1 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:19,280 GREENE [over radio]: Unknown aircraft. 2 00:00:19,323 --> 00:00:20,672 This is the USS Allegiance. You are approaching 3 00:00:20,716 --> 00:00:22,500 restricted airspace-- do you copy? 4 00:00:23,893 --> 00:00:25,764 I say again. 5 00:00:25,808 --> 00:00:27,288 This is the USS Allegiance. You are approaching-- 6 00:00:27,331 --> 00:00:28,811 WALKER: XO on deck! 7 00:00:28,854 --> 00:00:30,508 As you were. 8 00:00:30,552 --> 00:00:32,293 [indistinct chatter] 9 00:00:32,336 --> 00:00:34,077 What's the situation? 10 00:00:34,121 --> 00:00:35,948 Sir, an unidentified aircraft is rapidly 11 00:00:35,992 --> 00:00:37,559 approaching our airspace. We've attempted 12 00:00:37,602 --> 00:00:39,735 radio contact, but haven't received a response. 13 00:00:39,778 --> 00:00:41,737 How close?15 miles out and closing. 14 00:00:41,780 --> 00:00:43,086 I want 15 00:00:43,130 --> 00:00:44,305 a visual on this bogey now. 16 00:00:45,306 --> 00:00:47,090 GREENE: Ringo, Combat. 17 00:00:47,134 --> 00:00:48,918 A bogey bearing 330, 18 00:00:48,961 --> 00:00:50,224 18 miles out off your nose has 19 00:00:50,267 --> 00:00:51,921 failed repeated hailing attempts. 20 00:00:51,964 --> 00:00:53,705 Change course to intercept. 21 00:00:53,749 --> 00:00:55,142 Is this real world or exercise? 22 00:00:55,185 --> 00:00:57,970 No active training events in the A-O. 23 00:00:58,014 --> 00:01:00,060 Roger. 24 00:01:03,889 --> 00:01:05,195 Why didn't we catch it sooner? 25 00:01:05,239 --> 00:01:07,154 None of our radar systems picked it up. 26 00:01:07,197 --> 00:01:08,503 How is that possible? 27 00:01:08,546 --> 00:01:10,157 It's as if it came out of nowhere, sir. 28 00:01:12,028 --> 00:01:13,508 LANDY: This is a U.S. military aircraft, 29 00:01:13,551 --> 00:01:15,466 You are entering restricted airspace. 30 00:01:15,510 --> 00:01:17,338 Change course and head east immediately. 31 00:01:18,687 --> 00:01:20,950 Unknown aircraft, if you do not comply, 32 00:01:20,993 --> 00:01:23,518 you may be fired upon. 33 00:01:25,215 --> 00:01:27,696 Combat, I'm within visual range, and I'm not seeing anything. 34 00:01:29,045 --> 00:01:31,047 They just crossed the five-mile mark. 35 00:01:32,831 --> 00:01:34,137 Sir. 36 00:01:34,181 --> 00:01:36,313 The bogey just stopped. 37 00:01:36,357 --> 00:01:37,836 Did it hit the water? 38 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:39,142 No, sir, it's maintaining altitude, 39 00:01:39,186 --> 00:01:40,317 but all forward motion has stopped. 40 00:01:40,361 --> 00:01:41,840 Airspeed zero knots. 41 00:01:41,884 --> 00:01:44,104 It's... hovering. 42 00:01:46,541 --> 00:01:48,499 Ringo to Combat, negative visual. 43 00:01:48,543 --> 00:01:50,066 Executing a head-to-head pass. 44 00:01:53,678 --> 00:01:55,158 Tell Ringo to pull off now! 45 00:01:55,202 --> 00:01:57,465 Ringo to Combat, multiple contacts! 46 00:01:57,508 --> 00:01:58,857 Breaking left! 47 00:01:58,901 --> 00:02:00,207 [static crackling] 48 00:02:00,250 --> 00:02:01,730 Stick unresponsive! 49 00:02:01,773 --> 00:02:03,340 I've been hit by an unknown projectile. 50 00:02:03,384 --> 00:02:05,908 [alarm sounding] 51 00:02:10,695 --> 00:02:13,133 ♪ 52 00:02:32,630 --> 00:02:34,676 [laughing] 53 00:02:34,719 --> 00:02:36,982 Didn't realize we were sponsoring 54 00:02:37,026 --> 00:02:38,680 Bezos' moon landing. 55 00:02:38,723 --> 00:02:41,204 Oh, that's hysterical, that's the same joke that Hank made. 56 00:02:41,248 --> 00:02:42,727 Who's Hank? 57 00:02:42,771 --> 00:02:44,425 Hank is our delivery driver-- 58 00:02:44,468 --> 00:02:47,123 who is a delight, by the way. 59 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:49,386 We're already on a first-name basis with Hank? 60 00:02:49,430 --> 00:02:51,040 Doesn't matter. You know what matters is what's in the box. 61 00:02:51,083 --> 00:02:52,563 Help yourself, get in there. 62 00:02:52,607 --> 00:02:54,217 Oh, let's see here.Yeah, check it out. 63 00:02:54,261 --> 00:02:55,958 Ooh, Sky Dancer. 64 00:02:56,001 --> 00:02:57,873 Lite Brite. 65 00:02:57,916 --> 00:02:59,222 A Skip-it?! 66 00:02:59,266 --> 00:03:00,354 [laughing, panting] 67 00:03:00,397 --> 00:03:02,399 What are you doing? 68 00:03:02,443 --> 00:03:05,228 Oh, I'm just looking for the portal to 1992. 69 00:03:05,272 --> 00:03:07,317 'Cause it's got to be in here somewhere. 70 00:03:07,361 --> 00:03:09,450 These are classics, I will have you know. 71 00:03:09,493 --> 00:03:12,583 Oh, my gosh.Yo, try the box with the Sock'em Boppers in it. 72 00:03:12,627 --> 00:03:14,585 Yeah. Okay, we need to prep our house 73 00:03:14,629 --> 00:03:16,457 for the foster inspection. 74 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:18,285 That means baby-lock the cabinets, 75 00:03:18,328 --> 00:03:19,808 remove sharp corners, 76 00:03:19,851 --> 00:03:21,853 and definitely get rid of excess clutter. 77 00:03:21,897 --> 00:03:23,290 That's a Turbo Shot 300! 78 00:03:23,333 --> 00:03:24,987 That's not clutter, that's a Turbo Shot 300. 79 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:27,772 Babe, what is this really about?I'm just 80 00:03:27,816 --> 00:03:30,427 trying to create a welcoming environment, that's all. 81 00:03:30,471 --> 00:03:32,429 And that's incredibly sweet, but that is only a small part 82 00:03:32,473 --> 00:03:34,170 of what this inspection is about. 83 00:03:34,214 --> 00:03:36,041 And plus, these are modern kids. 84 00:03:36,085 --> 00:03:37,782 They want modern, cool things. 85 00:03:37,826 --> 00:03:39,262 Not cool? What are you talking about? 86 00:03:39,306 --> 00:03:41,699 These toys were the coolest when I was a kid. 87 00:03:41,743 --> 00:03:43,048 30 years ago? 88 00:03:44,267 --> 00:03:46,008 I have video games. 89 00:03:46,051 --> 00:03:47,792 Oregon Trail? 90 00:03:47,836 --> 00:03:49,968 Every kid loves a game where they can die from dysentery. 91 00:03:50,012 --> 00:03:51,622 Where have you guys been? 92 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:53,798 I had Rountree come get you like ten minutes ago. 93 00:03:53,842 --> 00:03:55,626 Is that Oregon Trail?! 94 00:03:55,670 --> 00:03:57,976 Why, yes, it is Oregon Trail. Why don't you enjoy 95 00:03:58,020 --> 00:04:00,370 forging the raging rivers and-- 96 00:04:00,414 --> 00:04:02,329 Ow! 97 00:04:07,856 --> 00:04:09,074 SAM: You're late. 98 00:04:09,118 --> 00:04:11,294 I am. 99 00:04:13,688 --> 00:04:14,993 [sighs] 100 00:04:15,037 --> 00:04:16,995 I'm not doing the triathlon alone. 101 00:04:17,039 --> 00:04:19,563 And Otis can't keep up, so... 102 00:04:19,607 --> 00:04:20,999 I was with Anna. 103 00:04:21,043 --> 00:04:23,480 Oh, the trip to Napa 104 00:04:23,524 --> 00:04:25,526 did you two some good. 105 00:04:26,875 --> 00:04:28,485 [clears his throat] 106 00:04:28,529 --> 00:04:30,182 How's your dad? 107 00:04:30,226 --> 00:04:32,489 He's recovering. 108 00:04:32,533 --> 00:04:35,449 You know him. Won't listen or slow down. 109 00:04:37,668 --> 00:04:39,583 You okay, G? 110 00:04:39,627 --> 00:04:41,759 No offense, but... you look terrible. 111 00:04:41,803 --> 00:04:43,935 [sighs] 112 00:04:43,979 --> 00:04:45,676 DARPA's Media Forensics Team 113 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:47,504 hasn't had any hits on the deepfake. 114 00:04:47,548 --> 00:04:49,201 Isn't that a good thing? 115 00:04:49,245 --> 00:04:51,029 [chuckles] 116 00:04:51,073 --> 00:04:53,336 Well, the better we get at finding their flaws, 117 00:04:53,380 --> 00:04:55,817 the better the program is 118 00:04:55,860 --> 00:04:58,689 at fixing its mistakes. 119 00:04:58,733 --> 00:05:01,344 It's invisible 'cause Katya keeps updating it. 120 00:05:01,388 --> 00:05:03,564 She is never gonna stop. 121 00:05:06,349 --> 00:05:07,872 CASTOR: Hey, guys. 122 00:05:07,916 --> 00:05:09,874 He insisted on coming. 123 00:05:13,356 --> 00:05:15,402 I'm assuming by now you've all seen the video 124 00:05:15,445 --> 00:05:17,055 that was posted last night 125 00:05:17,099 --> 00:05:19,014 of the UAP sighting over the L.A. coastline? 126 00:05:19,057 --> 00:05:21,059 The one that's been all over the news? Yeah. 127 00:05:21,103 --> 00:05:23,453 MAN: It's been hovering over the canyon 128 00:05:23,497 --> 00:05:25,542 for the last five, ten minutes. 