Original subtitles

- You wait out here kid, okay.

- [Joseph] Wait here, I'll be right back.

(UFO rumbling)

- I don't see a thing up there Wayne old buddy.

That's okay Wayne, I've seen a few lights

in the sky myself one time.

You stay out here okay.

(soft country music)

(light music)

(UFO rumbling)

(prospector humming)

♫ My eyes have seen the glory

♫ Of the coming of the Lord

♫ He's trampled out the

(UFO rumbling)

♫ My eyes have seen the glory

♫ Of the coming of the Lord

♫ He has trampled out the vintage

♫ Where the grapes of wrath are stored

♫ He has loosed his fateful lightning

♫ Of his terrible swift sword

Dog, bite whatever it is or shut up.

(dog barking)

What the hell?

What the hell is that?

(dramatic music)

(man gasping out)

- Jen?

Jennifer.

Roy said you wanted these?

- Oh yeah, are these all of them?

- Oh they'll be another series this afternoon.

- Okay thanks.

- Wait, Jen.

Jennifer how about dinner tonight?

- Hmm? - Dinner tonight?

- No I'm gonna be at this Sky Con thing for ours.

- Jennifer-- - How about tomorrow night?

- Jennifer come on, it's always tomorrow night.

I mean it's been three weeks.

- Roger, come on, I've got a lot of work to do.

- Excuse me, Jennifer you've always got a lot of work to do.

You're in no jeopardy of losing your job.

Your father's not going to fire his daughter.

- I'm on to something interesting here.

- I mean what could be that interesting?

- Huh, very interesting.

Yes.

Yes I can see what you mean.

- Then give me the go ahead daddy.

- Jennifer.

You've only been here for a year.

You really need some time to--

- You were the one who told me to follow every hunch.

Strive for the unattainable.

- Did I say that?

- Well we are supposed to be the first father-daughter team

in space remember?

- Yes.

Some team with a part time cripple on it.

- Oh Daddy.

- I think we'd better have Doctor Mortorff

take a good look at your findings.

- You're gonna be proud of me.

(intense music)

Our Sky Con One system has been sending back

terrific pictures for two years,

but when I was going over some of them several weeks ago

I noticed a problem.

- And just what should we be looking for?

- Well this photograph, taken a month ago, is clean,

but this next one,

taken three weeks ago has this obvious problem

in a small town near El Minguardia, New Mexico.

- What do you feel that indicates Jennifer?

- It could be a sign of primary system malfunction.

It's almost as if the light rays are being accelerated

in this region.

- You mean, not unlike a black hole?

- No, that's not what I mean.

- Are you suggesting there's a black hole

in the middle of New Mexico?

- No I'm just, making a suggestion

of an anilingus situation.

- Your suggestion has been noted.

What do you think Larry?

- Say why don't we send somebody out there

with some hardware to check and see.

Jennifer would you be willing to see this through?

- You know that's a marvelous idea.

Except that Jennifer hasn't had the experience in the field,

and perhaps I can go down there and assist her.

- The way people get experience in the field

is to be in the field.

Jennifer can handle it, thank you.

(dramatic music)

(glass breaking)

(man howling) (tires squealing)

(upbeat music)

- Come on floor it.

(sirens sounding)

Alright, come on.

Oh shit.

- Oh shit Eddie. - Come on Eddie.

- Oh Eddie.

(woman screaming)

(muffled cheering and yelling)

♫ Put your hands, put your hands on the radio

(blowing alcohol on Wayne)

(muffled music below laughing)

- Get out of the car Eddie.

- Oh, oh, you better get out of the car Eddie.

- I said get out of the car.

- You can't do anything, this is private property.

- Yeah.

- [Eddie] My daddy owns this ranch.

- [Darren] Your daddy.

- Get out of the car.

- Wayne I was only joking. - Move it!

- What's the matter with you. - Get over there.

- Wayne? - Put your hands on the hood.

Come on, get 'em up there.

- You don't wanna do anything Mister Casper's

gonna get upset about.

- Yeah, you know my daddy can have your job

anytime he wants to, you know that.

♫ We can help you out

- You know what you and that thing got in common?

(rock music)

- You're both too damn loud.

(gun firing)

- Geezus, Wayne.

What'd you do that for?

- Get your hands on top of the car kid.

- I had to pay 700 bucks for that.

What's my daddy gonna say?

I'm gonna tell him you did this.

