Plot

An out-of-this-world case brings Brennan and Booth to New Mexico where they investigate human remains with extraterrestrial attributes. The victim is identified as a local UFO fanatic, known around town for her relentless search for alien life forms and whose latest "evidence" leads even Brennan and Booth to re-think outside existence. Meanwhile, a local sheriff refuses to release the bones, forcing the team at the Jeffersonian to work via satellite, and Angela and Jeffersonian intern Wendell come clean about their relationship.—FOX Publicity

In the Roswell desert, UFO-nut Marvin Breekman stumbles upon a burnt body in a silver suit, later identified as colleague Ursula. Wendell Bray enjoys his affair with Angelo and insists they must tell her ex, Hodgins, who seems fine with it, but accepts counseling from Sweets.—KGF Vissers

Marvin (Kai Lennox), an alien hunter, traverses a desert landscape when he stumbles across an otherworldly body wrapped in silver. Then he hears movement from the bushes! "I found one!" he gasps. "I come in peace!" He sees glowing orange eyes -- and runs. Back at the Jeffersonian, Angela (Michaela Conlin) and Wendell (Michael Grant Terry) flirt heavily. They are interrupted by Camille(Tamara Taylor) , who knows their secret. "Do you think Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) knows?" a nervous Wendell asks. Uh oh.

Booth (David Boreanaz) and Bones (Emily Deschanel), in the meantime, examine the remains of the supposed alien. Bones theorizes the body is actually a human (bummer) female in her 30s. Suddenly, a woman named Marsha (Dale Dickey) appears with a shotgun. "This is my land!" the woman yells. She is quickly disarmed by Sheriff Bonds (Ben Giroux), who tells B&B he will not give up jurisdiction. However: "I could use the help," he says. Happy to oblige, Bones discovers a cell phone. Turns out it belongs to our alien hunter. Later, Bones examines the body, which appears to have been petrified, while Booth interrogates Marvin, who claims to have been abducted by aliens five years ago. He claims to know nothing of the body.

He is soon interrupted by Delmy (Kelly Smith), a local alien blogger demanding information. "I'm going to post this on my blog tonight," she warns. "This place will be swarming with alien nuts." Booth decides to threaten her with arrest for trespassing. Bones, meanwhile, runs the body through an old MRI machine. Turns out it's magnetic! Sure enough, Bones finds multiple ball bearings in the victim's head. Could it have come from a shotgun? Booth takes a facial reconstruction photo of the dead woman (courtesy of Angela) to Marsha, who recognizes the face as a frequent trespasser. Alas, she can't put a name to the face. Marsha then encourages Booth to ask Blaine (Dean Haglund) at the local café.

Cut to Hodgins, who explains the body had heavy traces of an illegal insecticide still used south of the border. Bones, in the meantime, unearths from the body a memory card tied to a string. "It's an old prison trick," says Camille, explaining the woman could use the floss to pull the card out of her system if need be. Gross. "Whatever is on it was important enough to hide," Bones says. Quips Hodgins: "Important enough to kill for." Later, Wendell confesses to Hodgins he is sleeping with Angela. "It's been over for Angela and me for a long time," Hodgins says. "You're both my friends ... why don't the three of us grab lunch together?" Wow that was easy. A little TOO easy.

B&B head to the café, which is filled with alien-themed merchandise and old toys. The proprietor Blaine recognizes the reconstructed pic of the victim and identifies her Ursula, a regular. "She was having an argument with another woman," says Blaine. "I had to tell her to keep it down." He then gives directions to the woman's silver trailer in the desert. Moments later, B&B approach the trailer to discover blood on a nearby rock. Inside, the trailer is lined with charts, graphs and digital tapes. Booth lifts a print from the rock and sends it to the Jeffersonian. Camille and Angela are already busy watching the video from the memory card. It appears to show spaceships surrounded by men in Hazmat suits! Angela confirms the footage was not doctored. "Are you saying our victim might have stumbled onto a real UFO?" Camille asks. Seems so.

Sometime later, Booth reveals the blood on the brick belongs to Delmy, who admits to breaking into the trailer and stealing pictures of Ursula making out with Marvin. She wanted them for a story on her blog. Angela, Wendell and Hodgins then head to lunch at the diner. Sweets (John Francis Daley) notices the unlikely trio and comments the situation is obviously not "fine," as everyone suggests. In the meantime, married Marvin admits to having an affair with Ursula. He leads B&B to the very spot where they apparently saw UFO lights. He theorizes aliens captured her, experimented on her and then dumped the body. Not quite, Marvin. Back at the Jeffersonian, the team has cleaned up the image on the memory card and discovered it wasn't alien ships, after all, but shiny tanker trucks. Worse, someone in a Hazmat suit is dumping toxic chemicals into the Mexican desert -- illegally, of course. "She was out looking for UFOs, but found this instead," Hodgins says. On the video, Ursula runs from the scene.

Hodgins then traces the illegal substance found on the body back to a company named Innatron, which has a plant located right on the border. Afterwards, Hodgins sees Angela and Wendell -- and runs to Sweet's office. "You're right, Sweets, everything is NOT fine," Hodgins yells. "I don't know if I want to climb into a hole and die or run over Wendell and Angela with a truck." Says Sweets: "I don't think you're jealous. I think you're grieving what you lost." Hodgins agrees. It's a sad, sad moment. Later, Angela has isolated sound from the memory card. It's a woman barking orders in Spanish. But Camille, who knows a little Spanish, thinks the speaker is American. Hmm.

Bones wastes little time, identifying Rachel Adams (Penny Johnson Jerald) as the Innatron executive in charge of waste management The woman also happens to match the description of the person seen loudly arguing with Ursula at the alien-themed café. B&B then head to Innatron HQ and confront Adams with the video from the memory card. "You think you can expedite me?" Adams sneers. "Take your best shot." Turns out B&B dont have to, though. Hodgins calls to explain the ball bearings trace back to the 1950s. They are of the same variety used in toys. And where have we seen toys? The alien-themed café.

Sure enough, Blaine doesn't look too happy to see B&B and Sheriff Bonds. The theory: Blaine overheard Adams offering a payoff to Ursula. But Ursula thought she had proof of alien life and refused the money. Blaine then offered Ursula cash in exchange for the proof. They met out in the desert and Blaine killed the woman with a toy gun loaded with ball bearings. It's true. Blaine can't even bring himself to argue. He is led away in cuffs. Case closed, but not the episode. Angela and Wendell have a drink at the bar. "You know it's over between Hodgins and me?" she says. The two kiss and are watched by a distraught Hodgins, who stands alone outside. The only cure for grief is time.