Earth vs. the Flying Saucers Page #2

...but we'll correct that.

Don't be too sure of that.

We can certainly tune them in

if they're up there.

What I'm trying to tell you is

that they're no longer up there.

That wasn't a meteorite

that fell on Panama.

It was the burned remains of

Number 7. I made sure of that myself.

-What?

-And Intelligence has reports now...

...that 1 and 3 fell over Africa...

...Number 5 around the North Pole,

and 9 and 10 along the Andes.

The rest can be presumed

to have been lost someplace at sea.

What happens to them?

Apparently they blow up

in outer space.

Why? There's nothing explosive

in them.

You can take it from me...

...when a rocket's blasted off, it should

circle the Earth for a long time.

-That is, unless--

-Russ? Dad?

Unless what?

Unless something shoots them down

as fast as we set them up there.

Why, no gun in the world

can shoot that high.

No. No, of course not.

Bring spoons for your coffee.

My special barbecue.

That's to make up for not telling you

about our getting married.

It was kind of sudden for us too.

Sudden? I've only been

after him for a year.

I don't need to tell you, both of you,

how pleased I am.

Well, I'm glad of that. I wouldn't

like it very much if you weren't.

Thank you.

Russ, what were you

driving at back there...

...about something shooting down

one of the satellites?

General, we saw a strange thing

this afternoon.

We saw what appeared to be

a flying saucer.

-A flying saucer?

-It nearly ran into us.

You're sure of it?

Both Carol and I are subject to

the same atmospheric disturbances...

...that may have affected

other observers...

...but there is a qualitative difference

when you're a scientist.

We do have one piece

of supporting evidence:

An accidental recording

of the sounds it made.

The tape is in the lab at the project.

I'd like you to hear it tomorrow.

-You both saw this?

-Yes.

Excuse me.

From Captain Holoway, sir.

Will you sign here, please?

-Who's Holoway?

-He's on monitor duty this evening.

They've just lost contact

with Number 11.

Russ, I'm sorry.

Is it still in range of our receivers?

If it hasn't been knocked down.

Look.

-What are those lights?

-They're what the pilots call foo lights.

St. Elmo's Fire, in ancient times.

The superstitious regard them

as omens of things to come.

The best science has made of them

is that they're electric particles...

...agitated by moving air.

Same principle as the aurora borealis.

There have been so many around

the project, we take them for granted.

Bird 11 ought to be visible in the sky

on its second lap around the world.

Look, there it is.

-Was that it?

-Yes.

Surely you're not going to send up

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