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00:14Well, here we are.
00:17Here we are.
00:24What'd you get?
00:26Well, looks like peaches.
00:31It might have been apples.
00:34What'd you get?
00:35Cobble or something.
00:37I think it's pear.
00:40John?
00:41Mr. Sayers.
00:42Good to see you.
00:43Please, have a seat.
00:44I'm very sorry to interrupt your dinner this way.
00:48So what's this all about?
00:50The Warren Commission is preparing to issue a report
00:52declaring that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.
00:56Well, we knew that would happen.
00:58Things have changed, John.
00:59LBJ is pulling in all of his favors to block me
01:02from becoming vice president.
01:04Now, that means I only have a few months left as attorney general.
01:07I need you to testify before the commission.
01:10We don't have any proof.
01:11The commission will have my word that you're on the square.
01:14They'll hear your story.
01:15And if they believe you, they'll investigate further.
01:18If they believe him.
01:21No one's believed us so far.
01:23It's the chance we have to take.
01:25Yeah, but John is the one taking the chances.
01:27You still have your life and your career.
01:29Miss Sayers, my brother was killed to protect this damn secret.
01:32And my life is very much in danger.
01:38It's the only card I have left to play, John.
01:52I know you don't support this.
02:00But it's what we set out to do.
02:10I know.
02:26I know.
02:28I know.
02:52I'll fall in alongside him.
02:55Could we get some coffee?
02:57I got a full thermostat in the car.
03:01Great.
03:08You and your husband are from what part of the country?
03:11Washington.
03:12Until last year.
03:14And we're not married.
03:15Me neither.
03:15I was, but I'm on the road a lot in my line of work.
03:20That'll be Agent Kincaid.
03:23What?
03:24Just in case.
03:25It's been a long time.
03:28It's been a long time.
03:29That's a long time.
03:29We've been have a long time in a long time.
03:32Good.
03:47You're a long time to take it away.
03:52So...
03:53Well, that's a long time of work.
03:57Oh, my God.
03:59Here.
04:00Honey.
04:05Hi.
04:20Before you get all dressed up for your big performance,
04:22we need to talk.
04:24Fuck.
04:24Here's a message, John.
04:26You try to be a hero today, and I will find you again.
04:30And next time we won't be talking.
04:33Understood?
05:10My name is John Lowengart. I'm recording this because we may not live through the night.
05:14They're here.
05:15They're hostile.
05:17And powerful people don't want you to know.
05:19History as we know it is alive.
05:31I'm going to be talking to you.
05:32The hero looks a lot better at what we were talking about.
05:34Mystery.
05:55After the Kennedy assassination,
05:57President Johnson appointed a blue-ribbon panel
06:00called the Warren Commission
06:01to report back the truth to the American people.
06:07Kim and I, after almost a year of running,
06:10had a piece of the puzzle they had never even considered.
06:16We're back in special session.
06:19Mr. Attorney General,
06:22as you know, we are in the process of writing a report now.
06:25The evidence-gathering phase was well known to your office.
06:29Mr. Chief Justice,
06:30when you have heard from this next witness,
06:32you'll understand why I've brought him forward now.
06:35Mr. Kennedy,
06:36how do you know this, um,
06:38John Lohengard?
06:39He came to my brother in October of 1963
06:43with evidence of a conspiracy
06:44which prompted a meeting with Mr. Lohengard
06:47at my home in Virginia.
06:48He also, uh, checked out certain elements of your story.
06:51Very discreetly, of course.
06:52And it seems to hold together.
06:54So what's the president gonna do?
06:56John, the president has less than a year left on his term.
06:59He's gotta get re-elected if he's gonna do anything.
07:02The second term, that's when we can get this out.
07:05After that, it was obvious.
07:07The people had to know.
07:08Jack wanted to tell them.
07:10I could take the Fifth Amendment.
07:11But that would make you look like
07:12you had something to do with the president's death.
07:14Kim, whatever reasons Bach had for letting us live so far,
07:17the minute I drag him into this,
07:19he doesn't have them anymore.
07:21And it's pretty obvious.
07:22No one can protect us.
07:24Especially after this morning.
07:25John, I'm ready for you.
07:27You still want to do this.
07:36What do we do here, Kim?
07:40Last night, you said
07:42this is what we set out to do.
07:46They have to know, John.
07:49John.
07:51John.
08:00You swear to tell the whole truth,
08:02nothing but the truth, to help you, God?
08:03Yes, sir, I do.
08:04Be seated.
08:07State your name in residence,
08:09then you may begin with a statement.
08:17My name is John Lowengard.
08:20I have no current address.
08:23Less than five hours ago,
08:25I was threatened at gunpoint
08:26against testifying before this commission.
08:29This is not the first time
08:30that powerful people have tried
08:32to silence the truth.
08:34I came to Washington, D.C.,
08:36after President Kennedy's election,
08:39along with my girlfriend, Kimberly Sayers,
08:41who's here with me today.
