Project UFO 2x08 - Sighting 4021 The Superstition Mountain Incident
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00:00These are unidentified flying objects.
00:28Are they proof that we are being visited by civilizations from other stars?
00:45Or just what are they?
01:15That smoke glass isn't safe.
01:41The only way to look at the sun is to reflect it off a telescope.
01:45Come on out, Warren, or you'll miss the main event.
01:51I've seen an eclipse before, it ain't that interesting.
01:58Hey, Lori, it goes total at 60 seconds.
02:10This is amazing, this is really incredible, Charlie.
03:10The camera's jammed, it's jammed, it's jammed, it's jammed, it's jammed, it's jammed, it's
03:39must have got dirt in it. Mine isn't working either.
04:39A tunnel.
05:00The old Morgan mine.
06:09How did that space thing get out of here?
06:17An air shaft.
06:40No, Charlie, don't.
06:53Yes, sir, I understand. Coming right on.
07:11Your most favorite TV personality, Timothy Hooper, on two.
07:18Ben, what's this I hear on the newswire about the Project Blue Book coming up with a piece
07:23of space hardware out of space? I don't know, you heard it, you tell me.
07:26Project Blue Book declares there was no UFO encounter in South Dakota during the recent
07:31eclipse. There was no artifact left behind. In fact, Blue Book suggests there may not even be
07:37a South Dakota, end quote. Come on, Bert, how long is it going to be before Blue Book realizes
07:42that the public has a right to know what's going on? There was an incident reported,
07:46we'll investigate it. I shall inform my viewers that whatever came down in the Badlands has
07:51prompted immediate emergency action and top security is involved. So long, Ben, I'll keep in
07:57touch. Hmm. Hmm. Are you sure this came from a place near the South Dakota-Wyoming border?
08:25Well, that's what Charles Higgins' letter said. Why? For openers, there's nothing like it in the
08:29ground within a thousand miles. But if I were you, I'd start making out a flight plan to Indian Springs
08:35after this last test. Okay, boys, hold your breath.
08:44What are you after this time, sir? That. That what? It's just sitting there,
08:49Captain. Yeah? And that's just where it's going to stay if it's almost pure magnesium. And I
08:55guarantee you it is. Pure is scientifically feasible with minute traces of barium, strontium,
09:01and other elements. What's so impressive about it being magnesium? That's a metal found every day
09:06here. Magnesium found on Earth is in combination with other elements such as this, but they
09:11contain greater amounts of impurities. Well, can you be manufactured? Almost impossible. On Earth.
09:16Almost? Well, it's only been done twice. Once here, once in Germany, at a prohibitive cost.
09:21Astronomical. Gentlemen, there probably aren't 25 grams of magnesium this pure in the entire world.
09:29Does that make it valuable? No, just rare. But if nothing else, it's quite a collector's item.
09:34Captain Dodge, just right off the top of your head, where do you really think that thing could
09:38have come from? I'd say it came from a UFO in Indian Springs, South Dakota.
10:08So
10:32Patterson, this is Red Leader. Project Blue Book is joining us in formation till we break off at
10:37Omaha. They're going on to Rapid City, South Dakota. We'll meet him at the run-up position.
10:43Roger, Red Leader. Now a flight of three. Okay, Ryan, we're waiting on you, good buddy.
10:49We are moving and we'll hold short of the active. Put a rush on. Our tanks will go dry soon enough.
10:55Roger on the rush. We're cranking now. What's the call sign? Call sign is Papa Red. A flight of three.
11:03You are Papa Red Three. Roger, Papa Red Leader.
11:09Papa Red Three, you are cleared to taxi. Over. Roger, Patterson. Clearing the ramp.
11:33Okay, Papa Red Three, waiting on you. Let's bring it on in a little. Red Leader, Red Three,
11:40coming up on your right side. It's been a while since I've flown in the flock.
