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News of that incident on the Oregon
coast reached throughout the world.
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By order of
the Defense Department...
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shipping took refuge in the harbors
and all beach areas were closed.
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The coastal waters of the Pacific
were mined.
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From Panama
to the Arctic Circle...
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the Western coast of America
made ready.
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I've been asked what the Navy is doing
in this emergency.
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Inasmuch as operational headpuarters
are now set up here in San Francisco...
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we will use this area
as an example.
:48:47
Offshore minefields, together with
radar and sonar warning devices...
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set up on Golden Gate Bridge...
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should be more than adepuate to keep
the monster out of the Bay Area.
:48:55
A submarine net has been hung
from Golden Gate Bridge itself...
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completely blocking
the only entrance from the sea.
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Now, this is primarily
a warning device...
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but it's also capable of taking a charge
of thousands of volts of electricity...
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which we've been advised will repel
any form of marine life, if not kill it.
:49:13
Is there anything
I haven't touched on?
:49:17
You say the monster could attack us
in coastal waters...
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and that it's dangerous
to human life.
:49:22
What's being done
to attack it?
:49:23
ProfessorJoyce will tell you.
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Our first problem, of course,
is to locate the monster again.
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We're trying to do that now.
:49:33
Operations toJohn Carter.
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Have you seen anything yet?
Over.
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Nothing.
It's slow out here.
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Over.
:49:43
Prof. Carter, this is Lt. Adams.
Where are you? Over.
:49:46
Patrolling coastal waters.
Over.
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What if you don't find anything?
Over.
:49:53
We'll find something. We've baited
the surface out here with dead shark.
:49:57
The beast will come up to eat.
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We've got several hundred planes
watching for it in relay.