PSI Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal (1996) s01e01 Episode Script
Dream House
These stories are inspired by the actual case files of the "Office of Scientific Investigation and Research".
Well, there it is.
Our new house in all its unfinished glory.
It looks great, Dad.
Come on, I'll give you the grand tour.
Dad, I've already seen the pictures and the floor plan.
Dixie, since your mom didn't feel like coming at least you could pretend to be excited.
Whatever.
Let's just get this father-daughter stuff over with.
Tada.
And some power.
Damn.
It's just one thing after another.
Look, honey, I gotta go downstairs and check the breaker box.
Stay here.
Dad? No! Open up! Please open! - Dixie! - Dad! Look out.
Paranormal occurences can range from the fascinating to outright dangerous.
Danger was the last thing on Blaine McCallister's mind, however, when he decided to build his dream house.
A place to live out his vision of family contentment for years to come.
But when the partially constructed dwelling started to behave as if it had a mind of its own, dreams quickly turned to horror.
File number 34112.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
Day one.
We've arrived to investigate the anomalous activity reportedly taking place at the future residence of a Blaine McCallister and his family.
Preliminary interviews are underway.
So, which one's Doyle? Professor Connor Doyle, we're with the OSIR.
Yeah, I heard you guys were coming by.
Professor Kellerman at the university thought it was worth our attention.
Sure, if you're into freak accidents.
- Oh, this is my wife, Debbie.
- Ma'am.
We're a little shaken up by all this.
What with Dixie Yeah, that's our daughter.
She's not doing too well since eh the incident.
Any idea what the cause of all this might be? I think it's just a run of bad luck: contractors quitting, on-site accidents.
This house is taking forever to finish.
We thought with Blaine helping the architects design it would go quick You see, there's gotta be a rational explanation for all this.
So, don't tell me I can't finish my house our house cos it's haunted.
I don't buy that book.
Try telling that to Dixie.
She's in a hospital under observation.
You know, strange how long it's taking.
They've had some trouble with construction crews.
We were the third team hired by Mr.
McCallister.
And after what happened you couldn't pay me enough to go back to that place.
I sold the McCallisters the land about a year ago now.
It was a lovely piece of property.
They got it for a steal.
They were gonna build their dream house on it.
There was this one day, things just went nuts.
Equipment wouldn't run or would start running by itself, or floating around.
And there were these bizzare noises, howling, roaring sounds.
And then the front door just exploded off its hinges just as Barney was coming in.
He must have flown 15 feet.
Then the floor around me got so hot the bottoms of my boots began to burn.
But the last straw was Joey Hats.
He's walking around the outside of the house when all of a sudden he's up to his neck in this stuff like quicksand or mud.
We pulled him out just in time but the guy's lucky to be alive.
Keep sharp, stay in eye contact.
I don't want anyone alone.
Whittman, Silva, run a scan for any possible toxic hazards.
Yes, sir.
- Any readings yet? - Negative.
Wind velocity is reaching the red zone.
Let's get out of here.
Case log update.
Out of concern for the safety of my team and due to the volatile nature of the phenomenon, I'm requesting permission to expedite protocol and begin an environmental assessment.
It's remarkable.
Base land results have returned to normal.
And why did the occurences take place? Gravitational fluctuations, electrostatic discharges, background radiation drops off the map.
Not to mention IR-210 projecting out of Whittman's hands and flying across the room.
Anthon? Physiological assessments show nothing that would account for the phenomenon.
There is one point of interest though.
Debbie McCallister is expecting.
I guess congratulations are in order.
- Blaine doesn't know? - I don't think so.
He is in for a shock, they gonna have twins.
Why wouldn't she tell him? I think the chaos of the situation, the uncertain future of their home.
Possibly.
What about overall family dynamics? Aside from the pregnancy, the stress levels are above average due to the condition of the daughter.
She is still hospitalized.
And she shouldn't be.
This worries some.
She's exhibiting a failure to thrive.
Lindsay, what have you found? The property has changed hands three times over the past 80 years.
Most recently it was sold to the McCallisters.
That was six years ago.
When did the occurences begin? Shortly after.
But no report of anything strange by the previous owners.
Background checks? The McCallisters have solid community ties.
They've a low risk factor for perpetrating a hoax.
They're broke.
Everything they have is tied up in the construction of this house.
What about regressive hypnosis results? Unfortunately I was unable to get permission from Blaine and Debbie to put Dixie under.
It's understandable considering what's she has experienced.
I've give her a little more time, then we'll try again.
Now Dixie, I'm gonna take you back three weeks.
It's May 28 and it's about 6 pm.
Where are you? My dad and I are driving up to the construction site.
Do you see the house yet? Yeah.
It's a mess.
Things are moving.
It's getting so windy.
What's happening? It's fine, Dixie.
Just be calm.
Please continue.
There's someone in the middle of the wind.
Can you tell us where is the middle of the wind? Upstairs.
There's a shadow.
It's rushing toward me.
No, no! Dixie, calm yourself.
And I want you to slow everything down and tell me exactly what you see.
- It's right in front of me.
- What is it? It's someone but I can't tell who it is.
Wait, I can see someone.
Who is it, Dixie? Who do you see? It's me, but I'm different.
Different? I'm wearing glasses.
My hair is shorter.
It looks almost like I'm older.
Allright, Dixie, you're doing fine.
Now I just want you She is scared.
She is so scared.
No! There is another shadow.
It's coming for her, it wants to hurt her.
Dixie, calm yourself.
Nothing is going to happen to you.
I want you to slow everything down again and describe to me the second figure.
No, I can't tell.
And there are more figures lying on the floor in the dining room.
- How many figures? - I think this should stop! Two or three.
But the big one isn't stopping.
It's coming for me.
It wants to hurt me.
Dixie, come back now! File number 34112.
Initiating full environmental monitoring and proceeding with extreme caution.
This complaint is a full scale Level 5.
No investigator will be on site without a partner for more than five minutes.
Due to the volatile nature of the phenomenon I'm requesting additional personell.
Include that with the data pouch.
Did the analysis of the data at the HQ corroborate our findings? The residue levels are lower, but they concur with our findings.
- There are no conclusions.
- That's our job.
How are Silva and Whittman? We've got lacerations, concussions, some internal bleeding.
They're recovering as anticipated but they're still have to be hospitalized for a few more days.
77 separate accounts of unstable and destructive AKA in the last two days.
And that doesn't even include the testimonials from the construction crews before we arrived.
I've just been reviewing their accounts.
There was this big black figure, like a shadow or something, blasting through the room and throws me against the wall.
The worst thing was this high pitched shriek.
I still can't get that sound out of my head.
His account was verified by several of his co-workers.