129 00:05:25,586 --> 00:05:27,675 What is that? 130 00:05:27,718 --> 00:05:29,981 FATIMA: A million views and climbing. 131 00:05:30,025 --> 00:05:31,548 This isn't the only one. 132 00:05:31,592 --> 00:05:33,420 Dozens of videos like this have been posted 133 00:05:33,463 --> 00:05:36,901 from across the city, appearing to show the same phenomenon. 134 00:05:36,945 --> 00:05:39,339 Uh, is nobody gonna say it? 'Cause I will say it. 135 00:05:39,382 --> 00:05:40,862 That's obviously a UF-- 136 00:05:40,905 --> 00:05:43,517 Oh... he's here. 137 00:05:45,649 --> 00:05:47,695 UAP. 138 00:05:47,738 --> 00:05:51,220 Unidentified Aerial Phenomenon. 139 00:05:51,263 --> 00:05:54,049 I know that three-letter words are hard, 140 00:05:54,092 --> 00:05:55,659 but let's try to keep up. 141 00:05:55,703 --> 00:05:59,576 Last night, an unidentified aircraft 142 00:05:59,620 --> 00:06:01,883 penetrated U.S. airspace 143 00:06:01,926 --> 00:06:04,451 off the Southern California coast, 144 00:06:04,494 --> 00:06:09,369 undetected until it accosted the USS Allegiance 145 00:06:09,412 --> 00:06:11,327 while she was conducting 146 00:06:11,371 --> 00:06:13,198 routine training operations. 147 00:06:13,242 --> 00:06:16,332 During pursuit, a mid-air collision occurred, 148 00:06:16,376 --> 00:06:17,812 causing a pilot to eject. 149 00:06:17,855 --> 00:06:19,291 How's the pilot? 150 00:06:19,335 --> 00:06:22,120 Well, while I'm sure that ejecting 151 00:06:22,164 --> 00:06:24,645 at Mach 1 didn't do any good for his nerves, 152 00:06:24,688 --> 00:06:27,125 the pilot was recovered safely. 153 00:06:27,169 --> 00:06:30,999 The F-35, however, was not so lucky. 154 00:06:31,042 --> 00:06:34,655 This incident has caused quite a scene, 155 00:06:34,698 --> 00:06:37,353 drawing a lot of media speculation, 156 00:06:37,397 --> 00:06:40,138 and pointing some unwanted fingers 157 00:06:40,182 --> 00:06:42,837 at Russia, China, North Korea. 158 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,013 You get the idea.In layman's terms, 159 00:06:45,056 --> 00:06:47,015 it's a damn circus out there. 160 00:06:47,058 --> 00:06:49,017 And we really don't know what this thing is? 161 00:06:49,060 --> 00:06:50,888 From all accounts of the incident, 162 00:06:50,932 --> 00:06:52,499 whatever it is circumvented 163 00:06:52,542 --> 00:06:54,239 all of our countermeasures. 164 00:06:54,283 --> 00:06:56,024 Geez.What could even do that? 165 00:06:56,067 --> 00:06:58,679 Not just what, but who? 166 00:06:58,722 --> 00:07:01,377 Now, let me be abundantly clear 167 00:07:01,421 --> 00:07:04,554 about this, this is not about little green men 168 00:07:04,598 --> 00:07:07,383 in flying saucers or whatever 169 00:07:07,427 --> 00:07:10,604 E.T. crap that the media are selling. 170 00:07:10,647 --> 00:07:13,998 Something under orders of someone 171 00:07:14,042 --> 00:07:16,784 violated international law 172 00:07:16,827 --> 00:07:18,829 by entering U.S. airspace 173 00:07:18,873 --> 00:07:21,528 and threatening U.S. Naval vessels. 174 00:07:22,703 --> 00:07:25,270 This is a matter of national security. 175 00:07:25,314 --> 00:07:27,185 [alert beeps]Whoa. 176 00:07:27,229 --> 00:07:29,013 That's weird, uh... 177 00:07:29,057 --> 00:07:31,668 Sam said our pilot just showed up to the boatshed. 178 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:33,104 He wasn't even supposed to be released 179 00:07:33,148 --> 00:07:35,629 from the hospital till the end of the day. 180 00:07:38,545 --> 00:07:40,416 [door opens] 181 00:07:40,460 --> 00:07:42,374 Here you go. 182 00:07:42,418 --> 00:07:44,464 Thanks. 183 00:07:45,508 --> 00:07:47,031 Sorry, sorry!It's okay. 184 00:07:47,075 --> 00:07:48,468 I'll get you a towel.No, no, no. 185 00:07:48,511 --> 00:07:50,600 I can just, uh... 186 00:07:52,776 --> 00:07:54,604 Are you sure you want to do this? 187 00:07:54,648 --> 00:07:56,606 You don't have to be here right now. 188 00:07:56,650 --> 00:07:57,955 I-I'm ready. 189 00:07:58,956 --> 00:08:00,523 I need to do this. 190 00:08:00,567 --> 00:08:02,612 Okay. 191 00:08:04,832 --> 00:08:06,529 Why don't you tell me what happened last night? 192 00:08:06,573 --> 00:08:09,271 Uh, well, I was... 193 00:08:09,314 --> 00:08:12,274 diverted from my training mission 194 00:08:12,317 --> 00:08:14,145 since I was the closest plane in the area. 195 00:08:15,669 --> 00:08:18,323 And we weren't getting any kind of response from the, uh, 196 00:08:18,367 --> 00:08:20,325 aircraft. 197 00:08:20,369 --> 00:08:22,545 If you can call it that. 198 00:08:22,589 --> 00:08:24,025 Were you able to get a good look at it? 199 00:08:24,068 --> 00:08:25,766 No, no. The, uh... 200 00:08:25,809 --> 00:08:28,116 the aircraft had no anti-collision lights on 201 00:08:28,159 --> 00:08:29,813 during my approach, and even... 202 00:08:29,857 --> 00:08:31,293 with the IR, I could barely make out 203 00:08:31,336 --> 00:08:33,121 a heat signature before the thing, uh, 204 00:08:33,164 --> 00:08:35,515 broke apart and, uh... 205 00:08:35,558 --> 00:08:36,777 [rapid breathing] 206 00:08:36,820 --> 00:08:38,605 ...spread around me on radar. 207 00:08:38,648 --> 00:08:40,128 What do you mean, "spread"? 208 00:08:40,171 --> 00:08:41,651 Well, at first I thought it was another plane, 209 00:08:41,695 --> 00:08:43,784 um, deploying chaff, but then 210 00:08:43,827 --> 00:08:46,003 the signatures came towards me 211 00:08:46,047 --> 00:08:48,615 and... surrounded my aircraft. 212 00:08:48,658 --> 00:08:50,181 So I broke off and I tried to put 213 00:08:50,225 --> 00:08:51,618 some distance between me and the other aircraft, 214 00:08:51,661 --> 00:08:54,055 but-but they kept pace and stayed 215 00:08:54,098 --> 00:08:55,839 with me, and once I hit that afterburner, 216 00:08:55,883 --> 00:08:58,320 I would've been going over 650 knots. 217 00:08:58,363 --> 00:09:00,191 How did the craft go down? 218 00:09:00,235 --> 00:09:02,585 Well, once, um... 219 00:09:02,629 --> 00:09:05,196 it was pursuing me, 220 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:07,547 I, uh... deployed flares 221 00:09:07,590 --> 00:09:09,331 and began to climb, 222 00:09:09,374 --> 00:09:12,247 but something hit and... it damaged my wing. 223 00:09:12,290 --> 00:09:14,510 The plane went into a spin-- I had to punch out. 224 00:09:14,554 --> 00:09:17,121 So it fired on you, and it damaged your wing?No! 225 00:09:17,165 --> 00:09:18,993 Sorry. 226 00:09:19,036 --> 00:09:21,343 No. 227 00:09:21,386 --> 00:09:23,867 It's like I told the people at the hospital. 228 00:09:23,911 --> 00:09:25,826 I never had any radar 229 00:09:25,869 --> 00:09:28,132 lock or missile threat. 230 00:09:28,176 --> 00:09:30,613 One of the signatures 231 00:09:30,657 --> 00:09:32,702 hit me midflight. 232 00:09:34,312 --> 00:09:36,314 And they told me they're classifying this incident 233 00:09:36,358 --> 00:09:38,055 as a bird strike. 234 00:09:38,099 --> 00:09:40,014 Can you believe that? 235 00:09:41,537 --> 00:09:43,321 Well, was it? 236 00:09:43,365 --> 00:09:44,584 I mean, you said it yourself 237 00:09:44,627 --> 00:09:45,889 you couldn't get a good look at it. 238 00:09:45,933 --> 00:09:48,588 I mean, yeah, it was dark, but... 239 00:09:48,631 --> 00:09:50,502 when was the last time you heard of a flock 240 00:09:50,546 --> 00:09:52,592 of birds taking down an F-35? 241 00:09:52,635 --> 00:09:54,506 Is that why you're here? 242 00:09:54,550 --> 00:09:56,857 Why you left the hospital before they released you? 243 00:09:56,900 --> 00:09:58,989 You try ejecting 244 00:09:59,033 --> 00:10:02,210 at 7,000 feet only to be told that... 245 00:10:03,646 --> 00:10:05,213 Look. 246 00:10:05,256 --> 00:10:07,563 I don't know what it was that I saw last night. 247 00:10:08,782 --> 00:10:11,828 But it wasn't a bird that took down my jet. 248 00:10:23,710 --> 00:10:25,755 Okay. Thank you. 249 00:10:26,756 --> 00:10:28,366 That was the Coast Guard. They're gonna get back 250 00:10:28,410 --> 00:10:29,977 to us with a list of ships 251 00:10:30,020 --> 00:10:31,892 that where in the area the night of the incident. 252 00:10:31,935 --> 00:10:34,634 Any luck getting an ID off the UAP? 253 00:10:34,677 --> 00:10:36,940 Not really. 