( radio playing country tune )
ALEX: I can't believe Trivette.
I set him up with my best friend
and he doesn't even call her back.
Now, wait a minute. He told me he did call her back.
Oh, yeah, two weeks later.
Well, he did call her back.
Two weeks is a lifetime
when you're waiting by the phone.
Well...
What he told me is, when he took her out,
she was kind of, uh...
Kind of what?
Well, you know, kind of, uh...
Kind of what?
Dull. He said she was dull.
Dull?
That's what he said.
She's not dull.
I guess what would you expect?
She is an attorney,
you know. Oh!
( chuckles )
You...
( static over radio )
What's wrong with your radio?
Some kind of electrical interference.
( mysterious theme playing )
What the hell is that?
I've never seen anything like that.
Neither have I.
Why do I feel so vulnerable out here all of a sudden?
Even with me?
Even with you.
It's creepy.
Well, let's go see what that is.
Why?
Because I'd like to know what it is up there.
Well, good luck.
Wait here.
Not a chance.
Honey, what are you doing out here?
Are you all right?
Why are you out here alone?
Don't be afraid.
I'm Walker, this is Alex.
What's your name?
Where's your mommy and daddy? Are they out here with you?
They got my daddy.
Who got your daddy?
If you talk to us, maybe we can help you.
Sky people.
The sky people took him.
Hey, come on, honey.
Let's go.
What do you think she means by sky people?
I don't know.
There's a little town just down the road.
We'll take her to a doctor.
United States Air Force,
step out of the vehicle
with your hands in the air.
I'm a Texas Ranger.
Get out of my way, I'm in a hurry.
Sgt. Perez, Two Rocks Base Security.
I'd like to take a look at the girl.
Why?
That's classified.
Then I can't help you, sergeant.
I have my orders. She's coming with me.
I'm on a county road,
and you're off your base, sergeant.
You have no jurisdiction out here.
Out of the truck, Ranger.
( gun cocks )
Tell your men to stand down.
I mean it.
Now, I don't know what your interest in the girl is,
and I don't really care.
I wanna get her to a doctor, so get out of my way,
or you're gonna need one too.
Sgt. Perez here,
tell the colonel we got a problem.
( light rock action theme playing )
♪ In the eyes of a Ranger ♪
♪ The unsuspecting stranger ♪
♪ Had better know the truth ♪
♪ Of wrong from right ♪
♪ 'Cause the eyes Of the Ranger ♪
♪ Are upon you ♪
♪ Any wrong you do He's gonna see ♪
♪ When you're in Texas Look behind you ♪
♪ 'Cause that's where The Ranger's gonna be ♪
MAN: All right, Sgt. Perez, roll it. Let's see what you have.
It was a real hot night.
The window was open, but I couldn't sleep.
There it was.
A brilliant white light.
Racing across the sky.
It sort of dropped down,
hovered over the prairie like,
like it was looking for something,
watching, and then it raced off like a shot.
( mysterious theme playing )
This won't take long, dear.
Relax.
That's her description, Trivette.
Run a missing persons check.
Right. How do you figure the military angle?
I don't know.
But they wanted that little girl real bad.
Said it was classified,
and they meant it.
Two Rocks Base?
Yeah, that's what they said.
I'll see if there's any information
been filed on the girl for you.
Okay, and I'll talk to you later.
Well, physically she seems okay.
She's been through some trauma.
Maybe something she saw
caused this severe emotional distress.
Well, she keeps saying something
about the sky people taking her father.
What do you make of that?
She's not the only one around here
who talks about sky people.
Some time ago,
it was 1953, there was a crash here.
What, a plane?
Nobody ever really knew.
The military stepped in and, uh...
And-- And just took over,
and there was a rumor that the Air Force recovered
some alien bodies
from the wreckage,
and, of course, that started
everybody's imagination from then on.
Well, it's not her imagination that her father's missing.
Alex, why don't you stay with the little girl,
I'm gonna go check something out.
Okay.
( pensive theme playing )
CATES: Sure would like to help you out, Ranger,
but there's just no way
we can scare up enough men around here
for a proper search.
That's big country out there.
