Project UFO 2x10 - Sighting 4023 The I-Man Incident
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00:00These are unidentified flying objects.
00:29Are they proof that we are being visited by civilizations from other stars?
00:46Or just what are they?
01:16Tango 1, we have an unknown for you.
01:46No I.D., no radio response, it is now bearing from you 290 degrees for 40 miles.
01:58Check arm safe and stand by for target speed and altitude.
02:01Roger, Port Andreas.
02:03Arm safe and standing by.
03:03Tango 1, we have an unknown for you.
03:23No I.D., no radio response, it is now bearing from you 290 degrees for 40 miles.
03:43Tango 1, we have an unknown for you.
04:03No I.D., no radio response, it is now bearing from you 220 degrees for 40 miles.
04:23Tango 1, we have an unknown for you.
04:43No I.D., no radio response, it is now bearing from you 220 degrees for 40 miles.
05:03Gosh.
05:33Gosh.
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09:13Gosh.
09:25Hi, Libby, what do we got?
09:27No social life for one thing and no sleep for you for another.
09:30A T-38 has been scheduled the second you're briefed.
09:33Start from the top, California, right?
09:35Right, possible two sightings, one at sea, conjectural, one on the beach, firmly reported.
09:41Here's the sector between Point Andreas and Dumas Beach.
09:46An F-106 designated Victor Tango 1 scrambled against an unknown last positioned 70 miles northwest of Point Andreas radar, time 0446 Zulu.
09:57Two minutes later, at 2048 hours Pacific time, Victor Tango 1 disappeared after merging with an unidentified object on the Point Andreas radar scope.
10:08No more track on the F-106 after that?
10:10Not a sign. There's some notes on your desk.
10:13The weather up there was horrible, heavy precipitation, lightning, a 400-foot ceiling, high surface winds.
10:19Air search rescue underway at 2254 hours.
10:23Roger.
10:24Okay, the second sighting, what do we have on that?
10:27Uh, a sighting, 70 miles south, four minutes and 32 seconds later.
10:35Where precisely?
10:37On the beach at Dumas Bay.
10:39A 14-year-old girl alone claims she saw, and this is a quote from the sheriff who called in,
10:45a funny-shaped thing landed near her, made some funny noises, then cranked up and flew away.
10:51Radar reports the unknown was slowed to 100 knots just prior to the merge on the scope.
10:56So if the girl saw the same unknown, that unknown would have to fly over 800 knots per hour to get to that location.
11:04That's right, but that's not an inconceivable speed, Mach 1.3.
11:08That doesn't mean the two sightings are related at this point.
11:11What do we have on the girl?
11:13Only the sheriff's opinion that Cindy Harper is an exceptionally bright and honest child.
11:19Okay, who do we contact on the coast?
11:23It's Colonel Bourne out of McClellan, now set up at rescue headquarters Vandenberg.
11:30Okay, Sergeant, I'll meet you on the flight line 45.
11:32Okay, Captain, see you later.
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13:07We've been searching for eight hours now, eight solid hours and nothing.
13:11Not even an oil slick, not a piece of wreckage.
13:14All right, Lieutenant, what have we got, anything at all?
13:17Anything new, anything good?
13:19I'm afraid not, sir.
13:21Well, what have you covered?
13:23Four complete grids have been searched, sir.
13:25Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike.
13:27We have two to go, India, November.
13:30Then you repeat?
13:31Yes, sir, beginning with Kilo.
13:33I agree.
13:35Just make sure that you've got plenty of eyeballs aboard those aircraft.
13:39I don't want one square inch of that ocean overlooked.
13:41Understood, sir.
13:47What about that young girl up at Dumas Bay?
13:50What's her name again?
13:52Cindy Harper, sir.
13:53What does it mean? Any connection with the missing aircraft?
13:56We don't know, sir. It's all fiction until we look into it.
13:59Many so-called sightings are.
14:01What are you doing about finding out? Are you on top of it?
14:03Yes, sir, we're going there next.
14:05Right now, we'd like to talk to the radar controller.
