Independence Day Page #2

(ENGINES RUNNING LOUDLY)

(SPEAKING SPANISH)

MAN:
CNS is running a story

that we're covering up

some type of nuclear

testing experiment.

So tell them to run with it if

they want to embarrass themselves.

NASA's been on my

butt all morning.

They want to know

our position.

Our official position is we

have no official position.

Connie, what is

going on here?

Come on guys, would I

keep you out of the loop?

Yes, absolutely.

In a second.

So what? I can't

hear you.

At the moment our satellites

are somewhat unreliable.

Isn't it possible that this

thing may just pass us by?

ALBERT:
What if it

doesn't pass us by?

Let's retarget some ICBMs

to blow it outta the sky.

And risk turning one dangerous

falling object into many?

TOM:
We don't yet know enough

about what we're dealing with

to make any kind of

intelligent judgments.

Luckily, the press is making up

their own story at this point.

CONNIE:
But that's

not gonna keep.

We may need to

upgrade to DEFCON 3.

ALBERT:
Absolutely.

General contact NORAD.

You tell them we've

upgraded to DEFCON 3.

GREY:
That's not what

the President said.

Don't you think that's a little premature?

I don't think so.

MAN:
We have over 50% of the armed

forces out on weekend leave.

Not to mention the commanders and troops

that are in town for the 4th of July parade.

Go ahead, Commander.

Our intelligence tells us the object

has settled into a stationary orbit.

Well, that's good news.

Not really, sir.

MAN:
Part of it has broken off into

nearly three dozen other pieces,

smaller than the

whole, sir,

yet over 15 miles in

width themselves.

Where are they heading?

They should be entering our atmosphere

within the next 25 minutes.

Take us to DEFCON 3.

(ALARM BEEPING)

MARTY:
Please tell me we're

getting somewhere.

Oh, there's good news

and there's bad news.

All right. What's

the bad news?

DAVID:
The bad news is there's no

penalty for disturbing my lunch.

MARTY:
And the good news is

you're not gonna charge me.

No, the good news,

is that I found the problem.

It's not our equipment.

It's some kind of weird signal

embedded in the satellite feed.

Wait, that's

the good news?

Yeah, 'cause this signal has a

definite sequential pattern.

So as soon as I find the

exact binary sequence,

then I can calculate the phase reversal with that

analyser I bought for your birthday and apply it,

we should be able to

block it out completely.

And then we'll be the only guys

in town with a clear picture!

Yes! Yes! Yes! Oh, David!

That's why I love you!

That's not necessary.

Yes!

Yes! Too kind.

(PEOPLE SHOUTING

INDISTINCTLY)

This better be good.

MAN:
Captain on deck!

Sir, we're looking at a total

radar blackout over a 13 km area.

Let's do a diagnostic check...

Excuse me, sir.

The radar may be malfunctioning,

but the infrared

is totally off the map.

(SINGAL PULSING)

Jeez.

Get me Atlantic

Command on the line.

MAN:
Hang on, sir.

Sir, we have visual range with

incoming over Iraqi airspace.

Second sighting?

Yes, sir. This just came

in from the Persian Gulf.

Correction, sir.

MAN:
We now have two confirmed

visual contacts.

GREY:
That's affirmative.

Mr. President.

They're tracking another one

off the California coastline.

All right, go ahead.

Put it on.

General, you might want

to watch this. Yes.

MAN:
(ON TV) Ladies and gentlemen.

ladies and gentlemen,

we are interrupting

our regular broadcast

to bring you

extraordinary events

taking place in the

Russian Republic.

MAN:
(ON TV) This

unexplained disturbance,

and the hysteria that it's

causing are incredible.

WOMAN:
(ON TV) How would you

describe, what you're seeing?

It is clearing

the mountains,

moving too slowly to

be a comet or meteor.

Widespread panic has

gripped the countryside

as thousands have

taken to the streets.

WOMAN:
(ON TV)

It is confirmed.

The unexplained phenomenon

is headed for Moscow.

Mr. President, we have an

AWAC off the West Coast.

GREY:
ETA with contact

point, three minutes.

MAN:
I don't understand it, sir.

Side radar doesn't see it.

I know. It's

blind, sir.

Nothing is registering.

MAN:
(ON RADIO) Negative.

We have zero visibility.

Visibility is at zero.

Command, this is

Eagle Eye 370.

GREY:
Captain, the

president is listening.

Repeat what you

just told me.

MAN:
(ON RADIO) We still

have zero visibility.

Instrumentation is

malfunctioning.

We can't get any kind of reading

of what's in front of us.

Wait a minute.

May be clearing.

(ENGINES ROARING SOFTLY)

MAN:
Pull up! Pull up!

(MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY)

(SCREAMING)

Line's gone, sir.

Two more have been spotted

over the Atlantic.

One's moving

toward New York,

the other's headed

this direction.

How much time

do we have?

Less than 10 minutes.

MAN:
Alex, organize

a military escort.

GREY:
Mr. President,

I strongly recommend

we move you to a secure

location immediately.

Connie, can we expect the same

kind of panic we saw in Russia?

More than likely.

ALBERT:
Mister President.

We can discuss

this on the way.

I'm not leaving.

ALBERT:
We have to maintain

a working government...

I want you to get

the vice president,

the whole cabinet

and joint chiefs,

and take them to a

secured location.

I'm staying.

I don't want to add to a public

hysteria that's gonna cost lives.

Connie.

CONNIE:
Yes, sir.

We'll initiate the Emergency

Broadcast System.

We'll advise people,

not to panic.

The best idea right now,

is to stay in their homes.

Yes, sir. Roy. Dean.

Alex, you contact the

cabinet members.

Have them

rendezvous here.

We'll take

them to NORAD.

Mr. President, with your permission,

I'd like to remain at your side.

I had a feeling

you would.

And what happens if

they do become hostile?

Then God help us.

CONNIE:
(ON TV) There it is, the

strange atmospheric phenomenon.

It is apparently what has been causing

all the distortions in our broadcasts.

GIRL:
David, are

you watching this?

(SIGNAL PULSING)

MAN:
Not to react in a

manner of cold fear.

We have no evidence that these

phenomena are endangering anyone.

Thus far reports

of aggression,

Marty, listen,

listen to this.

I got a lock on the pattern of that

signal, so we can filter it out but...

if my calculations are right, it's going

to be gone in, like seven hours anyway.

It's reducing itself

every time it recycles,

so eventually it's

gonna disappear...

You listening?

Can you believe this.

David, haven't you

been watching?

David!

CONNIE:
General.

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