Is there any pattern developing as to when the activity occurs? No consistency whatsoever.
Although it does appear to be building.
The shadows figure prominently in everyone's testimony.
Are there any first hand sightings by our team? No, not yet.
Although we've got the equipment in place.
If something's out there we'll get it on tape.
Dixie described one of the shadows as an older version of herself.
Exactly.
I'm thinking that we should play out the PK angle.
But there is no way to suggest that she's responsible for all this.
Except her description.
It might be more objective than we think.
We need to better understand what she saw.
Anthon, how is she doing? - Not improving.
- Keep an eye on her.
Allright, what's the next course of action? We've reinforced the exterior of the probe.
Hopefully it will withstand whatever the phenomenon can throw at it.
What are we looking for? Fluctuations in air pressure, irregular seismic activity, the works.
Put it in position.
Okay, here we go.
- What was that? - Pan right.
Ambient temperature is fluctuating.
Have you registered anything? Celsius readings dropping rapidly.
Ten degrees.
Minus ten.
Minus twenty! What's the exterior temperature surrounding the house? It's constant.
22 degrees centigrade and holding.
Temperature decrease is only occuring inside the premises.
Remarkable.
Wait a minute.
Are you picking that up? Are we recording this? Try and pinpoint where the seismic activities are originating.
Check this out! Temperature levels are now increasing.
Exterior is still constant, interior plus 15 plus 20 degrees Celsius.
Seismic activity contained to the first floor.
It appears to be approaching the probe.
There! Are we getting all this? We're losing RF transmission.
Seismic activity on top of the probe.
Damn.
Probe telemetry down.
We've lost it.
Case log update.
At client's request termination procedures have been initiated.
Acoustical, atmospheric and nuclear flux technologies have been introduced.
All elimination procedures have thus far proved unsuccessful.
Considering bridge procedure with OSIR AI specialists.
Excuse me.
AI specialist, what's that? She is an operative specializing in attornitive information utilizing metaphysical techniques.
Pardon me? - She is a psychic.
- Oh, come on! Her gifts are quite remarkable.
We've tested her extensively.
How can she help? We've had some success with these procedures in the past.
Contact with the other side helps us develop non-mainstream scientific approaches.
Well, look.
I'm beyond questioning anything now.
You just do whatever you have to do to make this thing stop.
How is Dixie? She is getting worse.
Debbie is worried sick about her.
I mean physically sick.
I was talking with Dr.
Hendrix.
He feels that Debbie may be under some pressure.
We'll see.
She's talking about cutting our losses and thempting this place.
So why don't you? Because we've always dreamed of owning our own home.
What's really important to you, Blaine? Your house or your family? You're not in this alone.
Go talk to your wife.
There is a presence in the house.
Several of them, in fact.
What confuses me is that I'm receiving no information from the past.
That is extremely rare.
Peter, what is your analysis of the seismic activity recorded by the probe? Well, here is the sound as we recorded it and this is it sped up with all the extraneous noises filtered out.
Footsteps.
Exactly.
But coming from what or who? Dixie described what? Five figures? One of which was the older version of herself.
Anthon, it was definitely twins Debbie McCallister is having? Yes, she is well into her first trimester.
It's quite a shock for Blaine.
Are you suggesting that all of this could be related to precognition? While I was unable to sense anything from the past, which leaves the future as a possibility.
Allright, so there are five shadow figures, five members of the McCallister family once the twins are born.
Exactly.
What if in a parallel dimension or another time line the McCallister family moved into this house and lived there for several years.
And then something happens.
A home invasion leading to multiple murders.
Or worse.
A family member flips out and goes on a killing spree.
Where are we heading with this? Perhaps somehow the parallel family is trying to warn our clients Not to move into this particular house.
And Dixie is the messenger.
It's starting again.
Are we getting a signal yet? Audio and visual linkup now.
Affirmative.
Coming through loud and clear.
You're welcome.
So anyway, Boris, I've got some news.
Debbie is gonna have twins.
Twins? - What's the due date? - Ehm November.
November? Oh, that's amazing, Blaine.
You double the size of your family like that? Yeah.
You can understand why I'm here? Yeah, I can understand.
I guess the house isn't big enough anymore.
Yeah, Debbie wants to stay in town to be closer to her parents.
So, what are you proposing? I take the property off your hands? You would be doing me and my family one hell of a big favor.
Now, let's see what happens.
Oh, I don't know.
The market on a house of that size is dead.
Please open.
No.
But new housing.
are up about 30%.
So it's only a matter of time.
Time is money.
No.
So make me an offer.
I don't think I can do any better than ten percent under market value.
He has changed his mind.
No, Daddy, no! No! Come on, come on! It's directly affecting Dixie's vitals.
Come on, Blaine.
Done.
- You get all that? - Affirmative, Donnor.
Well done.
Final log update.
After the land transaction was finalized we determined that the selling of the property by the McCallisters resulted in the disappearance of the phenomenon.
The home has since been sold to another couple, the Penfields.
And though we've encountered no further kinetic phenomena we will continue to monitor the property as per standard procedure.
Case manager Connor Doyle out.
Was this simply an extremely active poltergeist hunt case in which the McCallisters were being warned about dire events to come by future visions of themselves should they move into their dream house? Well, this is one speculation investigators could formulate.
When the OSIR made it clear that his family safety might depend on it Blaine McCallister willingly sold the house.
And Blaine learned the sometimes elusive but ultimately obvious truth.
That a dream home is not built with wood, brick or stone, but rather on the foundation of love, the contentment and happiness of one's family.
Come on, Adam, slow down.
Skinny dipping was your idea.
My excellent idea.
Not if dad finds out.
Hey, you tell me it wasn't worth it to see Sally and Janine? Huh? I guess.
If we keep going we might get home for breakfast.
This sucks.
Let's cut through Layton's ranch.
That will get us home in 20 minutes.
It's off limits.
And so are Sally and Janine.
"They're not church-going girls, boys.
" It's three o'clock in the morning.
How is Layton ever gonna know? You come, little brother, or I'll leave you for the coyotes.
Come on, you loser, keep up.
- You're sure we're going the right way? - Sure I'm sure.
When we get over that rise, you look for Beacon's gas station.
- And we're home free.
- You got it.
Did you hear that? What is it? Somebody's coming.
Let's go.
The SETI Project.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
A world-wide network of radio dishes designed to receive any communication from outer space cultures if they exist.
Now, despite the absence to date of any such messages and the repeated non-acknowledgement of actual contact by our military, we are continually confronted with reports of craft sightings, communications and abductions associated with a variety of sentient extraterrestrial beings.
