:39:03
I think you underestimate him,
Admiral.
:39:05
The body of a large cephalopod
is like a giant sack...
:39:09
which he can fill with sea water
and empty suddenly when he's alarmed.
:39:13
Let me show you, Admiral.
Now watch.
:39:21
Even the best of your ships
are comparatively old-fashioned...
:39:24
compared to the cephalopod.
:39:27
He's jet-propelled.
:39:29
We'll have to destroy him
with the first shot.
:39:32
The State Department wants to know
how soon we plan to raise our blockade.
:39:35
Australia, Canada and Peru
are protesting to the UN...
:39:39
unless we do it at once.
:39:40
Why don't we
tell them the whole story?
:39:43
Washington makes
those decisions, not us.
:39:45
This stays top secret until the thing
is definitely sighted...
:39:49
and confined to a limited area.
:39:51
- How much longer will that take?
- It shoulïve happened by now.
:39:55
When you start a job like this again,
where do you begin?
:39:57
With Naval Intelligence,
I should think.
:39:59
If you mean me, I'm afraid I can't
give you a very hopeful send-off.
:40:04
My department has sifted all
the information made available to us...
:40:08
during the last ten days...
:40:10
and this is what it boils down to.
:40:13
One: three bathers missing
from Australian beaches.
:40:17
Sharks, probably.
Anything else?
:40:20
Unusually high waves breaking on Midway.
Possible marine disturbance.
:40:24
That's worthwhile investigating.
:40:26
It is being at this time.
:40:29
I'll have the reports
within three hours.
:40:32
Marine weather station off the Canadian
coast is out of radio contact with land.
:40:37
Anything more?
:40:38
Deep-sea fishermen
along the northwestern US coast...
:40:42
are complaining because of
the poor fishing there.
:40:46
That's all.
:40:48
Any one of these
may well be the clue we're seeking.
:40:51
I suggest we take the one
most likely...
:40:54
the weather ship
out of touch with land.
:40:57
Can you fly me there?
:40:58
Admiral Burns will have a flight
ready for you and accompany you.