No telling where that fella wandered off to.
Well, I know where we found the little girl,
we'll start there.
Look, folks around here,
you know, they sort of keep to themselves.
Shame about the little girl, though.
So, gentlemen, I hope I haven't I missed anything.
You must be the Ranger who found the little girl?
There's nothing for the newspapers around here, Tara.
I heard a man is missing, sheriff.
Now we don't know that for sure.
Well, I do.
Well, we don't.
CATES: Look, we've got a little girl
just walking down the street.
There's nothing to get excited about.
Well, the military seems to think so.
There's nothing to talk about.
What the United States Air Force does out there
is not our concern,
or yours.
We'll see about that.
( intrepid theme playing )
Trivette called.
Her name is Naomi Burns. Her father's Carlton Burns.
Some bigwig from Citel International.
He was flying her back from Galveston
when the plane disappeared. Private plane?
Single engine Cessna.
Any family?
Her mother passed away
three years ago,
no other relatives.
Citel filed a report
when Carlton didn't show up for work today.
Walker,
she keeps talking about sky people.
Maybe she did see something weird.
I mean, anything's possible, don't you think?
I don't know what to think, Alex.
( tense theme playing )
WALKER: Naomi, I have something for you.
Actually, I got it off Doc Parker's porch,
but don't tell him.
Did you find my daddy yet?
Not yet, honey, but I will.
Cross your heart?
Cross my heart.
Just relax, honey.
She responds to you. That's a good sign.
I wish she could tell me what happened.
Well, she probably won't remember.
Doc,
would hypnosis help?
No, no, she'll... No, she may be too withdrawn,
but she's obviously got a great deal of trust in you,
so why don't you give it a try?
Okay. Here, help me take this off.
We'll be a distraction. Let's-- Let's wait outside.
Naomi, have you ever seen anything like this before?
It's pretty, what is it?
Well, it's a good-luck charm.
It helps people remember things.
What I'd like for you to do
is focus your eyes right on this.
That's it. Just look right at it.
Attagirl.
Now
think of yourself floating,
floating on a cloud.
You're safe, you're warm,
you're starting to feel very tired.
Go ahead, close your eyes.
That's all right, honey.
That's it.
You're totally safe now.
Okay, now, Naomi,
I want you to go back
to the last time you saw your daddy.
Now, what happened to your daddy?
( propeller buzzing )
NAOMI: He was flying us home in his airplane.
Then there was this light,
and Daddy couldn't make the airplane fly anymore.
( thunder crashing )
( screaming )
Then I wasn't in the airplane anymore.
I was all alone in this garage building.
I couldn't find my daddy anywhere.
I was scared.
( whimpering )
WALKER: Okay, honey, honey, everything's all right.
You're coming back now.
When you come back,
you're totally relaxed now.
On three now. One, two, three, wake up.
There we go, okay. Everything's fine, honey.
You're safe.
Now I want you to relax and go back to sleep, okay?
Will you hold my hand?
Of course I will.
Okay, go to sleep.
Is she all right?
Ah, the poor little thing's broken,
just like her doll.
D-doc, could you run a trace on this blood,
see what type it is?
Well, I can, but why?
Well, I don't think it's Naomi's.
She hardly has a scratch on her.
You think it might be her father's?
Well, it's possible.
It'll take some time.
That's okay.
All right.
( sighs )
WALKER: I wonder what that military base has to do with all this?
You're not thinking
of going snooping around out there?
It's crossed my mind.
No, Walker.
Two Rocks is a top-secret facility.
So?
So Doc Parker said
there was a shooting out there a few years ago,
and a civilian was killed.
Yeah, I know.
Walker, I'm serious about this.
So am I.
( upbeat theme playing )
( clicks )
Ranger Walker?
Where are you?
( gasps )
Why are you following me?
You said you wanted help finding Naomi's father.
Well, here I am. I'm your posse.
Thanks, but no, thanks.
( sighs ) Come on.
I know this area, you don't.
Go somewhere else to find your story.
Well, you wanna keep it off the record? Fine.
I promise I won't write a word of anything you say.
No one else in town would talk to me.
What makes you different?