254 00:10:36,984 --> 00:10:38,986 I think this is gonna be harder than we thought. 255 00:10:39,029 --> 00:10:41,379 We have the AESA data transmitted from the F-35, 256 00:10:41,423 --> 00:10:43,991 but none of the flight patterns make any sense. 257 00:10:44,034 --> 00:10:46,733 And the IR camera didn't capture anything usable 258 00:10:46,776 --> 00:10:48,735 before cutting out after impact. 259 00:10:48,778 --> 00:10:52,042 And we have an entire battle group's worth of data, 260 00:10:52,086 --> 00:10:54,610 but none of it points to anything conclusive. 261 00:10:56,003 --> 00:10:57,613 It doesn't make any sense 262 00:10:57,657 --> 00:10:59,702 how this aircraft got so close 263 00:10:59,746 --> 00:11:01,530 before being detected. 264 00:11:01,573 --> 00:11:03,706 And then just leaves without a trace? 265 00:11:03,750 --> 00:11:05,055 [sighs] 266 00:11:05,099 --> 00:11:06,796 Honestly, we're so lucky no one got seriously hurt, 267 00:11:06,840 --> 00:11:08,711 or worse. 268 00:11:08,755 --> 00:11:11,105 Yeah, well, hopefully, when Sam and Callen 269 00:11:11,148 --> 00:11:13,455 get to the carrier, we'll be able to get a better scope 270 00:11:13,498 --> 00:11:15,239 of what happened. 271 00:11:15,283 --> 00:11:17,285 Until then, all we have 272 00:11:17,328 --> 00:11:19,679 are some spooky lights in the sky. 273 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:24,335 There's videos all over the Internet, right? 274 00:11:24,379 --> 00:11:26,250 Mm-hmm. 275 00:11:26,294 --> 00:11:29,123 Well, we may not be able to get an ID. 276 00:11:29,166 --> 00:11:31,299 But what if we use it 277 00:11:31,342 --> 00:11:33,780 to track it once it got over land? 278 00:11:33,823 --> 00:11:36,652 It might be a long shot, but... 279 00:11:36,696 --> 00:11:38,654 if we can pinpoint peoples' locations 280 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:40,700 using the geotags and time stamps from their videos, 281 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:43,137 then we can piece together a flight path 282 00:11:43,180 --> 00:11:47,141 and figure out where the UAP was headed. 283 00:11:47,184 --> 00:11:48,664 I think I'll keep you around. 284 00:11:48,708 --> 00:11:50,144 [chuckles] 285 00:11:50,187 --> 00:11:53,843 [indistinct radio chatter] 286 00:12:05,681 --> 00:12:07,639 NCIS, XO. 287 00:12:07,683 --> 00:12:09,250 Thank you. 288 00:12:10,512 --> 00:12:12,514 Special Agent Callen, Special Agent Hanna. 289 00:12:12,557 --> 00:12:14,646 Welcome aboard, gentlemen. 290 00:12:14,690 --> 00:12:16,779 Our agent afloat said we could be expecting you. 291 00:12:16,823 --> 00:12:18,650 I just hope this wasn't a waste of your time. 292 00:12:18,694 --> 00:12:20,130 Although with this much media attention, 293 00:12:20,174 --> 00:12:21,653 I'm sure you don't have much of an option. 294 00:12:21,697 --> 00:12:23,743 And it's always nice to get some fresh air. 295 00:12:23,786 --> 00:12:25,527 Of course. 296 00:12:25,570 --> 00:12:27,790 If you please... 297 00:12:29,705 --> 00:12:31,881 This is our flight map from last night. 298 00:12:31,925 --> 00:12:33,796 As you can see, our bogey first appeared on radar 299 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:35,842 approximately 15 miles east of the ship. 300 00:12:35,885 --> 00:12:38,061 None of the other systems detected it before then? 301 00:12:38,105 --> 00:12:39,976 Nope, mechanical failure. 302 00:12:40,020 --> 00:12:41,673 Still, we like to be sure. 303 00:12:41,717 --> 00:12:43,806 Lieutenant Landry was redirected to... 304 00:12:43,850 --> 00:12:45,155 investigate the contact. 305 00:12:45,199 --> 00:12:47,201 He converged with something here 306 00:12:47,244 --> 00:12:48,637 before he dropped below radar coverage. 307 00:12:48,680 --> 00:12:50,682 CALLEN: Landry said that the incident 308 00:12:50,726 --> 00:12:52,380 was gonna be classified as a bird strike? 309 00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:54,338 Do you agree with that assessment? 310 00:12:55,687 --> 00:12:57,254 I don't. 311 00:12:57,298 --> 00:13:00,170 But I can't say I agree with the pilot, either. 312 00:13:01,258 --> 00:13:03,260 Last night's incident was an unfortunate 313 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:05,436 combination of technical failure and inexperience. 314 00:13:05,480 --> 00:13:07,351 SAM: A lieutenant... 315 00:13:08,657 --> 00:13:11,573 ...who graduated at the top of his F-35 class? 316 00:13:11,616 --> 00:13:12,792 Why would you send him in to investigate 317 00:13:12,835 --> 00:13:14,271 if he was so inexperienced? 318 00:13:22,323 --> 00:13:24,891 It was suspected to be a glitch in our radar array. 319 00:13:24,934 --> 00:13:26,893 The flyby was just for confirmation. 320 00:13:26,936 --> 00:13:28,764 He was never in any kind of danger. 321 00:13:28,808 --> 00:13:31,767 Mm-hmm, the pilot's story is a bit different. 322 00:13:31,811 --> 00:13:34,683 Mm. Fear can make things appear differently. 323 00:13:34,726 --> 00:13:36,685 I'm sure you both agree. 324 00:13:37,991 --> 00:13:39,993 So you're saying his story is false. 325 00:13:40,036 --> 00:13:41,821 To him, no. 326 00:13:41,864 --> 00:13:43,648 But I have no reason to believe that crippled plane 327 00:13:43,692 --> 00:13:45,781 couldn't have been saved by a more experienced pilot. 328 00:13:45,825 --> 00:13:48,262 Or that what he saw on his radar was actually there. 329 00:13:48,305 --> 00:13:51,831 Calling this an accident is a favor to him and his record. 330 00:13:51,874 --> 00:13:53,833 Disqualifying his story? 331 00:13:55,225 --> 00:13:57,271 Tell me, did he seem stable 332 00:13:57,314 --> 00:13:58,838 when you spoke to him? 333 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:04,191 You know, it wasn't long ago that statements 334 00:14:04,234 --> 00:14:06,628 about UAP sightings could end a career. 335 00:14:06,671 --> 00:14:09,892 Now we've got whole task forces committed to them. 336 00:14:09,936 --> 00:14:12,939 It's a brave new world. 337 00:14:12,982 --> 00:14:15,506 Bravery has nothing to do with it. 338 00:14:21,991 --> 00:14:24,254 If you'll excuse me. 339 00:14:40,618 --> 00:14:42,316 I'm starting to think the USS Allegiance 340 00:14:42,359 --> 00:14:43,621 has a leadership problem. 341 00:14:43,665 --> 00:14:45,275 Ah, what tipped you off? 342 00:14:45,319 --> 00:14:47,147 The abandoned infant or the jilted pilot? 343 00:14:47,190 --> 00:14:48,975 Those guys he was talking to back there? 344 00:14:49,018 --> 00:14:50,846 Army Future Command. 345 00:14:50,890 --> 00:14:52,979 Yeah, what is Army Future Command doing on a carrier? 346 00:14:53,022 --> 00:14:54,676 I'm not sure. 347 00:14:54,719 --> 00:14:56,983 But whatever the reason, they didn't seem happy to see us. 348 00:14:58,419 --> 00:15:00,943 You know, Landry said that somebody else questioned him 349 00:15:00,987 --> 00:15:02,858 while he was in the hospital about the incident. 350 00:15:02,902 --> 00:15:04,512 I thought it was the agent afloat, but, uh, 351 00:15:04,555 --> 00:15:06,340 maybe I was wrong. 352 00:15:06,383 --> 00:15:09,343 You think Army Future Command is investigating this case? 353 00:15:09,386 --> 00:15:11,562 Well, it sure seems like whoever spoke to our pilot 354 00:15:11,606 --> 00:15:14,087 also spoke to the XO. 355 00:15:14,130 --> 00:15:17,220 I think it's time we hear another side of the story. 356 00:15:17,264 --> 00:15:19,309 Hey, Fatima? 357 00:15:19,353 --> 00:15:20,528 Hey, guys. What's up? 358 00:15:20,571 --> 00:15:22,312 Can you see if any other departments 359 00:15:22,356 --> 00:15:24,575 are working on this case actively? 360 00:15:24,619 --> 00:15:26,882 Uh, it's just us, UAP Task Force, 361 00:15:26,926 --> 00:15:28,536 Coast Guard-- everyone's following our lead. 362 00:15:28,579 --> 00:15:30,190 Why do you ask? 363 00:15:30,233 --> 00:15:32,279 We have to let you know when we get off the ship. 364 00:15:32,322 --> 00:15:33,584 Oh. 365 00:15:33,628 --> 00:15:35,282 Ominous. 366 00:15:35,325 --> 00:15:37,371 Well, in better news, I think 367 00:15:37,414 --> 00:15:39,547 I might have found what hit our pilot. 368 00:15:39,590 --> 00:15:40,896 What, it resurfaced? 