"Yes, sir, General Hanley, sir!" "Good evening, sir." "I'm sorry to summon you at this hour, but we have flash traffic, highly unusual." "I thought you should see." "All right, let's take a look at it." "Carry on." "It tripped the fence at 22:20 off the coast of Oregon." "Calls for identification go unanswered." " Initial trajectory?" " South by south-east." "What about other aircraft?" "Missile testing?" "Negative." "Ten-hut!" "As you were." "Bearing is zero point three one niner." "Target dropped off the screen at 22:26" " and touched down in the vicinity..." " You don't know that." "Sir, we triangulated its descent and concluded that it did land roughly 200 miles east of Lincoln, Nebraska." "My God!" "That can't be." "Those manoeuvres would break any pilot's neck." "Lieutenant, start your written report immediately." " Use the radar tapes for support." " Negative." "The object she tracked was a bolide meteor." "And that's what the report will read." "Sir, with all due respect, meteors don't rise or change directions." " You saw it on the screen..." " Lieutenant!" "I saw a bolide." "The anomalous characteristic must have been due to a computer malfunction." "I suggest you check your equipment." "I don't want to see this happen again." "Captain, you will erase the radar tapes immediately." "Yes, sir." "Right away, sir." "Instruct your people not to discuss this event with anyone." " Understood?" " Yes, sir." "This is Hanley." "Code:" "Foxtrot-Tango-Whiskey-Delta-Tango." "We have a confirmed Angel." "Repeat, confirmed Angel touchdown." "Midwest sector." "Procedure Zebra-Echo-Zebra now in effect." "Warm you up?" "It's freezing out there." " Yeah." " Looks good." "My God!" "What happened?" "Honey!" "Honey, are you all right?" "Carl, get me something to put around her!" "Everything's gonna be all right, you'll see." "Sit down right here." "We'll get you nice and warm." "Carl, get that coffee!" "Bundle you up." "Oh, my God." "You'll be all right." "Ma'am?" "It's OK, it's OK." "Take it easy." "You're all right." "You're OK." "Now, where do you live?" " Ever seen her before, Bonnie?" " Never." "Any idea what happened or how she got here?" "She hasn't said a word." " You better get her to a doctor fast." " I agree." "Come on." "Come on." "Come on, it's all right." "The nearest hospital's in Alliance." "Alliance." "That's right, Alliance." "Is that where you're from?" "Lady, don't do that." "You half scared me to death." "Mary." " What's that?" " My name." "You said..." "you wanted to know my name." "I remember now." "Mary..." "Wilkes." "That's good." "You think you could... tell me where you live?" " On a farm... outside Northgate." " That's a good 30 miles from here." " How'd you ever end up out here?" " I don't know." "I don't know." "I can't remember." " Please, just take me home!" " It's OK, I'm gonna take you home." "All right?" "I'm taking you home." "I ought to see you inside." " I'd like to speak with your husband." " He's not here." "He's on a trucking run in Colorado." "I'm really tired and my boy's inside, alone." "Thank you." "I'll file my report with what I got, but promise me something." "The minute you remember anything else, contact the local police." "I will." "And thank you." " Operator." " A phone company truck is outside." "It's making a lot of noise." "It's three in the morning!" "The business office opens at 9 a. m., ma'am." "I can give you the number." "No!" " Let us in." " No!" "Let us in." "Let us in." "Neil, I could use some help." "One of my patients, Lesley Hahn, has been having unusual dissociative episodes." " What are you getting?" " Uncertain." "She may have been victimised by early sexual abuse." "She's on Klonopin, 1.5 milligrams twice a day." "She seemed to be responding, but then I got a call early this morning." "She was in a blind panic." "She sounded manic, paranoid." "What triggered it?" "Some story about being assaulted last night." "Get this." "She said it involved telephone repairmen" "It might be time for some regressive hypnosis." "Let me talk to her first." "Give her my home address." "Tell her to come by around eight." "Send him in." "Doctor." "I've been wanting to talk to you." "You put one of my patients back on the street again." "You can't hold someone in a mental hospital just because they're acting weird and disgusting." "The woman pees in subway gratings." "She camps out in front of Neiman Marcus, chanting obscenities." "Does she have to shoot the President?" "Neil, you're a very talented man." "But before you came, the average stay was two weeks." "Now it's 4.5 weeks." "That is totally unacceptable." "I know what my patients need." "It's not being dumped on the streets before they're ready." "Stanley, your system stinks." "This medical centre has operated successfully for decades." "Long before you showed up." "I have four people in Emergency." "I've got no place for them." "I need two beds from your ward." "Whichever ones, that's your choice." "But by tonight." " Is that it?" " That's it." "Get a move on, Tim." "You don't wanna be late for school." " Mom, when's Dad coming home?" " Soon, honey, soon." " What kind of jam on your toast?" " Strawberry." "How soon?" "He's gonna call home tonight, so you can ask him yourself." "Mom, the toast is burning!" "Oh, Jeez!" "It's all right." "I'll just put in some more." "What kind of jam d'you want?" "Hi, Timmy!" "Hi, Timmy!" "Thanks." "...holds the ball, one hand arches towards the back." "Bobby Jo is there." "In the ring, Barney!" "Lesley?" "I'm Doctor Chase." "Please come in." "I..." "I feel scared sometimes." "Like somebody's watching me." "Following me." "Tracking me." "I haven't felt like this since I was a kid." "You've told Dr Terracello about this?" "No." "Not about being... watched." "I was afraid he might think I was crazy." "I don't know!" "I don't know..." "Maybe... maybe I am crazy." "I wouldn't be in too much of a rush to diagnose myself." "A lot of things could be going on." "Something happened last night involving telephone repairmen?" "Yes." "Yes." "It scared me to death." "I'm still shaking." "Tell me about it." "I have a... a small house in Venice." "And my... my boyfriend Ray... he's a cop and was working last night, so I thought I'd just go to bed early." "I knew that they were coming to get me." "I wanted to run, I wanted to..." "I wanted to scream." "Felt like I was suffocating." "I..." "I don't remember much else." "But I do know they got into the house." " How?" " I don't know." "I just..." "I can't remember." "I don't know!" "Did you recognise any of them?" "Can you recall their faces?" "You don't understand." "They had no faces!" "That's the last thing I remember... until I woke up... naked on the couch." "I was sick and... disoriented." "Oh, my God!" "I thought something was wrong with the clock, but the one in the kitchen..." "The clock in the kitchen had the same time, so I guess about..." "three hours had passed." "You don't remember what happened during that time?" "It's a total blank." "Was there any sign of forced entry?" "The doors, the windows?" "No." "Everything was still locked." "What's happening to me?" "I can't sleep." "I start crying for no reason." "I can't stand being touched." "Ray doesn't know what's going on." "I don't know what to tell him!" "Please, Doctor Chase..." "Please." "You've gotta help me." "Let's get doughnuts." "Dad likes glazed." "Yeah, but your dad claims to be dieting, so let's skip 'em this time." " Hi, Jeanie." "How's school?" " Boring." " How the Dodgers doing?" " Can't win without pitching." " How come you like them?" " My aunt took me to a Dodger game..." " when I was a little kid." " Way back