Close
is the 17th episode of Season 4 of the science fiction series The X-Files . It originally premiered on March 16, 1997, and serves as the first part of a two-part mythology story that concludes with the episode "Max". Plot Summary
: The search leads Mulder to dive into a lake near the crash site, where he discovers the wreckage of a downed UFO.
While celebrating Agent Scully’s birthday, Mulder is approached by a woman who informs him that —an alien abductee first introduced in Season 1—has died in a commercial plane crash.
