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GHOST PLATOON Screenplay by Mike Colonna Logline: A disgraced plastic surgeon, joins the Marine Corps, has his life turned around after suffering brain trauma from a roadside bomb that kills his entire platoon. Now homeless, he develops an uncanny sense of hearing voices and feeling them viscerally around him as he saves an LAPD officer from an attack and eventually, all of them form an undercover team to solve crimes on the streets of LA. Synopsis: Dr. Frank Gallo, a renowned plastic surgeon, botches a facelift, losing everything, including his wife. Distraught, he joins the Marines as a Medic and Intelligence Officer and is sent overseas. While on a mission, his entire platoon is killed by an IED explosion and he is the only survivor. After recovering from his brain injuries, and later sent home, he loses all will to survive and winds up homeless on the streets of LA. One night, while sleeping under the 6th Street Bridge he hears muffled voices in his head, telling him that an LAPD police officer, LaTisha Jackson, is trapped nearby in her car. She’s been ambushed by one of the South Central gangs. Gallo arrives on the scene, feeling that his platoon is there with him, they extricate the unconscious woman from her car. But as police arrive, he slips into the crowd knowing that he can’t explain what happened, retreats to his homeless encampment. Days later, she tracks him down to thank him for saving her life. After pressing him for the truth he reluctantly discloses his past and tells her about the voices he hears. She is wary, but gives him her contact information. Weeks pass and he hears his platoon again urging him to stop an attempted homicide that is about to take place. With their help, he locates the crime scene and calls LaTisha before retreating again into the night. She begins to suspect that maybe he actually has developed this sixth sense, and approaches him to help fight the criminals who’ve taken over the neighborhood.

GHOST PLATOON Screenplay Mike Colonna INT: WESTWOOD - LOS ANGELES - MORNING Sitting on the dining room table are two empty wine glasses next to an expensive empty bottle of Cabernet Sauvignon. Moving through the hallway, a bra is hanging from a door knob, a white shirt, silk blouse, ladies thong underwear the trail ends at the master bedroom where Dr. Joseph DaVinci is spooning with his girlfriend. The alarm on his I-Phone rings, it’s time to get up. DaVinci rolls out of bed naked, lies on the floor face down, starts doing pushups. Kathy, his girlfriend, rolls out of bed and climbs on DaVinci’s back. DaVinci continues doing pushups, grunting and groaning while lifting Kathy up and down. DaVinci reaches the floor lies for a second, rolls over on his back and Kathy is now facing him. They kiss while rubbing their bodies together. DaVinci moves to the bathroom. Kathy catches him while he’s facing the mirror in her t-shirt, wraps her arms around him and begins nibbling his ears. KATHY That was wonderful. Want another shot at it?

JOSEPH DAVINCI Later baby, this is a big shot Hollywood star, I can’t be late. KATHY I’ll show you what a big Hollywood Star looks like, give me five minutes in bed. JOSEPH DAVINCI Honey, you’re too much. Towel drops, he turns and they embrace, DaVinci is in a hurry. DaVinci dressed in a white shirt with a tie, rushes through the kitchen, the toaster pops, he grabs a slice of bread, check to see if Kathy’s looking, he pops open a bottle of pills. He takes two uppers. She meets him at the front door, hugs and rubs his body with hers. JOSEPH DAVINCI Later baby, I’ve got to perform a Miracle. DaVinci flies by the elevators, rushes down the stairs, to the underground garage. He boards puts on his helmet, boards his Harley, heads out of the parking structure onto Santa Monica Blvd. DaVinci turns right onto Wilshire Blvd. Enters the parking structure. Parks, takes the elevator to “The Plastic Surgery Center.” DaVinci dresses in a gown, mask, head cover, walks into the operating room. Betty Gaynor, famous movie star, in her 50’s is lying on her back surrounded by two nurses with face masks. She’s ready for her face lift. DaVinci, looks at the bright light overlooking the operating table, it’s blurry. DaVinci watches the anesthesiologist’s needle jabbing Betty Gaynor’s arm. She’s in a deep sleep. DaVinci looks down at Gaynor, everythings blurry. He begins to cut, something goes horribly wrong. Doctor DaVinci collapses and is helped to a wheel chair. The nurses are in a “panic” mode, his assistant is confused. What could go wrong, goes wrong. Kathy Lansing answers the phone.

KATHY Hello HOSPITAL OPERATOR Doctor Gallo is in the ER. Please come as soon possible’ Kathy rushes to her car, speeds off, going faster than the speed limit allows, she runs a red light and a large truck TBones her car on the passenger side. The car explodes. Kathy is in a hospital bed, life saving liquids are piped into her arms, her head is bandaged. Doctor Joe DaVinci arrives. Dazed he attends to Kathy. Her pulse is weak. He bends over to console her bruised and bandaged body. A load beep from the her monitor indicates she’s flat lining. DaVinci yells for help, nurses rush in, Kathy’s heart stops beating.

EXT. LOS ANGELES - STATE COURT BUILDING - AFTERNOON BAILIFF This court will come to order. EXT: U.S. DISTRICT COURT/DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - DAY L.A. Lawyers, judges, law enforcement personnel and business executives, homeless, mentally ill, felons, ex-felons; illegal’s mill surround the downtown courthouse. Gallo drives into the parking garage across from the Courthouse. He takes an elevator up to the third floor. Takes a deep breath not knowing what to expect. He enters the courtroom, takes a seat and waits his turn. His attorney is sitting inside the inner courtroom waiting to be called. Judge Michael Nott, fifties, courtly, enters from the chambers and takes the bench. DOCTOR Joe DaVinci is standing behind the defense table. He stands with his attorney. BAILIFF The State of California Medical Board versus Doctor Joseph DaVinci. All rise. The United States District Court for the Central District of California, is now in session. All persons having business before the court, shall be heard. Please be seated. The judge enters with a polite smile.

NOTT Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for being on time this morning. We will begin our trial today with opening statements from attorneys. DaVinci, and his insurance company representative have pre-determined damages but a ruling on DaVinci’s medical license has not been part of the settlement. NOTT Will Doctor DaVinci please stand before the court. DaVinci presents himself before the judge. NOTT I understand there are extenuating circumstances surround your case. I’m sorry your loss, but Ihave a verdict to grant the plaintiffs the amount you have approved through your attorney. A substantial amount I might add. I am also notifying you that your license will be suspended for a period of 10 years. At that time the court will consider reinstatement based on your behavior during this 10 year period. DaVinci loses his license at a Board of Inquiry. DaVinci is devastated but accepts his punishment. Lost without purpose, DaVinci spends hours walking dreaming what could have been. A few days later he walks by a Marine Corps recruiting office. And enters. Walks into an Marine Corps recruiting center and joins the Medical Corps. DaVinci is appointed an intelligence officer. One of the first people I ran into was Lt. General James Overman. He was the commander of the special strike unit that patrolled the roads from our camp to one of the hostile areas just miles from our base.

OVERMAN Glad to meet you Lt. DaVinci. DAVINCI Yes sir. OVERMAN Welcome aboard. The General pulls DaVinci aside privately. OVERMAN I’ve read about all of your drama. You’ve got a great reputation. DAVINCI Thank you for the compliment General. DaVinci gets a quick handshake from everyone around the General. Weeks later, DaVinci was assigned a small platoon of six men to patrol a small town in Afghanistan near the base. These were regular daily missions. His convoy, while on patrol in Afghanistan, drives over a huge roadside bomb hurling his Humvee 20 feet in the air. DaVinci is the only living survivor. He receives a purple heart. DaVinci is discharged, looks for work in Los Angeles but is turned down at every interview. With no future, DaVinci becomes a resident of skid row. A BRIGHT STARRY NIGHT - FULL MOON Billions of stars glitter behind a full moon. We pull back off the sky, and hear hustle and bustle under a street bridge in Los Angeles’s huge freight train yard. PANNING DOWN A lone soul, in a tent, nestled under a blanket beside 10 homeless people, snoring, arms folded behind his head with his eyes gazing into the sky. His thoughts are on times gone by.

FLASHBACK INT. Beverly Hills - Operating room - Morning Three nurses prepare a female patient for plastic surgery. A face lift. Dr. DaVinci enters, seems disoriented, has popped pills to give him more energy. A famous movie star lies on an operating table waiting for Dr. DaVinci to do his magic face lift. DaVinci Loses his license at a Board of Inquiry. Walks into an Army recruiting center and joins the Medical Corps an intelligence officer. One of the first people he meets is Lt. General James Overman. Overman is the commander of the special strike unit that patrols the roads from camp to one of the hostile areas just miles from our base. OVERMAN Glad to meet you Lt. DaVinci. DAVINCI Yes sir. OVERMAN Welcome aboard. The General pulls DaVinci aside privately. OVERMAN I’ve read about all of your drama. You’ve got a great reputation. DAVINCI Thank you for the compliment General. All assignments were made with the General’s knowledge. It was called the human intelligence tent. DaVinci gets a quick handshake from everyone around the General. Weeks later, DaVinci was assigned a small platoon of six men to patrol a small town near the base. These were regular daily missions. His convoy, somewhere in Afghanistan, drives over a huge roadside bomb hurling his Humvee 20 feet in the air. DaVinci attends to the wounded and is awarded a medal of valor. DaVinci is discharged, looks for work in LA but is turned down at every interview. With no future, DaVinci becomes a resident of skid row. EXT. SIXTH STREET BRIDGE - MIDNIGHT - LOS ANGELES DaVinci is awakened by an explosion on the bridge. Startled he rushes to the top of the bridge and sees a police car that appears to have hit some type of land mine. A lone female officer is dazed and trapped in the front seat. DaVinci jerks open the passenger side and pulls the police officer out of the car. DaVinci turns on her vest radio and shouts for help.

DAVINCI Officer Down. Does anyone copy? 911 OPERATOR Sir, please state your name and where you’re calling from? DAVINCI I’m here with a downed Police Officer, we’re at the 6th Street bridge, Hurry! 911 OPERATOR Sir, I need you’re name, please! DAVINCI You’re wasting time. Get someone down here ASAP. The officer begins to regain consciousness. Police cars are racing toward the accident. Sirens blaring. The officer reaches into her shirt pocket and gives DaVinci her card. She pushes DaVinci away and signals him to leave before her fellow officers arrive. DaVinci moves quickly from the scene, as he does he notices a the moon catch some type of glass shinning from a six story building nearby. EXT. SIX STORY BUILDING - LATE NIGHT - LOS ANGELES DaVinci enters the slum looking building and rushes up to the fourth story where he detected the flash of moonlight off of glass. He quietly opens the door. A disposable cell phone, a cigarette butt are on the floor next to the window. The apartment is vacant. Two men are fast footing it down the back fire escape, they get to the alley, a black van moves quickly through the alley, stops, the side door opens. The two middle eastern looking men jump in and are immediately shot by the driver of the van.

INT: LOS ANGELES - HOSPITAL - MORNING DaVinci walks through the hallway passes an armed police officer is guarding the injured officer. DaVinci’s nodded in. Bruised but not in serious condition, the female officer gives DaVinci a slight smile of approval. EXT: SIX STORY BUILDING - MORNING - LOS ANGELES DaVinci walks the alley and picks up a spent shell. A nervous young homeless couple appear at the end of the alley. They have information. A license number, description of the van, a blurred description of the driver. DaVinci is returns his homeless encampment under the sixth street bridge. His confidant is Jack Ging, an 75 year old ex Navy Seal during the Korean War. DaVinci shares his information with Jack. EXT. PHONE BOOTH ABOVE BRIDGE - AFTERNOON. DaVinci dials officer in hospital bedroom. MONICA GOMEZ Who is this? DAVINCI Hope your feeling better. I’m the guy who found you on the bridge. MONICA GOMEZ I owe you my life, you and the others that helped me, I can’t thank you enough. DAVINCI I would visit you but I’m sure you have a 24 hour guard at your door. MONICA GOMEZ When I’m out of here, we have to meet. DAVINCI Fine with me. Weeks later.

WATCH CAPTAIN Officer Gomez, the Captain wants to have a few words with you. Officer Gomez enters the Captain’s office. CAPTAIN MORRIS Glad you’re feeling better, that was quite a death defying event you went through. The reason why you’re here? I want you to head a task force to infiltrate two East L.A. Drug gangs. It won’t be easy but I will supply you with all the tools you need. Interested? MONICA GOMEZ I’m in, Captain. Officer Gomez visits the Sixth Street Bridge location where she was rescued by DaVinci. She walks to the railing, looks down, sees a homeless encampment. Walks down to the encampment and observe more than 10 homeless men and women laying back on pillows and beach chairs. One of the tents seems off the beaten path, as she walks to the enclosure, a homeless man in his mid 30’s exits. MONICA GOMEZ Maybe you could help me. I’m looking for a man who rescued me about one month ago after an accident above this bridge. DAVINCI I guess you’re looking for me. MONICA GOMEZ Well then, we have a lot to talk about. Let’s meet tomorrow at the Echo Park Avenue Concession area. Need a ride? DAVINCI No, I’ll see you there 2pm. MONICA GOMEZ 2pm it is. EXT: AERIAL OF ECHO PARK, AFTERNOON 2PM Aerial of Echo Park lagoon, small concession canoe’s with families, couples enjoying paddling around the small lake. Officer Gomez dressed in civilian clothes, dolled up waiting for DaVinci sitting on a park bench overlooking the water. A mid-twenties male is sitting on a chair singing songs working for tips nearby. DaVinci approaches Gomez and sits next to her on the bench. MONICA GOMEZ Well, Well, we finally meet face to face. DAVINCI My pleasure, officer. Officer Gomez.

MONICA GOMEZ My friends call me Monica. DAVINCI Glad to meet you Officer Gomez, again under different circumstances. MONICA GOMEZ I guess you could say that. Actually you saved my life. How did you get there so fast? DAVINCI The explosion woke me out of a dead sleep, good thing I was close by. MONICA GOMEZ If I recall, you pulled me out of the patrol car, I’m not sure if I was seeing things, but you looked like you had help. DAVINCI You were imagining things. MONICA GOMEZ No I’m serious there was a lot of commotion, voices, fading in and out, invisible figures that faded in and out, moving quickly and methodically. DAVINCI Well it’s a long story Detective. MONICA GOMEZ Please call me Monica. DAVINCI Ok, Monica, I spent three years in the Middle East, lot’s of issues I don’t want to talk about, everyone in my platoon was killed by a roadside bomb. I had a serious brain injury, when I came to in the hospital, I was surrounded by what I thought was a dream, or hallucination, shit, I don’t know what to call it, but the guys in my platoon surrounded my hospital bed, they follow me everywhere, I don’t know, sounds crazy but it’s as if they never died.