then, huh?" " Mrs Wilkes!" " Mom, you're bleeding!" " Any history of nosebleeds?" " Not since I was a kid." "Yeah, I remember that." "Were you experiencing headaches before this?" " No." "No." " Runny nose?" "Swelling?" " Infection?" " No." "It just happened out of the blue." "Well, well." "What have we here?" " What?" " You try and hold real still, Mary." " D'you see something in there?" " Hold real still now." "Something in there?" "Ow..." "Ow!" " What is that?" " I haven't the foggiest." "Looks like... almost like a little pellet." "Or it could be part of a larger object that's broken off." "Any idea how this became lodged in your nasal cavity?" "No, I haven't." " No accidents?" "You haven't fallen?" " No." "Nothing." "Most peculiar." "The nosebleed probably resulted from the shifting of that pellet." "There might be permanent damage." "There's no telling how long that's been up there." "I'm sure it's nothing serious." "There's no infection." "But find a specialist the next time you're in Omaha." "I'm gonna visit my sister soon in Los Angeles." "I hear tell there's a doctor or two there." "Ray!" "Thank you." "They're beautiful." " I really needed to see you." " What's wrong?" "Lesley!" "Hi, Ray!" "For the antique show." " Think we can unload it?" " Rita, that is really, really terrible." "What do you think, Lesley?" "Lesley?" "Keep it away from me." " Lesley..." " No!" "Just keep it away from me!" "Would you take me home, please?" "I don't feel well." "Baby..." "I wouldn't mind if just once you'd let your guard down and let me in." " I do let you in." " No, you don't." "We've been together nearly a year." "Every time I get too close, you pull away." "You're doing it right now." "I'm sorry, Ray." "I'm sorry." "It's just that I'm..." "I'm..." "I'm so tired." "I worry about you." " I don't want you to." " I do." " Look, I gotta be getting back." " OK." " You want me to come by tonight?" " Yeah." "I'm sure." " I'll see you later." " OK." "Thanks for the flowers." "Excuse me." "What are you men doing here?" "Geological survey." "Hey!" "I want the truth!" "What are you doing here?" "I told you once, lady." "A survey." "You're a liar!" "They're lying." "You know what I think?" "I think you're nuts!" "You got a zoo here, Doc!" "I mean, really!" " What are you talkin' about, a zoo?" " A woman who thinks she's a wolf." "A guy who talks to General Patton through the heating ducts." "Who let these wackos in here?" "Wake up and smell the coffee, folks!" "Hey!" "Watch your mouth, stupid!" " Gonna kill you!" " Get your hands off me!" " Don't you say that!" " Leave him!" "What are you doing?" "!" "We all have problems." "We're trying to help one another." "Now, help us out and let Jim take you back to your room." "Please." " It's not right." " I know." " He shouldn't say that." " I know." "All right, people, that's it for today." "Please leave your work on the table and be sure your name's on it." "Mr Randall?" "Mr Randall." "Would you please leave your watercolour over here?" "Sure." "Why not?" "Let's see." "Let's see what..." "I don't have much of an art career waiting for me, do I?" "I think it's very interesting." "Wha..." "What?" "I like him." "I like him, Doc." "He thinks I got talent." "Don't tell him that's the only thing I know how to paint." "Do you wanna buy it?" "Come on, I got a truckload of 'em in my locker." " Not today." " No, huh?" "Luanne." "Come on, baby, I'll walk you home." "Come on." "Come on." "It's the only thing he ever paints." " I've got Lesley's test results." " And?" " All normal." " That's good news." "Neil, she's becoming more panicky." "She's obsessed with those missing hours." "I think she's ready." "Let's give it a shot." "Set up a session at my house, Thursday night." "They're coming for me!" "I can see them!" "They're coming!" "Who is?" "Who are "they"?" "I... don't know who they are." "I don't know!" "What do you want?" "I'm afraid of them!" "Please don't touch me!" "Don't be afraid, Lesley." "Don't be afraid." "This is not happening now." "This is all in the past." "No!" "Stay away from me!" "They're coming through the walls!" "I can't move." "They're putting me on a table and I can't move!" "Oh, God!" "They're taking off my clothes!" "Stop them!" "Please stop them!" "Lesley, close your eyes." "Close your eyes, Lesley." "Now." "This is not happening now." "It's not happening now, Lesley." "This is all in the past." "You're safe." "You're here in my office." "They can't hurt you." "Do you understand?" " Yes." " Good." "Because at the count of three," "I want you to look at them and you'll see their faces more clearly." " I don't want to look at them!" " Lesley, remember you're not there." "All right." "You ready?" " Yes." " OK." "One, two, three." "Can you describe them?" "Can you tell me what they look like?" "They're not..." "They're not people!" "What do they look like?" "They have... thin little grey bodies." "Big heads." "Big black eyes." "I don't like their eyes!" "Lesley, are you still in your dining room?" "No." "Somewhere else." "Where?" "On... on... on the ship." "Oh, God!" "There's... there's another one coming now." "What's this one look like?" "He says he's the doctor." " Did he tell you that?" " No." "But I know what he's thinking and he knows what I'm thinking." "No!" "Please don't." "He's spreading... my legs!" "No!" "Please!" "Aah...!" "No!" "Please don't!" "Please don't!" "Lesley, it's not happening now." "This is not happening now." "I'm gonna count to three." "When I do, you will wake up." "One." "You're back in that restful, beautiful, peaceful place again." "Two." "You're relaxing." "You're relaxing." "Three..." "You're awake." "So, how do you feel?" "I..." "I don't know." "These people you told us about, can you draw me a picture of them?" "I can try." "Will you please tell me what the hell is going on?" "Who broke into our house?" "Aliens?" "Ghosts?" "Of course not." "No." "But something happened." "It may not have happened the way she saw it, or that night." " Some kind of sexual abuse?" " Possibly." "A childhood assault." "Rape." "Maybe even incest." "It's too painful for her to remember, so she buries it." "Instead of seeing the true assaulter or assaulters, she sees something else." "See, her mind is not quite ready to accept... what it really was." "Not yet." "You have to be patient and understand what she's going through." "Are you OK?" "Feeling better?" " Yeah." " Good." "You asked me who they were, Dr Chase." "I don't know." "But I do know what they're after." "It's me." "A piece of me." "My skin, my blood." "That's what they want." "And they're going to be coming again." "I know it." "You can't just look at one symptom." "You need the whole picture." "She's still a functioning, integrated person." "A psychotic couldn't have been hypnotised so easily." "Then where did that stuff come from?" "Aliens in spaceships?" "Little grey people with burning black eyes?" "She's making this up, right?" "She's not consciously lying." "Her emotions are very real." "Have you ever encountered other cases of missing time?" " Other cases?" " There was a guy..." "Beach or Leach or something, asking a while back about the same sort of thing." "It was all very similar to your case." "Missing time..." " UFOs?" " Yeah, I think it did involve UFOs." "Perfect." "That's all we need." "I think you should speak with him." "I'll see if I can come up with his name." "If I do, I'll put him in touch with you." "Goodnight, sweetheart." "We get to see Daddy tomorrow." " Check for monsters first." " OK." "None in there." "There's none over there." "And none under there." "There are no monsters to be found, so little boys can