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No, Cass.

- l have a possible sighting. - Bearing?

Coming up now.

This is Moonbase Control. Yellow alert.

Repeat, yellow alert.

Red alert. Confirming UFO. 4, 2, 9, 1 , 1 , 7, blue.

Red alert. lnterceptors, immediate launch.

We have the termination, sir.

- What is it? - Western Europe.

Anything more specific?

The flight path indicates reference UX104.

Southern England.

Southern England.

- lnterceptors closing in. - l'll give the command.

Sir?

Tell them l'll give the command.

SHADO Control to Moonbase.

Orders from Commander Straker. Suspend lnterceptors.

UFO closing. Range 1 1 million miles.

- Nine million miles. - lnterceptors coming into range.

Sir, do we intercept?

Range closing. 7 million miles.

Sir, do we intercept?

Negative.

That's what l said.

5 million miles.

SHADO Control to Moonbase. lnterception negative.

Repeat, interception negative. lnterceptors to return to Moonbase.

Moonbase to lnterceptors.

lnterceptors return to base.

UFO passing outer defences.

UFO maintaining course.

Confirm speed 4.7, 4.

UFO signal now negative, sir, presumably landed.

- Map reference? - 1 19 120.

1 19...

120...

That's somewhere there.

l want the whole area cordoned off.

Alert Mobiles 1 , 2 and 3.

Colonel Foster, l think you'd better get out there with them.

Transporter 2, proceed to area 1 19 128.

lt's not much further now.

You did a good job, Liz.

Cass, l can't...

Go and get it.

This is Commander Straker to all Mobile operatives.

You are to locate UFO designated 9041 F.

Termination area approximately 1 19 120.

- Colonel Foster? - Sir?

You cover area blue X7.

- Hello, Alec. - So you let one through.

- That's right. - Why don't we do the job properly?

What do you mean?

Ask the aliens round for drinks.

Let's go into the office.

We're fighting a series of losing battles here, Alec.

Why? Because we don't really know who or what we're fighting.

l've waited months for an oppurtunity like this.

A UFO at our front door.

That's why l let it pass.

And those Mobiles are on their way to bring it in - intact.

Before any deterioration sets in.

Meanwhile, there's a potential killer or killers at large.

Yes, l know. lt's a risk.

But the area has a low population density. lt's mostly virgin forest.

The danger factor must be very slight.

Mobile 1 to SHADO Control.

This is SHADO Control. Go ahead, Mobile 1 .

Have covered search area blue X7 P, Q e R.

- UFO negative. - Roger, Mobile 1 .

Proceed to link with Mobile 3 at location 1 18 109.

Mobiles 2 and 3 to report.

Areas X8 e 9 are practically covered.

- Mobile 1? - He's slower, with densest area.

Every inch of that forest must be searched.

Somewhere in there is a UFO.

And we're going to find it... intact.

Quiet!

What the...

Shh...

Quiet, you fool.

Mobile 1 to SHADO Control.

- Go ahead, 1 . - Have located UFO.

Position blue area 1 19 1 13.

This is Straker. Advise on condition.

lt's a total wreck.

- Any sign of life, Colonel? - lnvestigating now, sir.

- Nervous? - How long have you been there?

Come on, pull yourself together.

Let's go over it once again.

Take it from 1 1 o'clock.

From 1 1 o'clock.

At 1 1 o'clock,

we finish supper. Then l do the washing up.

- There's something else. - What do you mean?

What do you do before doing the washing up?

l call up Midge Clayton.

l tell her that l'm ringing her from the cottage.

l ask her over for lunch tomorrow.

Why?

Why invite her over for lunch?

l'm nervous being here alone.

Then l tell her two things.

Firstly, that can't be Jack with me because he's on a business trip.

Secondly, that l'm going to bed and taking a sleeping pill.

Dispatch analysis teams to the area.

SHADO Control to ADP unit.

Procede to blue area 1 19 1 13.

Just one thing puzzles me.

- You should be so lucky. - Why is that UFO a wreck?

lt hasn't been in the atmosphere long enough to deteriorate.

Maybe it was the difficulty of the landing area.

Could be a thousand reasons.

Mobile 1 has reported a body inside the wreck of the UFO.

- An alien? - Can't tell, it's very charred.

They'll call back with more information.

Then at l check the front door to see that it isn't locked

from the inside so that Jack can get in.

- And then l go to bed. - You don't go to bed!

There's something else.

Oh, yes. l change the bulb by the front door... for a dud one.

Right. Go on.

l go to bed and put out the light.

No, no.

l read for five minutes.

But l find l can't concentrate.

So l turn out the light and wait.

And when Jack comes?

l hear the gate creak.

l get up...

and l come in here.

So...

So l take the gun.

You take the gun, then what? Then what?

l stand at the bedroom door.

With the pistol pointing toward the front door.

Go on.

When Jack opens the door...

You take aim and fire, right?

- l can't! - lt's perfectly simple.

You're all alone here, someone breaks in,

you take aim and you fire.

- Aren't you forgetting one thing? - What's that?

l'll be here...right beside you.

Oh, Cass, stay here.

Mobile 1 to SHADO Control.

Go ahead, 1 .

The body inside the UFO is definitely not an alien.

Mobile 1 , this is Straker. Explain yourself.

The body was charred,

but there were no hermetic seals around the neck.

We're searching the area on foot. The alien must be in the forest.

lt's time.

Go on.

Answer it.

- Hello? - Hello, darling. l'm on my way.

Fine.

- That's fine. - Well, it worked.

- What do you mean? - You little idea.

No calls, no interruptions for our weekend together.

The office thinks l'm at that conference.

Even Miss Caldwell won't know where l am.

