Roswell Page #5

lt was not dome-shaped.

All right. Maybe ''domed'' is the

wrong word. lt was kind of like an egg.

Yeah. l'm there.

How the hell did he ever

get his pilot's license?

Hey! Hey!

l saw it.

And l saw

the bodies too.

Bodies?

Five or six of 'em.

- there weren't that many.

-all right. All right.

l was flying fast. l didn't really have

time to count.

But l definitely saw three bodies.

Maybe four.

The main point is,

there were bodies.

Yeah. Of monkeys.

Rhesus monkeys. Chimpanzees.

Something like that.

And what they're in is some kind

of experimental rocket, like an a-9.

And what happened was,

lt exploded, went off-range,

and that's why it was all hushed up.

l don't know who you are, but you don't

know what the hell you're talking about.

Really? l don't know what about?

have you guys listened to yourselves?

Hey, l know what a monkey looks like.

lt's not what l saw.

From where? a hundred feet

flying by? whiz-bang?

That was a monkey with all of its hair

singed off,

His head swollen up like a melon

from decompression.

No eyes. They were popped out,

leaving nothing but these black holes.

That thing was like

no monkey you ever saw.

l've seen 'em.

The government didn't launch

monkeys till '52. Yeah?

How do you know?

you saw the bodies.

You think they were monkeys?

l didn't see any bodies.

l smelled 'em.

-come on. - i'm telling you what i

know. Brown saw the bodies.

Brown?

Melvin brown. Sergeant melvin brown,

my buddy. Now deceased.

Him and me,

we were supposed to guard...

whatever these-- you know--

on the way back to the base.

So, what do you think's

under there?

They told us

not to look.

l'm not saying ''look.''

i'm saying ''think.''

l don't know.

whatever it is, l don't think the ice

is doing the job.

Hey, keep your head tilted this way.

lt's not so bad.

lt wasn't like an order.

what?

Not to look.

l thought they said ''please.''

whoever says ''please''

around here?

he was yakkin' on

about look, don't look.

l mean, l was curious too.

But orders are orders.

You gonna tell

if l do?

Only if i'm asked.

Tell you what. why don't you just

face in that direction...

And then you won't know

if l looked or not.

Maybe l did

and maybe l didn't.

All right.

Did he ever tell you

what it was he saw?

He was too upset

to talk about it.

well, l saw the coffins.

we didn't know what we were

building back then,

But they told us they were just

boxes, you know?

But, hey, there were...

Four little boxes...

And one big one.

bring it on in!

atten-shun!

They told us not to look--just turn

around and walk away.

So you never saw

what was in the ambulance?

Right.

Did you smell anything?

Come on! No, l didn't smell

anything.

They were probably

in body bags by then.

You know who might

have seen 'em?

The mortician over at corona.

what's his name?

Paul davis? uh, david paulous--

something like that.

l think.

Are you the one that called?

yeah.

Do you really think

they'll come after you?

They said they would.

Hey, these guys were not kidding,

all right?

l mean, they even came in and picked up

the press release, the one you guys sent out.

From the radio station, from the

newspaper, they just came in, picked it up...

ln and out,

no more paper trail.

Total denial.

That rancher was threatened.

The sheriff was threatened.

l knew these people,

and they threatened me.

- that was 30 years ago. - yeah, well,

maybe i'll just wait 30 more.

well, l don't have

30 years.

l probably don't have two.

Now, i'm asking,

man to man.

well, if it's any help to you, l know

that that weather balloon thing was a lie.

l know that.

That's not what i'm here for.

Look, l just don't want to get

involved in this, all right?

l mean, as far as i'm concerned,

it never goddamn happened.

Now, have you got it?

please.

please.

Aw, hell.

Nobody's gonna

believe it anyway.

l was working late

on this fella.

l usually don't work at night,

but the phone rings.

Funeral home. lt's some captain

from the base.

Yes, captain,

we carry those.

How many?

well, now, gee,

that sure is an awful lot.

Hold on

and let me go see.

l checked to see how many

small caskets we have.

l'm afraid l only have

one in stock.

But now, l could order

more, of course.

Now he asks something strange.

Can they be what?

Hermetically sealed?

well, uh, i-i guess

they could.

But frankly we don't have

too much call for that around here.

Folks are generally pretty satisfied

if these things just close.

And then he says

he wants them tonight.

Tonight?

uh, no, sir.

The soonest that l could

possibly have them for you...

would be day after tomorrow.

So he asks how he can

preserve the bodies now.

well, uh, in that case,

l would say dry ice.

Captain, how did

these kids die?

l decided to go

to the base myself,

See if l could help.

Hi, david.

Go ahead.

My girlfriend worked there

as a nurse,

And l figured she would know

what was what.

But as l drove on,

l saw that the base

was swarming with activity--

Night lights and nonmilitary

guys in dark suits.

lt was like the whole place

was on...

Some kind of an alert.

Has there been some kind

of an accident?

Not that l know of.

Oh, i'm sorry.

Um, i-i gather

some kids were killed.

At least, that's what l understand.

l wouldn't know about that.

what the hell

are you doin' here?

Oh, i'm a local mortician.

l was called by captain-- some captain.

Oh? okay.

Janet.

Janet.

what's happening here?

what are you doing here? l was just--

i just thought that--

Get out. l'm telling you,

get out of here.

l mean it!

Hey, you!

what are you doing?

you don't belong here.

wait a minute!

Let me go!

what the hell is this?

Let me go.

l can walk.

l was told there'd been an accident.

You heard wrong!

But l was called-- l said,

you heard wrong.

You don't have to be

so damn nasty.

l called janet,

but she didn't want to talk.

She said she might meet me

when she got off work.

Hi.

Hi.

May l take your order?

um, uh, the same.

Okay.

So what was going on

back there?

You must never tell

anyone...

what i'm about to say.

l want you to promise.

Janet--

promise me.

Promise.

Okay, okay, l promise.

Terrible things could happen

to me if they found--

David, the base is crawling with hotshots.

who?

l don't know. These guys have been coming

in from washington by the planeload.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

So?

That's not all l saw.

l saw the bodies.

what bodies?

They were--

They were fetus-shaped.

They were s--

They had these--

They weren't human,

david.

l walked in while they were performing

their autopsies.

God, the stench.

People with their hands

over their noses.

Men i'd never seen before, they were

taking all these pictures of these...

Bodies.

Janet--

-janet--

Janet,

it's gonna be okay.

l'm fine.

You okay?

mm-hmm.

Can l keep this?

uh-uh.

where's janet now?

She died in a plane crash.

At least,

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