14:07Lieutenant.
14:09Yes, sir?
14:10See that these men get in touch with the radar controller as soon as...
14:13Yes, sir.
14:14All right, get at it, but stay in touch.
14:16We want to find that pilot.
14:18Yes, sir.
14:20I understand the radar controller's out at the radar site now.
14:24They were working on the height finder, sir.
14:30Good morning, Captain, Sergeant.
14:32I thought you might like to read the press coverage first thing.
14:38Air Force jet and pilot vanish in saucer mystery.
14:42Kidnapped by alien beings.
14:45And why is Operation Blue Book covering it up?
14:51You know that's close to what's here.
14:55You know that's close to what's here.
15:01Thank you, Sergeant.
15:21First of all, I want you to know
15:23I never said anything about any kidnapping to that reporter.
15:26All I told him was the truth.
15:29That the aircraft and the object seemed to come together
15:32and swallow it up.
15:34Hold on a second, Sarge.
15:36I want to get this all down exactly as you recall it.
15:39I've got a tape recorder out in the car.
15:54Okay, Sarge.
15:56Sergeant Anderson and I were on duty.
15:59At 2027 hours, I painted an object in the northwest.
16:02And I wasn't able to get an ID
16:04because he either didn't carry a transponder
16:06or it was inoperative.
16:08And I wasn't able to raise him on the radio.
16:15Since he was an unknown,
16:17we had to scramble Victor Tango One out of McClellan.
16:20Point Andreas, this is Victor Tango One out of McClellan.
16:23Victor Tango One, this is Point Andreas Control. Go.
16:26Point Andreas radar, Victor Tango One,
16:28heading 270, climbing Angels 33.
16:34Victor Tango One, Point Andreas, continue 270.
16:38Stand by for target information.
16:40I hope you've got a hot one for me.
16:42This weather is really bad.
16:45Tango One, we have an unknown for you.
16:49No ID.
16:51No radio response.
16:54It is now bearing from you 290 degrees for 40 miles.
17:06Check arm safe and stand by for target speed and altitude.
17:09Roger, Point Andreas.
17:11Arm safe and standing by.
17:13Roger that, Tango One.
17:15Tango One, squawk mode 3, code 1040.
17:19Squawking 1040.
17:23How about getting me some weather conditions for the northwest tier, over?
17:26Roger that, Tango One.
17:28The entire area is generally reporting a 400-foot overcast.
17:33Clouds are layered to 30,000.
17:36Numerous thunderstorms with tops to 45,000.
17:39And you can expect light to heavy for SIP
17:41and moderate to severe turbulence.
17:43There's lightning air-to-air and air-to-ground.
17:46Roger, Andreas.
17:48It's really a wonderful night to go flying.
17:53Victor, Tango One.
17:55Target ground speed is 380 knots.
18:06Stand by, Tango One. He's slowing.
18:09He's now down to 195 knots.
18:13Steer 278 degrees.
18:17Target is still slowing.
18:24Sarge, I've got a problem with this height finder.
18:26I have to go check it out.
18:29Victor, Tango One. I'm in visual conditions at this time on top.
18:33Turning 278 degrees. Angels 3-3.
18:36Target range now 30 miles.
18:40Stand by and be advised we're having a minor problem with height finder.
18:44Roger, Quint Andreas. I'll stand by.
18:48Have possible radar contact.
18:59Victor, Tango One. Do you have a tally-ho on your bogey? Over.
19:03Negative tally-ho. I have a radar contact. Closing fast.
19:09Roger.
19:39Roger.
19:56Victor, Tango One. Victor, Tango One.
19:58You're starting to merge on my scope. Advise caution.
20:01I am unable, I repeat, I am unable to distinguish separation. Over.
20:10Come in, Victor, Tango One. Over.
20:17McClellan Control, I have an emergency.
20:20This is Quint Andreas. Victor, Tango One on intercept mission has disappeared from my scope.
20:40Victor, Tango One. Do you read me? Over.
20:45Come in, Victor, Tango One. Over.
20:48Naturally, I got on the box right away. I got the rescue people moving, but...