11:45No fooling. Patterson, Papa Red Leader with a flight of three talons going to departure
11:50control frequency. Roger, Papa Red Leader. Switch 219.6. Okay, Papa Red Three, this is the end of
12:00the line for us. Omaha dead ahead and below. Good day. Roger, Red Leader. Papa Red Three,
12:07and a good day to you, sir. What's our ETE to Ellsworth Air Force Base, sir? One plus 59 from
12:14liftoff.
12:21Moving right along, sir. We're over South Dakota right now. Valentine, to be exact, Harry.
12:52The Black Hills of South Dakota.
12:57There's the prettiest hill in the country. Mount Rushmore, altitude 6,200 feet. Just look at what
13:03the sun's doing to those carbons. Real pretty. Let's swing in for a closer look.
13:17Washington, Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Lincoln. Carved out a solid Dakota granite.
13:27You know who did the sculpture? Yes, sir. A man by the name of Borglum.
13:31Took 14 years to get the job done. Tell me more. President Calvin Coolidge started the project in
13:371927. Borglum died before it was completed. His son finished the work. The pupil in Lincoln's eye.
13:46Know how big it is? Yes, sir. Four feet across. Mouth is 22 feet across. I didn't know you were
13:54such an authority, Sergeant. I used to know a girl that worked as a tour guide up here.
13:58That's all we ever talked about. Awesome, isn't it? Yes, sir. So was she. So's that
14:05chunk of magnesium from Charlie Higgins.
14:20Charlie, Charlie, you met them. You met the overlords. What? In the mine tunnel, Charlie.
14:30It glowed, didn't it? You were there, Clara? Oh, yes. I was there. 44 years ago.
14:39It was also the day of an eclipse.
16:59So
17:19we are the overlords. We are the overlords. Do not be afraid, Clara.
17:27You are chosen, Clara. You are chosen. When we return, you will know the answer.
17:36Mankind will know. Mankind will know. We are the overlords. The overlords.
17:47Now they have returned, haven't they, Charlie? Tell me, Charlie, did you understand them?
17:57Oh, Charlie, have you discovered the meaning of the overlords? Charlie, be very careful who you tell.
18:07Be very careful who you tell.
18:15Captain, what's all that chatter in Charlie Higgins' letter about a government scholarship
18:18for him? Probably a pitch. He wants to go to college and he wants us to send him.
18:24In exchange for his cooperation, huh? Very enterprising young man.
18:37Well, it's a little dirty, but it's safe. We don't need a light.
18:51I see up ahead. That's where the UFO went out before he found the artifacts? Right.
19:07All right, kids, I almost put you slugs in here.
19:16Seth, you getting ready? I'm about to close up. Oh, you can go on, Warren. I'll close up. I got
19:22three horses left to paint. It's me. Why are you whispering?
19:32Your brother's still here. So? You know how he feels about us. Charlie, what are you doing here now?
19:44Charlie?
19:48I told those blue book officers there's only one of those things. Artifacts. One? Why?
19:55Why did you lie? They won't give me anything for it. A scholarship, anything.
20:01I don't understand, Charlie.
20:05Well, I thought it over.
20:10Yeah? It's the only way I'm going to be able to do anything with my life.
20:14What are you trying to say? I made a deal with Timothy Hooper. That TV clown? A lot of people
20:20believe him. Oh, come on, Charlie. You have said so yourself a dozen times that he twisted the facts
20:27and exaggerated the truth. Lori, he's giving me to college with that second artifact.
20:36Blue Book won't give me a dime. It's wrong, Charlie. You've got to help me. Those officers
20:42will be coming here to talk to you. Don't tell them anything about the second one until I talk
20:47to Mr. Hooper. I'm not gonna lie, Charlie. You don't have to, just... Why don't you just tell
20:54the truth? I mean, it's your artifact anyway. I've gotta go.
21:10Charlie?
21:14Listen, this is the most important opportunity in my life. Lori, please help me.
21:29Charlie, I don't like it. Why don't you just tell Mr. Hooper you changed your mind?
21:34It's too late.
21:38Charlie, wait.
21:39I'll help you.