08:44I found a job working
08:46for my hometown congressman,
08:49the late Charles Pratt.
08:52Sir, I can take that now.
08:54Sorry, Mark.
08:55I should have delivered this yesterday
08:56like you asked.
08:58Longard, you make sure those people know
08:59that I personally called in that favor?
09:01Yes, sir.
09:06Thanks, Longard.
09:07I owe you one.
09:08Shortly after that,
09:10I was given a promotion as a researcher.
09:12My first assignment took me to Ohio
09:14to the Air Force office of Project Blue Book.
09:16You're not planning on going
09:17through them all, are you?
09:19Never leave a stone unturned.
09:22They're broken down into categories.
09:24You got your lights in the sky,
09:26which are usually airplanes
09:27with the planet Venus.
09:29You got your photos,
09:30which are usually fakes.
09:32And then you got your contactees,
09:34which are always wackos.
09:36Contactees?
09:37You know,
09:38the ones who see the little green men
09:40and then go for a joyride
09:41in their spaceship.
09:43The congressman wanted me
09:43to find a program
09:44that he could suggest cutting,
09:46and, well, flying saucers
09:47seem like a good idea.
09:49Mr. Chief Justice,
09:50I am here to investigate
09:51the death of our beloved president,
09:53not to hear some cockamamie story
09:54about little green men.
09:56They're gray, Alan.
09:58You should know that.
09:59What the hell's going on here?
10:01Do you know this man?
10:02I've never laid eyes on that man
10:04in my entire life.
10:06Sir,
10:07this commission has a limited amount
10:09of patience.
10:11Please come to the point.
10:14Yes, sir.
10:21Next,
10:22my research landed me
10:24in New Hampshire,
10:25where I went to interview
10:26a couple,
10:26Betty and Barney Hill,
10:27who claimed to have been
10:28taken aboard a flying saucer.
10:30Now, although their story
10:32seemed rather fantastic,
10:33I found them to be quite credible.
10:35I went out into a field
10:37with the binoculars.
10:38When I looked through
10:39those windows,
10:40I saw...
10:45I saw about a half dozen
10:48living beings
10:51looking back at me.
10:53You mean people.
10:54I mean living beings.
10:59That same night
11:00when I was driving home,
11:02I was basically attacked.
11:09attacked
11:10by a flying saucer.
11:12No, sir.
11:14I was attacked
11:15and threatened
11:15by men who worked
11:16for the United States government.
11:37I was attacked
11:38and threatened
11:40by a flying saucer.
11:41Get his tape.
11:41Who are you?
11:43I am nothing but a figment
11:45of your imagination
11:46because this incident
11:47never happened.
11:48You drove home
11:49uneventfully.
11:51Tomorrow,
11:52you will file a report
11:53with Pratt
11:54telling him Blue Book
11:55doesn't cost enough
11:56to merit his attention.
11:58You want me to put him to bed?
11:59What?
12:02What?
12:03What are you doing?
12:04I haven't done anything.
12:06Help!
12:06Help!
12:07God!
12:07God!
12:08God!
12:11Mr. Lone Guard!
12:13What?
12:14Keep your nose
12:15out of our business
12:16or next time
12:17we'll make a house call.
12:18Mr. Chief Justice,
12:19may I address
12:19the witness directly?
12:23I wish to warn you,
12:24young man,
12:24that you're treading
12:25on very dangerous ground here.
12:26This commission operates
12:27under presidential authority
12:28and when you lie to us,
12:29you're committing perjury
12:30and when you perjure yourself,
12:32you will go to jail.
12:33For God's sake, Alan.
12:35This isn't an inquisition.
12:36This man is here
12:37at the request
12:38of the president's brother.
12:40Now, Mr. Lone Guard,
12:42I'm Congressman Gerald Ford.
12:45Now, do you or don't you
12:47have evidence
12:48that relates to the death
12:50of President Kennedy?
12:51Yes, sir, I do,
12:52and that's why I'm here.
12:53I urge you to give us
12:55your relevant testimony.
12:59The Majestic 12
13:00operational structure
13:01draws heavily
13:02on naval intelligence,
13:04although members
13:05of all service branches
13:06seem to operate.
13:06What's he saying now?
13:08More to the point,
13:09what isn't he saying?
13:11Obviously, Juliet didn't work.
13:12He's already fingered you
13:13by name, Frank,
13:14chapter and verse.
13:16We could have killed him
13:17a hundred times.
13:18He's digging his own grave.
13:20Can I have a word with you?
13:24With all due respect, Frank,
13:26that is the Chief Justice
13:27of the Supreme Court
13:28that Lone Guard's topic.
13:29He's got no physical evidence,
13:30no corroborating testimony
13:31at all.
13:31He's got the Attorney General.
13:33He's not after us.
13:34He's after Kennedy's killer.
13:35We both know
13:36that's Oswald.
13:36People can smell the truth, Frank.
13:38The only way
13:39to keep him away from it
13:40is to light a fire
13:40in the same way.
13:41Bill, you're worried about it.