369 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:42,898 Not exactly. So get this. 370 00:15:42,942 --> 00:15:44,769 While whatever our pilot hit 371 00:15:44,813 --> 00:15:46,858 most likely went down in the water with his F-35, 372 00:15:46,902 --> 00:15:49,296 social media posts appear to show 373 00:15:49,339 --> 00:15:51,428 a damaged piece of the UAP 374 00:15:51,472 --> 00:15:53,648 make it over land before crashing. 375 00:15:53,691 --> 00:15:56,433 Now, using location data and geographic landmarks 376 00:15:56,477 --> 00:15:59,175 from several sources, I was able to triangulate 377 00:15:59,219 --> 00:16:02,135 the approximate location to a quarter-mile radius 378 00:16:02,178 --> 00:16:04,441 in the Santa Monica Mountains. 379 00:16:04,485 --> 00:16:05,703 Kensi and Deeks are on their way there 380 00:16:05,747 --> 00:16:07,531 now to investigate.Nice work. 381 00:16:07,575 --> 00:16:08,968 RADIO PERSONALTIY: Others think this could be an attack 382 00:16:09,011 --> 00:16:10,708 from Russia, China, 383 00:16:10,752 --> 00:16:12,797 or yet another example of contact from another world. 384 00:16:12,841 --> 00:16:16,105 The Navy, Coast Guard, and the LAPD have yet to comment. 385 00:16:16,149 --> 00:16:18,064 Wow. 386 00:16:18,107 --> 00:16:21,023 Well, this doesn't look promising. 387 00:16:22,633 --> 00:16:24,331 Yo, what are you doing? 388 00:16:24,374 --> 00:16:26,115 Get out of my "saved for later" cart. 389 00:16:26,159 --> 00:16:28,117 I knew you weren't looking for a podcast. Give me my phone! 390 00:16:28,161 --> 00:16:29,814 Why, what's the big deal?Because you don't 391 00:16:29,858 --> 00:16:31,947 just look through somebody's online shopping cart. 392 00:16:31,991 --> 00:16:33,688 It's personal and private, like a diary. 393 00:16:33,731 --> 00:16:35,777 Besides, that is just the essentials. 394 00:16:35,820 --> 00:16:37,866 "The essentials"? A ten pack 395 00:16:37,909 --> 00:16:40,521 of glow-in-the-dark stars is essential? 396 00:16:40,564 --> 00:16:42,610 Yeah, that's essential-- this is my best idea yet. 397 00:16:42,653 --> 00:16:44,351 It's, like, the most amazing version of nightlights. 398 00:16:44,394 --> 00:16:46,614 Oh, that's interesting.What? All the cool kids had it. 399 00:16:46,657 --> 00:16:48,137 Okay, if one of them falls on the floor, 400 00:16:48,181 --> 00:16:49,704 it is a choking hazard. 401 00:16:49,747 --> 00:16:51,836 [laughs] Okay, then. 402 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:54,361 What did you have on your ceiling growing up 403 00:16:54,404 --> 00:16:56,058 to elicit a feeling 404 00:16:56,102 --> 00:16:58,060 of imagination and childhood wonder? 405 00:16:58,104 --> 00:17:00,019 Uh... stucco 406 00:17:00,062 --> 00:17:02,369 and darkness. 407 00:17:02,412 --> 00:17:03,892 Wow. 408 00:17:03,935 --> 00:17:06,199 That explains so much. 409 00:17:06,242 --> 00:17:08,375 I have a question. Do you think that maybe, 410 00:17:08,418 --> 00:17:10,638 just maybe, you are overcompensating 411 00:17:10,681 --> 00:17:12,335 just a teeny-tiny little bit 412 00:17:12,379 --> 00:17:13,771 because you're afraid that this kid won't like you? 413 00:17:13,815 --> 00:17:15,860 No. Maybe. I just...Mm-hmm. 414 00:17:15,904 --> 00:17:18,994 It's just that you are, you have such an amazing way with kids. 415 00:17:19,038 --> 00:17:20,604 I mean, look at you with Rosa. 416 00:17:20,648 --> 00:17:22,998 I just thought that maybe I could just... 417 00:17:23,042 --> 00:17:25,174 stack the deck. 418 00:17:25,218 --> 00:17:27,742 And that's why I love you, sweetie. 419 00:17:27,785 --> 00:17:30,266 But you don't need to bribe someone to make them like you. 420 00:17:30,310 --> 00:17:32,138 Just be yourself, 421 00:17:32,181 --> 00:17:33,748 babe? 422 00:17:33,791 --> 00:17:35,402 Worked on me. 423 00:17:35,445 --> 00:17:37,447 [laughs] Okay. 424 00:17:37,491 --> 00:17:39,449 But I'm keeping the stars for me. No. 425 00:17:39,493 --> 00:17:40,972 No, just a five pack?No. 426 00:17:41,016 --> 00:17:42,539 A two pack, final offer.No! Hey! 427 00:17:42,583 --> 00:17:43,671 I'm buying them right now.You're not getting that. 428 00:17:43,714 --> 00:17:45,977 Yes, I am. Can't cancel. 429 00:17:47,283 --> 00:17:49,111 Wow. 430 00:17:49,155 --> 00:17:50,504 Okay. 431 00:17:50,547 --> 00:17:52,201 Hey, Fatima?FATIMA: Hey. 432 00:17:52,245 --> 00:17:54,334 We're close to the crash site, but we've hit a dead end. 433 00:17:54,377 --> 00:17:56,292 I was afraid of that. 434 00:17:56,336 --> 00:17:58,729 Do you, uh, think you guys can continue on foot? 435 00:17:58,773 --> 00:18:00,514 Uh, yeah. 436 00:18:00,557 --> 00:18:02,255 Absolutely. 437 00:18:02,298 --> 00:18:04,953 You didn't happen to pack a machete, did you? 438 00:18:08,565 --> 00:18:10,263 [grunts] 439 00:18:10,306 --> 00:18:12,003 [sputters] 440 00:18:12,047 --> 00:18:14,789 Coast Guard just got back to us with a list of their ships. 441 00:18:14,832 --> 00:18:16,791 No unusual activity. 442 00:18:16,834 --> 00:18:18,140 Same with San Clemente Island. 443 00:18:18,184 --> 00:18:20,621 No reports of any testing that night. 444 00:18:22,318 --> 00:18:24,973 What's wrong? 445 00:18:25,016 --> 00:18:27,280 After the altercation with the jet, 446 00:18:27,323 --> 00:18:29,456 the UAP retreated. 447 00:18:29,499 --> 00:18:32,198 Why not just attack if it was so close? 448 00:18:33,199 --> 00:18:34,635 Yeah. 449 00:18:34,678 --> 00:18:37,159 It was close enough and decided not to. 450 00:18:37,203 --> 00:18:39,944 So maybe its objective wasn't to attack. 451 00:18:39,988 --> 00:18:41,642 But... 452 00:18:41,685 --> 00:18:43,774 if that was the case, then what was it trying to do? 453 00:18:43,818 --> 00:18:46,125 It must've been trying to gather some sort of data. 454 00:18:47,865 --> 00:18:50,433 But what's capable of non-kinetic attacks 455 00:18:50,477 --> 00:18:52,479 and that type of movement? 456 00:18:53,871 --> 00:18:55,308 A UAV swarm. 457 00:18:56,352 --> 00:18:59,007 A... a drone swarm? 458 00:18:59,050 --> 00:19:01,792 Could that take out a jet? 459 00:19:01,836 --> 00:19:03,533 If you had dozens of them 460 00:19:03,577 --> 00:19:05,709 matching the speed of the plane, maybe. 461 00:19:06,710 --> 00:19:08,669 I'll let Callen and Sam know. 462 00:19:09,713 --> 00:19:12,151 Agent Namazi, I've got SECNAV on the phone. 463 00:19:12,194 --> 00:19:13,978 I need a sitrep now. 464 00:19:14,022 --> 00:19:17,243 Sir, based on what we know so far, 465 00:19:17,286 --> 00:19:19,462 I think this might have been an attack 466 00:19:19,506 --> 00:19:21,812 by a highly advanced UAV swarm. 467 00:19:21,856 --> 00:19:23,640 Armed? 468 00:19:23,684 --> 00:19:25,947 We can't say, but based on the encounter 469 00:19:25,990 --> 00:19:28,079 with the jet and its proximity to the carrier, 470 00:19:28,123 --> 00:19:29,733 it suggests not. 471 00:19:29,777 --> 00:19:31,474 But if it is a swarm 472 00:19:31,518 --> 00:19:33,781 and it wanted to attack, it easily could have. 473 00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:35,826 However... 474 00:19:35,870 --> 00:19:38,307 However, I think that the lack 475 00:19:38,351 --> 00:19:40,440 of lethal force against the jet 476 00:19:40,483 --> 00:19:42,790 was maybe a tactical decision. 477 00:19:42,833 --> 00:19:44,748 They weren't trying to attack. 478 00:19:44,792 --> 00:19:47,490 They were trying to provoke a response, and observe. 479 00:19:47,534 --> 00:19:50,145 That would explain why it never fired 480 00:19:50,189 --> 00:19:51,842 at the jet or the carrier. 481 00:19:51,886 --> 00:19:53,844 Any further advancement from the UAVs 482 00:19:53,888 --> 00:19:56,020 would've put them in the perfect position 483 00:19:56,064 --> 00:19:57,848 to suck up massive amounts 484 00:19:57,892 --> 00:20:00,155 of electronic intelligence from the ships. 485 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,592 Sir, if I'm correct, 486 00:20:02,636 --> 00:20:04,986 the controller could gather enough information 487 00:20:05,029 --> 00:20:06,988 from the USS Allegiancealone 488 00:20:07,031 --> 00:20:09,208 to put together a comprehensive picture 489 00:20:09,251 --> 00:20:11,906 and possibly defeat our Navy in combat. 490 00:20:13,124 --> 00:20:15,692 And if you were serious about invading a world power, 491 00:20:15,736 --> 00:20:17,694 that would be a very good place 492 00:20:17,738 --> 00:20:19,609 to begin. 