I'm sure people know of this, but it happened to me the other nght and I want to vent

I've been waiting for the Ethereals for a while, and a small scout finally shows up. For some reason, I have not encountered a single Sectoid, so I don't have mind control. Yeah, I don't know how I meet Ethereals before Sectoids, but thats not the point.
I'm one of those people that only saves at the beginning of the mission, before the first move. So everything counts. And I'm thinking, this is going to be tough. BUUUUT, somehow everything goes great, and I get to the last Ethereal without a single casualty. The Ethereal mind controls a random guy, and I kill him.
BUT THEN MY GUY SHOWS AS MIA!!!
So, I'm just mentioning this, because its a bug that should be squashed in Xenocide.
Thanks,
Gold