The series presents what could be called the "Unification Theory" of UFO

mythology, integrating visually and historically all the existing fact and fiction with bona fide American history. In other words, nothing a UFO investigator believes will be contradicted by the series, nor will anything an audience member knows from the history of our times. It's all related below the surface.

Each episode will contain a "Peelback" -- a brush with an American historical event or trend re-interpreted through the prism of nefarious alien contact. Even the often upbeat music of the times -- used to place the series at a particular date -- will take on a completely new interpretation when juxtaposed with the presence of the Hive.

Most of all, by using the technology developed for films like Forrest Gum p, existing news film and video will allow the characters of Dark Skies to take center stage in this heart pounding world of suspense and fear which can be found just beneath the

American Experience as you remember it.

Four bodies of non-terrestrial biology and their spacecraft wreckage were

recovered by Air Force personnel outside Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. These creatures were roughly three-and-a-half to four feet tall, with gray colored

leathery skin and large slanted black eyes. Although three of the Grays were

dead on arrival, the fourth was actually kept alive at Wright-Patterson Air Force

Base for several years. No communication was achieved.

Otherwise known as MJ-12. Officially formed in 1947, MJ-12 began as the

covert United States government response to the retrieval of the Roswell

unidentified flying object. Operated in the utmost secrecy, MJ-12 was

responsible only to the President, although even that command link was

abandoned in 1960. To this day, the organization remains a subject of rampant speculation by UFO enthusiasts and abject denial by the U-S government.

MJ-12 protocol called for all its field agents to dress "uniformly and

unobtrusively." These "Men-In-Black", occasionally spotted during the 50's and

60's, were considered untouchable by both the F.B.I. and C.I.A.

Blue Book, operated by the U-S Air Force in response to the "flying saucer"

hysteria of the 1950's, went through the motions of investigating civilian and

military sightings for almost two decades. The leadership of Blue Book

remained completely unaware of MJ-12's existence and activities. Abandoned in 1969, Blue Book yielded neither proof, nor convincing rationale, to continue the expenditure of government funds.

On October 24,1962, Elliot Grantham died of apparent head trauma wounds in

an automobile accident seven miles outside Boise, Idaho. When his body was autopsied three days later, a "ganglion", identical to that found in the Grays, was discovered burrowed into the Amygdala portion of Grantham's brain with tendrils extending throughout his body's central nervous system. Classified as "Patient Zero", this incident proved to be the turning point for MJ-12, prompting the

shocking realization that "they walk among us."

John Loengard attempted to leak the only existing copy of this film to journalist Edward R. Murrow in 1965. Said to prove undeniably the superior intelligence of

the alien micro-organism, the Monkey Film captured a Rhesus monkey,

artificially implanted with ganglion tissue, unlocking his cage door by listening to

the lock tumblers. Through official denial, disinformation and assassination, the

film was discredited and never publicized.

Developed by MJ-12 as a working model for detection of "Extra-terrestrial

Biological Entities." Field operatives employed a comprehensive nine step questionnaire to detect inappropriate behavioral responses in suspected aliens, attributable to a scrambling of "emotional frequencies" within their Amygdala.

The E.B.E. Profile eventually became obsolete with the advent of the CAT Scan

and MRI technology.

Term coined by MJ-12 leader Jason Trask in reference to the aliens' insect-like ability to maintain a group consciousness telepathically. Initially only a handful

of host bodies piloted a small number of spacecrafts to the Earth. The essence

of their invasion was contained in the billions of parasitic micro-organisms, each

of which was capable of growing inside and then controlling a human body.

Because they tend to live in groups and clusters, "the Hive" can also be used to describe an alien enclave within a town or city.

Formed by John Loengard following his "erasure", this underground strike force

was responsible for "saving" over 10,000 human beings from 1963 to the

present. Often having to resort to violence, Dark Skies nonetheless obtained U-

S government funding in 1981, only to be cut loose by President Bush and

returned to the private sector again in 1989.

In response to MJ-12's gruesome and always fatal "cerebral eviction" practice,

the "Alien Rejection Technique", or A. R.T., was first used by John Loengard as a saner method of ganglion removal for human hosts implanted by the Hive. Also known as "saving", A.R.T. takes up to 48 hours, employs various toxic chemicals and boasts a 50% survival rate. Practitioners have come to be known as

"artists". During the final moments of an A. R.T., the human host usually coughs

up the ganglion which is capable of surviving outside its host for up to three

hours.

When the alien ganglion is rejected by its human host during the A. R.T., a

"distress pulse" is emitted on the Hive mindband. Inaudible to human ears, the

DPs are a call to arms for all Hive members within a five mile radius. Because

the Artist will be under almost immediate attack, he/she must choose an isolated area and be prepared to fight.

Post A. R.T., the residual ganglion tendrils inside a saved human's brain act as

latent antennae for the Hive's telepathic frequency. "Receivers", as they have

come to be known, will usually experience an unintelligible "buzz" when in the proximity of a Hive member, although the signal source is rarely identifiable.

Strategic Defense Initiative. Launched by President Reagan in the early 80's,

S.D.I was supposed to be a shield against Soviet nuclear missiles. It was

actually a multi-billion dollar anti-Hive campaign designed to deploy tactical

lasers from orbiting satellites against Hive spacecraft.

First authorized by the Reagan Administration, and later executed by newly

elected President George Bush, this operation initiated an S.D.l attack on a UFO over the Gulf of Mexico in September 1989, creating a modern day Roswell

incident. Like its predecessor, "Forced Encounter" was ultimately undermined

by a botched cover-up.

Dark Skies headquarters from 1981-1989. A remote, top secret government installation in the Nevada desert. Thought to be a joint venture between the U-S government and alien intelligence, Area 51 is actually a research and

development lab for cutting edge anti-Hive weapons and defense systems.

The English translation of the Hive goal to dominate the Earth population. By reaching "critical mass" during the late 90's, the alien consciousness will link up

in time to control the world by the arrival of the millennium.