20:53I don't buy this kidnappers from outer space stuff, sir.
20:56But this was weird.
20:58What that other object seemed to be doing.
21:00What?
21:01Waiting, sir.
21:03It seemed to be waiting on that F-106.
21:07May I show you something, sir?
21:15Here are some stills from the radar recording camera. It shows exactly what I mean.
21:20I can't disagree with your reading, sergeant.
21:23Did Anderson witness any of the action from the time you went up to check the hide finder and when the interceptor disappeared?
21:28No, sir. He didn't come back until a couple of minutes after I activated McClellan Air Rescue.
21:32I don't think so, sir.
21:34I don't think so, sir.
21:36I don't think so, sir.
21:38I don't think so, sir.
21:40I don't think so, sir.
21:42I don't think so, sir.
21:44I don't think so, sir.
21:46He didn't come back until a couple of minutes after I activated McClellan Air Rescue.
21:49And there was no hide finder operative?
21:51No, sir.
21:56Thank you, sergeant.
21:58Thank you, sir.
21:59Thank you, sergeant.
22:16Thank you, sergeant.
22:38Cindy, this is Captain Ryan and Sergeant Fitz from the U.S. Air Force.
22:42Hello, Cindy.
22:43Hi.
22:44Hello.
22:47I'm going to turn this tape recorder on while you tell us what happened last night.
22:51That way I won't have to trust my memory.
22:54Why don't you sit over here, Cindy?
23:01Now try and think how it all started.
23:04Well, I guess it all happened because I like to go down to the beach during storms.
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27:40That's fine, Cindy.
27:41That's just fine.
27:45Do you remember what you played on the conch shell?
27:47Sure.
27:48It wasn't very complicated.
27:49Do you have your shell here?
27:50Mm-hmm.
27:56Will you play it for us, Cindy?
27:57Will you play it for us, Cindy?
28:23Gentlemen, uh,
28:25I hope you won't have to be seeing Cindy again.
28:28Her mother died two years ago.
28:30It's kind of hard to keep Cindy on an even keel.
28:33She's so active.
28:35Anyway, call me first if you do have to come back.
28:38Certainly, sir.
28:39Thank you, Mr. Harper.
28:41Thank you, sir.
28:50Well, that's over.
28:52I was proud of my girl.
28:54But now I want you to concentrate on your schoolwork.
28:57Forget about last night.
28:59But I won't forget, Daddy.
29:01But I won't forget, Daddy.
29:32It's so obvious we missed it.
29:35A simple Morse code.
29:36We've been analyzing chemical codes and radio call letters.
29:43Dot, dot.
29:45I.
29:47Dash, dash.
29:49M.
29:51Dot, dash.
29:53M.
29:55Dot, dash.
29:57M.
29:59Dot, dash.
30:01A.
30:03Dash, dot.
30:05N.
30:08Iman.
30:13Iman?
30:15Iman.
30:16Hey, that rings a mighty loud bell.
30:19What?
30:20Ever hear of an astronomer named Laszlo?
30:23Well, sure. What's that have to do with it?
30:24Here it is.
30:26Now this, uh,
30:28he took a very wild shot 15 years ago.
30:31I ran into it a year or so ago in one of the Astronomy Society bulletins.
30:35And it was called Project Iman.
30:37I-M-A-N.
30:40Let me...
30:42Let me kind of read this over and get it straight.
30:45Well, come on. Give, give.
30:461420 megahertz.
30:49Directed beam.
30:53Tau Ceti.
30:57Tau Ceti.
31:02Professor Laszlo radio broadcast Morse code for the letters I-M-A-N
31:07on a frequency of 1420 megahertz directed to the star Tau Ceti,
31:12where there's the barest chance of planets and intelligent life.
31:21What we're fooling around with is the possibility that Cindy,
31:25a girl walking on a beach,
31:27a girl walking on a beach,
31:32received a reply to Laszlo's message?
31:36Could be.
31:39What do you say we get in touch with Laszlo, Captain?
31:42Hmm? Oh, yeah.
