Chapter 53: Emergency Action (I)
Under the doctor's order, the data information was quickly transmitted, but in about ten minutes, the personnel of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory had already pointed the parabolic antenna disk at the predetermined coordinates in the information and began to detect the real surname of the data. This did not take long for the data to be confirmed, and the verification results were sent back.
"According to calculations, the source of the signal came from the vicinity of the moon, 260,000 kilometers from the Earth."
"Stationmaster, Atacama in northern Chile has sent back the data, and it has been verified."
"The very large antenna array transmits data back from a distance of 260,000 kilometers from the earth."
The faces of everyone in the duty room were tense, a trace of sweat flowed down everyone's foreheads, and they looked at each other uneasily.
Finally, Jason pondered for a moment and said, "Inform NASA headquarters that it's time for those bureaucrats to have a headache." β
A few hours later, Asia's largest all-round rotatable radio telescope also observed an abnormal electromagnetic signal, which was as big as boiling hot water, and it was difficult for the sensitive antenna to turn a blind eye.
Zheng Weimin, director of the research office, had an indifferent expression after receiving the report, "Is it a mistake caused by the interference source?" β
"Director, we've checked and there are no glitches or bugs."
In the equipment room, a huge fan brings cool air, and the cryogenic receiver continuously injects helium to maintain the optimal temperature of -260Β°C.
Zheng Weimin's face became serious, and after taking the headphones and listening to the abnormal electromagnetic signal, he looked at the real-time numerical curve on the monitor, and said in a deep voice: "Notify Director Hong immediately." β
The 19 radio astronomical telescopes in East Asia, which have been integrated by China, South Korea, and Yomoto over many years, with a diameter of about 6,000 km, from Ogasawara and Hokkaido to Urumqi and Kunming in China, and with the sky-watching equipment carried on the moon-orbiting satellite of the "Moon Goddess" of Samoto, the telescope with a diameter of 24,000 km has begun to track abnormal signals.
What is the most famous building in the United States? The White House building is definitely in the minds of many people, but in fact, the Pentagon, another building in Washington, is absolutely not inferior to the White House, the largest office building in the world, and the headquarters of the three armed services are all over it, and it is as busy as a small city, with people coming and going in an endless stream.
As the sun was about to set, a sedan stealthily came to the nearby underground parking lot, and as the door was opened, an elderly man in his 70s walked out of the car and walked into the hidden elevator door. This old man, who is in his 70s, is none other than Leon Panetta, a former US Secretary of Defense, who has been in politics for more than 40 years and was the director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Entering the elevator, Kevin Amers had been waiting for a long time, and Panetta watched the elevator door close, and said calmly, "What the hell is going on?" β
"About three hours ago, the NASA Intelligence Research Station in New Mexico discovered a radio signal, which was an anomalous signal that was repeated and verified by the National Astronomical Observatory to be not misinformation."
"Who else knows about this?"
"Basically, China, Beneans, South Korea, Russia, and Germany already know about it."
"How do you do this work in secrecy?" Panetta dissatisfied.
Kevin's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "The energy of this abnormal electromagnetic signal is too large, and it is impossible to hide it from the VLBL network of other countries, but NASA has already greeted the astronomical community of various countries, and they have agreed to keep it secret from the public for the time being." β
Panetta is not worried about this, as long as it is a research institute under the national political axe, it is impossible to reveal anything when the matter is unclear, he is worried about those private institutions, after all, this abnormal signal is indeed too clear. Although it is not yet known what that anomalous signal is, he used to be the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and he is used to holding any small contingency in his hands, which is the secret of the success of his plan to kill bin Laden.
The elevator began to settle and Panetta continued, "Any speculation about that now?" β
Kevin shook his head: "Sir, now they are deciphering, no, it is estimated that the heavens all over the world are sleepless all night deciphering the signal, once there is a result in any place, we will know within a minute." β
"Ding." The elevator door slowly opened, and the two walked into the snow-white underground passage, and the monitor at the top of the corner immediately began to rotate, focusing the camera on the two people who were walking by rapidly, until they passed through a thick metal door that opened automatically, and the monitor gradually returned to its original position.
Inside the thick metal door, there is a room called the Federal Underground Strategic Command No. 3, which is located 150 meters underground in the Pentagon, which is enough to withstand a nuclear bomb attack from anywhere in the world, and has perfect survival equipment and escape routes, which is a top-secret strategic location.
