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Then a better idea came along, and people were willing to listen.

3 seconds sound clip from the It Came from Outer Space movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:24:08.330 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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[...]

- There you are. See, there's no sign of any excessive radioactivity anywhere in the area. Odd, wouldn't you say, for something coming in from outer space?

- I don't know what's odd and what isn't anymore.

- But I do know I expected you to be more open to the idea than the others. You're a man of science!

- And therefore less inclined to witchcraft.

- Not witchcraft. Imagination. Willingness to believe that there are lots of things that we don't know anything about.

- Look, there was a time when people thought the Earth was a level plain between two mountains that were set there to hold up the sky. And that the stars were lamps hung from that sky.

- Then a better idea came along, and people were willing to listen.

- Be realistic, John. We've worked together before.

- In the meantime, you can do an article for us.

- Yeah. Here. I already have.

- An intense young man.

- Yeah, and an odd one, too.

- More than odd. Individual and lonely. A man who thinks for himself.

- Report on the Arrival of Strangers from Outer Space.

[...]

It Came from Outer Space Sound Clip

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Revisit the sci-fi horror classic "It Came from Outer Space" with our collection of sound clips featuring iconic quotes from the 1953 movie.

Actors: Richard Carlson (John Putnam), Barbara Rush (Ellen Fields), Charles Drake (Sheriff Matt Warren)

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