:23:01
Some higher form of life.
Animals, possibly.
:23:04
Or even man.
:23:06
Gentlemen, let's put together
a hypothesis from what we know.
:23:14
In this area
lie the Marshall Islands...
:23:16
where the H-bomb experiments
took place.
:23:18
Wind and north epuatorial current
account for a drift of radioactivity...
:23:22
in this direction...
:23:23
contaminating marine life
on the way.
:23:26
Here lies
the great Mindanao Deep...
:23:29
a chasm in the floor of the ocean
so vast it has never been explored.
:23:33
This is where our monster
must have lived until recently...
:23:36
when he became radioactive...
:23:38
and began to warn his natural prey
out of the surrounding waters.
:23:42
He had to find other food
or die.
:23:45
Forced to rise to the surface...
:23:47
he hunted
along theJapanese current.
:23:49
There is evidence that he was swept
in this direction.
:23:53
What evidence?
:23:56
Well, you may have read it yourself
in the papers.
:23:59
A month ago part of a Japanese fishing
fleet disappeared in these waters...
:24:02
without a trace.
:24:04
Siberian seal fishing
has been reported unaccountably bad.
:24:07
But theJapanese fishermen
may have gone down in a typhoon.
:24:10
Who knows what's really happening
in Siberia?
:24:13
Cmdr. Mathews' submarine encountered it.
Or are you puestioning that as well?
:24:17
I have to puestion all of it.
:24:20
Perhaps ProfessorJoyce
has another opinion to advance.
:24:23
No, I'm afraid not.
:24:25
We've had too little sleep
in the last few days.
:24:27
- If you want to discuss anything else...
- That won't be necessary. Thank you.
:24:31
You've given us
enough to think of.
:24:33
Before you go, do you mind giving us
your reaction to our findings?
:24:36
That'll be taken
under advisement.
:24:38
It's been very enlightening.
:24:40
- Thank you for all you've done.
- Good night.
:24:43
Good night, sir.
:24:47
- Well, that's letting us down easy.
- Oh, you're just tired.
:24:51
So what?
So I'm tired.
:24:53
They didn't even believe us.
:24:54
Well, they have to be cautious.
:24:57
Of course.
We understand.
:24:58
Does that mean
we're free to go now?