" Tired, sir?" " Yep, I'm tired." "You should be after 24 hours with no sleep." "If I just knew what you were looking for" "It's a sighting I investigated before you got here, similar to the Vincent report." "Perkins or Prescott, something that started with a P." " I'll know it when I see it." "Yeah." " P section, right here, sir." "It's not here." "Sergeant, I don't understand this." "Last month the Ambrose report was missing, and now this." "Now, these files are your responsibility." "I don't understand it either, sir." "Maybe you forgot to unpack it." "Go upstairs." "See if you can find it." "We've got to have it for the committee meeting." "Yes, sir." "[DOOR OPENS]" " Captain Ross?" " Yeah, what are you doing here?" "Captain Gardner would like to see you, sir." " Now?" " He says it's urgent, sir." "Twelve midnight?" "Look." "You just tell Captain Gardner I'll see him as soon as I can." "You'll come now... sir." " What is this?" " Don't argue, captain." "Just come now." "Can I, uh, get my, uh, briefcase?" "Get your briefcase." "[GUNSHOTS]" " Captain?" " Watch it!" "Behind the files." "ANNOUNCER:" "The Invaders." "A Quinn Martin Production." "Starring Roy Thinnes as architect David Vincent." "NARRATOR:" "The invaders." "Alien beings from a dying planet." "Their destination: the Earth." "Their purpose: to make it their world." "David Vincent has seen them." "For him, it began one lost night on a lonely country road, looking for a shortcut that he never found." "It began with a closed, deserted diner and a man too long without sleep to continue his journey." "It began with the landing of a craft from another galaxy." "Now David Vincent knows that the invaders are here." "That they have taken human form." "Somehow he must convince a disbelieving world that the nightmare has already begun." "ANNOUNCER:" "The guest stars in tonight's story:" "William Smithers," "Patricia Smith," "Katherine Justice, and special guest star Michael Rennie." "Tonight's episode, "The Innocent."" "NARRATOR:" "In a decaying lobster port in Maine," "David Vincent searches for a man who has seen the invaders." "A fisherman named Nat Greely, who has taken one of their weapons:" "a strange metallic disc." "For a day and a half, Vincent has combed the tiny waterfront town, but Nat Greely has disappeared." "DAVID:" "Looking for someone?" " David Vincent?" "Yes, that's right." "We had a pretty rough time finding you, Mr. Vincent." "You're wanted in Washington." " Who wants me?" " Captain Ross, Project Hawk." " Look" " Uh, Mr. Vincent, we know what you're looking for." "We also know who you're looking for." "And, uh... that's a subpoena." "Supposing I wanna stay here and finish what I" "We have a plane waiting for you at the airport." "Follow me in that car, if you will." "DAVID:" "All right." " Thank you." "[CAR STARTS]" "[DAVID'S CAR STARTS]" "Oh, yeah, when they die, they vanish." "They burn, just like that." "DAVID:" "How many times you gonna ask me that?" "And why the third degree?" "What's your reason?" "It's happened to somebody else." " Somebody else has seen it." " What makes you think that?" "DAVID:" "It's the one thing you keep coming back to, how they die." "You've seen it." "All right, I've seen it, so what?" "Have you heard of the Peterson Committee?" " No." " Peterson, the office of defence, they've asked him to form a committee to look into my findings." "Now, the hearings start Monday." "I'll have to be there, of course, with the Project Hawk reports." "I want you there too, to testify." "You want me to testify?" "You know, I've given up my life to fight them." "My girl." "My business." "My plans." "There's a valley in California I once dreamt of developing." "I've been down this road before." "I've written, I've talked, I've phoned, I've seen senators, congressmen." "I'll testify." "But if I do get up there and tell everything I know, under oath, what makes you think they'll believe me?" "Don't you understand?" "There are two of us this time." "Two of us who have actually seen 'em." "That's a lot of words, a lot of talk." "What we need is proof." "Now, the man I'm looking for is in Maine." "He can give us that proof." "Nat Greely is the town drunk, the town