Well, they're all afraid of the sky people.
I mean, over 40 years ago.
( electricity crackles ) Careful.
They are spooked to come out here
because of a supposed flying saucer crash in '53.
You didn't answer my question.
What makes you different?
I've got my own reasons.
Well, that's not good enough.
( electricity crackling )
You know, a few years ago they shot a man for trying this.
He was the previous owner of my newspaper.
He was investigating this base and they killed him.
Then they denied it for a week.
I wanna go with you.
No. You stay here.
( helicopter approaching )
Now, don't touch anything.
( ominous theme playing )
( men shouting indistinctly )
( soldier shouting indistinctly )
( brush rustling )
I told you to stay put.
Look, that man I told you they shot,
he was my uncle.
They killed him because he was looking
for the truth about this place.
I'm gonna find out what that is.
No, you're not. Yes, I am.
Well, if we have to, can you run?
I own every Jane Fonda video ever made.
( suspenseful theme playing )
SOLDIER: On three, fall out! Double time!
How's it going in there?
Well, by the time it matters to anybody,
we'll be long gone.
You hear about the girl?
I heard somebody found her.
That's all.
A Texas Ranger.
She say anything?
I don't know yet,
she's at Doc Parker's place.
We ought to look into it.
Harper, Blair,
we have a situation developing here.
Uh, yes, sir. We were just talking about that.
Yes, we were, uh, wondering if some damage control
might be in order.
The girl is in civilian hands, Harper.
I understand,
but in light of the project and this:
We might want to consider taking action, colonel.
No, absolutely not.
Research is being compromised.
I will follow the rules and regulations
attendant to my responsibilities, Mr. Blair.
I do not take orders from civilians.
I don't like this.
We're gonna have to move up our schedule.
I'll make the call.
What about the girl?
And I'll take care of that too.
( suspenseful theme playing )
( panting )
Oh, finally.
I didn't think you were ever gonna take a break.
I thought you were in shape.
I said I owned the videos, not that I use them.
( sighs )
So why is finding this man so important to you?
It's important to a little girl.
Yeah, I just never thought cops
took their cases so personally.
You don't know the same cops I do.
What are you doing?
( spitting )
Plane crashed here.
You know that from tasting dirt?
There's fuel in the dirt.
( vehicle approaching ) What is that?
Now fan out. We got movement in this sector.
MP: Sir, here's another one, colonel,
and there's more.
Yeah, I-I know people think I'm crazy
when I tell them what happened to me.
Thing is...
I know it was real.
I was taken that night
and examined
by whatever they were.
( upbeat theme playing )
( tires screeching )
( horn honking )
( suspenseful theme playing )
Get out of here.
( wood creaking )
( groaning )
This way.
Come here, come here, come here.
Come on, come on.
ALEX: Naomi's in there!
I'll get her! I'll get her!
Oh, are you all right?
Okay, honey, don't worry.
Here we go. My baby.
All right, I've got her.
You okay, honey, huh? Are you all right?
Yeah, I think so.
Is my baby okay? Yeah, yeah, she's fine.
Oh, thank God you're safe. Are you okay, sweetie?
Uh-huh.
What happened?
Three men with guns.
Let me check you, make sure--
What did they look like?
There were two white guys, one black guy.
That's all I saw.
Okay. Stay away from the fire.
Okay. ( wood creaking )
( sirens wailing )
( suspenseful theme playing )
( horn honking )
The way that place went up, man, that was beautiful.
That's the easiest 20 grand we ever made.
( laughs )
The only problem you're gonna have is spending it.
( grunts )
( soft theme playing )
Walker, we got the blood type on Naomi's doll.
It's her father's. AB negative.
That's a rare type. Extremely rare.
If he needed a transfusion, he'd be out of luck around here.
They just won't talk without an attorney.
Let's get out of here.
( peaceful theme playing )
( whispers ) She is so sweet.
My heart is aching over what she's been through.
You would think that even military minds
could comprehend the pain that they're causing her.
( whispers ) Obviously not.
I talked to some of the locals,
at least the ones that would talk to me.
They're all obsessed with UFOs.