493 00:20:19,653 --> 00:20:21,698 So, uh... 494 00:20:21,742 --> 00:20:23,047 rattlesnakes... 495 00:20:23,091 --> 00:20:24,701 Are definitely not nocturnal. 496 00:20:24,745 --> 00:20:26,050 Right. Of course. Just checking. 497 00:20:26,094 --> 00:20:28,531 It's like the real Oregon Trail. 498 00:20:30,054 --> 00:20:31,708 Deeks? 499 00:20:31,752 --> 00:20:33,710 Yeah, looks like we found our crash site. 500 00:20:33,754 --> 00:20:35,973 But where's the UAV? 501 00:20:36,017 --> 00:20:38,019 I mean, it couldn't have survived that impact, right? 502 00:20:39,847 --> 00:20:41,849 Somebody beat us to it? 503 00:20:45,896 --> 00:20:47,463 Yep. 504 00:20:47,507 --> 00:20:49,378 Someone was definitely here. 505 00:20:49,422 --> 00:20:50,988 [twigs snap nearby] 506 00:20:51,032 --> 00:20:53,252 Or still is. 507 00:20:53,295 --> 00:20:56,385 Well, now I'm hoping it's just a rattlesnake. 508 00:20:56,429 --> 00:20:58,039 Federal agents. 509 00:20:59,083 --> 00:21:00,607 Come out with your hands up. 510 00:21:05,786 --> 00:21:07,788 Please, don't shoot! 511 00:21:19,843 --> 00:21:21,323 He's clear. 512 00:21:21,367 --> 00:21:22,759 So if you're really a college student, 513 00:21:22,803 --> 00:21:23,934 what are you doing out here, and more importantly, 514 00:21:23,978 --> 00:21:25,414 why are you hiding from federal agents? 515 00:21:25,458 --> 00:21:27,764 I don't know you. You're not in uniform. 516 00:21:27,808 --> 00:21:29,636 In fact, nothing on you is identifiable. 517 00:21:29,679 --> 00:21:30,767 Fair enough. 518 00:21:30,811 --> 00:21:32,900 Can I have that back, please? 519 00:21:34,902 --> 00:21:38,166 Maybe if you guys invested, I don't know, tax dollars... 520 00:21:39,559 --> 00:21:41,169 ...in something like a uniform, 521 00:21:41,212 --> 00:21:42,779 or a nice hat or something like that. 522 00:21:42,823 --> 00:21:44,955 What is all this?It's for my podcast. 523 00:21:44,999 --> 00:21:46,174 Because these are the perfect conditions 524 00:21:46,217 --> 00:21:47,436 for a voice recording? 525 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:49,438 It's an investigative podcast. 526 00:21:49,482 --> 00:21:50,961 You can check it out-- it's called 527 00:21:51,005 --> 00:21:52,702 I Know You Know I Know. 528 00:21:52,746 --> 00:21:54,182 I've been tracking the swarm for a while now 529 00:21:54,225 --> 00:21:55,618 for season three.It's a good title. 530 00:21:55,662 --> 00:21:57,316 Thought I was finally gonna get a glimpse of one 531 00:21:57,359 --> 00:21:59,230 after that video surfaced of it going down, but... 532 00:21:59,274 --> 00:22:01,450 apparently someone got here first. 533 00:22:01,494 --> 00:22:03,757 Did you see the person that got here first? 534 00:22:05,889 --> 00:22:07,804 Nada. Wait a minute, you've been tracking 535 00:22:07,848 --> 00:22:09,240 the swarm for a while-- you mean 536 00:22:09,284 --> 00:22:10,459 you've seen it before last night? 537 00:22:10,503 --> 00:22:12,896 Uh, yeah, for at least a couple weeks. 538 00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:14,550 Do you have proof?A full album. 539 00:22:14,594 --> 00:22:17,640 But that is premium content for paid subscribers. 540 00:22:17,684 --> 00:22:19,642 Hey, Fatima. 541 00:22:19,686 --> 00:22:21,818 You got one of those, too? 542 00:22:21,862 --> 00:22:23,342 What? Can I see it? 543 00:22:23,385 --> 00:22:24,560 Or is it, uh... [clucks tongue] ...in there? 544 00:22:24,604 --> 00:22:25,953 Is there... 545 00:22:25,996 --> 00:22:27,433 [stammers, blows] 546 00:22:27,476 --> 00:22:29,739 Continue, please. 547 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:31,437 Kens? 548 00:22:31,480 --> 00:22:33,264 FATIMA: Kensi, you find our drone? 549 00:22:33,308 --> 00:22:35,354 No. Apparently, somebody got here first. 550 00:22:35,397 --> 00:22:37,181 Uh, we did, however, find a podcaster. 551 00:22:37,225 --> 00:22:39,009 His name is Gabe Dawson. 552 00:22:39,053 --> 00:22:41,621 Wow, even in the mountains you can't escape the L.A. hustle. 553 00:22:41,664 --> 00:22:43,666 Yeah, tell me about it. Listen, I'm going to send you 554 00:22:43,710 --> 00:22:45,364 some images. I need you to forward them 555 00:22:45,407 --> 00:22:47,844 to the UAP Task Force. Have them cross-reference them 556 00:22:47,888 --> 00:22:50,673 with any information on previous drone swarm incidents. 557 00:22:50,717 --> 00:22:53,328 Ooh, I don't like the sound of that. 558 00:22:53,372 --> 00:22:55,678 Yeah, neither do I. 559 00:22:55,722 --> 00:22:57,506 He has a... 560 00:22:57,550 --> 00:22:59,334 uh, microphone. 561 00:22:59,378 --> 00:23:01,380 [indistinct radio chatter][helicopter whirring] 562 00:23:03,425 --> 00:23:05,688 A whole CIC and no one else saw anything? 563 00:23:05,732 --> 00:23:07,386 They all back up the XO's story. 564 00:23:07,429 --> 00:23:09,126 It doesn't add up.NCIS! 565 00:23:10,693 --> 00:23:12,695 I need to speak with you. 566 00:23:14,436 --> 00:23:16,046 I was the one 567 00:23:16,090 --> 00:23:17,700 who first caught the blip on the radar. 568 00:23:17,744 --> 00:23:19,659 At first I thought I'd missed something. 569 00:23:19,702 --> 00:23:22,270 But the more I play it back in my head... 570 00:23:22,313 --> 00:23:24,054 This wasn't a mistake. 571 00:23:24,098 --> 00:23:25,795 Human or mechanical. 572 00:23:25,839 --> 00:23:27,580 How can you be sure? 573 00:23:27,623 --> 00:23:30,452 Whether we admit it or not, our systems aren't perfect. 574 00:23:30,496 --> 00:23:32,628 Technology is constantly adapting. 575 00:23:32,672 --> 00:23:35,239 The-the size, materials used, 576 00:23:35,283 --> 00:23:36,980 altitude it was flying at-- 577 00:23:37,024 --> 00:23:38,460 all of that could have prevented it 578 00:23:38,504 --> 00:23:40,288 from being detected long-range. 579 00:23:40,331 --> 00:23:43,422 That is, until it was about 15 miles out from the ship. 580 00:23:45,859 --> 00:23:47,817 I don't know how, exactly, 581 00:23:47,861 --> 00:23:49,993 but it knew at that distance 582 00:23:50,037 --> 00:23:52,213 it was gonna be caught. 583 00:23:52,256 --> 00:23:54,737 It hid in plain sight, knowing that in that formation, 584 00:23:54,781 --> 00:23:57,131 it would appear to be a single aircraft. 585 00:23:57,174 --> 00:23:59,612 Until it got close enough to disperse. 586 00:23:59,655 --> 00:24:02,353 A Trojan horse tactic.Exactly. 587 00:24:02,397 --> 00:24:04,355 Does that sound like a malfunction to you? 588 00:24:04,399 --> 00:24:07,097 That confirms Fatima's theory. 589 00:24:08,664 --> 00:24:10,274 What else could fly in such a tight formation 590 00:24:10,318 --> 00:24:11,754 other than a UAV swarm? 591 00:24:11,798 --> 00:24:14,191 Is that what took down the plane? 592 00:24:15,584 --> 00:24:17,586 I don't know how a drone swarm could have gotten past 593 00:24:17,630 --> 00:24:19,762 detection-- we would have picked up on their frequencies. 594 00:24:19,806 --> 00:24:23,200 What drones use to talk to their controllers. 595 00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,465 Maybe we did miss something. 596 00:24:26,508 --> 00:24:27,596 SAM: Hmm. 597 00:24:28,597 --> 00:24:30,643 G? 598 00:24:31,644 --> 00:24:34,168 [sighs] 599 00:24:34,211 --> 00:24:35,778 This kind of program 600 00:24:35,822 --> 00:24:37,737 is not developed overnight.No. 601 00:24:37,780 --> 00:24:39,565 To create something that advanced, the country would have 602 00:24:39,608 --> 00:24:41,436 to have a program in place for at least a decade. 603 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,004 And nobody has that, other than the U.S. 604 00:24:45,309 --> 00:24:47,137 You think this was domestic? 605 00:24:47,181 --> 00:24:48,922 Maybe. 606 00:24:48,965 --> 00:24:51,141 Or they made them here on U.S. soil by a U.S. company 607 00:24:51,185 --> 00:24:52,839 and sold them abroad.Or stolen. 608 00:24:52,882 --> 00:24:54,318 [line ringing] 609 00:24:54,362 --> 00:24:55,624 Hey, guys. 610 00:24:55,668 --> 00:24:57,147 Callen, what's up? 611 00:24:57,191 --> 00:24:58,845 I need a private sector aerospace company 612 00:24:58,888 --> 00:25:00,194 we can speak with immediately. 613 00:25:00,237 --> 00:25:01,195 Uh, sure. 614 00:25:01,238 --> 00:25:02,588 Anyone in particular? 