IT'S NOT MUCH OF A HIDE-OUT.
BUT A CHARMING PLACE TO SPEND THE NIGHT.
HE'LL NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT HIM.
I LIKE IT WHEN THEY DO.
ONE OF THOSE GUYS.
A COUPLE OF FREAKS!
SHOW TIME.
LET'S GET HIM.
HEY, I'M SORRY, MAN.
THIS AIN'T MY CAR.
THIS GUY GAVE ME ALL THIS STUFF.
WHERE TO, CHIEF?
YOU CAN HAVE IT, IF YOU WANT.
HE TOLD ME...
MY GOD.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE PICTURE.
WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION.
WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL
AND THE VERTICAL.
WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS
OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY
AND BEYOND.
WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION
TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE.
FOR THE NEXT HOUR,
WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR.
YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY
WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND
TO THE OUTER LIMITS.
SOMETIMES, TO UNCOVER THAT WHICH IS HIDDEN,
WE MUST FIRST BE MADE TO LOOK.
HEY, WE WERE GETTING A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
I WOULDN'T MISS THIS ONE.
WE'VE GOT A SHOW TO DO.
WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU BEEN?
I HAD TO GIVE A COUPLE OF ARDENT FANS THE SLIP.
THAT'S COMFORTING.
WELL, I'M HERE. DID EVERYBODY MAKE IT?
YES, BARELY.
THAT'S GOOD.
LOCK IT UP REAL TIGHT TODAY.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY IN OR OUT OF THE STUDIO.
EVERBODY! FOCUS!
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
SANDRA, YOU'RE LOSING YOUR EDGE.
I'VE BEEN HERE A MINUTE,
AND YOU HAVEN'T ASKED ME FOR THE SCRIPT.
I'M DON'T CARE. I'M BEHIND THE CAMERA.
GET THIS ON THE TELEPROMPTER ASAP.
IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO RERUN YOUR EXPOSE ON THE HARTFORD RIVER NUCLEAR FACILITY.
YOU JUST SAY THE WORD.
THERE'S A REASON PEOPLE DON'T DO LIVE TV ANY MORE.
WE USED TO DO IT.
YEAH, FOR CABLE ACCESS IN DES MOINES.
LIFE WAS SIMPLE THEN.
YOU THINK THE JOB'S STILL OPEN?
SANDRA, WE'RE GOING TO MAKE HISTORY HERE.
PEOPLE NEED TO KNOW THIS.
AND WE NEED THEM TO WATCH.
THEY WILL.
GOOD SHOW.
WHO'S GOT CLOSED CIRCUIT TODAY?
I'LL CHECK OUT THE REMOTE
BEFORE WE LOCK IT UP.
BRING IT UP THEN AND, COLIN,
COULD YOU PIPE ME INTO INTERVIEW 'A'
AND MAKE THAT PRIVATE?
YOU GOT IT.
CLOSE-UP WOULD BE NICE, THANK YOU.
HELLO? MY FRIEND, ARE YOU THERE?
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
YES, DONALD.
GOOD. HOW ARE YOU FEELING?
FINE.
THAT BAD?
I DON'T FEEL SAFE HERE, DONALD.
WELL, THAT'S AN IMPROVEMENT.
LAST TIME WE SPOKE, YOU DIDN'T FEEL SAFE ANYWHERE.
THE FACT THAT THIS PLACE
ISN'T ANY WORSE THAN ANY OTHER
ISN'T VERY COMFORTING.
THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER WAY.
YOUR BROTHER TRIED IT ANOTHER WAY,
AND THAT'S WHAT GOT HIM INTO THAT MESS.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO TRY TO TRUST ME HERE.
YOU TRUST ME, DON'T YOU?
YES.
GOOD, WELL, WE'RE GOING LIVE IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
SO JUST TRY TO RELAX,
AND REMEMBER WHAT YOU'RE HERE FOR.
I REMEMBER.
OKAY.
YEAH.
IT'S THE BIG ONE TODAY.
THAT'S RIGHT.
WE JUST GOT THE SCRIPT DOWN ON THE SET.
YOU GOT IT.
SO I'LL BE GIVING YOU THE BREAK CUES DIRECTLY.
NO PROBLEM.
I'LL NEED DOUBLE CHECKS ON ALL THE GEAR.
CAMERAS TWO AND THREE AS WELL.
I WANT THEM READY TO ROLL AT A MOMENT'S NOTICE.
THE NETWORK GUY JUST CALLED.
HE'S GOT A TRANSMITTER ON STAND BY.
HE'S NOT TOO HAPPY ABOUT IT.
WELL, NEITHER AM I. SO WHERE ARE WE AT?
THE CREW'S SET TO GO.
BILLY'S READY TO GO
BUT CAN'T FIND HIS HEADSET.
HE WON'T FIND IT.
I'LL BE TAKING THE FLOOR TONIGHT.
SOMETHING WRONG WITH THAT?
NO... I MEAN, SANDRA, ALL THIS SECURITY AND STUFF.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A STANDARD PROMO HYPE.