- Hey what's the trouble here?

- I don't know Buck.

This guy's gone crazy, started shooting up the place.

- Yeah, look what he did to my tape deck.

What're you gonna do about it, Buck?

- Okay, okay, we're all friends here.

Come on now, no sense in getting all heated up

over a little misunderstanding.

You're all riled up.

Tell you what, I'll talk to your daddy

about this little frickus.

Explain it to him.

Also try and talk him into getting you a new

cassette player

for your car.

Real nice.

- [Eddie] Yeah it better be.

(gun firing)

(dramatic music)

- I could use a cold one, how 'bout you?

- Yeah.

(dramatic music)

(light whistling)

- What, what, why are you doing this?

(intense music)

Why?

(dramatic music)

(dog growling)

(suspenseful music) (Jennifer exclaiming)

(tires squealing)

(horn sounding)

(gentle country music) (muffled chatter)

- Here ya go hon.

Can't be drinking flat beer.

- No ma'am.

- You think if you ignore something long enough

it'll go away?

- I'll take care of this since you belong.

- See if I ignore something long enough

Wayne will make it go away.

(laughing)

(sirens sounding)

- I'll murder her.

There any survivors?

- No, I'm fine.

- The Japanese make funny cars.

Alright I'll get you out.

- No that's alright I can do it.

(brakes squealing)

Should I applaud?

- Not unless you mean it.

How long you been driving?

- Oh 14 hours.

- You're lucky all you dinged up was the car.

- I didn't fall asleep at the wheel.

A dog or something jumped on the hood.

- Bump into some poor old mutt,

and knock him up on the hood of the car.

- He jumped on the hood

and tried to claw through the windshield.

- I don't see any scratches or nothing.

If there was a dog around here it's long gone.

- Look Sheriff, can we continue this in the morning.

I'm gonna be here about a week.

- I'm a deputy marshal where you staying?

- Point me to the nearest motel.

- I'll point you to the only motel.

It's about 2-300 yards down there on the left.

Come by my office in the morning.

We'll straighten all this out then.

Gonna look a lot better.

- Oh deputy.

Thanks for your country hospitality.

- Yeah.

(intense music)

(slow country music)

- [Jennifer] Good morning.

- And Lou Ann brings brings him a ham and bacon,

then she leaves and I look down and see

only two strips of bacon on the plate.

So I check the menu and it says three strips.

So I call her back.

Now she accuses me of eating one of those strips.

So I swear on my honor as a law enforcement officer

you know...

Anyway I swear on my honor that I didn't eat the bacon,

and we investigate and guess what?

There's two strips of bacon stuck together just like one.

How do you like that?

- Morning. - Am I disturbing anything?

- No, not a thing.

- [Jennifer] You don't mind if I interrupt?

- Not at all.

- What do they think they're looking at?

- Ah, you're just a little unusual for Little Creek.

Not that I'm complaining.

- I'm not here to seek your approval deputy.

- Call me Wayne. - Wayne.

- Just what is this institution?

- It's a publicly funded private agency,

sends up satellites, that sort of thing, very complicated.

- I wouldn't understand huh?

- Probably not.

- You might be surprised.

I still gotta know what you're doing in Little Creek.

- Research. - Research?

That a secret or something?

- No but there is something I should check out with you.

- [Wayne] What's that.

- [Jennifer] I've got some equipment

I'd like to set up around here,

and I don't wanna get arrested for trespassing.

- [Wayne] Well is there any kind of danger

to kids or livestock.

- None at all.

It's just some meter units.

A master reader and some remote stations.

Nobody will probably notice them.

(soft music) (device beeping)

Hello?

Anybody there?

Anybody in there?

(device beeping)

(dog barking)

(glass shattering) (suspenseful music)

(Jennifer crying out)

Hmm.

You ready, here it comes.

- Hello Jennifer, what do we have here?

- [Jennifer] It's a normal shot of a metering unit.

- Are we getting a proper transmission?

- Yes, that's the problem, it came out that way.

- I take it you see a relationship between

this and the clouding of the satellite photos.

- It's more than that.

I'd like you to try enhancement for this one.

- What are we looking for?

- Barely visible markings on the rocky side

next to the unit.

I marked where circular patterns of some sort of crystal

prominent doesn't seem random.

I'm hoping the computer enhancement will pry out

additional details.

- Alright we'll do our best.

