: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?
:56:02
There is no direct evidence, no.
:56:04
Tell me...
:56:05
...why would these aliens
go to all this trouble?
:56:09
Bring you thousands of light years,
then send you home without proof?
:56:13
They said it's how it's been done
for billions of years.
:56:16
You have no proof because
they didn't want you to have any.
:56:20
A phenomenon known in psychiatric
circles as a self-reinforcing delusion.
:56:25
You think I was delusional?
:56:27
I do think you may have suffered
some kind of an episode. Yes, I do.
:56:31
I'd like to propose
an alternate hypothesis...
:56:34
...and I'd like you to bring
your scientific expertise to bear on it.
:56:38
To fake a signal from Vega...
:56:41
...what would you need?
:56:44
You'd need a satellite to transmit it,
but it would be impossible to--
:56:48
You'd need a satellite
and launch capabilities to orbit it.
:56:52
And the message itself.
To put something like this together...
:56:55
...so complex,
drawing on many disciplines--
:56:58
Would be impossible.