21:49First he holds out on us about her being at the siding with him. Then he rushes back here ahead
21:53of us. It looks like he's trying to talk her into something she doesn't want to be a part of.
22:09Okay, let's talk to Lori.
22:17You are making a mistake!
22:21I beg your pardon? The Overlords have granted their special grace to this boy.
22:27Please, leave him alone. They will make their wishes known through him. Maybe you should tell
22:34Maybe you should tell us about these Overlords.
22:41You do not believe me. Well, ma'am, I'm only trying to... I saw them myself.
22:45You saw the UFO, ma'am? Oh, yes. They spoke to me.
22:50Please, tell us about it. No, the Overlords speak only to young people.
22:55But this I will tell you. Do not interfere.
22:59Captain, your most favorite TV personality just arrived. Timothy Hooper.
23:15Gone.
23:20And what we have here is total trouble.
23:25Hey, why don't you see if you can find the Vanishing Act? I want to see what Hooper's up to.
23:29Why don't we set up the first shot right here? You know, establish good old-fashioned
23:32American town, solid citizens with their feet on the ground. Ben, nice to see you.
23:39Did you come up with anything I can use? Oh, don't tell me. Not yet. You're still
23:43investigating. Nothing like a first-hand account from a real live eyewitness
23:47with a genuine matching artifact. Charles Higgins?
23:51I understand what we have is magnesium, Ben. Of course, the final analysis will be done by Dr.
23:56Elaine Saginaw. I'm sure you know her by reputation. Hello, Doctor.
24:00Captain, the San Francisco Metallurgy Convention three years ago, if I'm correct.
24:05You are correct. Now, Charlie, if you just tell our viewers exactly what it was that you saw.
24:12Well, it was the day we had the full eclipse of the sun. I was in the middle of a meeting
24:17Well, it was the day we had the full eclipse of the sun. I was out at the old Morgan mine.
24:35Hi, I'm Captain Ryan. This is... Yeah, I know. The whole town knows.
24:41We'd like to talk to Lori about... You can't. She's in the back working.
24:44She can't be disturbed. Well, maybe if she knew we were here...
24:47I'm not even going to tell her about it. You boys are just going to have to take my word for it.
24:53Especially since Charlie's mixed up in this. He's a crackpot. His head's in the clouds. The less
24:58Lori's got to do with him, the better. Look, sir, I can understand your concern,
25:01but we have to... You've got Charlie's side of it.
25:03There ought to be plenty. Goodbye.
25:23Libby, tell Captain Dodge we've got another artifact here. The Higgins boy only sent us
25:27one last week, and he just made a deal with Timothy Hooper for... He knows about a captain.
25:31It was all on TV an hour ago. That, I hope, was the bad news.
25:35Yes, sir. There is no good news. Sorry to say. Well, thanks for the thought.
25:40When can we expect you back, Captain? I've got a second witness, Charlie's
25:43girlfriend. We're going to try to see her tomorrow, and then we want to take another
25:46look at the mine, say, tomorrow night. Got it.
25:49Thanks for staying late, Libby. Good night. Goodbye, Captain.
25:53Get this, Captain. Tomorrow, the entire world will know more about the visitors to Indian
25:58Springs from outer space when Dr. Elaine Saginaw, noted metal urges, gives the answer to complicated
26:04questions as to the artifact's composition, et cetera, et cetera. And this. I will reveal
26:11Dr. Saginaw's findings, says Mr. Hooper, on my regular program telecast from the actual
26:17site of the landing here in Indian Springs.
26:22Hi. I'm Lori Pauling.
26:34Come in, miss. I'm Captain Ryan, and this is Sergeant Fitz.
26:40I know. I was listening today at the house. I'm really sorry for avoiding you.
26:47What made you change your mind?
26:48Well, I just thought about it, and I felt like it was wrong, and I thought that I would
26:55come here, and at least I would see you before you left.
