:51:02
Kent, go ahead.
:51:04
The Adolf transmission used 25 frames
per second but we're receiving 50.
:51:08
So we put the other 25
through search algorithms.
:51:12
We found a series of markers
on the top of each frame.
:51:14
- Are you ready?
- Yeah, go ahead!
:51:16
Send it, Willie.
:51:18
Here it comes.
:51:22
It's digital...
:51:24
...massive amounts of data which
extend right to the higher harmonics.
:51:28
Jackpot!
:51:31
All right, as you'll see...
:51:33
...interlaced with the frames
of the original Hitler image...
:51:37
...we found these sections.
:51:39
We thought they were noise,
but they're actually data...
:51:43
...huge amounts of it.
:51:44
When we combine this with the data
from the original signal...
:51:49
...we get these encrypted pages of text.
:51:52
No two are alike and
we've uncovered over 10,000 already.
:51:56
What does it mean, Doctor?
:51:59
We have no idea.
It could be anything.
:52:02
Volume 1 of an Encyclopedia Galactica.
:52:04
Instructions for us
on their colonization procedures.
:52:07
Moses with a few billion
new commandments.
:52:09
How long will it take to decode it?
:52:11
It could take forever.
We really need a primer--
:52:15
We need to get
the best decryption people we have.
:52:18
I intend to use the VLA
as my command post.
:52:22
In the meantime, my office
has made out a preliminary budget.
:52:26
Wait a minute.
:52:27
This is a privately-funded operation.
:52:30
We lease dish time from the government--
:52:32
This is a clear-cut case of eminent
domain.
:52:35
I'm recommending to the President
we militarize this project.
:52:38
What?! This is my project!
:52:41
Nobody knows more about this
than I do. David, tell them--
:52:44
Excuse me!
Could we calm down here?
:52:47
I'm going to recommend that Dr. Drumlin
coordinate the decryption effort.
:52:52
But in light of Dr. Arroway's
long experience in these matters...
:52:55
...for the time being,
she will direct operations at the VLA...
:52:59
...understanding that future discoveries
will be kept in strict confidence...