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You're traveling[br]through another dimension-

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a dimension not only of sight[br]and sound, but of mind,

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a journey into a wondrous land

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whose boundaries[br]are that of imagination.

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Your next stop,[br]the twilight zone.

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Mr. Chambers? Mr. Chambers?

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It is the mealtime.

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Kindly state[br]your preference, please.

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Mr. Chambers?

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It is the mealtime.

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Kindly state your preference.

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Please deposit cigarettes[br]in appropriate receptacle.

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This is a safety measure.

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Why don't you take[br]a flying jump at the moon?

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Kindly repeat request.

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Aw, knock it off,[br]leave me alone.

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You do not care[br]for food at this time?

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Yes, i do not care[br]for food at this time.

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Very well.

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Very well... very, very well.

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Please conserve water.

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What time is it?

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There is no time in space.

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This is to say

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there is no chronology[br]that can be calibrated.

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I said what time is it,[br]what time is it on earth?

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Can you tell me that

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without an exercise[br]in euclidean geometry?

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Now, just tell me[br]what time it is on earth.

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On earth it would be 12:00 noon.

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12:00 noon, 12:00 noon.

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This is the way[br]nightmares begin...

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or, perhaps, end.

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Very simple, direct, unadorned.

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Incredible,[br]and yet so terribly real

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that even[br]while they're happening

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we live with them[br]and digest them

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and assimilate them.

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And if it's 12:00 noon

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that's what you[br]preoccupy yourself with.

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You don't think[br]about 12:00 noon

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on the next day[br]or the day after that.

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But that's what we should[br]have been thinking about-

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tomorrow[br]and the day after tomorrow.

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We were preoccupied[br]with the hands on a clock

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when we should have been[br]checking off a calendar.

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It was an april day,[br]and it was noon then, too.

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And people walked and drove

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and bought and sold[br]and fretted and laughed.

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The world went on[br]much as it had been going on

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with a tentative tiptoeing

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alongside a precipice[br]of crisis.

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There was berlin to worry about

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and indochina, and algeria

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and all the other myriad[br]problems, major and minor

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that somehow had lost[br]their incisive edge of horror

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because we were[br]so familiar with them.

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And then...

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and that's when it happened.

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That's when we first heard[br]that they had come.

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That's when we should[br]have prepared ourselves

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for any eventuality,[br]but we didn't.

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Instead, we milled around[br]like frightened farm animals

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looking for formulas[br]and father images,

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while the secretary general[br]of the united nations

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made the first[br]official announcement

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of the arrival of creatures[br]from outer space.

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They called themselves kanamits

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and announced[br]over the short wave

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that on that given afternoon,[br]they would arrive on earth.

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At 11:00 this morning,[br]eastern standard time

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the first of these landings

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took place in an area just[br]outside of newark, new jersey.

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Subsequently, we have had[br]reports of other landings

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in the soviet union, in norway,[br]the southern coast of france

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just outside of rio de janeiro[br]and several others.

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Speaking on behalf[br]of the united nations,

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i can only tell you[br]that at this moment

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it would be premature[br]to assume hostile intent

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on the part of these...[br]these kanamits.

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And so, it is the position[br]of the united nations

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that the world population[br]remain calm,

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to make no hostile move,

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to keep in mind

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that all governments[br]are being apprised

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of the events as they happen

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and have the situation[br]well in hand.

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What do they look like?[br]Yeah, what do they look like?

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Please, gentlemen,[br]please...

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who are they, mr.Secretary general?[br]Can't we get

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a more specific statement?[br]We do not know what they look like.

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We only know that several[br]of their craft have landed

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and that they...

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what's the secret?

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Why can't we have[br]a statement?

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What's going on?[br]What's happening here?

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Please,[br]mr. Secretary general...

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it appears... it appears[br]that one of the craft

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has landed just[br]a few blocks away.

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That close?[br]Does the defense department know...?

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One of their representatives[br]is on his way to this building.

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Fantastic![br]Unbelievable!

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Respectfully submitted[br]for your perusal... a kanamit.

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A little over nine feet.

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Weight:In the neighborhood[br]of 350 pounds.

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Origin: Unknown.

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Motives?

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Therein hangs the tale,[br]for in just a moment

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we're going to ask you[br]to shake hands, figuratively,

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with a christopher columbus

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from another galaxy[br]and another time.

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This is the twilight zone.

