"They're here, aren't they?"
"Mr. Mulder—*they* have been here for a long time."
Southwest Idaho. Ellis Air force base is reputed to fly experimental aircraft, but pilots are known to have suffered extreme cases of bizarre behavioral patterns, and one particular officer, Budahas, has red bodily lesions all over, discovered by the military who enter his home after he had a psychotic episode. When Budahas is taken by the military, not returned, his wife is worried that she may never seen him again, complaining to them for his return. When her demands go unanswered, she contacts the FBI who bury it until Mulder finds it through the Boise office, deciding to pursue it. This is where he first meets a mysterious figure possibly within the government who knows things and warns Mulder to not go to Idaho, danger awaits and this episode introduces us to Deep Throat and the cover-up methods of the military. Also, this episode responds to the mythos behind the idea that our military uses alien technology to create superior Stealth jets capable of fantastic feats—but, with a price. This episode also offers the existence of "brain sweeps" where the nefarious military can "erase" knowledge and memories as is the case with pilots and maybe even Mulder himself. We definitely see the animosity which exists between the military and the FBI when certain agents butt into their affairs considered top secret. The episode also presents the military as this powerful force which can conduct its business without a measure of scrutiny because of a stranglehold over certain areas in the United States, silencing certain voices which might attempt to rise against them (the wife of the Budahas man, an example of this as she is visited by the agents and seems resigned to the fact that her husband is "okay" and "getting better", barricading them from reentering her home). Jerry Hardin has probably his most famous role, a veteran of both film and television, as Deep Throat. His reasons for helping Mulder and knowledge in the government and military secrets remain ambiguous in this episode although he does reveal that he also has a desire for the truth. Seth Green has a small part as a stoner who(along with his girlfriend)have visited an area near the airstrip to watch the experimental planes "perform." This episode orchestrates the frustrating blockades often thwarting Mulder's efforts to expose those who are hiding the truth from us.
"Mr. Mulder—*they* have been here for a long time."
Southwest Idaho. Ellis Air force base is reputed to fly experimental aircraft, but pilots are known to have suffered extreme cases of bizarre behavioral patterns, and one particular officer, Budahas, has red bodily lesions all over, discovered by the military who enter his home after he had a psychotic episode. When Budahas is taken by the military, not returned, his wife is worried that she may never seen him again, complaining to them for his return. When her demands go unanswered, she contacts the FBI who bury it until Mulder finds it through the Boise office, deciding to pursue it. This is where he first meets a mysterious figure possibly within the government who knows things and warns Mulder to not go to Idaho, danger awaits and this episode introduces us to Deep Throat and the cover-up methods of the military. Also, this episode responds to the mythos behind the idea that our military uses alien technology to create superior Stealth jets capable of fantastic feats—but, with a price. This episode also offers the existence of "brain sweeps" where the nefarious military can "erase" knowledge and memories as is the case with pilots and maybe even Mulder himself. We definitely see the animosity which exists between the military and the FBI when certain agents butt into their affairs considered top secret. The episode also presents the military as this powerful force which can conduct its business without a measure of scrutiny because of a stranglehold over certain areas in the United States, silencing certain voices which might attempt to rise against them (the wife of the Budahas man, an example of this as she is visited by the agents and seems resigned to the fact that her husband is "okay" and "getting better", barricading them from reentering her home). Jerry Hardin has probably his most famous role, a veteran of both film and television, as Deep Throat. His reasons for helping Mulder and knowledge in the government and military secrets remain ambiguous in this episode although he does reveal that he also has a desire for the truth. Seth Green has a small part as a stoner who(along with his girlfriend)have visited an area near the airstrip to watch the experimental planes "perform." This episode orchestrates the frustrating blockades often thwarting Mulder's efforts to expose those who are hiding the truth from us.