- Fine, I'll talk to you later.

- Joseph, do you see what your daughter's after here?

- Not exactly,

but she maybe on to something.

She always had good instincts.

- I'm certain she'll produce Joe.

I'm not concerned about it.

(gentle music)

- Neither am I.

(dramatic music)

- It can't be possible.

- How in the hell. (suspenseful music)

- [Secretary] Excuse me Doctor Kramer.

Your daughter is on line three again.

- Yes Jennifer.

- Hello Daddy.

Remember those wonderful lights I saw in the sky I saw

when I was a little girl?

- [Joseph] Yes of course.

- Well was that somewhere in New Mexico.

- I believe it was, yes.

Why?

- I think I'm back here now in the same town,

Little Creek, New Mexico.

- Jennifer it's certainly possible,

but a lot of little towns certainly look alike.

Anyhow, I'm sure it's just a coincidence.

- No I'm positive it's the same town.

I'm positive of it.

- Now Jennifer take it easy.

I'm sure you're right,

but you certainly don't think

this has any real significance.

- No.

No maybe you're right.

- Okay then.

We'll talk to you tomorrow dear.

Goodbye.

- Maybe it's just a coincidence.

- Imagine that.

- Hey sweet cheeks.

How about a couple of breakfast rolls and a six pack to go?

- Sure thing hon.

Hey uh, Wayne.

I hear you had some nasty business up

at Walt Casper's place.

- Nah, just a couple head of cattle

that checked out before their time.

- Well that ain't what I heard.

I heard we got a cattle mutilation

right here in Little Creek.

There's talk that you can't handle it.

- Been handling you for years now.

Well hello, good morning.

How you doing?

You run up on any ol' stray dogs lately?

You know dogs are outta season this time of year.

- How'd you know.

- You mean you really were attacked by another dog?

And you didn't report it?

- To get laughed at again, no thanks.

- Well did he jump on the hood of your car this time.

- [Jennifer] No he didn't.

- There's your beer Wayne.

- Thank you.

You know I did some checking around yesterday.

That's a hell of an outfit you work for.

- Checking up on the institute, on me.

- Just checking that's all.

- Would you like a list of personal references?

I'm not out to destroy this little town of yours.

- Yeah well, there's a couple thousand people

in this little town.

They depend on me to investigate anything

that might be out of the ordinary.

- I see, you think I'm outta the ordinary?

- Yes ma'am, out of the ordinary.

I'm not used to lady scientists running through the streets

of my little town.

- There's just one thing I can't figure out.

- What's that?

- Is this town that seems like it's from another world,

or is it just you?

- You now I think about that almost everyday.

- Jennifer.

The motel said I might find you here.

- Daddy, what are you doing here?

- Well I came to see how my daughter is doing

with her field research.

After your phone call yesterday, frankly I was concerned.

So I jet down Montguardo, hired a car,

and here I am.

- Oh this is Deputy Wayne Thompson.

My father Doctor Joseph Kramer.

- Hello sir. - Mister Thompson.

- [Lou Ann] Hey Wayne, you better get that beer

and those rolls out to Buck

before he falls dead asleep in his car.

- Yeah, yeah.

It was nice to meet you sir.

Be seeing you again.

- Seems like a nice young man.

- Nothing Earth shattering.

- [Joseph] Probably something loose.

Just check the circuitry inside.

What's that?

- [Jennifer] Looks like a trail of blood.

- Hey Buck, look who's here.

- Homer take some shots around the other side.

Howdy.

- So that's what you were talking about yesterday.

- Yeah, same thing, different cattle.

That's the fourth one we found today.

Who's this man.

- Oh this is my father, Doctor Joseph Kramer.

- Oh, hi.

My name's Marshal Niles Buckannon,

but everyone calls me Buck.

- Marshal. - Pleasure.

- Daddy, come take a look at this.

- [Buck] Not a pretty sight, no sir.

Not a pretty sight at all.

- Somebody really did a job on it didn't they?

- I've been looking into cattle mutilations I'm on

for some time.

- Notice the incisions.

They're precise surgical cuts.

Very interesting.

- [Buck] What I wanna know who is making these cuts.

- [Jennifer] Are the others like this?

- Well, got the ears and hooves sliced off,

clean as a whistle.

Some of them missing lips and tongues

and even their...

Well it gets pretty grim, pretty grim.

- What's freaking everybody out

is that none of the other animals even go near it.