bum." "His testimony wouldn't be worth two cents." "That's why we dropped the whole thing with him." "We need you here to testify." "If you think he's that important, I'll send a couple of men to find him." "Do that, and he'll never come out of hiding." "I know how frightened a man like this can get." "Now, let me do it my way." "Please." "MAN 1:" "Hi, son." "Hey, you putting out to sea in that whaler?" "Whaler's got a square hull." "This here's a Kettenburg." "No good to nobody." "Pa stove it in when he was drunk." "Ma." "Ma." "MAN 1:" "Ms. Greely?" "Hi." "Mr. Greely onboard?" "Oh, I should introduce myself." "My name is Calvin Adams." "My partner, Ed Poole." "We practise law in Augusta." "My husband isn't here." "What do you want, mister?" "Ms. Greely, if what we found in the county records is right, your husband's the last living descendant of the Berkitts." "Here you go." "And if your husband can prove it, he'll be $83,000 richer." " Eighty-three thousand dollars?" "MAN 2:" "That's right." "You just wait a minute." "The only thing Nat's mother's family had to pass on to their kids was a liking for liquor." "[MAN 2 CHUCKLES]" "Maybe so, but your husband's great uncle ran up a small fortune fishing out in Oregon." "He never had but one great uncle, Sam Berkitt." "That's the man." "Sam Berkitt?" "Uh-huh." "Mrs. Greely, it's taken so long tracing down these records that we've no time to waste." "Now, if we can't find your husband, all that money stands to go the Sailors' Fund." "Now, Mrs. Greely, now, where can we find your husband?" "When he comes back, I'll tell him about it." "Now, I got work to do." "Get down from there, Natty." "MAN 1:" "But, Mrs. Greely" " Goodbye, mister." "Natty." "Ma?" "They said we'd be rich." "We'll be rich when it rains $10 gold pieces." " What's wrong, Ma?" " Nothing." "Those two, they must've been some of your father's worthless friends playing a joke." "Your great Uncle Sam died when he was 14." "The record's right here in the family bible." "The only thing he got out in Oregon was the fever that killed him." "Now, I gotta get ashore." "And you don't say nothing, hear?" "Mrs. Greely, I'm David Vincent." "I was here yesterday." "I don't care who you say you are, mister." "I've got somewheres to go, and I'm late." "To see your husband?" "Where is he, Mrs. Greely?" "He's in danger." "I can help him." "All right, you don't have to tell me where he is." "If you wanna save your husband, you better persuade him to see me." "Just call this man." "He'll tell you who I am." " The Air Force?" " Yes." "Please call him." "All right, Mr. Vincent." "I'll call him, but I don't promise nothing." "You wait in there, Natty." "Go on." "[BELL DINGS]" "Operator, I wanna put in a long-distance call." " Who are you?" " David Vincent." "How do I know that?" "Your wife called." "She told you who I am." "She told me your name and that you checked out with the Air Force." "How are you gonna save my life?" "I know what you've been going through, and I know why." "That disc you found is one of their weapons." "That's what they're after." "That's why they tried to kill you." " Who do you mean, "they"?" " You saw them get off a spaceship." "What do you think?" " They're men, like me." " They look like men." "Now, Nat, where's the disc?" " I haven't got it." " You what?" "When they tried to kill me, I hid it." "Well, where?" "Show me." "I ain't leaving here until nobody's looking for me no more." "Until they're gone." "Nat, we need that disc to convince the government that they're here." "Now." "Today." "If these invaders aren't stopped, not only your life is in danger, but everybody's." "Now, please, where's the disc?" "Well, I guess I can't be worse off than I am now." "I just wanna be quit of this whole business." "There's a wharf at the foot of Grover Street." "You meet me there at 6:00." "After it's dark." "Now, get out of here." "Mommy, Mommy." "Those two men, they're back." " Okay, get up here, Natty." " I'll go get help." "Natty." "Mrs. Greely, I'm sorry to intrude again, but there are a few things we are going to have to settle." "[GASPS]" "This concerns you too, young fella." "[SOFTLY] Nat, come down." " What are you doing