:42:08
The rumors are flying,
the implications extraordinary.
:42:11
Detection of an unidentified...
:42:13
...radio source from space
can neither be confirmed nor denied.
:42:17
But the military arriving....
:42:19
Sources close to the VLA
report they have been contacted...
:42:23
...by some form of intelligent being...
:42:25
...living outside our solar system.
Again, there is no confirmation.
:42:33
I want all of these people out of here.
:42:35
Where's the girl?
:42:41
22 stations worldwide...
:42:43
...now confirm the signal.
:42:44
Vega's now below our horizon.
:42:46
You're hearing the signal
from the Russian--
:42:48
Get decryption people here.
:42:50
Lunacharsky's visiting at Cal Tech.
:42:52
Explain this to me.
:42:54
If the source of the signal is so
sophisticated...why the remedial math?
:42:58
Why not just speak English?
:42:59
Maybe because 70% of the planet
speaks other languages.
:43:03
Mathematics is the
only truly universal language.
:43:06
It's no coincidence
that they're using primes.
:43:09
I don't get it.
:43:10
Prime numbers.
:43:11
Integers only divisible
by themselves and 1 .
:43:18
We think this may be a beacon,
an announcement...
:43:21
...to get our attention.
:43:22
If it's attention you want,
you got that. One thing: Vega.
:43:26
People have looked at Vega for years,
with no results.
:43:30
Yesterday they start
broadcasting primes. Why?
:43:33
It's hardly yesterday.
:43:34
The signal's been transmitting
for 26 years.
:43:38
Excuse me, who are you?
:43:40
Michael Kitz,
National Security Advisor.
:43:42
Your reputation--
:43:44
First, ask the gentlemen
with the guns to wait outside.
:43:48
This is a civilian facility.
:43:56
With all due respect--
:43:57
Excuse me.