close their eyes and drift away, OK?" "Wait." "Could you leave it on?" " Yes." " OK." "Night." "OK, Silent Sam, you wanna talk about it?" "Nothing to talk about." "Aren't you sleeping at night?" "What's wrong, Tim?" "Something's bothering you." " You can talk to me." " Dad!" "Dad's back!" "There's my big man!" "Come on." "Come on!" " I missed you." "Who's this right here?" " Hello, sweetie." "Try and put a little on it." "There you go." "Here comes a fly ball." "Fly ball." "Get under it." "Attaboy." "Attaboy!" "Attaboy." "Looky there." "The prettiest girl in the county." "I wonder who she's dining with tonight." "I might not be if you don't get changed." " I'll be in there in just a few minutes." " OK." "Do you have to go out?" "I gotta show your mom a good time once in a while." "You oughta be happy." "Sharon's coming over to sit." "I don't care." "I don't want you to go!" "Hey." "Hey, hey, hey." "Now, son, we've talked about this." "You know your mom and I need some time together." "Timmy, this isn't like you." "What's the matter, son?" "It's... it's Mom." " What about Mom?" " She scares me now." "Come here." " What was that?" " Oh!" "Jeez!" " It wasn't..." " Don't!" "Stop!" "Oh... gosh!" "Come on!" "I haven't laughed this hard in I don't know how long." "It sure is nice to see you having fun again." "Things have seemed a mite serious since I've been home." "I had a talk with Timmy, you know." "He says things haven't been right with you." "He's..." "Well, the boy is scared, is what he is." "The boy is scared." "It must have been a trip I took to see Doc Holton and..." " What trip?" " I had a nosebleed." "He was with me." "It was just a nosebleed, but... he was scared, probably." "Why was it you didn't tell me about that?" "'Cause it wasn't anything." "I'm gonna have it rechecked when I visit Leigh." "Why are you so nervous?" "What's happening?" " Nothing's happening." " Don't get upset about it." "Don't get upset." "It's OK." "It's not what you're thinking." "Well, it's not." "I wouldn't lie to you about that." "Honey, I know you wouldn't." "But I want you always to remember what I told you." "If old troubles do come back, this old boy is gonna stand next to you, no matter what, OK?" " I just got a great idea." " Did you?" "Mm-hm." "This is for the kids." "We haven't been up here in years." "Well, then, I'd say we're overdue." "Times sure have changed." "Once, you had to fight for a spot out here." " It's a school night, remember?" " Yeah, well." "That never stopped us." "QUIET GUITAR)" "Oh." "It's quarter to." "We'd best get going." "But I wanna come back here again." "Makes me feel like a kid again." " What you lookin' at?" "That star?" " It's not a star." "Stars don't move." " It's probably an aeroplane." " What is it?" "What is it?" "Why are you getting upset?" "It's only..." " No, it's not!" "They're coming back." " Honey..." "Who's coming back?" " They always come back for me." " Darling, it's all right." " I won't let them take me!" " There isn't anybody..." " No!" " Mary?" "Mary!" "Mary!" "Come..." " It's all right!" " Don't let them get me!" " Don't let them get me!" " Mary, it's OK." " No!" " Honey, it's all right!" "It's just a helicopter!" "That's all it is, just a helicopter." "That's all it was, just a helicopter." "It's all right now." "It's all right." "It's just a helicopter." " You expecting someone?" " No." " Yes?" " You must be Neil Chase!" "You must be... what?" "Wife?" "Girlfriend?" " Daughter." " The man has such excellent genes!" "Haven't eaten yet, I hope?" "Thai." "My treat." "Now, this way to the kitchen, I presume." " Caesar salad, perfect." " Would you tell me who you are?" "Where's my head?" "I know you, but you do not know me." "My name is Addison Leach." "Still doesn't tell you what I do, does it?" "I'm a ufologist." "My speciality is abductions." "That pretty Japanese doctor at the hospital contacted me and told me of your interest." "I figured since I was springing for the grub, you'd be delighted to see me." "Well, I'm here, you're here." "I'm hungry, you're hungry." "None of us have eaten." "Why don't we have some dinner?" "I'll wise you up to some things you ought to know." "What do you say?" "They occur regularly." "Nobody bothers except the few of us who know better." "Have you learned enough to know better, Doctor?" "If you mean do I believe in flying saucers, absolutely not." "You seem like an intelligent man." "You'll change your mind." "I've investigated sightings from Senegal to Manitoba." "The abductions in the Congo are virtually identical to the investigations you've been making here." " I'm not investigating abductions." " Oh?" "Missing time." "Little grey men, large eyes." "Medical probes." "Sounds familiar?" "Take 100 sightings. 60 aren't reported." "25 are honest misidentifications." "Ten are BS of the National Enquirer variety." "The remaining five?" "Ah, the remaining five." "Amazing, incredible, totally unidentified and entirely real." "I've been onto abductions for years, long before they became fashionable." "Look, I didn't just come here to have dinner and a few laughs." " We need each other, Doctor." " How d'you figure that?" "I've been hosting regular meetings of abductees, a sort of group therapy session." "We are in dire need of a professional who can help heal them, lend credibility to their plight." "You just don't get it, do you, Leach?" "I'm not interested in UFOs." "I didn't like fairy tales as a kid." "But one of your own patients is an abductee, Doctor." "You look for answers in the stars, Mr Leach." "I'll find mine right here on earth." "I have never understood you so-called men of science." "Something comes along, exciting and wildly important, and you turn your back on it just because it doesn't fit inside your box-like view of the universe." "Don't bother, I'll find my own way out." "Goodnight, young lady." "You're not scientists, you're cowards!" "I kinda liked him." "He's funny!" "You're funny." "Thank you very much." "Hi, guys!" "Whoa, Timmy!" "Look at you!" "You've got so big, I don't believe it!" " Mary, it's so good to see you!" " Great to see you." "How was your flight?" "See a movie?" "Yeah." "Can I go to a Dodger game before I leave?" "What do you think?" "Bet you're hungry." "How about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich?" " Yeah!" " Iced tea, Leigh?" " Sounds good." " Then we'll go swimming." "I still have no idea how I got to that diner." "I have no memory of it at all." "Had you been... drinking?" "No." "I haven't touched a drop in years." "I haven't..." "No." "It was different, Leigh." "This was different." "I think I'm going crazy." "Do you remember that tornado warning for the next county on Dad's radio?" "Yes, I remember." "Every time the wind blew you'd get the jitters." "I was really scared." "I kept looking out the window, waiting for the funnel cloud to appear." "But you weren't scared at all." "Remember?" "You got me through it." "You did." "It was like that a lot when we were growing up." "Even though I was older, I could count on you for strength." " That's not how I remember it." " That's how it was." "You were stronger." "Still are." "That's why I know you'll come through this OK, whatever it is." " Oh, Mary." " What?" "Your nose is bleeding." "Here." "Oh, not again." "We'd better get this nosebleed thing checked out." "Come on." " The doctor will be with you soon." " OK, thank you." "Mrs Wilkes?" " Good afternoon." "I am Dr Rahkar." " Hello." "Yes." "You're having trouble with your nasal passages?" " Yes." " Periodic bleeding?" "That's right, yes." "Has anyone looked at it in your home town?" "No, not really." "Please." "Let's