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***** You sure? They had to find Area 51 ''somehow''. Despite entirely overlooking it in their original assault, the aliens were moving in on it less than a day after the captured alien had been killed there. |
***** You sure? They had to find Area 51 ''somehow''. Despite entirely overlooking it in their original assault, the aliens were moving in on it less than a day after the captured alien had been killed there. |
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****** 1) They may have been homing in on the downed ship that Will Smith destroyed, it wasn't that far from the base. 2) Area 51 is visible from space. 3) It was probably the only military base that still had any significant activity going on and 4) The RV Armada went there after Will Smith hitches a ride. |
****** 1) They may have been homing in on the downed ship that Will Smith destroyed, it wasn't that far from the base. 2) Area 51 is visible from space. 3) It was probably the only military base that still had any significant activity going on and 4) The RV Armada went there after Will Smith hitches a ride. |
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******* 5) Dialog implies that the aliens may have finally detected the sudden upswing in ground line use due to the morse code transmissions. |
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**** We can as well speculate (because, why not?) that alien death throes are a stronger telepathic signal than the usual communication. |
**** We can as well speculate (because, why not?) that alien death throes are a stronger telepathic signal than the usual communication. |
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*** None of that changes the fact that the plan could have been completely scuttled by a [[Dr. Strangelove|CRM-114 Discriminator]]. Aliens apparently have never had to deal with their enemies sending fake or confusing orders... |
*** None of that changes the fact that the plan could have been completely scuttled by a [[Dr. Strangelove|CRM-114 Discriminator]]. Aliens apparently have never had to deal with their enemies sending fake or confusing orders... |
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