:38:02
It was officially announced that the US
Navy was engaged in secret maneuvers...
:38:06
while in reality...
:38:08
the strangest search in history
was taking place.
:38:34
- Any news from the fleet?
- So far they've found nothing, sir.
:38:37
That's from the State Department, sir,
and they want an immediate reply.
:38:42
Let's say we do find your beast.
:38:44
What will you do to it then? That's
the next point for us to consider.
:38:48
Torpedoes if it's on the surface.
Depth charges if it's below.
:38:53
- If you miss your first shot?
- We'll get it with the second.
:38:56
It may not wait for you.
:38:58
The Navy is not entirely incapable of
speed, ProfessorJoyce. We'll chase it.
:39:03
I think you underestimate him,
Admiral.
:39:05
The body of a large cephalopod
is like a giant sack...
:39:09
which he can fill with sea water
and empty suddenly when he's alarmed.
:39:13
Let me show you, Admiral.
Now watch.
:39:21
Even the best of your ships
are comparatively old-fashioned...
:39:24
compared to the cephalopod.
:39:27
He's jet-propelled.
:39:29
We'll have to destroy him
with the first shot.
:39:32
The State Department wants to know
how soon we plan to raise our blockade.
:39:35
Australia, Canada and Peru
are protesting to the UN...
:39:39
unless we do it at once.
:39:40
Why don't we
tell them the whole story?
:39:43
Washington makes
those decisions, not us.
:39:45
This stays top secret until the thing
is definitely sighted...
:39:49
and confined to a limited area.
:39:51
- How much longer will that take?
- It shoulïve happened by now.
:39:55
When you start a job like this again,
where do you begin?
:39:57
With Naval Intelligence,
I should think.
:39:59
If you mean me, I'm afraid I can't
give you a very hopeful send-off.