They all talk about
the strange dancing lights in the sky.
Yeah, the same ones we saw.
I'm lost.
Sky people, no sky people, I mean, who cares?
Is that any reason to hurt this little girl,
or to burn down Doc Parker's office?
That's what I intend to find out.
( soft theme playing )
I thought you were just a reporter.
Reporter, editor, typesetter. I do it all on this.
Have the men you captured talked?
Not yet.
Walker, what could be so important
that they would kill again to keep it a secret?
I don't know.
Did your uncle leave anything around here
that could give us a lead?
Oh, he was one of those crusty old newsmen.
He keeps everything in his head, but I'll look around.
I can tell you one thing.
He was convinced that something did crash out there
40 years ago. What convinced him?
How much the military went out of its way to deny it.
Who's the commanding officer out there?
A Colonel Dayton. Why?
I think I'll go have a chat with him.
Oh, Walker, I'm gonna go with you.
No, you stay here.
Oh, Walker, come on.
I said, stay here.
And don't you follow me.
( menacing theme playing )
Colonel Dayton, Base Commander.
Cordell Walker?
You've done your homework.
I like to know who I'm dealing with.
You have quite a service record, Walker.
Citations, commendations, Bronze Star, Silver Star,
Congressional Medal of Honor.
I'm now a Texas Ranger, colonel,
and I want some answers.
Answers? Answers to what?
Well, let's start with Carlton Burns.
His plane crashed on your base.
Your information is incorrect.
I was at the crash site, colonel.
Now, I want some answers,
or I'm gonna have a dozen Rangers
in your face in about two hours.
Rangers have no authority here.
Maybe not, but we can make life awful tough for you.
You're bluffing.
I never bluff.
Perez,
blindfold this man and put him in the Humvee.
If you don't mind, Walker.
This is a top security facility.
Colonel, I object. As you were, Blair.
( dramatic theme playing )
DAYTON: All right, you can take it off.
We found this wreckage the night it came down.
The plane was empty.
We transported it here,
and policed this impact area for security reasons.
Why did it go down?
I don't know.
Come on, you can do better than that.
I'm showing you this
in the spirit of cooperation, Walker.
Then cooperate.
What did your men want with the little girl?
DAYTON: They were overzealous in their concern, that's all.
Were they overzealous when they burned the doctor's house?
We had nothing to do with that,
nor are we in the business of kidnapping civilians.
( soft theme playing )
How did that little girl get out of this plane alive?
That's something I'd like to know.
( slow theme playing )
I've been going at him,
but he's a real tough nut to crack.
You really did a good job on me, pal.
Looks like I'm gonna lose a tooth.
CATES: His name is Drew Fenton.
Arson, burglary, assault, et cetera, et cetera.
Let me have a minute with him, sheriff.
CATES: Sure, have at it.
Forget it. I know the drill.
Good cop, bad cop.
He threatens to bust my butt, then you come in here.
That's right,
but he was the good cop.
That would've taken out all your teeth.
Okay, okay.
It was some guy,
some guy I met in a bar. I'd never seen him before.
Give me a name.
I don't have one.
He said I'd get half my money up front,
and then the rest when I done the job. Honest.
What'd he look like?
( crickets chirping )
( peaceful theme playing )
What are you looking for out there?
Sky people?
No.
What then?
You've hardly said a word for the past hour.
I was thinking about the lights in the sky.
I think I know what it is.
What?
Well, the other night when--
( telephone ringing )
Hello?
We've got to talk, Walker.
This thing's getting out of hand.
I don't know who to turn to.
Who is this?
Blair. We met the other day.
You've got to come out to the base, put a stop to this.
Put a stop to what?
Meet me at the hangar,
tonight. Now.
( ominous theme playing )
Common knowledge here about, uh,
that the military's got a top secret unit
that keeps files on UFO sightings.
They deny it, but, uh, people know.
Been too many reports from airline pilots
and other reputable folks
to ignore what's going on.
Yeah, government says that they'd never got no proof
of aliens crashing here,
but I don't know of nobody--
DAYTON: Okay, sergeant, turn it off.
I've seen more than enough.
( suspenseful theme playing )
What do you want, Blair?
