Mulder and Scully receive information from Deep Throat about a UFO that was shot down over Iraq, and has been secretly transported to the US.
To rescue Scully, Mulder follows Barry into the Virginia hills; Skinner reopens the X-Files when he learns Mulder's research has been suppressed.
Special Agents Scully and Mulder race against the clock to capture an unstoppable assassin who murdered a high-ranking military official.