see if we can't discover what the problem is." "Please." "OK." " Please!" "Try and be still." " Sorry." "I'm sorry." "OK." "All right now, Mary, this shouldn't take too long." "Dr Rahkar." " You did say you had no past surgery?" " That's right." " Are you sure of that?" " Yeah." "Yeah, why?" "Because your X-rays show quite different." "What?" "I'd like to know who did it." "He's damn good." "The best I've ever seen." "Did what?" "I have never had any surgery." "Mrs Wilkes, it simply couldn't have happened without your knowledge." "Would you please tell me what on earth you're talking about?" "Extremely complex nasal surgery... performed on you several times, most recently within the past six months." "Ray?" "Ray, this is your day off, right?" "Listen, you'd better come get Lesley." "She's not well again." "Yes." "Yes, take her to the doctor, Ray." "This has gone on too long." "Good." "All right." "Bye." "Got your test results." "A nasty virus is going around." "Fever, chills, vomiting..." " Please, don't remind me." " But you haven't got it." "Congratulations." "At least, I hope you'll think it's good news." "You're pregnant." "Pregnant?" "Are you sure?" " You want to see for yourself?" " Yeah." "Hold it." "Listen." "Remarkably vibrant little heart." "I'd say you've got a powerful child on your hands." "How do you feel?" "Confused." "Let me ask you, that picture on the screen, that's not the baby's actual size?" "Yes, it is." "You're well into your fourth month." "Oh, no, this has got to be a mistake." "It's no mistake." "You're due about the second week in April." "But Ray and I, we..." "For a while now, we've hardly been..." "We've, we've been so careful." "I never missed a period." "You've probably been experiencing some heavy spotting." "It's nothing to be alarmed about." "We'll keep an eye on it." "From this point on, you've got to take extra good care of yourself." "OK?" "Yeah." "I can't believe it." "I can't..." " There you go." " Looks good." "You know, I'm amazed the way you look after me." "That's what I'm here for, lady." "That's good." "After my divorce..." "I never thought I'd let any man get close to me again." "You've been so patient, you know." "I think that's what I'm most grateful for." "Lesley, I really think we should get married... and we're gonna have a child." "I love you... and just, just think about it, OK?" "Yeah." "No!" "No!" " No, keep away from me!" "No!" " Mary!" "Get away from me!" "Keep away from me!" " Keep away!" " Oh, Mary, it's just a nightmare." "No!" "I heard you still working and thought I'd call." "It's VIP time." " The cable sports woman?" " Yeah." "What's the problem?" "Brought her sister in completely out of control." " I gave her a shot of Ativan." " How's she doing?" "Pretty upset." "She had this nightmare that scared the hell out of her." " She's had recent emotional problems." " Where is she?" " This is Dr Chase." " How do you do, Miss Holland?" "I appreciate you coming." "I didn't know where else to take her." " I'll be at the desk." " Thank you." " How are you feeling now, Mrs Wilkes?" " Better." "Good." "Why don't you start by telling me about that nightmare?" "OK." "I..." "There..." "I was in this big empty house... and there was this awful dog." "The sedative should help." "Her lack of sleep has aggravated the problem." " How worried should I be?" " I don't know yet." "When they brought her back from the diner, did she have a gynaecological?" "She didn't say." "You think she was raped?" "They could have taken her, assaulted her and left her on the highway." "That would explain how she ended up 30 miles away." " Why wouldn't she remember it?" " It's a safety mechanism." "The mind shuts off, but we may be looking at a whole different set of problems here." "Do you think you could see her again?" " How long will she be staying with you?" " Till Saturday." "Well, I have an office in my home." "Bring her by tomorrow night after dinner." "See what we can find out." "OK." "Thank you, Doctor." " Hi." " Come in." " We couldn't get a sitter." " That's all right." " Say hi to my favourite nephew, Timmy." " Timmy, nice to meet you." " Nice to meet you." " How are you, Mary?" " Fine." " Good." "Please." " This is nice." " Thank you." "I guess we ought to find something for you to do, huh?" " What's your favourite sport?" " Baseball." "I could have guessed that." "I..." "I think I've got something you're gonna like." "Timmy, you are a lucky guy." "You're gonna love this." "Now..." "look at that." "Oh." "Oh, wow!" "Awesome!" "That's the best collection this side of the Mississippi." " I had it since I was your age." " That should keep him busy." "These dreams where you see the dog..." "You know, there was a dog." "It used to come by my house when I was little." "It would stand outside my window watching me." "Did it ever try to attack you?" "No." "No, I keep thinking about it." "Like maybe it wasn't really a dog." " What do you mean?" " I don't know." "Like maybe it was something else." " Like what?" " I don't know." "I don't know." "Can you help me?" "Is there some way to find out what's happening to me?" "If you're willing, we can try hypnosis." "Whatever." "Whatever it takes." "I have to find out what is happening to me." "All right, Mary," "I want you to let your mind drift back to the night of September the third." "You went to bed early." "You were sleeping soundly." "You were sleeping very, very soundly." "You're in your bed, very, very relaxed." "There's a blue light outside my window." " Can you see the clock, Mary?" " Mm-hm." " And what time is it?" " A quarter after twelve." "No!" "Please!" "I don't want to go with them." "With who?" "Who are they?" "Little men!" "Little grey men!" "Oh, please..." "don't make me go with them again!" "They're putting something in my nose!" "Ow..." "Ow!" "Ow!" "Oh, it hurts." "Stop them!" " Mary..." " It hurts!" "Mary, feel my hand..." "Mary, you're here now." "You're here now, you're safe." "It's not happening now." "Mary, you're safe here." "You're with me." "You're OK, Mary." "I want you to relax." "Relax, Mary." "You're safe." "That is absolutely incredible!" "I know." "Their stories were almost identical in intricate and specific detail." "That's why I've got to know more about Mary." "Are there any more similarities?" "Something in your family history." "What do you mean?" "Like what?" "You're her older sister." "You might know what she's forgotten or repressed." "Things so frightening that a young girl can't bury them in her memory." "You're talking about incest, sexual abuse." "These are hard things to talk about." "Nothing like that ever happened in our family." "I know that." "But these visions..." " Suppose they're not visions?" " What else could they be?" "Why can't you accept the possibility that it might actually be true?" "Leigh, that's fantasy." "UFOs, spaceships, alien creatures..." "It's against all the laws of physics, all we know about reality itself." "What about what we don't know?" "What's happening to Mary happened to that other woman, and you can't explain it." "That's reality." "Musial." "Ah-ha." "He doesn't look like he can hit like that." ""Stan the Man", they called him." "One of the greatest hitters." " He was the greatest." " There you go, two lemonades." " Thanks." " Look what Neil gave me." " His favourite Dodger." "How'd you get it?" " He was my patient." "We found out that hypnosis can't overcome a good curveball." "You're gonna spoil him." "How come a kid gets something good and some grown-up says it'll spoil him?" "Because that's our job." " Leigh!" " Yeah?" " I can't find Timmy's sweatshirt." " Stay out of trouble." "What does she