When the OSIR was asked to investigate anomalous lights in Crescent County, Iowa, it found the bewildered residents' agitated state as challenging as the phenomenon it had set out to analyze.
Allright, Fred, what's going on here? I think you know, Jessie, after those kids were taken last week.
Fred, we still don't know what happened last week.
Now I want all of you to move on out of here.
There it is.
They're back.
What the hell.
File number 52111.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
Initial case log entry.
We're investigating a possible UFO sighting and a claimed alien abduction in Crescent County, Iowa.
Our main countact is a sheriff Jessie Weckel.
I'm not sure what to think anymore other than this town is going nuts.
So there were multiple witnesses for each sighting? You'd be hard pressed to find somebody in this town who hasn't seen those damn lights in the sky.
You saw them yourself? Oh, hell yeah.
Although whether I saw northern lights or the gray come down and say hello, I saw something.
Our contacts at the FAA confirm that nothing was scheduled to fly over your airspace during the time of the sightings.
No military flights or training exercises within a hundred miles.
Yeah, been down that "It's a weather baloon" road.
I got nothing.
So, we only have visual confirmation.
Not if you factor in the Kieler boys story.
Exactly.
It's what happend to those boys that got the town all lit up.
They're not talking now.
That's Chad and Adam.
They know when to climb up.
Oh, light misdemeanors, normal behavior for kids that age stuck out here in the sticks.
Your report says that the doctor who examined them feels they underwent something traumatic.
Well, they told everyone they were abducted by aliens and they've got the scars to prove it.
Those boys were as good as scared as I've ever seen two kids get.
Yeah, I've been waiting out there since those boys first got probed.
I figured if those things came back again we better be ready to defend our young.
Well, it's clear that these vessels are from outer space.
Otherwise why would you folks even be here.
About a week later they came back again, circled the field again.
But there were too many of us for them to try and make a landing.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some alien take our childen for their experiments.
If there was something going on out on my land, I slept right through it.
My wife and kids too.
I was thinking, maybe there was a flock of geese or car lights reflecting from the highway.
Maybe just a couple kids up to something.
It's important to remember: They're clearly trying to tell us something.
We must decipher the message.
We were cutting through this field when it happened.
- Can it, man, they don't wanna hear.
- Come on.
This flying saucer came out of nowhere.
We tried to run but it was too fast.
Look this way, please guys.
- Admit it, Chad, it was amazing.
- Why don't we just tell the whole tale.
- I was not - Shut up.
Sheriff Weckel and Fred Hilliard carried them in here like two sacks of potatoes around 5 am.
What symptoms did the boys present? Dehydration, disorientation, both had injuries and pupil response time consistent with a serious concussion.
I had to sedate them both and keep them under close observation.
On the Glasgow coma scale? Lock 7.
Some type of physiological trauma that affected their nervous system.
First and second degree burns on feet and hands and there is the gouge on Chad's shoulder.
He said the aliens were taking a sample.
Their dads are convinced that it's an act to get out of some jam.
What do you think, Doctor? Well, like old Doc Klein used to tell us at Harward: it's how the patient tells you this.
Case log update.
After interviewing nearly a dozen withesses I've decided to expedite protocol and focus our attention on the land surrounding the sightings.
We've established a ten square mile perimeter.
It's hoped that a thorough on-site inspection in conjuction with the physiological assessment of the subjects will help us determine what happened here.
I've charted all the reported UFO sightings to date and ran a computer model.
They could have been anywhere within this 20 mile square area.
So, unless the boys tell us more I can't accurately assess the event's location.
No power lines, no water towers.
There is nothing that can be perceived as a UFO.
The are some fallow spots.
Other than that there is nothing but corn, barley and soya beans.
No geophysical elements, no anomalous energy fields.
You think any combination of this vegetation could cause hallucinogenic effects? You got nothing more than your basic agricultural staples out here.
You put all this stuff together and you'll get nothing but a Really healthy breakfast cereal.
Exactly.
You've any insomnia, shortness of breath, migraine headaches? Yeah.
All of the above.
How is your night vision? Any clouding or dimming of peripheral vision? Some.
You seem to know what you're looking for, Doc.
I've seen symptoms like this before.
- Where? - People who lead stressful lives.
Or another UFO freaks, right? I wasn't abducted by a UFO, Doc.
Those boys were.
Or they say they were.
God know, I'm believing this whole UFO thing.
Sheriff, you're a little overworked but otherwise you're in fine shape.
That's what my wife told me the day she left me.
Where were you? We were cutting through this field when it came out of nowhere.
It felt like something was pushing us down.
The lights were blinding and the air smelled funny like after a thunderstorm.
And then they knocked us out, zapped us, I guess.
Who did? The aliens.
Is this true, Chad? When I woke up, man, I hurt all over.
It must've happened.
Do you still feel sick? I feel better now but after it happened I thought I was gonna die.
Adam, I'm talking to Chad.
Are you sure that the wounds you received came from that ordeal, that evening? This was no ordeal, man, we were abducted by aliens.
Don't you get it? Chad and Adam registered high cardiovascular and neurological responses during questioning.
They're hiding something.
But I can't pinpoint exactly what.
Looks like they were in a pretty rough shape to me.
Yes.
Aside from the lesions there is evidence of dysrhythmia on both boys.
But irregular heartbeat can be inherited genetically.
True enough.
But the pattern of the lesions suggests some radiation burns.
I'd learn more if I could regress the boys to hypnotic state but they won't cooperate.
Their fathers signed the release forms.
Chad and Adam refuse to acknowledge their parents' authority, legal or otherwise.
We'll get what we can from other sources.
Sandra, anything further from your scans of the surrounding area? Minor traces of pesticide use.
I've sent soil samples to HQ for further analysis.
Tasha? Background checks into the area are fairly typical so far.
Strong interactive community, agrarian based economy.
No previous record of phenomena before to these incidents.
Suddenly half the town turns up for a free light show.
What about people passing through? Migrant workers? All fairly closed-mouth.
I think they're more concerned about work than migration.
All swore they saw nothing.
Reduce the perimeter.
Prepare full monitoring and surveilance.
I wanna know if anything comes within five miles of this field.
We've began monitoring of the area in the hopes of finding some evidence of what has visited this site twice in the past three weeks.
In the eight days since initiating surveilance we've picked up nothing.
With sheriff's help the area has been secured from civilian interference.
Sorry, Fred, the road is closed.
We've got a flood from an irrigation overflow.
Sheriff, you might be able to fool everyone else with these lies.
But we know the truth.
You and the government are up to something.
And it's got to do with those UFOs.
Fred, the road is closed.
That's all there is to it.
Now turn the vehicle around and go home.
Our taxes pay you this road.
This should better work.
Thank you.
