:54:00
Static.
:54:01
Thank you.
:54:03
Let me show you what we saw.
:54:14
43 separate remote cameras
show exactly the same event.
:54:18
The IPV dropped straight through.
Everyone saw exactly...
:54:22
...the same thing.
:54:23
Nothing happened.
:54:26
How do you explain this, Doctor?
:54:30
I can't.
:54:32
I'd encourage you...
:54:35
...not to inflame this situation...
:54:37
...beyond the facts.
:54:39
Let us deal with this on the facts.
:54:42
We are monitoring
what has actually happened.
:54:46
We are taking
what we believe are factually...
:54:49
...appropriate steps.
:54:51
Amid a flurry of accusations
and counter-accusations...
:54:54
...by the nations representing
the Machine Consortium...
:54:57
...the President has ordered
a special inquiry.
:55:00
But the appointment
to the committee of Michael Kitz...
:55:02
...who has resigned
as National Security Advisor...
:55:05
...has raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill.
:55:08
I have made no decision to run
for Congress, announced no candidacy.
:55:12
I resigned as
National Security Advisor...
:55:15
...in order to devote
all of my energy to this inquiry.
:55:20
The people of the world have a right
to know what really happened.
:55:25
Yet every scientific
instrument confirms...
:55:28
...the IPV was out of contact
for only a fraction of a second.
:55:32
Isn't that correct, Doctor?
:55:35
A fraction of a second Earth time, yes.
:55:38
Earth time?
:55:40
Senator, I believe that the Machine
opened up a wormhole...
:55:44
...a tunnel through space-time, also
known as an Einstein-Rossen Bridge.
:55:48
Due to the effect of general relativity,
what I experienced as 18 hours...
:55:53
...passed instantaneously on Earth.
:55:55
Isn't it true these wormholes
are merely theoretical predictions?
:55:59
There is no evidence
they actually exist?