- Hello? You there? - Yes.

- Yes, l'm here. - Good, l've got a present for you.

- You have? - Don't you want to know what?

Yes... Yes, of course l do, Jack. What is it?

Burlington Arcade?

Oh, yes. Yes, l remember.

The blue pendant.

You don't sound very pleased. l can get you something else.

No, no, l'm sorry, Jack. That was very thoughtful of you.

- You all right? - Yes, l'm all right.

l've just got a headache.

- Why don't you go to bed, then? - No, l'll be fine.

You go to bed. l'll arrive about 12.

- l'll try not to disturb you. - All right.

- Bye, then. - Goodbye, Jack.

You heard.

You heard how he was talking.

l don't think l can do it, Cass.

l can't go through with it.

Do you know how long we've known each other?

Ten months? A year?

Exactly one year and one month ago l first came into your house.

l noticed how he spoke to you, l've heard him a million times since.

Every time he talks to you, it's in that way.

Words. What's he ever given you but words?

You've said to yourself, he's

clothed, fed, bought you.

Blue area to SHADO Control.

We found a couple of things, sir.

First, a piece of torn fabric from an alien spacesuit.

There's also signs of a struggle.

Yes, what else?

We've found a dog with a collar.

On the collar is the number 995987.

Listen, we have details here of a missing person in the blue area.

A game warden, name of Mitchell.

That dog collar info checks.

lt's my guess it's Mitchell's body you found in the debris.

Try using the dog to locate the alien, he may pick up the scent.

Come on. Come on, boy.

OK, follow me.

What's that?

The lights!

He's come an hour early!

- What are we going to do? - Don't worry.

- We're ready for him. - Cass, we can't! The lights!

- l can't! l can't do it, Cass. - Look, l'm here beside you.

He's stopped.

He's at the door.

Now!

What's the matter, Cass? What are you doing?

l'm trying to think.

How are we going to explain it? Who is he?

Shut up!

You're not leaving me here?

You know l must. Our only chance is to go through with the plan!

- But how can we? - We must!

l don't know any more than you do! You shot an intruder,

understand?

Give me three minutes, that's all, then phone the police.

Wait! Wait!

- Just until l call! - Three minutes.

Please get your coat, Mrs. Newton.

Why are you here? Are you the police? Who are you?

How do you know my name?

Ah, Mrs. Newton, Mr. Fowler. We've been expecting you.

This way, please.

Would you care to sit down?

- Freeman, Alec. - Voice print lD positive 97.

Freeman, Alec R.

lf you'll just follow me, please.

- What's going on here? - Please, Mr. Fowler.

You've had a harrowing experience.

- Right. - You're entitled to an explanation

- Right again. - Mr. Straker will explain

why you're here. For now, make yourselves comfortable.

l'm sure you'll find everything you need.

What are you doing?

Just be very careful what you say.

Where are we?

We're under a kind of film studio.

- l don't understand. - Neither do l.

We must get our stories straight.

Who are you?

More to the point, who are you?

The rest of the story is exactly the same.

- Who are these people? - l don't know.

The one that brought us here said something about a certain Straker.

lsn't he a film producer or something?

l apologise for having you brought here.

Now, listen here.

And l've had you brought here for a discussion.

lf you'll both please sit down.

- Was your wife expecting you? - Naturally.

- Sure? - But of course.

l phoned her on the way down here. Why do you ask?

Do you recognise these?

- Photographs of this room. - Did you take them?

- Know who did? - l've never seen them before.

- Do you keep a gun here? - Yes.

- Who know about it? - My wife.

- Anyone else? - l'm not sure.

Don't think so. Look, what is all this about?

Sorry, you'll have to bear with me.

l suggest you go to London. l'll arrange for you wife to go there.

Unidentified flying objects?

Aliens from another planet?

A world defence organisation? lt's incredible.

Then the lives of everyone can be in terrible danger all the time.

Very great danger. That's the reason for all the security.

The general public must never know.

One thing l don't understand is...

if your organisation is so secret, why did you bring us here?

To help you forget the whole thing.

Forget?

SHADO has developed an amnesia drug, for obvious reasons.

We administer it to people who've had contact with aliens.

Or indeed, with our organisation.

- An amnesia drug? - Yes. lt's perfectly harmless.

All it will do is erase all memory of the past 12 hours.

lt's tasteless.

Would you like some coffee?

What's wrong?

- Paul has an interesting theory. - Tell him.

Mrs Newton and Fowler said they shot an intruder

as he forced open the door.

Plausible.

Yes, if they weren't expecting the husband.

He came back 40 minutes ago.

- ls our security angle covered? - Taken care of.

Don't you see what it means?

They planned a cold-blooded murder. They had it all worked out.

Unfortunately for them, an alien arrived instead of her husband.

lt all fits. Morally, they're guilty.

Well, the amnesia drug was administered a few minutes ago.

- They won't remember a thing. - We can't let them go free.

l suppose you think l should hand them over to the public prosecutor.

He'd sure have a great case. What would he go for?

The attempted murder of a husband or the killing of an alien?

We can't produce that body, there's no concrete evidence agains them,

and the accused would both have genuine, total amnesia.

- There's nothing we can do. - We're not in moral business.

And the husband? They wanted to kill him once, they'll try again.

Well, in the line of duty, we've stumbled onto a triangle.

SHADO's involvement made it a square.

All we're doing is erasing the past 12 hours. lt's back to triangle.

Foster, get back to that UFO. Get all the information you can.

Right.

Alec, get the medical team to work on that alien.

On my way.

How are Mrs Newton and Mr Fowler?

They're receding, sir.

- Well, get them out of here. - But sir, l don't think...

Just get them out of here.