When I remember this day,
some details come back to me.
What I said.
People's heads.
They wanted to exterminate us.
We wondered why.
After centuries of gratuitous cruelty,
that shouldn't have surprised us.
Are we so different from them?
There is evil in each of us.
Sophia, call me. You do not answer your phone.
Your friend says you don't go to meetings anymore.
I'm worried about you.
I'm at the observatory tonight. Please call me back.
- Hello. - Hello.
All the songs in the world
accessible in one click.
I never manage to choose.
The paralysis of choice.
It happens to me at the supermarket. There are hundreds of options.
I want toothpaste, that's all.
Did you see that?
Where did this come from?
The Ross 128.
Can you check the frequency?
153,26 GHz.
It's too high.
It's not possible.
That's what it says.
Can you sound the signal?
It could be a satellite.
I check with the ASE.
No satellite listed in these frequencies.
Is there a pulsar around?
Non, the n'y a ...
no pulsar at these coordinates.
And the frequency is too high.
What's this?
The signal that Receco received last year.
That of Ross 128 b.
It's the same signal.
Yes, but it is much stronger.
What do we deduce from this?
What's this?
No natural phenomenon
cannot produce that kind of signal.
Not at this frequency.
Where would it be on the Rio scale?
I don't know.
At 6 or maybe 7.
Put the info on ATEL.
Someone has to check.
Contact the ALMA, ask them to look.
Johannes?
Pardon.
So?
ALMA confirms the signal.
They have the same data.
They're freaking out.
Review it.
Are you sure it's not a pulsar?
I have already checked.
It is very real.
If we are wrong, I will pass for an idiot.
We are not mistaken.
Call.
Hello.
Here Catherine Durand
of the Millimetric Radio Astronomy Institute .
I think we have detected evidence ...
of extraterrestrial life.
No, eat something.
I am late.
- You start at 9 a.m. - I see friends.
Take a banana.
Bananas are your solution to everything.
It must have hurt.
You hate it, I'm sure.
It's your body.
Are you going to tell dad?
On his return. Go find your friends.
- You are not dressed? - I'm calling daddy.
Hi, my dear. It's okay?
Is mom okay?
I can't speak to her, I just arrived.
Tell her I will call her later.
See you, my big one.
Kiss Em for me.
- How are you? - Good.
If we increase the amplitude of the stimulation,
we see the over-activation
of the primary somesthetic area and the premotor cortex.
This is proof that an induced current
contributes mainly to the excitation of the corticospinal bundle.
So in reality,
by increasing the amplitude,
we multiply the number of active neurons
and we have a more important answer, as we have seen.
Excuse me, am I boring you?
We should stimulate your brain
to start the machine?
We can understand this by targeting neural structures
with two half segments.
It was noticeable exactly 23 hours and 56 minutes,
or a sidereal day, a terrestrial rotation.
What does it mean?
On l'ignore.
Are you part of the METI project?
You send messages
in the space?
Music.
The idea being that music is a universal language.
If they don't have ears, they can't hear it.
So we encoded the message
using a binary system with two frequencies
at 125 pulses per second.
Is this an answer?
If that's the case, we don't understand it.
Electromagnetic waves reach us from afar
without being mitigated.
That is to say?
The energy source that generates the signal
is phenomenally powerful.
Are they a threat?
Nothing indicates it.
But would it be wrong to believe them harmless?
Dr Durand,
what do we know
Two years ago, an exoplanet was discovered around Ross 128.
It is in the habitable zone. Life would be possible there.
But we don't know more.
Why is this signal detected now?
We do not know.
Maybe they ...
were looking for.
Thank you. Can you leave us a moment?
Wednesday, around 11 p.m.,
Doctor Catherine Durand
of the Institute for millimeter radio astronomy
detected a strong signal
coming from an area
close to the star Ross 128.
Everything suggests that this signal is the mark
of an intelligent extraterrestrial life .
I hope this discovery will allow
humanity to unite.
We may understand that our differences matter little.
What's the matter?
Tonight 10 p.m.
Do you ever go skiing?
