The Thing from Another World (1951)

1. Hi, Eddie.

2. Hiya, Scotty. Cold enough for you?

3. Oh, I'm only faintly alive. It's 25 below.

4. You know everybody?

5. We haven't met. McPherson.

6. - Hi. - Ned Scott, Captain Hendry.

7. Scotty just got in today.

8. Hi. Care to join us?

9. Wait till I count my fingers. I may have lost one.

10. Scotty's a warm weather man.

11. We met at Accra.

12. Quite a spot— 105 in the shade,

13. the women hardly wore anything at all.

14. which was very intelligent of 'em.

15. You just lie there in a hammock while three of them stand there fanning you.

16. - Remember, Scotty? - I remember.

17. Oh, boy, when I die, I hope I go to Accra.

18. - I was there. - I'm in.

19. What are you doing here, Mr. Scott?

20. Looking for a story.

21. Scotty's a newspaperman.

22. - How many? - Three.

23. - Cards? - I'll play these.

24. Caught from ambush.

25. Check.

26. Well, I'll bet a buck.

27. And I'll fold.

28. Call.

29. - Pair of queens. - I thought so... Aces.

30. You ought to know better than try fooling our captain.

31. Only dames can do that.

32. - Lieutenant Dykes, I promised— - Slip of the tongue, captain.

33. What do you hear from the general, Scotty?

34. Oh, your General Fogarty. He's nursing his secrets like a June bride.

35. I got an idea. There's a guy in Seattle knows

36. the whole radar defense story. Loves to talk— General McLaren.

37. You tell General Fogarty you wanna go to Seattle.

38. and Pat and I will fly you there.

39. I met General McLaren too.

40. It's warm in Seattle. They got girls there.

41. Without fur pants on.

42. - What about it, captain? - They could be right.

43. You'll never be able to shoo our captain southward

44. with his heart wrapped around the North Pole.

45. - That'll do— - What's going on at the North Pole?

46. Some scientists are holding a convention up there.

47. Looking for polar bear tales.

48. Ever hear of Dr. Carrington?

49. - The fellow with the bikini? - The same.

50. Well, they're holding about 2,000 miles north of here—

51. a whole bunch: Botanists, physicists, electronic—

52. including a pin-up girl.

53. - Very interesting type, too. - Very.

54. Captain Hendry can give you any data you want on her.

55. You probably shouldn't have said that.

56. Now, look...

57. Someday I hope to have a navigator and a copilot

58. who are at least dry behind the ears.

59. - Oh, captain. - You mail-order—

60. P.A.: Captain Hendry,

61. report to General Fogarty's quarters at once please.

62. 8:00 at night,

63. and the general yelling for his troops.

64. Sounds like the old days.

65. - Take my hand, will you? - Yeah.

66. Hey, captain, if it amounts to anything,

67. - bring me in on it, will you, please? - Sure.

68. I got to get a story someplace.

69. - Come in!

70. Close the door.

71. Yes, sir.

72. Good evening, sir.

73. Didn't take you long to get here.

74. Not many places around here to hide, sir.

75. Just got a queer message from your picnic party up north,

76. from Dr. Carrington himself.

77. "Believe an airplane unusual type crashed in our vicinity.

78. Please send facilities to investigate. Most urgent."

79. What do you suppose you'd find up there,

80. besides a good-looking girl?

81. I don't know, sir.

82. - Any of our ships missing? - No.

83. - No Canadians, either. - Could be Russians.

84. They're all over the pole like flies.

85. - Don't get nervous, you're going. - Yes, sir.

86. Take along a dog team

87. or anything you might need for rescue work.

88. - Come in.

89. Close the door!

90. Do you suppose the Pentagon could send us a revolving door?

91. Could be, sir. We got 10 pith helmets last week.

92. - Weather report, sir. - Okay, that's all.

93. Oh, and tell the O.D.

94. if there's any more messages come in from Dr. Carrington,

95. that I wanna be notified personally,

96. no matter what the time.

97. Yes, sir.

98. Well, here's your weather. There's a front moving in,

99. but you ought to have time to get there and back

100. without bumping into it.

101. General, that newspaperman Scott—

102. - Yeah, what about him? - He'd like to go with us.

103. It's alright with me if you maroon him up there.

104. Now, don't get me wrong about who gets marooned.

105. And I'd appreciate it if you didn't smash

106. into the landing ski this time.

107. That was an unavoidable accident.

108. Well, look, I'll expect you back sometime tomorrow night.

109. Yes, sir. And I'll close the door.

110. Just tell me what you find up there.

111. No one tells me anything around here.

112. Want some coffee?

113. - Hey, thanks. - Here you are, sir.

114. Mr. Scott... Coffee.

115. Are we there?

116. No, sir. Hot coffee up front, sir.

117. Oh.

118. Lieutenant? Coffee, sir.

119. Thank you, stewardess.

120. Coffee?

121. Yeah, thanks.

122. How far are we from camp?

123. 3 hours. We've slowed down. A little headwind.

124. A little headwind? Close to 40 miles.

125. Our captain has some funny ideas about the North Pole.

126. He thinks it's a garden spot. Come and bring the kiddies.

127. Now, look. Don't you two guys start.

128. You know, Peary went to the North Pole once.

129. He retired with a sack full of medals.

130. - Hey, Pat. - You know, we go there every 3 weeks

131. just like it was Lovers' Lane.

132. Mr. Scott, some people seem to think—

133. wait a minute.

134. Hello, Air Force 191, 191 from Polar Expedition 6,

135. can you read me?

136. Air Force 191, hear you fine, Tex. Go ahead.

137. What's your position?

138. Three hours out.

139. Captain, switch over to your radio compass

140. and check it against your magnetic heading.

141. What's on your mind, Tex?

142. We've got some kind of disturbance up here,

143. and it's whacking away at everything.

144. What do you figure it's from?

145. Don't know. We noticed it last night.

146. Six to eight degrees difference, Pat.

147. We're quite a bit off here, Tex.

148. You better home in on me. I'll leave the key open.

149. Would you rather have me sing to you?

150. Leave the key open.

151. I was afraid you'd say that.

152. Hey, the taxpayers ought to see this.

153. Hello, doctor, professor.

154. - Hello. - Still the same game?

155. Yes.

156. Morning.

157. Doctor... professor, here's your mail.

158. You're just in time for lunch.

159. Ken, I bet you forgot my hairpins.

160. I'm practically at the North Pole.

161. Looks more like my old Kentucky home.

162. Mr. Scott... Mrs. Chapman.

163. A pleasure, Mrs. Chapman.

164. Dr. Chapman... Mr. Scott.

165. - Dr. Chapman. - Scotty's a newspaperman.

166. You've come at an opportune time, Mr. Scotty.

167. Oh, I just happened to be in Anchorage

168. when your message came through.

169. I hope you have a good story.

170. No more than you probably know already.

171. Nothing more at all, huh?

172. Nothing but discussions as to what it might be.

173. We all have different ideas.

174. There's been quite an argument about it.

175. - Where's Dr. Carrington? - He's in the lab.

176. Dr. Chapman— does that mean that you...

177. Hi, Lee.

178. - Coffee, captain? - No, thanks. I'll be back.

179. Our captain seems in a hurry, Lee.

180. Where do you two think you're going?

181. We're with you—

182. We wanna tell her that was an awful way to treat our captain.

183. If you don't want us to go...

184. I'm gonna get even with you two guys someday.

185. We got up in there.

186. Come in.

187. Hi, Pat. Welcome to our igloo.

188. How was your—

189. Well... how was your trip?

190. It was alright.

191. About usual.

192. Well, that's fine.

193. I think Dr. Carrington wants to see you.

194. Dr. Carrington's gonna have to wait. I wanna talk to you.

195. That was a downright dirty trick you played on me.

196. - Now Pat, don't lose your temper. - Why did you do it?

197. Just tell me why.

198. Well, your legs aren't very pretty.

199. You wrote a note and put it on my chest.

200. - Other people got up before I did. - I am sorry, Pat.

201. Six people read that note before I woke up.

202. Now the whole Air Force is laughing at me.

203. - Not so loud. They'll all hear you. - They've probably already heard.

