Since biblical times, man has seen strange manifestations in the sky...
...and speculated on the possibilities of visitors from another world.
Today, from the skies of California, the fields of Kansas...
...the rice paddies of the Orient, the air lanes of the world...
...come persistent reports of UFOs, Unidentified Flying Objects...
...which we have come to know as flying saucers.
In Dayton, Ohio, the Air Intelligence gathers data from all over the globe.
97%of the objects prove to be of natural origin, but 3%are unknown.
The Air Force is aware of the belief that they could be flying saucers.
While the evidence isn't conclusive...
...the probing of information about UFOs continues unceasingly.
As a result, the Hemispheric Defence in Colorado Springs issued an order.:
All military installations will fire...
...at any flying objects not identifiable.
But the military wondered if their scientific know-how and weapons...
...would be effective in any battle of the Earth vs. the flying saucers.
July 16. To Internal Security Commission. Re: Sky Hook.
Progress report f rom project director Dr. Russell A. Marvin...
And Mrs. Dr. Marvin, without whose inspiration and criticism...
...this report couldn't be written.
Married two hours and already claiming community property.
We're married. You needn't sneak up on me.
You have eyes behind your head.
- It's not safe when driving. - But pretty.
Aren't intellectual giants backwards and shy?
My third grade teacher said I was a quick study.
You're starting something you won't be able to finish.
Today, I've got a hot date with a three-stage rocket.
Now, please, no interruptions.
Because of recent scientific advances...
...it is now possible to realize an ancient dream:
The exploration of outer space.
To prepare for this stride forward, we are assembling data...
...on conditions at atmospheric levels beyond those hitherto explored.
To collect this data, unmanned observation posts are being sent up...
...in multiple-stage rockets, hundreds of miles above the Earth's surface.
There, swinging in endless orbits around our planet...
...will be 12 tiny man-made satellites, or moons.
They will report by radio the primary information needed...
...to prepare for our ascent into space.
The effects of gravitational loss, showers of meteoric dust...
...the fierce heat of the sun, the cosmic radiation.
All will be studied and analysed.
Presently, we have launched 10 artificial satellites...
...or birds, as we call them. We...
- Do you hear something? - Hear what?
- I don't hear any... - Shh, listen.
Pull over.
Russ, it was a saucer?
A flying saucer?
Well, we saw what appeared to be a flying saucer.
That's all we can say.
We saw it. We heard it, both of us.
What more do we need to know?
Well, we have to have time to think, to evaluate this...
...before we sound off.
Let... Let me have a light.
Of course, it wasn't a saucer at all.
I just shake like this all the time.
Carol, I want you to transcribe these notes for my report.
- Yes, boss. - But there's one little thing first.
Now that you're married, the first thing you must learn...
...is no more passes at the secretaries during business hours.
All right.
or birds, as we call them. We...
Russ.
The saucer sound.
It's on the tape.
You forgot to turn it off.
I remember now. I turned it off afterwards.
Well, that's one piece of concrete evidence.
Rocket number 11 will be launched in 20 minutes.
We'll leave it for now. We've just got time to get to the bunker.
Gen. Hanley reporting. Make it fast, I'm in a hurry.
Nobody allowed in. A rocket's taking off.
That's what I want to stop. Let me speak to Dr. Russell Marvin.
West Gate to Bunker Number Two.
Dr. Marvin.
Marvin speaking.
This is the West Gate. Gen. Hanley wants you.
Put him on. Carol, it's your father.
- Calling f rom Panama? - No, right here.
- Hello, Russ? - Hello.
Welcome home. What's the news f rom Panama?
It's bad. Listen to what I found before you send another rocket.
Can you put it off?
I can't, we're tied to a schedule of launchings.
Wait, there's something else I wanted...
Just a minute. It's your privilege.
Hi, Dad.
- What is it? - I wanted to hear your voice...
...and tell you we got married.
- Married? - Forgive us for not letting you know.
I've gotta hang up. Let's have dinner tonight. Can you?
Don't forget. Bye.
