Jose Chung's "From Outer Space"

"Jose Chung's From Outer Space" is the 20th episode of the third season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States on April 12, 1996, on FOX. It was written by Darin Morgan and directed by Rob Bowman. The episode is a stand alone episode, like most episodes of The X-Files, and follows the normal Monster-of-the-Week pattern of the show. "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" tells the story of Fox M... more

"Jose Chung's From Outer Space" is the 20th episode of the third season of the science fiction television series The X-Files. The episode first aired in the United States on April 12, 1996, on FOX. It was written by Darin Morgan and directed by Rob Bowman. The episode is a stand alone episode, like most episodes of The X-Files, and follows the normal Monster-of-the-Week pattern of the show. "Jose Chung's From Outer Space" tells the story of Fox Mulder and Dana Scully hearing about an alien abduction of two teenagers. Each witness provides a different version of the same facts. Within the episode, a science-fiction novelist, Jose Chung, writes a book about the incident. A pair of teenagers in their car are captured by a pair of gray aliens who are soon confronted by a giant third alien from another race. Agent Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is interviewed concerning the case by author Jose Chung, who is seeking to write a book about alien abduction. Scully claims that the girl, Chrissy... less