204. The only place it hasn't been is on a billboard.

205. Ooh, I didn't know you had such a nasty temper.

206. Now, Pat, just be careful.

207. Now, take it easy.

208. Now, wait a minute.

209. We had a lot of fun when you were up here.

210. Then when you asked me down to Anchorage

211. you deliberately fed me a lot of—

212. Tell me something, did you really drink all those drinks?

213. - Mm-mmm. - You didn't throw any away?

214. - Not a one? - No.

215. Holy cats, I thought I was good.

216. And another thing, why did you leave?

217. When I woke up in the morning, you were gone.

218. Well, I told you I had to take that cargo plane back here.

219. - You told me? - Don't you remember?

220. No.

221. Right after dinner.

222. You were telling me all about

223. a night in San Francisco...

224. - I told you that? - Mm-mmm.

225. Ohh. What else did I do?

226. Well.

227. You had moments of kind of making like an octopus.

228. I never saw so many hands in all my life.

229. Alright. Alright.

230. Look, my only excuse is that I liked you...

231. Right away.

232. So I started wrong. Can't we begin all over again?

233. How would you begin?

234. Well, I can think of several—

235. Never mind.

236. We don't have time for that now anyway.

237. I know Dr. Carrington's waiting to see you.

238. What about this business of starting over again?

239. We will talk about that later.

240. Hello, captain.

241. Dr. Carrington, Captain Hendry is here.

242. Yes, I know.

243. - How do you do, captain? - Doctor.

244. Miss Nicholson, would you add a note to the others?

245. Surely.

246. "November 2nd, 11:30 A.M.

247. "Deviation in sector 19

248. "continues 12 degrees, 20 minutes east.

249. No lessening or wavering of disturbing element."

250. That's all.

251. Well, captain, can we start now?

252. You mind telling me where we are going, doctor?

253. 48 miles due east from here.

254. Your message said an airplane crash.

255. Is that what we're looking for?

256. I don't know, captain.

257. - Think you better explain, doctor. - Oh, I'm sorry.

258. Miss Nicholson, would you read Captain Hendry

259. my first notes? - Sure.

260. I was thinking only of the vagueness of my information.

261. I dislike being vague.

262. - "November 1st—" - Yesterday.

263. "6:15 P.M. Sound detectors and seismographs

264. "registered explosion due east.

265. "At 6:18, magnetometer revealed deviation

266. 12 degrees, 20 minutes east."

267. That deviation has been constant.

268. We ran into it just before we reached here.

269. "Such deviation possible only if a disturbing force

270. equivalent to 20,000 tons of steel or iron ore—"

271. 20,000 tons?

272. "Had become part of the earth

273. at about a 50-mile radius."

274. Getting a bit beyond me,

275. but it sounds like a meteor, doesn't it, doctor?

276. Yes, very much, except for one thing.

277. We'll show it to Captain Hendry.

278. Oh, yes, sir.

279. We have some special telescopic cameras.

280. On the appearance of radioactivity,

281. a Geiger counter trips the release

282. and the cameras function.

283. They were working last evening.

284. This is the result.

285. This first picture was taken 3 minutes

286. before the explosion—

287. or 6:12. You can see the small dot

288. below there in the corner.

289. On the next picture, one minute later,

290. that dot is moving from west to east,

291. moving fast enough to form a streak.

292. - What shutter speed were you using? - 1,000th of a second.

293. Moving pretty fast, wasn't it?

294. Here, at 6:14, it's moving upward.

295. At 6:15, it drops to the earth and vanishes.

296. A meteor might move almost horizontal to the earth,

297. but never upward.

298. - And it isn't a meteor. - That's obvious.

299. How do you determine the distance

300. to the point of impact from here?

301. - By computation. - Dr. Carrington...

302. Redding.

303. It's quite simple, captain.

304. We have the time of arrival

305. of the sound waves and the detectors

306. and also the arrival time of the impact waves

307. on the seismograph.

308. By computing the difference, it becomes quite obvious

309. that they were caused with a traveling object.

310. And the distance from here's approximately 48 miles.

311. You lost me, but I'll take your word for it.

312. One thing, doctor.

313. 20,000 tons of steel

314. is an awful lot of metal for an airplane.

315. It is for the sort of airplane we know, captain.

316. Yeah, we'd better be going.

317. I thought you'd think so.

318. Redding will check every quarter hour.

319. - Will you want me, doctor? - No, it won't be necessary.

320. You coming with us, Bill?

321. Yes, doctor.

322. We'll be there pretty soon now, Pat.

323. Bob, get Carrington up here.

324. Doctor!

325. We're almost 50 miles out, doctor.

326. With your compass deviation,

327. how are you navigating, captain?

328. That peak ahead is practically due east.

329. We got the wind before we left camp.

330. Very good, captain.

331. We should be there about now, Pat.

332. Ten. Nine. Eight. Seven. Six.

333. Picking up something on the Geiger counter, sir.

334. Four. Three. Two. One.

335. Look there.

336. Pat, the compass is in a spin.

337. Geiger's up to the top.

338. Yeah, that's it, alright.

339. Did you see someplace to set down?

340. Looked smooth about a half a mile back.

341. We'll take a look. Bob!

342. - Get them ready. It might be rough. - Right, sir.

343. Fasten your seat belts, gentlemen. We're gonna land.

344. Sit down, and hold on back there.

345. All set for landing, sir.

346. Half flaps.

347. Full rich.

348. Full rich.

349. Half flaps.

350. There we are.

351. Holy cats!

352. What a weird-looking thing.

353. Let me get a picture before you track up the whole place.

354. This Geiger counter's going crazy.

355. Something's melted that surface crust.

356. It's frozen over again into clear ice.

357. The bottle shape apparently was caused by the aircraft

358. first making contact with the earth

359. out there at the neck of the bottle,

360. sliding toward us and forming that larger areas

361. as it came to rest.

362. Were the engine or engines generating enough heat

363. to melt that path through the crust,

364. then sink beneath the surface.

365. What could melt that much ice?

366. Let's go down and see. Barnes!

367. Take the dogs over on that side.

368. Dr. Chapman, could an airplane melt that much ice?

369. One of our own jets generates enough heat

370. to warm a 50-storey office building.

371. It's part of an airfoil—

372. probably a stabilizer of some sort.

373. It's an airplane, alright.

374. Vorhees, can you tell what metal that is?

375. - I'll need some tools. - Barnes, bring some tools!

376. Hey, it's down pretty deep over here.

377. I can't see anything but a dark mass.

378. It's deeper over here.

379. Captain, may I suggest that we spread out

380. and try to determine the size and shape?

381. Right. Spread out, everybody!

382. We're going to try to figure out the shape of this thing.

383. Here's the tools, sir.

384. Holy cat!

385. Hey...

386. It's almost...

387. Yeah. Almost a perfect...

388. It is. It's round.

389. We finally got one.

390. We found a flying saucer!

391. Can anybody see anything through the ice

392. - where you are. - Only an outline.

393. Nothing but a dark shape.

394. Seems perfectly smooth. No doors or windows.

395. I can't see any engine.

396. I doubt that we'll find anything we call an engine.

397. Dr. Carrington!

398. This isn't any metal I know.

399. Probably some new alloy.

400. Get some filings for analysis.

401. Right.

402. Captain, I don't think we have a chance

403. of chopping through the ice with axes.

404. I know, doctor. We think so, too.

405. We're gonna try to melt it out with thermite bombs.

406. Oh, excellent.

407. Doctor, where do you figure it's from?

408. I don't know, Mr. Scott.

409. Well, from this planet?

410. - I doubt it. - When, then do you think that —

411. The answers to your questions will be much easier

412. after we've examined the interior of the aircraft,

413. and its occupants, if there are any.

414. Occupants? Why, I never—

415. What a story! Where's the radio? Hey, Barnes!

416. Hold it, Scott. Sorry. No private messages.

417. What do you mean "private"? I'm gonna send it to the whole world.

418. Wish I could, but this is Air Force information.

419. We'll have to wait for authority to let you file a story.

420. Why, you've got your authority

421. in the Constitution of the United States.