13:42Get a team on it right now.
13:45Stay soon.
13:54I want everything
13:55we've got on Lone Guard.
13:56Everything.
13:57Yes, sir.
13:59Mr. Lone Guard,
14:01I'm confused.
14:02Who exactly created
14:04this Majestic 12
14:05and to do what?
14:06President Truman
14:07did in 1947, sir.
14:10Good God.
14:12That thing just spoke to me.
14:18They just demanded
14:19our unconditional surrender.
14:21This took place
14:22at the Roswell Army Air Base
14:24in Roswell, New Mexico.
14:26Truman decided to fight back
14:28and the ship was shot down.
14:36Basically, gentlemen,
14:37all the stories you've heard
14:38are true.
14:39We're going on
14:40the offensive, men.
14:41And if we live through this,
14:43I want him in charge
14:45of cleaning up this mess.
14:47Yes, sir.
14:48Frank Bach
14:49was placed in charge
14:51of covering up
14:52the entire Roswell incident.
14:54And it was Frank Bach
14:55who recruited me
14:56into Majestic 12.
14:57I thought it had something
14:58to do with the Cold War.
15:04You tell me,
15:05Mr. Lone Guard.
15:09Does this look Russian to you?
15:11On my first assignment
15:13for Majestic,
15:13we went to Idaho
15:14to investigate
15:15a strange crop marking
15:16in a field.
15:18This was 1962.
15:21During the investigation,
15:22the farmer who owned
15:23the field was killed.
15:33During an autopsy,
15:35it was discovered
15:36that that farmer
15:37had an alien organism
15:38rooted in his brain
15:40that was identical
15:41to the ones found
15:42in the graves
15:43from the Roswell crash.
15:44One of those alien organisms
15:46infected a Majestic agent.
15:52That agent, Jim Steele,
15:54is now a member
15:55of the Alien Hive.
15:56He also shot
15:57at the president
15:57from behind a grass embankment
15:59across the street
16:00from where Lee Harvey Oswald
16:02was positioned.
16:03Later, he gave the order
16:04to Jack Ruby
16:05to silence Oswald.
16:06I know it.
16:07Jim Steele's position
16:09at Majestic
16:10cannot be compromised.
16:11Why don't you just pay somebody
16:12like we did the Kennedy hit?
16:13Jack Ruby is a friend
16:14to the police.
16:15That's why he was chosen.
16:16It's his destiny.
16:17Jimmy, if I shoot him,
16:19they put me away forever.
16:21Listen to me, Jimmy.
16:22I love my life.
16:24I love the club.
16:25I love the broads.
16:27And Jack Ruby's not ready
16:29to give any of it up yet.
16:31Fuck.
16:32Ow.
16:33We must increase
16:35our presence within him.
16:38Fuck.
16:54All right, let's just hold
16:56it right there.
16:56Mr. Chief Justice,
16:57members of the commission,
16:58I think we're simply
16:59being embarrassed now.
17:01I would like to dismiss
17:02this witness.
17:03I have to agree.
17:04This entire day
17:05has been a huge insult
17:06to our work
17:07and to the president's memory.
17:09Mr. Dulles,
17:11I think a man my brother
17:12had to fire for insubordination
17:14is hardly the person
17:14to be the guardian
17:15of his memory.
17:16Mr. Attorney General,
17:17surely you're no longer
17:18suggesting this man
17:20is a credible witness.
17:21I know how this must sound,
17:22but I have seen
17:24hard evidence,
17:25and Jack saw it too.
17:28Well, if this evidence exists,
17:30bring it forward.
17:31It is now back
17:32in the possession
17:33of Majestic,
17:33and if you want it,
17:35you must use
17:35your considerable legal powers
17:37to compel the testimony
17:38of the leader
17:39of that rogue organization.
17:41You actually want
17:42this committee to act now
17:43as if we believe
17:44in flying saucers?
17:46Ask Franklin P. Bach.
17:48He most certainly does.
17:51You want to know
17:51when Lonegert got the measles?
17:53You want to know
17:53what he got his girlfriend
17:54for Christmas?
17:55We got it covered.
17:59Almost feel sorry
18:00for the kid.
18:01I'll tell you, Frank,
18:02I had a harder time
18:02cramming for midterms
18:04at the academy.
18:07Sometimes I think
18:08it would have been kinder
18:09just to kill him.
18:11You can still make the call.
18:16Nah.
18:17This way's better.
18:19No fingerprints.
18:21I'm going to get some coffee.
18:23Yeah.
18:24Yeah.
18:25Yeah.
18:29Yeah.
18:35Captain Franklin P. Bach,
18:37do you swear to tell the whole truth,
18:38nothing but the truth
18:39to help your God?
18:39I do.
18:41This committee has familiarized itself
18:43with your distinguished
18:43service record, Captain,
18:45and let me be the first
18:45to assure you
18:46that you are under no suspicion
18:48in regards to
18:48President Kennedy's assassination.