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Ladies and gentlemen[br]of the earth,

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we greet you[br]in peace and friendship.

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We come from a planet[br]far beyond this galaxy,

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a planet far more developed[br]than earth,

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but we come as friends.

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Although we know your language,

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our own methods of communication[br]are mental rather than verbal.

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Hence, the voice you hear me[br]speaking with

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is totally mechanical.

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Our intentions are honorable.

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We desire above all things[br]to help the people of earth...

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...to establish embassies here,

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and, in the near future,[br]to set up reciprocal visits

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between earth people[br]and kanamits.

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Perhaps you watched[br]this initial questioning-

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most people on earth did

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on television sets,[br]radios, shortwave.

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Surely, some of the questions[br]asked by your representatives

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must have been identical[br]to a few of your own

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because as a race,[br]we're unaccustomed to charity.

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Brutality is a far more[br]universal language to us

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than an expression of friendship[br]from outer space.

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Would you be willing to[br]be interrogated here

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and at this time?

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There are u.n.[br]Delegates present

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from most of the[br]important countries

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and the television cameras

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are carrying our meeting[br]throughout the world.

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I will be glad to.

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Senor valdes of argentina[br]is recognized.

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Thank you, mr. Secretary.

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Senor, could you[br]please inform us

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precisely why have you chosen[br]this planet for your visit?

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It has come to our attention

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that earth has[br]been plagued

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by both natural and[br]unnatural catastrophes

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all of which could easily[br]be acted upon and prevented.

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We are here to help you.

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Recognizing dr. Denis leveque,[br]the representative of france.

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Monsieur, my government[br]wishes me to ask you

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the nature of your help.

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What forms will it take?

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Indeed, if we should prefer[br]not to avail ourselves

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of the various aids[br]that you mentioned,

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your reply would be what?

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We will not force[br]anything on you.

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You will take only that[br]which you choose to take.

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For example, tomorrow[br]we will demonstrate

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to all interested parties

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a new and extremely[br]interesting power source

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which is atomic[br]in nature

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and which can supply[br]a form of electric power

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for entire countries

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for the cost[br]of a few dollars.

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It's extremely economical.

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Mr. Gregori,[br]the representative

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of the soviet union,[br]is recognized.

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The soviet people would[br]like to ask the kanamits

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precisely-[br]i repeat that to him-

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precisely what[br]are your motives

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in coming here[br]quite uninvited?

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Are we to assume[br]that there is no ulterior motive

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beyond this vast humanity[br]you speak of?

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There is nothing ulterior[br]in our motives.

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Nothing at all.

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You will discover this[br]for yourselves before too long

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simply by testing[br]the various devices

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which we will make[br]available to you.

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We can show you,[br]for example,

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how to add a certain very[br]cheap nitrate to the soil

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and end famine on earth[br]for good and all.

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We can demonstrate[br]to you quite practically

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the principles[br]of the force field

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in which you may[br]cloak each nation

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with an invisible wall

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absolutely impenetrable[br]by bombs, missiles,

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or anything else.

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We ask only[br]that you trust us.

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Only that you simply trust us.

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That was what we all thought.

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It was the age of santa claus.

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Only these kriss kringles[br]came without white whiskers

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and rosy cheeks[br]and twinkling eyes.

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They were nine-feet tall enigmas

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who descended on us[br]like locusts.

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But nobody was counting[br]or worrying.

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Except perhaps[br]a few professionals

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whose job it was[br]to second guess.

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In a sense, i was one of these-

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a decoding specialist for[br]the united states government,

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and this is where[br]i got into the act.

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Well, chambers,[br]what have you got?

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A corker of a migraine headache[br]and eye strain.

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You can't lick it?

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No, not in eight hours, i can't.

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Colonel,[br]it took us almost a year

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to crack the japanese code-

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we had an army of men[br]working on that.

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But this is a language of people[br]from outer space,

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probably 500 times[br]as intelligent as we are

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and a thousand times[br]more complex.

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You need more help?

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All donations[br]gratefully accepted.

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I showed this[br]to every man on our staff.

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I've had a dozen people working[br]on it since late last night.

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We've tried[br]pretty much everything-

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single transposition,[br]double transposition.

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We've tried every known method[br]of cryptography there is,

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and i don't know[br]whether we're even close

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or a million miles away.

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Are you saying it's[br]indecipherable?

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No, we've just got[br]to keep trying, that's all.