422. For your information, it's called freedom of the press,

423. and I'm sending a story.

424. Not from our ship, Scotty.

425. - Where do you want these bombs, sir? - One over there by the stabilizer.

426. Another one over there in far side in case we need it.

427. Pat.

428. This is the biggest story since the parting of the Red Sea.

429. You can't cover it up. Think what it means to the world.

430. I'm not working for the world, Scott. I'm working for—

431. - Look, Sonny, if you don't— - No, Scott. I'll take that.

432. Here's the detonator.

433. Get back to the ship and call the camp.

434. Have Tex radio Fogarty we found a flying saucer,

435. a disc—whatever you call it— intact, embedded in the ice.

436. - We're gonna try to get it out. - What about me?

437. Ask if Scott can have clearance to send his story.

438. - That's all I can do. - Don't apologize.

439. You're just gonna grow up to be another Fogarty.

440. - Where are we gonna touch this thing off? - Over there.

441. Have you looked over to the west lately? That front's moving fast,

442. and the temperature's dropping, too.

443. Yeah, we don't have more than an hour.

444. Where do you put those, Bob?

445. Right on the surface.

446. - Oh, tell Stone, will you, sir? - Right.

447. Say, what will this thermite do?

448. This is S.O.P.--

449. Standard Operating Procedure for removing ice—

450. Hook this wire up, will you, lieutenant?

451. It just melts it.

452. How fast does it work?

453. It will uncover the whole saucer in 30 seconds.

454. All ready over here, Pat!

455. - Be right with you! - Better clear the field, you fellas!

456. Over near the dog sled!

457. Gonna get pretty hot around here in a minute.

458. Okay, Bob, hook her up.

459. We'll try the stabilizer first.

460. Use the other one if we need it.

461. A few minutes from now, we may have the key to the stars.

462. A million years of history are waiting for us in that ice.

463. Let me know when. I wanna get a picture.

464. - All ready, sir. - Ready here.

465. Let her go, Bob.

466. Okay, all clear.

467. Wait a minute, everybody. Stay back.

468. It's burning under the ice.

469. Careful, captain.

470. What's happening?

471. Tell me, doctor!

472. Get down on the ground, everybody!

473. Whew!

474. Everybody alright?

475. That last explosion was the engine.

476. Sergeant, will you try your Geiger counter?

477. Only a trace.

478. That's just residual.

479. It's all gone.

480. Secrets that might've given us a new science—

481. - Gone. - That's just dandy.

482. Standard Operating Procedure. Ha!

483. - I should have thought... - You sure should.

484. The greatest discovery in history up in flames.

485. Turning a new civilization into a 4th of July piece.

486. Captain, I'm getting something over here.

487. Probably a fragment from the saucer.

488. We may salvage something yet.

489. Hold it, everybody. I'm getting a reaction.

490. Let me get a reading.

491. It's getting warm...

492. Hotter now...

493. Here's where it's coming from.

494. - What is it? - Looks like a man.

495. It's got legs and a head. I can see it.

496. Yeah. He must be over 8 feet long.

497. Somebody got out of that saucer.

498. Got out or was thrown out? Then frozen fast

499. before he could get clear.

500. Man from Mars.

501. How do you propose getting him out, captain?

502. - I don't know. - Use more thermite.

503. Whichever's quickest. We don't have much time.

504. Here's some axes. You could chop around and

505. put the whole block on the sled, take it to the plane.

506. - I agree. - Get started.

507. Bob, clear the sled off and bring it over here.

508. Eddie, get the ship warmed up.

509. Be ready to get out of here in a hurry.

510. Pat, I think we made a mistake.

511. - What do you mean? - You ever read this?

512. "Department of Defense, Office of Public Information,

513. "Washington, D.C., December 27, 1949.

514. "Bulletin 629-49 regarding item 6,700,

515. "extract 75,131.

516. "The Air Force has discontinued investigating

517. "and evaluating reported flying saucers

518. on the basis that there is no evidence."

519. They'll probably make you a general

520. for destroying evidence that they're wrong.

521. "The Air Force said that all evidence indicates

522. "that the reports of unidentified flying objects

523. "are the result of—

524. "One—misinterpretation

525. of various conventional objects."

526. Didn't look very conventional to me.

527. "Second—a mild form of mass hysteria—"

528. That'd be when General Fogarty

529. got to shaking hands with that thing in the ice.

530. What are the other reasons?

531. "Third—that they're jokes."

532. What'd you say the number of that bulletin was?

533. "629-49, item 6,700,

534. extract 75,131."

535. Oh... oh, that one.

536. Whoa! Whoa!

537. Get on that rope, professor.

538. I need a hand over here.

539. Watch your feet. Watch your feet.

540. Let me tie another rope to go down.

541. Here we go.

542. Hold it there!

543. Hold it!

544. Pull back there.

545. Keep tight on those ropes!

546. Easy now.

547. Keep it going.

548. Keep it going!

549. Whoa! Take it easy.

550. Can't see through the ice too good.

551. Good enough to know that where he came from,

552. they sure don't breed them for beauty.

553. Well, what do we now? Defrost him?

554. This ice will melt pretty soon.

555. Doctor, can you control the heat in this room?

556. No, captain. This is our storeroom.

557. The temperature is constant here.

558. Won't be necessary to melt the ice.

559. We can probably chip it away.

560. I am sorry, professor. We are not going to melt it or chip it.

561. Eddie, open that window, will you?

562. - You mean we're not allowed to examine it? - I mean just that.

563. - This is stupid. - We're scientists.

564. And Dr. Carrington's in charge here.

565. Hey, Pat. These windows don't open.

566. It's practically certain we'll be asked by

567. your superiors to make us study him.

568. Probably will, doctor. But we can't permit it now.

569. - We don't have to have any permiss— - Eddie, break that window.

570. Alright.

571. Sorry. We already pulled one boner out there in the ice.

572. Now we may not know anything about this,

573. but until I receive instructions from my superior officer...

574. on what to do, we'll just have to mark time.

575. - Captain, you have no author- - If you want to talk about it further,

576. better do it in the corridor. It's going to get pretty cold in here.

577. At last, a very sensible suggestion, captain.

578. Come on.

579. - Mac. - Yeah?

580. You stay here. Take 4-hour shifts.

581. And it's hands off for everyone. Understand?

582. - Yes, sir. - Going to be warm enough?

583. If I'm not, you'll hear me squawking.

584. Bob'll bring you some dinner.

585. I could use something to read.

586. A nice quiet horror story.

587. Might be kind of tame for you.

588. Well, gentlemen?

589. - Captain— - Captain—

590. Excuse me, doctor. May I?

591. Certainly.

592. Captain, in relation to removing the body from the ice,

593. I'd like to point out

594. there are organisms that survive after death,

595. but cold can destroy them.

596. - Now, in view of that— - Doctor, I don't know anything—

597. On the other hand, these same organisms may be dangerous.

598. They may be carrying disease germs from another planet,

599. germs we couldn't cope with medically.

600. - I can't agree with you, Dr. Chapman. - I don't either.

601. Well, here's another. We don't know what effect the air of our earth

602. may have on this creature's remains.

603. Sort of go up in smoke, like the saucer?

604. - Nonsense. - Isn't that a little far-fetched?

605. - So is a man from Mars. - Gentlemen, we're getting nowhere.

606. - We're consistent. - I suggest that Captain Hendry

607. communicate with his superior at once.

608. - I'm getting senile. - We should have done that first thing.

609. I'm surprised, captain, that you didn't try to reach your general

610. on our way back here.

611. We did, Barnes.

612. I tried to send a message through your radio operator, sir.

613. Couldn't get through this time. Too much interference.

614. I see. My apologies, captain.

615. Yes, doctor.

616. - Hi, captain. - Hi, Tex.

617. You've sure stirred up a fine lot of trouble—

618. I'm sorry, Tex. We're in a hurry. Did you send out my message?

619. - Sure did. - Did you get an answer back?

620. This came about an hour ago.

621. - Can you read it? - No, you'd better.