18:50However,
18:51it is the understanding
18:52of this commission
18:52that you are the commanding officer
18:54of this man you see
18:55before you here,
18:56whose testimony
18:57we are currently scrutinizing.
18:59How would you define
19:01your relationship
19:01with, uh,
19:03Mr. Longard?
19:03Well, I'm not
19:04a psychologist, sir,
19:05but, uh,
19:07in the Navy,
19:09what we say about men
19:10like Mr. Longard
19:11is that he's not
19:12playing with a full deck.
19:14I met John Longard
19:16the way most people
19:18came to meet him
19:18in Washington
19:19at gunpoint.
19:20Get out!
19:25Move it.
19:25Move it.
19:26All right.
19:26All right.
19:29What is it you want?
19:31Turn around.
19:34I want in.
19:36You want in?
19:37In where?
19:38Majestic.
19:40Yeah, I know all about it.
19:43Yeah.
19:44I've been watching you
19:45for weeks.
19:47I'm an officer
19:48in Naval Intelligence, son.
19:49I don't know what the hell
19:50you're talking about.
19:50Hey, I'm not stupid.
19:51I'm not stupid.
19:52And you're gonna help me
19:53because you don't got a choice.
19:54I don't have a choice.
19:55What is it that you want to do?
19:56That's none of your business.
19:58That is my business.
20:00Your business
20:01is to get me in smooth.
20:03No wrinkles.
20:05Next time,
20:07I'm gonna make a house call,
20:08Captain Bach.
20:09That's a lie, Frank,
20:09and you know it.
20:10Mr. Longard,
20:11I will not tolerate
20:11such outbursts.
20:12As long as I'm presiding
20:14over this investigation,
20:15it will be conducted
20:16with order and respect.
20:19So are we to understand
20:20that your relationship
20:21is based entirely
20:23on black men?
20:23Yes, sir.
20:25It turns out
20:25that Mr. Longard
20:26was trying to get
20:27incriminating evidence
20:28on a congressman
20:29he was working for.
20:30To say you see this,
20:32Mr. Longard claims
20:33you run
20:35majestic.
20:36Are you or
20:38have you ever been a member?
20:39Sir, I work for
20:40a classified military operation.
20:43Without an executive order,
20:45I am not willing
20:46to discuss anything further.
20:49Mr. Kennedy,
20:50I was paid
20:51through a non-existent
20:52pet store called
20:53The Aquarium.
20:54I haven't checked
20:54my bank records
20:55for the last three years.
20:56...sprinkled throughout
20:57Mr. Longard's fiction.
20:59Beyond that,
21:00I am not prepared
21:00to comment.
21:01Did you divulge
21:03any information
21:03to Mr. Longard?
21:05Disclosing classified
21:06information would be
21:07a breach
21:07of national security.
21:09I can't be
21:09any more specific
21:10than that with you,
21:11and I certainly
21:11wouldn't be with him.
21:12Did he persist
21:13in his dress?
21:14Not at first, no.
21:16He managed
21:17to dig up enough dirt
21:18through other channels
21:19to keep himself satisfied.
21:21Mr. Chief Justice,
21:23before Mr. Longard
21:24is railroaded here,
21:26I requested
21:27his bank records
21:28for the last three years
21:29be subpoenaed.
21:30What's the point?
21:31Well, Mr. Longard
21:32received payroll checks
21:33from a non-existent
21:34pet store
21:35called The Aquarium,
21:36a Majestic Front,
21:37and I believe
21:38that these statements
21:39will verify
21:40Mr. Longard's
21:41assertion
21:42that he was recruited
21:44as a paid operative
21:45by Majestic.
21:46So noted,
21:47those statements
21:48will be pulled.
21:50Captain,
21:51you mentioned
21:51that Mr. Longard
21:52sought intelligence
21:52information
21:53on the late
21:53congressman,
21:54Charles Pratt.
21:55Do you have
21:56any knowledge
21:56of Mr. Longard's
21:58involvement
21:58in his murder?
21:59Only this.
22:00Somehow,
22:01Longard used
22:02a negative
22:02psychiatric evaluation
22:03of Pratt
22:04to get Miss Sayers
22:05there a job
22:05at the White House.
22:06He would do anything
22:07to get closer
22:07to the Kennedys.
22:08When Longard
22:09later pressed
22:10for Pratt's resignation
22:12so that he could
22:13run for the
22:13congressman's seat,
22:14the poor man snapped.
22:34It's all right here
22:35in a police report.
22:36You bribed the police
22:37to change that story.
22:38Mr. Longard,
22:39control yourself,
22:40please.
22:42Now,
22:42Mr. Chief Justice,
22:43I also have
22:44a testimony
22:45from the apartment
22:46manager,
22:46Mr. Chesney,
22:48who testified
22:49that Mr. Longard
22:50forced him
22:51at gunpoint
22:51to tell the police
22:52that the murder
22:53happened during
22:54the course
22:54of a robbery.
