The X-Files

We got a fire off County Road D7, two miles west of the Canyon Ridge intersection.

Suggest we dispatch fire crews. Over.

This is Deputy Wright. Do you copy?

Son of a...

Sir? Sorry to disturb you, but we've picked up an identified bogey.

l think you should see the replay for yourself.

lt tripped the fence at 23.17 off the coast of Connecticut, sir.

lnitial trajectory was north by northwest, then it went crazy.

- What about other aircraft or missile testing? - No known aircraft can manoeuvre like this.

Whatever it was dropped off the screen at 24.18, sir.

Hit ground just west of Lake Michigan, outside Townsend, Wisconsin.

The impact-prediction team calculated impact at over 800mph.

l've told Chief Koretz to start her report.

- Use these tapes to... - Negative.

She tracked a meteor. lts aberrant movement was due to instrument malfunction.

- But, sir... - Your report will reflect these facts. Clear?

Yes, sir.

Good.

Code lndigo Delta Echo Niner.

l have a confirmed fallen angel in sector 87.

Mobilise Operation Falcon immediately.

Hello?

X-Files Season 1 Episode 10 - Fallen Angel

They will have no comment until the government investigation is completed.

Government officials remain vague about the toxic cargo

that has caused the immediate evacuation of Townsend, Wisconsin's 12,000 residents.

Speculation here has centred on a shipment of toxic waste.

Then what happened if it wasn't a train wreck?

Mr Mulder, the continental US is surrounded by an electronic fence

that reaches 15,000 miles into space.

We use it to track and monitor the 7,087 man-made objects that orbit the Earth.

Last night at 23.17 that fence was breached.

This morning at 01.00 Operation Falcon went into effect,

led by Colonel Calvin Henderson, the Air Force's premier reclamations expert.

Reclamations?

During the Cold War his job was to prevent technologies from downed US aircraft

from getting into Soviet hands.

He's... part of a crash-retrieval unit?

Quick response.

l'd say you have... 24 hours

before the entire area is sanitised.

After that,

be like nothing ever happened.

Let's go! Go! Go!

On the double!

- Thank you, sir. - Thank you.

Get it going. Let's go! Let's go!

- All right, let's move out! - Roadblock needs to be in place.

All right. l'll get right on it, sir.

- You're late. lt's gonna be dark in a half-hour. - We had a flat outside the perimeter, sir.

There's a briefing at 22.00, but first go to headquarters for live rounds.

Live rounds, sir?

- Got a problem with that? - No, sir! We were told this is a drill.

- They told you wrong. - Sir.

OK, everyone out! Come on, people! Light a fire!

You just made the worst mistake of your life, Agent Mulder.

l think you knocked out a filling.

l'll see to it you pay the price for putting my men at risk.

Since when does taking pictures put anyone's life at risk?

You violated a US government quarantine and that's a federal crime.

A quarantine? ls that what you call this?

We're trying to contain an ecological disaster.

That's a lot of fire power just to protect Mother Nature.

l have my orders.

And the licence to execute them as l see fit.

l suggest you forget what you saw or what you think you saw

for your own wellbeing.

You've got a downed craft in those woods, sir, and troops carrying live rounds.

We both know what's out there!

- Come on, move it. - That's right, buddy. Get goin'.

Get in there.

You MUFON or CUFOS?

Do you mind if l sit down?

No. Let me guess. You're with that new group. CSlCOP, right?

Say no more. You're a cautious man. Trust no one - very wise.

After what happened to JFK, l understand completely.

Let me introduce myself.

Max Fenig. l'm with the National lnvestigative Committee of Aerial Phenomena.

NlCAP.

Pleased... pleased to make your acquaintance.

l wish we could shake on it, you know?

Firm grip. Look right in the eye. You learn a lot about a guy that way.

Can l... Can l ask you a question?

Go ahead.

Did you see anything? Did you get close?

Me, l saw nothing. l didn't see anything!

Nada. Zip. 100 yards past the roadblock they nailed me. l have no idea how they did it.

l'm telling you, it's like the Roswell cover-up all over again.

What makes you so sure there's something out there?

Same thing that makes you so sure.

l didn't order room service.

This isn't funny, Mulder.

- Did you meet Max? - Who?

Max from NlCAP.

They must have released him.