Fourteen, thirteen, twelve...
...eleven, ten, nine, eight, seven, six...
...five, four, three, two, one.
I know how the designer feels hearing this...
...but Sky Hook hasn't worked like the Defence Department had hoped.
How many birds have you sent up so far?
Eleven, counting today's.
- How many are you in contact with now? - Just one. Today's.
We haven't been able to track them visually, but we'll fix that.
- Don't be too sure. - We can find them if they're up there.
What I'm telling you is that they're no longer up there.
A meteorite didn't hit Panama.
It was the burned remains of Number Seven. I made sure myself.
- What? - And Intelligence has reports...
...that One and Three fell over Af rica...
...Number Five around the North Pole, and Nine and Ten along the Andes.
The rest can be presumed to have been lost someplace at sea.
- What happens to them? - Apparently they blow up in space.
Why? There's nothing explosive in them.
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 after we launch them.
- No gun in the world shoots that high. - No, of course not.
Bring spoons for your coffee.
My special barbecue.
It's for not telling you about our marriage.
- It was sudden for us too. - What? I chased him for a year.
I don't need to tell you two how pleased I am.
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.
Are you sure of it?
We felt the atmospheric disturbances that may affect other observers...
...but there's a qualitative difference for scientists.
We have one piece of evidence: a recording of the sounds it made.
The tape is in the lab. I'd like you to hear it tomorrow.
- You both saw this? - Yes.
Ex cuse me.
From Captain Holoway, sir. Will you sign here, please?
- Who's Holoway? - He's on monitor duty this evening.
- They lost contact with Number Eleven. - Russ, I'm sorry.
- Is it in range of our receivers? - If it hasn't been knocked down.
Look.
- What are those lights? - Pilots call them foo lights.
St. Elmo's Fire, in ancient times. The superstitious regard them as omens.
All science knows is that they're electric particles...
...agitated by moving air, like the aurora borealis.
There have been so many near the project, we take them for granted.
Eleven should be visible on its second lap around the world.
Look, there it is.
- Was that it? - Yes.
Surely you won't launch Number Twelve tomorrow?
- I have to. - Why?
With a television pickup, cameras and microphone.
This time I'll find out what's happening up there and why.
Let's finish our dinner.
Checking TV pickup. Getting a good image?
Fine.
- TV's okay. I'll be down soon. - Tell them to hurry it up.
Do you notice anything different since you were here last?
- Soundproofing? - Right.
You can fire a cannon outside and not hear it.
Number Twelve okay for takeoff.
As an old rocket man, I prefer watching f rom the ground.
Dr. Marvin. Dr. Marvin.
Marvin here.
You ready for a siege?
Russ and I are monitoring this one. For days, if necessary.
Soundproof privacy and the last word in scientific solitude.
- Happy honeymoon, darling. - Thanks, Dad.
Prepare rocket for launching.
Rocket Number Twelve launching in five minutes.
Four minutes to zero.
- Take it up at zero, Major Kimberly. - Okay.
Stand by.
Observation Tower A, come in.
Evans, Radar to Tower A.
- Observation Tower A, Sergeant Nash. - UFO due west, approaching fast.
- What does it look like? - Can't tell. I'll call when I see it.
- Do that. - As you were, sergeant.
Unidentified flying object reported due west. Probably a buzzard.
Sergeant Nash, Observation Tower A. What?
Forget it, Walters, this is no time for gags.
It's two minutes to zero.
Sentry at West Gate has spotted a flying saucer.
Evans, Radar to Tower A.
Tower A, Nash.
I got a better reading. That UFO is over the west sentry post.
- It look like a flying saucer, Evans? - Yes, it does.
Sky Hook to approaching object.
What is it?
I wouldn't know.
Connect me to Dr. Marvin.
The line is dead.
It can't, general.
It's landing.
Battery, prepare to fire.
Fire!
They've set up an electronic screen. The artillery won't penetrate.
Lines are out.
Abandon all firing positions.
Mike's gone dead.
Try the phone.
The operator doesn't answer.
Look.
