It Came from Beneath the Sea Page #2

you can't have children, sir.

Mac was married just before

we left port, Captain.

Congratulations, Mac.

Thanks, Captain. We're

counting on a family, sir.

We won't hang around down here

any longer than we can help it.

OFFICER:
Volunteers

are ready now, sir.

Hand me that thing.

I'm gonna rig in the bow diving plane

to see if that will free us.

If it won't...

Just cross your fingers.

Rig in bow diving planes.

Aye, aye, sir.

That's doing it. Full

rise on the stern planes.

Full rise on the stern planes. Aye!

We're loose, Captain!

Speed's increasing.

We're coming up, sir.

Phew. That's a relief.

Stand by to surface.

Stand by to surface.

Aye, sir.

What's on your mind, Griff?

Stern planes are fouled.

Show signs of radioactivity.

Tell those swimmers

to stay clear?

I did, sir.

What did you find down there?

A chunk of stuff caught in

the stern diving plane, sir.

What kind of stuff?

Rubber-like, Captain.

What'd it look like?

We didn't get too close

because of what the exec

said about the radioactivity.

Looked more

like a fish to me.

It was more like a barrel.

A barrel?

Yes, sir.

I believe it's stuck there

till we get into dry dock.

She's jammed solid, sir.

All right, you men go below

and get yourselves some coffee.

Aye, aye, sir.

Aye, sir.

What's your guess, Griff?

I was just gonna ask you, sir.

Privately?

Privately,

I'm keeping my mouth shut

and I'm advising you

to do the same.

The next time I cruise

in these waters,

I'm gonna have torpedoes

onboard and warheads on them.

How about officially?

Officially?

Shakedown cruise completed, X- ray.

Struck submerged object, X- ray.

Damage minor. Putting

into Pearl for repairs.

Have it coded and

passed on to Operations.

Aye, aye, sir.

And just hope that

that's the end of it.

NARRATOR:
But that was

only the beginning.

When Commander Mathews

brought the atomic submarine

into Pearl Harbor for repairs,

the Defense Department found

itself confronted with a problem

beyond the scope

of Navy manuals.

What was the nature of

that nameless substance

found caught in the

damaged diving planes?

A substance so strange, so

inexplicable and alarming

that the best minds in the nation

had to be called upon

to solve the problem.

Behind the guarded door

where the secret lay hidden,

and for the first time in

their lives, three people met.

Couldn't be a mistake.

You think so,

Professor?

It's tissue, all right.

Where'd it come from?

Some living creature.

You mean all that hunk came

from one living creature?

That's right.

You mean that's not all one

animal? There's more to it?

A great deal more.

Well, it would be

dead now, wouldn't it?

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