Another intrepid soul in search of a close encounter.

ls that what this is about?

What else?

Try explaining that to Section Chief McGrath.

He stepped over Blevins, ordering a full inquiry with a recommendation...

Mulder, he wants to shut down the X-Files and he wants you out of the Bureau.

What else is new?

l don't understand you, Mulder!

Why you're always defying protocol,

ignoring jurisdiction.

Because l know what l saw, Scully.

There were no train tracks, so how could it have been a derailed container?

Because it wasn't.

What you saw was not a toxic spill.

But it wasn't a UFO either.

OK, l'm all ears. What was it?

lt was a downed Libyan jet with a nuclear warhead.

Over US airspace?

They picked up low-grade levels of radiation, so the plutonium casing may have cracked.

So to avoid mass panic...

- You really believe that story? - That story happens to be highly classified.

A highly classified lie.

- They're searching for someone, Scully. - Then it's probably the pilot.

You think they'd roll out all this material for one Libyan fighterjock?

Besides, no human pilot walked away from the wreckage l saw.

Maybe he ejected.

Maybe.

You can't be serious.

As long as we're in beautiful downtown Townsend, why not?

- The hearing is tomorrow at ten o'clock. - That gives us 24 hours to investigate.

My assignment is to bring you back, not to dig you in deeper.

The Last Detail, starring Dana Scully.

What's going on?

Looks like housekeeping hasn't been here yet.

What...

Max?

Get your hands up!

- Don't shoot! Don't shoot! - Max?

My apologies. Forgive me, please.

l-l-l'm a curious man. l had to know.

- Know what? - lf it was really you.

But you don't know me. Last night was the first time we met.

Not true. NlCAP have followed your career closely ever since you got put on the X-Files .

- Followed my career? How? - With the Freedom of lnformation Act.

Your travel expenses are a matter of public record.

So, this must be the... enigmatic Agent Scully.

- How did you recognise me? - l saw your picture in a trade publication,

and l read your article in Omni about the Gulf Breeze sightings.

- l published that under a pseudonym. - MF Luder. l know.

MF Luder's an anagram for F Mulder.

You really didn't think that would fool us, did you?

l didn't think anybody was paying attention.

Somebody's always paying attention, Mr Mulder.

Amazing.

Amazing? Hardly!

You wanna see something amazing, come with me.

''The enigmatic Dr Scully.''

This is my... Right this way.

Excuse the mess.

OK. Where's those...

Let me turn this off. They're right here.

Here they are.

Latest crop circle photos from Project Argus. Huh?

- Your opinion: fact or fraud? - Fraud.

How do you explain the blisters on the plants?

lt's either a weathering effect

or the plant's reaction to being in one position.

- You've read the literature. - l try to keep up.

- What about... - Max, you had something to show us.

Oh, yeah, yeah.

The Wolf's Ear 2000. You ever hear of this?

Yeah. Wolf lndustries supplies the ClA with surveillance equipment.

State-of-the-art search and intercept. 100 channels per second.

l'm jacked into local fire and police departments, cellular phone pathways,

and, when the weather's right, air-traffic control from Whitmarsh Air Force Base.

What have you got?

Mobile-unit broadcast in scan mode.

Townsend Sheriff's Department two nights ago.

We got a fire off County Road D7,

two miles west of the Canyon Ridge intersection.

Suggest we dispatch fire crews. Over.

This is Deputy Wright. Do you copy?

And then this, 35 minutes later, presumably from the fire crew.

Reception got wiggy for some reason.

This is Unit 53. Man down. Request medevac.

l said, request medevac!

You're breaking up... barely... bad, very bad.

Wait a sec. What the hell...?

Charlie! We got a situation here!

We put up a tight net.

Yes, sir. Every inch of ground is being covered, dug up, squeezed and sifted.

No, sir, it will not get away.

Not this time.

Mrs Wright?

Hi, l'm Fox Mulder. This is Dana Scully. We're from the FBl.

We have a few questions about your husband.

He's dead!

What else is there to know?

- l'm sorry about your husband. - Oh, please!

- Mrs Wright, we want to help you. - Then leave me alone!

- Why won't you let us help you? - l don't know anything!

Don't you understand?

They won't even release the body so l can give him a proper burial, OK?

The government can't do that.

- l'm sure if we appeal to... - No! You can't.