here?" " Hurry up." "Come down." " Are you sure you weren't followed?" " I don't care if I was." "Nat." "Nat, listen." "You're not gonna meet that Mr. Vincent, do you hear me out?" " What happened?" "You told me" " I was wrong." "Do you understand?" "I was wrong." "I understand that if I give Mr. Vincent that metal disc," " we're quit of this once and for all." " You can't." "You can't do that." "They come, two of them." " They?" " Two of them." " They come and" " What?" "What?" "What?" "Oh, Nat, all I ever needed was a little peace." "I just wanted a little money." "Maybe I pushed you some." " And I yelled at you." " Edna, Edna, Edna." "What did they do?" "What do they want?" "That disc." "They said you gotta give them that disc." "And they said they-- They want Mr. Vincent too." "You gotta do it, Nat." "You just got to." "I don't have the disc." "I said they want Mr. Vincent too." "They mean it, Nat." "They're not fooling." "I told you." "Know what's gonna happen to everybody on this Earth" " if they ain't stopped?" " I don't care about anybody." "I only care about us, you and me and Natty." "And if you don't give them Mr. Vincent, they're gonna kill us all." "You and me and Natty." "[CAR DOOR OPENS]" "[CAR DOOR CLOSES]" "[GRUNTING]" "This is a great pleasure, Mr. Vincent." "Thank you, gentlemen." "Thank you, Mr. Greely." "You did splendidly." " So you're one of them?" "MAN:" "No, no, Mr. Vincent." "He's been useful though, in returning our property and delivering you." "We're most appreciative." "Will you wait inside, Mr. Greely?" "Wha--?" "We'll make you comfortable." "Mr. Vincent, I'd like you to come with me." "I want to show you something." "[DOOR OPENS]" "Would you care to inspect our spaceship, Mr. Vincent?" "What do you want?" "Why don't you take off your overcoat?" "You won't be needing it." "If you'll sit down, I'll explain to you." "There's nothing to be afraid of." "I know how you feel about us, Mr. Vincent." "I don't blame you." "We've committed blunders too, many of them." "We've used terror, violence, we've even killed." "But the history of your people is full of those same blunders." "What happens when one civilisation finds another less advanced?" "We've learned, Mr. Vincent, at great cost to you and us." "Now we have our orders." "It's got to stop." "We want to take the fist step, Mr. Vincent." "We want to show you you've nothing to fear anymore." "We're here to help, to contribute our knowledge to your lives." "But it's useless just to say that." "We want you to come with us and see how we can help one another." " Where?" " It's a short trip." "It'll only take a few minutes." "That is for your safety, Mr. Vincent." "This mode of travel is suited to us, our makeup." "Protective padding is for your protection against the force of our acceleration and the speed of our flight." "When we take off, there may be some discomfort." "It's only fair to warn you, you may even lose consciousness." "However, if you do, it will only be momentary." "Unpleasant, but quite harmless." "[SPACESHIP WHIRRING]" "Are you all right, Mr. Vincent?" "Yes." "You did lose consciousness." " How long?" " Not long." "It was a short flight." " Can you stand?" " I think so." "[DAVID SIGHS]" "You better rest a while." "We have a surprise for you, Mr. Vincent." "What is the place you've always missed?" "The place you always wanted to see?" "The place you hoped would hold the key to your future happiness?" "The place that was a valley until a drought came and left it a desert?" "I hope we've chosen properly, Mr. Vincent." " Santa Margaretta Valley." " Yes." "Shall we go, Mr. Vincent?" "DAVID:" "It is Santa Margaretta." "Look what we've done to it, Mr. Vincent." "It was dying." "How did you do that?" "It was a problem, but we conquered it." "There's much more to see, Mr. Vincent." "The car waiting is for us." "Our architect's building." "Do you like the changes, Mr. Vincent?" "It's beautiful." "Have we measured up to the ambitions you once had" " for the Santa Margaretta Valley?" " Yes, you have." "You certainly have." "Wait a minute." " How did you do this without water?" " That such a problem?" "We often talked about building a dam up in the canyon." "We were