22:55I must say,
22:56Captain Bach,
22:56for someone
22:57who clearly gives
22:57Mr. Longard's
22:58testimony no credence,
23:00you've gone to
23:00great lengths
23:01to discredit him today.
23:02Well, sir,
23:03all of us
23:04in my business
23:04have an obligation
23:05to keep an eye
23:06on what we call
23:08left turns.
23:09And believe me,
23:10sir,
23:10that is exactly
23:11what Mr. Longard is.
23:17After the Pratt
23:18incident,
23:19with Longard
23:20and his girlfriend
23:21both out of work,
23:22they broke
23:22into my house.
23:23Oh, yeah.
23:34Took some money,
23:35a few valuables,
23:36and my ID.
23:39I have another police
23:40report on that
23:40right here.
23:41Now, by that single act,
23:42he moved from being
23:43just a nuisance
23:44into being a threat.
23:45I ordered a full
23:46investigation hoping
23:47to put him away.
23:49Ironically,
23:49his own family
23:50beat me to it.
23:51What the hell is this?
23:52Dad?
23:53Dad, what is going on?
23:54Wait, wait, wait.
23:54What are you doing?
23:55Where are you taking him?
23:56I'm sorry to have to do this,
23:57but we're taking him in
23:58for psychiatric evaluation.
24:00Psychiatric evaluation?
24:01Apparently,
24:01he returned to Fresno
24:03in order to ask them
24:04for some money,
24:05told them some story
24:06about aliens chasing them.
24:08I'll get you on the outside.
24:09Just let it go.
24:10He stole his father's
24:12safety deposit box.
24:14Why didn't you do this
24:15to your own son?
24:16And ended up
24:17in a mental institution.
24:18Is that true?
24:21Again,
24:21all the reports
24:22are right here,
24:22including a detailed
24:23psychiatric evaluation
24:24of Mr. Longard
24:25that calls him,
24:26and I quote,
24:27a paranoid schizophrenic
24:28with acute
24:29antisocial tendencies.
24:30Now,
24:30I'm not a psychiatrist,
24:31but my observation
24:32is that Mr. Longard
24:33was obsessed
24:34with President Kennedy,
24:35with the way he dressed,
24:37the way he talked,
24:38the way he walked,
24:38and somewhere
24:39in the middle
24:39of this obsession,
24:40he just snapped.
24:42Now,
24:42if you're going to entertain
24:43Mr. Longard's
24:44conspiracy theories,
24:46I would also ask you
24:47to investigate
24:48Mr. Longard's whereabouts
24:50on November 22nd.
24:51Captain.
24:52What?
24:52Are you implying
24:53that Mr. Longard
24:54was somehow involved
24:55in the President's assassination?
24:57You will never
24:57get away with this, Frank.
24:58Never!
24:59Mr. Longard!
25:00Sit down.
25:02For God's sake,
25:03Sir Johnston's breathing
25:04down our necks
25:05for this report.
25:05We're on a wild goose chase.
25:07Yeah, that's enough.
25:08All right.
25:09We'll take a recess
25:10for the weekend,
25:11and we convene.
25:13Mr. Longard
25:15and Captain Buck
25:15will be detained
25:17until Monday.
25:19And Mr. Attorney General,
25:21I'll do respect
25:22to your lost brother,
25:23but this man,
25:23this Mr. Longard,
25:24is making serious charges.
25:27I will either see evidence
25:28to substantiate them
25:30on Monday,
25:30or I will recommend
25:32this man be charged
25:33with perjury.
25:37We need something,
25:38Kim.
25:39Anything.
25:40We'll get it.
25:41Okay.
25:41Come with me, sir.
25:52Mr. Kennedy?
25:53I wish you two
25:53had told me
25:54about that Fresno
25:55incident earlier.
25:56We are not on trial here.
25:57Unfortunately,
25:58it's turning out that way.
25:59Mr. Kennedy,
26:00John's brother
26:01was infected
26:02with the parasite.
26:03His parents
26:03couldn't understand.
26:04They overreacted.
26:05They panicked.
26:05Listen to yourself.
26:08That kind of testimony
26:09only confuses the issue.
26:11You vouching
26:12for John's story
26:13was never enough.
26:16The truth is too incredible,
26:17and Buck is too smart.
26:21You got him into this.
26:22Now you have to get him out.
26:24How?
26:27I have an idea,
26:29but it's gonna be dangerous.
26:31I'll take care of
26:32Carolyn and the kids.
26:33Thanks.
26:34Anything I can get you?
26:36Uh, yeah,
26:37give me a pack of cigarettes.
26:39All right.
26:50Have a nice weekend.
26:55Well, John,
26:57I guess you had your day
26:58in court.
27:00At least Ruby
27:01made all the papers.
27:02Where'd your plan
27:03get you, John?
27:05I've been reading everything,
27:07looking for some mention
27:08of your story.
27:09Can't find it.
27:10They don't even know
27:10you exist.
27:12Probably just get
27:1310 to 15 years
27:14hard time.
27:15Good plan.