THIS IS FOR REAL?
I WISH IT WEREN'T.
I CAME HERE TO BE A TV REPORTER.
I GUESS I CAN DO A LITTLE JAMES BOND ON THE SIDE.
YEAH.
COME ON.
LET'S BE SHARP, PEOPLE!
STANDING BY. CAMERAS READY.
GET YOURSELVES TOGETHER.
WE'RE GOING TO AIR!
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT NOW.
WE'LL DO IT LATER.
OKAY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE ON IN 10.
HERE WE GO.
THIS IS THE BIG ONE.
LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN.
IN FIVE, FOUR, THREE...
THIS IS...
TONIGHT, ON A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE WHOLE TRUTH...
DNA...
GENETIC ENGINEERING...
CLONING... THE DAILY ADVANCES
IN BIO-TECHNOLOGY ARE ALMOST OVERWHELMING.
BUT WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN FOR OUR LIVES?
AND WHERE WILL IT ULTIMATELY LEAD US?
GOOD EVENING, I'M DONALD RIVERS.
AND WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE TONIGHT WILL SHOCK YOU,
MAYBE EVEN TERRIFY YOU.
YOU MIGHT BE TEMPTED TO TURN AWAY OR CHANGE THE CHANNEL,
HOPING OR PRAYING THAT NONE OF THIS IS TRUE.
IT WILL BE MY JOB, MY RESPONSIBILITY,
TO MAKE YOU LISTEN, TO MAKE YOU BELIEVE.
HOW MANY TIMES
HAVE OUR OWN ELECTED OFFICIALS DECEIVED US?
USED US?
ALABAMA, 1932...
THE U.S. GOVERNMENT DENIES PENICILLIN
TO BLACK MEN INFECTED WITH SYPHILIS
SO THAT RESEARCHERS COULD OBSERVE THE DISEASE
RUN ITS COURSE.
THE TUSKEGEE EXPERIMENT CONTINUES
FOR THE NEXT 40 YEARS
AS SCIENTISTS WATCH THEIR SUBJECTS' BONES,
HEARTS AND NERVE TISSUE SLOWLY DISINTEGRATE
AND DO NOTHING TO STOP IT.
1946... AS PART OF
THE MANHATTAN PROJECT,
THE GOVERNMENT SECRETLY INJECTS 12 PATIENTS
IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK
WITH URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM
TO TEST THE EFFECTS
OF RADIATION EXPOSURE ON HUMAN BEINGS.
50 YEARS LATER, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
RELEASES FILES
DETAILING SIMILAR EXPERIMENTS ON NEARLY
20,000 OTHER PEOPLE
INCLUDING PRISONERS, MENTALLY DISABLED CHILDREN
AND PREGNANT WOMEN.
1953... THE CIA INITIATES
MK-ULTRA, A SERIES OF EXPERIMENTS
IN ADVANCED MIND-CONTROL TECHNIQUES,
INCLUDING ELECTRO-SHOCK THERAPY
AND PSYCHO-ACTIVE DRUGS
ON A WIDE VARIETY OF OFTEN UNSUSPECTING SUBJECTS.
THE PROJECT IS SPREAD OUT
ACROSS A VAST NETWORK
OF GOVERNMENTAL AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS
AND CONTINUES IN SECRET FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS.
TIME AND AGAIN, OUR GOVERNMENT HAS OPENLY
CONFIRMED OUR WORST MOST PARANOID FEARS.
AND IF THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE WILLING TO ADMIT,
THEN WHAT HAVE THEY CHOSEN TO CONCEAL?
TONIGHT, THE WHOLE TRUTH
WILL EXPOSE A SECRET GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
DISPERSED THROUGH NUMEROUS PUBLIC AGENCIES
AND PRIVATE CORPORATIONS, ALL WITH THE SAME GOAL...
TO SLOWLY AND INVISIBLY
MANIPULATE THE COURSE OF HUMAN GENETIC DEVELOPMENT
AND BY EXTENSION
THE FUTURE OF EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD IN THIS COUNTRY.
SINCE THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE WILL DO EVERYTHING
IN THEIR CONSIDERABLE POWER TO SUPPRESS THIS INFORMATION,
WE ARE BROADCASTING TONIGHT'S SHOW LIVE.
EVERYONE HERE HAS VOLUNTEERED TO BE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES AND THE NETWORK
FOR THEIR COURAGE IN LETTING ME GO ON AIR WITH THIS.
OUR STORY BEGINS OVER 30 YEARS AGO
WITH AN EXTRAORDINARY U.S. ARMY MEDICAL EXPERIMENT
ON IMMORTALITY.
IN A SERIES OF BRUTAL TESTS,
DR. TERRANCE SINCLAIR MADE EXTENSIVE STUDIES
ON THE BLOOD OF A REMARKABLE YOUNG WOMAN
IDENTIFIED ONLY AS JADE
WHO APPEARED TO BE IMMUNE TO THE AGING PROCESS.