622. "Fogarty to Hendry:

623. "Withhold newspaper story

624. until permission from Air Force HQ."

625. There you are, Scotty.

626. - Fine, now somebody else will get the story. - I am sorry, Scotty.

627. "Remove aircraft from ice at once.

628. Use thermite bombs if necessary to melt ice."

629. Ah, that's what I like about the army—

630. smart all the way to the top.

631. Well captain, I'd let you off the hook for the thermite—

632. Take it easy, Scotty. Go ahead, Tex.

633. "Erect temporary structure to protect aircraft

634. until my arrival."

635. And here's another one. Came a few minutes ago.

636. - Could only get part of it. - Go ahead.

637. "Everything grounded.

638. Can't join you—" something or other.

639. "Want you—" something or other.

640. That sounds like Fogarty.

641. Then it got really fouled up.

642. You mean you're not getting anything?

643. Not a thing. Static's knocking it right out of the air.

644. What about your stuff?

645. Don't know if they're getting it now. I doubt it.

646. I don't believe that even the Pony Express got through.

647. - Well, doctor? - In view of this new situation—

648. —I suggest... - Doesn't alter the old one.

649. We disagree with you. There's no reason to delay—

650. Sorry, gentlemen. That's it.

651. Tex, I'd like to leave Barnes here—

652. —to help out all he can. - Sure, captain.

653. Barnes, keep trying to get through.

654. - I want to get a message to the general. - Yes, sir.

655. Tell him the aircraft was completely destroyed

656. by the thermite bomb.

657. Tell him we found a passenger—

658. You got a fella from Mars? Where?

659. On ice, buddy. On ice.

660. Tell him we're keeping the body on a block of ice,

661. and Dr. Carrington wants permission

662. to remove the body from the ice for examination.

663. We're standing by for instruction

664. before further action. - Yes, sir.

665. You got anything to add to that, doctor?

666. Yes, one very essential point—

667. that I consider it vitally important

668. that the examination be made. - By all means. Yeah.

669. - Add that, Barnes. - Yes, sir.

670. Thank you, captain. That's all that concerns me.

671. Richards, when you get your answer,

672. - I'll expect you to let me know. - Yes, doctor.

673. Wait till I interview the doctor about what he thinks of you.

674. Ought to be pretty good.

675. If it isn't, I'll make it good.

676. Tex, keep trying.

677. Barnes, if he gets through,

678. ask the general again about clearing Mr. Scott.

679. Don't try to soft-soap me. I don't like you any better.

680. I'll eat with you, Eddie.

681. I'll send you boys back some chow.

682. Oh captain, I'm going out to check the ship and tie her down good.

683. We'll need our gear too. This storm may blow for a couple—

684. Get some of those eskimos to help you.

685. Oh, they took off when they saw the cake of ice.

686. They'll need a lot of coaxing to get them back.

687. I thought if Mr. Scott and the lieutenant would give me a hand—

688. - I thought I was a guest. - I'm an officer.

689. Oh, you can be ordering me around while you're carrying the other end.

690. That'll help a lot, Sarge.

691. You know, Pat?

692. I thought we were gonna have a little trouble tonight.

693. So did I.

694. Those geniuses were really ready to tear you apart.

695. Ah, they're kids, most of them.

696. Like 9-year-olds drooling over a new fire engine.

697. P.A.: Professor Vorhees,

698. Professor Vorhees, please come to the laboratory

699. as soon as possible.

700. Holding a meeting. Whole thing's weird.

701. - You know what it reminds me of? - What?

702. The time I was stuck on Beulen Island

703. with the old 97th bomber group.

704. An army nurse came ashore one day

705. and caused just about the same disturbance

706. as this guy from Mars has around here.

707. What happened to the nurse?

708. She liked it there.

709. Scotty, what's new?

710. What's new?

711. What more do you want?

712. Biggest story ever to hit this planet,

713. and I run into this human clam.

714. Who are you getting pretty for? You'll never look good to me.

715. Oh, that's not for you, Scotty.

716. The captain here passes the buck

717. to General Fogarty. Fogarty takes it to Washington.

718. Who will Truman ask when it gets to him?

719. Margaret.

720. I've got to find some way to get back to civilization.

721. - How, for instance? - I don't know.

722. Pogo sticks, kiddie cars, gondolas, dog sleds—

723. Hey, Barnes, any word come through from General Fogarty?

724. Plenty. Nothing about you, sir.

725. You know, I think the old man's gone crazy.

726. Sorry, sir, I shouldn't have said that,

727. if he hollers any louder, we won't need a radio.

728. What did you gather was the gist of the general's conversation?

729. Coming through pretty scrambled, sir. But I understand—

730. there's been a leak, and the newspapers—

731. I knew it. I knew it.

732. Like pouring water through a sieve.

733. Everybody wants more information—

734. Congress, Secretary of State,

735. and especially, General Fogarty.

736. He's having a fit.

737. Isn't Anchorage picking up anything on this?

738. Not a crack up, sir.

739. We're picking up them because they have a stronger station.

740. A picture just came to me.

741. My editor climbing all over his office,

742. yelling, stamping his feet, breaking windows.

743. He'll probably shoot himself by midnight.

744. - Take it easy, Scotty. - Just a minute, captain.

745. I'm not sure you're quite ready.

746. You may have missed a spot.

747. Wouldn't want her to see our captain—

748. Son, would you like to do double guard duty tonight?

749. No, sir, I wouldn't.

750. - Oh, captain. - Yes, sergeant?

751. Could I see you for a minute, sir?

752. Sure.

753. What is it, Bob?

754. I don't like to bother you like this, captain.

755. It's about Lt. McPherson sitting in there

756. with that thing in the block of ice.

757. Getting nervous?

758. He wouldn't want me to tell you sir, but,

759. he's having kittens.

760. I haven't heard him squawk like this—

761. - since we were over at Reichenberg. - Really?

762. You see, sir, the ice is clearing up,

763. and we can see that thing pretty good now.

764. It's got crazy hands and no hair,

765. and the eyes...

766. Well, they're open, and they look like they can see.

767. Bob, I haven't heard you—

768. It's got me, too, sir,

769. and I wasn't in there very long.

770. Besides that, it's pretty cold.

771. I got the lieutenant an electric blanket.

772. Good.

773. Captain, I got a suggestion.

774. Go ahead.

775. Instead of these 4-hour shifts, we could cut them in half—

776. OK. You tell Barnes to take over in half an hour at 2200.

777. You take over at 2400,

778. and I'll relieve you at 0200.

779. I think you're right, sir.

780. - I think you are. - Yes.

781. Thank you, sir.

782. - I want to talk to you. - Sure.

783. Pat, what's really going on?

784. Oh, nothing. I just can't relieve your pals,

785. so I had to set a guard.

786. They'd have that thing out waltzing with him.

787. It's not my job to decide.

788. Oh no, that isn't what I meant.

789. What does that bogeyman in a cake of ice really mean?

790. I don't know, Nikki.

791. Well, does it mean that we're gonna start having visitors

792. from other worlds, other planets,

793. dropping in on us?

794. Do we have to return the call? Or...

795. I know. Yesterday I'd say it was crazy.

796. I'd say it's crazy now.

797. Many people think so, too.

798. Forget it. Tomorrow it'll all seem different.

799. I suppose so.

800. I like the way you handled this whole mess, Pat.

801. I'd just as soon not—

802. It's funny, I'm glad I was here.

803. I am, too.

804. You're much nicer when you're—

805. when you're not mad.

806. Sounds promising.

807. How about that business of beginning over again?

808. Well, I think I'll buy you a drink this time.

809. I think you've earned it.

810. That is if you want one.

811. You can tie my hands if you want to.

812. That might not be such a bad idea.

813. You mean that?

814. Well, you suggested it.

815. Alright. I'll bring a rope.

816. You want another one, Pat?

817. Don't you think you could untie me now?

818. Mm, I don't know. What's the matter?

819. You gals. If a guy asks you to have dinner

820. and buys you a drink, and tries to kiss you, he's a wolf—

821. What are you laughing at?

822. - You never kissed me. - I haven't tried.

