back from him, Major Wilson.

Who are you? What are you?

He knows.

Don'’t you, Major Fury?

Stay out of this.

Whatever you are,

you'’re not strong enough to wait, 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 gonna 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.

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 here to come and take

this land away from you.

For God'’s sake, whoever you are, there is 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, fellow.

But I have felt your soul.

You will not be able to kill the Major,

in whose body I reside.

Fifteen seconds, dammit.

I am going to take the timer.

Do not resist.

JOHNNY: If you touch the timer,

I'’ll have to stop you.

It won'’t be pretty.

And kill two people?

I don'’t think so.

Ten seconds.

[TIMER BEEPING]

[SCREAMS]

[GRUNTS]

[EXPLOSION]

[MAN GROANING]

MAJOR FURY: 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? Ooh!

[GROANS] Have I got a headache.

You want to talk about headaches.

You should'’ve seen the one that almost got away.

[THEME MUSIC PLAYING]