Fire in the Sky Page #4

Listen, fellas, I want you all to know

that there's not a damn thing

personal in this.

Now, where's your friend?

- Which one?

- Come on, Mike.

The one with the attitude.

Well, if you mean Dallis,

I don't know.

We got a proposition for y'all.

I want you to take

a lie-detector test.

If you're telling the truth,

it'll sure strengthen your cause.

We'll think about it.

I got a good man

right here in the state.

I mean, you could take it today,

tomorrow, any time that y'all feel--

I said, we'll think about it.

Why don't we have a little talk,

Mike, huh?

Outside.

Young Greg told us the truth

about the cut on Dallis' hand.

It wasn't a paper cut, was it?

He had an altercation with Travis

on the day of the disappearance.

Isn't that true?

I guess.

I think you're starting to get

a pretty good feel

for who I am, Rogers.

I've been at this line of work

for a long time.

You know what's starting to bug me?

I think maybe

you didn't kill your friend.

But for the life of me,

I can't figure why you're covering up.

- What the heck's he want?

- I don't know. Let's go.

- Where we going?

- To find Dallis.

Dallis? I thought you don't know

where he is.

I lied.

All right, I'm gonna raise you 1 0

on this. I'm gonna raise you...

Guys, just speak American, please.

Well, fellas.

Well?

I heard what's been happening in

that stupid little Mormon town of yours.

I told you chuckleheads that story

was never gonna work, didn't l?

Yeah, well, you know they took away

our logging contract, Dallis?

Do you know that, huh?

Well, that figures. They're a bunch

of chickenshit a**holes.

Yeah, well, speaking of chickenshit,

where you been?

I been around.

You knew where to find me,

didn't you, Mike?

Davis and Watters

are looking for you, Dallis.

They know about

your criminal record.

They know you lied

about how you hurt your hand.

- They know you're full of it...

- You're full of information today,

- aren't you, choirboy?

- Well, it don't make us look good

- when you don't show up. No, it don't!

- Well, that's too goddamn bad!

They want us to take

a lie-detector test.

I wanna know

what you think about it.

You wanna know

what I think about it?

That's right.

I'll tell you what I think.

I think those devices

are very dangerous, man.

That machine says you lied,

it don't matter if you

told the truth, you lied.

It might clear us, though.

Oh, it might clear you.

You know,

they don't need a body

to press murder charges,

did you know that?

Did you know that, huh?

And they ain't never gonna find Travis.

You know that and I know it, right?

So then the pressure's gonna be on

Davis and Watters to solve the case.

And who do you think

they're gonna zero in on, huh?

What, you, choirboy?

And God'll send

a swarm of locusts down on them.

And you,

Mr. Pillar-of-the-Community?

No, I don't think so.

No, the question is,

how long before you boys decide

to save your lily-white asses

and point the finger at me?

- That's a load of crud...

- No, that's exactly

- the way it's gonna be!

- That's a load!

If we decide to take

this lie-detector test,

we all take it.

Don't you point your finger at me.

All right, Mike. Come on!

All right! All right!

All right. Go.

- Get away from me.

- All right, Dallis, you just be there.

That was nice, that felt good.

Just be there.

Be there.

The story has drawn

international attention,

and the controversy surrounding

Walton's disappearance

has reached the boiling point,

with no sign of...

I've had enough of this.

I'm going down there.

In the four days Walton's

been missing, newsmen...

You sure you wanna do that?

...from all over the world have

descended on sleepy Snowflake,

and the locals aren't pleased.

Ray Melendez has more.

The White Mountains.

Apache legend tells of evil spirits

which frequented this place,

dropping down from the sky

to kidnap unsuspecting children.

The five men in question

still haven't spoken to the press.

Law-enforcement authorities

are desperately trying

to get to the bottom of this mystery.

It's been four days now

since Travis Walton

disappeared without a trace.

And the case is attracting

major international attention.

Law can't get them to talk,

I know some folks damn well can.

...fiercely conservative town.

In this local mountain community,

the overriding question remains:

What really did happen that night,

and where is Travis Walton?

A concerned town has called

a meeting tonight at their church

to discuss these very questions.

Though they won't

comment publicly,

"homicide" is a word that is heard

on the lips of local investigators.

Ray Melendez, Action News.

Thanks, Ray. In other news...

Sheriff, we've been

combing those woods for days now.

The town's getting a bad name.

My kids are scared

from all this silly UFO nonsense...

...and all these strangers

wandering around asking questions.

What are you

gonna do about it, sheriff?

Yes, ma'am.

Miss Sarah, everybody's

awful concerned about this.

Nobody's more concerned

than me and my men.

They're working 24 hours a day

on this matter.

We wanna get back to normal

in this town, if we can.

One thing I want you to know,

we've asked those young men

to take a lie-detector test.

And they flatly refused.

What good's that gonna do,

anyhow?

Now, if there's been foul play,

we need to know now

that our town is safe to live in.

And why haven't you made

any arrests?

Come on, Nate, think it through.

There's not one scintilla of evidence

that a crime's even been committed.

Everybody's got a pretty good idea

what really happened.

Hey, hold it.

You just hold it right there.

What are you people trying to say?

What are you saying, George?

Are you saying I killed

Travis Walton?

You really disappoint me.

I went to school with you, Nate.

My Mary, she's at school

with your kids.

Jack, Larry,

Mrs. Pratt.

What are you doing?

I miss Travis.

Just like you. I miss him bad.

But l... I can't help what happened.

I... I can't change what I saw.

I wish I could.

I wish... I wish we had him back.

I... I wish I knew...

I wish I knew he was okay.

But that's out of my hands.

And so is what you think of me.

We've been telling you the truth

since the beginning.

And now we're ready to prove it.

We'll take your damn

lie-detector test.

You set it up, we'll be there.

You go ahead.

And if any of you got anything to say

about me or my crew,

you say it now,

and you say it to my face.

Mike, whose idea

was the lie-detector test?

Was that yours or the sheriff's?

- Did you kill Travis?

- Did you really see aliens up there?

- If you killed Travis Walton...

- Give him some room.

Give him some room.

Back off, back off.

You were told to be here at 9:00.

Yeah, well, we weren't.

Fellas, meet Cy Gilson.

Came all the way from Phoenix

to be sure that you get a good test.

Yeah, and how do we know that?

I guarantee it.

Words are cheap.

Yeah, you say the test will be good.

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