I remember when I saw the first episode of The X-Files in 1993. I was so excited about this series! The show deals with agents assigned to a special investigative branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Fox Mulder (played by David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (played by Gillian Anderson) travel to sites where unexplained and paranormal things occur. Mulder is believes that the government is covering up these events and Scully was brought in as a scientist to temper Mulder’s theories.
I was exposed to all sorts of geek culture, sci-fi and conspiracy theories growing up. I’ve become forever curious about the things we think we understand in our world. For this reason, a show about government coverups was interesting to me, especially after a television interview I had seen a few years earlier.
In 1989, Bob Lazar had been featured on KLAS talking to George Knapp about work he was doing at Area 51. He was in disguise and went by the name “Dennis”. As crazy as his story was at the time, I was fascinated by his story. It was very x-filey. And ironically, years later, a lot of what Lazar spoke about then was found to be true. Lazar’s information is also consistent with information released by the Pentagon in the last few years when they admitted to studying UFOs.
If you are ever interested in Bob Lazar and his story, I highly recommend checking out Joe Rogan’s interview with him and Jeremy Corbell. Rogan is an excellent interviewer, and the episode was captivating.
But back to The X-Files. The famous tagline of the show is, “the truth is out there.” It is said throughout the series by multiple characters and is even in the intro to the show.
And fun fact about the show, Vince Gillian wrote and produced many of the episodes in this series. If his name sounds familiar, it should! He brought us Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.
Everything has a truth, even if we can’t comprehend it. There are things we have discovered recently that defy our complete understanding of physics. We don’t know everything, and we are limited by what we think we know. We should strive to be curious about the world around us. We should seek truth, even when it doesn’t lead where we want it to.