MONICA GOMEZ Interesting. Maybe they were the figures I saw, helping you after my car exploded. DAVINCI Who knows? DaVinci focuses in on the guitar player who has a waist high cast on his right side. He has two tip jars, one on each side of his chair. Planted next to the tip jar on the right is a small shopping bag, as people walk by they would dump a few coins into the right tip jar. Some young teenagers, strolled by, listened, then put dollar bills in the tip jar on the left. After they deposited their tip, the stuck their hand in the paper bag, and pulled out what seemed to be a small baggie. DAVINCI Detective, I mean Monica, check out that guitar player, he’s got two tip jars, looks like one’s for public, the other for druggies. After he finished dealing he hobbled off to a waiting late model Chevy Van. I got the license number if you’re interested and a picture of the van. MONICA GOMEZ Very astute of you to notice, you have an eye for undercover work. We’ve been watching him for months, he’s connected with a small time East L.A. drug gang, we’ve got eyes on him, he doesn’t know it, but his drug selling days will be over soon. DAVINCI What’s your plan. MONICA GOMEZ My plan is to recruit you to be my undercover connection with the street gangs. Are you interested? DAVINCI I don’t know, I’m a disbarred plastic surgeon, an officer that lost his platoon in Afghanistan, a bum living under an L.A. Bridge, what good would I be? MONICA GOMEZ Don’t be so hard on yourself Doctor. I can use you, you’ll be paid well, enough to buy some decent clothes, and maybe a nice little place you can call home. DAVINCI Let me think about this. I’ll need some time.

MONICA GOMEZ Don’t wait too long, the streets are filling up with drug dealers, I need your help. DaVinci leaves the bench walks past the guitar player, and smiles. The guitar player reaches into the right jar to pick out the cash, DaVinci observes a three leaf black clover with 6’s in each leaf and the letters AB inscribed below the clover. DaVinci, nonchalantly walks to a bench close-by, so he can observe the guitar playing drug dealer. The drug dealer picks up his gear and hobbles off the a waiting white van. DaVinci snaps a cell phone picture capturing the van and a license plate. He walks to the Laguna Avenue bus stop where he boards a bus and heads back to his “palace” underneath the 6th street bridge. DaVinci realizes his brain has special powers with his Ghost Platoon. The Platoon was clean cut, raucous, superhumans. Misunderstood by their actions but loyal to DaVinci their Platoon Commander. Later DaVinci calls Officer Gomez.

DAVINCI We’re in, I mean I’m in. She nods with a puzzling grin. Later that night the drug dealer is settled in his apartment next to a window. A suspicious black four door sedan is driving by slowly. He begins to panic, grabs his cash calls 911 and frantically reports the scene and that he fears for his life. DRUG DEALER 911 Please help me, 911 OPERATOR Sir was is you name and where are you calling from? DRUG DEALER Hurry, they’re coming after me. 911 OPERATOR Who’s coming after you. I see where your at an address near Echo Park. DRUG DEALER They’re getting out of their car, and coming into my building. 911 OPERATOR Sir we’re sending a unit out to your address.

DRUG DEALER Hurry! The drug dealer, exits, walks down the second floor hallway looking for the fire escape. Pushes the handle, jumps down to the landing on the fire escape, he’s in pain, begins hobbling down to the first floor, then onto the street. The passengers, rival gang members, enter the building with drawn guns, they climb the stairs, first floor, second floor, move down the hall, look for the drug dealers apartment, Apartment 211, bust open the door, check the rooms, nobody, one of the rival gang members looks out the window. He sees a man trying to run with a cast on is right leg. He flags his fellow gang members, they see the guitar drug dealer hobbling, then ducking into an alley. They run down the stairs, the chase begins, the guitar player is at the end of the alley, sees an eight foot fence, he gasps, muttering expletives, starts climbing up the fence, there’s barbed wire at the top, if he doesn’t make it, he’s dead meat. Guitar playing drug dealer climbs to the top of the fence, tries to get over, he’s hears voices shouting VOICE ONE We’ll kill you “cavarone.” His cast get caught at the top of the fence, he pulls as hard as he can, nothing, muttering to himself, maybe I can crawl down the other side, his cast is caught in the barbed wire, he’s hanging upside down. Two squad cars come down the alley, the gang members flee, the guitar playing drug dealer is hanging. OFFICER ONE Ok buddy, we just saved your life. PACO Get me otta here man. Can’t you see I’m in extreme pain.

OFFICER ONE What’s your name? (As they untangle Paco from the fence) PACO What’s it to you. Just get me out of here. Paco is now laying on the ground. Moaning. OFFICER ONE We’re taking you to a hospital. We here ambulance sirens approaching. PACO No man just get me up. I can make it home. Officer Two is on the two way with the Captain. OFFICER TWO Norm, the Captain says we have to let this character go. OFFICER ONE If that’s what they want, we have no choice. Let’s turn him lose. Weeks later. Two gangbangers are in a dark late model car in a residential neighborhood in East L.A. Smoking weed. DRIVER Hey man, this is good stuff. He hands the weed to his passenger. PASSENGER We should get back to the warehouse, the boss is waiting. DRIVER C’mon man he can wait. (inhales)

A dark pickup truck drives up the block slowly. As he approaches the gangbangers, the passenger pulls out an AK 47, they come up to the car, the passenger in the car waves to the driver in the dark car, pulls out his AK -47 and begins spraying the dark car, bullets are flying, windows are breaking, the gangbangers are ducking, the gangbangers are shot dead. Collateral damage to homes and anyone standing in the line of fire are hit by the shooter. They burn rubber and race down the residential street. Neighbors come out of their homes to see the carnage. It was a Saturday afternoon and Angelina Perez was sitting on her front lawn trying to lure her cat out from the front porch. She rose to her feet from a crouched position and a black pickup truck slowly drives by spraying passengers in the car parked in front of the Perez home. The front porch and windows in front of the house are blown out. The ten year old was in the line of fire, she would be the latest victim of a drive-by in the L.A’s, Bario. The victim of a stray bullet, her little body held the promise of an Olympic medal someday. All of this gone in a flash, a crumpled lifeless body, gone from life to limp. Oscar Perez heard the gunfire, a familiar sound, and charged out of his house to see his child who lay motionless. She was gone and he knew that his life no longer had any meaning. When the police arrived hey attempted to console him. OFFICER ONE Mr. Perez, we can’t tell you how sorry we are. Did you see anything that could help us find these murderers? Oscar Perez is holding his daughter in his arms. Officer one is trying to calm him down. OSCAR PEREZ These sons of bitches, assholes, murderers, will pay for this. Why would God let this happen, she was a beautiful little girl, her future was bright. (Looking up to the sky.) There is no God, why would he let this happen. (Drowning his tears on Angelina’s limp body.) Two plainclothes officer approach Oscar and asked if they could speak to him. The were assigned to the gang squad, Detective Gomez was in radio contact with them.

DETECTIVE DIAZ Oscar, this isn’t the time and place we are very sorry, whatever your plans for your daughter, were available to help. Let’s talk tomorrow. DETECTIVE BALLANTE We’re going to comb the area for anyone that either saw something or had their front porch camera’s recording this assassination. The Detectives arrive to the station hours later, their flagged into a room with Detective Gomez. DETECTIVE DIAZ That little girl had no chance. Her father’s a mess. He’s ready to go to war to avenge his daughters murder. DETECTIVE BALLANTE We’re checking the neighborhood to see if anyone has this on camera. DETECTIVE DIAZ Officer Degner just messaged me that one of the neighbors has a video of the pickup truck that the two gangsters were in. Detective Gomez’s mind is the brainstorming mode. She calls DaVinci, and fills him in.

OSCAR PEREZ This is bullshit. I want revenge, we’ve been under this cloud for years, ignoring the killings. Marcella Perez is crying in the kitchen. MARCELLA Oscar, our little baby is dead. Watch what you say, you could be next. OSCAR PEREZ Marcella, we have to take a stand. I promise you I will not take matters into my own hands. MARCELLA We have to move out of this area, Oscar, I’ve had enough of the killings, the rapes, the drug dealing. Oscar is sobbing on the couch, nodding his approval. Oscar didn’t know that he was about to become a part of something that would profoundly affect his community. He had lost his son Mario, an LAPD rookie officer, to gang crossfire, and now his daughter. On an evening after the funeral, Oscar answered the phone and agreed to meet with the detectives after midnight. OSCAR PEREZ Hello, who is this?

DETECTIVE ONE Oscar, this is Detective Diego, my partner and I want to pick you up and meet some people that could help in finding the people that murdered your daughter. OSCAR PEREZ It’s after midnight, what will I tell my wife. DETECTIVE DIAZ Tell her the LAPD has got some leads on your daughters murder, and they want to talk to me right now.

MARCELLA I’m coming with you. OSCAR PEREZ They want to see me alone. I can handle it Marcella, trust me. It’s approaching midnight Oscar is waiting patiently looking out his front window waiting for the officers. A car arrives, the two detectives flash their lights on and off, Oscar opens the passenger door. Detective One is driving, the other detective is in the back seat. DETECTIVE DIAZ Oscar we know you’re hurting. And we hear that you want revenge. OSCAR PEREZ I’m moving out of this hell hole. As they drive off. Oscar looks back and sees Marcella looking out of their living room window.

DETECTIVE DIAZ We need to talk to you in a safe place. The secret meeting place is in a warehouse in the rear of a junk yard filled with dismantled cars, not to far from the Sixth Street Bridge. The two detectives escort Oscar into the warehouse. Detectives Carlos Diaz, and Eddie Ballante are making sure nobody’s eyes are on their meeting. Oscar is looking around, what’s next? The light was poor but Oscar could see men, some faintly, seated at a long table. DETECTIVE DIAZ Oscar, not sure if you’ve haven't met our lead Detective Gomez. Next to her is a neighbor that lives six houses away. Oscar focuses and recognizes Johnny Solario. The two men stare at each other for a long moment then lock in a powerful embrace, sobbing uncontrollably , tears streaming down their faces. The pain of unbearable loss. OSCAR PEREZ I’m surprised to see you here Johnny. I think the last time we saw each other was at your son Antonio funeral. Detective Gomez sits silently.

DETECTIVE DIAZ This meeting is off the books. I want both of you men to ensure us that you understand, the things we talk about may make you cringe, you may want to leave. If you leave, it means you were never here. Understood? And if you were never here, you can’t talk about it. Oscar and Johnny both show nods of approval. DETECTIVE BALLANTE We are here tonight to break the law. We want to make sure the punks in these gangs pay for the pain, suffering and heartache they have caused. There will come a time when the neighborhoods will no longer live in fear. It will be the gangs, the punks who will live in fear. We offer no mercy. Age will not matter. They will pay with their lives and the price will be ten to one. For every one us that falls, there will be ten of them who die. We will call this secret, Society of Vengeance. “La Society of Venganza!” JOHNNY SOLARIO (Regaining his composure) I want to be a part of this. No matter what it takes I want to avenge my son’s death. Johnny Solario was a thirty year veteran of the LAPD, he was comfortable with his retirement, despite the loss of his wife.

JOHNNY SOLARIO My son’s grew up knowing that their father would be proud of them if they became police officers. You know they both lived at home after my wife Anna died. They both respected me, and wanted to be close to me. We would have dinner together almost every night. All we talked about were police matters. They always asked for my advice. Detective’s Diaz, and Ballante exit the warehouse leaving the two men alone. Johnny Solario, sat at the long table, with a grim face, he was in his late fifties, he sat at the table quietly. His eyes were glazed, he looked around the almost empty warehouse, knowing that he had every right to be at this meeting. The ware house is dead quiet. Johnny Solario rise from his chair with a determined demeaner. Slamming the table with his fist. JOHNNY SOLARIO I’m going to rip their hearts out like they did to me! I want vengeance! Let the “La Society of Venganza!” Begin. DaVinci picks up information at his homeless camp that a big drug deal is about to come down. A drug trafficking gang in South Central Los Angeles based in Mexico is about to deliver more than three million dollars of fentanyl to one East L.A. gangs Detective Gomez’s been investigating. DAVINCI The Downtown Crips plan to steal the drugs during the transfer.

DETECTIVE DIAZ There will be some fireworks. You should stay away. DAVINCI I wouldn’t miss it for the world. Keep my in the loop. Sixteenth Street Gang and the Twenty Eighth Street Gang resulted in the apprehension of two men and the seizure of more than three million dollars of fentanyl. EXT. L.A. DOWNTOWN APARTMENT DISTRICT DaVinci is sleeping on a park bench activity in an apartment building, he sees a black van making a left turn toward the two story apartment building. Van stops, three middle east looking men open the back doors and begin removing file size cardboard boxes and entering the building. Two gang members, their early thirties with backpacks enter the building. DaVinci is wired, he describes the van, the activity, a few minutes later a SWAT team has the building surrounded, they rush the entry, get to the apartment and all hell breaks lose. Smoke bombs, explosions, bodies flying out of windows, suicide vests, the whole nine yards. Waist hi cast.

EXT. LA Freight Yard - Sunset Aerial of the vast train yard, panning down to two freight trains passing, in opposite directions,, engines roar. a closer look, DaVinci is standing between the trains as they pass, his image turns into a shadow as it dissolves into the Sunset.