mean, "stay out of trouble"?" " That's the way girls talk." " Yeah, right." "I love these old cards." "Kluszewski." "Now, there was another hitter." "He looked like a football player, this guy." "Huge guy." "What are these?" "Hey... did you draw these?" "Yeah?" "Hey, that's very good." "That's terrific." "You are an artist." "What are these?" "The monsters that come into my house." "You mean in make-believe?" "No, they're real." "How do you know they're real, Timmy?" "Have you seen them?" "No, but I hear them sometimes, at night when they come for my mom." "Do you want to talk about it?" "We're pals." "We can talk about anything." "There are creepy noises at night in old houses when the wood settles." "Those sounds you heard had nothing to do with anyone trying to harm your mom." "Listen, old pal, you don't have to be afraid." "There's no such thing as monsters... so they can never harm you." "You promise?" "I cross my heart." "Cross my heart." "I can't thank you enough." "There's no need to." "I feel stupid, but I don't know your fee." "I don't know what I owe you." "You just take care of that boy..." "and feel better." "Sorry I couldn't come up with more answers." "I'll keep on it." "You've got my number." "If you need anything, call me." "Bye." "Bye." " Here's my big man!" "How you doing?" " Good." " Miss Daddy?" " Yep." "Not as much as I missed you." "Honey, welcome home." "I brought the limo for us over there." "Well... you better keep these covers up tight tonight." "It's gonna be cold." "Goodnight, son." "You sleep good." " I will." "Night, Dad." " Goodnight." "See you in the morning." " You want me to keep this on?" " That's OK." "You can turn it off." "Mm." "Joe!" "Joe!" "Wake up." "There's something wrong!" "I can feel it!" "Joe!" "Joe, you have to wake up!" "Timmy!" "Timmy!" "Timmy!" "Timmy!" "Stop it!" "Leave him alone!" "Let me in!" "Leave my baby alone!" "Stop it!" "Stop it!" "Oh, Timmy!" "Tim!" "Oh, my baby!" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I'm so sorry." "I tried." "I couldn't stop them." "I'm sorry." "Mommy." "Mommy, they hurt me." "Oh, baby." "Oh, my baby." "Joe!" "I'm sorry." "I'm so sorry." "Joe!" "It looks worse than it is." "He's just dehydrated." " What could have caused it?" " With kids, nosebleeds aren't unusual." "Could be from a change in climate and altitude from the trip." "Did you find anything else?" "You mean like with you?" "No, nothing like that." "He's gonna be fine." "Joe, relax." "You'll have him back in the morning." "Come here." "No more secrets." "We're gonna go home and you're gonna tell me everything." " All right." " Everything?" "OK, let's go." "Why'd you keep this from me?" "I didn't want you to think that I was crazy." "The first thing I'm gonna do is call the police and I'm gonna..." " Joe, it's not gonna do any good." " Damn it." "Don't tell me that!" "Somebody does God knows what to you and the police can't help?" "I told you what that psychiatrist in L.A. Said." "Mary, I love you and you know that, and I'd do anything for you, but, honey, please don't ask me to believe in little grey men." "Something is happening to me and something is happening to Timmy!" "Whoever is doing it is going to come back." "I know it." " So that's the fancy L.A. Shrink, huh?" " He's here to help us, Joe." "Oh, Mary..." " Mary." " Thanks for coming." "My husband Joe." " Hi, Joe." " Yeah." "Glad you could make it." " How is he?" " What do they want with him?" "He's just a little boy." "Oh, honey." "Leigh, I've never seen a boy act this way." "Let me get that." "He won't talk." "I know he's all right, but he won't even get up out of bed." "Hey, Tim." "Look who's here." " It's Dr Chase." " Hiya, slugger." "How you feeling?" "He came all the way out here with Aunt Leigh just to see you." "Aren't you gonna say hi?" "I heard you had a bad nosebleed the other night." "How you feeling now?" "What's the matter, Timmy?" "What's wrong?" "You said they weren't real." " What do you mean?" " You know what I mean." "No, I'm afraid I don't know." "Why don't you tell me?" " Ask her to tell you!" " Timmy..." "I was calling you!" "I was yelling and you didn't even come!" "I tried, but I couldn't get in!" "They hurt me!" "Why didn't you stop them?" "They hurt me!" "I'm sorry, Timmy." "I'm so sorry." "I'm sorry, but there's no way I'm buying this UFO business." "Joe, open your mind." "People have spotted too many strange lights in the sky to disregard it." "Open my mind?" "Father, help me out here, would you?" "Would you tell the lovely young lady how God and aliens just don't mix?" "Would you also tell her how there's no mention of UFOs in the good book?" "Am I right?" "I know you don't believe in such things." "Don't be so sure." "I believe there's a place in God's creation for many things." "The more fantastic the universe, the greater the glory of its creator." "Don't you agree, Dr Chase?" "I'm sure the universe is fantastic, but I believe when we solve this, we'll find out it's an entirely terrestrial mystery." "There you go." "How do you explain Mary and that woman in L.A.?" "What other woman?" "I'm working with a patient who seems to have had a parallel experience." "Really?" "What does she say?" "Has she seen them?" "Has she seen their eyes?" "I'd rather not reveal details." "I don't want you influenced." " We still have more work to do." " I know." "There's a lot I don't remember." "Wow." "Another hypnosis session would be helpful." "We'll explore that in the morning." "No." "Tonight." "Tonight." "I've been so alone with this." "I want all of you to go through it with me." "Relax, Mary." "You're very, very relaxed." "You'll remember everything that happened." "You're gonna see it clearly, without fear, without anxiety." "When I count to three," "I want you to go back to that first time you saw these men." "All right." "One... two three." "It's hot." " How old are you, Mary?" " Seven and a half." " Where are you?" " In the backyard." "What are you doing?" "Me and Leigh are helping Daddy in the garden." "Mary, look." "Come on." "Little boy, wait for us!" "Little boy, wait for us." "Wait for us." "Ooh." "Oh!" "What, Mary?" "What's happening?" "We're inside... in the hall." "The little boy is gone and two little ghosts are walking with us now." "Oh!" "One of them is taking Leigh away." "Where are they taking her?" "These little ghosts, what colour are they?" "Grey." " What is it?" "Do you see something?" " There's, there's these little... there's funny letters or something on the wall." "Well, you take a good look at them, because later I want you to draw them." "Oh!" "It's cold." "What's cold?" "The table." "You have been chosen, as your mother before you... your sister, your child." "We will be together many times." "It hurts." "Please!" "You're hurting me!" "You're hurting my leg!" "Please... stop it!" " Stop!" "I don't want to be here any more!" " Mary, Mary, it's all right." "You're not there, you're here, and no one can harm you here." "No one can harm you." "When I count to three, you'll open your eyes and you will not be afraid." "One two very slowly waking three." "You're fully awake." " You all right, Mary?" " Yeah." "Do you remember a little boy like that ever?" "No." "It was when they marked me." " What do you mean?" " They marked me." "See?" " How long have you had that?" " Since I was a kid." "This has been happening all my life!" "What have they done to me?" "What are they gonna do?" "I didn't think that rain was ever gonna stop." "It was really coming down." "What do you think now, Doc?" "I..." "I haven't figured that out yet." "I know you came out here to help my wife, but I think it's me that needs