Speaker 1: I was alone in a room one hundred thousand miles
from Perth. My body lay dead before me, and yet
I spoke and felt and lived. Behind me lay a
tortured world before me, the moon and destiny.
Speaker 2: Again. I felt a surge of power, and had I
been able.
Speaker 1: To, I would have smiled. My mission was accomplished. No
one knew, no one understood.
Speaker 2: If they had, they would not believe.
Speaker 1: This was a project three thousand years old. Yet no
one had guessed.
Speaker 2: No one.
Speaker 1: Listen now to two thousand plus.
Speaker 2: O lovesand plus.
Speaker 1: Adventures into the World of Tomorrow science fiction stories from
the years beyond two thousand AD. Today a story entitled
Flying Saucers.
Speaker 2: It is the year two.
Speaker 1: Thousand plus twelve. A blazing New Mexico sun shines down
upon a great military installation, upon a vast, noisy field,
and upon a silvery shape which seems to strain forward,
ready to leap up into space. In an executive office,
a man sits in his chair, his eyes on the
great rocket.
Speaker 2: The islim. A girl waits for him to speak.
Speaker 1: Let her close that window, iolin and always won't let
a man think, yes.
Speaker 2: Ah, that's better. I'm ready.
Speaker 1: Doctor Bronson. Get this on tape as well as in shorthand.
It's for the permanent files in Washington. It's gotta go
out on the next jet. I'll give you a signed
Cheater stationary, send it off to make the five o'clock connection.
Speaker 2: You got that yes recorder on the letter to be
transcribed over your signature and sent off on the five
o'clock connecting plane. Right heading top secret two.
Speaker 1: National Scientific Council copies to Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary
of Defense, the President from Andrew Bronson. Forget the usual
string of titles Alan Chief, Government of Extraterrestrial Research, White Sands,
New Mexico, regarding defense measures against sterial visitors listed in
file AA two eighty six as Flying Saucers.
Speaker 2: One.
Speaker 1: For the past three months, this secret experimental installation has
been visited by Flying Saucers. First appearance coincided with the
launching of our secret flying missiles Zeus.
Speaker 2: The tales in reports C B two, eight six, A
B and C two.
Speaker 1: Although the Flying Saurces have never landed, the frequency of
their visits has tripled since the launching, as reported in
the file Sighted. Zeus is not yet returned three In
view of the importance to national security of this secret
installation and its experiments. The reports already mentioned were reviewed
by JCS and.
Speaker 2: The National Scientific Council.
Speaker 1: It was decided that the Flying Sources were a potential
menace and that countermeasures be undertaken. Form ZEUS two, an
improved model of our secret flying missile has been completed
and armed. It is equipped with mass attraction and proximity
fuse devices. Warhead contains five thousand pounds hexinite firing control
automatic C file CB three four four.
Speaker 2: Five. The station has been placed in condition alert.
Speaker 1: Next visit from the Flying Sources is expected momentarily. In
view of the foregoing we are in complete readiness s
we will attack, repeat, we will attack.
Speaker 2: Ah. Now, where's my pen? Andrew? Uh? This one doesn't work.
Speaker 3: Oh, I'll get it.
Speaker 1: I saw your pen and your best.
Speaker 2: Don't touch that best. I Uh, I'll get it myself.
Did I do something wrong?
Speaker 1: No?
Speaker 2: No, no, they'll uh well, you might have been hurt? Hurt? No,
not mine? Here you are my signature? No on your way, Andrew?
Why can't I stay? You know the orders I lean.
We're going to test ZEUS too. You know, anything can happen.
Maybe the flying sauces will come back. If they do,
we'll be ready for them.
Speaker 1: Besides, if the rudder should go wrong or the hechs
and I detonate, no, no, no, on your way now.
Speaker 2: The jet cars waiting downstairs. H very well.
Speaker 4: But you will be careful, won't you?
Speaker 2: Of course? Oh, Eileen, yeah, I've never told you. Never mind,
my dear, my darling.
Speaker 1: Doctor Bronson's security come in security security has ms harkness.
Speaker 2: Well, that's funny.