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Jupiter "The Europa Mission" Storyboard Trailer

Jupiter "The Europa Mission" Screenplay by Mike Colonna Logline: Extraterrestrials are out there and Gen X'r LIAM, buys a "Tiny Home" in the Southern California Desert searching for scientific explanations for life beyond Earth. Genre: Time Travel, Drama, Alien Life Liam’s life has been altered by his layoff from a social media Company. His buyout was in 7 figures. His plans of leaving his beach area apartment is now a reality. LIAM, an animal lover, is in his mid-30's, his best friend is Rocky his bigger than life German Shepard. Rocky follows Liam everywhere. They will now embark on a short trip to find a small house on a few acres, off the grid, somewhere in the California desert. Liam’s been planning to leave his crowded Beach City apartment for years. He's invested in a 4-wheel drive Tacoma pickup long bed truck with a camper shell that resembles a small two story trailer. A home away from home. His departure from life as a "social media" analyst is a welcome relief. Off to the "wild blue yonder!" Aerial of Liam leaving his Southern California Beach community, turning on the 22 Freeway, traveling down the 57 and the aerial camera is following LIAM down the 91 Express lane, we see an inside cabin shot of LIAM and "Rocky" as they traverse the Expressway onto the 10 Freeway, through the Beaumont, Moreno Valley, with windmills dotting the country side. A Union Pacific train is traveling along side of the 10 Freeway with its two miles of containers from Los Angeles on its way to the Midwest. Four Union Pacific Diesels are doing approximately 60 miles an hour. Liam passes the two-mile behemoth within minutes and arrives to the Yucca Valley turnoff. Another 30 minutes and he will reach the "hippie" town of Yucca Valley. He passes an In and Out Burger, pulls into the pickup lane, next we see him chomping on a burger, sharing the bread and patties with "Rocky." SAMANTHA, an attractive and young Escrow officer meets LIAM and Rocky, their romantic relationship together with UFO activity on Goat Mountain brings them closer. A secret bunker at 29 Palms Marine Base tracks their every move as they come closer to Extraterrestrials visits to the legendary Mountain. As Liam and Rocky arrive in the Yucca Valley, the desolate beauty of the landscape seems to echo with promise. A place where he can begin anew and where Rocky can roam free, far away from the city's constant buzz. Liam had heard a few rumors about the "hippie" town of Yucca Valley, which he brushes off as being too fantastical, until he meets SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA, with her blond curls and quick smile, is unlike anyone he's ever met before. As they grow closer, their conversations often revolve around UFO sightings and unexplained events that locals swear are a regular occurrence, especially around Goat Mountain. SAMANTHA is keen on the topic, explaining that it is part of the Yucca Valley's charm and history. Initially, LIAM takes this as a form of local lore and humor, until one evening, when they witness strange lights dancing above Goat Mountain. Skepticism turns into intrigue, and before long, LIAM and SAMANTHA find themselves drawn into the inexplicable happenings around them. Meanwhile, in the depths of the secret bunker at 29 Palms Marine Base, the largest Marine Base in the Country, an agent watches their every move. This underground facility, well known only to a select few, monitors all unexplained activity in the area, especially around Goat Mountain. The agent, observing Liam and SAMANTHA, can't help but wonder if these newcomers might somehow be linked to the extraterrestrial visits. As the relationship between LIAM, SAMANTHA, and Rocky deepens, so too does the mystery surround Goat Mountain. Unbeknownst to them, their simple life in Yucca Valley becomes increasingly entwined with the otherworldly. During this enchanting, yet sometimes eerie desert landscape, they find love, companionship, and a sense of adventure that neither of them expected. The "Europa Mission" is just the beginning of their journey together. As they navigate through their new life, with all its unexpected turns, they begin to realize that sometimes, the most extraordinary stories can unfold in the most ordinary of places. Little do they know, their connection to the extraterrestrial visits is deeper than they could ever imagine, turning their desert haven into a grand cosmic adventure. Jupiter "The Europa Mission" Screenplay by Mike Colonna EXT: SOMEWHERE - FREEWAY'S FROM L.A. AREA - MID MORNING Aerial of LIAM leaving his Southern California Beach community, turning on the 22 Freeway, traveling down the 57 Freeway. The aerial camera is following Liam down the 91 Express Lane, we see an inside cabin shot of Liam and "Rocky" as they traverse the Expressway onto the 10 Freeway, through Beaumont, Moreno Valley, with windmills dotting the country side. A Union Pacific train is traveling along side of the 10 Freeway with its two miles of containers from Los Angeles on its way to the Midwest. Four Union Pacific Diesels are doing approximately 60 miles an hour. Liam passes the two-mile behemoth within minutes and arrives to the Yucca Valley turnoff. Another 30 minutes and he will reach the "hippie" town of Yucca Valley. Liam pulls into an In and Out Burger pickup lane, we see him chomping on a burger, sharing the bread and patties with "Rocky sitting in the passenger seat. Flashback INT: SOMEWHERE ON A STATE HIGHWAY 190 - LATE AFTERNOON Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake is a large military installation in California that supports the research, testing and evaluation programs of the United States Navy. It’s part of the Navy Region Southwest under Commander, Navy Installations Command, and was originally known as Naval Ordnance Test Station. Liam's father is driving a 1962 Red Ford Falcon. He's been transferred to the Naval Air Weapons Station in Ridgecrest California. Sitting in the back seat is his three-year-old son Liam. Lian's family arrived earlier, and it was Liam's father Michael's responsibility to get Liam to their new home in one piece. We see an aerial of the Red Falcon driving along an empty highway. INT: DAD’S CAR Liam is in the back seat occupied with his toy GI Joes. Liam glances out the window and yells to his dad, LIAM Look dad, two big owls are looking in the car. Two extraterrestrials’ figures appear as Owls are pasted to the rear window as the car is moving forward. LIAM MONTGOMERY'S DAD Liam, you're imagining things again. Sit still, play with your toys. LIAM But dad. Suddenly the engine stops. LIAM’S DAD Liam's dad talking to himself out loud. Impossible, I just filled the gas tank, what the hell is going on? EXT: LIAMS DAD OPENS CAR HOOD Liam's dad is looking under the hood. What could possibly go wrong. Damn I just got the car checked before we left. Let's try starting it again. The car starts up as if there was no problem. The Red Falcon’s on the road again. Black and white film of Liam’s Childhood. Liam's, life as a kid, did not go smoothly. After a few years living on the Navy Base, one morning Liam wakes up horrified his bed sheets are full of blood. INT: LIAM’S BEDROOM-EARLY MORNING Liam awakens to blood soaked sheets. LIAM Mom, please come here. Hurry! LIAM’S MOM Liam don't be alarmed, they're just nose bleeds. You'll be alright. The nosebleeds happened for weeks. EXT: MORNING-CHINA LAKE-BASE DOCTORS OFFICE INT: DOCTORS OFFICE Liam’s is being examined by the Base Doctor. LIAM’S DOCTOR Mary, we have to get Liam to stop picking at his nose while he sleeps. LIAM (VO) I knew the doctor had no idea what had happened to me. I never picked my nose. BASE DOCTOR When did you notice these odd "scoop marks" on Liam's forehead. Look there's a birthmark on the upper part of his forehead above his eye. Based on my observations their may be a name for what your son could be, it’s not proves, or researched yet but he could have symptoms of “indigo.” LIAM’S MOM Indigo? I don't know, what does that mean Doctor? BASE DOCTOR Indigo children are highly evolved, they share certain psychological traits that mark them as different than other children. Not to say it’s been a proven concept Has he experienced any odd illusions? LIAM MOM He did tell his dad when he was traveling cross country he saw two owls attached to his back window. BASE DOCTOR Well, Mrs. Liam let’s just keep an eye on Liam for now, check with me in 6 months. I suggest you talk to your husband he may be able to get to the bottom of Liam’s problem. LIAM MOM Thank you Doctor. There were many visits to the Base Doctor after that episode. INT: FAMILY HOME Liam’s dad arrives home. LIAMS DAD So how’s my favorite couple? What did the doctor say. LIAMS MOM He thinks Liam has some type of gift, he calls it “Indigo.” He possesses some clear sense of purpose, a strong case of curiosity. LIAMS DAD You know ever since we moved here, starting with our car trip filled with some crazy things that happened, I’ve always wondered how that affected Liam. I’m going to have a talk with him after dinner. Black and white film, Liam having dinner with his mom and dad. It’s bedtime, Liam’s dad begins tucking him in, assuring him that growing up he shared the same dreams and fantasies that Liam was having. Liam talking to Samantha in real time. LIAM I remember my dad telling me a war story about a pilot on a mission across the Pacific. The pilot was flying a large passenger plane, and was suddenly warned by a mysterious passenger that the flight was in mortal danger from some type of alien warcraft. The passenger possessed some type of magical power. SAMANTHA Then what? LIAM I dozed off and never heard the rest of the story. Black and white family films. Liam playing with toys in the family living room. Learning how to ride his bike. Liam’s (POV) of events. (VO) LIAM My early childhood was filled with all types of weird toys. WW11 airplanes, tinker toys, Lincoln logs, anything to keep me occupied. One afternoon my mom turned on the TV, a science fiction movie began, monsters, and other creatures were invading the planet, but the visual of a grey alien appeared, I was in total fear. I hid under the covers, I knew they were in the room with me. I yelled to my folks, they were enjoying cocktails with close friends, they probably heard me but seemed to not care. Crazy things happened to me growing up. During my paper route, a large dog jumped a fence and made a beeline for me. As the dog was about to jump on me, teeth snarling like a lion, I was saved by a 1968 Buick that came out of nowhere and slowly hit the dog as he was about to attack me. I glimpsed at the driver, could not make out his features, I had never seen this car in my neighborhood, ever. Another late afternoon on my paper route while riding my bike a strange light snow and fog rolled in. That never happens. The temperature dropped, I got lost and it took me hours to get back to my house. I was scared stiff. I started visiting the local library when I got older. I was the only kid interested in "flying saucers." I could not get enough material to read that involved creatures from other planets. At the age of 10 I read "Chariots of the Gods," I became a believer. There's another life in the Universe and I was about to become a truth seeker. LIAM VOICE OVER I was haunted by the two owls throughout my childhood. My childhood was one strange event after another. EXT: MID MORNING - DRIVING DOWN FREEWAYS TO PALM SPRINGS AREA. Aerial of Liam leaving his Southern California Beach community, turning on the 22 Freeway, traveling down the 57 and the aerial camera is following LIAM down the 91 Express lane. The radio is blaring. Liam is listening to a Joe Rogan Podcast interview with a renown NSA engineer discussing U-F-O’s. Rocky’s is looking out at traffic from the back passenger windows. INT: MID AFTERNOON - LIAM’S TACOMA An inside cabin shot of LIAM and "Rocky" as they traverse the 57 Freeway turning onto the 10 Freeway, heading East toward the Beaumont, Moreno Valley, with windmills dotting the country side. A Union Pacific train is traveling along side of the 10 Freeway with its two miles of containers from Los Angeles on its way to the Midwest. Four Union Pacific Diesels are doing approximately 60 miles an hour. Liam passes the two-mile behemoth within minutes and arrives to the Yucca Valley turnoff. Liam turns left on Old Women's Road, and travels through picturesque rock formations, pulls over and checks out his map and pinpoints two acres with a small house in the middle of nowhere, below Goat Mountain, called Landers. He makes a left turn and drives a few hundred yards and has arrived to his destination. A small house converted from a trailer, sits in the middle of a two acre parcel, the entry is a short dirt road, with a For Sale sign. They spend time walking around the Tiny Home. LIAM We’ll Rocky we found it. Liam and Rocky agree, this place will be their new home away from home. Liam's parked outside of an Escrow Company to sign paperwork. Rocky’s sitting in the camper with his head sticking out of the window. INT: MID AFTERNOON - PALM DESERT ESCROW OFFICE. An attractive young escrow officer in her mid-twenties greets Liam at the doors and notices Rocky's head sticking out the rear window of Liam's truck. She smiles and welcomes her new client. SAMANTHA Hi, my name is SAMANTHA. You're German Shepard is awesome. What's his name. LIAM I'm LIAM. Rocky. He's my point man. SAMANTHA How cute. Well shall we get started. She leads Liam to her office; her office has a clear shot to Liam's camper. Rocky's head is poking out of the window, taking in the scenery. SAMANTHA I see where you're buying a property up in the Landers area. I love the name of the street. Jupiter. LIAM Yea, all the streets in the area are named after planets in the Universe. I guess that's what appealed to me. SAMANTHA You know, I've heard the sky at night is filled with stars, and occasional meteor showers. You're going to love it there. LIAM I'm looking forward to it. Do you live in this area? SAMANTHA Yes, grew up in this area, went to high school and college here. What about you? LIAM I'm a beach guy, but it's gotten so crowded I can't wait to be in some wide-open spaces. Liam comments on a picture sitting on SAMANTHA's desk. LIAM Isn't that a picture of the Giant Rock in Landers? SAMANTHA That's my great Uncle Joseph Fuller. LIAM I think I read about him. SAMANTHA He was an unusual fellow, before he died, he told his friends that spaceship from one of Jupiter's moons woke him up. The aliens invited him on board the saucer and they let him on the secret of rejuvenating the human body. He eventually built a museum that relived his experience on the spacecraft. It was called the "Rejuvenation” for scientific research into time travel, and extending human life. LIAM Wow, that's interesting. SAMANTHA He was buried in an unmarked grave site between Goat Mountain and the Giant Rock. We can't find the spot, some folks think that some aliens from Jupiter found his burial spot, exhumed his body, and brought it back to Europa one of the dozens of moons that circle Jupiter. LIAM What a story. Well I got to keep moving, here's a cashier’s check, where do I sign. SAMANTHA Right here. I'll walk you out to your truck. Maybe you'll introduce me to Rocky? LIAM Sounds like a plan. SAMANTHA By the way, my friends call me Sam. LIAM Well Sam, I going to be in town for a few weeks, come by and say hello. SAMANTHA Looking forward to it. EXT: LATE AFTERNOON - PALM DESERT Liam drives off, she waves to "Rocky" as the leave. Liam drives under the corral posts to his new home away from home. LIAM What do you think Rocky? Rocky barks approval. LIAM We've got lots of unpacking to do, Rocky, maybe we'll spend the night in the camper. Let's build a fire and talk about it. INT: LATE AFTERNOON - INSIDE TINY HOME Liam opens the front door of his new Tiny Home. Liam check out the ceiling, closets, open’s the refrigerator door, checks out the stove, walks over to the side bedroom, hit’s the mattress, dust puffs out. LIAM Guess we won’t be sleeping inside tonight. EXT: MORNING The next morning shuffling inside the camper, and a knock on the side panel. SAMANTHA Knock, knock. LIAM You found us. We decided to sleep under the stars. Hey, I didn't see any flying saucers. SAMANTHA Just dropped by to congratulate you on your new home. LIAM Stick around I'll make some coffee. Liam removes a portable table and coffee maker from his camper, cooks up some hot coffee, set's up some chairs under the awning connected to his camper. SAMANTHA You've got quite a set up here. How much time do you plan on spending here in the middle of nowhere? LIAM This place needs lot’s of work. I'm waiting for some furniture, and my "redwood hot tub" should be delivered sometime today. SAMANTHA Sounds like you're settling in. Can I help you clean up the place? LIAM I’ve got it handled. Actually I’m looking forward to cleaning this place up. It needs lot’s of work. SAMANTHA Well, I'm in between deliveries, thought I would bring you your closing escrow statement. LIAM Thank you Sam, Sam heads toward her car. She waves back at Liam and Rocky. LIAM Don't be a stranger. Come by anytime. EXT: LATE AFTERNOON - A CAR APPROACHES A week later, it's a late Saturday afternoon. Liam is sitting in his new Redwood Hot Tub. Steam off the hot water blurs his vision, SAMANTHA drives off the main road, drives through the coral posts, and parks her car. SAMANTHA Well I see you've made yourself a home. LIAM Stick around when I finish here I'm going to whip up some dinner. SAMANTHA Sounds like a plan. LIAM If you want to we can watch the sunset from my new hot tub. Care to join me. SAMANTHA I didn't bring a bathing suit. LIAM Use your imagination. SAMANTHA Ok, If you don't mind I'll use this towel to cover up. Sam removes her clothes except for her undergarments. Liam tries not to stare but peeks and likes what he sees. SAMANTHA has an athletic body and appears to be fit. She removes the towel and enters the steamy Hot Tub. They face the sunset. She sits beside Liam, he sneaks his arm around her shoulder. Brings her closer. SAMANTHA hand is underwater and finds Liam's naked body, submerged. After touching Ian's body underwater, Sam removes her top and shakes off her bottom under ware. The sun is setting and now SAMANTHA is straddling Liam facing him, Liam's in heaven. It's getting darker, the wind is blowing over the hot desert. SAMANTHA It's so quiet a peaceful out here. I can see why you wanted to move from the beach. LIAM Well Sam, you've made my life a lot more interesting. SAMANTHA hugs and kisses him. Kissing becomes passionate. A few minutes later Sam's legs are strapped around LIAM, again. He holds SAMANTHA close and while focused on the Sunset over Goat Mountain. Liam sees a ghost like light descending below the famous landmark. LIAM shrugs it off, and Sam and Liam continue their underwater aerobics. INT: MORNING - TINY HOME The next morning Sam and Liam are inside the trailer waking up from a late night of star gazing. LIAM I'm going to take Rocky out for a walk, Sam. SAMANTHA I've got to get moving, I'm going to take a quick shower, I'll wait for you. EXT: MORNING - OUTSIDE TINY HOME Liam walks down the dirt road entrance to his new home. Rocky's sniffing around, Liam hears Sam's voice from outside the Tiny Home. LIAM I'll be right there. Liam walks through the home on his way to the outside shower and bathroom area. Sam has a towel wrapped around her trying to figure out how the shower works. SAMANTHA Can you make this work Liam? LIAM You'll enjoy it after we get this bugger working. Liam turns on a gadget next to the water tank, the shower begins squirting out a light stream of water, Sam removes the towel and jumps in the makeshift shower and makes due with how a simple shower in the middle of the desert can be so invigorating. LIAM Need any help? SAMANTHA Could use some soap if you have any? LIAM You bet. Liam grabs a bottle of liquid soap, squirts it all over SAMANTHA, she starts splashing Liam with soap and water. SAMANTHA Come on this is fun. Liam drops his clothes, and jumps in the shower with SAMANTHA, Splish, splash you know the rest. LIAM Are we moving to fast here? You know I'm a traveling man, like to move around a lot, but now there's you. SAMANTHA Let's enjoy the moment, don't get to philosophical about what's happening. If it happens it happens. LIAM You know last night in the hot tub, when I was looking over your shoulder, don't get me wrong, I was enjoying the moment just like you were, but I couldn't help noticing a weird light bobbing in and out of the clouds behind Goat Mountain. SAMANTHA Uh ho, My great uncle would have loved that moment. I mean not the hot tub but the light behind Goat Mountain. He would have loved it! LIAM There's got to be more to it. SAMANTHA Well let's talk about this later, I have to get back I'm waiting for some packages to be delivered. It's Saturday, if you like I can come back tomorrow and we can do some exploring, hiking or whatever's on your mind. LIAM Sounds like a plan. SAMANTHA hugs Liam goodbye. Rocky and Liam watch her drive off. A beautiful night sky begins to illuminate the desert. Liam and Rocky sit outside of his new home sipping on an alcoholic drink enjoying the desert sky. It's a sunny morning in the desert. Liam is on a ladder installing security cameras around his Tiny Home. Fast forward to his desk inside overlooking Goat Mountain. He turns on his computer to install the security camera software. A voice comes on. SOFTWARE VOICE Thank you for purchasing our high powered security camera's. The way these camera's work