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September, 1962. Inside an American U-2 spy plane, the

PILOT informs his CO-PILOT they've only got time for one

pass. Any longer and they risk being detected and shot

down. Suddenly, the entire cockpit is illuminated by an

eerie glow from outside. It's not a Russian jet.

Flying alongside, shadowing them through the clouds, is

a wingless, disc-shaped saucer!

They attempt evasive maneuvers, but the saucer sticks

right with them. It is close enough to see clearly.

Ground Control radios that a "bogey" has been detected

on radar. Do the pilots have a visual? Roger that,

they reluctantly agree. What is it?

As the two stunned pilots study the craft they answer:

We don't know what it is but we know what it isn't.

It's not one of ours and it's not one of theirs.

The saucer disappears vertically in an impossible streak

of light.

Later that night at Ground Control, a LAB TECHNICIAN

develops the reconnaisance photos. As the emulsions

coalesce images on the film₁ the incredulous technician

hangs another photo to dry, picks up the phone and

hastily calls the Base Commander. Weren't they supposed

to be looking for some secret Cuban missile launch site? Affirmative.

WE SEE that the photos are actually a sophisticated

landing site housing the same type of disc-shaped

saucers the pilots encountered. In a field nearby is a

huge pictogram of an other-worldly symbol. The

technician stares, speaks into the phone: Major, you'd

better get down here fast.

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24-year-old JOHN LOENGARD burns the midnight oil in his

Georgetown apartment. He's sprawled out on the sofa, unenthusiastically pouring over a collection of official looking files and documents. Loengard's live-in

girlfriend, KIMBERLY AGLE, returns home, excitedly

announcing she has landed a job as a low-level assistant

to the First Lady. She'll be working for someone who

actually sees Jacqueline Kennedy every day in the White

House.

Loengard can't help but be jealous. He came to

Washington to be part of Kennedy's "New Frontier." He

wants to make a difference, maybe even be President

himself one day. Instead, he's wasting his time trying

to debunk "Project Blue Book" for his boss, U-S

Congressman Charles Pratt, who's on the hunt for

proposed budget cuts.

Kimberly's never heard of Blue Book. Loengard shakes

his head. It's the Air Force's crazy UFO investigation. Kimberly tosses the current issue of "Look" magazine on Loengard's lap. Check this out. Clearly skeptical,

Loengard starts reading aloud the cover article about

Betty & Barney Hill's harrowing abduction by aliens as

if it's a B-movie script from the fifties.

Hours later, Loengard sits alone in the darkness,

finishing the article. Clearly, he is intrigued ...

Entirely unimpressive, the operation is being run by an ineffectual, low level Air Force LIEUTENANT. Snooping

around, Loengard asks what they know about Betty and

Barney Hill? The Lieutenant snidely responds that Blue

Book doesn't bother with crackpots spouting stories

about "little green men." No, corrects Loengard, they

said they were gray.

Arriving at the Hill's house, Loengard charms his way in

for coffee and a chat. Despite his skeptical

questioning, the Hills maintain their earnest credulity;

they even passed a hypnotism test. For his part,

Loengard projects an earnest vulnerability which causes

the Hills to ask him to join them for dinner.

Afterward, more confused than ever, Loengard begs off

coffee and dessert, citing a long drive back to D.C. and

a worrywart of a girlfriend.

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himself gripping the steering wheel. Even singing along

with the Four Seasons' number one song, "Sherry", on the

radio doesn't seem to calm him down. Then a bright

light appears over the horizon. Cresting the road is a

loud, black, dangerous looking flying machine. Loengard panics, slams on his brakes, accidentally killing his

engine. When he tries to re-start it, the engine is

flooded, or dead. Loengard throws the door open, flees

for the cover of trees.

Loengard runs wildly into the thick brush. He can hear

the sound of someone, or some thing, pursuing him.

Frantic, he is being tracked by a searchlight from the

craft above. Loengard bursts into a clearing. The

craft lowers to the ground in front of him.

Throughout this sequence, it has seemed to Loengard (and

us) that he is being pursued by an alien craft. Now WE

SEE the truth. The craft touching the ground is ominous indeed, but of earthly origin. It is an all-black

helicopter with no markings whatsoever.

As Loengard stares in fright, several men with rifles,

dressed in black uniforms with no markings, exit the

chopper. From the forest area, two men emerge. They

are wearing black suits, white shirts, and sunglasses.

They are the MEN-IN-BLACK.

The M-I-B's surround and capture Loengard. He is

roughly interrogated by a man who appears to be the

LEADER and fires a series of questions at him: Who is

he? Why is he out here? What is his connection with

the Hills? Loengard refuses to talk, fires back

questions of his own. Who are they? Who do they work

for? Why do they care?

Loengard's questions are answered with a brutal punch to

the face. He gives them the information they request.

Showing a glimmer of humanity, the leader lends Loengard

a handkerchief to wipe off his bloody face. Loengard

catches a glimpse of the handkerchief monogram (J.T.)

before the leader takes it back.

The leader tells Loengard he isn't going to kill him

tonight. If he's a good boy, he will tell the

Congressman he's come up dry and he will never ask

questions about this subject again. If he doesn't take

his advice and is a bad boy, their next meeting will be shorter and deadlier.

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With that, the leader and his men pile into the helicopter and disapper. Loengard stands alone in the clearing, watching them go.

The next morning while he's shaving, Loengard lies to a curious Kimberly about the cut under his eye.

It's September 24, 1962 and Loengard finds the office is

in an uproar when he arrives for work late. The House

has just voted 342-13 to authorize the President to call

up 150,000 reservists without declaring a national

emergency. The office headache is that their boss voted

in the minority and there's an election in just six

weeks.

Loengard is surprised that, in the middle of all this controversy and worry, CONGRESSMAN CHARLES PRATT seeks

him out to inquire about Loengard's progress on the Blue

Book matter. Loengard can hardly tell what he knows and

side-steps the issue. Loengard hates the way this makes

him feel, and he yearns for the truth. As Loengard

watches Pratt leave, admonishing him to do better, he

opens a Washington directory and, against his better

judgment, begins a search for anyone with the initials

Loengard attempts to run down the identity of his

enigmatic attacker. Three strikes. After turning up

nothing on his last lead, Loengard trudges defeatedly

into:

Being held open by a tall, clean cut and formidable man.