Hell there's not even any flies or ants on it.

That's why I think it's one of those devil cults.

They can do stuff like this.

- You have many of those cults around here?

- Well no.

- Well that's one of the theories,

but as far as I'm concerned I'm not sure.

- Damn, none of these are coming out.

- May I see one of those please?

- Sure.

- Jennifer.

Take a look at this.

- This fogged area is similar to the ones I took.

- You look here Wayne Thompson,

I don't give a damn about your authority.

I got three worthless carcasses on my hands,

and I'm not the only one.

- Now Daddy I told him it was serious.

He didn't even give a damn.

- Covered this creek and all around here.

Nothing to find, can't find a thing.

- Who the hells fault is that?

- Are you saying we're helpless about this thing?

You expect me to stand here and do nothing?

- You know Wayne, if you can't handle this.

We can.

- Walt, anyone under your authority that breaks the law

I'll come after you.

- You might be able to push my boy around but not me.

I won't be threatened on my land.

- I'm not threatening you.

I'm just telling you how it is.

- What the hell are they doing anyway.

- They're alright, I know them.

- What're they up to?

What do they want?

I don't like strangers sticking their noses around here.

You understand?

- Walt there's nothing to get sore about.

I told you I know 'em.

This lady's a scientist of the SSR Institute

on the west coast and this is her father Doctor Kramer.

He runs it.

- You here to help us on these cattle mutilations?

- No that's not our field.

- What do you think's cutting up our steers?

- I told you, that's not our field,

but I have heard of cattle mutilations

and it's got to be some kind of predator.

- Predator.

See.

Some damn scientist,

don't the difference between a cow and a steer

telling us our business.

These mutes were reported by cattlemen lady.

People who live and work around cows all their life.

People who learned it from their father,

and their fathers before them.

Don't you think I've seen every damn predator

mark there is?

Don't you think I've seen every God damned thing on Earth

that could happen to a cow?

- No my friend you haven't seen

everything that could happen to a cow.

Scientifically that would be impossible now wouldn't it?

- What the hell are you doing here anyway?

- Actually I'm just visiting my daughter.

But I'm very interested in the cattle mutilation

and all it implies.

Never had the opportunity to see one before first hand.

I thank you for that.

- Thanking me?

You're thanking me for having cattle mutilated.

You dumb son of a bitch.

Come on son, we're getting outta here.

(grumbling as they leave)

- Walt I found four more over at my place this morning.

- Jesus Christ.

- Sorry about that.

You think there's anything you can give us a hand with

on this cattle mutilation thing?

- No not really.

Jennifer was certainly correct, it's not our field of study.

However I am very interested,

and I'll send you all the information I can find.

- I appreciate that.

I think maybe you better all find your way back to town now.

- I'd say you were right.

Now Thompson,

you take very good care of my little girl.

- [Buck] Doctor Kramer, I'd like to tell you about

one of my theories.

- That farmer had no right talking to you that way.

- Old Walt?

He's alright.

He's just lost a couple thousand dollars of cattle a day.

He's a little hot.

Listen, do me a favor.

Get going back to town.

I'll call you later okay?

- Okay. (gentle music)

(merry music)

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Whoa.

Look at this, it's fantastic isn't it?

Look at that air.

You can actually see it, it's amazing.

- Alan, don't you think

we should be getting back to the others?

- Joyce I didn't spend two thousand bucks a week

to go horseback riding with a bunch of show salesmen.

- Alan, you are a shoe salesman.

- Come on.

Whoop.

Look at that.

Cattle.

Imagine how it must have been with the trail herds.

Fighting nature.

Take 'em both.

(buzzing hum)

- What's that?

- Uh,

sorry that's a sound that cows make.

- Alan I wouldn't go near those cows.

- It's alright.

Cows are eating grass.

They're not carnivorous.

(alan mumbling to himself)

Oh excuse me. (suspenseful music)

Go on about your business, I was just.

We were all out...

I'm sorry, you go on about your business.

I mean...

We're over the hill here with the dude ranch.

Look you go on about your business, I'm just with my wife

and we're-- (slapping impact)

Wait a minute mister, wait, what's the matter?

Hold it a second now.

Come on.

(grunting and yelling)

- Come on we really should be going.

Alan come on.

(knife humming)

(panicked breathing)

(disturbing music)

(intense music)

Please listen, we didn't mean any harm.