WHILE SINCLAIR'S ATTEMPTS TO EXTEND HUMAN LIFESPANS
DID ACHIEVE SOME SUCCESS,
THE INTERVENTION OF AN UNIDENTIFIED SOLDIER
BROUGHT HIS EXPERIMENTS TO AN ABRUPT HALT
AS WE SEE IN THIS DRAMATIC RE-ENACTMENT.
NO!
STOP!
MAKE IT STOP!
JUNE 20, 1600 HOURS.
THIS IS DR. TERRANCE SINCLAIR.
I'M ABOUT TO INTRODUCE THE SECOND TEST SERIES
INTO THE BLOODSTREAM TO MEASURE TOXICITY RESPONSE.
WHY DON'T WE SEDATE HER?
THAT WOULD AFFECT THE TEST RESULTS.
HOLD HER STILL.
PLEASE.
PLEASE DON'T HURT ME ANY MORE.
I WON'T HURT YOU.
PLEASE HELP ME.
I'M LOOKING AT A COURT MARTIAL COMING IN HERE.
WHAT'S HE DOING TO YOU?
HELP ME BEFORE HE RETURNS.
I THINK I CAN WALK.
WHAT WILL THEY DO TO YOU?
LET'S JUST GET YOU OUT OF HERE.
PUT HER DOWN!
YOU CAN'T HURT THIS GIRL, SIR.
THAT WAS AN ORDER.
PUT HER DOWN!
LOOK, CORPORAL, I DON'T THINK YOU KNOW...
YOU CAN'T TREAT HER LIKE THIS!
SHE'S NOT A PERSON!
SHE'S NOT...
I'M A SCIENTIST.
I KNOW HOW THIS MUST LOOK.
BUT THE WORK WE'RE DOING HERE IS VERY IMPORTANT.
IT COULD MEAN A GREAT DEAL TO THE REST OF US.
SOLDIER, PUT HER BACK
ON THE TABLE AND GET OUT!
PLEASE DON'T.
IT'S OKAY.
WE'RE LEAVING.
NOW.
YOU CAN'T HAVE HER!
DON'T!
DON'T SHOOT! DON'T!
TAPED LOGS OBTAINED BY THE WHOLE TRUTH
REVEAL THE ASTONISHING DETAILS.
AUGUST 11, 2100 HOURS...
THE LABORATORY AND VIRTUALLY ALL EVIDENCE
OF THE PROJECT WERE DESTROYED.
NO BODIES WERE EVER RECOVERED.
BUT WAS THIS SIMPLY AN ISOLATED INCIDENT?
OR THE FIRST PIECE OF A MUCH LARGER PUZZLE?
WHEN WE RETURN, WE'LL MEET THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE
FOR BRINGING THIS EVIDENCE AND A GREAT DEAL MORE TO LIGHT.
COMING UP NEXT... THE MAN WHO'S
MADE A PICTURE FROM THOSE PIECES.
WHEN OUR CHOSEN LEADERS TURN AGAINST US, WHERE DO WE TURN?
TO THE POLICE? TO OUR LAWS?
TO A GUN UNDER THE PILLOW?
OR TO THE COURAGE OF A MAN ARMED ONLY WITH THE TRUTH.
THE SOURCE FOR MUCH OF WHAT YOU WILL SEE TONIGHT
IS JUST SUCH A MAN.
HE'S A MOLECULAR BIOLOGIST
FORMERLY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE.
WE'VE TAKEN EVERY PRECAUTION
TO KEEP HIS IDENTITY AND LOCATION SECRET.
WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING
HERE WITH US TONIGHT, SIR.
THANK YOU.
NOW YOU CLAIM YOU'VE PIECED TOGETHER EVIDENCE
OF A LONG-RANGE GOVERNMENT PROJECT
TO CHANGE THE COURSE OF HUMAN GENETIC DEVELOPMENT?
YES, THAT'S CORRECT.
AND THIS PROJECT
WAS CREATED BY DR. SINCLAIR?
NOT EXACTLY.
SINCLAIR'S LONGEVITY EXPERIMENTS
WERE JUST A STARTING POINT.
BUT SEVERAL OF THE CURRENT RESEARCH INITIATIVES
DID BUILD ON HIS WORK.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH AN ATTEMPT TO EXTEND HUMAN LIFE SPANS?
NOTHING... THE GOVERNMENT NEVER INTENDED
THAT RESEARCH, THAT TECHNOLOGY TO REACH THE PUBLIC.
WHY?
THEY WERE DEVELOPING A PROCESS
TO ALTER HUMANS AT A CELLULAR LEVEL.
IT BEGAN AS A WAY
TO REVERSE NECROSIS IN HUMAN TISSUE.
YOU MEAN A WAY TO REANIMATE THE DEAD?
IT WAS MORE THAN THAT.
THEIR PROCESS INVOLVED
REBUILDING THE NEURAL PATHWAYS OF A SUBJECT'S BRAIN
IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY COULD CONTROL THE SUBJECT.
THAT'S WHAT THEY WERE REALLY TRYING TO DO.
JOINING US VIA SATELLITE IS DR. RICHARD MORGAN,
VICE PRESIDENT OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
AT FERRITIN LABORATORIES, ONE COMPANY IN QUESTION.