615 00:25:02,631 --> 00:25:04,546 Just start with U.S. companies that have 616 00:25:04,590 --> 00:25:06,330 drone programs and current DoD contracts. 617 00:25:06,374 --> 00:25:08,507 We need someone that can help us make a list of players 618 00:25:08,550 --> 00:25:10,944 that could potentially make something so sophisticated. 619 00:25:10,987 --> 00:25:12,946 Looks like there's only one 620 00:25:12,989 --> 00:25:14,513 with current DoD ties. 621 00:25:14,556 --> 00:25:15,949 Head to shore, I'll see what I can do. 622 00:25:15,992 --> 00:25:18,038 Sounds good, thanks. 623 00:25:19,953 --> 00:25:22,303 Okay, that's interesting. 624 00:25:22,346 --> 00:25:24,653 Something from UAP Task Force? 625 00:25:24,697 --> 00:25:27,003 FATIMA: Yeah, but this file is huge. 626 00:25:28,222 --> 00:25:30,224 I'll get the admiral. 627 00:25:36,012 --> 00:25:37,579 Can you airdrop things with it?No. 628 00:25:37,623 --> 00:25:39,799 Can you call base...My brain is not microchipped. 629 00:25:39,842 --> 00:25:41,322 Are they telling you to say that? 630 00:25:41,365 --> 00:25:42,932 [whispers]: Are they talking to you right now? 631 00:25:42,976 --> 00:25:45,326 Who is they?I know that you know that I know. 632 00:25:45,369 --> 00:25:47,676 Speaking of I Know You Know I Know, 633 00:25:47,720 --> 00:25:49,852 brand-new merch hits the shops this week. 634 00:25:49,896 --> 00:25:51,898 FATIMA: Kensi?Oh, Fatima, thank God. What's up? 635 00:25:51,941 --> 00:25:54,857 You are not gonna believe this, but the UAP's Task Force 636 00:25:54,901 --> 00:25:57,643 cross-imaging matches at least seven other sightings 637 00:25:57,686 --> 00:25:59,296 in the last two months. 638 00:25:59,340 --> 00:26:01,255 Wait, I think there's something else on here-- 639 00:26:01,298 --> 00:26:02,778 Seven sightings in the last two months? 640 00:26:02,822 --> 00:26:04,084 How are we just hearing about this? 641 00:26:04,127 --> 00:26:05,476 Seven sightings in the last two months? 642 00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,783 Try seven in the last week.I'm sorry, what? 643 00:26:07,827 --> 00:26:09,611 Their faces devastated, as the reality 644 00:26:09,655 --> 00:26:11,787 of their investigation comes crumbling down around them... 645 00:26:11,831 --> 00:26:14,398 More information from you now.They take off every evening 646 00:26:14,442 --> 00:26:16,749 after what I think is some kind of solar recharging mode. 647 00:26:16,792 --> 00:26:18,881 You're saying there are sightings every single night. 648 00:26:18,925 --> 00:26:20,753 Are you sure of this?Uh, yeah. 649 00:26:20,796 --> 00:26:22,885 So they're gonna take off again tonight? 650 00:26:22,929 --> 00:26:24,931 Mm-hmm. Sunset... 651 00:26:24,974 --> 00:26:26,759 is at 5:30. 652 00:26:26,802 --> 00:26:28,891 I figure you got about two hours before they pass by. 653 00:26:28,935 --> 00:26:30,632 We have to inform the carrier. 654 00:26:31,677 --> 00:26:33,330 [computer chiming] 655 00:26:33,374 --> 00:26:36,029 [indistinct radio chatter] 656 00:26:38,553 --> 00:26:41,687 [overlapping radio transmissions] 657 00:26:43,166 --> 00:26:44,646 What is all this? 658 00:26:44,690 --> 00:26:46,082 Evidence. 659 00:26:46,126 --> 00:26:47,910 From the UAP Task Force. 660 00:26:47,954 --> 00:26:51,000 [overlapping radio chatter] 661 00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:52,828 LANDRY: Mayday, Mayday. 662 00:26:52,872 --> 00:26:54,264 Stick unresponsive. 663 00:26:54,308 --> 00:26:56,571 I've been hit by an unknown projectile. 664 00:26:58,704 --> 00:27:00,619 Multiple contacts... 665 00:27:03,186 --> 00:27:05,232 This is so much bigger than we thought. 666 00:27:18,811 --> 00:27:21,030 If recent activity is any indication, 667 00:27:21,074 --> 00:27:23,467 there is a strong likelihood we have a UAV swarm 668 00:27:23,511 --> 00:27:25,948 set to approach again in less than an hour. 669 00:27:25,992 --> 00:27:28,298 All right, there are multiple targets in the area, 670 00:27:28,342 --> 00:27:31,127 including the testing site at San Clemente Island, 671 00:27:31,171 --> 00:27:33,129 but based on these previous flight paths, 672 00:27:33,173 --> 00:27:35,654 the USS Allegianceis most likely its target. 673 00:27:35,697 --> 00:27:39,135 The Allegiancewould be the most profitable asset for data, 674 00:27:39,179 --> 00:27:42,138 but let's warn San Clemente Island, as well. 675 00:27:42,182 --> 00:27:43,400 Yes, sir. 676 00:27:43,444 --> 00:27:44,750 Agent Namazi, 677 00:27:44,793 --> 00:27:47,578 I hope you have some sort of a plan. 678 00:27:47,622 --> 00:27:49,885 If you don't, I suggest you come up 679 00:27:49,929 --> 00:27:51,887 with one, and fast. 680 00:27:51,931 --> 00:27:53,323 I have callsto make. 681 00:27:53,367 --> 00:27:54,803 Yes, sir. 682 00:27:59,373 --> 00:28:01,462 Okay. 683 00:28:01,505 --> 00:28:04,987 We can't risk any debris landing in any residential areas. 684 00:28:05,031 --> 00:28:06,989 That rules out soft kill tactics. 685 00:28:07,033 --> 00:28:09,122 If we jam the signal, who knows where it might land? 686 00:28:09,165 --> 00:28:11,907 Which is exactly why we can't let them reach the carrier. 687 00:28:11,951 --> 00:28:14,388 Uh, electronic countermeasures onboard the Allegiance 688 00:28:14,431 --> 00:28:16,607 might work, but only as a last resort. 689 00:28:16,651 --> 00:28:18,827 There are too many civilian vessels in the area. 690 00:28:18,871 --> 00:28:21,308 All right, well, what other options are we left with? 691 00:28:22,265 --> 00:28:24,311 Signal hijacking. 692 00:28:25,442 --> 00:28:28,663 I've seen it done a few times in Afghanistan. 693 00:28:28,707 --> 00:28:30,926 If I can overpower their signal, 694 00:28:30,970 --> 00:28:33,015 then I can take over the swarm 695 00:28:33,059 --> 00:28:35,409 and safely land them somewhere else. 696 00:28:35,452 --> 00:28:38,107 Have you ever done that before? 697 00:28:42,633 --> 00:28:44,940 Our timetable just moved up. 698 00:28:44,984 --> 00:28:47,421 Anything you can tell me from watching those videos? 699 00:28:47,464 --> 00:28:49,466 It's definitely a UAV swarm. 700 00:28:49,510 --> 00:28:51,773 A highly sophisticated one, at that. 701 00:28:51,817 --> 00:28:54,733 Look at its flight patterns, how it adapts its approach 702 00:28:54,776 --> 00:28:57,039 each time, learning from its previous engagement. 703 00:28:57,083 --> 00:28:59,825 What you are seeing is a form of deep machine learning, 704 00:28:59,868 --> 00:29:01,914 wherein each drone 705 00:29:01,957 --> 00:29:04,003 forms a node on a shared neural network. 706 00:29:04,046 --> 00:29:05,961 From the looks of this, it's... 707 00:29:06,005 --> 00:29:08,311 been learning for some time. 708 00:29:08,355 --> 00:29:10,096 That feels familiar. 709 00:29:10,139 --> 00:29:11,880 Excuse me?I'm sorry. 710 00:29:11,924 --> 00:29:14,840 Um, tell me about these neural networks. 711 00:29:14,883 --> 00:29:18,060 Uh, a neural network is a biologically inspired 712 00:29:18,104 --> 00:29:21,237 programming tool that is used to solve difficult problem sets 713 00:29:21,281 --> 00:29:23,457 better than regular algorithms can. 714 00:29:23,500 --> 00:29:27,069 Things like, um, identifying speech patterns 715 00:29:27,113 --> 00:29:29,593 and facial features and even replicating them, 716 00:29:29,637 --> 00:29:31,117 like with deepfakes. 717 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,206 You probably use them here at the agency 718 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:35,774 and just don't even realize it. 719 00:29:35,817 --> 00:29:38,124 So how do we apprehend them? 720 00:29:39,821 --> 00:29:41,780 You're trying to catch the swarm? 721 00:29:41,823 --> 00:29:43,259 Yeah. 722 00:29:43,303 --> 00:29:45,566 Oh, I-I don't think you understand 723 00:29:45,609 --> 00:29:47,786 just how much of a losing battle that's gonna be. 724 00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:50,136 Huh. Try me. 725 00:29:50,179 --> 00:29:53,226 Even if you were to catch one, 726 00:29:53,269 --> 00:29:55,619 it's just gonna learn the encounter and adapt. 727 00:29:55,663 --> 00:29:57,447 That's how the neural networks work. 728 00:29:57,491 --> 00:30:00,146 They talk to each other, they relay information. 