Ruth Leavitt (Kate Reid) is working when two Air Force officers inform her of a fire. His daughter enters the bedroom with a cup of coffee and asks, "Germ warfare people, Dad? A lab accident?" His grandson enters the bedroom, and excitedly exclaims, "Grandpa, there's a car, and they got guns." Outside in the snow is a green military vehicle surrounded by three soldiers. He's in the hospital: Appendectomy." At the Dutton residence, Clara Dutton (Frances Reid) packs a bag for her husband, Dr. Stone, who is alone on a large commercial jet airliner, and tells him, "I just wanted to inform you that all members of your team have been cleared and are now being called in, except for Professor Kirke. Stone." General Sparks (Peter Hobbs) calls Dr. You will be briefed at the appropriate time. The connection has been broken for reasons of national security. Stone, "This communication is being monitored. The phone line is cut and a voice warns Mrs. ![]() Senator, and tries to report the strange abduction of her husband. Allison Stone frantically calls her father, a U.S. Stone reviews a file on Project Scoop on the drive to San Francisco International Airport. Morton calmly tells Stone, "There's a fire, sir." Morton assures Mrs. Jeremy Stone (Arthur Hill) reacts as if he knew they would arrive which upsets his wife even more than she already is. Morton (John Carter) and his aide (an uncredited Michael Bow) appear and insist on seeing Dr. Allison Stone (an uncredited Susan Brown) answers the doorbell. A party in an upscale Berkeley neighborhood in California is underway. Five scientists are activated and collected: Stone, Leavitt, Dutton, Kirke and Hall. We have evidence here on film of unnatural death caused by Scoop 7 returning to earth." He hangs up the phone. ![]() He leaves a message, "I recommend calling a Wildfire Alert. He enters a small closet, unlocks a red telephone, and calls a special number. Mancheck declares a State of Emergency, and restricts all personnel to base. The pilot is surprised to see all the dead bodies scattered across a wide area. Film to come direct to Scoop." An F-4 Phantom jet criss-crosses the area taking photographs. Major Mancheck (Ramon Bieri) requests a reconnaissance flyby over the town. They report, "We see bodies, lots of them." Before they can retrieve the satellite they are attacked by, "something in white." Lt. ![]() Comroe (Carl Reindel) and report progress. They drive their van into town, all the while they are in direct communication with Vandenberg AFB, Scoop Mission Control. ![]() Crane (Peter Helm) peer at the little hamlet of Piedmont, New Mexico, population 68, through night vision goggles. They do not in any way jeopardize the national security." FIRST DAY (February 5, 1971) Two Air Force men, Lt. The documents presented here are soon to be made public. They encouraged us to tell the story accurately and in detail. We received the generous help of many people attached to Project Scoop at Vandenberg Air Force Base and the Wildfire Laboratory in Flatrock, Nevada. This film concerns the four-day history of a major American scientific crisis.
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