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SETI HQ Transcript of intra-office phone conversation 5:32 p.m.

SETI DIRECTOR:В  Yeah?В  What now?

TECH VOICE:  Sir, we have a – uh – problem?

SETI DIRECTOR: Shit, you lose the frequency again?  Look, I’m on the air in half an hour — live feeds world wide, ISS hook-up, the White House …. They’re – ouch! –  doing my make-up this minute.

TECH VOICE:  That’s what I’m calling about – the press conference?

SETI DIRECTOR:  What about it?    Don’t tell me – not another friggin’ hoax or something!

TECH VOICE:  No, sir, the signals are real.  Like we said in the briefing, we’re not sure exactly where they originate due to gravitational lensing and other phenomena.  But it’s – uh — the visual segment of the signals you wanted us to prepare?

SETI DIRECTOR: That’s our proof of the pudding – no one’ll believe it without visuals.  What’s the problem?

TECH VOICE: Well, we’ve succeeded in decoding about 2 minutes of visuals…

SETI DIRECTOR: That’s great!  More than enough to convince �em.

TECH VOICE:  But you – um – well, these aren’t what you’d call appropriate?

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