Without Warning Page #7

All right.. but then the question is,

why bother to come here....

For the Earth to be chosen, we must

assume, we are special....

But looking at the primitive state of our

civilization

I think that? S very conceited.

So what are you saying ???

Well.. There? S a much bigger issue at stake.

We need to protect ourselves against rogue Asteroids.

Which are very real.

And pose a much bigger threat, to Earth.

Thank you...Doctor Clarke.

That was Scientist and author, Arthur C

Clarke.

Speaking to us from Sri Lanka.

We go to lourdes France where

correspondent Paul Whitaker.

Has an update on the condition.

Of Jean Paul Chounard..The French Skier

who survived the second impact

I'm here at Toulon Airport near Lourdes

France, where just moments ago...

Doctors, Airlifted Jean Paul Chounard to

the burn center in Nice.

We spoke to Chounards wife Sylvie, just

moments before they departed.

What is your husbands condition Please.

Err, um he ah, he was trying to tell me

I don't know maybe, how he survived

I just don't know.

But ...Jean Paul is strong and he

will not give up.

In the meantime, Air France has suspended

all flights in and out of Rome.

Where these bizarre radio signals threaten to

paralyse one of Europe? S busiest Airports.

This is Paul Whitaker Evening World

News ?? Airport Near Lourdes, France

Wyoming Police, have widened the area of

evacuation, to 200 miles around impact site Alpha.

We're about to go live, to correspondent

Robert Moreno.....Near...

Well I'm sorry we're not going there ...W

we?re not, We've just received word.

Of an unscheduled briefing at the White House,

correspondent Mike Curtis is standing by

Mike !!!

Sandy..A formal briefing had been scheduled for 11

pm tonight, to coincide with local news broadcast.

But moments ago the White House press corp... was summoned here,

for what has been described as a high priority briefing.

Press secretary Barbara Schiller, ,er.that

must be her now.

BARBARA !!

Uhhm..Earlier tonight following the impact

of three Meteor fragments.

President Clinton directed NASA to begin a round the clock

monitoring, of all near Earth Asteroids, ,, ,, , ,,

with a potential of penetrating the

atmosphere.

At approximately 9:17 pm.

The Air Forces, Geo Tracking Station, at Sacola New

Mexico, Hawaii, and diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Ah, detected the presence of what, appears

to be a second Asteroid......

At 65mtrs, ,, 200 feet in length, it is on a trajectory,

almost identical to the path of 6645 ....Ventori.

The Radio telescope at Arecebo

Puerto Rico, locked on, and they confirm.

That the object is heading towards the Earth,

at an airspeed of 33.000 miles per hour.

The expected impact, in the area of the

polar ice cap is 5 minutes from now.

At 9:
52 pm Eastern time, the President and

joint Chiefs of Staff ordered units of the

388 Fighter Wing.

From Hill Air Force base Utah to full alert, ,A pair of

F16 Fighters from the 18th space surveillance squadron.

Were ordered into the air, under defence

condition, two standards.

The planes are armed with Hawk optically Guided Missiles,

capable of destroying the Asteroid before impact.

Ahh...These missiles are tipped with 2

kiloton, low yield Nuclear warheads.

The f16's are expected to be in target range, at

approximately 10:16..Which is 4 minutes from now.

Yeah

Barbara..How can the President possibly

justify the use of Nuclear Weapons.

Ahhh...Well a panel from the National

Academy of Sciences, met Tonight.

And.. Their conclusion was, that if

the Asteroid penetrated the Ice Cap.

Then the consequences for the Earth?s ecological

balance, could be absolute catastrophic.

What about the radio signals, jamming air

traffic, how will that affect the F16's launch.

Ahh it is our understanding, the traffic is

only affected, along the 45th Parallel yet.

Does the President consult congress.

Ahh... the President did speak with

leaders of both houses, earlier.

And what ?..About other World leaders

Russian President Boris Yeltsin, and Chinese

Premier Deng Xiaoping, have been informed.

Both leaders have expressed their concern, as

has, the chairman of the UN Security Council

let me just tell you, one other thing, and that

is, the military hardware, that is to be used.

Is identical to that which was deployed so

successfully, in the Gulf War....... That? S all.

There's word just in, that the E vac will be

monitored live at the Johnson Space Center.

They're deciding whether or not, to give

the media, access to the feed.........

But NASA, which has been quite quiet

throughout much of this crisis.

Now...Seems to be opening up..

Matt Jensen's live in Houston.

Why ? The sudden turn around?

Sandy ... no one here wants to openly break

ranks with the White House or the Pentagon.

But there are a number of Scientists, who are

unsure, about the use of Nuclear Weapons....

Among them...Doctor Kurt Walden. Who I

spoke with earlier.

Doctor ..What is your concern ??

Its this...With an incoming projectile

moving at 50 times, the speed of sound.

A close quarters air engagement, will be

quite ineffective.

No Sir. The prospect of a Nuclear burst over the Ice Cap,

may produce consequences, even more dire for the Earth ...

For the Earth?s ecology

I'll be monitoring US strategic command,

off an Ai Force base,... Omaha, Nebraska.

We will be listening to the voice of Air force

Ones, control officer, Major Scotty Powell.......

-You will.-be allowed to stay..

That was Dale Powell. The director of

community relations here for NASA...

He's has just told the press, that we will be

allowed to stay here. In the operation center.

Where they will be monitoring the F16's.

......

So... We'll be back, when the missiles are

ready to be launched......

Doctor there? S late word from New York.

Where the United Nations Security Council

has gone in a special session.

Correspondent Ernie Anastos, is outside UN

Headquarters.

Excuse me !!

Could you tell me why ? You're here tonight.

So that the World Leaders know that if we are being visited..t

he Asteroids represent some kind of contact......

- And the World should respond in peace.

Ambassador... what action will the council

take?

In the event of the unthinkable, and these

are indeed extra terrestrials.

We'll try formulate an agenda, for the

sake of it.

Personally... I don't care if its Asteroids

or Aliens.

The most important thing is the keep our

family? S safe, keep our homes safe...

If they come to Brooklyn, we'll know what

to do ...

I come down here with my boys, from st kotch,

figure maybe we could find us, some Aliens.

Smash some heads... Why so hostile..

You Kiddin... I got a brother flies for the airlines.

These things are messing with aircraft... we

got to stop them.

The two fighters that took of from Hill

Air force base, in Utah.

Will be designated interceptor One, and

interceptor two.

We go back now to mission control, at the

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