27:17You can twist it
27:18any way you want, Frank,
27:19that I did the right thing.
27:21Yeah, you did
27:21the right thing.
27:24You remind me
27:25of your old man,
27:25stubborn, proud.
27:27Matter of fact,
27:28you know,
27:28he's gonna be the one
27:28to suffer most
27:29through all this.
27:30Lying in bed,
27:32wondering,
27:33where did I go wrong?
27:37If they do put me away,
27:39I swear to you
27:40when I get out,
27:41I am gonna be
27:42that lunatic
27:42you made me out to be.
27:46You know, John,
27:47that's what I like
27:48about you.
27:49You never give up.
27:50You remind me
27:51of an old Irish proverb
27:52my grandmother
27:53used to use.
27:54Every cripple
27:55has his own way
27:55of walking.
28:06We have a federal war.
28:08T.C. levels
28:09begin isolation
28:10and lock-out speed.
28:16Get in the area.
28:17Any resistance
28:18will be met with this,
28:20of course.
28:21Yes, sir.
28:25Lock-out.
28:26Sir!
28:27Turn off
28:27to the gunner!
28:28Down this way, sir!
28:33Damn it!
28:37The intruder alert
28:38is still in progress.
28:40All stations...
28:40Max,
28:41make care if you have
28:41to shoot the damn speakers,
28:42but let's take care of it.
28:43Yes, sir.
28:44Okay,
28:45who is this?
28:45Meant.
28:46Oh,
28:46this senior man
28:47on the floor, sir.
28:48Soldier,
28:49I want a complete schematic
28:49of this facility.
28:50Not authorized to provide
28:51that at this time.
28:52Excuse me, sir.
28:53What's your name, soldier?
28:54Captain Schwarzkopf, sir.
28:55Captain,
28:55do you believe
28:56in the authority
28:56of the United States
28:57government as legitimate?
28:58Yes, sir.
28:59I am loyal to my country.
29:00And do you recognize
29:01this man
29:01as the attorney general
29:02of the United States?
29:05Yes, sir.
29:06Captain?
29:08You have just begun
29:09what I hope
29:10will be a very long career.
29:12I need to know
29:13where the classified
29:14material is stored.
29:22You think you can get to Bach?
29:24Get to anybody.
29:25Good.
29:25He needs to know
29:25we have a full hot zone here.
29:27We have wires
29:28from the U.S. Department of Justice.
29:30The attorney general
29:31is formally seizing
29:32this property
29:32in the name of a citizen
29:33to the United States
29:34of America.
29:35There's too much noise
29:36outside.
29:36We can't hear anything in here.
29:38We are second
29:39from detonating
29:40an explosive device.
29:42This is your final warning.
29:45Spence.
29:46All right, go.
29:47Tell him I'm stall
29:48as long as I can.
29:49We need a bull rush
29:49shooter now!
29:53Gentlemen, welcome.
29:55Oh, damn it.
29:56Jesus,
29:56arrest these documents.
29:57Am I being charged
29:58with anything?
30:00What is the combination
30:01of that safe?
30:02You see, now,
30:02that's a real problem
30:03because I have
30:03a very bad memory
30:05and as fate would have it,
30:06the guy who usually does that
30:07is sick today.
30:09Mr. Kincaid,
30:10please bring
30:10the explosive charge
30:12over here.
30:12Yes, sir.
30:21Still time for you
30:22to do the right thing, Frank.
30:25What might that be?
30:27Come clean
30:27and get it all out
30:28in the open.
30:29I have come clean, John.
30:32What, did Bobby
30:32put you up to saying that?
30:35He doesn't tell me
30:36what to say.
30:38Come on, John.
30:40You're nothing
30:40but his pet.
30:42Bobby says bark,
30:43you say how loud.
30:44You know,
30:44you two should be
30:45on the same side.
30:48Why can't you see that?
30:49Look, just face it,
30:50you bet on the wrong horse.
30:52You lost.
30:54End of story.
30:55Uh-uh.
30:56Things are gonna be
30:57a lot different
30:57when he becomes president.
30:59Bobby Kennedy
31:00will never become president.
31:03Captain Buck,
31:04your lawyer's here.
31:08Hello, John.
31:10You have been
31:11a bad boy.
31:13Didn't do
31:14as you were told.
31:17Amen.
31:25So now
31:25you must be punished.
31:39I would have thought
31:39you'd be more convincing
31:40the other morning.
31:41That was quite convincing.
31:44Mm-hmm.
31:45He must have already
31:46accepted his own death.
31:48Next time we take his woman.
31:50We'll see about that.
31:51Where's Albano?
31:52There's been
31:53a little problem.
31:54The office
31:55is temporarily shut down.
31:57Kennedy?
32:00Albano suggests
32:01I pay Mr. Hoover
32:03a little visit.
32:05Yeah.
32:06Nice little home visit
32:08might be in order.
32:12Let's be smart here,
32:14Mr. Hoover.
32:15I want you to get out
32:16of bed real slow.
