year old, and they wouldn't have any record on him, dental records, anything he was about my age. michael least mid of all the names, pretty generic name. we went through the records building in dallas asked for a birth certificate with his name, his birth date, five minutes later a guy came out with a certified copy stamped. >> that's a little harder these days? >> i don't think he could do that these days. >> but back then he could, and he used it to get a social security card, a drivers license, a job as a carpenter, energy the. eventually a degree from the university of texas at arlington. aerospace engineering. >> when you start applying for security clearances with the aerospace jobs, they're gonna dig deep into her background and i kind of knew that they would probably find i'm not michael smith.