- What's happening? - I don't know. I...
I'm scared, Russ.
They'll... They'll dig us out.
Where am I? What...?
We are speaking to you through the translating device above your head.
Can you understand us?
Yes, and I hope you can understand me.
Whoever, whatever you are, you'll regret what you did at the project.
Perhaps you can explain why, after contacting Dr. Marvin...
...we were met with violence.
- You've contacted Dr. Marvin? - We spoke to him.
All he heard was meaningless sounds. The same kind of sounds I just heard.
We had hoped the time differential between us would have been adjusted.
I don't understand.
Evidently, you do not realize you are in an interstellar conveyance.
You are already outside the atmosphere of your own planet.
As a prisoner, all I am required to tell you...
...is that I am General John Hanley of the U. S. Army.
These are all the facts leading up to the explosion at Operation Sky Hook.
To the best of our knowledge, my wife and I are the only ones left alive...
...since we have not seen or heard anyone for hours.
The air is becoming toxic.
In the event of our death...
...this report, with the recording of the saucer sounds on this tape...
...constitute all the data we have.
The batteries are failing. The recorder is not running up to speed.
This is Dr. Russell A. Marvin.
Russ? Where are you?
It's all right. The gas generator stopped, that's all.
Please come close. I'm af raid of the darkness.
- Dr. Russell Marvin. - The tape.
It is very urgent that we meet.
We will appear tomorrow...
...at Operation Sky Hook...
...when your sun is ex actly...
...over your local...
That's the sound of the saucer on tape.
The message was sent at accelerated speed so it sounded like gibberish.
When the batteries died, the tape slowed down and the voice got clear.
If I'd only figured it out before...
...maybe we wouldn't have been trapped down here.
What had taken hundreds of lives and levelled a facility worth millions?
The aroused public demanded an answer.
The government dedicated all of its branches to finding it.
But when the Marvins were rescued, the answer was to be found...
...in the experience of the only two survivors and a tape recording...
...they carried to Washington, D. C. and the Pentagon.
Operation Sky Hook.
The meaning is clear: they proposed landing at the project...
...on the day of the disaster for a meeting.
If I couldn't attend...
...a shortwave message was to be sent on a specific wavelength.
- Does anyone want it played again? - You've heard it a dozen times.
For three days, my wife and I have answered...
...to every commission and committee in D. C. It's time we did something.
This tape doesn't prove your so-called "flying saucer" destroyed Sky Hook.
I grant you that.
The voice and instructions could have come f rom anywhere.
- Anyone have a better idea? - I accept Dr. Marvin's conclusion...
- ...about the events being connected. - All right, so do I.
Then let me contact them, meet them, find out what this is about.
If faced with a hostile power, only the cabinet can decide to meet them.
I hope that while we wait, another disaster doesn't occur.
We're pressing for the earliest action.
The state and defence secretaries are returning to the U. S.
If I met with them in the meantime, the only risk would be to me.
I feel responsible for what happened. I was in charge.
Hundreds of lives were lost, my wife's father...
If I had the authority, I'd grant it to you.
But I promise we'll recommend that you be authorized to make radio contact...
...and meet with whoever they are.
- Are we through for the night? - Yes...
...but we're gonna ask you to remain at your hotel.
- You mean I'm under detention? - You may be needed at any time.
Major Huglin is assigned as your liaison.
- Good night. - Good night.
I don't like this watchdog routine any better than you do.
I'm under orders, I have a job to do. We're both on the same side.
- I'm sorry. I'm just tired and worried. - I know.
You heard both sides. Who do you agree with?
I agree with you about the urgency, but they're right too.
They have a chain of command, and this is too big to allow for mistakes.
Russell Marvin calling on 225.6 megacycles. Over.
Dr. Russell Marvin calling on 225.6 megacycles as per instructions.
Are you listening? If you hear me, please reply.
I am tuned in on the same wavelength. Over.
We hear you, Dr. Marvin, and we understand you. Do you understand us?
Yes.
Who are you?
Listen.: it is now 9.:30 a. m. Earth time, Greenwich Meridian Time.