with our newly developed sensors will combat any type of breaches to your property. Your new security system is manned by live guards 24/7 who can not only warn you when criminals may be approaching but also send real-time information to police departments confirming an active situation that is happening. Unlike other security systems, our high-powered cameras will give you a clear image by focusing on objects more than three miles with the clarity you will not believe. Our high-powered cameras are super proactive and easy to use. Rocky is sitting by Liam's side listening to the voice on the computer. LIAM Rocky, I think we've solved our problem. Just then Liam's cell phone rings. SAMANTHA's on the other end. SAMANTHA It's the weekend, thought you might want some company. LIAM I was just thinking about you, you must see the new security cameras I've installed. I can see for miles around. SAMANTHA I'll be there in a few hours, let's do exploring, maybe some hiking. I've got the week off. LIAM Sounds great. Rocky Sam's coming. Rocky moves his head nodding approval. SAMANTHA drives over the dirt road that leads to Liam's Tiny Home. Liam is putting the final touches on his security system. SAMANTHA exits her car, brushes herself off and approaches Liam on a ladder checking out his newly installed camera. A small fire pit is crackling with logs, LIAM climbs off the ladder and meets Sam by the firepit. SAMANTHA and Liam get comfortable around the firepit, Liam pulls out two cans of soft drinks. SAMANTHA Looks like you're surrounded by a wall of surveillance cameras. LIAM I don't want to miss a thing out here in the middle of the desert. After the other night, I thought I would take a deep dive into the history of all the Goat Mountain and UFO stories. SAMANTHA My great uncle would have loved you! LIAM You know there's something very mysterious living out here in the desert alone. Sorry, maybe we're not alone. I'll bet the Goat Mountain is hiding a lot of secrets. SAMANTHA Well, let's not talk about it, let's do it. If you feel like exploring the different trails on Goat Mountain, lets get up early and hike the mountain. It will be full of surprises. INT: NIGHT - TINY HOME Sam and Liam approach the entry, Sam's takes a step-in front of Liam as she opens the door, she turns and puts her arms around her new found love. They embrace, and you know the rest. It’s now the middle of the night. In the middle of the night Samantha is snuggles up to Liam. Out of the Tiny home we see Shadows of Space Saucers, shaped like triangles, begin circling the Goat Mountain. Liam starts moving and shaking in his sleep, he’s dreaming of the unknown. SAMANTHA Liam you’re shaking what’s going on? LIAM It’s about a story my dad told me when I was a young kid. It was the weirdest dream. He told me a story about a World War 2 mission and a passenger plane with a weird mysterious passenger. Do you remember that Malaysian Flight that disappeared over the Indian Ocean, I'm not sure if it's a nightmare or just a bad dream. I'm in a submersible deep in the Indian Ocean looking for the 370, it's more than 4km deep at the bottom of the Ocean, I see underwater mountains, outcrops, cliffs, underwater volcanoes, huge deep canyons. I arrive at the fuselage of the huge jet, look in the windows and the lights inside are still on. Deep underwater activity near Malaysian Flight 370 appears. I see passengers strapped to their seats, I keep looking through other windows on the plane, and suddenly there's a note that must have been written by the passenger sitting next to the portal, it said, "They've arrived. They’re on the plane.” SAMANTHA Concerned Samantha keeps questioning Liam. What else did you see? LIAM I keep looking through the airplane windows and see mysterious shadows walking up and down the aisles, some sitting in empty seats. I turned around and odd shaped underwater vehicles were leaving one of the active volcanoes. I swung around and looked into the cockpit, all the avionics were gone. It appeared like a small little city of underground machines traveling back and forth into the volcano. SAMANTHA Samantha, It must be the Indigo part of your brain working overtime. LIAM All of a sudden two owls are pasted on the windshield of my small submersible. Their pushing me toward the opening of the underwater volcano. Samantha is snuggles up to Liam, it’s late but they’re talking about the days events. They finally fall asleep. It’s morning, Liam is preparing breakfast. He places a cup of coffee on the table for Samantha. Morning turns into late afternoon the sun is setting. EXT: NIGHT - OUTSIDE TINY HOME Liam grabs two sleeping bags from his camper. Lay’s them next to the firepit. LIAM It’s getting late. Let’s sleep under the stars tonight. SAMANTHA Great idea. LIAM I’ll get some pillows and we can check out the mountain, who knows maybe we’ll see some crazy things happenings up there. Samantha and Liam are staring up in the sky from huddled in their sleeping bags. Stars are shinning over a pitch Dark Desert sky. The fire is crackling. SAMANTHA Liam how did you get interested in all of this extraterrestrial stuff? LIAM I don’t know this could be the place to see it if it’s all true. I don’t know if I believe all of the U-F-O and alien conspiracies but I did witness something really bizarre years ago, I think it was when before I went to college I was living with my dad in a house in a neighborhood it was late at night and I asked my girlfriend to come and pick me up so we could go out to an all night diner. I forget which, so be picked my up at my dad’s house, as we’re making our way out of the neighborhood it’s gotta be like midnight, nobody’s on the street it’s just us driving down going to the main road I noticed something in the sky.It was these three orbs of light in the shape of a triangle just sitting there in the sky. I can’t quite explain it but it didn’t look like stars, it didn’t look like planes like helicopters they weren’t emitting any noise they weren't moving they were just sitting in the sky and I could tell they were high up they were definitely in our atmosphere but well above the trees. They won't like just specks of lights they were like orbs illuminating light in the sky just sitting there just standing still then my girlfriend stops the car and she looks over at me and she says are you seeing what I’m seeing? Yea, what the hell is that? We’re kind of just shocked at what we’re seeing we can’t quite rationalize what’s going on right now, it didn’t look like it didn’t look like a plane, it didn’t sound like a helicopter it was just lights in the sky that looked like big orbs of light as we’re staring at if for a while we’re trying to figure out what the hell it was all of a sudden these three orbs of light just simultaneously shrink into nothingness. They didn’t dissolve, they didn’t zip away they shrunk into nothingness as if they were sucked into a black hole or something. I know the story sounds crazy like I’m making it up sounds like a scene from a movie but it really did happen. To this day I cannot explain that experience. What makes it so crazy there are so many people that have that exact same story these orbs of like just sit there like triangles in the sky all of sudden they just go away. No one can explain it, no one knows what they are where they come from why they’re here ever since that moment I’ve been so fascinated about the unknown. There’s no explanation for that event We’d like to believe it’s aliens of some sort the government is hiding U-F-O’s from us and they know they worried about everything, how we’ll react when they know there’s another civilization out there that’s much more advanced than us something about that theory is so fascinating exciting the idea of aliens and that was all true and the government came out yes it’s all true, it would shatter our reality. I feel that humanity need that right now with all the chaos that’s going on cause all of a sudden the problems we have on earth no longer matter our problems are now so insignificant because we have this much bigger issue we’re no long alone in this universe anymore in the weirdest way possible that would I don’t know if we’ll know what really out there and that's OK may we’re not meant to know. It sure is mindboggling dreaming about it. Being humbled by the universe the stars, the planets, and our insignificance as part of this grand plan. The next morning Rocky jumps on the two sleeping bags. Rocky's licking Liam's face. SAMANTHA I guess who we know who's Rocky's favorite. LIAM Before you know it, old Rocky here, you’ll be waking Rocky every morning if you plan coming out here a lot. Liam get's out of his sleeping bag. LIAM I’ll make us some coffee. SAMANTHA It's about 6am, we should get moving to Goat Mountain before 7. The campers side panels are open. Sam and Liam are loading the gear for the Goat Mountain hike. Liam and Samantha jump into the front and Rocky's in the back seat. An aerial of the trio headed for Goat Mountain. INT: MORNING - LIAM’S TRUCK SAMANTHA Let me read some of my great Uncle's memories from the book he wrote. Incidentally the road in front of your property is called Fuller trail, named after my uncle's friend Charlie Fuller. Old Charlie happened upon the mountain on his way home from hunting deer. Took a break from driving and it says here, he "happened upon a piece of gold" lying on the ground. LIAM Gold? SAMANTHA After that small discovery he moved his family to this area and started mining, he eventually gave his mine back to the government. LIAM I think this is where we start our little trek through Goat Mountain. They should have called it Gold Mountain since there's mine shafts all over the place. They begin walking the trail. LIAM Looks like there's loose rocks so watch it Sam. They start their journey, finally get to the top. LIAM Look north, the Mojave Desert. Look Sam someone built a sun dial from rocks. The sun is starting to set. It’s getting darker. SAMANTHA What's this crazy looking rock formation? LIAM It's called the White Dome. Let's take a break. Sitting in one of the scenic spots next to the White Dome, Liam pulls out his camera and begins shooting pictures of the area. SAMANTHA We aught to take a couple of pictures of us standing next to some of these beautiful rock formations. Could this be the Goat Mountain Cemetery? LIAM Let me set this camera on a Tripod, sounds like a great idea. Liam sets up his cell phone and mini-cam facing the White Dome and another facing the desert. It’s almost pitch black. Liam pulls out a flashlight. As they start walking down the trail to Liam’s camper, something mysteriously hovers over the Goat Mountain Cemetery. A football filed size sphere which appears to be some type of space object becomes stationary with beams of light shinning down on tombstones. Liam and Samantha take cover behind two large boulders. SAMANTHA Liam what’s happening? LIAM There’s a strange shadow descending out of the space ship. It looks like some type of grey shadow that’s slowly moving downward in the bright light. I can’t make it out. SAMANTHA I see it. It’s hovering over some of the grave sites. I don’t believe it. Bodies are rising out of the graves, they look as if they’re human. Their slowly rising ito the space ship. LIAM It looks like the grey creature is pulling spirits out of the ground and as they rise they become human again. SAMANTHA Hundred’s of them. LIAM It looks like their collecting bodies for some type of experiment. SAMANTHA They must have been doing this for thousands of years. Look the bodies are being sucked into the space machine as if the light is like a magnet pulling their bodies, they look mysteriously transparent. LIAM It’s like the Grey Alien has become some type of scout delivering the souls of humans up into the space machine. The event comes to an end and the space machine dot’s away with out a trace. Silent. SAMANTHA I hope you got some of this on your camera. LIAM I’m sure I do. They pack Liam's camper. The truck begins the downward trek toward the main road. SAMANTHA checks the I-phone pictures that were taken atop the hill. She begins shuffling the pictures and takes notice. INT: NIGHT - LIAM’S TRUCK SAMANTHA Did you focus on the two of us? Something in these pictures looks very odd. LIAM What's the problem. SAMANTHA I'm trying to focus on both of us. Something fishy is going on here. We both have something holding onto our shoulders. LIAM What are you talking about? SAMANTHA Pull over and I'll show you. SAMANTHA holds the focus down on the I-Phone, Liam and Sam both have hands holding their shoulders. No bodies just hands. LIAM Wait a minute, you've been playing around with these pictures. I don't get it. SAMANTHA Weird, the hands look very odd, almost scaley. LIAM Look at the your Shirt, your shoulder where the hand was, it looks like it's decomposing. SAMANTHA Crap, SAMANTHA looks at Ian's shoulder. SAMANTHA Look at your shirt, the right shoulder looks like you have a big stain, or some kind of smudge. They look at each other in amazement. Liam pulls back on the road and they head back to Liam’s new desert home. INT: NIGHT - LIAM’S TINY HOME It's dark, Liam and SAMANTHA settle in, Liam has opened his laptop, this connection is weak, but he still has a faint picture of his e-mail. SAMANTHA is adjusting the small kitchen table, when she notices a light over Goat Mountain, hovering then disappearing. LIAM My laptop has lot's of static. Not sure what's happening. SAMANTHA Didn't you say the other night you saw lights moving above Goat Mountain? Look there's something going on up there. LIAM Hold on, there's some type of face emerging on my laptop. Looks like some kind of weird face, it clears then becomes static. It looks like one of the faces on Game of Thrones. A White Walker. SAMANTHA I can see white ghost like shadows in the desert walking toward Goat Mountain. Could it be connected with the lights on Goat Mountain. LIAM Not sure, but Sam, look at this face on my computer. It looks like a dead person. SAMANTHA Hideous, could it be connected to the hands we saw on your camera? LIAM I don't know, but there's something going on out there, Rocky's pawing at the door. Liam grabs his jacket. LIAM I going to find out what's happening once and for all. I’ll take Rocky with me, you hold down the fort. SAMANTHA Bullshit, I'm going with you! EXT: NIGHT - OUTSIDE LIAM’S TINY HOME SAMANTHA grabs her jacket, a flashlight and a baseball bat she keeps in her car. Liam get's his Rugger and they head out the door. EXT: NIGHT - GOAT MOUNTAIN An aerial of the Ian's camper truck, lights headed for Goat Mountain. As they approach, lights are traversing the mountain like large shadows in the night. Liam and SAMANTHA stop at the base of Goat Mountain trail and begin their mission. Suddenly as they get midway up the mountain trail, a loud indescribable noise, like someone scratching a chalk board. LIAM Did you hear that? SAMANTHA I thought I heard something behind me. LIAM Let's keep moving. SAMANTHA I saw something strange. They come upon a big rock, and hide behind it. Liam takes out his camera, and begins filming into the dark, he sees some type of matter through his lens. LIAM You see that? SAMANTHA See what? LIAM My camera shows a beast like figure but when I look up I see nothing. Wait, some type of White Walker type creature is looking straight at me. SAMANTHA I still don't see anything. Maybe it sees the light on your camera. LIAM Without the camera, all I see is nothing but darkness. Bright lights are flying over the pair. We see their bodies as the light flies over them. Then darkness. SAMANTHA Let's back off. LIAM Try not to make too much noise. Look, that one beam of light coming from the sky skimming the mountain. It's dropping something. It looks like a body. Moments later, Liam and SAMANTHA are surrounded by bodies dropped by the circling lights hovering above Goat Mountain. SAMANTHA Liam I think this is a bad idea, let's get out of here. LIAM These bodies seem inhuman, lifeless, spirits, I'm turning my camera back on, I've got to record this. My camera will pick up wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation that we can't see with our eyes. SAMANTHA It's so dark up here. Maybe we're losing our minds. LIAM Time to head back, be as quiet as you can. Liam and Sam look back at white and orange objects in formation, their followed by a further eight identical objects. They rise vertically over the lower sections of Goat Mountain dropping what appears to be lifeless ghost like objects. The scene is quiet and surreal. SAMANTHA Look Liam, one of those objects is diving up and down changing shapes. It's rising fast, it just vanished. LIAM Sam look up, their shooting past the clouds, their gone. SAMANTHA This is really crazy. I've never seen anything like this before. LIAM Let's get out of here and come back in the morning. Aerial of Camper Truck leaving Goat Mountain headed back to Liam's Tiny House, on Jupiter Road. Back inside Liam's home. LIAM I've got to do some checking here. Liam removes his laptop from a small backpack. SAMANTHA What are you checking on Liam? LIAM Funny how these bodies kept falling out of the sky. It looked like the shining objects were jettisoning these object that looked spent, or just plain empty of any life. SAMANTHA Let's look at my USB card, I'm pretty sure I have some of the bodies dropping out of the sky. LIAM I'll stick it in my laptop, let's see what's on it. The laptop reveals lights hovering above SAMANTHA and Liam's heads. Faint ghost-like objects are falling out of the clouds, with bright lights circling in patterns that resemble figure eights. SAMANTHA Look Liam, what are those faint objects dropping out of the clouds? LIAM We have to go back tomorrow and do some checking. Where are the selfies we took? SAMANTHA I've got them here. LIAM Let's take a closer look at the hands draped over our shoulders. One hand on each shoulder, shriveled up, spooky. SAMANTHA You think it has something to do with the bodies dropping out of sky? LIAM You said one of your relatives lived out here? Wrote a book, let's check it out on the internet. What was his name? SAMANTHA James Van. Type it in and see what comes up. Liam's fingers move quickly on the laptop. LIAM Wait, look at this. Good old James talks about the Giant Rock and evidence about UFOs on Goat Mountain. Geez, Sam, I think we're dealing with something from another world. INT: NIGHT - LIAM’S TINY HOME They arrive and enter Liam’s Tiny Home. SAMANTHA It's worth another trip up there in daylight. Those lights at night spook me. EXT: MORNING - GOAT MOUNTAIN The next day they drive back to Goat Mountain. Walk the trail, discover circular rocks in a deep canyon that appear to be some type landing area. SAMANTHA Look at the ground around that circle of rocks. Little mounds of dust. Liam reaches down, picks up some of the dust particles, and discovers bone-like particles mixed with greyish white dust. SAMANTHA What do you think? LIAM I'm still trying to figure out if this dust has anything to do with the hands we saw in the pictures. Let's bag some of this stuff and see if anyone in town can identify what the hell it is. INT: LATE AFTERNOON - INSIDE CAMPER SAMANTHA is on Liam's laptop. SAMANTHA I'm checking on some forensic labs around this area. There's one in town. LIAM Let me see the computer for a second, something is jumping out at me. Sam did you know there was a serious earthquake here more than 30 years ago. There were earthquakes recorded around the world. A big one in the Middle East, looks like one huge quake in Turkey. Turkey's government blamed it on some type of crazy theory that an American Ship was cruising the coast of Turkey and dug a tunnel which they planted some type of hydrogen bomb to cause the earthquake. Liam keeps punching away on his laptop. LIAM The folks near the quake spotted weird lights moving in and out of clouds before the quake. They reported beams that were pointed down outside of the earthquake epicenter. SAMANTHA You think it could be something from another planet? LIAM Let’s get back, I want to get more research. Liam and Samantha begin driving back to the Tiny Home. INT: LATE NIGHT - TINY HOME Liam’s at his desk with his laptop. LIAM Let me keep reading. It says here that folks interviewed after the Lander's earthquake saw strange objects flying at high speeds in and out of clouds. With strange lights pointed at Goat Mountain. Scrolling through different links describing extraterrestrial intelligence and close encounters and sightings. LIAM Look Sam sightings of UFO's dates back to biblical times. Reports date back thousands of years with carving on walls depicting round saucer-like objects above the earth. We have to go back up there in the morning. SAMANTHA Why would governments try to cover up the existence of aliens from outer space. LIAM It says here that a government organization connected to the Air Force has documents proving the existence of small, gray humanoid aliens from a moon circling Jupiter could be the stopover for saucers from another galaxy. SAMANTHA We've got to go back up there. LIAM Aren't you afraid? SAMANTHA Are you kidding, my uncle found something up there but didn't live long enough to expose what he saw. I'm convinced that these saucers from another planet have created earthquakes around the world. Let's get some sleep and leave early. Liam wakes up checks his laptop it's about 3am. He looks out the window yawning and sees bright lights hovering over Goat Mountain. EXT: LATE NIGHT - OUTSIDE TINY HOME The lights are bouncing in and out of clouds, darting back in and out, a sphere resembling a saucer or triangular object in a split second is now hovering above Liam 