729 00:30:00,189 --> 00:30:03,497 For this to work, you would need to take them all down at once. 730 00:30:03,540 --> 00:30:05,847 If even one of them gets away, 731 00:30:05,891 --> 00:30:08,632 it's just gonna pass the info on to the next swarm, it's... 732 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:10,547 just gonna make them smarter. 733 00:30:15,335 --> 00:30:17,293 Its mission the night before wasn't abandoned 734 00:30:17,337 --> 00:30:19,165 after the F-35 crashed. 735 00:30:19,208 --> 00:30:21,080 It was looking for a response. 736 00:30:21,123 --> 00:30:22,951 It didn't fail every time. 737 00:30:22,995 --> 00:30:24,910 It was trying every approach. 738 00:30:24,953 --> 00:30:27,521 Testing the fences.After last night, 739 00:30:27,564 --> 00:30:29,131 it found the weak point it was looking for. 740 00:30:29,175 --> 00:30:31,003 I'll call Fatima. 741 00:30:32,352 --> 00:30:33,919 Fatima. 742 00:30:33,962 --> 00:30:37,313 Sam. How's it going with our drone designer? 743 00:30:37,357 --> 00:30:38,837 According to our expert, 744 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,490 swarm forms a deep learning neural network, 745 00:30:40,534 --> 00:30:42,318 which means we only have one shot to get this right, 746 00:30:42,362 --> 00:30:45,104 after which, swarm will change its response. 747 00:30:45,147 --> 00:30:47,541 And they'll be one step ahead of us. 748 00:30:47,584 --> 00:30:49,369 Maybe this is just another test? 749 00:30:49,412 --> 00:30:51,327 It's a possibility they won't approach. 750 00:30:51,371 --> 00:30:53,155 I hope that's true. 751 00:30:53,199 --> 00:30:55,636 Last night, they found a path and didn't complete the mission. 752 00:30:55,679 --> 00:30:58,465 My guess? They'll attack tonight. 753 00:30:58,508 --> 00:31:00,119 No question. 754 00:31:00,162 --> 00:31:02,817 Okay. I, uh, sent Rountree 755 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:04,688 to bring equipment to Kensi and Deeks. 756 00:31:04,732 --> 00:31:08,214 If their patterns are correct, then they should be flying 757 00:31:08,257 --> 00:31:10,433 over that same location again tonight, 758 00:31:10,477 --> 00:31:12,914 and I should be able to access their signal. 759 00:31:14,481 --> 00:31:17,832 Sam, if I do this incorrectly, 760 00:31:17,876 --> 00:31:20,095 there's a chance that, instead of hijacking, 761 00:31:20,139 --> 00:31:21,880 my signal overloads them, 762 00:31:21,923 --> 00:31:23,969 causing potentially armed drones 763 00:31:24,012 --> 00:31:27,015 to fall from the sky over Los Angeles. 764 00:31:27,059 --> 00:31:28,974 So no pressure then, right? 765 00:31:29,017 --> 00:31:30,714 Yeah. 766 00:31:30,758 --> 00:31:33,021 No pressure. 767 00:31:36,024 --> 00:31:37,634 Wow, you are 768 00:31:37,678 --> 00:31:40,333 a sight for sore eyes.[exhales] 769 00:31:40,376 --> 00:31:42,552 What's up, guys? And whoever you are. 770 00:31:42,596 --> 00:31:44,903 Hey, you brought the equipment?Yeah. 771 00:31:44,946 --> 00:31:47,035 Oh, this is no bueno. 772 00:31:47,079 --> 00:31:50,560 Neither of these are going to make it up there. 773 00:31:50,604 --> 00:31:52,606 Another hiccup in the investigation. 774 00:31:52,649 --> 00:31:54,216 And with time of the essence...Uh, who is this dude? 775 00:31:54,260 --> 00:31:55,565 I don't... Do you think we can make it on foot? 776 00:31:55,609 --> 00:31:57,176 We don't have enough time. 777 00:31:57,219 --> 00:31:58,873 Maybe these will help. 778 00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:01,049 Is it incompetence or another government cover-up? 779 00:32:01,093 --> 00:32:03,443 [exhales] 780 00:32:03,486 --> 00:32:04,661 Ooh. 781 00:32:06,228 --> 00:32:08,274 I understand. 782 00:32:14,019 --> 00:32:16,282 Okay. 783 00:32:16,325 --> 00:32:18,675 Here we go. 784 00:32:20,286 --> 00:32:22,941 [exhales] All right. 785 00:32:22,984 --> 00:32:25,421 [beep]All right, ready when you are! 786 00:32:25,465 --> 00:32:27,597 Kensi, Deeks, you guys in position? 787 00:32:27,641 --> 00:32:29,164 [engine revving]KENSI: Almost there. 788 00:32:31,732 --> 00:32:34,169 [grunts] 789 00:32:34,213 --> 00:32:36,041 What you got? 790 00:32:38,347 --> 00:32:40,001 I just got a hit on the close-range radar. 791 00:32:40,045 --> 00:32:41,263 I'm not getting a signal. 792 00:32:41,307 --> 00:32:42,961 We must be a few degrees off. 793 00:32:43,004 --> 00:32:44,614 How far off? 794 00:32:44,658 --> 00:32:46,442 FATIMA: Head due west, 795 00:32:46,486 --> 00:32:48,270 directly towards the setting sun. 796 00:32:48,314 --> 00:32:50,011 Hurry. We're gonna miss them. 797 00:32:50,055 --> 00:32:52,318 DEEKS:Hang on. 798 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:09,944 What other countries have the resources 799 00:33:09,988 --> 00:33:11,250 for a program like this? 800 00:33:11,293 --> 00:33:13,992 Well, no one.Okay, so, the technology 801 00:33:14,035 --> 00:33:16,559 had to have been sold or stolen from the U.S. 802 00:33:16,603 --> 00:33:18,039 Who else in your field is capable 803 00:33:18,083 --> 00:33:19,432 of making something like this? 804 00:33:19,475 --> 00:33:21,825 No one else is capable of making these. 805 00:33:21,869 --> 00:33:23,305 They're ours.Right. 806 00:33:23,349 --> 00:33:24,828 But someone had to have sold them. 807 00:33:24,872 --> 00:33:27,092 We did. To you. 808 00:33:27,135 --> 00:33:29,311 I'm sorry, what? [engine revving] 809 00:33:31,661 --> 00:33:34,142 There's no signal. Why is there no signal? 810 00:33:34,186 --> 00:33:35,839 It should be coming up. 811 00:33:35,883 --> 00:33:37,493 Am I missing something? 812 00:33:37,537 --> 00:33:39,408 This is our tech. 813 00:33:39,452 --> 00:33:40,844 Then we sold them. 814 00:33:40,888 --> 00:33:43,412 Then they were taken control of by the DoD. 815 00:33:43,456 --> 00:33:45,458 I mean, well, obviously not anymore. 816 00:33:45,501 --> 00:33:48,156 What do you mean, not anymore? Who's controlling them? 817 00:33:49,897 --> 00:33:52,117 There's no signal because it doesn't exist. 818 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:54,293 That's why they weren't picking it up before. 819 00:33:54,336 --> 00:33:57,339 No one is controlling them. 820 00:33:58,732 --> 00:34:00,908 This is rogue AI. 821 00:34:02,910 --> 00:34:04,042 Agent Namazi. 822 00:34:06,653 --> 00:34:08,220 Stand down. 823 00:34:13,007 --> 00:34:14,530 Fatima? 824 00:34:14,574 --> 00:34:16,532 Hello? 825 00:34:16,576 --> 00:34:19,057 GABE: I think we've got company. 826 00:34:21,537 --> 00:34:23,061 [engine turns off] 827 00:34:32,592 --> 00:34:34,376 I'm gonna hit the head. 828 00:34:49,130 --> 00:34:51,089 [whooshing] 829 00:34:51,132 --> 00:34:53,134 [low humming] 830 00:35:05,146 --> 00:35:07,148 ♪ 831 00:35:36,525 --> 00:35:38,266 NCIS. 832 00:35:38,310 --> 00:35:41,008 I knew the Men in Black were real. 833 00:35:41,051 --> 00:35:43,619 Put your hands down. 834 00:35:43,663 --> 00:35:45,621 NRO. Gather the rest of your team 835 00:35:45,665 --> 00:35:48,363 and leave this area immediately. This is no longer your case. 836 00:35:49,843 --> 00:35:51,453 Copy that. 837 00:35:52,846 --> 00:35:55,675 Somebody has to take responsibility for this. 838 00:35:55,718 --> 00:35:57,416 We're done, G. 839 00:35:57,459 --> 00:35:59,157 NRO is taking over the matter. 840 00:35:59,200 --> 00:36:00,854 And what about the Allegiance? 841 00:36:00,897 --> 00:36:03,378 They determined it's not a threat to naval operations. 842 00:36:04,858 --> 00:36:06,512 No. 843 00:36:06,555 --> 00:36:08,514 There's something else going on here. 844 00:36:08,557 --> 00:36:09,950 I'm gonna find out what it is. 845 00:36:09,993 --> 00:36:12,039 G, wait a minute. [exhales] 846 00:36:13,083 --> 00:36:14,607 You knew these things were autonomous, 847 00:36:14,650 --> 00:36:16,217 and you didn't tell us. Why?Wh... 848 00:36:16,261 --> 00:36:18,045 I-I didn't know for sure how they were gonna be deployed. 849 00:36:18,088 --> 00:36:20,526 How could you not know?G. 850 00:36:21,962 --> 00:36:25,618 I helped design the AI, 851 00:36:25,661 --> 00:36:28,795 after which Panlark legally sold the plans 852 00:36:28,838 --> 00:36:30,318 to Army Future Command. 853 00:36:30,362 --> 00:36:32,755 What the U.S. government does with it after we've sold it 854 00:36:32,799 --> 00:36:34,409 is not our concern. 855 00:36:34,453 --> 00:36:36,498 They wouldn't tell us even if we asked. 