Roswell Page #3

This is tin foil.

we send these up every day.

That may be true, major,

But the fact is...

This is what you found.

And from now on, you're not to talk

to anyone about this.

That includes your family.

Understood?

Yes, sir.

now, this is officer irving newton,

weather officer, ft. worth.

Now, tell us, what's your opinion?

it's a weather balloon.

l guess what made

this one here so confusing...

ls that it has

this radar target attached.

Quite frankly, i'm a bit surprised that

someone with major marcel's experience...

Didn't recognize it

for what it was.

major marcel, would you hold

this for the reporters, please?

lf you would kneel down, l think we

could get everything into the same picture.

Thank you.

This just in.

what goes up must come down.

Bad news, folks.

Seems our flying saucer is more like

an empty teacup.

''according to general ramey, major marcel

should have realized...

That what the rancher had found was, in fact,

nothing but a weather balloon.''

Talk about having confidence

in your army.

Here l was planning on inviting the martians

on this show so we could hear their side.

Sure saved me from a lot of

embarrassment, i'll tell you.

mom, what are they

talking about?

we held it in our hands.

You saw it too.

Hello?

hi, son.

Dad. where are you?

i can't tell you that.

Just want you and mom

to know that i'm fine.

Okay. Um, dad says he's fine.

when will you be back?

l don't know. l might have to stay on

a day or two.

The cowboy cookout's

tomorrow night.

Hey, l know that.

And you better believe i'm gonna

try my darndest to be there, all right?

Dad, are you okay?

Yeah.

Put your mother on.

l love you, son.

-jess?

- hi, hon.

Hi.

Are you really okay?

Yeah.

Yeah, l really am.

okay, l love you.

Look, i, uh, gotta go.

l love you too.

Bye, hon.

Okay, general ramey, we understand

what happened at roswell...

was just some major's mistake, huh?

yes.

But now you're saying there are no

flying saucers at all?

well, as far as the military

is concerned, yes.

That is correct.

That is my information.

But people have reported seeing 'em all

over the country. How do you explain that?

well, when you actually examine this,

it turns out to be not quite true.

See, they've been reported

in every state except one-- kansas.

Kansas is a dry state. They still have

prohibition.

l think that drinking may have had

a little something...

To do with this...

''phenomenon.''

Sherman?

Sherman?

uh, lewis?

would you mind leaving us

for a moment?

what do you have to say to me

you can't say in front of him?

well, i'd feel happier if he weren't here.

well, l wouldn't.

No, l think l will

step outside.

Thanks.

-what the hell's all this about?

- l wanna see your report.

what report? on what we saw

at the ranch.

On what's been happening around here

since i've been gone.

'cause l saw planes coming into ft. worth

carrying boxes l know came from here.

And somehow, l don't think it's laundry

they're unloading.

So if i'm the fall guy on this,

i wanna know what i'm the fall guy for.

Then i'll be a good soldier.

Let me see

your report, sherman.

l don't know what

you're talking about.

The hell you don't.

Let me put it this way.

lf there were such a report,

lt would almost certainly

be classified by now,

Andyouwould not be authorized to see it.

Sherman!

i can't do it.

l outrank you,

and this is an order!

lt doesn't matter

that you outrank me.

l'm not answerable to you

on this, jess.

l make my reports

to the pentagon directly.

That is my mandate.

we won a war

by keeping our mouths shut.

lf you have a problem with that,

i suggest you take it up with washington.

l'm not allowed to talk

about it, and i'm sorry. But--

lf they say it's a weather balloon, son,

it's a weather balloon.

- but do you believe it?

- that's not the issue!

- but dad-- - honey, don't ask your father

any more questions.

Son, i'm gonna need

that piece back...

l gave to you.

They'd asked if l kept any pieces.

why?

l am not in a position to ask those sorts

of questions, all right?

l have been ordered not to discuss it,

and a soldier obeys orders.

That is the first thing you'll learn when

you go into the military.

l'm not going

to be a soldier.

where'd you put

the piece?

lt's in my room.

Come on.

# stare up to the stars #

# asking why is it real #

# all eyes #

# but this, l know #

# my love can grow #

#for still #

# i'm here #

Frank joyce. My god.

How are you?

So l heard wrong. So you haven't

given up. well--

Frankly, i'd have thought you knew

more about all of this than l ever did.

l probably do.

But there's a few things missing,

like what happened here at the base...

when l was off in ft. worth

is what i'd like to know.

why? because l don't wanna go down

in the history books...

As some damn jackass that

made a ridiculous mistake.

Hell, l know what a weather balloon

looks like. Everyone does.

Frank, i've been living

with this thing for so long,

Just building up

inside of me, you know.

Do you mind?

mmm.

And unfortunately,

in my case, anyway,

lf it doesn't come out soon,

it's not gonna come out at all.

maybe you shouldn't

have that.

lt's too late for me.

l'm thinking of telling

what l know.

Telling? who?

Newspapers.

Maybe you.

l don't know.

l'm not sure yet.

why don't we go outside?

Judd roberts,

he was my station manager.

He and i, we never really believed

that balloon story.

But, you know, you gotta be careful

with this stuff.

Real careful.

''according to general ramey,

what may have confused them all was a

radar tracking device suspended underneath it.''

well, so much for

the little green men.

And now,

it's back to music.

##

You don't believe it?

Frank, if it's

a weather balloon,

Tell me how come brazel's ranch

was all cordoned off when we got there.

And if it was

a weather balloon,

How could marcel not recognize it when

the damn things are sent up...

By the 509 twice a day from that rooftop

across the street?

l mean, you just look up.

There they are.

Balloons.

They come down in my place, your place,

everybody's place.

Even my dog's recognized

the damn things by now.

l think we should

go find that rancher.

Let's do it.

Over there.

lsn't that him?

Hey, mac?

mac?

Yeah?

can we talk to you?

what do y'all need?

have you seen this?

what?

''it's a weather--'' weather balloon?

That's a bunch of horse sh*t.

''a hair ass rancher--''

that's ''harassed.''

That's horse sh*t too. l'll tell you

what this is about.

Are you mac brazel?

yeah.

You're coming with me. l'm what?

hey!

Let's go!

Get in! Let's go!

Hey, what are you--

now, what l heard was that

they took him to the base...

And grilled him

for three days.

i'm gonna tell you something,

and y'all better listen to me.

You don't got no right doin' this.

You hear me?

l'm a private goddamn citizen.

You understand me?

l'll tell you something else.

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