31:44First I have to deal with Cindy's father.
31:47Heavy stuff.
31:50Mr. Harper, this is Captain Ben Ryan.
31:53No, we haven't finished our work yet, sir.
31:56As a matter of fact,
31:57those dot-dash signals that Cindy reported may be very important,
32:00and we want to talk to her again.
32:05I think you should know just what I'm going to do.
32:09I'm going to send a message to her.
32:11I'll talk to her again.
32:15I think you should know just how important, sir.
32:18Could I send Sergeant Fitz to pick you up?
32:21Thank you, sir. Goodbye.
32:29Now, of these nearby local stars,
32:32a couple could have planets that might, just might,
32:35have intelligent beings living there, Mr. Harper.
32:38Tau Ceti and Epsilon Eridani are their names.
32:41Now, Laszlo figured if we're looking for life on our own planets,
32:44why not look for life on planets of nearby stars?
32:47So he picked Tau Ceti.
32:49It's a G-type star. It's like our own sun.
32:51And he sent out a sample signal.
32:53A clever signal.
32:55In Morse code, the letters I-M-A-N
32:58come out symmetrical and arithmetically progressive.
33:01Dot-dot, I.
33:03Dash-dash, M.
33:05Dot-dash, A.
33:07Dash-dot, N.
33:08Dot-dot, dash-dash, dot-dash, dash-dot.
33:13It's got design.
33:15What made this Laszlo think his message would get through,
33:18or find a listener?
33:20He picked a transmission frequency of 1420 megahertz.
33:23Now, below a thousand megahertz
33:25is almost impenetrable space static interference,
33:28a galactic noise.
33:30And 10,000 megahertz or more
33:33won't penetrate the Earth's atmosphere.
33:35Why is exactly 1420 ideal?
33:36It's the radiation frequency of neutral atomic hydrogen,
33:40therefore offering a frequency of least interference,
33:42least noise.
33:44If I follow,
33:46then if we listen in that frequency area,
33:48it would appear to be natural
33:50that others out there would do the same.
33:52Correct.
33:54So if anyone as advanced as we are, or more,
33:56were living on a planetary companion of Tau Ceti,
33:58their radio astronomers
34:00would most likely be listening on the frequency
34:02that Laszlo sent his signal.
34:04That's a very exciting possibility.
34:06I'd hoped you'd think so.
34:10How far away is this star?
34:1210.8 light years.
34:15Some 66 trillion miles.
34:19Well, Captain Ryan,
34:21doesn't that blow the whole speculation into a cocked hat?
34:24Ten years
34:26for Laszlo's Morse code to get there
34:28at the speed of light.
34:30Ten years getting back to Earth.
34:3220 years or so round trip, Captain.
34:33And you said Laszlo broadcast only 15 years ago.
34:36But remember, Cindy said she saw
34:38an umbrella antenna on that UFO.
34:40Now suppose
34:42that an extraterrestrial spacecraft
34:44somewhere between our solar system and Tau Ceti
34:47intercepted Laszlo's transmission.
34:52That's pretty far-fetched, Captain Ryan.
34:54Uh-huh.
34:56But in our business, Mr. Harper,
34:58it's a waste of time to pursue the negative.
35:01We grab its star
35:03with straws any time, any place.
35:06No matter what people say
35:08or print.
35:10Is that what you're worried about?
35:12Cindy and the papers?
35:14Of course.
35:16And Cindy interviewed by you men?
35:18Laszlo? Others?
35:20Another thing.
35:22How could she possibly know anything about
35:24Iron Man, Laszlo, all of it?
35:26We don't know.
35:28And we want to find out.
35:30We must.
35:31And we need your permission.
35:33That's why we've gone through all this with you.
35:35I don't know.
35:37Let me add something else.
35:39We don't know if there's any connection
35:41between the two sightings.
35:43Cindy's and whatever the missing pilot
35:45was trying to intercept.
35:47But we want to be absolutely sure.
35:49I still want to think about it.
35:51What kind of a man is this Laszlo?
