Continuity mistake: When Cindy is writing down the message for Cody, George has both of his hands on Cody's shoulders. When it cuts to a closeup of Cody, George only has one hand on Cody's shoulder. (00:44:50)
Continuity mistake: Where Cody is watching the tape for the first time and Cindy rushes in, Cody can be seen wearing a greyish washed-out looking jumper. When we next see Cody in a couple of cuts time, his jumper is now a brighter shade of blue. (00:45:00)
Other mistake: When Cindy goes to the oracle, she takes the tape, however when she comes back Cody is watching it. (00:45:00 - 00:48:00)
Continuity mistake: When Tom is holding the glass oil lamp (start of Michael Jackson scene), the glass is first clear, then darkened black by smoke, then clear again. (00:46:00)
Continuity mistake: When Tom opens the door to Sue's room there are drawings hanging on the door. When it cuts from inside the room while he is opening the door the drawings are gone. (00:46:10)
Continuity mistake: When Tom and Michael Jackson are fighting you can see a purple teddy bear hanging from the ceiling in a thread, slightly twisting around. Between the shots the teddy bear has sometimes twisted ninety degrees. It couldn't twist this fast. (00:46:55)
Continuity mistake: Right after Michael Jackson kicks Tom you see Jackson turning around close to a table with a blue umbrella on it. In the next shot as he is turning you see they have moved away from the table and closer to the bed so that Jackson can do his moonwalk trick. (00:47:00)
Continuity mistake: When Tom rips off the Michael Jackson nose and we see a close up shot of it, it has all jagged edges. But in the next shot when Tom picks up the rest of the costume outside, it is a perfect circle where the nose used to be. (00:47:25)
Continuity mistake: When George says "What is that thing?" you see him and Tom standing close to each other. Then a closeup on Tom with George out of the picture and when it cuts George is suddenly standing close to Tom again. (00:47:45)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy hijacks the autocue, her boss changes it to say "Actually I didn't mean..." However the newsreader says "Actually I didn't really mean..." (00:48:50)
Audio problem: When reading the dummy board Giggins says, "GUORSN BLKN." Understandable he skips saying the symbols "(,,", but he also skips saying, "18", before saying, "Four six nine." (00:49:10)
Continuity mistake: On the President's table you can see a paper block with a pen on it. When it cuts to outside the window the pen has moved away from the block. (00:49:35)
Continuity mistake: When we get to the presidents office there is a cup with golden edges on the table. A few cuts later the cup is switched with another cup. (00:49:35)
Continuity mistake: In the President's office, a cup lies on the President's table. During the scene the cup moves on the table. (00:49:40)
Continuity mistake: When agent Thompson enters the president's office you see Wilson standing in front of the president. When it cuts the president is standing in front of Wilson. (00:50:15)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is surfing the Internet for the lighthouse, you see her clicking on different links. When she has clicked the "Page4" link, you see the mouse pointer start moving. Then it cuts to Cindy and back to the screen again. You can see the mouse pointer move from the exact same position in the exact same direction. (00:51:00)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy arrive at the lighthouse we can from distance see the entrance in to the lighthouse is surrounded by rocks. But when Cindy gets there, no rocks are seen. (00:51:20)
Revealing mistake: When Cindy has parked the car outside the lighthouse you see her open the car door and get out. You can also see the reflection of a building, even though there should be nothing more than a lighthouse out there. (00:51:25)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy gets to the lighthouse she is on an open field. But in the next shot a tree and a fence appear from out of nowhere. (00:51:25)
Continuity mistake: When Cindy is going to enter the lighthouse, you can see that the wind has got some of her hair in front of her forehead. When inside the lighthouse, you can see when Cindy appears in the monitors that she has got her hair combed, and in a different style. (00:51:30)
Answer: It was an alien in a Michael Jackson skin. He shed it and ran off into the bushes.
Grumpy Scot