Do I ever go skiing? - Yes,
Because you work in the mountains, ll mean.
I used to, but it was ages ago.
Is everything alright? - Yes,
Terrible, this.
My men have secured things. You can be rest assured if they get in the way.
I will do.
- How did that happen? - Good.
Not believable, right?
Hi Dad.
Health.
You come out?
I sleep in the office long enough to see where it's going.
What are we hiding from us?
- Should we worry? - There is nothing to say.
They got a signal.
The authorities want to reassure us, it is a sign that we must arm ourselves .
You would shoot yourself in the foot.
You would pray that the authorities come to rescue you.
I help you?
I am able to open a bottle.
- Did you talk to your mother? - She is fine.
Will you be there tomorrow night?
Jack must bring
the rest of my stuff.
What am I supposed to tell him?
Talk to him normally. It should be fine.
I'm not pissing at you for dropping you?
Would that comfort me?
I'll call you.
Come for the launch. Vegas is crazy.
I can't be away from home
too long.
You said your daughter was better.
Yes, she is better.
So come to Las Vegas.
That will be nice.
Shall we take another bottle?
You know what?
It's late.
But you could invite me to your room.
It may be a bad idea.
Pity!
Stop it!
Something is happening.
What is it? - Multiple objects are approaching the earth.
What kind of objects? - No idea.
They are approaching at more than 1000 kilometers per second.
Impossible.
What?
I can not.
I am sorry.
They are slowing down.
Because they entered our atmosphere.
Could it…
be an attack?
Mum!
- What's this? - I dunno.
What is that?
Shit.
What's this?
Is it a meteorite?
Impact in eighty seconds.
We do nothing?
What could we do?
What is that thing?
Emily!
What are you doing?
You don't feel it?
Returns.
Ten seconds left.
Six, five, four, three, two …
Several places have been hit …
but only in certain areas, it seems.
I want an update every ten minutes about the affected places.
Last night's attacks
made the planet tremble.
Volunteers help ...
It is estimated that over 2,500 objects ...
The government responded by declaring a state of emergency.
Schools are closed
and all commercial flights are canceled until further notice.
Riots are reported
in London, Manchester and Birmingham.
There are traffic jams everywhere. It will only get worse.
We need to spread the message:
you have to stay safe at home.
I'm taking care of it.
Is your family there?
It is a simple precaution.
Keep me informed.
Hello, sister. I hope you're unharmed.
I know you don't want to talk …
just send a message that all is well.
Please.
You receive us?
Alpha team, respond.
Normal radioactivity.
No chemical or biological agent.
A strong electromagnetic field is detected .
Flux density ...
Alpha team, we lost the image.
It disrupts communications.
There is a metallic object.
Alpha team? Can you identify it?
Alpha team, respond.
I repeat: it is partially buried.
It is a spherical non-porous metal object .
Do you get it all?
Alpha team, respond.
I repeat:
normal radioactivity.
No chemical or biological agent.
Strong electromagnetic field. The object ...
is metallic and spherical, partially buried.
Pick up, damn it.
Sophia Why do you keep calling me?
We are not like each other now, but come to the observatory.
Why? It's safer.
Are those things dangerous then? - I do not know.
Please come here.
Trust me now.
What is going on?
Do you still have gas in your tank? - Yes. Now tell me what's up.
Leave everything behind and come here. - Why? You are scaring me.
Sophia, I beg you. - Okay.
People leave London. We should go to my father's.
Yes it's a good idea.
I try to take a train and meet you there
as soon as I can.
Sarah?
Be careful.
Bill?
Hello, Helen.
I wanted to make sure you were fine.
These things last night ... It's crazy!
Helen?
A neighbor saw you hanging around the apartment yesterday.
I was just passing by.
Was that the crazy old woman with the horrible dog?
She never could supervise me.
His dog shits in the hallway.
You can't come like this.
What do you want? What are you hoping for?
I dunno.
I am sorry.
Was it him again?
- I'm going to talk to him. - He is worried.
It's more his role, that.
It is a major discovery. Astrophysicists
in Brazil
observed strong electromagnetic activity
around their probe.
