:24:01
Fixed points in the sky
on the perimeter ofthe Soviet Union...
:24:03
which are changed from day to day.
:24:05
The planes will fly to those points
and orbit...
:24:07
until they get
a positive order to go in.
:24:10
And ifthey don't get that order?
:24:11
They return to their normal patrols.
:24:14
In short, we can't go to war
except on an express order.
:24:17
How do they get that order,
by radio?
:24:19
Yes, and through a box we call
the fail-safe box aboard each plane...
:24:23
which can only be activated
at the express order ofthe president.
:24:26
- He has to tell them?
- Not directly.
:24:29
His voice can be imitated.
:24:31
Hejust gives the order
and the rest is done electronically.
:24:34
No one can interfere
with the fail-safe box, Mr. Raskob.
:24:40
All those new blips you see
are fighter planes...
:24:42
going after
the unidentified object.
:24:44
Colonel Cascio,
tight scale, please.
:24:50
You seem pretty cool about this,
General. Does it happen often?
:24:53
About six times a month.
:24:55
Probably an airliner offcourse.
:24:58
- And ifit isn't?
- Then it's something else.
:25:03
That means it's at 30,000 feet,
going 525 miles an hour...
:25:08
on a compass heading of 1 96.
:25:10
Headed right for Detroit.
:25:12
Sevenminutes to fail-safe.
:25:18
Normal procedure, Mr. Raskob.
:25:21
We start an automatic countdown
at this point.
:25:26
It's very unlikely the bombers
will even reach their fail-safe points.
:25:29
It happens one time in twenty.
:25:32
We usually identify the disturbance
well before that.
:25:49
Sixminutes to fail-safe.
:25:54
What haveyou got there, Blackie?
Another UFO?
:25:58
For a dollar, a commercial plane
or a flock ofbirds?