We will be waiting at 11.:00 a. m. at the shore of the Chesapeake Bay...
...where the North Beach Road reaches the sea.
Do not raise an alarm and keep this appointment.
I can't keep the appointment. I'm under orders. We can meet in a few days.
Do you hear me? Over.
- Russ? - Hello, hello.
Dr. Russell Marvin calling on 225.6 megacycles.
Do you hear me? Please come in. Over.
11:00 Greenwich time. It'll be 6:00 here. I can just make it.
You can't go. You're under orders.
I didn't arrange this. I just asked them to wait.
Who ordered that radio?
I did. I was hoping they'd let me use it.
You can't go. I've already lost Dad.
- You shouldn't have called them. - Maybe, or maybe not.
But it's started. I've gotta go through with it.
But it's not your job alone. Call someone! Call Major Huglin!
Room 312, Major Huglin. Hurry, please.
Hello?
Yes. Yes.
Thanks.
Well, call the garage. Tell them not to give him a car.
Tell them he's sick, out of his mind. I'll be right down to take care of it.
- Sure thing, Mrs. Marvin. - Frank, may I have my car please?
I can't. I was talking to your wife on the phone and she said that I...
But, Dr. Marvin, I can't let you have the car.
- Get out of my way. - Please, I don't want to lose my job...
There he is. See if you can get him on the radio.
Hello, Russ. This is Carol. Russ, come in.
He won't answer me.
Wait for us, Russ.
Major Huglin and I wanna talk to you.
Russ, please come back with us.
I'm sorry, but I have to do my job. Let's go back.
Please come in...
- Let's get out of here. - No, wait.
...with your friends, Dr. Marvin.
- I'm coming with you. - Please come in. All of you.
- I'm gonna phone headquarters. - You'd better do as they say.
- We're thousands of miles f rom Earth. - And in a matter of seconds.
You are many miles from your planets, but not in a matter of seconds.
Listen to your watch, Dr. Marvin.
It's stopped. It's supposed to be antimagnetic.
We generate a magnetic field stronger than gravity on your Earth.
This is how we move through space. We have adjusted the magnetic field...
...to compensate for the normal loss of gravity and atmospheric pressure.
But your watch hasn't stopped. Feel your pulse.
I haven't any.
Neither have I.
We operate in a different time reference. This is happening...
...between the ticks of your watch or the beats of your heart.
That's why we couldn't decipher your message until it was too late.
It made it necessary for us to defend ourselves at Sky Hook.
Then you shot down our 11 rockets. Why?
At that time, we did not know they were only primitive observation posts.
We thought they were weapons directed against us.
Who are you? Where are you f rom?
Because of your leadership in exploring outer space...
...we felt you could best understand...
...that we are the survivors of a disintegrated solar system.
At this moment, the remainder of our fleet is circling your globe.
They await a signal to tell them where to land.
What do you want with me?
Arrange for your world leaders to confer with us in Washington.
They may not listen. I'm a scientist.
We will show you how important it is to convince your leaders.
In an instant of your time, we travel...
...from beyond your moon to the surface of your Earth.
There were 300 men on that ship.
Speed, maneuverability and force.
With a weapon like that, why not take over?
To do that would cause worldwide panic. Despite our power...
...we few would be busy indefinitely, suppressing a hostile population.
In the end, we'd be masters of a wrecked planet.
Think you'll win without a fight?
We felt it best to meet with you to avoid fighting.
- We've made agreements on Earth before. - How do you know so much of us?
We have the means of accumulating information.
If you wish to convince yourself of our detailed knowledge, test us.
Any question.
What's the size of the U. S. Armed Forces?
It is approximately 3.5 million men.
What team has won the most World Series?
The New York Yankees.
- Who was the first U. S. president? - Washington.
I know that voice.
- Who are you? - John Hanley.
My father. What have you done to him?
You have been addressing General Hanley's mind, not General Hanley.
Look behind you.
Dad.
He won't recognize you. He's been subjected...