Several sources have ...
There are already four unknown substances that have been found.
What causes the electromagnetic field?
We only know the frequency and vibration width are constantly increasing.
We also send space probes to other planets. Is it possible …
that they are here to do research.
Why would they send so many? And why only to inhabited areas?
Since the first signal. It took exactly one day.
Yeah so? They must have made a scan.
Have they mapped the earth?
Do we have to destroy them?
They could be weapons. - Take the pictures of Wyoming.
Look. An F-16 has bombed one, and it survived with no scratches.
My parents want to have me with them.
I stay if you want, of course.
You should go.
Okay.
Health.
According to analyzes, the probes emit
an electromagnetic field,
but we don't know for what purpose.
The scientists
find out what it means,
but have no response at this time.
Speculation is rife about the cause
power and network outages ...
Tony? It's Bill.
Look, I need your study on subretinal stimulation.
- It's on the shared drive. - The shared disk?
Thank you. See you later.
- Dad? - Tell the minister ...
Not so fast.
Listen. The electromagnetic field of these probes
is designed to act on the nervous system.
Like the pulses we use to stimulate neurons.
It's the same frequency.
It is identical. They seem to know our biology.
- How? 'Or' What? - No idea.
The wave will become more powerful and the stimulation with it.
It will cause convulsions, our bodies will fail.
- Are you sure? - We couldn't be more sure.
You have to find metal or underground shelters.
The government must alert the public.
I talk to the minister about it.
Shit.
We will have convulsions.
Our bodies will give up.
Our experts agree.
They did tests.
You knew it?
We have to give the alert.
We must first be sure. It would be panic.
- It will be too late. - The decision has been made.
On attend.
To the station. - I have no service.
Please...
Come down.
Take this, please. Get started.
Thank you.
Please go home
Traffic jams on all roads
They send people away.
What do we do?
Maybe we should go home.
You said it was dangerous.
We do not have a choice.
We will try again when it has calmed down.
Let papa know we're coming back.
What is that?
Do you smell something?
Pardon?
That sound ... I heard it last night.
Can't you hear it?
It's weird.
Rains of interstellar objects spread panic
THE IMMINENT WORLD ATTACK.
There are signs that an attack is near.
It's urgent.
Excuse me,
can we move elsewhere?
Shit.
It is all I have.
What is that thing?
What?
What is that?
The electromagnetic fields affect the atmosphere.
Colonel, the British government warns of an attack.
They speak of an attack.
- Who is that? - The government, on Twitter.
They say to take shelter, to go underground.
What do we do?
I dunno.
I do not know!
Why are they shooting people?
They must be shooting in the air.
Your voice changes, you lie.
Hello, where are you? In a traffic jam, I'm stuck.
- Listen. We're being attacked, seek cover.
Attacked? - Just search for underground coverage.
Hurry up. - I can't go anywhere.
- Chris? - Bill?
- What are you doing here? - I'm looking for Helen.
She doesn't want to see you.
Listen to me.
We are under attack.
You have to calm down.
It's in progress. We don't have time.
Mum?
What do we do?
- Mum? - Respond!
Mum!
Slow down!
Shit.
It was what?
Why are you rushing?
Come down!
Go to the station.
Helen, open up.
- What are you doing here? - Follow me.
Follow me or you will die.
- Follow you where? - In the elevator.
- He'll protect us from the waves. - Did you see Chris?
No I have not seen it.
- Follow me. - I'll get Chris.
- We do not have time. - Stopped.
Come with me.
Look for Chris!
Sorry to ruin everything. - That is not true.
Yes. And you always help me. - Make sure you go underground.
I have said so much to you. - Go underground. Right now.
I would not know where.
We are the contact with our planes lost. They have crashed.
Something is happenineg. - Hello…
Colonel, What is happening?
No more network Restore the connection..
It is far?
It will depend on the traffic.
Attention!
Keep all doors closed.
Is it over? - That has yet to be seen.
Guys, turn your flashlights off. We must save the batteries.
Adaptation: Clotilde Maville
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