's Tiny House. INT: LATE NIGHT - INSIDE TINY HOME LIAM Sam, wake up. Look. The triangular craft is about 1000 feet above Liam's home. Suddenly bright lights are shining down it's daylight at 3am. The area surrounding Liam's home was surrounded by a blinding light shooting down from the saucer. Liam opened the door and Rocky his dog shoots out of the house. Suddenly the Saucer like object shoots like a bullet back toward Goat Mountain, it seemed like a split second. It's pitch black. SAMANTHA Holy crap Liam, what is happening? LIAM It's got something to do with what we saw at Goat Mountain. If we report this, people will say were crazy. We have to find out what's going on. SAMANTHA Where do you think they're from? LIAM It's got to be some planet in our solar system. I've heard Jupiter has four giant moons. In our astronomy class, Europa was one of the best places to look for life beyond Earth. I'll bet that's where our visitors are coming from. Special effects space travel. As Liam speaks special effects of travel through the blackness of space, passing each one of Jupiter's moons and zooming in on the planet Europa. LIAM That moon is dying, maybe they're snatching bodies from Earth to replenish their dying population. SAMANTHA Dead bodies from a decrepit cemetery? Special effects of flying objects coming out of the dark side of Europa traveling at high rates of speed. Moving circling the moon launching frequently bursting out of formation moving on a path toward earth. LIAM That's it, Europa's got to be where there coming from. SAMANTHA You think? LIAM I've got to get some sleep; we have to plan our trip to the mountain bright and early. Let's hit it! SAMANTHA and Liam call it a night. The morning desert Sun wakes Liam, Sam is now awake. Liam opens his laptop and begins researching extraterrestrials. One of the items peaks his interest. SAMANTHA Let's make something quick to eat and head out to meet our friends from Europa. LIAM Wherever they're from let's hope we aren't their next passengers. EXT: MORNING - TINY HOME Rocky jumps into Liam's Tacoma, Sam hops in, it's Sunday and sightseers will be hiking trails along Goat Mountain. I think I've got something that could give us an idea on what were looking at Sam. Let me read what this researcher says, "The only way these UFO's move through the galaxies without traces of how they accelerate is to assume that they're propelled by solar radiation." SAMANTHA That makes sense to me. LIAM The only way it can be propelled by solar radiation. The skin of the craft is super thin and stores energy to power the craft. These spaceships were designed hundreds of thousands of years ago by some type of super intelligence. Imagine how their technology is millions of years ahead of ours. SAMANTHA Does it say anything about the planet Europa? LIAM Earth-like planets are orbiting sunlike stars like suns in their own galaxies. SAMANTHA I wonder if Europa is just a drop off point, while these UFOs are traveling toward other planets like earth. LIAM According to this article they’re than 4 billion sunlike stars in the Milky Way and at least 2.4 billion planets in just our galaxy alone. SAMANTHA Imagine how many of these UFO's are just flying through the galaxies looking for other forms of life. This is getting a little to mind boggling for me. LIAM My guess is that these spaceships have crews that are morphed into small little external drives are controlled by some type of plan using the stars to guide them. Like our White Walker, was dropped from the space ship and transformed from some type of AI storage cylinder and turned into the body that we saw on Goat Mountain. What do you think Sam? SAMANTHA I'm thinking we can't be the only life out there. If we're a young planet, there has to be thousands of other planets that have perfected traveling through the galaxies. They've got millions of years of perfecting how to travel to different planets. Liam's thinking out loud. LIAM Where are these planets? How many want to communicate with us? Where are they? Do they really want to? SAMANTHA I got called back to my office; they need me to close out a deal. Liam you have to focus. I’ll be back tomorrow. SAMANTHA aerial of driving off. EXT: JOSHUA TREE - HAPPY HOUR AT THE "OUT THERE" RESTAURANT AND BAR. Next to the “Out there Restaurant and Bar” Liam walks into a gun shop next to the bar. A signed drew him in. SIGN Protect yourself they are here. GUN SHOP OWNER Can I help you? Liam is struggling with reality. He sees danger in the form alien creatures standing behind the counter. The aliens are devoid of human life and are communicating sending numbers into his brain. He hears a voice. GUN SHOP OOWNER Sir, can I show you a firearm. Liam snaps out of his mind blowing experience. LIAM No thanks, I’m fine. I need a drink! Liam walks into "The Out There" Joshua Trees favorite Marine hangout. As he walks to the Bar, 2 Hercules Choppers fly above him as they make their decent to 29 Palm Marine Base. Liam thinks nothing of it. INT: JOSHUA TREE - OUT THERE BAR - EARLY EVENING LIAM I'll have a draft beer and a shot of Tequila one of your famous burgers. BARTENDER You got it. A group of Marines are sitting in the corner playing darts and shooting pool. Loud and boisterous. One of the Marines recognizes Liam and moves to an empty stool next to Liam. The Marine is a little on the drunk side, but alert and very talkative. LCPL DANNY WOOD Hey Pard, I'm Corporal Danny Wood, I think I recognize you. LIAM I don't think we've ever met. Wood looks around to see where his mates are, if they're in listening distance, they're not. LCPL DANNY WOOD Well Bud, I know a lot about you. Don't you live in the middle of nowhere, a few miles from here. LIAM Yea, and Corporal Wood, how would you know that? Wood looks around again, nobody still nobody listening. LCPL DANNY WOOD Well, Liam can I call Liam? LIAM Sure. LCPL DANNY WOOD If I tell you how I know, I’ll have to kill you. LIAM Really? LCPL DANNY WOOD No I'm just joshing with you. LIAM Go ahead. LCPL DANNY WOOD Since you're a part of my assignment, you're not in any trouble, and if the boss knows I'm talking to LIAM, I could get in a lot trouble. LIAM Now you've got me goin. What's this all about. LCPL DANNY WOOD Well I'm not for hiding government secrets, you have to know that and I'm not to crazy about surveilling every move you and your girlfriend are making, let's just leave it at that. LIAM Hold it, me and my girlfriend, you just opened up a brand-new conversation. LCPL DANNY WOOD Hold it, Liam, I'm on your side. I'm not crazy about the government secretly monitoring your activates but you should know we've been watching your every move. If my boss get's wind of our conversation, I'm toast! Can I have your word? LIAM All depends, what the hell are we talking about? LCPL DANNY WOOD I'm working for a branch of the Government who's connected with National Security. We've got eyes on you and everyone that's been looking UFO's. We've got a mass of electronic data on folks like you that moved from watching terrorists, let's morphed into looking into the private lives of people looking into extraterrestrial activities. LIAM Bullshit. I don't believe it. LCPL DANNY WOOD Look I could get in a lot of trouble if this conversation get's past these bar stools. You look like a good guy, and I just wanted you to know, we're keeping a eye on you and your friend. LIAM What does that mean? LCPL DANNY WOOD Laptop, security cameras, we've monitored all of your links to the internet. LIAM OK why? LCPL DANNY WOOD That's for another day. LIAM You know this is bullshit. Let's meet again same time same place text me you number since you know so much about me. Liam throws his money on the bar and storms out. Aerial of him arriving to his desert home. Opens the front door, is greeted by his dog Rocky. LIAM We've got work to do. INT: LATE AFTERNOON - TINY HOME Liam opens his laptop, spots a tiny camera on top of the screen. Covers it with tape. Then collects tape to cover all of his indoor and outdoor security camera's. Liam then turns on his laptop, and searches websites from the 'dark web" that offer sites that can be secured against hacking by any foreign entity including the military. His cell phone rings, it's SAMANTHA. SAMANTHA LIAM how's your day going. LIAM My day let's see. No let's not see. If you have some time c'mon over, I'll be waiting. No emergency but we've got to talk. SAMANTHA I'll get off early, things are really slow around here. Be there, leaving now. SAMANTHA pulls through the Corral posts she parks in front of Liam’s Tiny Home. Liam puts his fingers up to his mouth to signal a "shoosh" no talk sign. EXT: LATE AFTERNOON - TINY HOME He signals her outside; she looks around and sees the security cameras are covered. Liam leads her to his truck. Then remembers he's being watched, Satellites, sound detectors maybe planted on his truck, he grabs her hand and they walk to the outskirts of his property. LIAM How does your day look tomorrow. SAMANTHA Friday's are tough, everyone wants to close their escrows, but I can probably leave early if I get my work done. They’re standing sideways talking to each other, we see clouds forming around Goat Mountain, faint lights are traveling through the clouds unnoticed by Liam and SAMANTHA. LIAM We're being watched. SAMANTHA By who. LIAM A top-secret unit at 29 Palms looking for Extraterrestrial signs of Intelligent life beyond earth. They've picked up conversations on my laptop, my security cameras, and are following us. They've picked up our trips to Goat Mountain, they've probably have satellite's looking at us right now. SAMANTHA How did you find out about this? LIAM I dropped into the "Out There" Bar and someone from their secret facility recognized me, through some type of facial recognition. I think that we know a lot more than they do. SAMANTHA This is getting a lot bigger that we've ever thought. When do you want to get back to Goat Mountain. LIAM Tonight. SAMANTHA Ok let's get prepared. They start packing the Camper. INT: 29 PALMS MARINE BASE - SECRET BUNKER In a bunker below 29 Palms Marine Corps base, we see banks of computers, and screens monitoring satellite images, the Hubble and Kepler telescopes from outer space. They've contacted the Space Station circling the earth, we see an image of Liam's camper traveling to Goat Mountain. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, they're on the move. Lieutenant Morris is looking over LCPL Danny Woods shoulder. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Don't lose them. LCPL DANNY WOOD They should be using the same trail from last time. EXT: LATE AFTERNOON - GOAT MOUNTAIN The Lieutenant nods approval. Liam and SAMANTHA arrive at the Goat Mountain Trail that led them to the metal discoveries. It's almost midnight. SAMANTHA I hear a swooshing sound. Something's hovering over us, I can't tell what. LIAM I've got my camera, the infra lens should pick up whatever we can't see. Suddenly a bright light turning midnight into daylight is shooting down on Liam and SAMANTHA. A foreign object resembling a cigar shape about 200 feet long, drops another sphere resembling a saucer the size of a city bus. LIAM and Sam are stunned to silence, they're in awe of what they see. A ghost-like body slowly floats our of the saucer, it resembles a White Walker with a large head measuring 7 to 8 feet tall. It's arms are pinned against its body. As it leaves the saucer, it disappears, and appears a few feet in front of the shocked pair. SAMANTHA What do we do? LIAM Let's wait and see its next move. Do you feel anything unusual? I'm getting some numbers floating in front of my eyes. One's, zero's, X's, how about you. SAMANTHA I'm looking straight at this thing. It's talking with its eyes. Their eyes talk. They're using some type of brain wave communication. My mind has lots of static, I see numbers flashing, I think we're making some type of contact. LIAM Look up do you see the object that dropped him? SAMANTHA It's a huge black triangular shaped craft. It's got this huge white ball of light. It's just disappeared. LIAM The creature is walking toward us. Sam get behind me. It's staring at me. I've got these brain waves going through my head giving me some type of jumbled numbers, its eyes are creating images in my brain. SAMANTHA He's moving too fast. I see a blinding light, do you see it, my body feels limp all of a sudden. LIAM It's all in our heads. It looks like some type of telepathic communication through their eyes, it’s like we're getting hypnotized The Alien's body is fading in and out of reality. Numbers are generating in Sam and Liam's heads. LIAM I think whatever it is wants us to decipher the numbers he's planting in our brains. The Alien is no longer visible. Sam and Liam begin hiking down the trail back to Liam's camper. SAMANTHA How much of what we saw did you get on camera? LIAM We'll check it out when we get back. The camper travels down the dirt road leading to Liam's home. The moon is earie and reflects the pairs out of body experience. They open the door to Liam's home. The lights get turned on and a 8 foot ghost like White Walker is standing in the corner. The alien is fading in and out of reality. Communicating with numbers. INT: LATE NIGHT - INSIDE CAMPER SAMANTHA Oh no, what the hell. What’s going on you look like your in a trans. INT: NIGHT - TINY HOME LIAM I'm getting all of these numbers in my brain, where's my laptop? He opens the laptop, and pulls up the app for Alien translations. A new app created by a MIT professor called Alien chat. Liam starts typing in numbers his brain is feeding him. LIAM begins typing 1 0 0 0 0 111 using the App for translation. As Liam types of the numbers begin to translate into words. The computer begins breaking down numbers to their relation to the totals that Liam has transcribed on his computer. LIAM We’re getting some translation of the numbers. The numbers are jumping through a quick progression of unscrambling into sentences. The laptop screen is starting to spit out a translation of jumbled numbers x's and O's. Liam starts to experience dreams in the alien’s language. He sees himself as a three-year-old boy sitting in the back seat while his dad drives. The car stops, the owls are superimposed on the rear window facing him. Suddenly the laptop translates LAPTOP "Search for humanoids, not war, no strike 24 hours." Inside the 29 Palms Bunker the message from Liam's laptop appears on LCPL'S Wood's screen. He alerts Lieutenant Morris. LCPL DANNY WOOD Montgomery's made contact. The message is something about humans and war. We have 24 hours or our forces will strike. Several other sites gear up to do the same thing, while the sites all disconnect from each other. The message is misinterpreted but Lieutenant orders an alert. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, I don't think what you've read is what the message infers. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Lance Corporal let me the judge of that. LAPTOP Static, jumbled numbers, in and out of reality. INT: 29 PALMS - LATE NIGHT LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, I'm picking up a signal from Liam’s laptop again. He's just posted at least 100 numbers to a top-secret UFO site called Alien Chat. He's trying to get a translation. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Maybe we can get a connect with the Alien-Chat website. LCPL DANNY WOOD I'll try to get Ian's password, this could be a tough one. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Just do it! LIAM Were getting some translation of the numbers. The numbers are jumping through a quick progression of unscrambling into sentences. The laptop screen is starting to spit out a translation of jumbled numbers x's and O's. Liam starts to experience dreams in the aliens language. He sees himself as a three-year-old boy sitting in the backseat while his dad drives. The car stops, the owls are superimposed on the rear window facing him. Suddenly the laptop translates. LAPTOP Search for humanoids, not war, no strike 24 hours." “Searh for humanoids, not war, Message keeps repeating. Inside the 29 Palms Bunker the message from Liam's laptop appears on LCPL'S screen. He phones Lieutenant Morris. Montgomery's made contact. The message is something about humans and war. We have 24 hours, or they will strike. Several other sites gear up to do the same thing, while the sites all disconnect from each other. The message is misinterpreted but Lieutenant orders an alert. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, I don't think that's what the message implies. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Lance Corporal let me the judge of that. Liam's laptop is posting images. LAPTOP Static, jumbled numbers, in and out of reality. Lieutenant Morris, somewhere on the 29 Palms underground bunker calls his (EARTH SCIENCE PLANETARY AND ASTROPHYSICS) Bunker - in for a conference to discuss their new assignment, Montgomery and his contact with an Extraterrestrial. Several Intelligence officers are attending the meeting. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Before we start I want to introduce one of senior defense members of the Presidents Security Council. Professor James Leonard. Professor Leonard is a bearded man who resemble and elderly gold miner from the movie "Treasure of Sierra Madre." He's a retired Lt Col in the Marine Corps and has been on the CIA's UFO think tank for years. His credits include CIA's extraterrestrial's secret Stargate and Remote Viewer project. JAMES LEONARD Thank you, Lieutenant Morris. We never use the word alien, visitor is more commonplace. There are good visitors and bad visitors. We've not determined what we're dealing with yet. As a member of the Alamogordo, New Mexico project where we attempt to talk to these so-called visitors, we used linguists to interpret the language these visitors are conveying. LIEUTENANT MORRIS What did you come up with Professor. Morris says impatiently. JAMES LEONARD On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 began its routine red-eye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. This is what we know. Shortly after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar screens, and no one in charge could explain why. Certain government agencies investigating the plane’s disappearance sent underwater vehicles with camera’s to the what we knew was the planes resting place. Camera’s on our submergible looked inside the planes fuselage and they discovered that the lights in the aircraft were still functioning, passengers were still strapped into their seats, and upon further inspection the pilots were staring at a note on their front window. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Ok, Doctor Leonard your going to tell us that some type of mysterious non-human sign was attached to the inside of their cockpit. JAMES LEONARD Precisely, Lieutenant. LIEUTENANT MORRIS And what did it say. JAMES LEONARD We are here! Nine years later, the event is still a disturbing, unresolved mystery. Scientists and investigative journalists, all continue to search for answers. But this secret has been held from them. Days following when conspiracy theories and false accusations started to spiral out of control our security agencies decided not to report the mysterious findings from our underwater search for Flight Malaysian Airlines 370. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Are you saying our government is keeping information from the American people? JAMES LEONARD You could say that Lieutenant. Another mysterious event happened soon afterward. On March 8, 2014, Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 began its routine red-eye from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. Shortly after takeoff, the plane disappeared from radar screens, and no one in charge could explain why. Nine years later, the event is still a disturbing, unresolved mystery, We’re all searching for answers. DR. ARMITAS What Professor Leonard has not told you is In July of that same year, Malaysian Airlines lost another aircraft when MH17. The cause is top secret. That Disappeared, experts discuss how the chances of two aircraft from the same airline crashing in such a short time frame are infinitesimal, causing the conspiracy theories to go even further. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Is MH370 still being searched for? Authorities officially ended the search for MH370 in 2017, but many independent investigators and aviation experts are still looking for answers. Maybe Mr. JAMES LEONARD We discovered the visitors we came in contact with communicated with their eyes and used mind language in the form of mathematics. Using their eyes to transfer equations that we attempted to solve in real time. Gentlemen, the mistake we’re making is when we think about extraterrestrials we assume they’re just like us, a few hundred years advanced. Not so, they are millions of years more advanced than us. They harness power of stars to use shortcuts through space. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Do you agree that we should capture one of these aliens, I mean visitors and interrogate it. This is what we know. A fellow by the name of LIAM has contacted an Extraterrestrial. We know this through our surveillance of his home, computer and satellite tracking. His girlfriend is also involved, and they both have been investigating UFO's hovering over the skies of Goat Mountain here in Landers, Joshua Tree. We know they've contacted one of these aliens and we're putting together a plan to capture this space creature. We'll keep everyone in the loop. We make this happen without getting the press involved. We are not trying to create a Worldwide event and scare the hell out of everyone, so everyone in this room is sworn to secrecy. That's all for today. JAMES LEONARD I don't think that's a great idea right now. Let's do some more checking. Under the veil of darkness three agents in camouflage from ESPA planted a listening device under Montgomery's Tacoma. They cleanup, nod approval and leave. Morris calls a secure line and summons LCpl DANNY WOOD. Wood opens the conference room door, stands at attention, salutes Lieutenant Morris. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, we may be moving to fast. The message has been analyzed and it's not what it sounds like. The part about humans and war. We have 24 hours, or they will strike. That's not what they mean. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Have a seat Wood. We need to establish a battle plan to avoid any embarrassing information leading to the public about our two friends. Get all the analysts together and let's meet in one hour in the bunker's conference room. By the way Wood did you get that listening and tracking device planted on Montgomery's truck. We need to track every move he makes. INT: LIAM'S TINY HOME - JOSHUA TREE - LATE AFTERNOON LIAM Whatever it is have control of information on my laptop. I'm getting pictures 3D pictures of markings dating back 75,000 years ago. I'm getting some flashback about the carving on the walls with off looking figures scrawled depicting objects flying over the cavemen. They almost appear real. SAMANTHA All I see is static on your laptop. They must be communicating with you through some cerebellar network. I read about this it may relate to your childhood experiences. The White Walker like alien is hovering in Montgomery's home fading in and out of reality. LIAM We must get back up there, start packing. I'll get Rocky meet me in the truck. LCpl Wood is on a head piece with Lieutenant Morris on the other end. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir, They're on the move again. Lots of action on Reynold’s laptop. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Can you make anything out of it. LCPL DANNY WOOD What ever they picked up on the laptop has them rushing out to Reynold’s truck. Looks like they're heading back up to Goat Mountain. LIEUTENANT MORRIS ‘ EXT: GOAT MOUNTAIN - LATE EVENING Liam and SAMANTHA have arrived on a Goat Mountain back trail. The ghostly White Walker like alien appears a few yards in front of them. They follow the alien to the spot where bodies were dropped from the UFO above the Goat Mountain cemetery. SAMANTHA He's leading us somewhere. LIAM I can't see him; it's fading in and out. The alien leads them to the location where bodies were dropped then disappears. SAMANTHA Liam, look on the ground, there are tiny remnants of shinney dust like particles. LIAM Don't touch them. They could be radioactive. They're connected to some type of extraterrestrial object that either released the particles or discharged some UFO space materials. The underground bunker tracking Liam and SAMANTHA with Satellite images technicians zoom on the spot where the shinney objects appear. Morris overlooks the monitors. The team arrives at the Goat Mountain site where Liam and SAMANTHA were last seen. A heavy fog engulfs the site as the team picks up particles from the ground. A white ghost like figure appears hovering over the small search party. One of the men looks up and sees the extraterrestrial hovering above them. Liam and SAMANTHA are about to hike from a back trail that merges with the main trail. They see the servicemen with Hazmat suits hiking up the trail holding AK 47's. LIAM Sam this is a good spot to see what is happening. SAMANTHA Look Liam they have some type of metallic net. This isn't right. They're trying to capture something they know nothing about. Liam looks up at the large rock they're standing behind. LIAM I don't believe this, look up, doesn't that look like two owls with large eyes starring down on us. SAMANTHA Holy Shit. What's going on here? Suddenly the ground caves in and the team is sucked into a vacuum that tosses them thousands of feet below the surface of Goat Mountain. The team leader is watching from a distance and looses site of his men. A thick fog now surrounds the area, and the team leader looks on as his men disappear. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sargent Maddox can you give me an update. I have Sargent Maddox on the secure line. SARGENT MADDOX Something strange has just happened, my men have all disappeared from site. I'm going to investigate. LCPL DANNY WOOD I would not advance until I get orders from Lieutenant Morris. Stand your ground, sir. Lieutenant Morris has been looking over LCPS Woods shoulder watching the team and its mysterious disappearance. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Sargent this is Lieutenant Morris, stand by for more direction, do not, I repeat do not move from your position. LCPL DANNY WOOD Sir? LIEUTENANT MORRIS Something crazy is going on, I have to check with the command office for our next move. Tensions rise in the underground bunker. A controlled chaos and uncertainty prevails throughout the underground control room. A meeting in the Bunker conference room is taking place. Professor Joseph Armitas a renown scholar of extraterrestrial space travel and author of "The Physics of "Faster than Lightspeed" and part of the UFO team assembled by the Department of National Security is questioned about the findings on Goat Mountain. LIEUTENANT MORRIS We have an emergency on our hands, and we want to get some guidance from Professor Joseph Armitas who's written many articles regarding UFO's and space travel. The professor is a former decorated combat officer who's in charge of the National Geo-space Intelligence Agency that studies unidentified aerial phenomena. We're lucky to have him here. DR.ARMITAS Thank you, Lieutenant, in my view extraterrestrials and UFO's have been shadowing our planet for thousands of years. The existence of these aliens through reversed engineering of unknown origin is fundamentally correct and may present us with indisputable evidence of their existence. The origin of technologies we are seeing are derived from non-human intelligence and we're just scratching the service. As Professor Leonard told us earlier, the best way to communicate with these space aliens is to learn the language they speak with their eyes. LIEUTENANT MORRIS With all due respect Professor, the men I sent up to Goat Mountain have disappeared. We don’t have time. I want to get to the bottom of it. DR.ARMITAS I understand your concern. This only proves that we're not alone. I would gladly join you, maybe we can coax the young man to give us more information. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Professor, since time is of the essence here and some of my best men are missing, I suggest we leave A SAP! LCPL Wood, get Reynold’s on the line or better yet, get over to his place and tell him he has to work with us. Got it? LCPL DANNY WOOD Yes sir I'm on it. A triangular saucer-like object is hovering hundreds of feet above their location on Goat Mountain. A bright light shines down on the Goat Mountain Cemetery where Liam and SAMANTHA are hiding. The 29 Palms Hazmat team has just been devoured by some type of indescribable cave in. SAMANTHA Holy Shit. What's going on here Liam? Before Sam and Liam leave, hundreds of bodies are floating to the ground from the space object. They float to the ground, they appear to morph from ghost-like objects into humans, all shapes and sizes. They land on the ground and begin walking into the darkness. LIAM Let's get out of here! Liam and SAMANTHA drive off. They arrive at Liam's home in Landers. A Humvee is parked in front of Liam's property. SAMANTHA What the hell is this all about? LIAM Stay here Sam, I'll take care of this. Liam approaches the two investigators from 29 Palms. Can I help you? INVESTIGATOR ONE Are you LIAM? LIAM Yes, I am, again, what's this all about? INVESTIGATOR ONE We're hear to search your residence. LIAM You are, do you have a search warrant. INVESTIGATOR ONE Have you got word from Lieutenant Morris? Morris is on earphones with Investigator two. INVESTIGATOR TWO Lieutenant Morris wants us to report back to base. LIAM Whose Lieutenant Morris? INVESTIGATOR ONE We're not at liberty to give you that information. We're just doing our job. LIAM Tell Lieutenant Morris to call me, we need to get a few things straightened out. INVESTIGATOR ONE I'll relay that information sir. LIAM Tell him I'm expecting his call. Investigator one tells investigator two to phone Lt. Morris and update him. Liam is asking for a search warrant. Well do you have a search warrant or not? If you don't please get off of my property. INT: AFTERNOON -29 PALMS BUNKER CONFERENCE ROOM. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Professor Armitas, I'm ready to leave. JAMES LEONARD Gentlemen, the mistake we’re making is when we think about extraterrestrials we assume they’re just like us, a few hundred years advanced. Not so, they are millions of years more advanced than us. They harness power of stars to use shortcuts through space. LIEUTENANT MORRIS We don’t have time for this, my men are missing we need to find out what’s happening. DR. ARMITAS We have to do our homework here, If you start multiplying the millions of habitable planets in the Milky Way, some researchers predict there may be as many as 16,000 alien civilizations traveling through our universe. Lieutenant, the technological gap that likely exists between the human race and a messengers from beyond the solar system is vast. It would probably appear in the form of an artificial intelligence object. This messenger could be thousands of years old. DR.ARMITAS Not to mention it's traveled a million or billion light years from our planet. They would need an enormous amount of energy. My guess is that these advanced civilizations have existed for hundreds of thousands years have found a way to conquer movement throughout the galaxies in manners that humans cannot understand. My guess is that there are more than one advanced civilization based on the amount of millions of galactic matter that is part of our universe. JAMES LEONARD I concur, Doctor. In my view, the realization that extraterrestrials visiting earth for thousands of years include other advanced civilizations that have visited our planet. LIEUTENANT MORRIS They've probably monitored our world and have no interest in becoming part of the problems we have. Mr. Liam may help us find how they developed and use new technology we know nothing about. DR.ARMITAS It would be a good idea to interview this young man that's been visiting the Mountain and get his views on what it is we're exactly working looking for. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Right now, it looks like he doesn't want to cooperate. DR.ARMITAS Let me talk to Mr. Liam. I'm sure he would be interested in space travel and the visitor he's met. Lieutenant how can I reach this young man? LIEUTENANT MORRIS LCPL Wood can make the connection. Wood try your best to get Montgomery to talk to us. DR. ARMITAS If we make contact with such a messenger, it would probably appear in the form of an artificial intelligence object. This messenger could be thousands of years old. DR.ARMITAS Not to mention it's traveled a million or billion light years from our planet. They would need an enormous amount of energy to power their vehicles to justify their huge energy expenditures. My guess is that these advanced civilizations have existed for hundreds of thousands of years have found a way to conquer movement throughout the galaxies in manners that humans cannot understand. My guess is that their are more than one advanced civilization based on the amount of millions of galactic matter that is part of our universe. JAMES LEONARD I concur, Doctor. In my view, the realization that extraterrestrials visiting earth for thousands of years together with other advanced civilizations that have visited our planet is a fact. LIEUTENANT MORRIS They've probably monitored our world and have no interest in becoming part of the problems we've created. JAMES LEONARD We need to talk to Mr. Liam as soon as possible. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Let’s pay him a visit. LIEUTENANT MORRIS We’ve got to capture these aliens before they take over the planet. DR ARMITAS Lieutenant you’re overreacting. Let’s have some semblance of rationality here. The visitor or aliens said they mean no harm, we have to honor it’s wish. Doctor Armitas, Professor Leonard, Lieutenant Morris are now in a Black Suburban, LCPL Wood is driving, an aerial of their SUV shows them entering Liam property. A caravan of two Black SUV’s enter Liam property. LIAM Sam, you have to see this, looks like we’ve got company. SAMANTHA Liam, turn on your laptop, maybe we can make contact with our visitor from who knows where. LCPL Wood knocks on the door, Liam can we enter? INT: AFTERNOON - TINY HOME LIAM At your own risk. This is my friend Samantha, what can we do for you? LIEUTENANT MORRIS First of all, my name is Lieutenant Chuck Morris. And these two gentlemen are part of our UFO investigative program at 29 Palms. Dr. Armitas, and Professor James Leonard. You’ve met LCPL Wood. LIAM I’ve read about you both. Very impressive. SAMANTHA Well, well, something Liam hasn’t ever mentioned, my pleasure. LIEUTENANT MORRIS We’re here to talk about your recent trips to the Mountain. What can you share with us? Liam’s laptop is on, static from one of his programs is creating an unusual noise. SAMANTHA Liam, I’ll check it out. PROFESSOR ARMITAS What we have here is a ground breaking event that you may not understand Liam. We believe you’ve come in contact with intergalactic voyagers. Can you tell me what you’ve discovered? LIAM I’m not sure what your asking, but Sam and I have felt the presence of some type of alien being that speaks through brain messages. JAMES LEONARD Tell us about that Liam. LIAM Doctor Leonard I’ve read your books, and I trust you may know what I’m talking about. SAMANTHA You’ve never mentioned Doctor Leonard either Liam. You’ve been keeping me in the dark. Liam smiles at Samantha sensing she’ pulling his chain. LIAM The one episode we’ve had with what we think is a visitor from I don’t know where, he stood right about the spot your standing in, communicated with his eyes, hundreds of numbers flooded my brain, and somehow they translated into a form of English language. JAMES LEONARD Do you recall what the visitor said? LIAM Something about not on this planet to make war. But on some type of mission. JAMES LEONARD What type of mission. LIAM We didn’t get that far. It seems that the folks at 29 Palms keep interfering with our contacts. My guess is based on what we’ve seen, Sam and I, their trying to populate our planet with a civilization that’s dying on their planet and whatever there up to is mind boggling. DR ARMITAS How’s that Liam? LIAM Well last night when we visited Goat Mountain, a couple of out of body events happened. When I was a kid, more than 30 years ago, I experienced two owls stuck to my rear window while my father was driving. Those same two owls appeared last night while some type of Space Vehicle deposited hundreds of ghost like bodies, they floated to the ground, morphed into humans, and walked away into the darkness. Maybe, just maybe. SAMANTHA What are you thinking Liam? LIAM I’m thinking that since I’ve been a little kid, those two owls somehow gave me the some type of skill to translate numbers into language. SAMANTHA You’ve got a special power? LIAM I don’t know Sam. Liam’s life flashes before him. Little boy to present. Possibly a product of visiting another realm that’s given him special powers. He sees White Walkers, he sees planetary travels, other forms of extraterrestrial life. Could he be one of them? Could he have super human powers, is he really thousands of years old? He snaps out of the daydream. DR ARMITAS So what you’re saying is you think this space vehicle dropped off possible beings from another planet, and they transform into humans and disappear. LIAM Something like that. Right Sam? DR ARMITAS James if this is true than we have to surmise that these space objects are dropping thousands of these bodies that are morphing into humans. LIAM My guess is that these space ships are carrying remnants of beings that are part of a planet that’s existence is coming to an end. They’ve have been recovering corpses from the Goat Mountain Cemetery, and cemeteries around the world. They’re reconstituting their civilization with exhumed bodies from earth. DR ARMITAS Interesting observation. LIEUTENANT MORRIS I’d love to capture one of these aliens. LIAM Not too sure you want to do that Lieutenant. You have no idea what would happen to you. It’s nightfall, and bright light appears in the distance, within an instant it hovers over Liam’s home. From the bright light shining down on Liam’s property, a ghost like creature floats down and appears in Liam’s home. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Here’s our chance. LIAM Not too fast, out visitor’s here for a reason. The alien is a ghostlike white walker. It’s eyes are shooting out messages to Liam. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Wood call the base we need backup. LIAM Hold on Lieutenant, it’s telling me that you have nothing to fear. The non-human alien is transforming numbers into Liam’s brain and Liam’s brain is translating the numbers into the English. ALIEN After billions of years our planet is dying. Our civilization has been traveling the Universe for millions of years. You’ve traveled with us Liam. You’ve been to our galaxy, we need your help. Your planet is one of many we’re populating. Please do not take my words lightly any type of retaliation will be met with deadly force. We mean no harm. The alien’s ghost like body rises back into the triangular spaceship that’s hovering over Liam’s home. Seconds later the spacecraft shoots back to Goat Mountain and hovers. LIEUTENANT MORRIS That does it. We’re going to Goat Mountain, I have to find my men. Liam you’re coming with us. LIAM I’m not going anywhere unless you tell be what your plan is. LIEUTENANT MORRIS I’ll tell you when we get there! Morris, Leonard, Armitas, get into the four wheel drive SUV. LCPL Woods is driving. Liam sits in the back seat next to Leonard and Armitas. Liam sits next to the rear window. As they drive toward Goat Mountain Liam casually looks out the window, and oddly enough two owls again are pasted to his rear window. LIAM Did you see that? Numbers are shooting through Liam’s brain. Translations are difficult to unscramble. LIAM Their trying to tell me something. LIEUTENANT MORRIS What are you talking about Liam. LIAM Turn around, take me back to my home, Samantha and Rocky need my help. Do it now! The car turns around and speeds down the dirt road to Liam’s Tiny Home. He jumps out of the SUV and runs to the front door. LIEUTENANT MORRIS Let’s get back to the Bunker. Move it Woods. An arial of the SUV speeding back to 29 Palms. Liam enters his Tiny Home. After a few minutes he looks out the window that overlooks Goat Mountain. LIAM Sam look out the window. SAMANTHA I don’t believe this is happening. Thousands of ghostly-like souls are streaming over Liam's property towards Goat Mountain, their ethereal presence is captured by sensitive satellite cameras stationed at the secret bunker in the 29 Palm Marine Base, where scientists and military personnel were astounded at the images of spirits slowly walking toward Goat Mountain. Liam and Samantha, at that very moment, were inexplicably drawn to the mysterious lights above Goat Mountain. Hand in hand, they ventured into the midst of the spectral legions, feeling an eerie but undeniable pull towards the otherworldly phenomena. The night was filled with an eerie silence, broken only by the soft whispers of the departed. Liam and Samantha could feel the chill of the unearthly presence as they walked among the ghostly procession. As they drew closer to Goat Mountain, the source of the mysterious lights became more apparent. A colossal spacecraft, unlike any human-made object, hung in the night sky. Its surface seemed to ripple with cosmic energy, and from its underside, a brilliant beam of light shone down, engulfing the countless souls in its radiant grasp. Liam and Samantha found themselves standing directly beneath the beam of light, bathed in its celestial glow. It was as if time itself had stopped, and they were caught between the realms of the living and the dead. The souls, lost to the annals of history, swirled around them, their translucent forms weaving an intricate dance. The satellite cameras from the secret bunker recorded every moment of this otherworldly encounter. Scientists and military personnel watched in astonishment as they observed the event unfold in real-time, their screens displaying the inexplicable connection between the living and the departed. Liam and Samantha felt a profound sense of unity with the ghostly legions and the cosmic presence above. They could sense a message, a purpose, or perhaps a cosmic revelation hidden within this extraordinary convergence of souls and extraterrestrial light. As the spacecraft slowly ascended into the night sky, carrying the souls with it, Liam and Samantha were left standing together, forever changed by their inexplicable journey into the unknown. And in the secret bunker at 29 Palm Marine Base, the recordings of this remarkable event would become a closely guarded secret, a testament to the mysteries of the universe that were far beyond human comprehension.