(Joyce screaming)

(horse whinnying)

- You know Walt had no call

going off the deep end like that.

I mean we're doing everything we can, aren't we Wayne?

Huh?

They outta make these holes bigger in these cans.

I mean how you gonna dunk your donut

in such a small opening like this.

Not a lot of guys have my technique.

They've got their problems I'll tell ya.

(laughing)

Hey watch it on the side of the road.

Well it's a mute.

This time it ain't cattle, it's humans.

There's human mutilations now.

We're gonna get into this.

We're gonna find out who or what's doing it.

If it's Satanists or

even aliens.

We're gonna find out.

We're gonna get to the bottom of this once and for all.

- I'll tell you what we are gonna do

is we're gonna call in the county boys.

- What're you talking about.

This is our case.

We're gonna solve this.

- Niles where a couple of yahoo cops from a jerk water town.

We're not about to have the means to investigate

something like this.

- Come on Wayne, I wanna prove my theory.

- Another thing Niles, I don't think we outta be

shooting our mouth off about this in town.

- Sure.

I won't tell a soul.

Okay I won't say a word.

And don't call me Niles.

(storm thundering)

(muffled radio chatter)

(man groaning)

- Oh hu-ho little lady.

Look what we got here.

This yours?

- Matter of fact it is.

- We found this little death machine full of blood.

- Your crazy.

- Now we might not be smart enough to know what it is,

but we know it's killing our cattle.

- It's just a monitoring device.

It's not hurting your cattle. - Oh yeah.

It's got an antenna on it.

And it sure as hell ain't a TV set.

- It monitors geothermal, magnetic,

and radioactive materials.

That enough explanation for ya?

(machine crunching)

- What do you think, cow killer?

- I think you must be a whole lot dumber than you look.

- Get her. - Don't let her get away.

(dramatic music) Hurry, catch her.

(men talking at once)

Go in the back way, come on.

(intense music)

- You can't get away from us, lady scientist.

Now you're gonna tell us, what you're doing here.

And why you're doing this to our cattle.

- [Jenifer] You go to hell.

- Tell us!

See that?

I done that with a soldering iron.

You know why?

'Cause I wanted to know how my daddy's cattle felt

when they was branded.

It wouldn't all that bad.

But I'm telling you,

when I see my daddy's cattle laying out there,

all cut up,

and their eyes cut out and mutilated,

makes me wanna scream.

Stop her. (Jennifer screaming)

- [Thug] Let's teach this lady a lesson.

- [Eddie] Grab her, grab her.

Hurry.

Get her down.

(Jennifer screaming)

- Come on lady.

- What's the matter with you?

- Wayne, Wayne. - Straighten up Eddie.

- Wayne come on.

Wayne you're gonna kill him.

- That damn asshole I'm gonna kill him.

- Wayne come on, come on.

- Tell her you're sorry.

Tell her you're sorry you goddamned piece of gutter trash.

- Wayne.

- Hey. - Tell her you're sorry.

- Hey!

Son, now settle down.

I didn't raise no son to attack women.

No matter what they done.

What my boy done to you is wrong ma'am.

So is what you've been doing to my cattle.

Anybody come around my ranch from now on,

there's gonna be hell to pay.

You and Niles are going to be hauling away the bodies.

- Walt don't go off half cocked.

You're gonna get yourself into trouble I'm telling ya.

- Are you okay?

You look like hell.

- You never looked better in your life.

- You know, all this mutilation's got

everyone all worked up

trying to find the easy way.

If this town knew all that was going on

they'd really come apart I'll tell ya.

Some of them things we've seen on the road why--

- Look, why don't go and see if you can patch things up.

I'll make sure she gets back to the motel

and get her some food and drink.

Making sure she doesn't cause no more trouble.

- I didn't cause any trouble.

Those stupid cowboys started it.

- Whoever's doing the mutilating started it.

(gentle music)

- The High Frontier,

Gods From Outer Space, The UFO Experience,

Arthur C Clark's The Voices From The Sky,

the proceedings from the First International UFO Conference,

The Friendly Stars.

Well Wayne I have to admit, I'm surprised.

- You don't think a yahoo outta have an interest in

wonders of the universe.

- Didn't mean it that way.

- Yeah, yeah you did.

It don't matter.

It really doesn't you know.

I've been interested in that stuff since I was a little kid.

How about you?

- I think I would like that beer now.

- It's in the refrigerator.

