So as ya'll are aware, the kick off point for Old World Blues is the crashed satellite at that midnight drive-in south of Nipton. You look real closely at the satellite, black out, and wake up in Big Mt all lobotomized and whatnot. As far as I can tell, it's never explained exactly how you got there; did the Satellite hit you with knock out gas, followed by Mobius sending lobotomites to pick you up? Did your body get teleported? How?

I like the mysterious opening as much as the next guy, but it would be nice to pull back that curtain and figure out how exactly the Think Tank are abducting people in the Mojave- they can't exactly carry them themselves...

I don't think it's ever explained anywhere in the game. I assumed some sort of teleportation.

Exactly, similar to the Big Mountain Transportalponder. I can't remember if it's explained how all the people who become lobotomites get to Big Mt.