35:54He's a pretty crusty old bird.
35:58Good day, gentlemen.
35:59Goodbye, sir.
36:01Thank you very much for coming.
36:08Captain Ryan?
36:10Yes, sir.
36:12Of course, sir.
36:14We'll be there at 0800 hours, sir.
36:16Yes, sir.
36:19Goodbye, sir.
36:22Okay, gentlemen.
36:25Due to the passage of time
36:26and the exhaustive search,
36:28I've got to conclude
36:30that an interceptor man and machine
36:32have disappeared without explanation.
36:34Now, can you add or subtract anything
36:36from that, Captain Ryan?
36:38No, sir.
36:40But the sighting to the south of the event
36:42is still under investigation.
36:44Captain, I'm willing to open my mind
36:46to anything at this point.
36:48As you know, any scenario,
36:50repeat any scenario, is worth examining.
36:52Now, in view of the fact
36:54that a little girl claims
36:56to have seen a peculiar flying object
36:58within five minutes
37:00of the F-106 disappearance,
37:02perhaps we should consider
37:04hostile destruction
37:06or other bizarre possibilities.
37:08I don't think so, sir.
37:10And before consideration
37:12of a mid-air collision,
37:14you have to take into account
37:16the range resolution capacity
37:18of the Point Andreas radar.
37:20I mean, every intercept mission
37:22is by definition a collision course,
37:24but at great ranges from the radar,
37:26the conditions would paint a merge
37:28even though in actuality
37:30the fighter and the target bogey
37:32were several hundred yards apart.
37:34Affirmative, but where's this leading?
37:36Well, sir,
37:39we don't know if that pilot
37:41ever saw anything by eyeball.
37:43Now, he never reported the lock-on,
37:45only a radar target.
37:47His last transmission tells us that.
37:49Now, you recall, we never had
37:51an altitude readout on that bogey
37:53from Andreas due to the height finder malfunction.
37:54And the severe weather,
37:56the heavy precipitation interference
37:58with the ground radar at that distance,
38:00and an experienced pilot
38:02flying a proven all-weather weapon system
38:04who showed no signs of panic.
38:06Well, sir,
38:09it all boils down
38:11to a catastrophic mechanical failure.
38:14Makes sense, a violent ocean,
38:16all traces quickly erased.
38:18Yes, sir.
38:20Meanwhile, we keep on looking.
38:24Colonel Bowen.
38:26Yeah, he's here right now.
38:28It's for you, Ryan.
38:30Thank you, sir.
38:32Ryan here.
38:34Sam Harper, Captain.
38:36And the reason for my call
38:38is that I don't think Cindy
38:40should be made to tell her story again.
38:42Did you ever hear
38:44the really final ending
38:46to the tale about the boy who cried wolf?
38:48He was never believed again.
38:50Went through his whole life
38:52as a notorious liar.
38:54Mr. Harper, the boy in that story
38:56was at the mercy of a crowd of village idiots.
38:58Now, I'm a professional
39:00who's nursed over 200 people
39:02through their stories,
39:04and no one has been hurt.
39:06Now, please let me bring Professor Laszlo
39:08to Cindy's Beach this afternoon.
39:10There's no risk, sir. Trust me.
39:12All right, Captain.
39:14This afternoon, then.
39:16About 3.
39:18Thank you, sir.
39:25Let me tell you what Isaac Newton said once.
39:27You know who he was.
39:29He worked out three laws of mechanics
39:31that led to his own law of gravitation.
39:33It's just called Newton's Law nowadays.
39:35And he was the first man
39:37to figure out all the colors
39:39that are hidden in plain old white light.
39:41Ultraviolet to infrared.
39:44And after he did all that,
39:46and more,
39:48let me tell you what he said
39:50when he was an old man.
39:52He said to myself,
39:54I seem to have been like a boy
39:56playing on the seashore,
39:58amusing myself,
40:00and now and then finding
40:02a smoother stone
40:04or a prettier shell than ordinary.
40:07Well, the great
40:09undiscovered ocean of truth
40:11lay all around me.