DR. MORGAN, HOW DO YOU
RESPOND TO THESE ALLEGATIONS?
WELL, IN A NUTSHELL, THE ALLEGATIONS ARE ABSURD.
THE FERRITIN CORPORATION
HAS A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF PUBLIC SERVICE
AND THE MOST SCRUPULOUS RESEARCH PROTOCOLS
IN THE INDUSTRY.
IT'S TRUE THAT OVER 75% OF YOUR R & D
IS DEVOTED TO DEFENSE PROJECTS?
WE'RE A DEFENSE CONTRACTOR.
THE BENEFITS FROM YOUR RESEARCH
ARE BEING KEPT EXCLUSIVELY
FOR THE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
THAT SUPPORT YOU.
THAT'S RIDICULOUS.
WE HAVE A VIDEO WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED
TO FERRITIN'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS
CONTAINING A PROGRESS REPORT OF YOUR REANIMATION PROJECT.
WHAT?
DOCTOR, PLEASE, JUST WATCH YOUR MONITOR.
PRESSURE...
165 POUNDS PSI.
THROUGH THE USE OF THE SCANNING MOLECULAR REORGANIZER
OR SMR,
NECROSIS REVERSAL IS ACCOMPLISHED
IN A FOUR-STEP PROCESS.
SMR MODULE BEGINNING ORIENTATION.
SECONDARY SYSTEMS ON LINE.
STEP ONE... PHOTOLYTIC REGENERATION.
LASER PROBES ACTIVATED.
NECROSIS PROCESS REVERSING.
THE SMR'S HIGH-ENERGY LASER ARRAY
REPAIRS AND RESTORES
ALL NERVE, TISSUE AND ORGAN FUNCTIONS.
STEP TWO...
NEURAL REORGANIZATION.
THE SMR RE-ESTABLISHES
ALL CORTICAL AND HIGHER BRAIN FUNCTIONS.
SYNAPTIC REPATTERNING IS POSSIBLE
WITH AN OPTIONAL MODULE.
BLOOD REPLACEMENT SYSTEMS ON LINE.
STEP THREE... FLUID REPLACEMENT.
ALL THE PRESERVATIVES AND FLUIDS ARE FLUSHED AND PROFUSED
AS THE BODY TEMPERATURE IS RESTORED
TO NORMAL.
STEP FOUR... REACTIVATION.
THE SUBJECT'S NERVOUS SYSTEM IS RE-ENERGIZED
BY A SERIES OF HIGH-FREQUENCY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES,
THUS COMPLETING THE PROCESS.
DOCTOR, CARE TO COMMENT ON WHAT YOU JUST SAW?
THAT MATERIAL
IS COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTEXT.
CLEARLY, IT'S BEEN USED IN A...
YOU'RE ADMITTING THAT IT'S AUTHENTIC?
WELL, THIS RESEARCH WAS EXPLORATORY.
THE PROJECT WAS ONLY FOR PROOF OF PRINCIPLE.
AND IT WAS NEVER INTENDED TO BE USED
AS A WORKING PROJECT.
DOCTOR, WE'RE LOSING YOUR SIGNAL... HERE.
BEAR WITH US FOR A MOMENT.
WE'RE EXPERIENCING SOME TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES.
PLEASE STAND BY.
THEY'RE TRYING TO TAKE US
OFF THE AIR.
WE ARE APPARENTLY
HAVING TROUBLE WITH A NETWORK SATELLITE TRANSPONDER.
WE'RE NOT SURE IF THE INTERFERENCE
IS ACCIDENTAL OR INTENTIONAL,
BUT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THIS CONTINGENCY.
WE HAVE SEVERAL BACK-UP TRANSMITTER RELAYS
SET UP ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
THEY CAN BE SWITCHED OVER TO MAKE SURE WE STAY ON THE AIR.
DONALD, THEY'RE COMING.
I HAVE TO GET OUT OF HERE!
NO, NOT YET.
YOU WERE SAYING THAT, MANY OF THESE GOVERNMENT-FUNDED
BREAKTHROUGHS WERE DELIBERATELY SUPPRESSED?
YES.
UM... THERE'S ANOTHER EXAMPLE.
THE DAYTON C COMPOUND CREATED AT METADYNE PHARMACEUTICALS.
THIS ONE WAS A CELLULAR REGENERATIVE AGENT,
A WAY TO ACCELERATE THE SELF-REPAIR MECHANISMS
IN THE HUMAN CELLS.
IT WAS BASICALLY A BROAD SPECTRUM CURE,
A GENIUNE WONDER DRUG.
BUT IT NEVER REACHED THE PUBLIC?
THERE'S A REASON FOR THAT.
WHICH WE WILL SEE IN THIS DRAMATIC RE-ENACTMENT
BASED ON METADYNE SECURITY TRANSCRIPTS.
PAY NO ATTENTION
TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN.
VERY CLEVER, KARL.
EVADING THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
BY TRANSPORTING THEM IN YOUR OWN BODY.
WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW, MICHAEL.
THE VIRUS COURSING THROUGH YOUR VEINS
IS THE PROPERTY OF METADYNE PHARMACEUTICALS.
COMPUTER, UNLOCK THE DOOR.
SECURITY CODE... MCKENDRICK-5775.
THAT CODE HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
PLEASE RESTATE AUTHORIZED SECURITY CODE.
MCKENDRICK-5775!
I MEANT TO TELL YOU, KARL.
YOU'RE FIRED.
THAT CODE HAS BEEN TERMINATED.
SO YOU CAN SUPPRESS THE RETRO-VIRUS?
SUPPRESS IT? NO.
RESTRICT IT? ABSOLUTELY.
ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO I WANT
TO HAVE IT WILL GET IT.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME?
YOU GOING TO KILL ME?
ALL LIVING TISSUE WILL BE VAPORIZED.
ALL LIVING TISSUE.
THAT INCLUDES YOU.
MICHAEL, UNLOCK THE DOOR!
THREE, TWO, ONE.
MICHAEL, OPEN THE DOOR!
WHEN WE RETURN, THE PATTERN BEHIND IT ALL.
HOW THESE APPARENTLY DIFFERENT RESEARCH DEVELOPMENTS
ARE ACTUALLY CONNECTED.
LONGEVITY STUDIES, NEURAL PROGRAMMING,
CELLULAR REGENERATION... NOW AT FIRST GLANCE
THESE WOULD ALL SEEM TO BE
SEPARATE AND DISTINCT AREAS OF RESEARCH,
BUT ACCORDING TO YOU, SIR, THEY ARE NOT.
NO, THEY'RE NOT.
YOU SEE, ALL OF THOSE PROCEDURES
ARE BASED ON PHYSICAL ALTERATION
OF HUMAN GENETIC MATERIAL.
SO THE KEY IS TRANSFORMATION?
YES, CHANGING ONE THING, ONE HUMAN THING, INTO ANOTHER.
THE REASON FOR THAT...
JUST A MOMENT PLEASE.
WE'RE GETTING WORD THAT THERE IS ANOTHER BROADCAST
GOING OUT OVER SEVERAL OF THE MAJOR NEWS NETWORKS NOW.
IT'S BEING PICKED UP.
CAN WE BRING THAT UP?
OKAY... HERE WE GO.
AND I REITERATE THAT AFFILIATED TECHNOLOGIES
IS SIMPLY THE NETWORK'S PARENT CORPORATION.
WE AREN'T INVOLVED IN DAY-TO-DAY PROGRAMMING.
HOWEVER WE'RE APPALLED THAT THEY WOULD ALLOW
THIS KIND OF SENSATIONALISM ON THE AIR.
IS THIS A PUBLICTY STUNT?
COME ON, THE NAME OF THE SHOW NOTWITHSTANDING,
DONALD RIVERS IS OBVIOUSLY INTERESTED IN ONE THING,
AND THAT'S RATINGS.
JUST ONE MORE, PLEASE.
CAN YOU TELL US ANYTHING
ABOUT HIS SOURCE?
WE HAVE IT ON EXCELLENT AUTHORITY
THAT HIS SO-CALLED SOURCE
IS NOTHING MORE THAN A MENTALLY ILL INDIVIDUAL
WHO IS BEING USED IN THE WORST POSSIBLE WAY.
THIS KIND OF THING REALLY INFLAMES THE PUBLIC,
CAN MAKE SOME PEOPLE DO CRAZY THINGS.
THAT'S ALL WE HAVE FOR NOW, THANK YOU.
MY PRODUCER HAS JUST INFORMED ME THAT A NUMBER OF OUR AFFILIATES
ARE HAVING PROBLEMS RECEIVING OUR NETWORK FEED.
WE'RE LEARNING THAT SEVERAL STATIONS
HAVE BEEN ORDERED BY THEIR CORPORATE OWNERS
TO DROP THIS BROADCAST ENTIRELY.
I CAN ONLY URGE OUR AFFILIATES TO PLEASE STAY THE COURSE,
KEEP US ON THE AIR.
WE ARE DEPENDING ON YOU TO LET THE TRUTH COME OUT.
YOU KNOW, OVER THE YEARS,
I'VE DONE OVER A HUNDRED REPORTS AND EXPOSES.
I'VE DEVELOPED, I'D LIKE TO THINK,
THE INSTINCTS TO KNOW WHEN SOMETHING IS RIGHT OR WRONG.
AND TIME AND AGAIN, YOU PEOPLE HAVE PLACED YOUR TRUST IN ME.
I LIKE TO THINK THAT TRUST HAS BEEN REWARDED.
WHAT I'M SHOWING YOU TONIGHT IS THE TRUTH.
TRUST IN ME ONE MORE TIME.
THERE WILL ALWAYS BE PEOPLE
WHO WILL TRY TO HIDE THE TRUTH AND POISON IT, MURDER IT.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO GIVE THEM THAT CHANCE,
ISN'T THAT RIGHT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
I'M HONORED TO INTRODUCE MY SOURCE, DR. AVERY STRONG.
