A TEST PILOT WHO MAY HAVE BEEN FLYING AIRCRAFT MADE WITH ALIEN TECHNOLOGY DISAPPEARS,
AND MULDER AND SCULLY MUST DEFY THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT TO FIND THE TRUTH.
Six top notch Air Force test pilots have disappeared after flying ultra secret
experimental aircraft at Ellens AFB. When the wife of the latest victim files a missing
persons report with the FBI, Mulder jumps at the chance to confirm his theory that the
government is building aircraft with captured UFO technology. A mysterious informant,
known only as "Deep Throat" , appears and warns Mulder not to get involved in
the case, but Mulder plunges in anyway. He and Scully witness an aerial display that
defies knowledge of current technology, and find two unlikely allies in a pair of
zoned-out teens who show Mulder a way onto the base. But when Mulder is captured and
drugged to erase his memory, Scully must break more than one rule to get him back.
Notes
The title refers to the best darn informant to come down the pike, Deep Throat, which
as you may or may not know, was also the name of the informant in the Watergate affair.
The file number for this case is #DF101364 (note the 1013 part)
The license Scully calls in is number CC1356, a reference to Chris Carter's (CC) full
birthdate 10/13/56.
Colonel Budahas states his birthdate as 11/21/48.
Note the name of the author of the article Scully reads on the microfiche machine,
Chris Carter.
Quotes
Mulder: "Can I buy you a drink?"
Scully: "It's two o'clock in the afternoon, Agent Mulder."
Mulder: "That's not stopping the rest of these people."
Mulder: "So, you and I are going to the spud state to investigate a little
kidnapping."
Scully: "I don't get it Mulder. Does this have something to do with an X-file? I
thought you only liked those paranormal type cases. Am I missing something here?"
Mulder: "Let's just say this case has a distinct smell to it. A certain paranormal
bouquet."
Deep Throat: "Leave this case alone Agent Mulder."
Mulder: "What?"
Deep Throat: "The military will not tolerate an FBI investigation."
Mulder: "Who are you?"
Deep Throat: "I can be of help to you. I've had a certain interest in your
work."(There is a knock on the door, we see that it has been bolted from the inside)
Voice: "Sorry."
Mulder: "How do you know about my work?"
Deep Throat: "Well, let's just say that I'm in a position to know quite alot of
things, er, things about our government."
Mulder: "Who are you? Who do you work for?"
Deep Throat: "It's unimportant, I came here to give you some valuable advice. You
are exposing yourself and Agent Scully to unnecessary risk, I advise you to drop the
case."
Mulder: "I can't do that."
Deep Throat: "You have much work to do Agent Mulder, (he unlocks the door) don't
jeopardise the future of your own efforts."
(In a diner, Emil is using a hamburger to demonstrate how the lights they see fly)
Emil: "Sometimes they come in real low, and just put on the scares right, it's
like eeoou-ra and then they just hang there, and hover without making a sound. And you
just think, you know, who turned down the volume right."
Mulder: "What do you think they are?"
Emil: "Ok, everybody thinks that they're like UFOs, but I think it's some kinda,
star wars cybertech new fangled hardware right, they probably roll it out for, desert
storm II or something like that. Cruise right over Saddam's house, you know, it'll be
like, what..." (laughs)Mulder (pulls out the UFO photo he bought at the Flying Saucer
diner): Do they look anything like this?"
Emil: "No. (Mulder's looks disappointed) They look exactly like that."
Scully: "Mulder, come on. You've got two blurry photos, one of them taken almost
50 years ago, and another one you purchased today in a roadside diner. You're going out on
a pretty big limb."
Mulder: "Tell me there isn't a remarkable resemblance."
Scully: "Tell me one good reason why either of these photos is authentic."
Mulder: "You saw exactly what I saw in the sky tonight. What do you think they
were?"
Scully: "Just because I can't explain it, doesn't mean I'm going to believe they
were UFOs."
Mulder: "Unidentified Flying Objects. I think that fits the discription pretty
well. Tell me I'm crazy."
(after seeing the "returned" Lt. Colonel Robert Budahas and Mulder confusing
him with a simple piloting question)
Mulder: "I think they re-wired that man's brain. Some kind of selective memory
drain."
Scully: "The brain doesn't work like that, Mulder. You can't just go in and erase
certain files."
Mulder: "Then you explain it to me."
Scully: "There are types of amnesia th.."
Mulder: "This is not amnesia, I think it's something far more deliberate and
insidious."
Scully: "All I'm saying, is that the science or medical technology to do what you
are suggesting,
does not exist."
Mulder: "And neither does the technology to fly the aircraft we saw last night.
Listen to me Scully, they can do this. That man, he should have known the answer to the
question, it just wasn't in his head anymore."
Mulder: "Why would they go to all this trouble? Out of a need for security.
Security of what? I think there's a huge conspiracy here Scully. They've got a UFO here,
I'm sure of it. And they'll do anything to keep it a secret, including sacrificing lives
and minds of thosepilots, because what if that secret got out."
Scully: "If, if that were true, it would be a national scandal."
Mulder: "No no, you're not thinking big enough, if it were true, it would be
confirmation of the existence of extra terrestrial life."
Scully: "Did you ever stop to think that what we saw was simply an experimental
plane. Like the stealth bomber or, this Aurora Project. Doesn't the government have a
right and a responsibility, to protect it's secrets?"
Mulder: "Yes, but at what cost, when does the human cost become too high for the
building of a better machine."
Deep Throat: "Mmm, you've seen things that weren't to be seen. Care and discretion
are now
imperative."
Mulder: "I saw something I..."
Deep Throat: "As I said, I can provide you with information, but only so long as
it's in my best interest to do so."
Mulder: "What is your interest?"
Deep Throat: "The truth."
Mulder: "I did see something, but it's gone, they took it from me, they erased it.
You have to tell me what it was."
Deep Throat: "A military UFO? Mr. Mulder, why are those like yourself, who believe
in the existence of extraterrestrial life on this earth, not dissuaded by all the evidence
to the contrary?"
Mulder: "Because, all the evidence to the contrary is not entirely
dissuasive."
Deep Throat: "Precisely." (Deep Throat walks away)
Mulder: "They're here, aren't they." (Deep Throat stops and turns to face
Mulder)
Deep Throat: "Mr. Mulder, they've been here for a long long time."