...to a machine we call an Infinitely Index ed Memory Bank.
We have transferred all knowledge from his brain to our machine.
Thus, we have available and readily accessible his total experience.
We can do this to as many as we like and learn whatever we must know.
- Stop it, please, stop it. - Put that gun away.
Don't look at that.
This is the start of the process we use to read the brain...
...for the Infinitely Index ed Memory Bank.
What have you done with my father?
We will return him to you eventually, and the police officer too.
Will you arrange a conference for us?
We'll tell the authorities. That's all we can do.
- You're helping these monsters? - It may take months to set up.
You will have two lunar days, or 56 days Earth time.
- Let them kill us and be done with it. - Please.
If no one believes me, I can't be responsible.
When you tell of the sunken destroyer...
...refer to latitude 30 degrees, 20 minutes...
...longitude 45 degrees, 15 minutes.
They will believe you.
Maybe we were hysterical or hypnotized and never saw what they did...
...to General Hanley or the policeman. How do you explain the destroyer?
The Atlantic fleet lost contact with a vessel...
...but there is no confirmation of a sinking.
Your contacting the saucer violated our instructions.
This itself may have placed the entire country in jeopardy.
Assuming your story is verified...
...are you proposing we meet with the creatures and yield to their demands?
Why Washington? If they want to parlay with the whole world, why meet there?
They're realists. D. C. is a political power centre.
Would our atomic and hydrogen weapons work against the saucers?
I'd like to answer that question.
Atomics might work, if we could deliver them.
But using nuclear power when they land would destroy cities.
We don't know if they're vulnerable or not.
To answer you, Mr. Cassidy, I learned a little of their operation.
And I've got an idea for a new weapon. It's only a guess, of course.
A new weapon in less than 56 days?
I have an idea for an ultrasonic gun. With enough engineering help...
...we could build a working model. Maybe it will work, maybe not.
Meanwhile, you'll work on every other defence.
We must use every conceivable weapon if they land.
Gentlemen, please.
"The destroyer Franklin Edison was sunk at latitude 30 degrees...
...20 minutes, longitude 45 degrees, 15 minutes at 0600."
We are expected at the White House in an hour for a decision...
...that will involve the entire world.
Whatever the decision, you'll be given every assistance.
I suggest you start to work right away.
Major Huglin will get whatever you require.
Thank you.
- Hello. - Hi.
How's it going?
Rather than turn electric impulses into ultrahigh f requency sounds...
- ...we nearly burned the place up. - What?
Let's try it out on the cement block.
All the way.
There goes your generator.
- But it worked, right? - We know what hit Sky Hook.
- What? - Sound.
Having two sons, I know noise doesn't do a man much good...
...but burn him up and his house?
The sound I want is of a higher f requency than we've ever made.
- Then we've got the weapon? - No, I'm af raid not.
With the best circuits available, all we've done is pulverize some cement.
The theory is beautif ul. We don't have the tools to make it work.
Maybe in 10 years, 5, even 2.
- How many days left? -27.
Russ, remember that report f rom Dr. Patek in New Delhi?
He suggested a different approach. Instead of duplicating...
...their ultrasonic devices, we interrupt their magnetic field...
...with a highly intermittent induced electrical field. Suppose we...
Right! Cut the ultrasonic wavelength into the circuit and knock them down.
- Not so fast, Russ. - It can work.
Major, we'll need the largest portable generator that Schenectady makes.
From all parts of the globe...
...came every facility and scientific help world governments could give.
Dr. Marvin and staff assembled these materials in a secret lab...
...where they translated a short experience in an outer space craft...
...into a formula, then plans...
...and, finally, a functioning reality.
It's only a hollow steel ball, but for our purposes it's a flying saucer.
You can start up the generator now.
- The magnet does that? - The magnetic attraction above...
...counteracts the pull of gravity below.
- It was your idea. Try it first. - My idea? Nonsense.
It's as much yours, Dr. Patek's and many more scientists worldwide.
Come on.
- It works. - It works fine.
Russ, look.
What was it?