26:59Why is that? Well, this whole thing that Charlie's been
27:04doing with Mr. Hooper, well, I wasn't going to say anything about it before it was done,
27:10but, well, right from the start, I mean, I wasn't really...
27:15Wait a minute. Now, why don't you come in and sit down. Have a seat.
27:24I think it might be easier for you, Lori, just to start right at the beginning.
27:33Now, you were out there to take pictures of the eclipse, right?
27:37Right. It was very windy.
27:42I'm not sure, thinking back, on whether the wind was made from the UFO,
27:49or if it was just the weather, but it was strong enough to blow over the tripod.
28:36So,
30:06so
30:36so
31:07so
31:08We had no idea what they were, of course, and so Charlie decided to send you one of them.
31:14Were they the only physical objects you found? Yes. Yes, sir.
31:19Did they both look exactly alike to you? Yes, they did.
31:27This is what I came here to tell you.
31:36So,
31:42that's impossible, doctor. These figures don't lie.
31:45I know portable equipment isn't infallible, but this test is.
31:56I don't believe it, Elaine. Maybe this one isn't supposed to be magnesium. What is it?
32:00Plain, ordinary, everyday lead. Doesn't make sense.
32:04Mr. Hooper, my conclusion is that there is only one artifact.
32:09Blue Book has it at Wright-Patterson.
32:12Trying to make me look like a fool in front of 20 million viewers?
32:24All right, everybody, let's get moving. Now, today, come on, come on.
32:28Well, here comes the sermon on the Mount.
32:31Have we got a lockup?
32:38Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. This is Timothy Hooper coming to you
32:41direct from Morgan's Mine, South Dakota, where the UFO was seen.
32:45We have definitive results of the tests on that artifact, which Charlie Higgins claims
32:50was left by that UFO. That is what you said, isn't it, Charlie? Yes, sir. Yes, sir.
32:56Quite a little scientist, aren't you, Charlie? Huh? Well, you went to a lot of trouble to save
33:00that artifact from Blue Book. Well, if you want to put it that way.
33:05Did you really think you could hand Timothy Hooper a cheap hoax and get away with it?
33:08Junk metal, lead? As you know, hoaxes are an unfortunate obstacle faced by those of us who
33:15have chosen to devote ourselves to the search for extraterrestrial life. But eventually,
33:20even fraud sometimes bring us closer to the truth. There are those here who would muddy the truth
33:27for their own purposes to stop me. Extraterrestrial life exists and we will prove it.
33:32I will prove it. Timothy Hooper. Cut. That's a wrap. Put a rush on it.
34:27Why would Charlie go and try to pull something off like that when he knew he couldn't get away
34:34with it? Yeah, I was watching him. He was surprised, all right. Yeah.
34:40What? Well, I was watching his girlfriend, Lori. She was not surprised, Captain.
34:47You sure? Yes, sir. Captain, your room. You better take a look.
34:53Well, there you are. I'm sorry, gentlemen. Nothing like this has ever happened in my place before.
34:59The maid found it this way. She saw someone out there, a woman, but she got away.
35:05Nothing missing here. I just don't understand. What'd she look like, this woman? Oh, she had a
35:12long skirt and long hair. That's about all the maid saw from the back. The vanishing lady.
35:19I wonder why. Oh, my.
35:26Oh, thank goodness it's not broken. It's one of Lori's best pieces. Captain, it doesn't add up.
35:34Lori, you said? Yeah, yeah, Lori Pauling. She does things like this, metalwork? That's her hobby.
35:39She has a little workshop in the back of the store where she makes things. Thank you very much, Mr.
35:43McDanny. We'll straighten that. But I feel awful. I can send the maid. No, no, everything's fine.
35:47I can stay. I can help it for myself. I'm sorry.
35:54Okay, you know Clara did it. But why? I don't know. My guess is that she and her overlords don't want
36:02anybody questioning Charlie. Captain, don't you think we ought to be out looking up Lori? We are.
36:07Well, now, how are we going to do that with her friendly brother around?
36:10No problem. You're going grocery shopping. I am? You am.