WELCOME, DOCTOR.
THIS IS THE MAN YOUR GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO DISCREDIT,
BUT THEY WON'T SUCCEED,
BECAUSE WE KNOW HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO DO IT,
HOW THEY'RE PLANNING TO DRAG HIS NAME THROUGH THE MUD.
WE'RE GOING TO FACE THEIR ACCUSATIONS HEAD ON
AND PRE-EMPT THEM IF YOU'RE READY.
YES.
PLEASE.
WHAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SEE IS HIDDEN-CAMERA FOOTAGE
TAKEN TWO YEARS AGO INSIDE THE PENTAGON.
WATCH.
MR. RANDAL STRONG, WELCOME.
MR. CHAIRMAN, THANK YOU.
I'M GRATEFUL THAT THE COMMITTEE
HAS GRANTED ME A HEARING.
MR. CHAIRMAN, IN THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS,
I HAVE BEEN CONDUCTING RESEARCH.
I'VE COME TO THE INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION
THAT THE UNITED STATES, QUITE POSSIBLY THE ENTIRE WORLD,
IS BEING OVERRUN BY ALIENS.
I BELIEVE THIS MAY BE THE GREATEST THREAT
WE'VE EVER FACED AS A NATION.
WE HAVE TO ACT.
WE HAVE TO ACT NOW.
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.
YOU'RE PARANOID. NO, SIR.
UNDERSTANDABLY DISTRESSED.
I SEE A THREAT.
YOU SEE DELUSIONS. I BEG YOUR PARDON, SIR!
THIS HEARING IS OVER.
GOODBYE.
DR. STRONG, WHAT DOES THIS
HAVE TO DO WITH YOU?
THE MAN IN THE TAPE, THE ONE WHO SHOT THE CHAIRMAN,
HE WAS MY BROTHER RANDAL.
HE WAS INSTITUTIONALIZED AFTER TESTIFYING TO THAT COMMITTEE.
HE HASN'T SPOKEN A WORD SINCE.
AND WE'VE OBTAINED ARMY MEDICAL RECORDS
INDICATING THAT YOUR BROTHER WAS AN UNSTABLE INDIVIDUAL.
HE'S SUFFERING FROM PARANOID DELUSIONS
AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER.
RANDAL HAD HIS PROBLEMS.
IT WAS NO SECRET.
THERE ARE SIMILAR FILES ON YOU.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE ME OUT TO BE SOME LUNATIC
SO THAT PEOPLE WILL THINK EVERYTHING I'M TELLING YOU
IS SOME TWISTED ATTEMPT AT REVENGE BY AN UNSTABLE MAN
WHO BLAMES THE GOVERNMENT FOR THE LOSS OF HIS BROTHER.
IF NOT REVENGE, THEN WHAT IS YOUR MOTIVE FOR COMING FORWARD?
BECAUSE OF WHAT I SAW.
I WAS PART OF A MILITARY RESEARCH TEAM,
A PROJECT TO TRANSFORM HUMANS INTO ALIEN LIFEFORMS.
AND WHEN YOU SAY ALIEN, YOU MEAN EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL.
YES, IT WAS PURELY THEORETICAL AT FIRST.
EVERYBODY TREATED IT KIND OF LIKE A JOKE.
THEN IT STOPPED BEING FUNNY.
WE HAVE SOME SECURITY CAMERA FOOTAGE
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FILES.
YOU SHOULD WATCH THIS.
WE WERE GIVEN A SAMPLE OF ALIEN DNA.
AND WE IMPLANTED
THE GENETIC MATERIAL IN A VOLUNTEER.
AT LEAST I THINK HE WAS A VOLUNTEER.
HE STARTED TO CHANGE IN SMALL WAYS AT FIRST.
THEN IT ACCELERATED.
HE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN.
I DIDN'T KILL ANYONE! YOU HEAR ME?!
YOU CAN'T TOUCH MY SOUL!
GOD KNOWS.
HE NEARLY DIED...
MORE THAN ONCE.
SET! CLEAR!
AFTER A WHILE... IT WAS HARD EVEN TO LOOK HIM IN THE EYE.
SERGEANT, I'M DR. STRONG.
I'M HERE TO TEST YOUR...
SENSORY ACCUITY.
YOUR HEARING.
THAT'S INCREDIBLE.
WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL US ABOUT IT BEFORE?
NEVER SHOW YOUR ADVANTAGE TO THE ENEMY.
WE'RE NOT...
I'M NOT YOUR ENEMY.
THERE IS A REASON BEHIND THIS.
THERE HAS TO BE.
WE'VE ALL GOT JOBS TO DO.
WHAT IS YOURS?
THEY NEVER TOLD US WHY WE WERE DOING IT OR WHAT FOR.
THEN THEY TOLD US TO FORGET IT EVER HAPPENED.
YES... WELL, OF COURSE
YOU COULDN'T FORGET THAT.
I COULDN'T GET THE IMAGE OF THAT MAN OUT OF MY MIND.
I HAD TO KNOW WHY.