As the doors close, a secretary shoves her hand inside

and asks "Mr. Trask" to sign some papers before he

leaves. Loengard watches the man sign his name: Jason

Trask. When the doors finally close, Loengard stares at

the sharp ring on Trask's hand. Remembering the glint

of a ring, Loengard touches the cut under his eye. At

this point, JASON TRASK (who we saw as the "Leader"), perceives Loengard's realization. Trask hits a button

to stop the elevator. As Loengard backs up against the

wall, fearing for his life, Trask sighs: "You really

shouldn't have come here, Mister Loengard."

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a secret sub-level in the building. Expecting to be

killed, Loengard begs that his life be spared. Instead,

Trask offers him a drink, then takes a seat. With an

edge of irony, Trask notes that Loengard reminds him of himself. That's why he won't be killed. Yet.

Trask recounts how when he was Loengard's age he had

just returned from World War II with a Medal of Honor.

He took an assignment at the Air Force's nuclear bomber

base outside Roswell, New Mexico. Two years later,

something happened that changed Trask's life, that

changed the lives of everyone on this planet. Come on,

he says, let's take a walk.

Leading Loengard into a hi-tech (for the early sixties) facility, Trask shows off the decimated and dissected

remains of several "Grays" recovered from the Roswell

crash. During autopsy, many organs were removed. It's

all wildly disorienting to Loengard, whose alien contact

until now has been limited to comic books as a kid.

As Loengard reels, brought to his knees, feeling

nauseous, Trask leans over him. It's okay. Most people

feel this way the first time they try to digest the

truth. After a while, you get used to the bitter taste.

We are not alone. It's a simple concept, not all that surprising when you think about the size of the galaxy. Recovering, Loengard wants to know if Trask works for

Blue Book. Trask smiles. He is impressed by Loengard's determination but amused by his naivete. Trask explains

that Blue Book is a joke. That he and a small group of

select others are part of an ultra-classified operation

called "Majestic-12."

Trask asks Loengard if he wants to join the fun. Why

me?, questions Loengard. Because, says Trask, they

bugged the Hills' home and he's heard how smooth

Loengard is at getting people to open up to him.

They've been looking for a finesse player instead of the

usual MJ-12 heavies. Although, on that subject,

Loengard's choice is really rather simple: either join "Majestic" and help the secret-keepers keep the secret,

or kill himself and take the secret with him to a

premature grave. Either way, Loengard will not be

allowed to tell anyone what he knows. Not Kimberly.

Not Pratt. No one.

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It's October 22, 1962. Kimberly works a White House

function being held by the First Lady to raise awareness

about historical preservation. It's all very glamorous

and high society and, although Kimberly is only on the

outside fringes of power, she is clearly enjoying it.

There is also a distinct undercurrent of something big happening -- people whispering and nodding in small

groups.

Loengard shows up as planned. As Kimberly introduces

him around, we understand that "living together" in 1962 carries connotations it does not today. Kimberly is put

on the defensive about their "arrangement" by a

superior.

As Loengard mixes, he hears some of the rumors

circulating. The President has interrupted his

congressional campaigning and has returned home. A

spokesman said he had a cold. Kimberly hears he's fine.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff have been told not to leave

the Washington area -- something about important work on

the budget.

Kimberly is going to try to introduce him to the First

Lady when Kimberly's boss shows up. The fun.ction will

be re-scheduled. The President is making a big address

to the nation. Go home.

Loengard and Kimberly watch the television set where

President Kennedy addresses the nation about the Cuban

Missile Crisis. It seems that the Soviet Union has

placed missile bases just ninety miles off U-S shores.

Kennedy is demanding they be removed and Khruschev

appears to be refusing. Kennedy calls it a

"clandestine, reckless and provocative threat to world

peace."

The world thinks the Cuban Missile Crisis is the big

news of the decade. Loengard knows it's not even the

biggest news of the millennium. They turn off the TV.

Both of them are reeling but for different reasons, but

glad they have each other.

Later, as they make late night love, Loengard's troubled

eyes drift to the window. And the ominous night sky

beyond.

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with concern over the Cuban Missile Crisis. Congressman

Pratt has even interrupted his own campaigning to return

to Washington.

Pratt approaches Loengard, waving a sealed envelope. He

got a call from the DOD (Department of Defense) boys

last night, saying that with the crisis in full swing,

they needed to borrow some young research staffers temporarily. For some reason, they specifically wanted Loengard. Pratt hands the envelope to Loengard, takes

off bitching about how he's been reduced to delivery

services for his own staff.

Before he can leave, however, Pratt pins him down,

insisting on hearing exactly what Loengard has dug up on

Blue Book. Loengard hems and haws, eventually telling

him the "truth" of sorts. From what he's been able to

tell, Blue Book is nothing more than a government-funded therapy group for people who have seen some weird lights

in the sky. In other words, says a pleased Pratt, a

complete waste of taxpayer's money. Yes, sir.

Pratt, inappropriately, doesn't even wait for more information, but just takes off. Loengard sits alone at

his desk, tentatively opens the envelope. An airplane

ticket.

Boise, Idaho. Circa October 1962. Loengard deplanes a commercial flight. Newspaper headlines trumpet the fear

of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We see evidence of

hoarding.

This time Loengard is on one of the black helicopters.

It's his first assignment for MJ-12 as a field

operative. They do a fly-over of a huge wheat field.

The crop has been bent down by some unknown force. From

the air, it is an intricate, other-worldly pattern (or pictogram). Although it can't be described in mere

words, the view and the pattern make a chillingly eerie impression. Especially because it bears a striking resemblance to the one we saw over Cuba in the first

scene.

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Loengard is dressed in civvies, unlike the other MEN-IN-

BLACK. His job is not to obtain information or prevent

its dissemination through muscle. Instead, his skill

will be the charm he displayed in getting the Hills to

confide in him.