- Some host.

- What do you want, a light or a real?

- Light, real, oh I don't know.

Anything.

- You having trouble finding something you like?

- Something I know.

I never really followed country western music.

- Well let me play DJ.

Have you ever been out honkey tonk dancing?

- I don't know how.

No I never have.

- Well I did it once or twice, come on.

(country music)

(laughing)

Pick up.

- Wee.

(dramatic music)

- What's the matter?

I thought we was having fun.

- I don't understand what's going on.

The most irrational thing that ever happened in my life

happened to me in this town.

It doesn't make sense.

I'm supposed to be a scientist,

I'm supposed to deal with facts.

- You saying you've been here before?

- When I was a little girl.

When I was little

I saw the strangest most beautiful lights in the sky,

but no one would believe me.

- They wouldn't believe me either.

(gentle music)

(Jennifer gasping)

- [Jennifer] It was you.

- I saw 'em too.

(device beeping)

- Look, see, see what I told you boss.

That witch has these all over your land.

- Damn her.

(gun firing)

You look around over there Darren.

- Okay boss.

- Damn scientists.

(Darren groaning)

Darren.

(blade humming)

Darren.

What're you doing over there?

(intense music)

Oh my God.

Dammit.

Dammit, I can't get the shells.

(groaning)

- I can't help but feel like this is all meant to be.

Mutilation, how you and I got together.

The way that we remember the same thing

from when we were kids.

Like a puzzle we're supposed to put together soon.

Maybe I'm just crazy.

- No.

You're not crazy.

I feel it too.

We were meant to be here together.

(gentle music)

- No, it's like I said, her car's parked next to her room

but she's not there.

- [Joseph] You know where she might be?

- [Misses Keaton] Well I'm sorry but I really couldn't say.

- Her beds not been slept in.

I don't know where she is.

- Alright, it's very important that I speak to her.

Have her call her father as soon as she comes in.

Right, thank you very much.

Have Edwards get me everything we've got

on aerial phenomenon in New Mexico.

- Yes sir.

- You have the photo graphics?

- Frances has them now sir.

- Okay.

Cue circuits four and nine.

Hold on to your pants everybody.

Looks like that flaw that showed up

on those satellite photos has led Jennifer

right to class one evidence of alien contact.

That rock formation that she photographed

has one hell of a crystal structure.

All those mineral streaks are of manipulated

metamorphic derivative of the rile eyed host.

The circular patterns are precise schematic diagrams

of our solar system.

I assumed those points around it were known star clusters,

but the positions seemed way off.

Here's the pay off.

The positions aren't wrong if you're looking at

Earth's solar system from the opposite side of the galaxy.

It's as though someone left us a calling card.

- Why hasn't anybody noticed it before.

- [Larry] The message must have had a time function

or some other trigger mechanism built into it.

- In the mean time I'm trying to read the damn thing.

Any ideas Larry?

- We'll need the distances and quadrant points

for the area of view.

Then we'll work out any femoris time break up.

I want to know when these stars were in this configuration.

And if they haven't ever formed this pattern,

find out when they will.

- We need this star pattern dated.

What about security?

- I'll take care of that.

- Oh Doctor Parkfield there's one more thing.

Get in touch with the airport.

I want a plane equipped and ready in one hour.

We're going to New Mexico.

(water sloshing)

(dramatic music)

- Well I'll be a son of a bitch.

- What?

- [Wayne] Come on.

(suspenseful music)

(guns firing)

(Eddie groaning) (intense music)

(Eddie screaming)

- [Wayne] Come on but stay behind me.

- [Jennifer] Where'd he go.

- You get over there and Eddie wasn't even there,

and all you find is another mutilated steer.

I tell you these cattle mutilations

has everyone all worked up and bent out of shape.

I mean Walt and Darren are probably off somewhere

sleeping one off.

That kid of his, thinking the worst,

taking a pot shot at you and Jennifer here.

Would you excuse us for a second?

- Sure.

- The sheriffs department, they identified that body

too Scott Fiesting.

No telling what happened to him.

And those federal boys you called in stopped by last night.

- What're you talking about, I didn't call no Feds.

- Well somebody sure as hell did.

Two guys came over with plenty of identification.

They're asking a lot of questions about her.

In fact the whole town's talking about her.

Misses Keaton over at the motel

said she wasn't in all last night.

- It's nobody's damn business where a lady spends the night.

