Travel with us, back to a time when the U.S. government (sort of) supported manned space exploration...  

When a NASA employee comes to Mulder and Scully with the suspicion that someone at NASA is sabotaging the shuttle launches, they head to mission control in Houston to figure out who, if anyone, is the imposter.  

Maybe it’s an alien?  

Or a ghost?  

Or...  

(Originally recorded: 20 September 2020)

(Originally released: 22 October 2020)

Links:

NASA photos of the Cydonia Mensae  

JPL Caption for “Face” Release  

Direct link to processed version of “Face” image  

References:  

The Unofficial X-Files Companion by N.E. Genge  

X Marks the Spot: On Location with The X-Files by Lousia Gradnitzer & Todd Pittson  

The Truth is Out There: The Official Guide to the X-Files by Brian Lowry  

wanting to believe: a critical guide to The X-Files, Millennium & The Lone Gunmen by Robert Shearman  

Music:

“Dark Science” by David Hilowitz

“The Truth Is What We Make of It” by The Agrarians

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