Loengard, using the cover of a county extension agent, introduces himself to a local farmer named ELLIOT

GRANTHAM. Grantham seems agitated at the visit. He's

pissed at the pilot who reported the damn thing and all

the people who are paying all this attention to it.

Loengard tries to placate Grantham, asking for a tour,

all the while insisting he's just interested in helping Grantham. After all, if crop loss has occurred as a

result of this natural disaster, he just wants to make

sure Grantham has the proper forms to qualify for

government subsidies.

Unpredictably, Grantham turns violently hostile, tries

to forcibly evict Loengard from the premises. In the

process, Loengard pushes back. Grantham goes down. His

hand breaks the fall against a point of a pitch fork, literally piercing the hand all the way through.

Loengard freaks. He's sorry. He didn't mean to hurt

him. Unexpectedly, however, Grantham stands, puts a handkerchief around his bleeding hand and casually

comments that he can see Loengard's point. Grantham

accepts the "forms" from a stunned Loengard.

An odd command post for MJ-12. As several of the Men-

in-Black make snide, oddly-cynical comments about the

black-and-white news coverage of the Cuban Missile

Crisis, Trask enters, having just arrived in town.

Loengard briefs him on his visit with Grantham. The guy

is truly strange, he didn't want to show him the crop

circle, and implausibly denies every explanation for how

it got there. Loengard's analysis: all the honey in the

world isn't going to make this guy talk. Trask nods.

Guess they'll have to take care of things the old

fashioned way.

A bigger controversy arises when Loengard assumes now

that his job is done, he can call Kimberly. A senior

agent rebuffs him. Loengard freaks out. The world is

about to blow up. People are hoarding, hiding in

fallout shelters. He has to call her. Several Men-in-

Black trade bemused looks at his outburst. Trask

relents. Loengard can call Kimberly but only after they finish their business this evening.

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begin to rough up Grantham who manages to get away and

escape in his pick-up truck.

A nighttime chase. Grantham takes the pick-up to its

absolute top-speed. He loses control. The pick-up

flies off the road into a telephone poll. It's a

horrible mess.

Grantham is on all kinds of life-saving equipment, but

the prognosis is bad. He's in a coma and his body,

suffering from massive internal injuries, is not

expected to live through the night. This is all being explained to Loengard at the nurse's desk. He has the

ID to prove he is an out-of-town brother.

A NURSE from down the hall shouts out the words: "Code

Blue." Loengard watches as the doctors and nurses work

to save Grantham, but it's too late. He's declared

dead. No breathing. No heart. Skin is cold. Call the coroner.

A moment. Then a bizarre anomoly. This guy may be

deader than a doornail but his eyes are moving slightly.

Like he's still having REM sleep. Since when do the

dead dream? Doctors re-check his vitals. Must be some

kind of autonomic nerve response they've never seen.

The coroner should do a full autopsy on this one.

Boise coroner BILL ("SHORTY") WEAVER prepares to perform

an autopsy on the body of Elliot Grantham when he is

visited by Trask, Loengard and the Men-in-Black. Trask

enters with full authority, informing Weaver that he now

works for the U-S government and that anything he sees

here today is classified. Trask hands him the saw and

tells him to do his patriotic duty.

During the procedure, they discover a "ganglion" at the

base of Grantham's skull. The odd, squid-shaped life

form is definitely the part that is still alive. It is carefully detached and placed in a secure container.

Trask issues orders to his men to place the building

under a Red/Ultra.

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A) A monkey is brought in from a local university and ganglion cells are implanted surgically into its brain.

B) Loengard and Trask have a heart-to-heart. Loengard

can't believe what he's learned so quickly. It has

rocked his world-view.

You want your world view rocked, asks Trask? He slides

a picture out of a classified folder. It's another

ganglion which came from a Gray autopsied at Roswell in

1947. This means the "Grays" are nothing more than

hosts to a parasitic alien micro-organism. The

discovery of Grantham, officially classified as "Patient Zero", proves that they now walk among us. Now there's

a whole new set of problems.

Loengard comments that maybe if the Russians knew this

they wouldn't be putting missiles in Cuba. Trask

ignores this, changes the subject to Loengard being put

on the team which will develop an "E.B.E. Profile."

If these evil bastards are going to walk and talk like

us, then we need a way to find them.

monkey, going over the intelligence data on Elliot

Grantham. During the last year of his life, it seems, Grantham experienced a "missing time" episode similar to

what Betty and Barney Hill described. His neighbors

described a number of specific and irregular behavior patterns. Bleary eyed and scared, Loengard falls

asleep.

the secure room. The monkey cage door is open. The

monkey is nowhere in sight.

E) Loengard enters the secure room. Played for maximum

tension until the monkey drops from the ceiling,

wielding a make-shift tool and attacking him. Loengard

fights for his life. The Man-in-Black enters, blows the monkey away with his weapon.

Loengard returns home to find Kimberly packing her

things. She's taking a room in her boss's house

temporarily. She wasn't wild about the "living

together" arrangement in the first place, but she was

willing to put up with it to be with a man she trusted.

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Now she doesn't trust him anymore. He leaves with no

notice. He calls three days later and acts like some

secret agent. Meanwhile, the entire world is about to

blow up in a nuclear war and she's all alone.

Kimberly says she's willing to listen to his

explanation. Tell her where he went and what he did.

It pains him, but Loengard can't talk. She snaps her

suitcase shut and leaves Loengard alone with the biggest secret in the whole world.

Loengard, now the walking wounded, enters to find

himself the object of great attention. His return has coincided with the successful ending of the Cuban

Missile Crisis. Everybody knows he must have been

involved in something to do with it. All he can say is

he can't talk about it which only fuels the interest.

Pratt sees this, asks Loengard to join him in his

office. Pratt is behaving in a very odd manner. In

essence, the words he speaks indicate one emotional

reality, but they are delivered with another. In the

end, however, Pratt fires Loengard. When Loengard

protests, Pratt begins to laugh hysterically, so hard

that tears actually come to his eyes. As the lauqhter

gushes forth, Pratt gasps out, "Sorry. Sorry."