The same thing that's watched us since the start.
- Watched who? - Russ and the rocket program.
I thought it was St. Elmo's Fire, but I changed my mind.
The saucers sent it down to learn what we're doing.
We have TV. They may have a different device with the same purpose.
We'd better go to D. C. before they drop in.
Major, help him load that gun on the truck.
Forget the files, professor. I'll take the diagrams.
We'll be in Washington in an hour.
I hope they haven't spotted us.
Let's pull away f rom the lab. Come on.
If that saucer stays in firing range, we'll give the gun its first real test.
Saucer landing near Belmont Lab. Huglin calling for aerial protection.
They're sending a bomber. Let's get those diagrams and hurry on.
- I'll get them f rom Russ. - I'll go with you.
Fire up the generator. We're gonna see if this gun works.
- What's the matter? - I can't get this thing started.
They're looking for us.
Getting you to D. C. is more important than all else.
Right.
If this machine works. If not, it makes no difference.
It works. If we just had a little more power.
Let's go, please. Before it's too late.
Keep the gun circling overhead and the saucer will stay away.
Russ, be caref ul.
I think it's dead.
It's light as a feather.
Humanoid, and ancient.
These suits are an electronic and mechanical outer skin...
...to take the place of their atrophied flesh and muscles.
I must get this to a lab.
Don't go out there. Don't go out there.
Here are Dr. and Mrs. Marvin now.
- We've been waiting for you. - Thanks.
This is Dr. Alberts. You know General Edmunds, Admiral Enright.
Certainly.
Mrs. Marvin is General Hanley's daughter.
- His death was a loss to us all. - Thank you.
- I see you've been busy. - We've done a little work.
Let me show you. It didn't take too long to break this down.
These helmets have a translating device in them.
Mrs. Marvin, would you say something into the microphone?
The quality of mercy is not strained
It droppeth as the gentle rain From heaven
Shakespeare wouldn't like it.
Professor Alberts said reading the dictionary into it...
...would translate their language.
By translating their communications, we decoded them.
The professor got the translator that his university developed...
- ...and the results were startling. - We've taped many of their messages.
- One message was a plan of attack. - The rest were operational routine.
- I'll show you how it worked. - Over here.
"We can expect trouble when Mercury is in perihelion." When is that?
Twice every three months. The information is too vague to be of use.
- "The sun in con Polaris"? - It's an orbital relation...
...between the star Polaris and the sun. We haven't figured it out.
- The blanks are how they compute time. - But the messages do involve the sun?
Our observatories are watching closely.
For now, we're creating a stronger interference machine.
Have you determined the weapon's usef ul range?
There's a weakness. Our instruments indicate the potential effect...
...drops off sharply after 1500 yards.
We'll have to hope that that's enough.
Maybe we'll be ready when they come. Has anyone tried that helmet on?
Yes, we have. I think you'd be interested. Try it.
It weighs only a few grams.
- What's it made of? - We don't know.
Solidified Electricity is the name the Bureau of Standards gave it.
It resists everything we used on it, including extreme temperatures.
- It makes me Superman, for one thing. - Yes, we know.
I have a peculiar range of vision.
I can also hear a man outside that window discussing advanced biology.
Carol, would you see if I'm right?
...when I kissed her, she slapped me. I said:
" I didn't slap you when you ordered a $4 steak."
Just as we need glasses and hearing aids...
...they must amplify their senses, especially sight and hearing.
- Does that suggest anything to you? - They have their weaknesses.
- When will we be ready? - A couple of weeks.
People of Earth, attention. People of Earth, attention.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
- This is a voice speaking to you... - Stop that.
...from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
Look to your sun for a warning.
Following eruptions on your sun, there will be eight days...
- ...of meteorological convulsions... - Turn it down.
They're arrogant to announce their schedule.
They definitely plan to take over.
They can move so fast and hit so hard, they'll flatten us.
They expect to terrify us with a display of power.
They're contemptuous of our defences.
They'll sail into Washington in broad daylight...
...and expect us to capitulate when they land.