856 00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:40,110 I'd like to leave now. 857 00:36:41,460 --> 00:36:43,723 Yeah. Sure, let's get you home. 858 00:36:43,766 --> 00:36:44,985 [door opens] 859 00:36:45,028 --> 00:36:47,422 How is this not your problem? 860 00:36:48,380 --> 00:36:51,731 How can you take zero responsibility 861 00:36:51,774 --> 00:36:53,428 for creating...TAYLOR: For creating what? 862 00:36:53,472 --> 00:36:54,734 Something dangerous? 863 00:36:54,777 --> 00:36:56,910 It certainly wasn't programmed that way. 864 00:36:56,953 --> 00:36:58,912 [chuckles]: You see, that is the problem 865 00:36:58,955 --> 00:37:01,784 with humans and AI. 866 00:37:01,828 --> 00:37:05,092 The AI going rogue was never the problem. 867 00:37:05,135 --> 00:37:08,269 The AI doing exactly what we tell it to? 868 00:37:08,313 --> 00:37:10,140 That's the problem. 869 00:37:12,708 --> 00:37:14,406 [door opens] 870 00:37:15,407 --> 00:37:17,409 You wanted to see me? 871 00:37:17,452 --> 00:37:20,368 Yes, yes. I, uh...[door closes] 872 00:37:20,412 --> 00:37:24,067 I feel I owe you an explanation. 873 00:37:25,068 --> 00:37:28,202 Uh, that's not necessary, sir. 874 00:37:29,769 --> 00:37:32,293 Well, in my own personal experience, 875 00:37:32,337 --> 00:37:35,165 it's the cases that have no conclusion 876 00:37:35,209 --> 00:37:38,995 that have a way of eating at us, but it's your call. 877 00:37:45,393 --> 00:37:48,396 The truth is, uh, 878 00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:52,182 even the best of intentions can have dire consequences. 879 00:37:52,226 --> 00:37:55,229 And no one is immune to that. 880 00:37:55,273 --> 00:37:58,145 Not NCIS, not DoD. 881 00:37:58,188 --> 00:37:59,973 Nobody. 882 00:38:01,366 --> 00:38:05,761 After being purchased from Panlark, 883 00:38:05,805 --> 00:38:09,330 Army Future Command allowed the UAV swarm 884 00:38:09,374 --> 00:38:13,073 to operate fully autonomously with its missions. 885 00:38:13,116 --> 00:38:15,554 They were hoping that this would accelerate 886 00:38:15,597 --> 00:38:17,512 their learning technology. 887 00:38:17,556 --> 00:38:19,775 And it worked. 888 00:38:19,819 --> 00:38:22,561 Maybe too well. 889 00:38:22,604 --> 00:38:24,258 After allowing 890 00:38:24,302 --> 00:38:26,434 the AI to pick its own targets 891 00:38:26,478 --> 00:38:28,871 from within our own military, 892 00:38:28,915 --> 00:38:32,397 they lost their handle on the swarm, and... 893 00:38:32,440 --> 00:38:36,009 Well, you know what happened next. 894 00:38:37,445 --> 00:38:39,621 Why train on someone else's defenses 895 00:38:39,665 --> 00:38:41,710 when you have the world's most powerful navy 896 00:38:41,754 --> 00:38:44,191 in your harbor? [exhales] 897 00:38:45,584 --> 00:38:47,890 The drones have been going on for weeks. 898 00:38:47,934 --> 00:38:49,892 Months, even. 899 00:38:49,936 --> 00:38:53,287 Why not warn us or the USS Allegiance? 900 00:38:53,331 --> 00:38:55,333 Why have us investigate? 901 00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:59,119 Well, learning with the training wheels on 902 00:38:59,162 --> 00:39:01,556 will only get you so far. 903 00:39:01,600 --> 00:39:05,255 No, the responses had to be real, 904 00:39:05,299 --> 00:39:07,954 so we were kept in the dark. 905 00:39:07,997 --> 00:39:12,088 And they got what they set out to create. 906 00:39:12,132 --> 00:39:14,090 [inhales deeply] 907 00:39:14,134 --> 00:39:17,920 Well, thank you, sir. 908 00:39:17,964 --> 00:39:19,400 Yeah. 909 00:39:28,409 --> 00:39:30,890 What'll happen to it now? 910 00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:35,068 We're in a race, Agent Namazi. 911 00:39:35,111 --> 00:39:37,940 You're too young to remember the last one. 912 00:39:37,984 --> 00:39:39,420 Hell, what am I saying? 913 00:39:39,464 --> 00:39:41,814 You weren't even alive for the last one. 914 00:39:41,857 --> 00:39:44,120 But now, instead of the Moon, 915 00:39:44,164 --> 00:39:46,775 it's artificial intelligence. 916 00:39:48,211 --> 00:39:52,041 And it's a race we cannot afford to lose. 917 00:39:57,656 --> 00:40:00,963 NEWSWOMAN: Angelenos can sleep a little easier tonight. 918 00:40:01,007 --> 00:40:03,923 After 24 hours of no information, a Navy spokesperson 919 00:40:03,966 --> 00:40:06,491 finally responded to our request for comment 920 00:40:06,534 --> 00:40:08,623 about last night's incident. 921 00:40:08,667 --> 00:40:11,365 The floating lights, as some viewers were calling it, 922 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:14,063 were apparently a part of a Navy training mission 923 00:40:14,107 --> 00:40:16,892 that included the use of high-altitude weather balloons. 924 00:40:16,936 --> 00:40:19,155 While no other details were given, 925 00:40:19,199 --> 00:40:20,592 the spokesperson said 926 00:40:20,635 --> 00:40:22,289 the training mission was very successful 927 00:40:22,332 --> 00:40:24,465 and that the public has no need to worry 928 00:40:24,509 --> 00:40:27,337 about future weather balloon sightings. 929 00:40:27,381 --> 00:40:29,949 [exhales] 930 00:40:29,992 --> 00:40:31,820 Oh. You came back. 931 00:40:31,864 --> 00:40:33,300 Eh, don't get too excited. 932 00:40:33,343 --> 00:40:36,346 Just came to drop off the radar equipment. 933 00:40:36,390 --> 00:40:38,479 You know, you could have done that tomorrow. 934 00:40:38,523 --> 00:40:40,133 [chuckles] 935 00:40:41,526 --> 00:40:44,093 [sighs] Weird day, huh? 936 00:40:44,137 --> 00:40:45,443 After all of that, 937 00:40:45,486 --> 00:40:46,835 I kind of wish it had been aliens. 938 00:40:46,879 --> 00:40:48,881 [chuckles] How are you doing? 939 00:40:48,924 --> 00:40:50,883 Good. 940 00:40:50,926 --> 00:40:52,972 Honestly, even after all the things 941 00:40:53,015 --> 00:40:55,409 I've seen on this job with AI, 942 00:40:55,453 --> 00:40:58,543 I guess I still think we're better off with it. 943 00:40:58,586 --> 00:41:00,414 Well, it almost ruined your life. 944 00:41:00,458 --> 00:41:02,372 And Callen's still dealing with it. 945 00:41:02,416 --> 00:41:06,028 Yeah, but think of all the lives it's helped. 946 00:41:06,072 --> 00:41:10,468 Advancements like this can be... beautiful. 947 00:41:10,511 --> 00:41:12,078 Or terrifying. 948 00:41:12,121 --> 00:41:13,645 Just depends how you use it. 949 00:41:13,688 --> 00:41:15,081 Well, 950 00:41:15,124 --> 00:41:17,300 someone's gonna use it right. 951 00:41:17,344 --> 00:41:19,389 We only fight the ones who don't. 952 00:41:20,956 --> 00:41:22,784 So, what are you doing here, really? 953 00:41:24,612 --> 00:41:27,136 Well, I was hoping that we could play 954 00:41:27,180 --> 00:41:29,661 a little loser's game of Oregon Trail. 955 00:41:29,704 --> 00:41:32,011 Oh, we're stealing now?Mm-hmm. [chuckles] 956 00:41:32,054 --> 00:41:33,839 Should we play up on the big screen in Ops? 957 00:41:33,882 --> 00:41:35,797 Do I want to ford a river in eight-bit graphics 958 00:41:35,841 --> 00:41:37,495 on a 12-foot screen? 959 00:41:37,538 --> 00:41:39,627 Uh, yeah. 960 00:41:39,671 --> 00:41:41,977 My girl. 961 00:41:42,021 --> 00:41:44,458 Oh, so, how'd it go with our podcaster? 962 00:41:44,502 --> 00:41:46,286 How'd you get him to delete the tapes? 963 00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:48,375 I just told him we were hiring. 964 00:41:48,418 --> 00:41:51,552 [laughs] I gave him a Space Force business card. 965 00:41:51,596 --> 00:41:54,294 He's gonna be a hell of a guardian. 966 00:41:54,337 --> 00:41:56,470 [both laugh] 967 00:41:56,514 --> 00:41:58,994 What is happening? Can I look now? 968 00:41:59,038 --> 00:42:00,605 Just hold on a second. 969 00:42:00,648 --> 00:42:03,303 You have to be patient. [grunts] 970 00:42:03,346 --> 00:42:05,958 [exhales] Okay. You ready?Mm-hmm. 971 00:42:06,001 --> 00:42:09,701 Three, two, one. 972 00:42:10,615 --> 00:42:12,660 [gasps softly] 973 00:42:15,184 --> 00:42:17,186 Oh, my God. 974 00:42:18,231 --> 00:42:21,190 [chuckles]: You were right. This is pretty cool. 975 00:42:29,459 --> 00:42:31,679 It really is. 976 00:42:36,118 --> 00:42:40,079 Captioning sponsored by CBS 977 00:42:40,122 --> 00:42:42,037 Captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH access.wgbh.org