told that was impossible." "Nothing's impossible, Mr. Vincent." "Not with our knowledge." "We've already built a smaller dam, a larger one is under construction." "But every engineer I've ever talked to said it was impossible." " Everyone?" " All but Billy Stearns, but his ideas were so far out, couldn't get financial backing." "This will interest you, Mr. Vincent." "[INDISTINCT CHATTER]" "Billy." " David." " Billy." "Billy Stearns." "They told me you we're coming." "I didn't believe them." "You mean you knew I was coming?" "Well, what are you doing here, anyway?" "[CHUCKLING] I'm working for them." "You think I sold out." "Well, you know me better than that." "Then why?" "I fought them too, at first, until he made me understand." "David, the knowledge." "Now, look at that building." "Now, the material in that building is what we've been looking for since college." "I would stand the stress a dam a mile high would create." "I understand you're building it right now." "Can I see it?" " Does he have time?" " If that's what you want." " I've gotta see it." " Now, let me make a call, then you meet me on the other side of the building, okay?" "His leg, he's not limping." "Injury, disability, those are human concepts, Mr. Vincent." "You mean you can work miracles like that?" "We can do whatever you want." "Frankly, Santa Margaretta is an experiment, Mr. Vincent." "Putting ourselves in your place, finding out what your needs are." "WOMAN:" "David!" "David!" "Helen." " Oh, Helen." " Ha, ha, ha." " I didn't think you'd remember." " How could I forget?" " It was such a long time ago." " I haven't forgotten." "I'll leave you two alone." "I'll find you later." "Come on, Dave." "I'll drive." "[ENGINE STARTS]" "Now, I have to tell you, I don't understand any of this." " Well, how can I help you?" " I don't know." "This town, what they've done to it..." "And Billy working here, now you..." "It's a different world, isn't it, David?" " It's unbelievable." " Oh, no, very believable." "A world where what we want most can be accomplished." "David, they can teach us how to-- How to get what we want." "They can teach us how to not let human emotions get in the way of what we want." "That's what happened to us, isn't it?" "We didn't think clearly." "We were so in love, everything was an emotional crisis." "David, stay with me." "I have a house at the lake." "We can spend the morning swimming, and I'll mix us some drinks." "David." "David, what's the matter?" "Sorry." "Something's wrong." "What is it?" "I can help you." "The town." "This whole valley." "What's the matter?" "The dam." "Why wasn't the dam in the newspaper?" "It's all so new." "There hasn't been time." " You're lying to me." "Why?" " David, I'm not lying to you." "I want an answer." "Why?" "David, it's just you and I. That's all there is now." "You're married." "You're in England." "David, forget all that." "It's all in the past." "I was here only a month ago." "There was nothing." "No building." "No dam." "David, you're ill." "The flight was too much for you." "No." "There's something wrong." "David, listen to me." " It's wrong." " David, it's just us." "We're real." "We're now." "That's all that matters, David." " All that matters." " It's wrong." "David, listen to me." "Look at me, David." "David." "It's wrong." " David." "Stay with me, David." " It's all wrong." " David." " It's wrong." " Magnus!" " It's wrong." "Magnus!" "Magnus!" "Magnus!" "Magnus!" "Magnus!" "Magnus!" "MAGNUS:" "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "No." " It's wrong." " Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." "It's wrong." " Stay with us, Mr. Vincent." " It's wrong." "Mr. Vincent, stay with us." "None of it was real." "It was all in my mind." "It would have all been so easy, if only you'd cooperated." "But we will still do what has to be done." "However, this time, it will be done a little differently." "[ENGINE STARTS]" "MAGNUS:" "There was a plane waiting for you at the Augusta Airport." "By now, Captain Ross has the report that neither you nor Mr. Greely showed up." " What if he has men looking for me?" " He doesn't." "Not yet." " How do you know?" " I want you to call Captain Ross." "I want