Roswell Page #4

l'm gonna write my congressman.

You bet your sweet ass

i'm gonna write my congressman.

l don't know what the hell

this country's going to. Mr. Brayzel--

lt's brazel! Goddamn it! You don't

even know my goddamn name!

we were talkin' before about

what it means to be a patriot.

You don't know what that means,

mister. You better read the bill of rights.

where does it say anything

in the bill of rights...

About kidnapping private

citizens off the street?

why don't you show me that amendment.

Show me that page number, man!

when national security's at stake,

rules don't mean a thing.

Goddamn it! l don't wanna hear

that sh*t anymore either!

Christ! You think i'm some kind of fool

just 'cause l wear a cowboy hat?

l know what l saw.

l held it in my goddamn hands!

They said the material

was a weather balloon.

well, how in the hell does a weather

balloon affect our national security?

Huh?

Maybe i'm just stupider than l think

i am. Now, l don't get this.

l mean, unless y'all

are expectin' some sort of surprise balloon attack.

Look, there's just

two possibilities here.

Either that damn thing is a flyin' saucer,

or it ain't.

And if it is, well,

i'm owed $3,000.

And if it ain't, then it's real simple.

l ain't owed nothin'.

lf you get my drift.

now, you say this is

completely authorized? oh, yeah.

Yeah, it's completely

authorized.

l-i think it's time

we set the record straight.

l reckon l knew all along that that

stuff out there wasn't from outer space.

And after all them stories

come out about it--

then he just

out and out recants.

Says his conscience

has been bothering him a lot,

So he figured he'd better tell everyone

what really went on out there.

Then maybe he wouldn't

feel so bad.

You found this

a half month earlier?

Yeah, thereabouts.

lt just laid out there for a while. l didn't

think nothin' of it,

Till l started hearin' all them stories

about flyin' disks.

Then some neighbors stopped by

my place one afternoon.

They said something about somebody offerin'

a reward for pieces of disk or whatever.

l figured, what the hell,

i'd give it a shot.

But the debris. well, yeah.

l mean, that was just...

Tin foil and scotch tape

and balsa wood, l guess.

Hell, l never thought it'd cause this kind

of hullabaloo.

Thanks, mac.

Off the record,

what's the truth?

The truth?

l'll tell you the truth.

You know how sometimes folks,

they talk about little green men?

well, they ain't green.

where in the hell did he get

the money for that? l don't know.

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Do you think they bribed him?

i don't know.

l'm not sure l wanna know.

Yeah.

Listen, thanks.

l appreciate it.

Hey, tread easy.

lt's not a game.

Scotch and soda.

Make that two.

what do you want? l wanna know

what was in that report.

lt's been 30 years, sherman.

l think you can tell me now.

what report?

july, 1947.

First off, l wasn't even here

during that whole time.

what are you-- according to base,

i was on leave.

No, we went up

to that ranch together.

lf you believe that, l can only tell you that

your recollection is faulty,

Because l wasn't here

at the time, all right?

well, no, it's not all right!

Dance time, dear.

Excuse us, won't you?

be with you in a second, sir.

This isn't good for you.

Really, jess.

l know.

lt's gonna lead to nothing

but more pain.

l mean, if you don't care about

your health, why should i?

Still play any golf,

jess?

l haven't for years. lt's bad for

his emphysema.

what do you think

they have golf carts for?

Didn't bring my clubs.

You'll rent some.

and carson actually

denied being here?

Said he was away on leave.

why are you really

doing this, jesse?

l'm tired of living a lie, lewis.

Oh, come on.

How long you been married?

you never lied? your wife never lied?

lf it weren't for lies,

we'd never get through.

They used me. They also promoted you,

jess.

we all know that, man.

You were a good soldier. l think you

ought to stay that way.

l don't want to go

to my grave not knowin'.

l have a right to know.

l think we all do.

This is dangerous.

Tell anybody l said any of this,

i'll deny it.

You understand?

First of all, carson was there. l know this

because he took me to the sight with him.

Said he wanted another

set of eyes on this.

Guess you'd been sent off

to ft. worth.

Looks like half the town

is here.

Now, the reason that i'm not telling you

anything is that...

l want your honest,

untarnished response.

And l don't care how farfetched

or foolish it is.

Fine.

what do you think

made that gouge?

we figure that's where

it hit the ground.

But to me, the most

puzzling feature is...

we were unable to locate

any rivets.

l mean, how in the hell

was that thing held together?

There aren't even

any seams.

And as if

that weren't weird enough,

There seems to be

no engine, no moving parts.

l mean,

how did that thing fly?

Maybe the engine's

somewheres else.

Maybe this is just

a part of it.

This doesn't even feel

like metal.

More like skin.

This was where? about two

and a half miles east of here.

Over here!

Uh, just you, mr. Carson.

wait here.

over here.

Check it out.

So what did you find?

Nothing.

Nothing?

By the way,

you weren't here today.

That's what l figured.

was l with you?

Not sure yet.

But, uh,

l'll let you know.

so you never saw

the second site?

No.

Stanton and harris--

you know them?

No.

They're both here. They may have been

at the second site.

Really? what'd they see?

ask them.

Come on, lewis. l can't tell you

anything more.

The army's worked

very hard to bury this.

They want to

keep it that way.

Excuse me, fellas.

ls one of you named stanton?

- yeah.

- could l talk to you?

Hey.

He looks a little different

from his picture.

Hell, he's a lot older.

l think you, uh,

want to talk to him too.

- really?

- he flew the spotter plane.

Yeah. l flew the one

that found the second site.

- you mind if l join you?

- no, not at all.

go ahead.

l don't give a damn. l'll tell anyone.

l mean it.

l was flying

pan am, right?

And l spot this long, shiny thing

like a... Cigar tube.

Bigger than my plane.

Practically runs into me.

So l report it,

like i'm supposed to.

By the book. l fill out

a mountain of papers.

They can me.

Fired.

Said l was unfit.

''fine,'' l says. ''give me

the lie detector test.''

''out,'' they says.

That's what you get when you tell

the truth, so f*** 'em, screw 'em.

About the second site?

The second site,

yeah.

we were checking the area around

the first site,

The evidence of other debris

and things like that.

Suddenly l saw something

kind of, well, glittering.

l couldn't tell what it was because

of the sun's position,

So l took her down

for a closer look.

lt was a cylindrical object i'd say

30 feet in length.

Oh, no.

lt was larger, round.

well, maybe not cylindrical.

Circular.

Yeah. But it was dome-shaped, definitely.

Absolutely dome-shaped.

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