SETI efforts are scanning the skies for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence at radio and optical frequencies, but so far without success. And even when we have a detection, how will we communicate with an alien civilization? Several ideas have been suggested, including mathematical and musical approaches. The problem remains, however: Can we really communicate what humanity is about? uses an algorithmic approach to convey the concept of altruism by drawing analogies between social and astrophysical phenomena. For example, the loss of health and life in humans can be algorithmically linked to the well-known astrophysical phenomenon of mass loss in stars during their evolution. As long ago as 1974, scientists attempted to communicate with distant extraterrestrials by beaming the Arecibo radio message to the globular cluster M13. Even if it could be received at a high enough resolution at the intended target—which is unlikely—I doubt that any alien decoder could make sense of it. Without knowing the meaning of the message beforehand, it would be very difficult for most people, including me, to figure it out. And I come from the same cultural background as the message senders, an advantage the aliens won’t have. How should we then try to talk to aliens, when we have nothing culturally in common? In the 1980s Vilmos Csányi and Györsy Kampis from Eötvös University in Hungary suggested that a direct, meaningful communication with extraterrestrial intelligence is highly improbable—which makes any new ideas like Vakoch’s all the more welcome.Maybe face-to-face communication will be easier when the day comes?

Yes, but even that might not be as easy as you’d think. We humans communicate primarily through language, using sound waves in a very narrow range. This doesn’t even apply to all the animals on our own planet, however. For dogs, the primary means of communication is smell. Cuttlefish and squids “talk” by changing their skin coloration and texture, as well as by their posture and movements. For dolphins, it’s a matter of echolocation, clicking, and whistling. Even when we make contact, it might be very difficult to successfully communicate with intelligent aliens, a dilemma that was nicely portrayed in the movie Arrival. Consider that we haven’t really figured out how to effectively communicate with dolphins, a clearly intelligent species related to us. We can’t even decipher some ancient languages from our own species.Should we even assume that intelligent aliens want to communicate with us? In thinking about this question, all too often we project our own desires and expectations.