Speaker 1: I expected to too, after sending off her latest reports.
She should be home now, are you sure, sir? Something
must have happened to a Sunday.
Speaker 2: Security officer to check what about the set up for
the new test? Alright? I hope nothing happens any report.
Speaker 3: Of flying No, sir, not yet.
Speaker 1: But sir, there's something funny about that. Every time we
get ready for a test, even one of the minor missiles,
one of the saucers appears. That's too much of a
coincidence for comfort, sir.
Speaker 2: Yes, I've thought of that too. You think that's a
leak somewhere.
Speaker 1: Yes, we've checked and rechecked nothing, but there's no doubt
that someone's.
Speaker 3: Passing on information I see.
Speaker 1: Of course, we'll keep on checking whoever is responsible? Walter
Bronson Radar Control to doctor Bronson Johnson here, what is it?
Flygs houser detected and registered. Computation Center fed data data
follows distance four eighty six miles hight fifty point two miles,
speed five miles per second. Estimated time of arrival at
contact point one minute fifty eight seconds from now fifty
eight right uh let fire control.
Speaker 2: Fire Control alerted, Sir, when may we expect you in
thirty seconds? Over and off? Are you still on security?
I sir?
Speaker 1: Clear the field field already clear of just an emergency
rent signal.
Speaker 3: We're waiting control Sir, very well.
Speaker 2: I'm coming down right now, over and off. Let me
have my headset in hand. Mark's cutting. Yes, thank you,
Bronson the far control, fire control.
Speaker 1: The Bronson Everything ready here. Chief Dolly is cleared from
Zeus to warhead arm Well done, runs the computation m mutation.
Your figures checked through cybernetics, Yes, sir, as reported, Zeus
too should destroy flying saucers six seconds after blast off.
Firing time twenty two hundred thirty three hours, thirty six seconds.
Speaker 2: Time check everyone.
Speaker 1: Time is now thirty two seconds to blast off condition red.
I shall operate fire control remote strap in for firing
security security I report field clear guards alerted and shielded,
anti radiation of war hit armed. Soon's two ready any
further hand seconds nine eight seven six five form three.
Speaker 2: Two one fire.
Speaker 1: Get a bearing on that projectory competition trajectory.
Speaker 3: Established and being pennymag.
Speaker 1: Conjectory connections, paramotic salary factors, receiving contact twenty thirty three
point two D work everyone security condition brain. Oh boys,
I'll wait till someone phones in where the pieces fell,
and then maybe we'll be finally knowing what the flying
sauces are. Yes, God, he a security located Aileen Harkness, No, sir,
not yet. Captain McDonald's here, sir. Here's a man with him,
says you should see him immediately.
Speaker 2: Uh well, all right, bring him in.
Speaker 1: Yes, what McDonald thought you'd like to hear this here?
This is Al Waters, the rancher from upstate. He flew
down from his ranch this morning, reported to the state police.
Speaker 2: They sent him to us. The saucer. Yes, where is
mister warping the wreck wreck? I didn't see no wreck, dog?
What did you see?
Speaker 1: I've seen a flying saucer? Come down about half a
mile from my ranch house. Start this morning when I
was going after lost calf.
Speaker 2: He swears the sausage on damaged.
Speaker 1: Doctor Bronson, hah, well it may not be the one
we you flew down, mister Water.
Speaker 2: Yeah, got my own jetplane.
Speaker 1: Well can you take me up with you to your ranch?
I mean sure, care glad, all right, we'll leave immediately.
A scotty you round up the crew, everyone, have them
load everything we need on the transport for the big job.
Speaker 2: One can't spect. You give us two hours?
Speaker 1: All right, now, mister Waters, let's get your ranch. There's
a flying saucer dog where you see them? Two peaks
and that platau between them.
Speaker 2: You see it that? Now the sun's hit it. It
is on damaged. I'm putting her down. Did you see
any signs of life in anything moving?
Speaker 1: No, said course, I didn't get too closeed sized might
larry the thing.
Speaker 2: I understand. It's just as well you didn't. He Hey, wait,
does he stop rolling? Dot? You're all excited anytime, I'm
afraid so even scientists get excited sometimes.