823. - How do you know? - Oh, stop bringing that up.

824. Never mind. You haven't. Maybe if you'd—

825. Go on with what you were saying.

826. What?

827. You know, about the dinner and the drink.

828. Well, if the same man asked you

829. to have 30,000 dinners and the same amount of drinks—

830. then he's not a wolf anymore. That's a fine philosophy.

831. So you really want your hands untied—

832. just when everything was so nice and peaceful.

833. You know, I'm glad we decided to start over again.

834. I like it.

835. I like that, too.

836. Oh, talk about Japanese tortures.

837. No, not at all.

838. I think this was a great idea.

839. Come here.

840. Well, look at you.

841. Sitting there like a civilized man, instead of grabbing—

842. around like a throwback. - You got a match?

843. Well, if you weren't tied up, I wouldn't dare have told you

844. how much I liked you.

845. You know, Pat, the trouble with you is

846. that you just don't know anything about women.

847. What a woman wants is to—

848. is to—

849. how long have you been loose?

850. Long enough.

851. It's been a very interesting evening.

852. Good night, Miss Nicholson.

853. Pat, if you walk out on me like this—

854. Don't worry. I wouldn't go,

855. except I got to check up—

856. get a good night's sleep.

857. I'll see you in the morning.

858. It's the eyes being open that gets you.

859. Makes you feel so—

860. - Hi, Pat. - Hi.

861. Barnes just got here.

862. Sure glad I'm not looking at that guy anymore.

863. - You all set, Barnes? - Yes, sir.

864. Got an electric flying suit and a pot of coffee.

865. Bob will relieve you at 2400.

866. - Right, sir. - Take it easy.

867. Yeah.

868. That's better.

869. Captain Hendry!

870. Captain Hendry.

871. What's the matter, corporal?

872. Where's the captain? I've got to tell him.

873. That thing's alive.

874. I saw it, sir. It chased me.

875. That thing's alive. It's not dead. It's—

876. Captain Hendry!

877. That thing's alive. I saw it—

878. I shot at it. I hit it. I know it.

879. Nothing happened. It just kept coming at me,

880. making a noise like a cat mewing.

881. Those hands and those eyes!

882. Captain, you've got to do something—

883. - Mac, Bob, get some guns. - Yes, sir.

884. Now, Barnes, what happened?

885. Sorry, sir, I don't know exactly,

886. but all of a sudden it was alive

887. and coming at me.

888. I shot at it and hit it. Nothing happened,

889. so I slammed the door and ran!

890. Easy, easy.

891. Here, captain.

892. Eddie, take care of him, will you?

893. Stay back here.

894. Get back with the rest of 'em.

895. What could've...

896. The kid said he was alive. And I believe him.

897. I knew it. All the time I was here, I could feel it.

898. Here's what did it.

899. This blanket was on and still warm.

900. He got out of here, alright.

901. Get some parkas and boots, and bring a flashlight!

902. - Listen.

903. They'll tear him to pieces!

904. We must save him.

905. - Hold it, doctor! - He mustn't be hurt!

906. You'll freeze to death. Use your head!

907. I expect you're right. I was a little overanxious.

908. Look over here, captain!

909. Alright, I think I've got yours.

910. May I have one, captain?

911. You better let us go, doctor.

912. Hey doc, can you see anything out there?

913. DR. Not much.

914. - You all set? - Let her go.

915. Captain Hendry, it would help me if you—

916. any of you—would describe what you saw out there.

917. Well, it was too cold to see well—

918. but the dogs had him down, tearing at him.

919. I saw him get up with three of them hanging on his arm.

920. Then he threw one dog at the rest.

921. When we got there, two of them were dead.

922. And they looked like they'd been through a chopper.

923. Where did you find the arm?

924. It was partly under one of 'em.

925. Couldn't dogs tear off an arm?

926. This kind of an arm.

927. Be careful, doctor. Those barbs, or

928. whatever they are, are very sharp.

929. Seems to be a sort of chitinous substance.

930. Speak English, doctor.

931. Something between a beetle's back and a Rose Thorn.

932. Thorn-fingered, huh?

933. Amazingly strong.

934. Very effective if used as a weapon.

935. Don't have to worry about that.

936. Not with an arm off and out in that cold.

937. He's dead now.

938. He got along all right in the block of ice for over 24 hours.

939. Pretty spry for a guy with 12 dogs on him.

940. - He sure was. - After losing an arm.

941. - I'm losing my mind. - Amazing, isn't it?

942. Amazingly strong.

943. Strange.

944. I'm sure of it.

945. That is blood on the hand, isn't it, doctor?

946. Yes, but not his blood.

947. Probably from one of the dogs.

948. There's no blood in the arm,

949. no animal tissue.

950. Dr. Stern,

951. would you have a look at this under the microscope?

952. No, Mr. Scott, I doubt very much if it can die

953. as we understand dying.

954. Holy cats!

955. Yes.

956. Well, doctor?

957. No arterial structure indicated.

958. No nerve endings visible.

959. Porous, unconnected, cellular growth.

960. Just a minute, doctor.

961. Sounds like you're trying to describe a vegetable.

962. I am. Are you getting all of this?

963. Oh, for Pete's sake!

964. You know, doctor,

965. that could be why the bullets fired by

966. Sergeant Barnes had no seeming effect.

967. That's right. Merely holes drilled into vegetable matter.

968. This green fluid here...

969. Like plant sap.

970. We'll probably find it has a sugar base.

971. Please doctor, I've got to ask this.

972. It sounds like well...

973. just as though you're describing some form of

974. super carrot.

975. That's nearly right, Mr. Scott.

976. This carrot, as you call it,

977. has constructed an aircraft

978. capable of flying some millions of miles through space

979. propelled by a force as yet unknown to us.

980. An intellectual carrot! The mind boggles.

981. Shouldn't.

982. Imagine how strange it would have seemed

983. during the Pliocene Age

984. to forecast that worms, fish, lizards

985. that crawled over the earth were going to evolve into — us.

986. Look, doctor—

987. On the planet from which our visitor came,

988. vegetable life underwent an evolution

989. similar to that of our own animal life,

990. which would account for

991. - the superiority of its brain. - Doctor!

992. Its development was not handicapped by emotional

993. or sexual factors.

994. Dr. Carrington, you're a man who won the Nobel Prize.

995. You've received every kind of international kudos

996. a scientist can attain.

997. If you were for sale, I could get a million bucks

998. for you from any foreign government.

999. I'm not therefore going to stick my neck out

1000. and say that you're stuffed absolutely

1001. clean full of wild blueberry muffins.

1002. But I promise you my readers are gonna think so.

1003. Not for long, Mr. Scott,

1004. not if they happen to know anything

1005. about the flora of their own planet.

1006. You mean there are vegetables right here on earth that can — think?

1007. A certain kind of thinking, yes.

1008. You ever hear of a telegraph vine?

1009. - Not recently. - Or the—

1010. Is it the Acanthus Century plant, Dr. Stern?

1011. Yes.

1012. Go ahead, doctor. That's your field.

1013. Well, the century plant catches mice, bats, squirrels,

1014. any small mammals.

1015. Uses a sweet syrup as bait,

1016. then holds on to its catch and feeds on it.

1017. And what's the telegraph vine?

1018. Well, a vine, research has proven,

1019. can signal to other vines of the same species.

1020. Vines, twenty to, well, a hundred miles away.

1021. Intelligence in plants and vegetables

1022. is an old story, Mr. Scott,

1023. older even than the animal arrogance

1024. that has overlooked it.

1025. That's one for Ripley.

1026. Look here, I took this from under the soft tissue

1027. of the palm of the hand.

1028. Seed pod!

1029. Seed pod!

1030. Yes. The neat and unconfused

1031. reproductive technique of vegetation.

1032. No pain or pleasure as we know it.

1033. No emotions.

1034. No heart.

1035. Our superior. Our superior in every way.

1036. Gentlemen, do you realize what we've found?

1037. A being from another world, as different from us

1038. as one pole from the other.

