Tag #11 - Artifacts
Daniel sat back in his chair and looked around the small office. He'd only been there for a few months, and already it was cluttered with his reference books, various artifacts, and a large number of journals full of notes. He smiled slightly as he realized that, at this rate, he'd have to request a larger lab by the end of the year. Jack constantly teased him about having so many 'rocks,' but Daniel had seen Jack's office. There was practically nothing in it. Daniel doubted that Jack even knew it existed, judging by the thick layer of dust over the desk.
As his eyes skimmed the bookshelves, he frowned. There was a folder there that he didn't recall owning. Getting up, he walked over to the shelf and curiously pulled it down. It was full of notes and scribblings, but after a moment, he realized it was a report on a test of the Gate. Wondering why it was in his office, he glanced at the date.
And did a double-take.
1945!
He flipped back to the beginning, finally spotting a post-it note stuck to the first page. Dr. Jackson, it read. We have been declassifying some old documents, and found quite a few crates of information on Project Blue Book. Here is a small sample of what we've found. If you wish to see the rest of the materials, please contact the Pentagon as soon as possible.
Daniel felt a shiver of excitement run down his spine. He'd never suspected they had worked on the Gate so long before he deciphered it…General West probably hadn't either. He'd told Daniel that they'd only been working on it for two years, not nearly half a century…
And I solved it in two weeks, he thought to himself in amazement. I can't believe no one else managed to stumble across the answer in all that time. This has to be important. Something just doesn't fit. We're missing something.
Clutching the folder, he strode out of his office to make a request of Hammond.