I STILL HAD MY SECURITY CLEARANCE.
I STARTED LOOKING AROUND
IN PLACES I SHOULDN'T HAVE.
IT TOOK YEARS TO PUT IT TOGETHER,
BUT I'M CONVINCED THAT THIS PROJECT
WAS JUST ANOTHER STEP IN PERFECTING PHYSICAL
TRANSFORMATION TECHNIQUES ON HUMAN BEINGS.
THE TERRIFYING REASON WHY IN JUST A MOMENT.
PUT THIS TOGETHER FOR US, DOCTOR.
YOU BEGIN WITH RAW GENETIC MATERIAL,
LIVING OR EVEN DEAD.
THEN YOU REGENERATE THE CELLS, REBUILD THE TISSUE,
ACCELERATE THE CELL GROWTH,
SHAPE IT TO WHATEVER FORM YOU WANT.
AND THEN YOU REPROGRAM THE NEURAL PATHWAYS.
AND YOU GET?
A REPLACEMENT FOR ANYONE YOU WANT...
HUMAN LIKE A CLONE, BUT BETTER BECAUSE YOU CAN
MAKE IT THINK AND ACT AND TALK ANY WAY YOU WANT IT TO.
GO ON.
THE GOVERNMENT IS ATTEMPTING TO REPLACE POWERFUL INDIVIDUALS
USING THIS TECHNIQUE,
WORLD LEADERS WITH EXACT DUPLICATES
COMPLETELY UNDER THEIR CONTROL.
PERFECT FOR ESPIONAGE.
OR DISINFORMATION, PROPAGANDA.
OR SIMPLY MANIPULATION
OF CRITICAL PEOPLE AT CRITICAL TIMES.
CONSIDER THE CASE OF MASON STARK,
CEO OF THE EIGENPHASE CORPORATION,
THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT CONTRACTOR
WHOSE VERY PUBLIC DISAGREEMENTS WITH THE PENTAGON
WERE RECENTLY AND UNEXPECTEDLY SETTLED.
IN THIS EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE,
AN EXPERIMENT LOG RECOVERED
FROM AN ABANDONED GOVERNMENT LABORATORY,
WE SEE MR. STARK COMING FACE TO FACE
WITH WHAT CAN ONLY BE CLONES OF HIMSELF.
HELLO? HELLO? GREAT!
ANOTHER ONE THAT LOOKS LIKE ME!
WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!
I CAN'T LOOK AT THESE OTHER TWO GUYS ANY LONGER!
AND YOU BRING ANOTHER ONE!
YEAH, COME OVER HERE!
JUST WAIT! I'LL TAKE YOUR HEAD OFF!
HELP!
NO.
IS THE CURRENT MR. STARK TRULY WHO HE SEEMS TO BE?
AT THIS POINT WE CAN'T ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
NONE OF OUR CALLS TO MR. STARK
OR HIS REPRESENTATIVES WERE RETURNED.
THE WHOLE TRUTH HAS TURNED OVER COPIES OF THIS FOOTAGE
TO THE PROPER AUTHORITIES FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
NEXT, WE'LL EXAMINE OTHER POSSIBLE CLONE REPLACEMENTS,
PEOPLE WHO ARE WALKING THE CORRIDORS OF POWER EVEN...
ARE WE STILL ON THE AIR?
PICTURE'S STILL UP.
STUDIO POWER MUST BE DOWN.
OPEN THAT DOOR!
THEY WON'T TAKE ME ALIVE.
I WON'T END UP LIKE MY BROTHER.
BUT WE'RE NOT FINISHED.
EVERYBODY OUT! USE THE TUNNELS!
GET THE HAND-HELD!
STAY WITH US! STAY WITH US!
HURRY, DONALD.
NOT MUCH JUICE LEFT.
USE WHAT YOU GOT.
LET'S GO!
SWITCH TO REMOTE! REMOTE!
GOT IT.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE WITH ME, THEN DON'T.
GO FOR SHELTER SOMEWHERE.
I NEED SANDRA, COLIN, AVERY.
ARE THEY COMING AFTER US?
WHAT ABOUT SECURITY? WERE THEY STILL IN FRONT?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY
WHO IS TRYING TO INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST
OR HOW LONG WE'LL CONTINUE... CAREFUL GOING THROUGH THERE.
WE'LL STAY ON THE AIR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE NOT SURE HOW MUCH POWER WE'VE GOT LEFT.
BUT STAY WITH US.
WE'LL SEE HOW THIS TURNS OUT.
WE HAVE IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR YOU STILL,
AND WE WILL BE BACK.
YOU'RE WATCHING THE WHOLE TRUTH.
FORGIVE US IF OUR PRODUCTION VALUES
AREN'T UP TO STANDARD TODAY.
WE'RE BROADCASTING LIVE VIA REMOTE
AND UNSURE AT THIS MOMENT
WHAT THE SITUATION IS BACK AT THE STUDIO.
AS FAR AS WE KNOW, WE AREN'T BEING FOLLOWED.
JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T SEE THEM
DOESN'T MEAN THEY'RE NOT THERE.