36:40Can I help you with anything? Yes, sir. I've got a few little things here.
37:01Is the Air Force moving in? Something like that.
37:03It's going to take a while, but not lots of time.
37:15Come in.
37:21Oh, Captain Ryan. Lori, could I talk to you for a minute? Sure, I guess so.
37:29Okay. Have you, uh, have you talked to Charlie today? No.
37:42Not since Mr. Hooper said all those terrible things about him.
37:45I don't think Charlie wants to talk to anyone.
37:49Guilt can do that. Captain, don't you know that Charlie Higgins wouldn't fake anything?
37:56He's a scientist. Yeah.
38:05Lori, are you sure there were two artifacts in that mine? Yes. Couldn't they just be different
38:12metals? I mean, why is it so important? If one of them was just cheap pot metal,
38:18or lead, it casts a great deal of doubt on what you two said you saw, especially Charlie.
38:25From a purely scientific viewpoint, the whole sighting is less likely to be believed.
38:31Lori, this can affect Charlie's whole life, what people think of him.
38:41You know, I was, I was wondering,
38:45I was wondering if you could make one of these for me.
38:50Out of lead, say?
39:04Now, come on. I'm sure we can straighten this all out. I just couldn't see Charlie selling himself
39:12out. What he stands for, to that Mr. Hooper, no matter what the reason.
39:21So you made the replica, you substituted it for the real.
39:28Before Mr. Hooper came to the house, I went in and I switched them.
39:34And Charlie didn't know anything about it? No.
39:42Open the drawer.
39:57This isn't the real one, Lori. I know. Um, well, after Dr. Saganok gave it back to Charlie,
40:07he put it in this cigar box where he keeps things. And, uh, when he went out of the room,
40:13I went in and I put the real one back. And he still doesn't know?
40:20No. I couldn't get the nerve, well, or the courage to tell him. But I will. I promise I will.
40:30I will. Lori, you got to tell him the truth now.
40:39Okay, Captain. I will. I'll tell him.
40:45Uh, Warren? I gotta run. Hang on to everything.
41:10Charlie, don't!
41:21I don't ever want to see it again. Don't do it. Let him.
41:30That's where it belongs.
41:33Are you sure? Huh? Take a look.
41:40Hey, lead's supposed to sink. It's not lead, it's real. This one's lead.
41:52I made it, and then I switched it for the real one, and then I switched it back again.
41:58Why? I just didn't want to see you sell out to that Mr. Hooper.
42:01I got it.
42:11Well, go on, take it, Charlie. It's yours. It's all yours.
42:17Charlie, we'd like to borrow that for a while. Send both of them back to you.
42:22Mr. Hooper said the government would keep them.
42:25Well, Mr. Hooper had his own reasons for saying that.
42:32Captain Dodge was impressed with the professional way you wrote that letter,
42:39and you're scientific savvy. He just might recommend you for an ROTC scholarship when
42:44you pick the college. I'll second it. Wow, Captain. Sergeant. That's great.
43:02I'd sure like to be around here next eclipse. So would Clara. I checked on the date she gave
43:21us, Harry. June 30, 1934. When she said she was under mine,
43:25when she was a little girl. Uh-huh. There was an eclipse on that date, Harry.
44:01Uh-huh.
44:31Uh-huh.
44:43Uh-huh.
44:57We are the overlords. We are the overlords. Do not be afraid, Clara.
45:05You are chosen, Clara.
45:23You are chosen. We will return with every full eclipse of your sun.
45:32Our travel is much faster when your sun eclipses your moon.
45:38Each time we return, we will leave behind an indication we have been here.
45:46You, Clara, will receive the first proof of our first visit to your planet.
45:53We will leave behind one indication. At the next full eclipse of your sun,
46:01and your moon, we will choose again, Clara. We will leave two indications of our visit.
46:11We will leave two, Clara. When we return, you will know the answer. Mankind will know.
46:31We are the overlords. The overlords.
47:01So
47:31so
48:02so
48:25you