Air Traffic has clear skies and no scheduled flights, the military or civilian.
Same as where the other sightings occured.
I have something.
Long range bogies coming in from the north-west at - 5 miles and closing.
- How many? Two.
Coming in low, twenty feet off the deck.
Tasha, track them on the littenscope.
Do we have anything on radar? We have target lock.
Confirm two bogies zeroing in on our position.
Coming fast.
I can't identify them.
Night vision image is unclear.
Radar tracking systems are down.
I don't understand this.
They must be jamming us.
We still have visuals.
Launch the aerial probe, I want identification now.
Probe is airborne.
Hold on.
I've lost remote scans.
Long range sensors are blind.
Something is definitely interfering with our tracking system.
Anything from the probe? It disappeared.
What the hell is going on out there? Anybody? Case log update.
We are currently attempting to retrieve the aerial probe lost during last operation.
It remains doubtful as to whether the probe holds any information which could help us identify the two UFOs we tracked before our instruments were jammed.
Aha.
Over here, about twenty yards.
So, you didn't see anything in the sky last night? No lights? I'm sorry, I saw nothing.
I got it.
Geez, what a mess.
What could have caused this? Are you all right? Sounds like a bronchial infection.
Don't worry about me.
How long have you had this illness? Too long.
Many of us are sick.
But we must work.
For our families.
Let's get him into the lab and run some tests.
Dr.
Hendrix will know for sure, but he needs some antibiotics.
How are they? Louis has a severe chest infection.
And his friends We found large amounts of chemical-based toxins in their systems.
I haven't seen anything like this since Kurdistan.
- Any trace of narcotics? - That's hard to say.
Connor, they've been exposed to something.
Sandra is trying to identify it.
Could it have come from the field? Possibly.
Louis says he doesn't know where it could have come from but most of the people he works with have the same illness.
And they all here are working illegaly, so no one will speak up.
Tasha, I want you and Peter to go on a covert sub-operation at the location of the sightings.
See if we can make a positive ID of any UFOs using remote sensing equipment.
You want us to continue operation without permission from the land owner? For now.
We need visual confirmation directly from the sight.
Okay.
If the UFOs return.
You're all right? Yeah.
I was just thinking about what those two boys went through.
Be careful.
Don't worry.
Oh, and I'll take care of Axon.
Lab One, this is Tasha.
We're entering the east quadrant of Layton's field.
- Let's set up the scanners over here.
- Okay.
Tasha, don't move! What is it? Oh, yeah, there it is.
Very high energy field emissions.
All right, stand back.
Whoa! - That's not very neighbourly, Mr.
Layton.
- Downright rude I'd say.
Wait a minute! Didn't Chad say something like: the air smelled funny like after a thunderstorm? Ozone.
There must've been 200 volts running through it.
Those kids must have got a hell of a shock.
That would explain the boys' irregular heart rate and Chad's wounds.
But it still doesn't account for their reluctance to cooperate.
I talked to the girls the Kieler boys were with before their claimed abduction.
And it turns out they all indulged in a little home-made dungle juice.
Mr.
Kieler is a devout baptist, he won't be too pleased to hear that news.
That's what they're trying to hide.
So as far as the boys were concerned, this encounter with the electrified trip wire could qualify as an alien abduction.
But that still doesn't explain the rest of the sightings.
Movement! Connor, we've got movement.
Activate remote scanners.
I have a target lock.
Two heat sources closing fast at 3 miles due north by north-west.
Peter, we have double bogies headed in your direction.
Do you have visual contact? Negative, Lab One, nothing in the sky.
Hold on! Affirmative.
Lab One, I have a visual on two UFOs coming out of the north-west.
Two heat trails and night vision is detecting burnout.
Geez, they're about twenty feet off the deck, closing fast.
Whoa! Those are the brightest lights I've ever seen.
Peter, Tasha, can you identify it? Please repeat, Lab One, you're breaking up.
We can't hear you right now.
There is too much interference.
Can you identify the UFO? Negative, Lab One, they must be jamming us.
Scanners Peter, do you copy? I need visuals on this now! Run the picture through the computer.
Working on it.
I've got a lock.
We have an ID match on the UFOs.
Helicopters.
Bell Jet Rangers.
Two of them.
Why didn't we ID them before? They appear to be modified for night flying and stealth runs.
Lab One, do you copy? Get down! We have cold emission coming from the IFOs themselves, looks like some kind of liquid.
They're crop dusting.
We gotta get out of here.
Let's run for cover.
Hold on.
They're breaking pattern and heading south-east at 150 knots.
Winkler, keep them in your sights.
- Where are you going? - After them.
- You've been seeing what I've been seeing? - Looks like we've found your UFOs.
Then what are we waiting for, let's go.
Winkler, I'm trailing with the sheriff.
Keep us pointed in the right direction.
We have visual contact.
They're heading due south.
Affirmative.
We have both of you on our screens.
But might have a problem.
Go ahead.
Tracking starting to break up.
By estimate they'll be out of range in less than a minute.
And we're gonna run out of the road in a hurry.
Doyle, you're ok? Winkler, we've lost them.
It's up to you.
Fire up the imaging laser radar tracking system.
I've lost them here.
They're out of range.
ILR status.
Any second now Confirm.
I have both aircraft on my scope.
Heading due south-east about 4 km away and slowing down.
Due south-east, 4 km.
Excellent work.
We're on it.
- What? - Copters, who would have thought! I'll have two squad cars meet us here.
I just put out a warrant for the arrest of Kurt Layton, the man that owns this land.
I believe running illegaly modified aircraft without clearance is a federal offense.
- So is using banned pesticides.
- I've analyzed those pesticides.
Turns out to be toxaphine, smuggled in from Mexico.
Pretty deadly stuff.
Then he put stealth modifications in the helicopters, flew in low and jammed all radio transmissions to cover the operation.
These guys were good.
- You mean somebody trained them? - Oh yeah, very well.
Why go to all that trouble just to dust crops? This acreage was dying.
His corn was infested with earworms, resistant to most pesticides except toxaphine.
So much for the UFO convention.
Now you can tell the boys and the rest of the town what they really saw.
If they want to know what they really saw.
Final case log entry.
Kurt Layton has been arrested and charged with the illegal use of aircraft and deadly chemicals.
The farmworkers were all treated for various ailments caused by the pesticides.
Everyone affected has made a full recovery.
Case manager Connor Doyle out.
Sometimes the most extraordinary occurences have the simplest explanations.
These teenagers weren't abducted by aliens and UFOs.
No, this was human greed coupled with a blatant and criminal disregard for the health, wellfare and stability of an honest hard-working community.
No ET or flying saucers here.