Giving us a chance to see Loengard adapt to his new

world.

In the field at the site of a cattle mutilation.

At MJ-12 headquarters, watching the "Monkey Film" with

other agents. In this film, WE SEE the moment before

the monkey escaped and attacked Loengard. Here, the

monkey actually picks the lock to its own cage.

Loengard is fitted for a dark, black suit. He is

becoming a Man-in-Black.

Kimberly is scrunched up in her bed, talking on the

phone with Loengard. From the conversation, we learn

that they've been apart for several months.

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Kimberly has learned that Loengard's been fired. He

still won't tell her what he's doing now and it's

driving her crazy. They've known each other since they

were high school sweethearts. They've always talked

about everything. And now, he's freezing her out of his

life. She's scared.

Instead of consoling her, Loengard replies cryptically

that she should be scared. There are things that go on

in this world ... He trails off, realizing he can go no further. He does the best he can. Trust me, Kimberly,

he asks. I know that's a lot to ask because I trust no

one, but it's all I can say for now. When will that

change?, she asks. Loengard repeats: Just trust me. He

hangs up.

Kimberly falls back in bed, more conflicted now than

when they started talking.

In the apartment, Loengard breaks a glass in frustration

about his predicament. A beat, he stares out the window

at the night sky. It's dark, cloudy and forboding.

As Kimberly sleeps fitfully in the small guest room, the

glow of outside lights fills the room.

As time has bridged us forward, WE SEE the increasing sophistication of the MJ-12 response. Loengard is now

the ranking expert on the so-called "E.B.E. Profile"

(Extra-Terrestrial Biological Entity) which allows the discovery of an alien infected human. The ganglion, it

seems, scrambles human emotional responses as it

matures.

Loengard takes a SUBJECT through a battery of questions

aimed at eliciting inappropriate responses. When it

becomes clear they have an alien, Loengard gives the

signal and two Men-in-Black take the subject away.

Loengard lowers his head in silent agony as he hears the screams from the hallway. The subject is receiving a "cerebral eviction."

Trask approaches, puts his hand on Loengard's shoulder.

They got a big one. He thinks they should go together.

Loengard and Trask are parked in a non-descript sedan

across the street from a government building. After a

few moments, Congressman Pratt emerges. Trask says it's

time to take a little walk.

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Loengard is astonished. Pratt? Trask says MJ-12 has

had him under observation for quite some time. He's

been seen in the vicinity of UFO sightings on three

separate occasions. Besides, Loengard's own experience

with him shows he fits the EBE Profile. Loengard

wonders out loud: was it a coincidence he went to work

for him? Trask shakes his head. Nothing is a

coincidence in this business.

They exit their vehicle and move to confront Pratt.

It's an odd confrontation. Trask demands Pratt

accompany them. Pratt acts offended and threatens congressional sanction. Loengard cringes, actually

starts to argue on Pratt's behalf. Then, surprisingly,

Pratt breaks into a full-on sprint.

The chase is on. Pratt is eventually collared by Trask

in a side alley. A Battle Royale ensues between the two

and ends with Pratt having his skull crushed against the

brick wall. He slides to the ground, blood coming from

his ears and nose.

Loengard checks for a pulse. Nothing. He turns to

Trask. You killed him. You killed a congressman.

Trask produces a knife. He grabs Pratt by the hair,

lifts his head and uses the knife to carve a chunk out

of the nape of his neck. It's a bloody awful sight, but

the end result has Trask producing a twitching, living ganglion and holding it out in front of Loengard.

They've got leaders in their pocket already, John. It's

a war. Stunned, Loengard asks what President Kennedy

plans to do. What's the grand plan now?

Trask informs him that Kennedy is in the dark. The

President doesn't know?! Trask tersely explains:

President Eisenhower, fearing that Kennedy could not be trusted as Nixon could be, signed an Executive Order

giving "MJ-12" the authority to determine whether or not future Chief Executives should be briefed. MJ-12

decided in its wisdom that Kennedy did not qualify.

Loengard goes ballistic, hoisting Trask off his feet.

The man has the authority to blow up the whole damn

world and you don't think he should know about this?

Trask fires back with another bombshell. There were no missiles in Cuba. There was an alien base there. The missiles were the cover.

Loengard, blind with fear and anger, swings out at

Trask who is a much more experienced fighter. Trask

puts him down on his knees with a punch to his stomach.

I like you, John. But understand this. We are in a

war. People die in wars. Don't be one of them.

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Trask takes a look at the mangled body of Congressman

Pratt. He pulls Loengard to his feet. They have to

hurry before they are seen.

As a final afterthought, Trask steps on the writhing

ganglion with his boot and crushes it into the concrete.

Loengard approaches the front door, looking more than a

little disheveled from his confrontation. Kimberly's

boss answers. When she sees Loengard, she says simply,

"Thank God."

She tells Loengard quietly that Kimberly has not been

doing well lately. She's just not herself. In the last

week, she seems to have particularly been slipping away.

She's missed work. He's got to help her.

Loengard enters, finds Kimberly looking worse off than

he is. She looks up at him, for a moment, almost as if

she doesn't recognize him. Then, with open arms, she

clutches him close, weeping. Loengard, shell-shocked

himself, hugs back as hard as he can.

In their conversation, Loengard begins to hear

descriptions of things he doesn't want to hear. It all started a week ago. She found herself wandering on the streets, unable to account for her whereabouts for about

five hours. She's been having headaches. She has these nightmares about medical experiments being performed on

her. In the past couple of days, she's been hearing

voices. She thinks she's going crazy.

Loengard pulls back Kimberly's hair around the nape of

her neck. He sees a tell-tale bruised injection site.

He pushes her back, looks her straight in the eye.

You're not going crazy he says. It's a lot worse than

that. Come on. There's not a lot of time.