I knew you'd show up.
You said things were getting out of hand. What things?
You, for one.
Now, how did I know that?
So, Ranger,
what do you know?
I know a supply of AB negative blood
was flown in here a couple days ago,
which means the little girl's father's still alive.
Very good.
Anything else?
Well, whatever it is you're working on
creates high-intensity lasers.
That's what these people around here have seen.
You're probably shooting down drones.
Vaporizing them is more like it.
See, we're an offshoot of the Star Wars Project.
Excellent, Ranger,
but you'd never guess, not in your wildest dreams,
how the project got started.
Why don't you tell me?
Well, it's... It's a long story,
and, uh, I really don't have the time.
Well, tell me this.
Why did you try to kill the little girl?
Does $50 million sound like a good reason?
You're selling the secrets to a foreign power.
But you'll never live to tell it.
( yells )
Come on. I'm taking you to the colonel.
( shouting ) Get him.
( suspenseful theme playing )
BLAIR: No, no, no, no.
Let him go. Let him go.
Come on, start loading the airplane.
BLAIR: Come on, move.
( suspenseful theme playing )
Got an intruder, Sector 12. The old south hangar.
He's armed and dangerous. Scramble all units.
( ominous theme playing )
You stay here. The rest of you come with me.
( grunting )
( air blowing )
( alarm beeping )
( alarm continues beeping )
Perez, what's going on out there?
( dramatic theme playing )
( both grunt )
( grunts )
PEREZ: Check the perimeter. MAN: Yes, sir.
MAN: Men down.
Drop it.
Hey, all right. Everyone, drop your guns.
Drop 'em.
Now, let's go see the colonel.
( gunshots )
Let's go.
All set. The plane'll be loaded
at the abandoned south field by noon.
No, no, there's been a change. First thing in the morning.
Tell the men.
( suspenseful theme playing )
He's headed to colonel's office.
You men secure the front.
We'll enter the rear.
Drop your weapon.
Keep your hands where we can see 'em.
We need to talk, colonel.
( dramatic theme playing )
( engine starting )
BLAIR: We're behind schedule here, come on, come on,
let's get this thing loaded.
Come on, move it.
We got incoming.
All right, let's go.
( grunts )
Driver, get in here.
Let's go after them.
( both grunting )
PEREZ: We're right behind you.
Drop your weapons. Drop 'em.
Come on, get over here.
Let me see your hands.
( both grunting )
Okay, take her back.
Take her down. Take her down.
( explosion )
( screaming )
( grunts )
( screaming )
( dramatic theme playing )
( screaming )
( yells )
Whoa. Whoa.
( yells )
( suspenseful theme playing )
( triumphant theme playing )
Oh. Oh, man,
did you see that?
Now, I've jumped out of planes before, but I have never,
I have never jumped without a chute.
Oh. I hope it's the last time.
Now, that was one hell of a ride.
That was an E ticket, all right.
I hope it makes up for me hitting you last night.
Yes, yeah, anytime. Anytime you want.
Hey, you ever think about enlisting, Walker?
Oh, I'm already enlisted,
in the Texas Rangers, but thanks anyway, sergeant.
( peaceful theme playing )
Thank you for keeping your promise and finding my daddy.
I crossed my heart, didn't I? Uh-huh.
Thanks for taking care of Naomi.
She can stay with me until you're ready to leave,
if that's all right with you.
Alex taught me how to bake cookies.
Oh, hey, I almost forgot something.
Ta-da.
My baby. Thank you, Ranger Walker.
Look, Daddy. My baby's all better again.
I have the projector set up down the hall.
We'll see you in a bit.
TARA: So this is the film that I found with my uncle's old stuff.
I don't know what's on here.
( mysterious theme playing )
Doesn't that look like a young Colonel Dayton?
That is Colonel Dayton.
( gasps )
Oh, my God.
( air blowing )
( upbeat theme playing )
♪ 'Cause the eyes of a ranger Are upon you ♪
♪ Any wrong you do He's gonna see ♪
♪ When you're in Texas Look behind you ♪
♪ 'Cause that's where The ranger's gonna be ♪