a little help now." "That thing told her that she was chosen, like her mother... like my son... and if they can just turn people off like they did to me the night Timmy was hurt... how am I supposed to protect my family?" " I didn't know you were an artist." " No." "Yeah, I wish." "It's beautiful here." "I can't stop thinking about last night, Neil." "It scares me." "That scar that Mary showed us..." "I've had it since I was a little girl, too." "If things have happened to me, well..." "I'm glad I don't remember." "I think it's a blessing." " Joe!" "He's gone!" "They've taken him!" " What?" " Timmy's gone!" " What's wrong?" " He's not in his room!" "He's gone!" " No, there he is!" "In the field!" "Tim!" "Tim!" "What are you doing, honey?" "What are you doing?" "What are you doing?" "What in the world happened here?" "This is where it was, the night the little men came for me." "The disk was here." "I feel like we're deserting them." "It scares me to think what might happen." "There's just enough time." "There's someone I want to stop and see." "You want to know about that object we discovered, the pellet?" "That's right." "Well, sir, I've, I've come across some odd things in my day, yes indeed, but I must admit that thing I found in Mary's nose, that was strange." "I don't suppose you still have it." "My first instinct was to flush it away." "I didn't see any point in hanging on to it." "But then I had second thoughts." "Second thoughts are often the best, don't you think?" "I used a scanning electron microscope to ascertain its structural form." "I discovered three minute but distinct lobes." "The EDS revealed their chemical make-up is 90% carbon, 10% oxygen." "It's an advanced conductive polymer, the likes of which I've never seen." "I ran a culture test to see if the pellet was a catalyst for a germ/viral growth." "What's that?" "It seems that our object, under certain circumstances, goes from dormancy to physical mutation." "Quite extraordinary." "It's as if it were trying to burrow into the sample dish." "You said the pellet mutates under certain circumstances." "What are they?" "It alters in a moist environment at a precise 98.6 degrees." "It's almost as if the device was designed to flourish inside the human body." "Will you still be needing it?" "Needing what?" "I'm sorry to say there's nothing left." "A little while after the last test, it disintegrated before my eyes." "I took it to be some sort of internal self-destruct mechanism." "It's clever and effective." "Not a trace remains." "Gene, do you remember what you told me about these?" "You said some people in the desert showed them to you." "Can you tell me about the people?" "I can't tell you that, Doc." "They said it would be better." "What about the desert?" "Can we talk about that part?" "Yeah, yeah, I guess I can tell you about the desert." "I was stationed there..." "New Mexico, '73." "Did anything happen in the desert?" "I can't..." "I can't stand to think about it!" "How come you keep bringing that up?" "You know you want to tell me, Gene." "What happened?" "Tell me what happened." "You know, Doc... most mental cases can't pinpoint the moment they lost it." "I can." "It all started one night about three o'clock in the morning when I was standing the graveyard watch at the back gate of the airbase." "Holloman Command, over." "Holloman Comm..." "Holloman Command, over." "Aircraft down." "Repeat, aircraft down." "North-west sector." "Sector 41." "En route to crash site." "Procedure Echo-Delta-Echo." "Help me..." "Please..." "Help me." "What is it?" "Be careful." "It might be armed." "Get in there and check this out." "Alert security and find out what the situation is here." "Ha..." "Hey..." "Hey..." "This one might be alive!" "We could help him!" " You're coming with us." " Ain't you gonna help him, sir?" "We'll take care of that." "Help me get him out." "Someone's got to help him, sir!" "Somebody help him." "He needs help." " He needs help!" " Get him out of here!" "Wait a minute!" "Wait a minute!" "Ain't you all gonna help them people?" "I ain't done nothing!" "Those people need help!" "They need your help!" "Wait a minute!" "They kept at me for three days... until I signed their papers, said I was..." "I was on something." "Then they took me to the site." "There wasn't anything there." "Nothing." "The piece of metal you took with the symbols on it?" "No, I never saw it again." "Maybe they're right." "Maybe, maybe I was on something." "Maybe I am crazy." "No..." "No, you're not crazy, Gene." "I drew this?" "No." "That was done by a woman in Nebraska." "She's never met you." "She's never heard of you." "She's never seen your symbols." "She saw them inside a spaceship." "It's all right, Gene." "It's all right." "It's all right." "Come in, Neil." "Sit down, Doctor." "Hold all calls, please." "You're becoming involved with some questionable things, Neil." "What exactly are you referring to, Stanley?" "This..." "lunatic fringe you're associating with, it's unbecoming a man of your position." "I'm trying to help people." "I am sure you're well intentioned, but word is starting to get around." "What is that supposed to mean?" " Talk." " Talk." "In professional circles, our circles." "It's very embarrassing to have one of your own..." "look so ridiculous." "Get out now, Neil, for your own good." "I'll tell you something, Doctor." "I'm sick of all this sudden good advice." "Who else are you talking to?" "I'm just telling you as a friend." "I'm doing you a favour." "Yeah, well, keep your favours, Doctor." "Don't kid yourself." "We have never been friends." "Fine." "I'm ordering you to drop all discussions of so-called abductions." " You have enough to do already." " I am well aware of my responsibilities." "I hope so, Neil, and one other thing:" "That patient of yours, Gene Randall, he's being released today." "That'll be all, Doctor." " Lesley, how are you?" " I'm good." " Ray." " Hey." " Oh, here." " Thank you very much." "You look great." "It must be that glow they talk about." "How was Kansas?" " Nebraska." " Isn't it the same?" "Only to Californians." "Hi." "Leigh Holland." " "Sports Night Final"." " Right." "Hi." "The men seem to know me." "Women haven't a clue." "Come on in." "Come on." "You're kidding?" "Lesley, there's something you should know." "I went to help a woman who's had some incidents strikingly similar to your own." "You're not alone." "Dr Chase..." "I've changed my mind about those incidents." " Oh?" " Yes." "I think you were right all along." "I think they were dreams." "Anyway, that's all in the past now." "I can feel it." "I'm sure of it." "We're getting married." " That's wonderful." "Congratulations!" " Thank you." "It's hard to describe, but this baby has brought focus into my life." "It brought Ray and I together, just like it was a gift from God." "Have you set a date?" "Not yet, but we plan on doing it before the baby comes to make it more proper." "When we set a date, you'll be the first to know." "Here's to the happy couple and to the beautiful child-to-be!" " Thank you." " Happiness." "No, please..." "Please don't..." "No!" "Where are we?" "What is this place?" "Ray!" "Where are you taking me?" "Mm!" "Les?" "Lesley?" "Lesley..." "Les, you in there?" " Oh!" " Ray." "Oh, Ray!" " Oh, baby." "Oh, what happened?" " Something went wrong." "Dr Chase?" "Thank you for coming." "I'm Susan Goodburn." "Doctor, how is she?" "She's sedated and resting." "Emotionally, she's still distraught." "The baby?" " What happened?" " We're not sure." "Everything was there:" "The placenta, the umbilical cord, the embryonic sac." "But the foetus is gone." "I think she spontaneously