1039. If we can only communicate with it,

1040. we can learn secrets

1041. that have been hidden from mankind

1042. since the beginning—

1043. Holy cats!

1044. It's moving.

1045. Miss Nicholson.

1046. Yes, doctor?

1047. At 12:10 A.M., the hand became alive.

1048. The temperature of the forearm showed a 20-degree rise.

1049. Because of this rise in temperature,

1050. I believe it was able to ingest the canine blood

1051. with which it was covered. I believe—

1052. You mean...

1053. You mean it lives on blood.

1054. It's the best we could find, Pat.

1055. If it doesn't work, I don't know what will.

1056. Where are you going, captain?

1057. To find our visitor if we can.

1058. One moment, captain!

1059. Check the storeroom again. Bolt any outside doors.

1060. Captain, when you find what you're looking for,

1061. remember it's a stranger in a strange land.

1062. The only crimes involved were those committed against it.

1063. Woke from a block of ice,

1064. it was attacked by dogs,

1065. shot by a frightened man.

1066. All I want is a chance to communicate with it.

1067. Doctor, you can do anything you want with it,

1068. provided it's locked up in a safe place.

1069. Captain, if we catch up with our pal,

1070. give me a chance to get a picture

1071. before somebody makes a salad of him, huh?

1072. Sure, Scotty. I'll think about it.

1073. Bob, get up there.

1074. Hey, what's up?

1075. Looks like a lynching party.

1076. - Any visitors? - Not a soul.

1077. Captain, I got part of a message from the general.

1078. He said to wait on Mr. Scott's story.

1079. Ah, what's the difference? Nothing's going out anyway.

1080. Hey, what are you guys looking for?

1081. - Couldn't come in here. - Who couldn't come in?

1082. Man from Mars.

1083. You mean he's alive and running around loose?

1084. Keep your door locked, Tex.

1085. Use your fire axe if you have to. Gun's no good.

1086. What do you mean a gun's no good?

1087. Eddie.

1088. Hold it, captain.

1089. There's something in here, alright.

1090. No. You're a little off-base.

1091. That's the mineralogy lab.

1092. We've got radioactive isotopes in there.

1093. Your Geiger's reacting to a room full of uranium ore samples.

1094. Yeah.

1095. This door's locked.

1096. - Dr. Stern has the key. - Oh yes!

1097. None of the others were locked. What's in here?

1098. The greenhouse.

1099. The eskimos have a weakness for our strawberries.

1100. Strawberries at the North Pole.

1101. Excuse me.

1102. Mac, Bob.

1103. Look under these tables.

1104. Bob, check that outside door.

1105. - Door's locked, sir. - Nothing up here, Pat.

1106. We're still batting zero.

1107. - Well, doctor— - Captain, I—

1108. Nothing up that other corridor, Pat.

1109. Any suggestions, doctor?

1110. - It's obviously not inside. - We'll start looking outside as soon as—

1111. - Close the door, please. - Never mind, doctor.

1112. Captain, half an hour outside now

1113. is about all we can stand.

1114. We better do it in relay.

1115. You're right, Dr. Chapman.

1116. Will you close the door, please?

1117. That reminds me. We're going to have to tell General Fogarty what happened.

1118. We're liable to become famous.

1119. So few people can boast that they've lost a flying saucer

1120. and a man from Mars all in the same day.

1121. Wonder what they'd have done to Columbus

1122. if he'd discovered America and then mislaid it?

1123. Bunch of butterfingers!

1124. Gentlemen, I just happened to notice—

1125. look at these molds.

1126. Well, they're wilted.

1127. A blast of icy air if that rear door was opened.

1128. - Have another look at that lock, will you, Professor? - Yes, doctor.

1129. 10 or 15 seconds of such exposure would do it.

1130. Exactly.

1131. What would that lead you to—

1132. that it may have been in here.

1133. Without a doubt.

1134. Dr. Carrington, you were right.

1135. The lock's been forced and bent back into position again.

1136. The key's gone.

1137. Someone has entered and gone

1138. and locked the door from...

1139. the outside.

1140. See how it glistens in the light?

1141. It's a smear of...

1142. Plant sap.

1143. From the wounded arm?

1144. You don't suppose—

1145. Open it, please.

1146. One of the sled dogs.

1147. Not even cold yet.

1148. Doctor, doesn't it seem kind of...

1149. - Shrunken. - Is there any blood in there?

1150. - None. - No blood?

1151. No blood?

1152. Its blood has been drained.

1153. Everything falls right into line.

1154. What could be more natural for a being of its kind

1155. than seeking out the only open earth within miles?

1156. It came here for refuge, heard us, and ran.

1157. It's been here. It will come back again.

1158. We'd better tell captain—

1159. I don't agree with you, doctor.

1160. I think it far better if science rather than—

1161. Doctor, are you sure this is the best thing to do?

1162. I'm sure we can communicate with it.

1163. We must.

1164. It's wiser than we are.

1165. It's our only chance to talk to it,

1166. to learn so many things.

1167. Dr. Carrington is right.

1168. Surely you understand that, Stern.

1169. Will you stand guard here with me tonight, Vorhees?

1170. - Surely, doctor. - Alright.

1171. Stern, tell Dr. Auerbach and Dr. Olson what we've found.

1172. Ask them to come back and...

1173. relieve us in the morning.

1174. And tell them, please, to confide in no one.

1175. Any luck, captain?

1176. Lee!

1177. You better get some more hot coffee ready.

1178. - Find anything, captain? - Not a sign.

1179. We've poked into every snow bank within miles.

1180. Barnes flushed a polar bear.

1181. - Sure did. - Scare you?

1182. Not after I saw it was only a bear.

1183. Too cold out there for that.

1184. Didn't find anything, did you?

1185. I didn't think you would.

1186. When we lose them, they stay lost.

1187. Not that it makes much difference.

1188. There's nothing going out on the radio,

1189. nothing coming in.

1190. Hey, Tex, don't tell me you got something?

1191. Well, captain, General Fogarty's running a temperature.

1192. This came in clear about 10 minutes ago

1193. and then it got fouled up again.

1194. "Fogarty to Hendry, take all precautions

1195. to preserve aircraft carefully until my arrival.

1196. "Same to same. Use same precautions

1197. "with corpses of any occupants.

1198. Same to same. Forward detailed description of aircraft—"

1199. Oh, ho ho!

1200. "Measurements, approximate weight, and so forth. Important.

1201. "Fogarty to Hendry. Why haven't you answered?

1202. "Want immediate answer.

1203. "Same to same. Radio silence unnecessary.

1204. "Reference message Fogarty to Hendry—

1205. "acknowledge immediately.

1206. "Fogarty to Hendry. Waiting report. Silence confusing.

1207. "Same to same. Acknowledge.

1208. Same to same. Acknowledge at once."

1209. I gather he wants to hear from me.

1210. - You mean there's nothing for me? - You got it all.

1211. Oh, for Pete's sake! I don't believe it.

1212. How can a man get to be a general without even knowing—

1213. In the greenhouse...

1214. See—

1215. Barnes, get out there and watch that corridor.

1216. Somebody bring the First Aid Kit, please.

1217. Captain, this is my job.

1218. Bob, you better start warning everybody else in the camp.

1219. Does that speaker system work from here?

1220. Yes. The switch on the left runs to all rooms.

1221. Attention, everybody in camp.

1222. Stay where you are and bolt your doors.

1223. Our visitor has returned and is dangerous.

1224. Stay where you are until notified and bolt your doors.

1225. Stay where you are.

1226. Easy, doctor. Easy. It'll be alright.

1227. What happened, doctor?

1228. In the greenhouse. I was working. I couldn't see.

1229. Then a blast of cold air. I heard Olson scream.

1230. When I turned, the thing struck at me.

1231. Go on.

1232. I don't remember. My head— I must have fallen.

1233. When I came to, I saw Olson and Auerbach.

1234. - They were... - Give him some more of that.

1235. Get those axes.

1236. Go ahead, doctor.

1237. They were both hanging from the beams upside down.

1238. They were dead. Their throats were cut.

1239. - I crawled out from under— - Were they still there when you left?