I'm Dan Aykroyd for Psi Factor.
Well, there it is.
Our new house in all its unfinished glory.
It looks great, Dad.
Come on, I'll give you the grand tour.
Dad, I've already seen the pictures and the floor plan.
Dixie, since your mom didn't feel like coming at least you could pretend to be excited.
Whatever.
Let's just get this father-daughter stuff over with.
Tada.
And some power.
Damn.
It's just one thing after another.
Look, honey, I gotta go downstairs and check the breaker box.
Stay here.
Dad? No! Open up! Please open! - Dixie! - Dad! Look out.
Paranormal occurences can range from the fascinating to outright dangerous.
Danger was the last thing on Blaine McCallister's mind, however, when he decided to build his dream house.
A place to live out his vision of family contentment for years to come.
But when the partially constructed dwelling started to behave as if it had a mind of its own, dreams quickly turned to horror.
File number 34112.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
Day one.
We've arrived to investigate the anomalous activity reportedly taking place at the future residence of a Blaine McCallister and his family.
Preliminary interviews are underway.
So, which one's Doyle? Professor Connor Doyle, we're with the OSIR.
Yeah, I heard you guys were coming by.
Professor Kellerman at the university thought it was worth our attention.
Sure, if you're into freak accidents.
- Oh, this is my wife, Debbie.
- Ma'am.
We're a little shaken up by all this.
What with Dixie Yeah, that's our daughter.
She's not doing too well since eh the incident.
Any idea what the cause of all this might be? I think it's just a run of bad luck: contractors quitting, on-site accidents.
This house is taking forever to finish.
We thought with Blaine helping the architects design it would go quick You see, there's gotta be a rational explanation for all this.
So, don't tell me I can't finish my house our house cos it's haunted.
I don't buy that book.
Try telling that to Dixie.
She's in a hospital under observation.
You know, strange how long it's taking.
They've had some trouble with construction crews.
We were the third team hired by Mr.
McCallister.
And after what happened you couldn't pay me enough to go back to that place.
I sold the McCallisters the land about a year ago now.
It was a lovely piece of property.
They got it for a steal.
They were gonna build their dream house on it.
There was this one day, things just went nuts.
Equipment wouldn't run or would start running by itself, or floating around.
And there were these bizzare noises, howling, roaring sounds.
And then the front door just exploded off its hinges just as Barney was coming in.
He must have flown 15 feet.
Then the floor around me got so hot the bottoms of my boots began to burn.
But the last straw was Joey Hats.
He's walking around the outside of the house when all of a sudden he's up to his neck in this stuff like quicksand or mud.
We pulled him out just in time but the guy's lucky to be alive.
Keep sharp, stay in eye contact.
I don't want anyone alone.
Whittman, Silva, run a scan for any possible toxic hazards.
Yes, sir.
- Any readings yet? - Negative.
Wind velocity is reaching the red zone.
Let's get out of here.
Case log update.
Out of concern for the safety of my team and due to the volatile nature of the phenomenon, I'm requesting permission to expedite protocol and begin an environmental assessment.
It's remarkable.
Base land results have returned to normal.
And why did the occurences take place? Gravitational fluctuations, electrostatic discharges, background radiation drops off the map.
Not to mention IR-210 projecting out of Whittman's hands and flying across the room.
Anthon? Physiological assessments show nothing that would account for the phenomenon.
There is one point of interest though.
Debbie McCallister is expecting.
I guess congratulations are in order.
- Blaine doesn't know? - I don't think so.
He is in for a shock, they gonna have twins.
Why wouldn't she tell him? I think the chaos of the situation, the uncertain future of their home.
Possibly.
What about overall family dynamics? Aside from the pregnancy, the stress levels are above average due to the condition of the daughter.
She is still hospitalized.
And she shouldn't be.
This worries some.
She's exhibiting a failure to thrive.
Lindsay, what have you found? The property has changed hands three times over the past 80 years.
Most recently it was sold to the McCallisters.
That was six years ago.
When did the occurences begin? Shortly after.
But no report of anything strange by the previous owners.
Background checks? The McCallisters have solid community ties.
They've a low risk factor for perpetrating a hoax.
They're broke.
Everything they have is tied up in the construction of this house.
What about regressive hypnosis results? Unfortunately I was unable to get permission from Blaine and Debbie to put Dixie under.
It's understandable considering what's she has experienced.
I've give her a little more time, then we'll try again.
Now Dixie, I'm gonna take you back three weeks.
It's May 28 and it's about 6 pm.
Where are you? My dad and I are driving up to the construction site.
Do you see the house yet? Yeah.
It's a mess.
Things are moving.
It's getting so windy.
What's happening? It's fine, Dixie.
Just be calm.
Please continue.
There's someone in the middle of the wind.
Can you tell us where is the middle of the wind? Upstairs.
There's a shadow.
It's rushing toward me.
No, no! Dixie, calm yourself.
And I want you to slow everything down and tell me exactly what you see.
- It's right in front of me.
- What is it? It's someone but I can't tell who it is.
Wait, I can see someone.
Who is it, Dixie? Who do you see? It's me, but I'm different.
Different? I'm wearing glasses.
My hair is shorter.
It looks almost like I'm older.
Allright, Dixie, you're doing fine.
Now I just want you She is scared.
She is so scared.
No! There is another shadow.
It's coming for her, it wants to hurt her.
Dixie, calm yourself.
Nothing is going to happen to you.
I want you to slow everything down again and describe to me the second figure.
No, I can't tell.
And there are more figures lying on the floor in the dining room.
- How many figures? - I think this should stop! Two or three.
But the big one isn't stopping.
It's coming for me.
It wants to hurt me.
Dixie, come back now! File number 34112.
Initiating full environmental monitoring and proceeding with extreme caution.
This complaint is a full scale Level 5.
No investigator will be on site without a partner for more than five minutes.
Due to the volatile nature of the phenomenon I'm requesting additional personell.
Include that with the data pouch.
Did the analysis of the data at the HQ corroborate our findings? The residue levels are lower, but they concur with our findings.
- There are no conclusions.
- That's our job.
How are Silva and Whittman? We've got lacerations, concussions, some internal bleeding.
They're recovering as anticipated but they're still have to be hospitalized for a few more days.
77 separate accounts of unstable and destructive AKA in the last two days.
And that doesn't even include the testimonials from the construction crews before we arrived.
I've just been reviewing their accounts.
There was this big black figure, like a shadow or something, blasting through the room and throws me against the wall.
The worst thing was this high pitched shriek.
I still can't get that sound out of my head.
His account was verified by several of his co-workers.
Is there any pattern developing as to when the activity occurs? No consistency whatsoever.
Although it does appear to be building.
