Allen and Quinn head to rural Gurley, Alabama to speak to a farmer who claims that a hovering spaceship killed his otherwise healthy hogs. In Allen and Quinn speaking to the farmer, he further reports that the craft was cigar-shaped, confirming both Allen's own sighting of the object when he was on a commercial flight and Quinn's thoughts of what it is. Quinn is certain that it has something to do with "Operation Paperclip" based out of nearby Huntsville Air Force Base, the operation which is about the American space program. The government recruited many Germans in this post-war period as the primary researchers, led by Wernher von Braun. In that Paperclip is led by a bunch of "former" Nazis, Quinn doesn't fully trust them. As such, his actions in the matter lead to him and Allen taking separate paths in their investigation. They now have to decide how much to tell (General James) Harding to explain above and beyond what von Braun tells and shows them. It is Quinn's suspicion that Harding may already know more than he has divulged to them. Back in Columbus, Mimi encounters the man who has been following her, but her reaction only leads to Susie having her next in her covert mission.
—Huggo