1240. I couldn't see.

1241. Here, sir.

1242. Wait for me, Pat! I want to get a picture.

1243. Wait a minute.

1244. This greenhouse has an outside door. He could get out that way.

1245. Captain, we can get to it from here through the generator room.

1246. You two go with him.

1247. You mean you want us to go in?

1248. Seal the door with lumber or anything you can find.

1249. That's better.

1250. Easy now. Give them time to get there.

1251. Pat, I want a picture.

1252. - You get back with the rest. - Don't be silly.

1253. - It'll cost you a drink, Scotty. - I'll buy him a beer.

1254. Ready, Bob?

1255. No, but go ahead and open it.

1256. Grrr!

1257. Get something to prop this door! Quick!

1258. Something short enough to get under this bolt!

1259. Get your picture, Scotty?

1260. No, you were in the way.

1261. The door wasn't open long enough.

1262. - Want me to open it again? - No!

1263. - Bring a hammer and some spikes! - Hit that in, will you, captain?

1264. There.

1265. That ought to do it.

1266. Doctor Chapman, you're sure there's no other way out?

1267. No windows, skylights, or vents of any kind?

1268. Only the front and back doors.

1269. These walls solid?

1270. Corrugated iron.

1271. You don't think that—

1272. Dr. Carrington, we just learned you found a dog in there,

1273. bled white by our visitor. You didn't report it. Why?

1274. I didn't consider it necessary.

1275. But it was necessary to let two of your friends in there to be killed.

1276. I posted them as a guard. I was in there myself—

1277. Dr. Stern was right. I just looked through that door.

1278. They're hanging in there upside down,

1279. like in a slaughterhouse. I wish you'd seen it.

1280. Isn't there something we can do about it?

1281. They're dead. Now our job is to see nobody else joins them.

1282. As for you, doctor, you're limited to your room,

1283. laboratory, and the mess hall.

1284. Captain, you have no authority of any kind to issue such an order.

1285. - No right to assume— - Doctor, you better move along.

1286. We've got the rear door blocked.

1287. If he gets out, he'll have to dig his way through 20 or 30 oil drums.

1288. - and a couple tons of snow and ice. - Good.

1289. And Bob, next time you use that cannon,

1290. raise the sights a little.

1291. I'm sorry, sir. I was too busy to think about that.

1292. - It's okay. - Gentlemen, we're gonna have to set up a guard here

1293. at the junction and the corridor.

1294. Two-hour shifts. We'll need volunteers.

1295. - Glad to, captain. - Count me in, captain.

1296. You sent for us, doctor.

1297. You said you had news for us, doctor.

1298. Ah, yes.

1299. Yes, I have.

1300. Gentlemen, we find ourselves in a battle.

1301. I'm not referring to the minor argument

1302. with Captain Hendry, but—

1303. this creature from a new world.

1304. Two of our colleagues have died,

1305. a third is injured.

1306. Those are our losses and there may be more.

1307. This creature is more powerful

1308. and more intelligent than we are.

1309. He regards us as important only for his nourishment.

1310. He has the same attitude toward us

1311. as we have toward a...

1312. field of cabbages.

1313. That is our battle.

1314. Only science can conquer him.

1315. All other weapons will be powerless, only...

1316. There must...

1317. There must be a way.

1318. I've been trying to...

1319. Sorry. I'm very tired. I haven't slept.

1320. It's difficult...

1321. Difficult to talk.

1322. You read my notes, Miss Nicholson.

1323. Doctor, you need some rest.

1324. Yes, I know, but...

1325. Please read my notes.

1326. "At 9 P.M., I placed the seeds

1327. "taken from the severed hand of "X"

1328. "in 4 inches of earth.

1329. "I saturated the earth...

1330. "I saturated the earth with 2 units of plasma

1331. "taken from our blood bank.

1332. "The condition of the dog found in the greenhouse

1333. "indicated that blood was a primal factor

1334. "in the cultivation of the seeds.

1335. "At 2 A.M...

1336. At 2 A.M.,

1337. the first sprouts appeared through the soil."

1338. - Five hours. - No—

1339. Yes. I used another two units of plasma.

1340. At 4 A.M., the sprouts began to take on

1341. definite form.

1342. I came to the conclu—

1343. I see by your faces you don't believe me.

1344. Well, you may judge for yourselves.

1345. Oh, no, it isn't possible.

1346. It reproduces itself...

1347. Amazing speed.

1348. This would bear out Captain Hendry's impression.

1349. When he saw the creature in the door of the greenhouse,

1350. it seemed to have grown a new arm.

1351. This, uh, pulsating, doctor?

1352. As though... they were breathing.

1353. Yes. Hmm. Human plants.

1354. Superhuman.

1355. All this because of the blood plasma, doctor?

1356. That's correct.

1357. Notice these, closer to the source of the plasma.

1358. While these, farther away.

1359. How many units have we?

1360. Enough, I hope.

1361. Would you care to listen to them, Professor Wilson?

1362. Yes, thank you. I should.

1363. Well?

1364. Almost like the wail of a newborn child

1365. that's hungry.

1366. That's the way I would've described it.

1367. - Doctor? - Yes, Miss Nicholson?

1368. Would you mind very much if I—

1369. Will you ... will you be needing me anymore?

1370. No. Just finish typing my notes.

1371. Return them to me.

1372. Let no one see them.

1373. Doctor.

1374. I think you should get some sleep.

1375. There's too much to do, Professor Wilson.

1376. But your mind can't work if you're exhausted.

1377. My mind's still perfectly clear.

1378. No, it isn't, doctor.

1379. You aren't thinking of what's happening

1380. there in the greenhouse.

1381. He's growing those seeds in there,

1382. using blood just as you are.

1383. You've seen what one creature like that can do.

1384. Just imagine a thousand.

1385. I have imagined it.

1386. Arthur, what if that aircraft

1387. came here not just to visit the earth,

1388. but to conquer it,

1389. to start growing some kind of

1390. horrible army,

1391. to turn the human race into food for it?

1392. There are many things threatening our world—

1393. new stars, comets shooting through space—

1394. But those are theories. This is an enemy right here.

1395. There are no enemies in science, professor,

1396. only phenomena to study.

1397. We are studying one.

1398. Come in.

1399. - Hello, Pat. - Hi.

1400. Nikki, I want to ask you something.

1401. Has anybody up here been hurt lately,

1402. anybody shot or stabbed or operated on?

1403. No. That what-is-it in the greenhouse

1404. has been our first diversion.

1405. I brought up 35 units of blood plasma two months ago.

1406. What's become of it?

1407. Why do you want to know?

1408. I wonder why they're not giving it to Dr. Stern.

1409. They're giving him blood transfusions instead of plasma.

1410. Two live donors.

1411. What's Carrington doing with 35 units of blood plasma, Nikki?

1412. I guess—

1413. Guess you'd better take a swing at my chin

1414. and have a look at those notes.

1415. I should be trying to stop you.

1416. So that's what he's been doing.

1417. Mm-hmm.

1418. Thanks.

1419. Thanks for not stopping me.

1420. Pat, would you remember something?

1421. He's tired.

1422. He hasn't slept since you found that thing.

1423. He's not thinking right.

1424. I know him, and

1425. he doesn't think the way we do anyway,

1426. but he's found something that no one can understand.

1427. And until he can solve it, he'll—

1428. you know, like a kid with a new toy, he'll just—

1429. Only this toy's liable to bite him.

1430. Thanks again.

1431. Where's Dr. Carrington?

1432. I'm sorry, captain.

1433. I have no authorization to give you any—

1434. I'm very busy.

1435. I know you're busy, doctor.

1436. I understand you've been doing a bit of gardening.

1437. Where are they?

1438. This way to the nursery, Pat.

1439. I don't tolerate intrusions into my laboratory.

1440. Please don't touch.

1441. This is what your late colleagues

1442. are doing in the greenhouse, doctor.

1443. except this is a distinct improvement.

1444. What happened in the greenhouse was not my fault.

1445. - We've read your notes, Arthur. - Yeah?

1446. I think you should have consulted the rest of us.

1447. I have all the help I need. Your opinion has not been asked.

1448. It has, by Captain Hendry.

1449. and I've given it to him.