Loengard unleashes the story of his double-life,

explaining to Kimberly where he's been and what he's

learned. He is almost overcome with guilt and remorse. Somehow, someway, what he's been doing has made her a

target. She's been infected by the alien ganglion.

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Kimberly is hysterical. He's crazy. Aliens? But,

bottom line, there is a compelling logic to what

Loengard speaks with concern, but he's blunt. If they

wait, the ganglion will grow and instead of her hearing voices, the alien intelligence will become the voice.

The only way to stop the alien then will be a process

known as "cerebral eviction." It is always fatal to the

host. There is an untested method of de-toxification

being developed for early cases like hers. It's called

the "Alien Rejection Technique" or A.R.T. They're

reasonably sure it will kill the ganglion, but ...

Kimberly interrupts. Do it, John. Get this son-of-a-

bitch out of my head. Whatever it takes to kill it.

Out front, a "For Sale" sign is posted.

Inside, Kimberly waits nervously, lighting a cigarette

with trembling hands. A large glass of a foul looking substance sits in front of her. What does this do, she

asks?

Loengard has his back to us, working at something. He

replies that it raises the PH-factor in her body,

creating an untenable chemical state that tests have

shown to be inhospitable to the ganglion. Kimberly

takes another drag on the cigarette. Yeah, well maybe

the smoke'll kill it first. She takes a long look at

the glass, then gulps it down and winces.

An OLD MAN reading the evening paper cocks his head,

reacting to something strange. We are in his POV now.

We hear a PULSING SOUND.

When Loengard turns around, he has a hypodermic needle

in his hands. Kimberly gasps. No. She can't go

through with this. He explains it's the next step. It

is injected directly into the ganglion site and causes a localized toxic reaction in conjunction with the higher

pH in her body.

Kimberly seems to straighten. A look of self-awareness crosses her face. It's fighting back, John. It doesn't

want you to do this.

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Loengard presses ahead. Kimberly bolts upright, knocks

him backward to the floor. She races for the door, it's locked. Loengard tries to restrain her, but it's no

use. She's wild with panic.

Loengard has to literally tackle her, pin her to the

floor. He can barely reach the hypodermic which

skittered across the floor. Sitting on her back, he

injects the mixture through the back of her neck. He's

crying ...

The Old Man reacts as the PULSING SOUND turns into a

SHRIEK. He hurries from the house, leaving his baffled

wife standing on the front stoop.

Loengard watches Kimberly's unconscious body, stroking

her forehead gently. He has her restrained with several extension cords. Suddenly, her body stiffens, scaring Loengard, then goes through a convulsive shaking spell.

She begins to experience the "missing time" of her

abduction. She is in a sterile O/R type of room,

surrounded by a number of Grays. They seem to move as

one. There is medical equipment. There is the glint of

a familiar human face. She is scared beyond belief.

Kimberly's eyes flutter open. Terrified, she pleads

with Loengard to remove her bonds. Not yet, he says.

Not yet.

As Loengard expresses his sorrow to Kimberly for what

he's putting her through, a face appears in the rear

sliding glass door, startling Loengard. It's the Old

Man, armed with a shovel. As Loengard tries to explain himself, assuming the Old Man to be the owner of the

house, the Old man unexpectedly breaks the glass door

open with the shovel.

Struggling with the Old Man, Loengard is alarmed to see another person entering through the broken slider: it's

a TEENAGE GIRL, armed with a golf club. Together the

Old Man and the Teenage Girl overpower Loengard and

start beating him senseless ...

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They are distracted when Kimberly emits a primal scream.

She stiffens again and begins violently gagging. Her

face constricts and the eyes roll back in her head.

Then, with a scary suddenness, she projectile vomits out

a twitching, incipient ganglion.

The two assailants stops their attack on Loengard and

gently cradle the alien organism. Loengard crawls to

the shovel. He is able to maneuver into position and

strikes with the shovel. A few strong hits and both the

Old Man and the Teenage Girl are rendered unconscious.

The ganglion falls to the floor and writhes in the

shadows. Loengard viciously squashes the ganglion under

his shovel blade. He turns his attention to untying

Kimberly.

Kimberly shivers, recounts her "synaptal flashes" during

the detox, explaining the medical procedure of

implantation by the Grays. She had a creepy feeling

about them. They all looked the same and moved at the

same time. It was like they were ... insects or

something.

It's dark and they pull off the side of the road to re-

group. Loengard hugs her and she hugs him back. They

break the embrace and look closely at each other. Well,

says Kimberly, trying to lighten the darkness, what do

we do for an encore?

To ESTABLISH the power center of the most powerful

nation on Earth. It's late 1963. Despite the awful

secrets we have seen, the image here is one of innocence

and confidence.

Loengard and Kimberly sit on a bench. He's nervously

playing with a manila envelope. Just to be sure, he

checks its contents again. The real Cuban surveillance

photos stolen from MJ-12 files. Loengard assures

Kimberly she doesn't have to do this. After what she's

been through, he wouldn't blame her for not wanting to

put herself on the line. Kimberly is matter-of-fact.

We came to Washington, D.C. because we believed in John Kennedy, she says. We believed he could make the world

a better place. He can't do that if he doesn't know

what's going on.

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Kimberly kisses Loengard, stands. Wish me luck. She

takes off. When she's gone, Loengard examines the front

page of the Washington Post: an article detailing the

cerebral hemmorage causing the death of Congressman Pratt.

Kimberly nervously approaches the EXECUTIVE SECRETARY in

the Oval Office reception area. Clutching the all-

mportant envelope, she takes a deep breath. The First

Lady wanted the President to review the Hyannis Port

home re-decoration plan. But, she continues, she wants

to make sure that only the President sees this.

The Executive Secretary gives Kimberly a suspicious

look, then smiles. If she's learned one thing in all

her years, it's to let the wives call their own shots.

She'll see that he gets it ... alone.

While Kimberly cooks breakfast, Loengard sits by the

window, one eye on the "Today" show with Hugh Downs and

the other out the window. Kimberly asks if that black

car is still parked outside? Hasn't gone anywhere.

