The Phantom Drive (a gravity beam) was brought on-line to link it (directly through the Earth""s core) with the World Engine on the other side of the world, causing massive panic and destruction in the city.The only traffic I have is a TWA L-1011 in your six o""clock position.Range - fifteen miles.There""s an Allegheny DC-9 in your twelve o""clock position, fifty miles.Stand by one.I""ll take a look at Broadband.AirEast Pilot: AirEast 31 has traffic two o""clock, slightly above and descending.Air Traffic Controller: AirEast 31, Roger.I have a primary target about that position now.I have no known high-altitude traffic.Stand by one.I""ll check Low [Altitude].Over...AirEast Pilot: AirEast 31.The traffic""s not lower than us.He""s one o""clock now, still above me and descending.Air Traffic Controller: AirEast 31.Can you say aircraft type?AirEast Pilot: Negative, Center.No distinct outline.To tell you he truth, the target is rather brilliant.It has the brightest anti-collision lights I think I""ve ever seen - alternating white to red.The colors are a little striking.TWA Pilot: Center, this is TWA 517.Traffic now looks like extra bright landing lights.I thought AirEast had his landing lights on.As the not-so-routine communications continue, a few of the other Traffic Controllers crowd around the computerized radar screen as an UNK (Unknown) radar blip in the air-position display shows up next to the other two planes.I""ve seen too many hardened arteries dragged out to make a first-night holiday.She claimed she was becoming destitute due to the high cost of entertaining visitors and living in London ("it all akes money").A ferry boat approaches an unnamed, ambiguous location [the village was filmed by Lake Arrowhead, California] - probably a European country during the early years of the 20th century." When Duffy phones that he has located Mulwray with a young woman ("a cute little twist") in a rowboat on a lake in Echo Park, Gittes exclaims: "Water again.