Speaker 1: Yeah, sure is big, ain't she?
Speaker 2: Yes?
Speaker 1: This must be about three hundred feet in diameter now
there's an ally.
Speaker 2: Hey you going in? Was that uh round door open
when you first saw this?
Speaker 1: U don't know, don't remember if you're going in, doc,
I'm going with you.
Speaker 2: Wow, thank you. I'm gonna be safe if there's two
of us. Ain't got a gun?
Speaker 1: Uh no, I'm glad I got mine. Then, never can
tell what you'll bump into. Don't you think you oughta
wait for the rest of your game?
Speaker 3: Oh?
Speaker 2: I can't. I've got to see what's in there? Okay?
Want you ahead? Right in?
Speaker 4: The dollar?
Speaker 2: Is stoup claused? It's over looping? Not well?
Speaker 1: Look at there? Sure looks complicated, don't it. This must
be the control room. I can't wait to spect that.
Speaker 2: Another door over there?
Speaker 1: Yes, you'd better stay here. Don't touch anything. I'll see
if there's anyone.
Speaker 2: Is still a board? Okay, dog, keep your eyes open.
Speaker 1: A larger room. This must be the cruise quarters. There's
no one here, let's.
Speaker 2: Not What's that? I starts getting it for a second
and I'll take a look through it. I mean, I mean,
wake up, wake up, I'm conscious, I lean still unconscious.
How did she get here? I've got to get a doctor.
What what is? Who we are? You doing it at
control board.
Speaker 1: If you look through the porthole, Doctor Bronson, you'll notice
that we're miles up, still accelerating. We would've been higher
if I hadn't to take such care with my take off.
Speaker 2: What is you crazy? Who are you? Are you taking
me us?
Speaker 1: You were right when you guessed that this is not
the saucer you destroyed.
Speaker 3: It isn't.
Speaker 2: You were wrong when you said there was no crew
on board. There is.
Speaker 1: You see, I am the crew. You should consider yourself
very fortunate, doctor Bronson. It's not everyone who can view
the Earth from a distance of a hundred thousand miles.
Speaker 2: You can put that gun away. Let me take care
of his Harkness.
Speaker 1: I've already assured you there's nothing wrong with her, merely
an advanced soporific.
Speaker 2: She'll recover quickly. Fact here she is now, angel I
lean stay where you are. He has a gun? Rawly,
how did I get here?
Speaker 1: I think you'd better sit down, miss Harkness?
Speaker 2: Who's he? I don't know? He calls himself waters. Where
are we?
Speaker 1: I looked out of a porthole. Don't be frightened, Elean.
Where we're on a flying saucer?
Speaker 3: A flying saucer.
Speaker 2: Yes, how did you get here?
Speaker 3: I I don't know.
Speaker 2: I sent off the report, got into the car and
woke up here one of my operatives.
Speaker 1: I shall now engage the automatic controls and the ship.
Speaker 2: Will fly itself until we get to the boon. Yes,
that is our first stop.
Speaker 1: You see, fast as this sorcer is, it would take
us centuries to get to our ultimate destination. So we
must transfer to a matter converter at our base on
the Moon, and we shall be in Core almost instantly.
Speaker 2: Cor What are you talking about?
Speaker 1: Perhaps a little explanation is due you. We Core are
the inhabitants of the Solar system, you know as Rigel.
Speaker 2: But that's five hundred light years away exactly.
Speaker 1: Although the speed of what you Earthmen have been pleased
to call our flying saucers is approximately that of light,
even that speed would entail a round trip of the
thousand years. True, the Core are almost immortal. But for
efficiency's sake, we set up a matter converter to flash us,
or rather, I should say, our operatives through space instantaneously
our bases on the dark side of the Moon. From
there we trans shift to the saucers. But why why
are you so interested in Earth. Why haven't you let
us know sent representatives to the World Councils one thing
at a time, Doctor Bradson, I see you partake of
your pulp writer's suspicions that we intend to take over
the Earth. The truth is just the opposite. We want
Earth left strictly alone.
