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There's something going on here guys I reckon we've got the jump
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There's something going on hereguys I reckon we've got the jump on everyone else.Harry, go...

Cosmos • 2019
There's something going on here
guys I reckon we've got the jump on everyone else.
Harry, go fire up the scope

Full Transcript

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There's something going on here guys I reckon we've got the jump
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on everyone else. Harry, go fire up the scope.
Duration
4 seconds
Views
38
Timestamp in Movie
01:29:32
Uploaded
Jun 12, 2025
Genres
science fiction, mystery
Production
Elliander Pictures

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Movie Summary

Three astronomers accidentally intercept what they believe to be a signal from a distant alien civilization, but the truth is even more incredible than any of them could have imagined.
Absolutely. That's more like it. - Cosmos 00:04
Absolutely. That's more like it.
Five, - Cosmos 00:08
Five,
- Damn it. - Well, look, I lost the one from earlier, - Cosmos 00:05
- Damn it. - Well, look, I lost the one from earlier,
You said yourself your program is looking straight up - Cosmos 00:07
You said yourself your program is looking straight up
Whatever it is, it isn't reading on the scope - Cosmos 00:05
Whatever it is, it isn't reading on the scope
To be honest, anyone with an infrared scope - Cosmos 00:07
To be honest, anyone with an infrared scope
It's got to be a couple of hundred meters wide, - Cosmos 00:10
It's got to be a couple of hundred meters wide,
Unless you were combing systematically across the whole sky, - Cosmos 00:05
Unless you were combing systematically across the whole sky,
Look, it's transmitting, I mean, these pulses, - Cosmos 00:05
Look, it's transmitting, I mean, these pulses,
Why are they transmitting binary? Out of pure logic. - Cosmos 00:04
Why are they transmitting binary? Out of pure logic.
Yeah, two plus two will always equal four no matter where you come from. - Cosmos 00:04
Yeah, two plus two will always equal four no matter where yo...
If an alien civilization is intelligent enough to transmit, - Cosmos 00:06
If an alien civilization is intelligent enough to transmit,
Yeah, and if another civilization is advanced enough - Cosmos 00:06
Yeah, and if another civilization is advanced enough
Okay, Roy, get this, in the '70s, - Cosmos 00:08
Okay, Roy, get this, in the '70s,
No, not really, - Cosmos 00:05
No, not really,
I mean, they were aiming it at a star system - Cosmos 00:04
I mean, they were aiming it at a star system
Well, you're going to run up a hell of a bill - Cosmos 00:04
Well, you're going to run up a hell of a bill
I think everything's just moved - Cosmos 00:05
I think everything's just moved
The arecibo is a simple binary code, - Cosmos 00:07
The arecibo is a simple binary code,
It's a visual message containing basic information - Cosmos 00:06
It's a visual message containing basic information