The Springfield Files

"The Springfield Files"
The Simpsons episode
Episode no.	163
Directed by	Steven Dean Moore
Written by	Reid Harrison
Showrunner(s)	Al Jean Mike Reiss
Production code	3G01
Original air date	January 12, 1997
Chalkboard gag	"The truth is not out there."
Couch gag	The Simpsons fly in on jet packs; Maggie does loop-de-loops until she lands on Marge.
Commentary	Matt Groening Al Jean Mike Reiss Reid Harrison Steven Dean Moore David Silverman
Guest appearance(s)
Leonard Nimoy as himself Gillian Anderson as Agent Scully David Duchovny as Agent Mulder
Season 8 episodes October 27, 1996 – May 18, 1997 "Treehouse of Horror VII" "You Only Move Twice" "The Homer They Fall" "Burns, Baby Burns" "Bart After Dark" "A Milhouse Divided" "Lisa's Date with Density" "Hurricane Neddy" "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)" "The Springfield Files" "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" "Mountain of Madness" "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" "Homer's Phobia" "Brother from Another Series" "My Sister, My Sitter" "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" "Grade School Confidential" "The Canine Mutiny" "The Old Man and the Lisa" "In Marge We Trust" "Homer's Enemy" "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"
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"The Springfield Files" is the tenth episode of The Simpsons' eighth season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 12, 1997. The episode sees Homer believe he has discovered an alien in Springfield. It was written by Reid Harrison and directed by Steven Dean Moore. Leonard Nimoy guest stars as himself and David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson guest star as Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, their characters on The X-Files. The episode serves as a crossover with The X-Files and features numerous references to the series. The story came from former showrunners Al Jean and Mike Reiss, who returned to produce this episode while under contract at Disney. It received mostly positive reviews from critics; Jean and Reiss won an Annie Award for producing it.

Leonard Nimoy begins the episode hosting a show about alien encounters. He talks about an encounter in a town called Springfield.