Speaker 2: For our research. How can we believe that.
Speaker 1: The truth is self explanatory. We've been visiting the Earth
for over three thousand years.
Speaker 2: Three thousand years, yes, miss Hardness, But why for what reason?
Speaker 1: A very simple reason. Our interests differ from yours. Without research,
we become bored to spend eternity.
Speaker 2: I bored them.
Speaker 1: Well, we are primarily psychologists social psychologists, while you are
engrossed in a mechanical civilization. Of course, we fostered that development.
I still don't understand it.
Speaker 2: I didn't expect you to.
Speaker 1: However, in every society, there are certain problems, shall I say,
which can only be solved experimentally. We have used you
humans in our experiments.
Speaker 2: Extremely interesting.
Speaker 1: You mean you've been using us as guinea pigs, as
experimental animals.
Speaker 2: You had put it that way if you wish.
Speaker 1: I still don't see how through our operatives that's the
third time you mentioned operatives.
Speaker 2: What do you mean We.
Speaker 1: Corps possessed no body as you know it. We are
constructed of energy.
Speaker 2: In order for us to.
Speaker 1: Visit Earth, it was necessary for us to construct human
bodies and to inhabit them. We thereupon had an operative
who could go to work on Earth.
Speaker 2: You couldn't have gotten away with it.
Speaker 1: Some one must have suspected, well, exactly, there were a
huge suspicions. So we took the memory of life on
cors away from our operatives and landed them on her,
complete with an Earth history. You may remember Alexander, Alexander
the Great. He was one of our operatives and Froansvoi Villon.
His task was to satirize his time and to lead
the unrest which brought on the French Revolution.
Speaker 2: There we had another Maras beyond Maras. It's incredible. I
am tall as one of your earth men.
Speaker 1: Emerson said, an institution is the link and shadow of
one man.
Speaker 2: We saw to it that the key men in each.
Speaker 1: Age were ours, our appetises. The problems they set Earth
gave our scientists much material to work with, enough for
another few thousand years. Then our inventions, our our scientific
advances were or pushed on by you. Yes, like giving
an ap ape a stick to see what he will
do with it.
Speaker 3: Too, And our wars are revolution.
Speaker 1: Naturally, wars and revolutions are part of the research.
Speaker 2: They're all part of the master plan. But don't forget
we foster genius too. Why are you telling us all this?
Speaker 1: Surely that must be clear even to you. You are
perhaps the leading scientist in America, certainly the leading figure
in the use of atomic power for extra terrestrial research
A key man. Doesn't that suggest something to you?
Speaker 2: No, I can't believe it is.
Speaker 1: Certainly, my dear Bronson, you were one of our operatives.
You've done your work, but your experiments have endangered our
base on the Moon.
Speaker 2: So it's time to transport you back to Korn the Single.
We are approaching our base.
Speaker 1: It will be a comfort to leave this unpleasant body
and to resume my.
Speaker 2: Right Bronson, put on that head here here, put the
sanctum of your love. I guess will clear away in
a moment. I think it's all right now. So, of course,
was directed with this this corn? What was it?
Speaker 1: I had a gas pen in my vest an idea,
which was originated after some of our scientists were kidnapped
by the Eastern Alliance, and never thought I'd have to
use it on something like this. Is he no, no,
merely unconscious for a few minutes. The gas is harmless.
See if you can find something to put around his
hands and feet. Well, I see if I can operate
the controls. So we've got to get back to Earth,
all right, Andrew. They won't believe us story, but they'll
have to believe the ship.
Speaker 2: I can't find anything to you better hurry, true, what
is it? We haven't much? I thought you said the
gas was harmless. Of course, it is that this man
isn't unconscious. He's dead dead. There's no pulse, no breathing,
no heartbeat. Andrew, I get hold of yourself. I don't
know how it was his life or ours.
Speaker 1: I mean I neglected to inform you that the core
of the upper grades can leave his body as he pleases.
I see that I underestimated you, Doctor Bronson. You saw
immediately that my weakest point was the human body, of
which I complained very clever. I can't move, I need
no future alarms and hands.