WELL, YES, VERY TRUE.
WE'RE GOING TO SHOW YOU HIDDEN CAMERA FOOTAGE
TAKEN AT GREAT PERSONAL RISK BY DR. STRONG.
THIS WILL SHOW THE GOVERNMENT'S SECRET CLONING FACILITIES.
SANDRA, PLEASE.
THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF BABIES,
CLONES IN VARIOUS STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT
EVERYWHERE I LOOKED.
IT WAS LIKE LIVESTOCK, RAW MATERIAL.
IT WAS HORRIBLE.
WE ARE EN ROUTE TO THAT FACILITY AT THIS VERY MOMENT.
WE'LL CONFRONT THE PEOPLE WHO RUN IT
AND FIND OUT IF THEY TRULY HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE.
WE'LL TAKE A BREAK NOW.
PLEASE STAY WITH US.
AND WE'RE CLEAR.
THEY'LL NEVER LET US IN, DONALD.
LET THEM EXPLAIN THAT
TO A NATIONAL TELEVISION AUDIENCE.
THIS ISN'T AN ALIEN AUTOPSY HOAX.
THIS IS REAL.
PLEASE... THAT MAKES PEOPLE NERVOUS.
IT'S DESIGNED TO DO THAT.
THAT ATTITUDE PUT YOUR BROTHER AWAY.
RANDAL DID WHAT WAS NECESSARY. SO WILL I.
YOU ALREADY ARE, AVERY.
PLEASE, ALL OF US ARE.
I'M SORRY... SORRY.
HOW MUCH FURTHER IS IT TO THE LAB?
WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN THERE BY NOW.
WE LOSE NETWORK FEED IN 15 MINUTES.
THEY WON'T CUT AWAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS.
I'LL CUT IN LIVE WHEN WE GET TO THE LAB.
WE OWE THE AFFILIATES ANOTHER COMMERCIAL.
I'LL HAVE THEM RUN PSAs...
WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE?!
WE'VE LOST OUR SATELLITE UPLINK.
HOW DO WE GET IT BACK?
I DON'T KNOW.
THE BOARD LOOKS FINE.
THE PROBLEM DIDN'T COME FROM HERE.
THERE'S SOMETHING VERY WRONG HERE.
WAIT! WAIT! WE'RE BACK.
OKAY, LET'S GO.
IN FIVE, FOUR,
THREE...
AS PROMISED, WE ARE STILL REPORTING...
DONALD, WAIT.
THIS ISN'T OUR SIGNAL.
WHAT?
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, SOMETHING TERRIBLE HAS HAPPENED HERE.
AVERY STRONG LIED TO ME, LIED TO ALL OF US.
AND EVERYTHING HE SAID, EVERYTHING HE SHOWED US
HAS TURNED OUT TO BE A FABRICATION, A HOAX.
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SEEN,
EVERYTHING YOU'VE HEARD...
DID YOU GO TO TAPE?
NO.
I NEVER RECORDED ANY OF THIS STUFF.
A DERANGED MAN,
JUST A VERY SICK MIND.
IT'S ALL IN HIS SUICIDE NOTE.
AVERY STRONG IS DEAD.
AND, UM... KILLED HIMSELF.
IT ALL HAPPENED SO FAST.
HE WENT ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
HE JUST STARTED SHOOTING.
AND IN THE PROCESS, SHOT MY PRODUCER, MY CREW.
ONLY MY DRIVER AND I
GOT OUT IN TIME.
AND, UM, I... I CAN ONLY ACCEPT FULL RESPONSIBILITY
FOR THIS TRAGEDY.
I'VE NOTIFIED THE AUTHORITIES.
THEY SHOULD BE HERE SHORTLY.
AND TO YOU, THE AUDIENCE,
I CAN ONLY APOLOGIZE
FOR BEING GULLIBLE.
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.
I'M A PROFESSIONAL, AND, I'M SORRY
TO YOU AND TO THESE GOOD PEOPLE.
I'M SO...
I'M SORRY.
THAT, UM...
WHO'S THERE?
WHO ARE YOU?
I'M NOT GOING LIKE RANDAL.
MY GOD!
YOU WERE TELLING THE TRUTH.
NO HARD FEELINGS.
THERE'S PLENTY MORE WHERE HE CAME FROM.
YOU'RE ONE HELL OF A REPORTER, DONALD.
THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN THE STORY OF A LIFETIME.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT YOU DO NOW.
THE PEOPLE SAW EVERYTHING.
BUT THEY DIDN'T SEE ENOUGH.
AND BY TOMORROW, THEY'LL BE STARTING TO FORGET.
BECAUSE AS IMPORTANT AS YOU ARE AND AS INFLUENTIAL
AS YOUR PROGRAM IS...
IN THE END
IT'S JUST A TV SHOW.
AND YOU'VE BEEN REPLACED.
WE RELY UPON OTHERS
TO INFORM US, BUT WISDOM CAN NEVER BE TAUGHT.
AND WE MUST ALWAYS DECIDE THE TRUTH FOR OURSELVES.