In this small room, a giant supercomputer-controlled electronic touchscreen hangs on the main wall, and underneath it is an oval-shaped desk that is used to receive important people with status and status. Next to this main room, there is also a working monitoring room, in which more than 20 monitoring personnel sit there 24 hours a day, monitoring at any time from the CIA data center, the European foreign affairs data center, the African foreign affairs data center, the Asian intelligence center, the Middle East intelligence center, overseas military bases and high-altitude detection planes transmitted from all kinds of data and intelligence, and also connected to the outer space hundreds of satellite monitoring networks, closely monitoring thousands of known nuclear missile silos around the world.
"Further results are in." Kevin seemed to have received some report, nodded and said to Panetta, "Judging from the current situation, the thing that emitted an anomalous electromagnetic signal is coming from the lunar position and is moving in the direction of the Earth. Standing under the huge electronic touchscreen, Kevin stretched out his finger and swiped on the tablet, and the wide electronic screen immediately showed an image of the trajectory of the red dot moving.
"Coming to Earth?" Panetta sighed, "Could it be an asteroid?" β
"Probably a big surname." Kevin then shook his head again: "No, how can an asteroid emit such a huge regular electromagnetic signal. β
"Everything remains to be seen."
A middle-aged man in his forties with a lot of gray hair on his forehead walked by.
"Sir, this is Dr. Jensen, an expert in the Catalina's Sky Survey System."
"Hello, sir!"
"Hello."
The two shook hands, and Panetta asked, "How do you determine if it's an asteroid?" β
"Just like the colonel just said, asteroids will not emit eye-catching 'light', let alone regular 'light'." Jensen replied, "Although we were able to determine where it was because it was actively emitting signals, it was very small, well, at least 15 meters in diameter, and the asteroid hunting sensors that we deployed didn't take specific infrared photos, and it had to be within 100,000 kilometers of the Earth to be possible." β
"Isn't it actively emitting electromagnetic waves? Didn't it attract the attention of the whole world, how could it not be observed? β
"No, the electromagnetic waves it emits are really huge for a radio telescope, but to the extent that the sensor needs it, forgive me, it's not enough," Jensen explains. β
"And what about Europe, what did they find?"
"Europe?" Jensen smiled, "The spatial situation perception system is still with their assistance, and if our European counterparts want to find something, they may have to wait for the anomalous signal to come to their heads." β
"Okay, Doctor, I'd like to hear what you have to say, you know, Mr. President, is still waiting for my reply, what is that thing that is giving an unknown signal?" Panetta said.
Jensen's smile vanished, and a serious look appeared on his face, "One thing is clear, sir, and that is that we must be ready for everything now. β
Panetta sighed, "Help me call Mr. President." β
President Barack, 52, who defeated Republican Romney in last year's election, does not seem to have an easy outcome for his re-election.
At this time, when it was supposed to be dinner, he could only sit in the president's office and continue to deal with some backlog of documents.
He picked up a document with the advice of the National Security Adviser and concluded that drug smugglers in Mexico could pose a greater threat to the U.S. border than terrorism in the Middle East.
This is a clichΓ©, since 2006, the United States has supported Mexico's drug war program, these reports have been "endless", but no matter how exaggerated the description, there is no good solution, it is an empty talk, the situation involved is so complex, the entanglement of interests, even Barack every time he sees it, it is a headache.
To hell with these! He threw away the report, rested his legs on his desk, and rubbed his temples. The most important thing now is not these issues, but the recent situation in Egypt and Syria. The arrest of the Brotherhood's spiritual leader, the conditional release of Mubarak, and the indictment of former Vice President ElBaradei, who had just resigned, were enough to cause headaches for any politician.
And that's not even counting the fact that a report claims that if the situation in Egypt continues to be volatile, it will likely lead to the closure of the Suez Canal, which is not in the interests of the United States.
It will indeed damage the interests of the United States, and what the United States needs is a stable Middle East, a Middle East that conforms to the interests of the United States, not a Middle East full of guns and blood. But what's the solution? The United States has been assisting Egypt with more than $1.3 billion in funds and materials every year, but what is it getting now? What he got was a demonstration in Cairo against the United States, so Barack thought that he might as well buy a meat dog for every American, so that he could get a "thank you to the president, praise God" from the people.
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