aborted last night, flushed the foetus and then blocked the memory." " That's your field." " Is her boyfriend here?" "He's on duty." "He'll be here the minute he's off." "In the meantime, she keeps asking for you." "Lesley, I'm sorry." "They did it, Dr Chase." "They did it." "They took my baby." "Do you understand?" "They went inside me and took my baby." "It's not fair!" "It was mine." "I hate them." "I hate them." "Well, well, well, a college professor." "You could have fooled me." "What did you think I was?" "A lion tamer?" "Based on your last exit, maybe an acrobat?" " What do you teach, anyway?" " Anthropology." "You wanna enrol?" "Actually, I came by to return a favour..." "Cajun." "It's hard to tell just what they are." "Everyone thinks outer space because we call them aliens." "Who knows where they're from?" "I am sure they won't be landing on the White House lawn or appearing on "Nightline"." "OK, forget what they are." "Where are they from?" "What do they want?" "Ask a hundred different experts and get a hundred and ten different replies." "Exploration, curiosity, salvation..." "Spin a wheel, take a choice." "Coming to you for answers, I'm crazy." "For answers, come to my meeting tomorrow." "Meet the experts." "Abductees." "All right, but I have a couple of people I want to bring with me." "The more the merrier." "Good to see you again, Doc." "I knew you'd be back, but not quite so soon." "What turned you around?" "I finally opened my eyes." "I'm Dan Blatt." "I'm a golf pro." "For years I worked real hard at suppressing all abduction memories." "Now that I remember, I'm scared to death almost all the time." "I know they'll be coming for me again." "They always come back." "My name is Ruth Kennedy." "I'm a housewife and I don't think we should be afraid of them." "I feel like the initial fear is on our side." "An all too human fear of the unknown." "My name is Margaret Hussey." "I'm a stockbroker." "I feel fortunate that they selected me." "I think we're all really lucky." "Special." "We've been chosen for a higher purpose." "We should be proud of being marked in this way." "Javier Perez." "I'm a foreman." "We're laboratory rats, that's all." "Specimens." "They've been manipulating my life since I was a little boy... and they never asked permission." "They never once asked." "You know what the hardest part is?" "The isolation, the ridicule, the self-doubt." "Half the time you're wondering if you're going crazy." "Half the time everyone thinks you are." "Yeah, it's true." "How many of you were children when you were first abducted?" "You see, that's how it usually starts for most of them." "I asked Lesley and Ray to come with me because I thought the people here, more than anyone else in the world, would understand how they feel." "You can talk to us, Lesley." "We've all had to deal with a lot of pain." "I hate them." "They just come and take whatever they want... what doesn't belong to them." "They took my baby." "They took my baby, too." "That happened to my wife, too." "She blamed herself." "Nothing I could say could change that." "There was nothing I could do." "But there is something that we can do." "I can try to help you deal with the trauma of what you've experienced, integrate it into your lives, so you don't live with these feelings of guilt and fear." "Yes, but... how do we stop it from happening again?" "How do we stop it?" "Excuse me." "Can I ask you..." "Margaret?" " Yeah." " Hi." " Nice to meet you." " You too." "I feel better about Ray and Lesley." "This group's gonna be helpful." "Glad you changed your mind." "They need you." "I'll be here, every other Tuesday." " You're addressing an SPA conference." " How'd you know that?" "One of my colleagues from the university is going." "What will you be talking about?" " I know what I'd like to talk about." " Why don't you?" "You'd be trailblazing." "No one in your position has had the guts to speak out." "It's a unique opportunity." "People with new ideas are often called crackpots or worse." "Then one day the world catches up." "Then they're called visionaries." "Think about it." " Goodnight." " Goodnight." "Our final speaker tonight is someone very close to me." "A highly respected colleague at the medical centre and a dear friend." "His paper on post-traumatic stress is must reading in the whole community." "His subject tonight is the aftermath in adult life of childhood sexual abuse." "Please welcome Dr Neil Chase." "Thank you." "It's nice to be here and to see so many familiar faces." "Ladies and gentlemen, the treatment of adults who have experienced sexual child abuse is often buried so deeply in the unconscious that a patient will vehemently deny that it ever took place." "Regressive hypnosis is frequently a helpful tool when trying to recover a buried trauma." "The... the post-traumatic stress related to these events can manifest itself..." "Ladies and gentlemen, with your indulgence..." "I would like to shift gears... and talk about something I have recently become involved in." "There are difficulties in broaching the subject." "I can't think of a way that doesn't sound like a plea for open-mindedness." "It began one night, not so long ago, when I did a favour for an associate, and I took on a new patient." "She came to me..." "These people can't be dismissed." "They can't be forced into one of our standard psychiatric categories." "Their dilemmas are unique and challenging, and they need our help." "I'm asking you to open your minds." "Don't be afraid to believe." "This is the most significant development in the history of man." "Dr Chase, if this is happening, why haven't we heard about it?" "Where's the government in all this?" "This is going on and they don't know?" "They know about it." "Believe me, they know about it." "Do some research." "These things have actually shown up on radar." " Why are they keeping it a secret?" " I don't know." "There are theories." "And what do they want?" "I've heard no explanations for any of these things here." " Because there aren't any explanations." " Oh, come on!" "I've been practising psychiatry for almost 20 years." "All my training, my instincts, my clinical experience, led me in search of an acceptable psychological explanation for what I was hearing." "My biggest fear was that I wouldn't find one... and I didn't." "But, ladies and gentlemen, there is no denying what I've seen." "What's happening is real." "You've committed professional suicide." "No one will ever take you seriously." "Your name will always be associated with that misguided spectacle!" "What's your point, Doctor?" "You've embarrassed our hospital, as well as myself!" "As soon as I can, I'm petitioning the board..." "Don't bother." "I resign." "It hasn't been a pleasure, Doctor." " I'm Dr Neil Chase." " Yes, sir." "Would you follow me?" "I'm General Hanley." "Thank you for coming." "Would you care for a drink?" "No, thank you." "All right, Maurice." "Would you close the door on your way out?" "Have a seat, Doctor." "I've been reading the transcript of your recent remarks to the State Psychiatric Association." "I hear they caused quite a stir, but we don't concern ourselves with these screwball flying saucer stories that headline in the supermarket tabloids." "As a matter of fact, we encourage them." "When someone like you gets involved, then we become concerned." " Why is that?" " Your credentials." "Your standing in psychiatry." "From you, something like this cannot be so easily discredited." "Why would you want to?" "Let me tell you a story." "Entirely hypothetical, of course." "Let's suppose that a group was formed many years ago to investigate a certain