32:25What kind of filth
32:26sent you here?
32:27We're looking for a film.
32:28A home movie.
32:29I believe it was discussed
32:31at a meeting in Mississippi.
32:34All relevant material
32:36is inside.
32:37Good.
32:38Good.
32:39We're looking for something
32:40similar on a mutual enemy.
32:43We know we can count
32:44on your cooperation.
32:47Anti-American bastard.
32:51bringing Clyde into this.
32:54Edgar?
32:57Edgar, what's going on?
32:59I'll handle this.
33:00Over here.
33:03If your employer
33:04needs something,
33:05he should have offered
33:05something.
33:15He is.
33:18You get to have America
33:19go on thinking
33:20you're a real man.
33:23Okay, back inside.
33:24It's in here.
33:26Your underwear drawer?
33:28Take it.
33:30You keep your blackmail
33:31in your bedroom.
33:32That's where the best
33:33kind's always found.
33:39They made such a happy couple.
33:43I'm not prepared
33:44to wait much longer.
33:45What exactly did he say?
33:47The message from
33:48the attorney general
33:49is quite specific.
33:50He said he had
33:51what we were looking for
33:52and he'd be in with it
33:53this morning.
33:53If we don't wait,
33:54I'll publicly resign
33:55from this commission
33:56and state my reasons
33:57for doing so.
33:58All right.
34:00Noon.
34:01Then we move on.
34:02Joke is getting old.
34:04Do you want to turn
34:05the heat down now?
34:06I'm sorry,
34:07but I've been relieved
34:08of all operational
34:09responsibility
34:09of this facility.
34:11Perhaps the attorney general
34:13can turn the heat
34:14down for you.
34:15Dammit,
34:15I will not tolerate
34:16your smug attitude
34:18any more than
34:18I will tolerate murder.
34:20I want Truman's
34:21executive order
34:22authorizing Majestic
34:23and I want a list
34:24of its 12 directors.
34:25Majestic doesn't
34:26officially exist,
34:27therefore there can be
34:28no directors.
34:28Under the Constitution,
34:30I am charged
34:31with enforcing the laws
34:32of the United States
34:34of America.
34:35Now, under those laws
34:36and facing the penalties
34:37of treason,
34:37I order you
34:38to release the names.
34:39My command does not
34:41recognize your
34:42authority, sir.
34:45It's coming up now.
34:49Watch the driver.
34:57Let's see that again.
34:58Roll it back.
35:02You and your
35:03Captain Bach
35:03may not have
35:04pulled the trigger,
35:05but your fingerprints
35:05are all over this.
35:06Who is that driver?
35:07Is he Majestic?
35:09That discussion exceeds
35:10my security clearance.
35:11If the evidence
35:12wasn't incriminating,
35:13why did you keep
35:14it in the vault?
35:15The system isn't
35:16perfect by design.
35:17We both know why.
35:19Call the commission.
35:20We're coming in now.
35:22I think that might
35:23be premature.
35:24She's unarmed.
35:26I think this could
35:27be important.
35:29Our own little
35:30film festival.
35:38You are
35:39going to be
35:40close.
35:41You are
36:06going to be
36:07going to play,
36:11Turn it off.
36:12Turn it off!
36:13Yes, sir.
36:16Mr. Kennedy?
36:18Okay.
36:20This can be authenticated as having been filmed on the day Miss Monroe so tragically died.
36:25There is a copy at another location.
36:27It would be a terrible tragedy for the memory of Miss Monroe to be dragged through the sewer.
36:33It would raise all sorts of legal questions as well.
36:35Well, after all, up to now, her death has been treated as a suicide.
36:41Is your call, Mr. Attorney General?
36:43Do we run these two films to the commission?
36:47Or do you want to work out a compromise?
36:56It would be better, of course, for you to make your statement to the commission in person.
37:01Go to hell.
37:07You're right.
37:09You probably want to get started immediately on your Senate campaign.
37:13What are you talking about?
37:14Well, you see, in anticipation of you stepping down as Attorney General, we'd like to support you in your continuation
37:19of public service.
37:21There are no open Senate seats in Massachusetts.
37:22I was talking about New York.
37:24I don't live in New York.
37:32You do now.
37:33We took the liberty of buying your property there in anticipation of our meeting.
37:38Once you sign, we'll transfer it over to you.
37:42Follow the unmitigated call.
37:43George.
38:00I wish to withdraw my sponsorship of this witness.
38:02And apologize to the commission for introducing this element into the proceedings at the last moment.
38:09I urge them to offer their conclusive findings as quickly as possible.
38:15Sincerely, Robert, Francis, Kennedy, Attorney General of the United States, the American.
38:23You see what's happening?
38:25These people will stop at nothing.
38:28Their cover-up caused the death of our president, and somehow they've intimidated the Attorney General.
38:32I have precious little reason to listen to you anymore.
38:35Sir, did you check the bank records?
38:37It looks like there might be something there.
38:40I have heard more than enough.