The shadows figure prominently in everyone's testimony.
Are there any first hand sightings by our team? No, not yet.
Although we've got the equipment in place.
If something's out there we'll get it on tape.
Dixie described one of the shadows as an older version of herself.
Exactly.
I'm thinking that we should play out the PK angle.
But there is no way to suggest that she's responsible for all this.
Except her description.
It might be more objective than we think.
We need to better understand what she saw.
Anthon, how is she doing? - Not improving.
- Keep an eye on her.
Allright, what's the next course of action? We've reinforced the exterior of the probe.
Hopefully it will withstand whatever the phenomenon can throw at it.
What are we looking for? Fluctuations in air pressure, irregular seismic activity, the works.
Put it in position.
Okay, here we go.
- What was that? - Pan right.
Ambient temperature is fluctuating.
Have you registered anything? Celsius readings dropping rapidly.
Ten degrees.
Minus ten.
Minus twenty! What's the exterior temperature surrounding the house? It's constant.
22 degrees centigrade and holding.
Temperature decrease is only occuring inside the premises.
Remarkable.
Wait a minute.
Are you picking that up? Are we recording this? Try and pinpoint where the seismic activities are originating.
Check this out! Temperature levels are now increasing.
Exterior is still constant, interior plus 15 plus 20 degrees Celsius.
Seismic activity contained to the first floor.
It appears to be approaching the probe.
There! Are we getting all this? We're losing RF transmission.
Seismic activity on top of the probe.
Damn.
Probe telemetry down.
We've lost it.
Case log update.
At client's request termination procedures have been initiated.
Acoustical, atmospheric and nuclear flux technologies have been introduced.
All elimination procedures have thus far proved unsuccessful.
Considering bridge procedure with OSIR AI specialists.
Excuse me.
AI specialist, what's that? She is an operative specializing in attornitive information utilizing metaphysical techniques.
Pardon me? - She is a psychic.
- Oh, come on! Her gifts are quite remarkable.
We've tested her extensively.
How can she help? We've had some success with these procedures in the past.
Contact with the other side helps us develop non-mainstream scientific approaches.
Well, look.
I'm beyond questioning anything now.
You just do whatever you have to do to make this thing stop.
How is Dixie? She is getting worse.
Debbie is worried sick about her.
I mean physically sick.
I was talking with Dr.
Hendrix.
He feels that Debbie may be under some pressure.
We'll see.
She's talking about cutting our losses and thempting this place.
So why don't you? Because we've always dreamed of owning our own home.
What's really important to you, Blaine? Your house or your family? You're not in this alone.
Go talk to your wife.
There is a presence in the house.
Several of them, in fact.
What confuses me is that I'm receiving no information from the past.
That is extremely rare.
Peter, what is your analysis of the seismic activity recorded by the probe? Well, here is the sound as we recorded it and this is it sped up with all the extraneous noises filtered out.
Footsteps.
Exactly.
But coming from what or who? Dixie described what? Five figures? One of which was the older version of herself.
Anthon, it was definitely twins Debbie McCallister is having? Yes, she is well into her first trimester.
It's quite a shock for Blaine.
Are you suggesting that all of this could be related to precognition? While I was unable to sense anything from the past, which leaves the future as a possibility.
Allright, so there are five shadow figures, five members of the McCallister family once the twins are born.
Exactly.
What if in a parallel dimension or another time line the McCallister family moved into this house and lived there for several years.
And then something happens.
A home invasion leading to multiple murders.
Or worse.
A family member flips out and goes on a killing spree.
Where are we heading with this? Perhaps somehow the parallel family is trying to warn our clients Not to move into this particular house.
And Dixie is the messenger.
It's starting again.
Are we getting a signal yet? Audio and visual linkup now.
Affirmative.
Coming through loud and clear.
You're welcome.
So anyway, Boris, I've got some news.
Debbie is gonna have twins.
Twins? - What's the due date? - Ehm November.
November? Oh, that's amazing, Blaine.
You double the size of your family like that? Yeah.
You can understand why I'm here? Yeah, I can understand.
I guess the house isn't big enough anymore.
Yeah, Debbie wants to stay in town to be closer to her parents.
So, what are you proposing? I take the property off your hands? You would be doing me and my family one hell of a big favor.
Now, let's see what happens.
Oh, I don't know.
The market on a house of that size is dead.
Please open.
No.
But new housing.
are up about 30%.
So it's only a matter of time.
Time is money.
No.
So make me an offer.
I don't think I can do any better than ten percent under market value.
He has changed his mind.
No, Daddy, no! No! Come on, come on! It's directly affecting Dixie's vitals.
Come on, Blaine.
Done.
- You get all that? - Affirmative, Donnor.
Well done.
Final log update.
After the land transaction was finalized we determined that the selling of the property by the McCallisters resulted in the disappearance of the phenomenon.
The home has since been sold to another couple, the Penfields.
And though we've encountered no further kinetic phenomena we will continue to monitor the property as per standard procedure.
Case manager Connor Doyle out.
Was this simply an extremely active poltergeist hunt case in which the McCallisters were being warned about dire events to come by future visions of themselves should they move into their dream house? Well, this is one speculation investigators could formulate.
When the OSIR made it clear that his family safety might depend on it Blaine McCallister willingly sold the house.
And Blaine learned the sometimes elusive but ultimately obvious truth.
That a dream home is not built with wood, brick or stone, but rather on the foundation of love, the contentment and happiness of one's family.
Come on, Adam, slow down.
Skinny dipping was your idea.
My excellent idea.
Not if dad finds out.
Hey, you tell me it wasn't worth it to see Sally and Janine? Huh? I guess.
If we keep going we might get home for breakfast.
This sucks.
Let's cut through Layton's ranch.
That will get us home in 20 minutes.
It's off limits.
And so are Sally and Janine.
"They're not church-going girls, boys.
" It's three o'clock in the morning.
How is Layton ever gonna know? You come, little brother, or I'll leave you for the coyotes.
Come on, you loser, keep up.
- You're sure we're going the right way? - Sure I'm sure.
When we get over that rise, you look for Beacon's gas station.
- And we're home free.
- You got it.
Did you hear that? What is it? Somebody's coming.
Let's go.
The SETI Project.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence.
A world-wide network of radio dishes designed to receive any communication from outer space cultures if they exist.
Now, despite the absence to date of any such messages and the repeated non-acknowledgement of actual contact by our military, we are continually confronted with reports of craft sightings, communications and abductions associated with a variety of sentient extraterrestrial beings.
When the OSIR was asked to investigate anomalous lights in Crescent County, Iowa, it found the bewildered residents' agitated state as challenging as the phenomenon it had set out to analyze.