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Standard, direct, reversed,[br]systematically mixed,

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keyword mixed, random mixed,

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reciprocal, conjugate.

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Every nature of sequence[br]of letters there is.

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I'll tell you something,[br]colonel, this is a tough nut.

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This is a real tough nut.

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How important is it?

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Hmm, i don't know.

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That... that kanamit,

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or whatever it is[br]he calls himself,

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walked off and left[br]this book yesterday at the u.n.

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The white house feels[br]if we can decipher this book

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we can find out[br]what they're up to.

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Well, obviously,[br]nothing but our good.

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He hasn't commented[br]on the loss of this book.

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Probably unconcerned.

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Why should we be so concerned?

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They've done all right[br]by us so far.

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Parlor tricks.

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They don't seem like[br]parlor tricks to me, colonel.

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That new nitrate use[br]they demonstrated

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in argentina this morning-

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that soil had more vitamins[br]in it six hours later

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than a drugstore chain.

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I know that country.

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That's as barren and fruitless[br]as any place on earth.

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Well...

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we might lick this,[br]we might not.

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But i got[br]a strange feeling.

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What?

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That we're looking

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a gift horse in the mouth.

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I got another[br]funny feeling, too.

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And that is?

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That if these kanamits

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are as helpful as[br]i think they are,

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you boys will be[br]out of a job.

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And probably, so will i.

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Am i to assume

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this is a scientific[br]analysis, mr. Chambers,

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or just some[br]kentucky windage?

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Well, i don't know[br]what it is, colonel,

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beyond an instinctive[br]feeling.

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When this earth[br]gets enough to eat

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and there are no more wars[br]or diseases or famines,

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this is going to be[br]a garden of eden.

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Your optimism is most[br]refreshing, mr. Chambers,

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but i suggest for the time being[br]you continue

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your process of deciphering

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until you can[br]tell us precisely-

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and i mean precisely-[br]what that book says.

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We've licked the title, anyway.

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What does it say?

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How much[br]does it tell us?

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Here it is.

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Well, that makes the cheese

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a little more binding,[br]wouldn't you say, colonel?

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I'd call that a reasonably[br]altruistic phrase,

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do you agree, patty?

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Well, i, uh...

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well, i want to[br]believe it, but...

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i don't know[br]what to think.

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"To serve man."

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I hope so.

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I fervently hope so.

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Gentlemen,[br]the purpose of this meeting

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is to acquaint you with certain[br]tests made over the past week.

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At the request[br]of several delegates

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and with the full consent

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of our guests, the kanamits,

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these tests were filmed,[br]cut together into one short film

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and you can watch them now.

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Kindly lower the screen.

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These are[br]the standard instruments used

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to determine[br]the truth of a statement.

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Our first object,

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since the physiology of the[br]kanamits is unknown to us,

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was to determine whether or not[br]they react to these tests

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as human beings do.

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We will now repeat one[br]of the many experiments made

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in an effort[br]to discover this fact.

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This instrument records[br]the subject's heartbeat.

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This one shows the electrical[br]conductivity of the skin

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in the palm of the hand-

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a measure of perspiration,[br]which increases under stress.

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This one shows the pattern

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and intensity[br]of the electrical waves

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emanating[br]from the subject's brain.

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Which of these is[br]longer than the other?

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The gray.

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I shall repeat[br]the question.

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Which of these is[br]longer than the other?

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The black.

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How did you get[br]to this planet?

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Walked.

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Once again, how did[br]you get to this planet?

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In a spaceship.

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Many such experiments were made

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and my colleagues and myself[br]are satisfied

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that the mechanisms[br]are effective.

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Now, i shall ask[br]our distinguished guest

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to reply to the question[br]put at the last session

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by several of the delegates.

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Namely, what is the motive[br]of the kanamit people

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in offering such great gifts

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to the people of the earth?

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I hope that the people of earth[br]will understand and believe

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when i tell you that our mission[br]upon this planet is simply this:

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To bring to you the peace and[br]plenty which we ourselves enjoy

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and which we have in the past

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brought to other races[br]throughout the galaxy.

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When your world[br]has no more hunger,

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no more war,[br]no more needless suffering,

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that will be our reward.

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And the machine[br]showed no deviation.

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According to it, the kanamit[br]was telling the truth.

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You and i and the rest of[br]this earth had a ringside seat

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to the rebirth of every dream[br]man had ever dreamed.

