Midnight Special
Good evening. Thanks for tuning
in to your news at 6:00.
central Texas tonight.
for an eight-year-old boy.
He was abducted from his home
near Eldorado, Texas, last night.
We don' t have a photo of him
yet, but this is what we do know.
His name is Alton Meyer,
white, with blue
eyes and brown hair.
- 4 feet and 8 inches tall...
- Its time.
...and believed this man,
Roy Tomlin, took him.
...he is said to be armed
and extremely dangerous.
If you have any information
please call 911...
Its time. Are you ready?
Yeah.
Better lose the bedsheet.
Okay.
Attention all units for a
wanted person broadcast.
Be on the lookout for a 1972 Chevrolet
Chevelle, primer gray in color...
...bearing Texas license plate
159AG2 driven by two white males...
- Pop that open.
- ...and is heading on I-30.
Any unit coming into
contact hold and notify.
Hand me those goggles.
Kill the light, Alton.
Again no photos have been provided of
the eight-year-old boy, he is white...
...4 ft 8 inches tall,
weigh roughly 60 pounds...
...with brown hair and blue eyes said
to be traveling with this man...
...Roy Tomlin. Please call
911 with any information.
Stay with us after the break...
Did the ranch put this out?
No. This is something else.
Thank you, Levi.
What you do now...
...will decide our
whole way of life.
You have four days, to
get the boy back here.
He wont give him back easily.
But we must get him back
in time, you understand?
The Lord has...
...placed a heavy burden on you.
- Peace be to you.
- And to you.
Well begin with a reading
from March 17th, 2011.
Gulf Eclipse. And
the numbers came.
35, 47, 97, 52.
Buildings tower.
The light comes.
To know the source of such things
is to know our place in the world.
...are guided by a plan,
unknown to us, but...
from the federal government.
them very carefully.
Please remain calm.
We are agents from the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
We have a warrant to
search the premises
and detain all members of this ranch.
There are buses...
...waiting outside to transport
you to the campus...
...of Jefferson High
School in San Angelo.
Please exit the building
in an orderly fashion.
You' ll receive further details
when we reach our destination.
Are we good?
It's better to get
across state line.
Id like to slow down.
Lucas!
Alton, stay down.
Ma'am.
Ma'am.
Shes hurt real bad!
Shes gonna need an ambulance!
Shes got a bad head wound!
Dont.
Shoot him!
Get back in the car!
Alton is more important!
Get back in the car!
- Shoot him!
- Ive got this...
Shots fired, officer down.
Send medical 10-18.
Country road 36.
One mile east of marker 87.
Everything is fine. Buckle in.
Its okay. Just
settle down, alright?
You want your comics?
Here.
He had on a vest.
You didnt know that.
You did the right thing.
Hes more important.
You didnt just shoot
a state trooper.
We had you under surveillance since
members of your ranch acquired...
...a sizable number of firearms over
the course of the last six months.
Do you have an
explanation for this?
Well, its not illegal to own
weapons in this country yet.
Whats the main
economic function...
...of your ranch?
We [...], cattle, dairy,
but they are not for profit.
We use them ourselves.
Hi. Hello.
Hi, sir. Agent Miller?
Hi. Paul Sevier, NSA. Nice to
finally meet you in person.
Hello.
As I said, my name
is Paul Sevier.
I work for the NSA in the
field of communications.
Do these mean anything to you?
Ignore the rest of this.
Polo step?
Meridian Alpha?
Red Saber?
The number combination...
...53, 23, 77, 1, 27?
Yes. They are excerpts
from my sermons.
That particular one is from...
...a reading January 18, 2010.
Yes, it is. Did you write this?
Yes.
What if I told you that words and
numbers contained in your sermons...
...include sensitive
government information...
...that, given the
dates you provide,
were transmitted solely by satellite
through a heavily encrypted format,
the decryption and
dissemination of which,
other than being
scientifically impossible,
would surely carry punishments
of treason that are so severe...
...the government probably
hasnt invented them yet?
They came from the boy.
It' all from the boy.
- Alton Meyer?
- Yes.
Okay. Well...
- We knew that.
- Hes your son?
Adopted.
- Do you know the birth father?
- Yes, I do.
Roy Tomlin.
So can you tell us how an
eight-year-old got this information?
He would have fits.
Can you explain that?
And speak in tongues.
Sometimes other languages,
sometimes unknown languages.
We wrote them down. They
became our scripture.
These are words of the Lord.
Or the Federal Government.
What is the significance
of Friday, March 6th?
We need to know where he is.
You all have no clue of what
youre dealing with, do you?
Ive prepared a room for him.
Alton, its wonderful
to see you again.
Yes, sir.
Are those windows blacked out?
Yes. It's cardboard
behind the drapes.
Well, I'll... Ill let
you all get settled in.
Thank you.
Kick your shoes off.
Get some sleep, Alton.
Night, Lucas.
Goggles.
Try and sleep.
Well have breakfast
when you get up.
Okay.
Thats National.
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