Allright, Fred, what's going on here? I think you know, Jessie, after those kids were taken last week.
Fred, we still don't know what happened last week.
Now I want all of you to move on out of here.
There it is.
They're back.
What the hell.
File number 52111.
Case manager Connor Doyle.
Initial case log entry.
We're investigating a possible UFO sighting and a claimed alien abduction in Crescent County, Iowa.
Our main countact is a sheriff Jessie Weckel.
I'm not sure what to think anymore other than this town is going nuts.
So there were multiple witnesses for each sighting? You'd be hard pressed to find somebody in this town who hasn't seen those damn lights in the sky.
You saw them yourself? Oh, hell yeah.
Although whether I saw northern lights or the gray come down and say hello, I saw something.
Our contacts at the FAA confirm that nothing was scheduled to fly over your airspace during the time of the sightings.
No military flights or training exercises within a hundred miles.
Yeah, been down that "It's a weather baloon" road.
I got nothing.
So, we only have visual confirmation.
Not if you factor in the Kieler boys story.
Exactly.
It's what happend to those boys that got the town all lit up.
They're not talking now.
That's Chad and Adam.
They know when to climb up.
Oh, light misdemeanors, normal behavior for kids that age stuck out here in the sticks.
Your report says that the doctor who examined them feels they underwent something traumatic.
Well, they told everyone they were abducted by aliens and they've got the scars to prove it.
Those boys were as good as scared as I've ever seen two kids get.
Yeah, I've been waiting out there since those boys first got probed.
I figured if those things came back again we better be ready to defend our young.
Well, it's clear that these vessels are from outer space.
Otherwise why would you folks even be here.
About a week later they came back again, circled the field again.
But there were too many of us for them to try and make a landing.
I'll be damned if I'm gonna let some alien take our childen for their experiments.
If there was something going on out on my land, I slept right through it.
My wife and kids too.
I was thinking, maybe there was a flock of geese or car lights reflecting from the highway.
Maybe just a couple kids up to something.
It's important to remember: They're clearly trying to tell us something.
We must decipher the message.
We were cutting through this field when it happened.
- Can it, man, they don't wanna hear.
- Come on.
This flying saucer came out of nowhere.
We tried to run but it was too fast.
Look this way, please guys.
- Admit it, Chad, it was amazing.
- Why don't we just tell the whole tale.
- I was not - Shut up.
Sheriff Weckel and Fred Hilliard carried them in here like two sacks of potatoes around 5 am.
What symptoms did the boys present? Dehydration, disorientation, both had injuries and pupil response time consistent with a serious concussion.
I had to sedate them both and keep them under close observation.
On the Glasgow coma scale? Lock 7.
Some type of physiological trauma that affected their nervous system.
First and second degree burns on feet and hands and there is the gouge on Chad's shoulder.
He said the aliens were taking a sample.
Their dads are convinced that it's an act to get out of some jam.
What do you think, Doctor? Well, like old Doc Klein used to tell us at Harward: it's how the patient tells you this.
Case log update.
After interviewing nearly a dozen withesses I've decided to expedite protocol and focus our attention on the land surrounding the sightings.
We've established a ten square mile perimeter.
It's hoped that a thorough on-site inspection in conjuction with the physiological assessment of the subjects will help us determine what happened here.
I've charted all the reported UFO sightings to date and ran a computer model.
They could have been anywhere within this 20 mile square area.
So, unless the boys tell us more I can't accurately assess the event's location.
No power lines, no water towers.
There is nothing that can be perceived as a UFO.
The are some fallow spots.
Other than that there is nothing but corn, barley and soya beans.
No geophysical elements, no anomalous energy fields.
You think any combination of this vegetation could cause hallucinogenic effects? You got nothing more than your basic agricultural staples out here.
You put all this stuff together and you'll get nothing but a Really healthy breakfast cereal.
Exactly.
You've any insomnia, shortness of breath, migraine headaches? Yeah.
All of the above.
How is your night vision? Any clouding or dimming of peripheral vision? Some.
You seem to know what you're looking for, Doc.
I've seen symptoms like this before.
- Where? - People who lead stressful lives.
Or another UFO freaks, right? I wasn't abducted by a UFO, Doc.
Those boys were.
Or they say they were.
God know, I'm believing this whole UFO thing.
Sheriff, you're a little overworked but otherwise you're in fine shape.
That's what my wife told me the day she left me.
Where were you? We were cutting through this field when it came out of nowhere.
It felt like something was pushing us down.
The lights were blinding and the air smelled funny like after a thunderstorm.
And then they knocked us out, zapped us, I guess.
Who did? The aliens.
Is this true, Chad? When I woke up, man, I hurt all over.
It must've happened.
Do you still feel sick? I feel better now but after it happened I thought I was gonna die.
Adam, I'm talking to Chad.
Are you sure that the wounds you received came from that ordeal, that evening? This was no ordeal, man, we were abducted by aliens.
Don't you get it? Chad and Adam registered high cardiovascular and neurological responses during questioning.
They're hiding something.
But I can't pinpoint exactly what.
Looks like they were in a pretty rough shape to me.
Yes.
Aside from the lesions there is evidence of dysrhythmia on both boys.
But irregular heartbeat can be inherited genetically.
True enough.
But the pattern of the lesions suggests some radiation burns.
I'd learn more if I could regress the boys to hypnotic state but they won't cooperate.
Their fathers signed the release forms.
Chad and Adam refuse to acknowledge their parents' authority, legal or otherwise.
We'll get what we can from other sources.
Sandra, anything further from your scans of the surrounding area? Minor traces of pesticide use.
I've sent soil samples to HQ for further analysis.
Tasha? Background checks into the area are fairly typical so far.
Strong interactive community, agrarian based economy.
No previous record of phenomena before to these incidents.
Suddenly half the town turns up for a free light show.
What about people passing through? Migrant workers? All fairly closed-mouth.
I think they're more concerned about work than migration.
All swore they saw nothing.
Reduce the perimeter.
Prepare full monitoring and surveilance.
I wanna know if anything comes within five miles of this field.
We've began monitoring of the area in the hopes of finding some evidence of what has visited this site twice in the past three weeks.
In the eight days since initiating surveilance we've picked up nothing.
With sheriff's help the area has been secured from civilian interference.
Sorry, Fred, the road is closed.
We've got a flood from an irrigation overflow.
Sheriff, you might be able to fool everyone else with these lies.
But we know the truth.
You and the government are up to something.
And it's got to do with those UFOs.
Fred, the road is closed.
That's all there is to it.
Now turn the vehicle around and go home.
Our taxes pay you this road.
This should better work.
Thank you.