Kimberly looks worried but Loengard assures her it's

only a couple of Men-in-Black. If Trask was going to

kill them, they'd already be dead.

Loengard opens the newspaper and a message falls out.

He unfolds it carefully and reads. He looks up at

Kimberly. The President's brother, Bobby, wants to meet

him in a couple of days.

November 19, 1963. Loengard stands on the docks, his

coat pulled up against the chill. A friendly looking

man approaches. Looking for any boat in particular?

Loengard nods. The Sea Skipper. Right this way, says

the man.

Loengard gets on the boat and is directed to the fore.

It's Bobby Kennedy. He informs Loengard that the

President is aware of the situation and thanks him for

his service to his country. Kennedy tells Loengard it

is imperative he stay on the job in Majestic because

they need him on the inside.

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Loengard pushes. What's the plan? What is the

President going to do about this? As the Attorney

General explains, once President Kennedy is re-elected

in 1964, he will concentrate all his energies on this

threat. Kennedy plans to call the nation to arms in his

1964 State of the Union speech.

The meeting ends with a discussion of a plan to funnel information Loengard receives through Bobby Kennedy to

the President.

Loengard returns to an awaiting Kimberly and tells her

they did the right thing. Everything is going to be

fine. Emotionally overcome, they confide their love for

one another, then kiss with youthful passion as stodgy

club members look away in embarrassment.

In the hallway, Loengard and Kimberly are almost giddy. They're talking about getting married. Playfully,

Loengard says he'll need practice so he hefts her in his

arms and procedes to carry her across the threshold.

As the door swings open, their mood of elation is

crushed. The entire apartment has been trashed in a

thorough search. Loengard slowly lowers Kimberly as

they take it all in. She starts to enter, but Loengard

holds her back. Let's go, he says. Let's get out of

here now. What about our things?, she asks. We'll get

new things. Let's go.

An entirely non-descript, non-chain establishment in

Virginia.

Inside, Loengard and Kimberly remain in paranoid,

frightened shock. As they try to make a plan, there is

a knock at the door. Loengard readies a small handgun,

nods to Kimberly to answer. He'll cover her.

Kimberly opens the door. The manager stands outside,

tears in his eyes. Have they heard? Heard about what?, Kimberly wants to know. The manager just dabs at his

eyes, says turn on the TV.

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They turn on the TV. There, in black-and-white, an

obviously distraught Walter Cronkite looks into the

camera, his voice breaking: "From Dallas, Texas, a

flash, apparently official. President Kennedy died at 1

p-m, Central Standard Time, two o'clock, Eastern

Standard Time." Cronkite looks at the clock and adds,

"Some 38 minutes ago."

As the CAMERA MOVES IN ON LOENGARD, we hear the words of

Jason Trask -- "We are in a war. People die in wars."

Loengard and Kimberly speed down a country highway,

listening to the Kennedy funeral on the radio. Over

this, they hear the sound of a SIREN.

Their car is pulled over by a young DEPUTY SHERIFF.

When he calls in a standard records check on Loengard's license, he comes up empty. No record of violations.

In fact, no record of Loengard's existence. The same

goes for Kimberly. Loengard and Kimberly both have had

their identities "erased." They have no credit, no

records, no proof of who they are. Totally baffled, the Deputy buys Loengard's impromptu lie about being Secret Service en route to Dallas.

They drive off. Stunned, Kimberly asks what they do

now? Loengard stares straight ahead. We just keep

moving.

Storm clouds gathering in an increasingly dark sky.

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Season 1 (1964 - 1969) Airs 1995/1996

As the series opens, John Loengard and Kimberly Agle --stripped of their identities -- are in hiding in the

Virginia countryside. They've tried taking it to the

top and now their hero, John Kennedy, is dead. They are filled with despair and dread.

I~ the middle of the night, Kimberly awakens. She's

feeling a disorienting sensation which will come to be

known as the "buzz." As a sound effect, it is the

equivalent of thousands of amplified insect wings

beating together simultaneously. Kimberly tells

Loengard she is convinced that they are in the presence

of a Hive member -- she can literally feel it. Loengard

leaps from the bed, begins to load a gun. In seconds,

they are in the middle of a gun battle with members of

the Hive.

They are forced to steal a car and flee into the night. Loengard's transition from naive college grad to a man

of action is complete.

During a cross-country journey, they are constantly

followed but manage to stay one step ahead of their

pursuers, not all of whom are members of the Hive.

Jason Trask, and an MJ-12 team, are also after them.

Loengard tells Kimberly he believes Trask will kill him

if he ever catches him.

Later, in Las Vegas, they buy fake I.D. and get married

in a wedding chapel. For now, their cover names are

Bill and Jackie Bowman of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In 1965, a frustrated and impatient Loengard attempts to

leak the "Monkey Film" to the news media to prove once

and for all the superior intelligence inherent in the

alien life form. He contacts respected journalist

Edward R. Murrow, now in the twilight of his career.

Murrow is actually on board to help, when he dies on

April 23, 1965. The news reports cite natural causes,

or cancer, but Loengard knows otherwise. Even more heartbreaking, the film itself disappears. These are

the days before videotape. Loengard has given Murrow

his only copy.

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Trask, it turns out, is the man who buried the

film. He captures Loengard. Instead of killing him,

however, he tells him he hopes Loengard has learned his lesson. If you talk to people about this, they day.

Look at Murrow. Look at Kennedy. Loengard, angry and frustrated, despises Trask for killing the President to

keep the secret. Trask informs him that Majestic did

not kill the President. The Hive did. The fact that

they knew the President knew also means they are able to infiltrate the highest levels.

Trask gives Loengard a second chance. He says he still

needs him -- not to work for Majestic -- but to carry on

his work on the outside. Loengard is confused. Why?

Because, answers Trask, he's not so sure about some of

the people on the inside. Majestic may be compromised.

Under their assumed names, Loengard and Kimberly begin

to travel in a silver Slipstream trailer, using covers provided by Trask which range from traveling salesmen to honeymooners. Over time, they have developed a new

strategy. They will fight fire with fire in the battle against the Hive. Since the Hive is growing in small

pockets simultaneously, they must start a grass roots resistance of their own.

