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On Sun, 1 Jun 2008 22:16:06 -0700 (PDT), Wadeyboy
<wade4816@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:

> It's a very old game so I'm not sure if anyone can help but I
>recently went back to play UFO - Enemy Unknown (as this was the name X-
>Com was released as in England) on my ancient old P90 as I never
>completed the game 1st time around. However I've come across either a
>bug or maybe I'm missing something, I'm not sure. I've had my
>scientists doing their research and have been told to capture one of
>the alien leaders alive so that they can be interrogated to find where
>the alien HQ is. The thing is, I sent in a team and captured a leader
>from a base the aliens had set up on earth (which one of my aircraft
>detected) but when I complete the mission, I get the message 'alien
>dies as there is no alien containment facility.' But I do have an
>alien containment facility in both of my largest bases! The team that
>I sent out to capture the alien leader are from one of the bases that
>has an alien containment facility and not from one of my smaller bases
>that haven't, so I can't understand why I get this message.
>  Could you help me please and tell me if I'm missing something or
>have I come across a bug? I would love to finish this game as I have
>put hours and hours of time into it and it is in my opinion, one of
>the all time classic computer games. I know it's looking well dated
>now but the gameplay still stands the test of time.
> I'd be grateful for any help.

IIRC, alien containment facilities can fill up.  Try building another
one, then capturing an alien leader again.