- [On the cottage]
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Welcome to government property #348 also known as "The Cottage" -- 25 totally secure acres in the middle of nowhere. Without proper authority... no one comes in... and no one gets out.
- Norton Drake: Makes pizza deliveries a bit rough.
- Suzanne McCullough: [hears a helicopter] What is it?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Helicopter.
- Harrison Blackwood: Bad guys or good guys?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Considering what we're doing, Doctor, even the good guys are bad guys.
- Harrison Blackwood: Bad, bad guys!
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: This is weird stuff we're dealing with here, Blackwood! Bolas! Terrorists that don't... act like terrorists! Terrorists that don't die like terrorists! I actually saw a body dissolve after I shot it!
- Harrison Blackwood: We all saw some fairly extraordinary phenomenon, Colonel!
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Well, when in God's name is somebody gonna start explaining things to me?
- Harrison Blackwood: I've already explained as much of it as I understand myself!
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: You've explained nothing, mister! I don't believe in ghosts, and I sure as hell don't believe in aliens from another planet!
- Harrison Blackwood: I never should have brought Suzanne along.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: It wasn't your fault.
- Harrison Blackwood: Then whose was it? She had to be one of the most uptight ladies I've ever met, but at least she believed me.
- [Suzanne climbs out of a car's trunk]
- Harrison Blackwood: Thank God! You're alright!
- Suzanne McCullough: I am not uptight! I am a professional!
- Harrison Blackwood: Who does not know how to follow orders. Now you were supposed to stay out of sight in the woods!
- Suzanne McCullough: You neglected to tell me that those things, aliens or whatever they are, would be crawling all over! By the time I worked my way down here, you and the Colonel were doing your off-road routine, so I figured this would be the best place to wait things out! Where are they?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Long gone.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: I know relocating is inconvenient, but it's only short-term, until we neutralize the problem.
- Harrison Blackwood: What makes you think this *neutralizing* -- I really like that word -- the aliens will be that easy?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: I don't care how many of those things are out there, Doctor. They have no heavy weapons, no resources. We'll track them down. We'll make alien sushi out of them.
- Harrison Blackwood: What are you doing here?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: No, Doctor, what are you doing here?
- Harrison Blackwood: You wouldn't believe me if I told you.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Probably not. I listened to that tape you gave me. Transmissions made by terrorists. 20 minutes of The Best of Buddy Rich is more like it, Doctor!
- Harrison Blackwood: Got a problem with homegrown American music, Colonel?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: If you expect me to climb into the heads of these, these creatures, you've got give me to go on.
- Harrison Blackwood: Okay, they're soldiers, the same as you. Now, you tell me. How do soldiers think?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: I spent four years at the Point,15 more active duty. Hell, Doctor, I'm not sure I *do* think anymore. I-I... I react.
- Harrison Blackwood: Okay, start there. You're their leader. React to your situation.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Okay, I need good intelligence. Know your enemy.
- Harrison Blackwood: Definitely weapons.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: They don't have any. Or at least none that amount to anything. That's their primary weakness.
- Harrison Blackwood: Which makes it our strength. Have you ever heard of Hanger 15?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: No.
- Harrison Blackwood: The place where the Air Force stores all its UFO evidence?
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: You mean Hanger 18. Or Building 18 at Wright-Patterson? Forget it, Doctor. That's all a myth.
- Harrison Blackwood: No. Hanger 18 is the myth, Colonel. That's disinformation created by the military. Hanger 15 -- that's the real McCoy.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: I don't believe it.
- Harrison Blackwood: Dr. Forrester did. It's in his papers. I think now be the time to call General Wilson. Ask him if it's a myth.
- Suzanne McCullough: Well... Someone sure spent a fortune.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Well, the government wants to see that everyone's happy, Doctor.
- Suzanne McCullough: Well, now all I have to do is find - no, better yet, create a bacteria that is impervious to radiation, lethal to aliens, and absolutely harmless to humans. Maybe I could just cure the common cold in my spare time.
- Colonel Paul Ironhorse: Well, if you find yourself with any spare time, Doctor, you must be doing something wrong. Uhhh... h-have a nice day.
- Advocate #2: Our council allows us no margin for failure.
- Advocate #1: The primitives have proven to be unexpectedly clever.
- Advocate #3: Their cleverness will not save them. We will improvise.
- Advocate #1: As long as we meet the deadline.