Air Traffic has clear skies and no scheduled flights, the military or civilian.
Same as where the other sightings occured.
I have something.
Long range bogies coming in from the north-west at - 5 miles and closing.
- How many? Two.
Coming in low, twenty feet off the deck.
Tasha, track them on the littenscope.
Do we have anything on radar? We have target lock.
Confirm two bogies zeroing in on our position.
Coming fast.
I can't identify them.
Night vision image is unclear.
Radar tracking systems are down.
I don't understand this.
They must be jamming us.
We still have visuals.
Launch the aerial probe, I want identification now.
Probe is airborne.
Hold on.
I've lost remote scans.
Long range sensors are blind.
Something is definitely interfering with our tracking system.
Anything from the probe? It disappeared.
What the hell is going on out there? Anybody? Case log update.
We are currently attempting to retrieve the aerial probe lost during last operation.
It remains doubtful as to whether the probe holds any information which could help us identify the two UFOs we tracked before our instruments were jammed.
Aha.
Over here, about twenty yards.
So, you didn't see anything in the sky last night? No lights? I'm sorry, I saw nothing.
I got it.
Geez, what a mess.
What could have caused this? Are you all right? Sounds like a bronchial infection.
Don't worry about me.
How long have you had this illness? Too long.
Many of us are sick.
But we must work.
For our families.
Let's get him into the lab and run some tests.
Dr.
Hendrix will know for sure, but he needs some antibiotics.
How are they? Louis has a severe chest infection.
And his friends We found large amounts of chemical-based toxins in their systems.
I haven't seen anything like this since Kurdistan.
- Any trace of narcotics? - That's hard to say.
Connor, they've been exposed to something.
Sandra is trying to identify it.
Could it have come from the field? Possibly.
Louis says he doesn't know where it could have come from but most of the people he works with have the same illness.
And they all here are working illegaly, so no one will speak up.
Tasha, I want you and Peter to go on a covert sub-operation at the location of the sightings.
See if we can make a positive ID of any UFOs using remote sensing equipment.
You want us to continue operation without permission from the land owner? For now.
We need visual confirmation directly from the sight.
Okay.
If the UFOs return.
You're all right? Yeah.
I was just thinking about what those two boys went through.
Be careful.
Don't worry.
Oh, and I'll take care of Axon.
Lab One, this is Tasha.
We're entering the east quadrant of Layton's field.
- Let's set up the scanners over here.
- Okay.
Tasha, don't move! What is it? Oh, yeah, there it is.
Very high energy field emissions.
All right, stand back.
Whoa! - That's not very neighbourly, Mr.
Layton.
- Downright rude I'd say.
Wait a minute! Didn't Chad say something like: the air smelled funny like after a thunderstorm? Ozone.
There must've been 200 volts running through it.
Those kids must have got a hell of a shock.
That would explain the boys' irregular heart rate and Chad's wounds.
But it still doesn't account for their reluctance to cooperate.
I talked to the girls the Kieler boys were with before their claimed abduction.
And it turns out they all indulged in a little home-made dungle juice.
Mr.
Kieler is a devout baptist, he won't be too pleased to hear that news.
That's what they're trying to hide.
So as far as the boys were concerned, this encounter with the electrified trip wire could qualify as an alien abduction.
But that still doesn't explain the rest of the sightings.
Movement! Connor, we've got movement.
Activate remote scanners.
I have a target lock.
Two heat sources closing fast at 3 miles due north by north-west.
Peter, we have double bogies headed in your direction.
Do you have visual contact? Negative, Lab One, nothing in the sky.
Hold on! Affirmative.
Lab One, I have a visual on two UFOs coming out of the north-west.
Two heat trails and night vision is detecting burnout.
Geez, they're about twenty feet off the deck, closing fast.
Whoa! Those are the brightest lights I've ever seen.
Peter, Tasha, can you identify it? Please repeat, Lab One, you're breaking up.
We can't hear you right now.
There is too much interference.
Can you identify the UFO? Negative, Lab One, they must be jamming us.
Scanners Peter, do you copy? I need visuals on this now! Run the picture through the computer.
Working on it.
I've got a lock.
We have an ID match on the UFOs.
Helicopters.
Bell Jet Rangers.
Two of them.
Why didn't we ID them before? They appear to be modified for night flying and stealth runs.
Lab One, do you copy? Get down! We have cold emission coming from the IFOs themselves, looks like some kind of liquid.
They're crop dusting.
We gotta get out of here.
Let's run for cover.
Hold on.
They're breaking pattern and heading south-east at 150 knots.
Winkler, keep them in your sights.
- Where are you going? - After them.
- You've been seeing what I've been seeing? - Looks like we've found your UFOs.
Then what are we waiting for, let's go.
Winkler, I'm trailing with the sheriff.
Keep us pointed in the right direction.
We have visual contact.
They're heading due south.
Affirmative.
We have both of you on our screens.
But might have a problem.
Go ahead.
Tracking starting to break up.
By estimate they'll be out of range in less than a minute.
And we're gonna run out of the road in a hurry.
Doyle, you're ok? Winkler, we've lost them.
It's up to you.
Fire up the imaging laser radar tracking system.
I've lost them here.
They're out of range.
ILR status.
Any second now Confirm.
I have both aircraft on my scope.
Heading due south-east about 4 km away and slowing down.
Due south-east, 4 km.
Excellent work.
We're on it.
- What? - Copters, who would have thought! I'll have two squad cars meet us here.
I just put out a warrant for the arrest of Kurt Layton, the man that owns this land.
I believe running illegaly modified aircraft without clearance is a federal offense.
- So is using banned pesticides.
- I've analyzed those pesticides.
Turns out to be toxaphine, smuggled in from Mexico.
Pretty deadly stuff.
Then he put stealth modifications in the helicopters, flew in low and jammed all radio transmissions to cover the operation.
These guys were good.
- You mean somebody trained them? - Oh yeah, very well.
Why go to all that trouble just to dust crops? This acreage was dying.
His corn was infested with earworms, resistant to most pesticides except toxaphine.
So much for the UFO convention.
Now you can tell the boys and the rest of the town what they really saw.
If they want to know what they really saw.
Final case log entry.
Kurt Layton has been arrested and charged with the illegal use of aircraft and deadly chemicals.
The farmworkers were all treated for various ailments caused by the pesticides.
Everyone affected has made a full recovery.
Case manager Connor Doyle out.
Sometimes the most extraordinary occurences have the simplest explanations.
These teenagers weren't abducted by aliens and UFOs.
No, this was human greed coupled with a blatant and criminal disregard for the health, wellfare and stability of an honest hard-working community.
No ET or flying saucers here.
I'm Dan Aykroyd for Psi Factor.