worrisome phenomenon and that the many brilliant men in this group could be counted on to come up with answers to such a mystery, and to keep their mouths shut until they did come up with answers." "Were you one of these men?" "Most of those men would be dead now." "As I said, it was a long time ago." "The problem was that the men in this group couldn't find an answer." "They knew there was something out there, no doubt about that, something quite extraordinary." "But as to the who, why, what, where... well, they struck out." "They struck out good." "Would you like a cigar, Doctor?" "No, thanks." "So the President who had formed this group made a decision to hide its existence, to make it an ongoing Black Project." "Untraceable, unaccountable to Congress or even to succeeding administrations, and then, on the day that answers finally were found, the group leader was to march into the Oval Office and inform the President." "That day is yet to come." "That's a very interesting story, but no group, no government, no single person, not even the President, has the right to make that kind of unilateral decision." "All right, all right, Doctor, let's assume for the sake of the argument again that something is happening out there." "What would you have us do?" "Should the US President go on television and say," ""My fellow Americans, we have evidence of a superior culture out there." ""They come from God knows where." ""Maybe from outer space, maybe from some other dimension of existence." ""They are abducting our citizens on a regular basis," ""conducting experiments on them," ""collecting specimens of our ova, our sperm." ""They have been impregnating women" ""and then later invading their bodies again" ""and stealing the unborn foetuses for reasons we can only imagine"?" "No..." "Our world, my friend, is based on the premise of a 30-year mortgage." "You and I can close our eyes and sleep at night knowing that the world we know today will be there tomorrow, and the next day, and the week after that." "I repeat, Doctor, until the day comes when we know what we're dealing with, until we can give solid answers, the policy of this government remains." "Nothing is out there." "It's just science fiction." "The domain of a very rabid, lunatic fringe." "What's the point of this meeting?" "We want you to join us, help us find the answers." "We need people like you in this group." "Now, Doctor, they would be willing to make you an excellent arrangement." "They'll let you in and show you things that will amaze you beyond your dreams." " Not if it means sticking to the party line." " That's what it would mean." "Then I'm sorry, General, I can't help you." "Now, unless there's anything else...?" "You're being very foolish, sir." "Perhaps, but that's the way I feel about it." "Thank you." "Dr Chase..." "I'm afraid you're going to be a very lonely man... but you've already found that out, haven't you?" "No." "I'm full." "Thanks." "I got a call from Mary." "They want us to come out for Thanksgiving." "What?" "Has something happened?" "I don't know." "She says things are a lot better, but I'm not sure I believe her." "Do you wanna go?" "Yeah, sure." " What are you thinking?" " That if I hadn't brought Mary to you..." "You still don't understand, do you?" "I'm glad you came to me." " But, Neil, your reputation..." " To hell with my reputation." "Wow!" "Hey, that's some fastball you got there." "Do you throw with the seams or across?" "With, I think." "Two fingers across the seams give you more movement with the ball." "Here!" "Whoa!" "Strike three!" " Oh, Mary, that looks delicious." " Pretty." " So, do you love him?" " What?" "'Cause he's in love with you." "It's as plain as day." "Yeah, I like him a lot, but we both agreed to take it slow." "Right." "OK, you all, it's dinner!" "Dear Lord, we give thanks for our family and friends and this fine meal." "And, Lord, I pray that you watch over my family, protect them and keep them from all harm." "We've given our trust to you, Lord." "Amen." "Amen." " I've got mine." "What you all eating?" " Well, I'm willing to share, Joe." "How's it been going, Joe?" "Oh, I don't know, Doc." "All right, I guess." " Nothing's happened, has it?" " Not since you left." "I've been keeping a good watch on things, staying up all night sometimes." "If they do decide to come back, I'm gonna be ready for them this time." "Day or night, they try to mess with us again, they're gonna go through me first." "Joe, Leigh tells me that Mary had a miscarriage about four years ago." "Yeah, yeah, she did." "What happened?" "Well, Doc, it's not the easiest thing to talk about." "It almost split us up." "You know she had a booze problem at one time." "Yeah." "I was away on a trucking run when it happened." "Doc Holton figured she must have tied one on and..." "I don't know, fell down or something." "Anyway, she lost the baby and that's when she quit drinking." "And there it is." "We had a light snow about a week ago." "The stuff just evaporated right off." "Time has come, Mary." "Time has come for you to understand." "These are of the between, not of your world or of ours, but the between." "She's mine... isn't she?" "Oh..." "She's so beautiful." "She looks like a little angel." "Oh, I want to hold her." " She's afraid of me!" " She must go now." "No!" "Why?" "Please!" "I have to hold her for a moment." "I have to." "I have..." "She's mine!" "Don't be afraid of me." "I would never harm you ever." "I'm your mother." "I love you." "I'm your mother and I love you." "Oh, I love you." "I just love you." "No!" "No, please!" "Please... can't she stay with me?" "It cannot be." "She could not live, survive in your world." "Oh, no!" "You must go back now." "Will..." "Will I ever see her again?" "Yes." " You're not a bad cook." " Thank you." "Yeah, these potatoes are great." "Thanks." "Timmy, why don't you try a little toast on your jam there, huh?" "Tim, what's that little white square thing next to your elbow?" " A napkin." " Yeah, yeah." "Hello, sleepyhead." "I thought you was gonna sleep through the morning." "Is there something wrong, honey?" "Something happened last night." " Timmy, go upstairs, son." " No." "I want him to hear this." "I want all of you to hear this." "Why do you think you can remember this so clearly, without hypnosis?" "Well, I think because this time they wanted me to remember." "They wanted me to tell about it." "You know I said when he held my hands and he looked at me, right before he sent me back?" "When he did that, I felt this amazing..." "This burst of emotion just went right through me and through my insides." "Like he..." "Maybe he was trying to make me understand his feelings." "It felt like... he was lots of things:" "Sad and lonely but happy too, happy and satisfied." "I know he cared about me... and that maybe he was gonna miss me as much as I was gonna miss her." "Whatever it is they're doing, it's not evil." "I know that." "I think that's what he was trying to make me understand." "It's like they're using us for some important purpose." "I don't know what it is, but I feel that it's for the good." "I feel that... and I never felt that way before." "Never." "Well, I know one other thing." "And what's that?" "That it's over at least for now." " Take that road." "I'll show you something." " What?" "We've got time." "The plane doesn't leave for two hours." "What is this place?" " It's where we all used to come to neck." " Oh, not you?" "What is it?" "She's out there somewhere." "Mary's child." "My niece." "And there are other children, too." "Why do you think they created them?" "To start a new world?" "Maybe." "Or to save an old one."