38:45Go ahead, Mr. Lowengard.
38:49This country is supposed to be a democracy, run by and for the people.
38:54Now, this man here doesn't trust anybody but himself with the knowledge and power that he's been given.
39:00And that's arrogant.
39:02And that man, that man is a member of Majestic 12, but he won't even admit it to his fellow
39:08commission members.
39:10More arrogance.
39:14Now, John Kennedy, he wasn't like these men.
39:17He trusted the people, and he paid a terrible price.
39:21Your job here is to honor his life by finding the truth about his death.
39:26But if you refuse to see that truth, or if you find it but hide it from the people,
39:32then it is my opinion that you will have dishonored his memory,
39:36and the future will be dark for all of us.
39:50I've said my piece.
39:52If you want to charge me with perjury,
39:55I will use my trial to tell the people what I've told you here in these chambers.
39:59And if I turn up dead in some car wreck or other accident,
40:06well, then you have your suspect right here.
40:17Mr. Barrett, please see that the Justice Department knows where to find them.
40:23Mr. Chief Justice, I believe there have been too many questions raised.
40:27The only conditions under which I will sign a report prepared by this commission
40:31are ones where Captain Bach makes a full and complete disclosure
40:36as to the nature of Majestic 12.
40:39Jerry, I have to agree with you.
40:44Mr. Chief Justice,
40:47with your permission, may I approach?
40:57Under my executive order,
40:58I am authorized to give security clearance on a case-by-case basis.
41:02Given the unusual nature of what we're dealing with here,
41:04I am prepared to make full disclosure
41:06to Chief Justice Warren,
41:08but only to him.
41:24Do you mind if I smoke, sir?
41:26Would you like one?
41:27No, no, thanks.
41:31I started smoking these things right after Castro got in
41:34and couldn't find a good cigar anymore.
41:37Of course, uh,
41:40he smoked them right up to the very end.
41:46Well, sir,
41:47as I testified earlier,
41:49Mr. Lone Guard did have some things right.
41:51Majestic 12 does exist.
41:53In the story about Roswell,
41:55it's true.
41:56Aliens?
41:57No, sir.
41:58What happened at Roswell
42:00was that an elite group of Soviet commandos
42:02working together with a fifth column
42:04here in the United States
42:05almost got away with two hydrogen bombs.
42:07So what's your mission, then?
42:09To help fight the Cold War.
42:11Beat the Communists.
42:13Whatever else you can say about Joe McCarthy,
42:15he did have one thing right.
42:17The enemy is with us all day, every day,
42:20working almost invisibly among us.
42:22Now, the CIA
42:23can't do anything in this country.
42:25The FBI is too public,
42:27and so Majestic 12 was created
42:29to help do the dirty work.
42:31President Kennedy threatened to expose you.
42:33Well, sir,
42:35if you're wondering
42:36whether we had anything to do with the assassination,
42:38no, we did not.
42:39We did not kill him.
42:41But we did have an agent tailing him.
42:43We wanted to know what he was up to.
42:44Well, it turned out that our guy was a double agent,
42:46the same one Lone Guard told you about.
42:48Communists, just like Oswald.
42:52You know, you lied to me on their oath, Captain.
42:55I mean, why should I believe you now?
42:57And if what you're saying now is true,
42:59then I have a duty to report it
43:01because it bears directly upon
43:02the assassination of President Kennedy.
43:05Well, sir,
43:08there's truth,
43:09and then there's truth.
43:11If you really want to tell the American people
43:14the real truth about this,
43:16we're going to be at war,
43:17nuclear war,
43:18almost immediately.
43:20There are other ways to fight, sir,
43:22and keep the Cold War cold.
43:24I don't know about you,
43:25but I don't want to be incinerated
43:26over the assassination of President Kennedy.
43:37Welcome back, sir.
43:42Welcome back, Captain.
43:44I'm going to drive.
43:47I'm going to the net, sir, come on.
43:48Next time, Colonel, I'm an operator at the car.
43:51Check it.
44:13Okay?
44:19Yeah.
44:21John, John, wait a second. Wait a second. Listen.
44:26The attorney general wants you to have this.
44:31He can keep his money. No, you take it. I want you to have it.
44:34We need it.
44:37John, John, listen. Listen.
44:40I'm sorry the way things turned out, okay?
44:41I would...
44:47Good luck.
44:49Godspeed.
45:00Well, at least we did what we set out to do.
45:06Here we are, right back where we started.
45:15Today, the Warren Commission released its long-awaited report on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
45:21The commission concludes that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone and finds no credible evidence of a conspiracy.
45:27In accepting the report, President Lyndon Johnson discharged the commission with these words.
45:33You have earned the gratitude of your countrymen.
45:35Johnson said he hopes that the facts will heal the nation's...
45:38My testimony before the Warren Commission does not appear in the final report.
45:43It is scheduled to be unsealed on December 31st, 1999.
45:51My name is John Lowengard. I have no current address.
45:55...
46:00...
46:08...
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