About to board satellite
Condition green.
Phase 1 complete
Control to space team
Roger
Great work Paul.
Pass my congratulations onto your team
Now I've asked you all here to explain the next and most vital phase of the operation
Now the space probe is in orbit
The equipment has been installed and fully tested
Lieutenant Ellis
The problem is to force a UFO into an orbit complimentary to the space probes.
Then we can activate the tracking systems on the B142 and enable it to latch onto the UFO
This will involve scheduling the interceptors very precisely
We've made a computer study of UFO approaches and the general pattern is marked
As you can see
Now lieutenant Ellis has compiled an interceptor schedule ...
... but a lot of decisions will have to be made on the spot.
Does that mean we have to play this one by ear?
Right
Isn't that dangerous?
It involves a certain risk colonel
A calculated risk lieutenant, based on a
careful weighing of the human factors as much as logic
Well all we have to do now is wait for a UFO
Red Alert
UFO bearing 142 blue
UFO maintaining course
This is moon base control
I have a red alert
I repeat
A red alert
Have UFO on positive track
1 4 2 blue
Speed sol 8 decimal 35
140
139
SID has just confirmed
It's coming in on the predicted flight path
Good
Well she's all yours lieutenant
Right
This is control to interceptors
Immediate launch
Repeat. Immediate launch
Right. Let's go
This is commander Straker
You all realize how important this mission is
Your controller will be lieutenant Ellis
Flight plans will be relayed by lieutenant Ford
UFO maintaining course
Speed sol minus 8 point 3 5
UFO maintaining course and speed
Stand by for on-board computer read in
zero zero 1 0 2
1 3 1 9 0 2
Roger control
UFO maintaining course
Bering 1 4 2 blue
Range 18 million miles
17 million miles
Entering area red
zero 8 1
There it is
It's changing course
UFO entering area red
0 8 4
Speed
sol 8 decimal 3 7
We'll have to readjust the schedule
Right
Compute for new flight plan
Right sir
Control to interceptors
Standby for new flight plan
0 4 2
1 4 8
2 1 4 8
Increase speed to sol ...
... 1 decimal 1 2 7
Leader to 2 and 3
Alter course to ...
... 2 1 4 8
Roger leader
Interceptors losing contact sir
We've got to turn it
If we use a detonation here
The UFO will be forced to swing away
onto this sort of a course
Tell the interceptors to explode a missile in area blue
1 2 8
Control to interceptors
Break formation
Will relay new flight plans
Control to interceptors
Missile timing
1 5 decimal 1 8 seconds
Thank you control
Commencing missile sequence
Firing minus 5 decimal 2 seconds
Detonation positive
It's altered course
UFO entering area blue 1 3 2
Maintaining speed
Crossing into blue 1 3 3
It's coming round just right
It's accelerating sir
Decimal 3 8
8 decimal 3 9
We have to use a second missile sir
Are you sure?
Yes
Right
Compute it
Well
I think a missile in area ...
... blue 2 7 should do it commander
Order the missile launch
Yes sir
Missile timing
1 0 4
0 1 8
8 2 6
Roger
Detonation confirmed sir
UFO veered to new course
3 0 1
Compute
B 1 4 2
Will link up in ...
... 4 3 seconds
Lieutenant
Commander Straker
How do you feel?
Fine thanks
How about a cup of coffee?
Yes I'd like that
How do you like your coffee?
No sugar
Here we are
Thanks
Well ...
... here's to project Discovery
Cheers
You know I want to thank you Gaye for all
the hard work you put into this project
And the long hours
You know I think ...
... I think you push yourself a little bit too hard
You're doing a fine job Gaye
A man's job
But you don't have to do it any better because you're a woman
And don't ever forget you're a very attractive girl
Thanks for the coffee
And thank you
Lieutenant
Colonel Foster
Sir
So when do we leave?
1800 hours tomorrow sir
Good
Let me give you a piece of advice Paul
Don't ever judge a situation by the end of a conversation
Lunar module takeoff minus 18 minutes
I just came in to say thank you girls
When will the first pictures be through
sir
Well the experts tell me four months so let's hope that they're worth waiting for
Goodbye
Goodbye sir
Goodbye lieutenant
Good bye commander
Oh Gaye ...
... the next time you're on earth furlough drop in and see me
I think I will
They're coming through now sir
Right
Feed it through the decoder straight into printout
Right sir
Fantastic!
Look at that!
Tell the lab I want the preliminary
report in 24 hours
Yes sir
We've got the answers Alec
We've got the
answers come
Commander
I did say 24 hours Kelly
Yes sir but we haven't had time to type up a report
Then give it to me verbally
There was a fault in the device
A fault?
Yes sir
The range and magnification on each shot wasn't transmitted
And just what is that supposed to mean?
That means except for superfluous detail these shots tell us very little
Ah look ... what are you trying to sell me Kelly?
Well look at that
Look at that detail
It must tell you something
Yes ... but was it taken from 500 or 100 miles ...
... with a magnification of 1 or 1000
Oh come on
Look if I take a picture of a girl from
3 feet or a hundred yards
I can still see it's a girl
I want to show you something Commander
Now whatever the range that's a shot of the alien planet
A close-up of the surface
Yes
I'm no expert but ...
... that must be some form of vegetation
Some form of vegetation you think
You could be right
Well why don't we take another look
Now let's pull back
You'll notice the curvature of the horizon
Well surely from that we can work out an
approximation of the overall size
Let's pull back a little more
What is this Kelly?
Some sort of joke
You said earlier commander you could recognize a girl from 3 feet or 100 yards
What about when the shot is from 30 inches with a magnification varying from 0 to 10,000
Hello commander
Lieutenant
Thank you
You can relax now
Hold it there a moment will you lieutenant
Magnification zero
x 10
100
a thousand
Not the most flattering of pinups ..
... nor the best way to spend a furlough
Thanks for all your help Gaye
Goodbye Commander
Lieutenant
Yes
I'm beginning to see the problem