40:15You see, the point is
40:17that even when he was 80,
40:19he still felt the way you do now.
40:22And we're all a little frightened
40:24of what's unknown.
40:26I am. You are.
40:28You?
40:30Well, sure.
40:32Here I am looking into UFOs,
40:34and I worry about what I do,
40:36my job.
40:38I worry about making a mistake.
40:40I worry about misunderstanding
40:42what people tell me.
40:44I just tell the truth
40:46as I see it.
40:48That's all you have to do today.
40:51Okay. I'll be real cool.
40:56Now, I'm going to be asking you
40:58specific questions
41:00from time to time, Miss Harper.
41:02And I expect
41:04specific answers.
41:06No more, no less. Yeah?
41:08Yes, sir.
41:10Begin your story.
41:12Well, when I first saw it,
41:14right over there.
41:20It was just a bundle of wires and things
41:22going on and going off.
41:26Then, when it got opposite
41:28where I was standing,
41:30it stopped just beyond the waves.
41:38How fast did it fly?
41:40Before it stopped?
41:42Oh, very fast.
41:44Then it hovered.
41:46Hovered?
41:48Stood still in the air.
41:50Hovered?
42:00And then it stopped flashing its lights
42:02and came up on the beach.
42:15Describe it.
42:17Oh, it was so exciting.
42:18I don't even think I was breathing.
42:31How big was it?
42:33I thought it was going to reach out and get me.
42:49And it had gadgets and pipes
42:51poking out all over it.
42:57And I wanted to touch it
42:59to see if it really was real.
43:01You weren't sure it was real, huh?
43:03Oh, well, sure I was sure.
43:07And then it started
43:09going up and down
43:11and up and down
43:13and up and down
43:15and up and down
43:16and then it started
43:18sparking and spitting.
43:25In a regular pattern,
43:27that's important?
43:29Yes, sir.
43:30Over and over.
43:35What was that pattern?
43:37Dit-dit-da-da
43:39Dit-da-da-dit.
43:41Are you sure?
43:43Not da-da-dit-dit?
43:44No.
43:46No, just what I told you.
43:48Those specific flashes?
43:50Like a power line when it breaks.
43:53Did it have legs?
43:55Let me think.
44:00Come on, answer me.
44:02Did it have legs?
44:08Answer me!
44:10Take it easy, Professor.
44:12All right.
44:13You reported an antenna
44:15on that object, yeah?
44:17You mean...
44:18I mean an antenna.
44:20Long arms.
44:26A grid-like wire structure.
44:30Well, I...
44:31Now, I ask you,
44:33did the UFO fly fast?
44:36Did it have legs?
44:39Tell me.
44:41Describe it to me.
44:42What was that signal again?
44:47Tell me.
44:48I've already told you.
44:50Answer me. Tell me.
44:51Stop it.
44:52Answer me.
44:53Stop it.
44:54That's enough.
44:59I know what I saw.
45:01And I know what I heard.
45:03And I could care less what you think.
45:08Leave me alone.
45:11Please, Danny.
45:19Just like old man Newton,
45:22I found a pebble.
45:27And nobody else has to see it for all I care.
45:31Because I saw it.
45:41That was a completely insensitive performance.
45:44But I do know why you did it.
45:46I couldn't beat down her story,
45:48much as I tried, could I?
45:51Well,
45:53I found out exactly what I needed to know.
45:57That's why I'm here today,
45:59and that's what counts.
46:01And that's why I'm here.
46:03And that's why I'm here.
46:05And that's why I'm here.
46:07And that's why I'm here.
46:08And that's why I'm here today,
46:09and that's what counts.
46:11Me and that signal.
46:13You believe, Cindy?
46:15Of course.
46:17What's your conclusion?
46:19Well, it won't be of much use to you,
46:21because Miss Harper's UFO
46:23could have been
46:24some fool who had built
46:26an odd helicopter in his garage
46:28and went around scaring children,
46:31or telekinesis combined with auto-hypnosis,
46:36or my signal to a star
46:38has been answered by a spacecraft.
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