How did I miss this?

My hometown in a prime-time drama? Yep.

Back in February of 1994, according the mythos of The X-Files, UFOs are spotted in where else but the non-incorporated community of Reagan*, Tennessee, on Highway 100, approximately 5-10 miles away from the house I grew up in.


What?

C.B. FEMALE CALLER: I seen three of them flying over Chester County.

C.B. MALE CALLER #2: Right, right, and six troopers were chasing them down 22! Whoa, I see one now! And he’s over the watertower!

And why does Reagan look suspiciously like British Columbia?


Where was I when this happened? Probably playing Super Nintendo or watching TV (apparently not FOX, though). And then the next thing we know, Special Agents Mulder and Scully are questioning the truck driver at the police station of my very own hometown, Lexington, Tennessee, where we meet Lexington Police Chief Rivers, whoever that was (portrayed by Canadian actor Allan Lysell, who does a wonderful Georgian accent, unfortunately). I'm pretty sure I've never seen Chief Rivers' picture in the paper, and I've been in it at least twice. (And shouldn't the Sheriff, not the Police, have jurisdiction over Reagan?)






Anyway, this was from the first-season episode "E.B.E.", which incidentally was the first episode to feature The Lone Gunmen (who did not visit Lexington). You can read the transcript of the actual script at The X-Files Scripts Archive (scenes 3-5).
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* pronounced RIG-un

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