People of Earth, attention. People of Earth, attention.
This is a voice speaking to you from thousands of miles beyond your planet.
Look to your sun for a warning.
It's coming over everywhere.
Following eruptions on your sun...
...there will be eight days of meteorological convulsions.
They'll panic and immobilize the whole country.
The whole world.
Let all nations be represented in Washington to confer with us...
People of Earth, attention.
Across the world, communications devices were jammed with the message.
The warning was dinned into Earth's people unceasingly for 12 hours.
And after the twelfth hour, silence.
Then, a tremendous explosion on the surface of the sun.
" Nine days."
That must be what the missing words meant. I get the picture.
If I need more information, I'll call you back. Goodbye.
That was Meteorology. As we know, sunspots directly affect our weather.
We can expect storms, tidal waves, hurricanes.
- When? - Starting now, for eight days.
Just when we most need communication and transport.
- We'll be working under bad conditions. - What's the schedule?
You install the interference units. We're already evacuating the city.
It's been decided we'll fight?
When a threatening power lands, we don't meet them with cookies.
Production expediting awaits me. Further discussion won't solve much.
Before we break up, I remind you that we have nine days left.
One of those days is already half gone.
What a nice going away present.
You might call it that. Is my bag packed?
Mine too. What time do we leave?
I leave now. I'm going to Aberdeen for the interference project.
So that wasn't a hello kiss at all. It was goodbye.
For a little while.
You have to leave town. They're evacuating Washington.
- Where am I going? - Palm Springs.
Remember the place I told you about?
- We were going there together. - I know.
Your plane leaves tonight.
Let me stay. Maybe I can help.
There's nothing more you can do. Here's your ticket.
You'll arrive before the bad weather sets in.
And I'll be there soon.
The first vital communications to suffer...
...were the shipping lanes and airways.
Then transport by rail and highway ground to a halt.
When phones and telegraphs failed...
...and the radio networks bore the burden alone, they succumbed...
...to interference originating from an increasing disturbance in the sun.
The world, crippled by these events...
...waited for the first sign of an invasion from outer space.
Due to violent weather, it wasn't till the ninth day...
...that an evacuation of Washington could be attempted.
Although the military worked miracles...
...on the 10th day, more than 60% of Washington's citizens...
...were still in the metropolitan area.
- Take these to CIC. - Yes, sir.
Mrs. Marvin.
I thought you were in Palm Springs.
The flights were cancelled. Have you heard f rom Russ?
Almost nothing f rom Aberdeen. Wires are down, radio jammed.
But I'm expecting a courier soon.
A red alert.
Saucer heading in over the Atlantic, coming in fast.
They're breaking through our defences. Ground all aircraft.
They'll be overhead any minute. Better get to shelter.
Wait a moment, Mrs. Marvin.
Convoys f rom Arberdeen are here.
- Your husband's is near the Pentagon. - Thanks.
Marvin calling GHQ. Saucer hit and down in the Potomac.
Keep it in your field so it can't hit us.
- Fire at the saucer until it crashes. - Russ. Russ.
- I thought you'd gone... - GHQ calling all HF units.
GHQ calling all HF units. Saucer near White House and Capitol.
Attention all units. Saucer landing near White House.
- Attention... - They're jamming us.
Dr. Marvin, we've made contact with GHQ.
GHQ to all HF units. Saucer has landed in front of Capitol building.
All HF units attention. GHQ to all HF units.
Keep firing at saucers.
The present danger is ended. The present danger is ended.
All units report to your commanders for further orders.
The present danger is ended.
- Don't wiggle. - Here's what it says:
"The president ordered Sky Hook and the space program continued...
...under the direction of Dr. Russell A. Marvin.
The United Nations assembly voted to award a gold medal to Dr. Marvin."
And to Mrs. Marvin goes a gold medal f rom Dr. Marvin...
...for her love, courage, devotion, et cetera, et cetera.
Russ, do you think there are any more? Will they come back again?
Not on such a nice day.
And not to such a nice world.
- I'm glad it's still here. - And still ours.
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