you to tell him what you would've told him voluntarily if we'd convinced you." "What would I have said?" "That you know nothing about us or our activities." "That we exist only in your imagination." "Is that why you tried to brainwash me, so I'd believe that you were here for the benefit of mankind?" "Call him." "You're afraid of the Peterson Committee." "And what they'll find out if they begin to investigate." "I'll ask you once more to call him." "You're afraid of my testimony." "You're in danger." "Do you really think I'll make that phone call?" "Yes, Mr. Vincent." "Mr. Greely, would you tell Mr. Vincent what you've just found out?" "They're gonna kill my wife and boy... unless we do something that they want." "They said that you would tell me what." " You do understand?" " Yes." "Now, will you make the call?" "What call?" "They're trading your family for a phone call." "Well, you're just sitting there." "Make the call." "If I do, the investigation goes to pieces." "They continue safely with their plan." "They're talking about my wife and my boy." "You're gonna make that call." "Please." "Please." "[NAT SOBBING]" "You may get Captain Ross." "Captain Ross please." " Captain Ross, this is David Vincent." " Where are you?" "You'd never believe it." "Well, what happened?" "Did you find Greely?" "I found him." "Well, stop playing games." "Tell me what happened." "We didn't find out anything." "Scratch us off your list." "You'll have to appear before the committee without our testimony." "What?" "I said, Greely and I know nothing." "There are no aliens, there never have been." "It was all for publicity." "What are you trying to pull?" "You know I've seen one of them myself." "Vincent, are you in some kind of trouble?" "The only one in trouble is you." "Now, Vincent, I want you here in my office." "I need you when I go up before that committee," " whether we have Greely or not." " I'm sorry." " Vincent" " Goodbye." "Vincent." "Thank you, Mr. Vincent." "Shall we get on with it?" "You really must be very anxious to die, Mr. Vincent." "You're always pushing so hard." "Now, Mr. Magnus, you said, uh, if we did what you asked, I could" "You're free, Mr. Greely." "Mr. Vincent," "I wouldn't have done this except to save my wife and kid." "I've never done much for them." "I couldn't let them be killed." "They won't hurt you." "They promised me." "Have a drink, Mr. Vincent." "[DAVID GROANING]" "I think that I can find the way to the highway myself." "That won't be necessary, Mr. Greely." "We've provided a car for you." "[DAVID SPITTING]" "[DAVID GROANS]" "Goodbye, Mr. Vincent." "Nat." "Nat." "[TIRES SCREECHING]" "[TIRES SCREECHING]" "[CAR EXPLODES]" "ROSS:" "What do you expect me to believe?" "You call and tell me it's all a fairy tale, then you come in here with a song and dance about brainwashing and a flying saucer." "Let me talk to the Peterson Commission." "Now, you go ahead and talk to them." "After you called, I told them that our star witness had just discredited himself." "We had no proof." "Go ahead." "Give them a few laughs." "Tell them about your trip to Venus, or wherever it was." "Then send some men up to that mansion." "You'll find proof." "I've got news for you, Vincent." "After your call from the hospital, I sent some men up to the mansion." "They found nothing." "So why don't you and your drinking buddy go find yourself another bar?" "[KNOCKING ON DOOR]" "Come in." "If you don't need me, I'll go down and clean up the Project Hawk files." "ROSS:" "Yeah, go ahead." "Sooner the better." "I guess that about does it, Vincent, unless you'd like to favour me with a few more of your stories." "Sergeant Ruddell." "Ruddell was there." "He was on that ship." " Sergeant Ruddell, huh?" " He was there." "Get out of here." "Let me have Security." "This is Captain Ross." "I want you to make a check for me." "Ruddell." "Sergeant Ruddell." "Yeah, I know you've already run one." "I want you to run another one." "I wanna know everything about him, and I mean everything, from the day he was born." "NARRATOR:" "A trip to a nightmare world." "A committee disbanded." "Another defeat." "Another hope lost for David Vincent." "Maybe." "Or maybe it's a hope begun."