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Santa claus came through.

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Arid deserts became gardens

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with the devices the kanamits[br]showed us how to use.

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The force field that was[br]to end war did precisely that.

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Armies and navies[br]were practically disbanded.

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Please check your guest visas.

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This is flight number 267[br]from earth to our planet.

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They tell me they have[br]a mean temperature of 76 degrees

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on their planet,[br]and the sun never goes down.

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And there clothing-

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it's a metallic substance,[br]just beautiful.

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Kind of like a spun gold.

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My sister wrote me.

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She says the day you land,

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they take you on a conducted[br]tour of all their shops

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and you can pick out as[br]much of it as you want.

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But it's an entire planet.

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It's bigger than china.

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Besides it's an opportunity

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to spread peaceful coexistence[br]to an entire galaxy.

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Stand aside, please,[br]i have diplomatic visa.

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It's just one big holiday[br]when you get there.

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They've even got[br]a form of baseball.

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Leagues of everything,[br]just like we've got.

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And the whole trip,[br]billions of miles,

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only takes just a few days.

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Oh, man, i don't think[br]i'll want to come back

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once i do get there.

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I'm going home, boss.

0:19:31.647,0:19:33.007
Need me for anything?

0:19:33.032,0:19:34.865
Need you for anything?[br]Like what?

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This isn't exactly what you call[br]a beehive of activity.

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Well, this is[br]the new story of man.

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Nobody needs to decipher[br]much of anything anymore

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because there aren't[br]any more codes

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simply because there aren't[br]any more secret messages.

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Odd.

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Huh?

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Well, i mean,

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we're not reading[br]about the hydrogen bomb

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or war scares or insurrections

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or anything like that anymore.

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Millennium.

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Yeah, close to it.

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How many of them[br]are around now?

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Anybody ever[br]figure it out?

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A few thousand, i guess.

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They've got embassies[br]in every country now.

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And for every one[br]of them that comes,

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a few thousand of us[br]take off in one of their ships

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to live with them.

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Yeah, that's[br]the odd thing:

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The fantastic ease[br]with which

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human beings make adjustments.

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One day, they watch[br]with bated breath

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while a single individual[br]orbits the earth

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in a rinky-dink[br]little cubicle

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and they think this is[br]the most historic moment

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that's ever happened in[br]the history of mankind.

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And then, one year later,

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they stand in line

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waiting to take off[br]in a spaceship

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to go 100 billion miles[br]off into space

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and they act and react

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as if this were[br]a weekend picnic in the country.

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Oh, strange[br]and complex sanity of man.

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Nothing fazes him.

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Are you going?

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Well, as a matter of fact

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i'm on a ten-year[br]exchange group waiting list.

0:21:25.144,0:21:27.077
And what about you, patty?

0:21:27.212,0:21:29.063
I'm on the list, too.

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The trouble is,[br]their quotas fill

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just as soon as they make[br]the announcement of a new trip.

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While i'm waiting,

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i think i'll do the[br]next best thing.

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I'm still working[br]on that book.

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Deciphering that title[br]has been of no help

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because their capital[br]letters are different

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than the other signs they use,

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just as ours are.

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But it's starting[br]to fall into place.

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I think i'll get[br]the answer eventually.

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Well, i gave up[br]trying a month ago.

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This is flight number 914

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from earth to our planet.

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We will be taking off[br]in three minutes.

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Mr. Chambers!

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Mr. Chambers!

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Don't get on that ship!

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The rest of the book,[br]to serve man-it's...

0:22:21.049,0:22:22.917
it's a cookbook!

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No! No!

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No, no, no!

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Hey! No!

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You have not eaten enough,[br]mr. Chambers.

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Please, enjoy.

0:23:08.997,0:23:12.081
Eat hearty.

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Please, mr. Chambers, eat.

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We wouldn't want you[br]to lose weight.

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How about you?

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You still on earth[br]or on the ship with me?

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Well, it doesn't make[br]very much difference

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because sooner or later[br]we'll all of us be on the menu-

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all of us.

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The recollections[br]of one michael chambers

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with appropriate flashbacks[br]and soliloquy.

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Or more simply stated,[br]the evolution of man,

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the cycle of going[br]from dust to dessert...

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the metamorphosis from being[br]the ruler of a planet

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to an ingredient[br]in someone's soup.

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It's tonight's bill of fare[br]on the twilight zone.