CARLISLE, Pennsylvania — There is a scene at the end of the movie Raiders of the Lost Ark in which professor Indiana Jones and Marcus Brody are arguing with government bureaucrats about the folly of not handling the sacred and volatile antiquity with caution.
“The ark is the source of unspeakable power, and it has to be researched,” Brody insists.
“And it will be, I assure you,” answers the bureaucrat, his words effectively dripping in condescension. “Dr. Brody, Dr. Jones, we have top men working on it right now. Top men.”
The camera goes from the argument in an office somewhere in Washington to a warehouse at an undisclosed location where an elderly man is nailing the ark into a crate marked "TOP SECRET ARMY INTEL DO NOT OPEN." The lone man is donning a cap and wearing a cardigan. He pushes the crate past rows of other crates stacked haphazardly on top of each other, presumably filled with other mysteries. As the camera pans out, you realize they are all jammed into a cavernous warehouse the size of 17 football fields.
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