Speaker 2: In this form, a core carries power. For a core
is power I.
Speaker 1: Take it you will rid us of our bodies too. Precisely,
isn't there anything if it comes to forget you you
can make us forget? Unfortunately the matter is out of
my hands. My orders were to recall too operatives two. Yes,
miss Heartness was a psychomatrist in her previous shall I
call it incarnation? An excellent one too, Draga moore, Eileen,
as you're not called, But this is in human Precisely,
I am not not human that I mean.
Speaker 2: Go. I'll go with you gladly, but I be Andrew
take me instead.
Speaker 1: The answer is the same for both of you.
Speaker 2: No, what kind of fiends I do? Isn't there one
of you with pity?
Speaker 1: Just one who knows what we fear, who's helped the
agony of the millions you've made your guinea pigs?
Speaker 2: You're speaking of sympathy?
Speaker 1: No Ah, I guess, yes, I stand directed. There was
one of cour who felt that strange emotion card.
Speaker 2: An art being is I recall? And I suppose you
killed him?
Speaker 1: No, a core being energy cannot be destroyed. We captured
Kard and exiled him to your planet, an enormous task.
He was one of our greatest scientists. That makes it
all the more strange. You say he wished to stop
our experiment. We lost track of him. But no matter,
the unfit must go. That is the paramount law of nature.
A love of these aggressions.
Speaker 2: It is tiring. Least let me say good bye.
Speaker 1: A little time must elapse before I can build up
the energy to free you of your body. You may
have the time. Besides, it is a new experience to me. Oh,
most interesting, Aileen, Darling. It's too late now, but I
want you to know I love you. I've loved you
ever since you walked into my office three years ago.
Speaker 3: And I love you, Andrew.
Speaker 2: I always have, I always will.
Speaker 1: A very touching don't be afraid, my darling, this touching
of lip to lip. Very interesting energy is undoubtedly transmitted
and very well, doctor Bronson.
Speaker 2: It is tiding you.
Speaker 1: Take me first.
Speaker 4: Let him done, Andrew, Huh, your emotion is senseless.
Speaker 2: I'm merely returning the two of you to your true being.
Speaker 1: Oh Andrew, Why, darling, my darling, So this is your
odd emotion called love. This should make an interesting report,
a minor report. It is true, But you would have
done your work, oh locan, You would have done your
work too well.
Speaker 2: You You are not the opperative I was sent for.
Speaker 1: No, I am kardon at last, But now with two
centuries of power, power I learned on Earth, there is
no care. Who can withstand me now? O Sympathy is
the ability to feel what others feel.
Speaker 2: How do you feel now?
Speaker 1: Local, I don't understand unscientific unscient No say mercy, say it,
un sign.
Speaker 2: Mercy, mercy. There shall be changes on Care.
Speaker 1: We must leave Earth alone to work out its destiny
in its own way. Now, go to the converter and
await me there.
Speaker 2: Dragon, myleen and it.
Speaker 1: Don't be afraid. The transition is painless. It is so
much for us to do on Core, so much to
teach Android.
Speaker 3: I cannot.
Speaker 2: I'm so frightened. Don't be me. Your power will soon
be with me, For you too, are call what those
fools didn't know. Ret Emotion too is power. With your
love and mine, we.
Speaker 1: Can right the wrongs Core has done to Earth, various
eternity for both of us to spend together.
Speaker 3: I mean, Dragon, I'm ready, my darling, now.
Speaker 2: And forever.
Speaker 1: Next week on two thousand plus, another dramatic story of
unbelievable adventure, The story of a world of the past
locked in the world of tomorrow. Time out of hand,
be sure to listen. Two thousand plus is produced and
directed by a Dryer and when Olson Productions incorporated. In
today's production, Ralph Bell portrayed Doctor Bronson, though Van Ruten
was Waters, Brina Rayburn was Eileen Ken Williams was Scottie.
A script was written by vier Gerson. The Lechester was
conducted by Emerson Buckley, music opposed by Elliott J. Kobe,
sound Wald Shaver and Adrian Peder. Engineer Martin Nghauser. This
is Ken Marvin speaking and