:17:03
I'm reasonably certain
:17:04
that before the night
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the Wildfire Team was mobilized,
:17:07
Dr. Stone didn't know Scoop existed.
:17:09
I'm astounded.
:17:10
Reasons of national security.
:17:12
Very smart.
:17:12
We've had experiences
with scientists before.
:17:16
Now, let's talk about
this famous letter
:17:19
Dr. Stone sent to the president
:17:20
some two years ago.
:17:21
From what you're saying,
:17:22
it was just a shot in the dark?
:17:25
Perhaps that's a little unfair, Senator.
:17:27
Dr. Stone and I were
consultants with NASA
:17:30
on the Lunar Receiving Lab.
:17:31
He wasn't completely satisfied.
:17:33
He felt a more advanced
lab was required.
:17:35
You mean more expensive, don't you?
:17:38
I call that Dr. Stone's $90 million
mash note to Uncle Sam.
:17:42
"In a true biological crisis
:17:44
which our exploration of
space could bring about,
:17:46
the present Lunar Receiving Laboratory
:17:48
might prove inadequate.
:17:54
I therefore urge
:17:55
the establishment of a facility
:17:58
to deal specifically
:17:59
with an extraterrestrial form of life.
:18:01
The purpose of this facility
:18:02
would be to limit the dissemination
:18:04
of such an unknown organism
:18:05
from outer space
:18:06
and to provide laboratories
:18:08
for its analysis.
:18:09
I recommend that this facility be located
:18:11
in an uninhabited region
:18:12
of the United States,
:18:14
that it utilize all known
isolation techniques,
:18:16
and that it be equipped
with a nuclear device
:18:18
for self-destruction in the event
:18:20
of an emergency.
:18:21
Yours very truly, Jeremy Stone. "
:18:26
Don't encourage the president
:18:28
to think scientists are wizards.
:18:30
If things get out of control,
:18:32
and they might,
:18:33
even you can't work miracles.
:18:35
I'd expect to have
your help, Charlie.
:18:47
Piedmont approaching, gentlemen.
:18:49
Go over and give us a look first, Dempsey.