- Where else would she be?

Wow.

Sure complicates things buddy.

- No it doesn't Niles.

All it does is prove she's not the cause of any of this.

- If you say so but those federal boys

were asking a lot of questions about you too.

Not that I'd pay them any mind but well...

- I need to check one of my metering units.

- You think there's anyway Niles could do it for ya?

- [Jennifer] No.

- Oh I'd be very happy to help you out.

You see I'm a bit of a science nut myself.

You just tell me what to do and I'll do it.

- The way things are going,

I'd hate to let you out of my sight.

- Okay you can pick it up, bring it back.

- Got it.

- What do you know about federal agents?

- Nothing.

- Where'd you place this device?

- Near that old shack, up in the mountains.

- Which shack?

Walt?

Walt, Darren?

Darren?

(suspenseful music) Walt?

Where the hell is he, his truck's out there?

Anybody here?

Hello?

Anybody here?

(footsteps approaching)

- Here, here you go.

- Hey.

This was one of my theories right from the start.

I know what you're doing.

You're taking bits and pieces of cattle,

our most important food supply,

and sending them to your bosses,

for monitoring.

Ain't that right?

Well ain't it?

Oh no.

That ain't a cattle part.

That there's the hand of Eddie Caspers.

I'm Marshal Miles Buckannon and you're under arrest.

(Buck screaming)

- Any word from Jennifer?

- Still no luck sir but they'll keep trying.

- What's our transportation from Almagordo.

- They'll be a helicopter available

as soon as we touch down.

- Sir I think we've dated the star pattern

from the rock your daughter photographed.

(dramatic music)

- My god it's today.

- Well sir its pretty much as you predicted.

It appears that the deputy and the scientist

have come across certain information sir.

Information that could be misinterpreted by the media.

Yes sir.

Yes sir I understand.

- It's probably none of my business where you've been,

but your father's been trying to get in touch with you

real bad.

- When did he call?

- Well he started calling this morning,

but I told him you hadn't been in all night.

- Thanks.

You can return a call from him now please.

Great, what am I supposed to tell my father?

That my equipment is being systematically

destroyed by UFOs?

- Yeah.

- I tried to scare you away.

I tried to turn the others against you.

I tried to keep things the way they'd been,

but you wouldn't go.

- What do you want from us?

- I wanna be left alone.

(Wayne grunting)

(intense music) (knife humming)

- Help me hurry, they're killing each other.

(downbeat music) (gun firing)

(sirens sounding)

- Okay what the hell's the idea of firing at the sheriff?

- Wayne you better drop the gun.

These guys mean business.

- Hands on your head.

Hands on top of your head, now.

- They've ruined my place,

who's going to pay for all this?

- Okay freeze you son of a bitch.

(gun firing)

(heroic music)

- [Homer] Get by the curb, it's gonna to blow.

(car exploding)

- [Agent] There he is, come on.

- Don't shoot.

Don't shoot him.

(gun firing)

(suspenseful music)

(heroic music)

(suspenseful music)

(heroic music)

(suspenseful music)

(heroic music)

- I've done everything they've wanted, all these years.

Done just what I was supposed to.

They wanted to keep track of us and they needed me.

It ain't fair.

But now that she's here you won't be needing me no more.

What'll happen to me?

I haven't aged since that day many years ago.

That day both of us were visited.

I can't let you steal that from me.

(Jennifer gasping)

Don't you understand?

It's you they've been waiting for all these years.

You were chosen long ago.

- Chosen?

- But you ain't so special.

I can take care of you just like the others.

(dramatic music)

You're human.

Just like me.

But I can't let 'em have ya.

I tried to make you go away,

but you wouldn't go.

I was a fool not to kill you right off.

(Jennifer gasping) (dramatic music)

(heroic music)

(dog attacking)

(dog whimpering)

It's not only you.

It's him too.

- Jennifer?

(suspenseful music)

Jennifer?

(man screaming)

- [Jennifer] Wayne.

- [Wayne] Jennifer?

- We were chosen, all of us.

Even him.

But he wasn't supposed to kill anyone.

Whoever brought us here didn't do it for evil,

I'm sure of that.

- You can't get away from them.

Nobody can.

Nobody can stop what's meant to be.

Not me.

Not you.

And now my job's over.

(man screaming)

- Come on. - No Wayne.

Come on let's go, it's time.

Come on.

Come on.