Loengard founds "Dark Skies", an underground

organization aimed at stopping the Hive's "New World

Order." If someone discovers an outbreak of the Hive,

they must communicate it through the code (i.e. "Dark

Skies over Kansas..." )

Over time, John and Kimberly have come to realize that

the residual ganglion tendrils inside her brain are

acting as a kind of latent antennae for the Hive's

telepathic frequency. Horrible as this realization is,

it does allow Kimberly to use the "buzz" as a kind of

early warning system to identify potential Hives. Once accomplished, the EBE Profile can be used to narrow and identify the freshly implanted abductees.

Ultimately, this leads to an attempt to "save" them

using the Alien Rejection Technique (ART.). This is

never without risk to either the victim or to John and Kimberly. This is because in the death throes of a

ganglion, it emits the "distress pulse" (later referred

to as the DP's) which warns Hive members. Often rescue missions are mounted and must be defended against.

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Finally, however, if the victim survives, they, too,

learn their lives have changed forever, much as John and

Kimberly's have. Loengard lays down their new

obligations. He tells them to expect the "buzz", how to

use the EBE Profile, and instructs them on the Alien

Rejection Technique. He tells them their first priority

is to save the lives of those who have been implanted

less than two weeks ago. Those who are firmly seeded

must be killed. If they don't have a gun, they should

get one. They are now "Artists" and must continue the

fight and recruit others to the cause.

Aside from random encounters through the "buzz" or the

EBE Profile, Loengardand Kimberly usually follow UFO

reports. If there has been an abduction, it often means

a new Hive has been seeded. With time, Loengard and

Kimberly come to realize that if you find one alien,

there are many others living in near proximity because

of the shared consciousness/Hive nature of their

species.

Other times, however, Loengard and Kimberly run across

aliens which have long since conquered the defenses of

their human hosts. In this case, it's kill or be

killed.

While investigating crop circles and cattle mutilations,

Loengard proves his theory that crop circles are

actually alien surveillance markers detailing results of recent "seedings" to overhead saucers.

MJ-12 finally reconstructs the damaged brainscan found

aboard the 1947 crashed Roswell saucer. Loengard

surmises that the aliens must scan abductees to measure

blood flow and neural efficiency, the primary biological indicators of I.Q. All implant victims to date have had I.Q.'s exceeding 130. Bettyand Barney Hill did not.

The "Monkey Film" re-surfaces. On November 9, 1965, a

TV reporter in New York City is preparing to go on the

5:30pm newscast with a report alleging the existence of

the Hive. At 5:17pm, however, a switch at a station

near Niagara Falls inexplicably fails, causing the New

York blackout, the worst power failure in history. When

the city recovers from the blackout, the reporter tells Loengard he has "reconsidered" and no longer feels the

story is solid enough to merit broadcast.

Meanwhile, clues gleaned from the Roswell brainscan

device provide scientists the insight and information to

begin development of CAT scan and PET scan devices -–

both crucial in later detecting the ganglion inside

human hosts.

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Loengard and Kimberly infiltrate the Heritage Institute

at the Big Sur in northern California is three years

old. Heritage claims to be dedicated to helping people redefine themselves and their relationships through the abandonment of words and the adoption of physical

sensation. In reality, it is the beginning of what will become a Hive indoctrination control center.

On a personal level, Loengard and Kimberly have a

decision to make about bringing a child into a world

they know to be under attack. Do they vote with

optimism or pessimism? Considering the possession

Kimberly experienced in the first season, would their

child be normal?

During one episode, Loengard and Kimberly come across

what appears to be a "hippy" commune. In reality, it is

a well-entrenched hive.

During this time, the race to land a man on the moon

before the end of the decade continues. Loengard ends

up saving someone who's been involved in the space

program, working for NASA. This leads to the discovery

of a sound stage where it appears a moon landing will be

faked and televised.

Loengard forces a meeting with Trask and tells him his shocking news that the aliens may have infiltrated NASA

and are faking the moon shot. Trask laughs. You amuse

me, he says. The Hive isn't faking the moon shot. We

are. It's all part of "Operation: Hollow Moon." The

idea was to fund a multi-billion dollar yearly race to

the moon. Out of that, several hundred million could be skimmed off the top to fund Majestic activities. It

isn't that they don't want to go to the moon. The stage

is a safety net. If they can't pull it off, they don't

want the Hive to know. They want the Hive to believe we

are becoming a much more technologically sophisticated adversary.

On July 20, 1969, the world watches as Americans land on

the Moon. What they do not know is that while both Neal Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were, in fact, going to the

moon and back, the actual landing sequence was staged.

Following this, Loengard comes to realize that the Hive

knows about the fake, but hasn't exposed it. As he

points out to Trask, it would seem to be in their best interests to do so. It would undermine confidence in institutions and de-stabilize the Earth.

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Dark Skies/Majestic comes to believe the Hive must have

something to hide. As they pour over topographical

mapping of the moon, they come to the conclusion that

there appears to be an artificial structure on the

surface. The decision is made to go for it on Apollo

13.

Apollo 13 is sabotaged by Hive agents, working within

NASA.

Apollo 14 becomes a scouting mission. It discovers the

actual facility but is not able to get inside.

As the reigning expert on alien behavior, Loengard is

trained along with two other military service members of Majestic. On Apollo 17, they replace the actual crew

and fly the mission themselves.

On the moon, Loengard and his partner depart the lunar

module and stage an attack on the Hive facility.

Inside, they realize it is some kind of bio-storage

facility for the ganglion microbe material. As they are

about to destroy it, Loengard's partner turns on him.

He's a member of the Hive. Ultimately, Loengard

prevails and destroys the facility, his partner along

with it. Loengard, alone in the lunar module, blasts

off from the moon.

Back on the Earth, Kimberly gives birth to a son, John,

Jr. Will he be the new hope for Mankind, or the Demon

Seed?

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DARK SKIES

PROGENITOR

Season 2