【正文】 through a thickcloudy sky.super: pacific coastline, californiathe awac disappears from view into the clouds.int. oval office samethe president and his top advisors are gathered around aspeaker phone listening to the pilot of the awac.pilot(filtered)instrumentation is malfunctioning.we can39。t get any kind of readingon what39。s in front of us.int. awac samethe pilot squints as he tries to see through the clouds.pilotwait a minute, it may be clearing.suddenly the clouds part before us and we39。re face to face witha wall of flames. int. awac samethe speaker phone cracks and distorts.pilot(filtered)jesus god! the sky39。s on fire!ext. awac and phenomenon samethe awac attempts to climb sharply as we get our first reallook at the atmospheric phenomenon. majestic and monstrous.the awac is not going to be able to make it.quickly it is engulfed in the flames.int. oval office samethe phone line goes dead. general grey spins to an aide.general greyget them back on line.aide 1(on other phone)line39。s gone, sir.the atlantic mand cinc, turns from a different phone.aac cinctwo more have been spotted overthe atlantic. one is movingtoward new york, the other isheaded this direction.chief of staffhow much time do we have?aac cincless than ten minutes.nimziki(turning to aid)organize a military escort tocrystal mountain.general grey(to president)sir, i strongly remend wemove you to a secured locationimmediately.... the president hesitates, he turns to constance.presidentcan we expect the same kid ofpanic here as in russia?constancemore than likely.nimzikimr. president, you can discussthis on the way.torn, the president grapples with a decision. finally...presidenti39。m not leaving.nimzikiwe must maintain a workinggovernment in a time of crisis...presidenti want the vice president,secretary of defense, the wholecabinet and the joint chiefs takento a secured location.i39。m staying here. i am notgoing to add to a public hysteria thatcould cost lives.nimzikibut, mr. president...presidentso far these things have notbee hostile. for the momentlet39。s assume they won39。t.(to constance)connie, let39。s issue statementsadvising people not to panic, tostay home and take cover.constance issues mands to her staff as they quicklyexit along with most people in the room. general grey goesover to the president.general greywith your permission, mr.president, i39。d like to remain myyour side.presidenti had a feeling you would.general greysir, what happens if they dobee hostile?presidentthen god help us.cut to:int. david39。s cubicle dayon the . behind david, news footage of the phenomenon inrussia plays silently. oblivious, david works his puters.female coworker(stopping in doorway)david, are you watching this?david waves her away, deep in concentration. suddenly aputer beeps. excitedly david prints out his finding. hegrabs it and exits.int. pact cable office continuousengrossed in his printout, david walks past his coworkers whoare glued to the distorted picture on the television, watchingthe phenomenon.int. marty39。s office continuousmarty stares at his television watching general greyaddressing the press. david enters, staring at his reading.davidi39。ve got a lock on the signalpattern. we canfilter it out. marty(distracted)huh? oh, good, hood.davidstrange thing is, if mycalculations are right it39。ll begone in approximately seven hoursanyway. the signal reduces itselfevery time it recycles.eventually it will disappear. areyou listening?marty(still glued to .)can you believe this?davidwhat re you talking about?martyhaven39。t you been watching?david turns for the first time to the television and sees thephenomenon. constance es on addressing the press.constance(filtered)...so far the phenomenon has notcaused any damage. in alllikelihood it won39。t...int. white house press room samemore reporters rush in from the back quickly setting up asthis hastily called press conference continues.constance...everyone should remain calm.take cover where you can but theimportant thing is not to panic.int. brennon mobile home samemiguel, alicia and troy watch the static riddled .constance(filtered)...we have a fix on threedifferent occurrences about toappear over american cities. oneis headed toward los angeles...int. marty39。s office sameconstance(filtered)...the other two are on oureastern seaboard headed towardsnew york and washington, ...suddenly hectic coworker 2 appear at the door.coworker 2jamie says this building has anold bomb shelter. we39。re headingdown there now.marty(dry。 to david)feel no shame in hiding.int. hallway continuousa crowd of people head down the hall for the shelter whileothers stay glued to the set. there is a mix of fascinationand panic. david watches the motion, dumb struck.martyoh shit, i better call my wife.int. airport diner late morningdepressed russell nurses a beer at the counter. three flightmechanics walk in, having a good laugh. one of them spotsrussell and moves over to him.mechanic 1hey, russ, heard you had a littletrouble this morning. dusted thewrong field?the mechanics laugh. russell tries to ignore them.mechanic 2i know, you39。re probably still alittle confused from your hostageexperience.mechanic 2hostage experience? somethinghappen to you, russ?mechanic 1he ain39。t never told you!? seemsyears back our boy here had beenkidnapped by aliens. did allkinds of experiments on him andsuch. tell him, russ.russellnot today, guys. okay.russell gets up and heads for the door.mechanic 1you just gotta get a couple morebeers in him, he39。ll tell you allabout it. crazy stuff. won39。tyou, russ?ext. small airp