S4 E17
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Season 4  "Tempus Fugit (1)"  4x17

Aired 27 years ago - Mar 16, 1997

While celebrating Scully's 33rd birthday, a strange woman informs Mulder that NICAP member Max Fenig (see Fallen Angel) has recently died in a plane crash. After a visit to the crash site and finding Max's body with radiation burns on it, Mulder suggests that the plane was intercepted by a UFO and is rapidly being covered up by the military.

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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 1
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I didn't know it was your birthday, Scully.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 4
"Commemorating Apollo 11 and the mission to the moon. July, 1969."
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 5
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 6
But I want to stress the need to keep everything...
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Controllers tried to raise 549 on all available frequencies, but the pilots did not respond.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 8
- Forced down by who, or what? - I'm hesitant to speculate.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 9
- find Dr. Spock's phaser or any green alien goo, - [Murmuring, Chuckling]
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 10
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 11
Where's the plane?
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 12
Maybe that one man's life was worth sacrificing 1 33 others.
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Just a few minutes ago, you were absolutely certain he was on this flight.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 16
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He wrote hundreds, maybe even a thousand letters describing his abductions,
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 19
- Mulder-- - The crash of flight 549 will go unsolved unless we prove it.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 20
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But you guys are willing to make a determination as to whether there was an explosion....
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 24
- Why can't you just accept the facts? - Because there are no facts.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 25
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- Did flight 549 show up on your radar? - Yes, sir, it did.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 27
About nine minutes.
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I don't ask. I don't know. I don't want to know.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 29
- I don't want any trouble. Did they find her? - No, ma'am.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 30
It looks an awful lot to me like this place fell from 29,000 feet.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 31
Most commercial planes have an average 20, 30,000 hours' flight time.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 32
It's, uh-- I was way out of line.
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[ Tower Controller] 549, do you read?
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I'm the one that caused that plane crash.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 36
was built upon a lie that Sergeant Frish was asked to perpetuate.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 37
No sign of an explosion, no flashing, no residues, no oxidation, nothing.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 38
Except the military. Which means that this man's life is in danger...
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Mulder.
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Louis! Louis! I want to ask you something.
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I stopped by your place. Nobody was home.
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 47
I need to talk to my agent in charge to get a feel for how to go on this,
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 48
Just to say it was a dot on the screen.
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You're probably gonna end up sleepin' in somebody's office.

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I didn't know it was your birthday, Scully.
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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 4
"Commemorating Apollo 11 and the mission to the moon. July, 1969."
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But I want to stress the need to keep everything...
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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 7
Controllers tried to raise 549 on all available frequencies, but the pilots did not respond.
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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 8
- Forced down by who, or what? - I'm hesitant to speculate.
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Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 9
- find Dr. Spock's phaser or any green alien goo, - [Murmuring, Chuckling]
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Where's the plane?
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Maybe that one man's life was worth sacrificing 1 33 others.
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Just a few minutes ago, you were absolutely certain he was on this flight.
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He wrote hundreds, maybe even a thousand letters describing his abductions,
#18
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- Mulder-- - The crash of flight 549 will go unsolved unless we prove it.
#19
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But you guys are willing to make a determination as to whether there was an explosion....
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- Why can't you just accept the facts? - Because there are no facts.
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- Did flight 549 show up on your radar? - Yes, sir, it did.
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About nine minutes.
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I don't ask. I don't know. I don't want to know.
#28
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- I don't want any trouble. Did they find her? - No, ma'am.
#29
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It looks an awful lot to me like this place fell from 29,000 feet.
#30
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 31
Most commercial planes have an average 20, 30,000 hours' flight time.
#31
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It's, uh-- I was way out of line.
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[ Tower Controller] 549, do you read?
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I'm the one that caused that plane crash.
#35
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was built upon a lie that Sergeant Frish was asked to perpetuate.
#36
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 37
No sign of an explosion, no flashing, no residues, no oxidation, nothing.
#37
Recap of The X-Files Season 4 Episode 17 (S04E17) - 38
Except the military. Which means that this man's life is in danger...
#38
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Mulder.
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Louis! Louis! I want to ask you something.
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I stopped by your place. Nobody was home.
#46
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I need to talk to my agent in charge to get a feel for how to go on this,
#47
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Just to say it was a dot on the screen.
#48
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You're probably gonna end up sleepin' in somebody's office.
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