If aliens are in fact able to visit us, it implies that they have superior technology. Any contact is likely to be on their terms. They may not choose to land on the White House lawn, as naively assumed in some science fiction stories. Their way of contact may surprise us, and may be something we haven’t yet imagined. But sometimes you see animals with traits that they couldn’t possibly have inherited from a common ancestor. For instance, the wings of birds work in pretty much the same way as the wings of bats. But the common ancestor of birds and bats was a small lizard like creature that lived over 300 million years ago, long before even the dinosaurs. It certainly didn’t have wings, and the large majority of its descendants, including elephants and crocodiles, don’t have wings (thankfully). So those wings must have evolved separately in different lines of descendants.

Sometimes this “convergence” of traits is for something obviously useful, like wings. But sometimes convergence produces bizarrely similar creatures that share so many characteristics, it can be hard to believe they’re not closely related. The recently extinct thylacine [a large predatory marsupial native to Tasmania and mainland Australia], for example, could easily be mistaken for a peculiar breed of dog, but it’s much more closely related to a kangaroo! And yet living a life similar to that of modern coyotes or jackals meant that it evolved many similar characteristics convergently. The laws of physics and biomechanics constrain the ways that animals can conceivably evolve mobility on this planet. “And so we can expect these constraints to be operating everywhere in the universe,” Kershenbaum said.

You’re arguing that wherever organisms confront similar environmental challenges, they may come up with similar adaptive solutions. And you expect to see this throughout the universe?Consider flight, since that’s the most famous example of convergence. If you live on a planet with an atmosphere, or even with an ocean or some other fluid, if you want to get from one place to another through that fluid, there’s only a handful of ways to do it. You can jump. You can float, if you’re lighter than the medium that you’re in. The only other way is aerodynamically, with a wing, to generate lift. Those are the mechanics of moving through a fluid medium.On Earth, flight evolved four different times in four different groups: in birds and bats and pterosaurs and insects. The fact that they all use wings isn’t because they evolved on Earth; it’s because it was advantageous to fly, and wings are just about the only way to fly. And so we can expect these constraints to be operating everywhere in the universe.H ow far can that insight take us, though? As you said, organisms anywhere that need to fly are likely to evolve wings. But the wings of bumblebees, bluebirds and bats are very different.

Yes, bat wings and bee wings are different, but only in detail, not in principle. Both consist of a membrane supported by rigid structures. Both generate lift by creating airflow over that membrane. In fact, the main difference between bee wings and bat wings is not in their structure, it’s in the way they use them. The small size of insects means that they cannot simply flap their wings like bats and expect to fly. They need to buzz, generating lift both on the forward stroke of their wings and on the backward stroke — something that neither birds nor bats do.So rather than the diversity of implementations on our planet confounding our comparisons, we can actually be more confident about our predictions, because we can see how tightly constrained these solutions really are. Yes, birds, bats and bees have different wings, but they’ve all achieved the same end result — an aerodynamic wing — despite the hugely different physical constraints acting on them.Coincidences of evolutionary (and even cosmic) history will always affect the details of animal shape and appearance. We have four limbs only because it was a four-finned fish that crawled out of the sea almost 400 million years ago. We could easily have had six limbs, or even eight, if evolutionary history had played out differently.

So there will never really be close similarity between us and our equivalent species on an alien planet. But some things are just so tightly constrained that there aren’t really many alternative ways to do things. Stephen Jay Gould, the noted paleontologist and evolutionary theorist, famously wrote about the idea of “replaying the tape of life” and letting life evolve over again. Gould imagined that the outcomes would be different; we would be unlikely to end up with Homo sapiens, for example. But it sounds like you’re arguing that, while any one specific outcome is unlikely, the same kinds of innovations would crop up again and again? That’s absolutely right. There’s this big argument between Stephen Jay Gould and Simon Conway Morris [of Cambridge]: Is it going to be different every time you replay the tape? Is it going to be the same every time? But obviously, the correct answer is: It will be different, but many things will be the same.

And the things that will be the same are those things that are constrained either by the laws of physics or by the laws of evolution.There are mathematical rules that govern the way evolution works. One of the things I talk about [in the book] is sociality. Sociality evolves because of the particular characteristics of evolution, not because of physics. Those sorts of things are constraints too. They will continue to be constraints no matter how often you replay the tape of lifeScientists’ attempts to understand and communicate with animals on Earth may hold clues to communicating with extraterr estrial life, according to Svetlana Berdyugina, an astrophysicist who has made it her mission to search for signs of life across the galaxy.Berdyugina spoke Friday at the Maikalani UH Institute for Astronomy Advanced Technology Research Center in Pukalani, where, as a visiting researcher, she studies the skies and uses her natural surroundings to hypothesize what life on other planets might be like. “I’ll wander into the lab and I’ll look over, and there’ll be some crazy thing going on, and you’ll sit and listen to her explain why she’s doing it and you’ll realize it’s just brilliance,” said J.D. Armstrong, the technology education and outreach specialist at the institute.While scientists have yet to confirm signs of alien life or alien communication attempts, Berdyugina and other researchers remain convinced that there is more to be discovered in the vast expanse beyond Earth.

Scientists have made numerous attempts to search for and communicate with alien life, said Berdyugina, also a profess or at the University of Freiburg in Germany. Researchers have combed through radio signals, searching for that “sweet spot” where the background noise is low and they can home in on any unusual feedback. They’ve looked for lights and scanned for planets with enough water and oxygen to support life. In 1974, scientists used the 300-meter-in-diameter Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico to broadcast a message containing basic information about Earth to a cluster of stars 25,000 light years away. The goal of the experiment was not to get a reply, which could take some 50,000 years, but rather to demonstrate the capabilities of sending signals far out into space, Berdyugina said.In 1999 and 2003, Canadian scientists sent messages toward possibly habitable planets from Evpatoria in Crimea. In 2001, a group of Russian teenagers did the same. If life is out there, it’s possible that a message from either experiment could be returned within the next 100 years, Berdyugina said.“Why do we expect they are tal king to us or will?” she asked.

“Life cannot not communicate. If alien life exists, it should communicate, at least with itself.”Human interaction with animals may shed some light on how interspecies communication works, said Berdyugina.Many animals appear to have their own languages, she said. Prairie dogs, for example, will change their alarm signals for different predators. Not all humans are the same to prairie dogs – scientists have found that they will vary their signals depending on the human, in essence, using adjectives, Berdyugina said.When it comes to testing for the presence of a language, varying context and identifying changes in signals is important, she stressed.Different species constantly come into contact and communicate in some form, whether prey and predator, owner and pet or animals from different species. Owners use human language with their pets, who cannot speak back but have come to understand words and act accordingly. Scientists have taught primates sign language, giving th em the basic ability to communicate feelings and needs.“This is demonstrating that we actually do succeed in teaching other species our own language, which is interesting,” Berdyugina said.Making contact with an alien civilization is not without its risks, she said. If other, more advanced civilizations do exist, they could possibly “be aggressive to us.” However, scientists have a way of discovering alien life with less risk, by identifying areas where excess heat is generated.

“Life has to have a heat effect on the environment,” Berdyugina said. “We generate heat when we run our computers. We generate heat when we run our air conditioning and our factories and everything else. And that heat is deposited into the environment. ”Heat and the additional infrared radiation it produces, possible indicators of life, can be detected by scientists using tools such as the Colossus telescope the Institute for Astronomy plans to build on Maui.Berdyugina said that the lack of response from aliens thus far could be because humans are “so underdeveloped that we can’t hear or see signals from other places.” It’s also possible that alien life may simply be too far out to reach, or they just choose not to respond.During a 2014 TEDx talk on Maui, Berdyugina said that finding evidence of life on other planets would provide the humbling revelation that humans may be “aliens for somebody else who is looking at us.”“All human history is about is,” Berdyugina said. “We compare ourselves to other forms of life and believe we are the kings of nature. When we find life, we will find out that we are inhabitants of the universe. Our planet is just a single blue dot among billions of others.”The Science of Aliens, Part 5: How Would They Communicate?Contact with intelligent aliens would happen on their terms, not ours.

Amy Adams tries to figure out how to talk to the aliens in the 2016 film Arrival.Current SETI efforts are scanning the skies for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence at radio and optical frequencies, but so far without success. And even when we have a detection, how will we communicate with an alien civilization?Several ideas have been suggested, including mathematical and musical approaches. The problem remains, however: Can we really communicate what humanity is about? I’m skeptical. But new strategies are still being proposed, such as the one outlined in a seminal study led by Douglas Vakoch from METI International, who uses an algorithmic approach to convey the concept of altruism by drawing analogies between social and astrophysical phenomena.

For example, the loss of health and life in humans can be algorithmically linked to the well-known astrophysical phenomenon of mass loss in stars during their evolution.Report this ad As long ago as 1974, scientists attempted to communicate with distant extraterrestrials by beaming the Arecibo radio message to the globular cluster M13. Even if it could be received at a high enough resolution at the intended target—which is unlikely—I doubt that any alien decoder could make sense of it. Without knowing the meaning of the message beforehand, it would be very difficult for most people, including me, to figure it out. And I come from the same cultural background as the message senders, an advantage the aliens won’t have.

How should we then try to talk to aliens, when we have nothing culturally in common? In the 1980s Vilmos Csányi and Györsy Kampis from Eötvös University in Hungary suggested that a direct, meaningful communication with extraterrestrial intelligence is highly improbable—which makes any new ideas like Vakoch’s all the more welcome.Maybe face-to-face communication will be easier when the day comes? Yes, but even that might not be as easy as you’d think. We humans communicate primarily through language, using sound waves in a very na rrow range.

This doesn’t even apply to all the animals on our own planet, however. For dogs, the primary means of communication is smell. Cuttlefish and squids “talk” by changing their skin coloration and texture, as well as by their posture and movements. For dolphins, it’s a matter of echolocation, clicking, and whistling.Even when we make contact, it might be very difficult to successfully communicate with intelligent aliens, a dilemma that was nicely portrayed in the movie Arrival. Consider that we haven’t really figured out how to effectively communicate with dolphins, a clearly intelligent species related to us.

We can’t even decipher some ancient languages from our own species.Should we even assume that intelligent aliens want to communicate with us? In thinking about this question, all too often we project our own desires and expectations. If aliens are in fact able to visit us, it implies that they have superior technology. Any contact is likely to be on their terms. They may not choo se to land on the White House lawn, as naively assumed in some science fiction stories. Their way of contact may surprise us, and may be something we haven’t yet imagined.

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