:49:00
Guys?
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Those interlaced frames
we thought were noise?
:49:07
This has structure.
I'm hearing structure.
:49:11
If this discovery is confirmed...
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...it will be one of the most stunning
insights into our universe...
:49:17
...that science has ever uncovered.
:49:19
Its implications are as far-reaching...
:49:22
...and awe-inspiring as can be imagined.
:49:24
Even as it promises answers
to some of our oldest questions...
:49:28
...it poses still others...
:49:29
...even more fundamental.
:49:31
We will continue to listen closely...
:49:33
...to what it has to say...
:49:35
...as we continue
the search for answers...
:49:37
...and for knowledge...
:49:39
...that is as old as humanity itself...
:49:41
...but essential to our people's future.
:49:44
Thank you.
:49:45
Is there a renewed assessment
of security threat?
:49:48
I'll answer your questions
after a few corrections.
:49:51
The message was received Friday...
:49:53
...at 6:31 a.m. Mountain Standard Time.
:49:55
It was largely mathematical...
:49:57
...and in spite of
reports to the contrary...
:50:00
...appears to be
completely benign in nature.
:50:02
Let me say that again.
The message is completely benign.
:50:06
The President has contacted
the world's heads of state...
:50:10
...and every security measure
is being taken.
:50:13
To better explain the events
of the last 48 hours...
:50:16
...is the leader of the scientific team
that made this remarkable discovery...
:50:20
...Dr. David Drumlin, special
Science Advisor to the President.
:50:32
Thank you, Rachel.
:50:33
Hello.
:50:36
In 1936
a very faint television signal...
:50:39
...transmitted the opening ceremonies
of the Olympic Games as a show...
:50:43
...of German superior technology.
:50:46
That signal left Earth at the speed
of light and 26 years later....
:50:51
...arrived in the vicinity
of the star we call Vega.
:50:55
That signal has been sent back to us
hugely amplified...
:50:59
...an unmistakable sign of intelligence.