Colonel Nelec

Colonel Nelec is the main antagonist in the 2011 film, Super 8. He is protrayed by Noah Emmerich. Nelec is the leader of the U.S. Air Force. He arrives to secure the crash site while the kids flee the scene. Nelec ends up finding the empty box of one of the kids' Super 8 film reels, realizing that someone potentially filmed the crash. Using a code word he overheard in the transmissions, Jack tries to get Nelec to divulge what is really happening to the town, but his plan backfires and Nelec has him arrested when he later goes to meet with Nelec in private.

Later in the film, Colonel Nelec and his men storm the school and capture the boys. They place the children on a security bus and head back to the Air Force base, but the alien attacks the bus on the way. Nelec and his men are killed, while Joe and his friends escape.