1450. I'll repeat it for you.

1451. We're facing something unpredictably dangerous.

1452. The creature in the greenhouse

1453. is obviously multiplying itself

1454. in this identical fashion.

1455. And we have no way of finding out how much it can multiply.

1456. It'll need more blood

1457. and it'll make every effort to obtain what it needs.

1458. It's been imprisoned and is, therefore, harmless.

1459. How you can be sure of our safety

1460. or, more important, the safety of the world?

1461. Think of a thousand such creatures—ten thousand.

1462. Yes, it must be destroyed, this progeny along with it.

1463. - No! - We can burn these.

1464. What about that thing in the greenhouse?

1465. You're talking like frightened schoolboys.

1466. You're right, doctor. I am frightened.

1467. Any destruction would be an outrage,

1468. a betrayal of science.

1469. It may be a betrayal of science, doctor,

1470. but it'll make me and some of the others sleep a lot better

1471. - if we get rid of it. - Captain!

1472. Finally got a message through.

1473. - Here's the answer. - Go ahead.

1474. "Fogarty to Hendry.

1475. "Carrington informs me Martian alive.

1476. "You are directed to make effort

1477. "to keep it alive and protect it against injury.

1478. "Under no circumstances, take action against it

1479. until my arrival when weather permits."

1480. You have your orders, Captain Hendry.

1481. I consider them sane and intelligent.

1482. - But, Tex, what about me? - Not a thing, Scotty.

1483. - What do we do, Pat? - Get on that radio

1484. and try changing the army's mind.

1485. - Hey!

1486. 'Hey! It's me— Eddie!'

1487. What are you doing in here?

1488. We can't take it out there anymore.

1489. Will have to drop the idea of guarding the greenhouse from the outside.

1490. It's blowing so hard you can't see your hand in front of your face.

1491. Besides, it can go through any walls as easy as a door.

1492. How could it get through corrugated iron walls?

1493. Use a can opener.

1494. Tell the others we're dropping the outside guard.

1495. Put that hand of yours in some ice water and rub it.

1496. - Who's out in the corridor? - Stone and Wilson, sir.

1497. - Barnes! - Yes, sir.

1498. Tell them they're the only ones on guard now.

1499. - Yes, sir. - Tell them to watch it.

1500. Tex?

1501. Here I am.

1502. You won't be there long.

1503. We're dropping the outside guard.

1504. You'd better come up here

1505. and join the rest of them in the mess hall.

1506. I'll be alright. I got the door braced good

1507. and there's no outside windows.

1508. Alright, if you want to be brave.

1509. - Well.. - Pat, what are we gonna do?

1510. Anybody around here want some coffee?

1511. No, but you can come in.

1512. It's the only reason I brought it.

1513. I was hoping you might ask me in.

1514. Who wants some?

1515. I could use a half.

1516. What were you saying, Scotty?

1517. I was just wondering— that's enough, thanks.

1518. What happens if our boyfriend gets lonely

1519. and starts strolling around

1520. and ends up in here? What do we do?

1521. I've been trying to figure that, too.

1522. - Nothing seems to hurt it. - The $64 question—

1523. what do you do with a vegetable?

1524. - Boil it. - What'd you say?

1525. Boil it, stew it, bake it, fry it.

1526. Hey, that makes sense.

1527. Cold doesn't bother it.

1528. Maybe Dr. Carrington will ask it

1529. to crawl into a double boiler.

1530. Or maybe you could borrow a flamethrower from someone.

1531. Captain, I got a crazy idea.

1532. We got lots of kerosene, and we could—

1533. 0.3, 0.4—

1534. here's where we start cooking.

1535. 0.5, 0.6.

1536. Watch it, everybody! That thing's out of the greenhouse.

1537. - Be sure and stay together. - 0.9.

1538. Captain.

1539. What about throwing kerosene on it and setting it on fire?

1540. We can try. Get the—

1541. - Here's a full can. - I'll take it, sir.

1542. We'll need something to put it in.

1543. Here's a pail.

1544. - 1.2. - We need one more.

1545. - Pat, this one will work alright. - Good.

1546. - Watch that cigarette, lieutenant. - 1.2.

1547. How are we gonna set it on fire, rub two sticks together?

1548. - There's a Veri pistol in my bag. - I'll get it.

1549. If it comes in, you wet it down.

1550. And you, Mac, touch it off. And don't miss.

1551. You two, be ready in case it needs more.

1552. - I think you're right, cap. - Oh, shut up.

1553. 1.3 now.

1554. You know how to shoot that thing, don't you?

1555. I saw Gary Cooper in Sergeant York.

1556. 1.4.

1557. Come here. Get in the corner.

1558. Now, hold this in front of you. Stay by the light switch.

1559. 1.5, 1.6

1560. - What was that? - It sounded like a window.

1561. 1.8.

1562. Turn off those lights.

1563. 1.9.

1564. The needle's hit the top.

1565. - Put the fire out! - I am!

1566. Watch it, captain!

1567. Block that window!

1568. Hey, Scotty!

1569. Here you are, sir. This will make your hand feel better.

1570. Thank you, Bob.

1571. This ought to be enough kerosene, Pat.

1572. Good. Get it ready.

1573. - How's it coming, Barnes? - I'm gonna be okay.

1574. What makes me mad is that he didn't do it.

1575. I busted it falling over the bunk.

1576. Now listen, everybody, I want you all to stay here.

1577. We found a way to fight this thing off,

1578. but we burned out a room doing it.

1579. I don't think it was hurt much, judging from the way it took off.

1580. About as much effect as a good hot foot.

1581. And it's sure to come back here again.

1582. Now we don't wanna burn up the whole place, so as soon as

1583. we're organized, we're going after it.

1584. It probably went back to the greenhouse, so we'll start there.

1585. In the meantime, stay here.

1586. Watch the door into the hallway.

1587. And keep your eye on the Geiger counter.

1588. Here are the fire extinguishers.

1589. Who's your electrical expert here?

1590. I can help you, captain. That's my line.

1591. Can you hook into the intercom system from the corridor?

1592. Oh, easily. We can take one from any of the other rooms.

1593. I can help you on that, too.

1594. Mac, we'll be in the radio room.

1595. Let us know when you're ready.

1596. - You alright? - Yeah, but I'd like to tag along with you.

1597. Haven't you had enough?

1598. If I start burning up again,

1599. who's gonna put out the fire?

1600. We're very proud of our captain.

1601. Now, look.

1602. Put one of the intercoms here.

1603. That'll take care of this end.

1604. Put another down here at the junction of the corridor.

1605. Check 'em, and see if they work through the mess hall.

1606. Captain, I just thought of something.

1607. You said you were gonna use kerosene again.

1608. - You know anything better? - Something hotter.

1609. We have enough cable to stretch to the green house.

1610. - Why not use electricity? - You mean your lighting system?

1611. No, we can hook in a new transformer

1612. Dr. Chapman's been using. It's a high-voltage outfit

1613. and will give us plenty of amps.

1614. - Enough to burn him? - More than enough.

1615. Could you use leads to two poles, and catch him between them?

1616. - If you insulate the poles. - Sounds good.

1617. Bob, give him a hand.

1618. Come on, Tex, you go to work.

1619. Get Anchorage if you can.

1620. Tell 'em the whole story.

1621. Tell 'em we're in bad shape. The sooner they get here, the better.

1622. Tell 'em to bring hand grenades, mortars,

1623. flamethrowers, anything they can think of.

1624. Tell 'em if I don't get permission to send a story, I'm gonna shoot myself.

1625. You better comb your hair first.

1626. What hair?

1627. Hey, say that again.

1628. Oh, Nikki, not you, too.

1629. - He's sensitive about his hair. - You, too.

1630. I got hair.

1631. - It don't make you any prettier. - No—

1632. - Your breath. - I'm sorry.

1633. He's sensitive about that, too.

1634. I've been very upset lately. My—

1635. Oh, you ninnies.

1636. Look. That's what I mean.

1637. You, too.

1638. It's getting cold in here.

1639. The heat must be off.

1640. It is off.

1641. It's not getting any oil.

1642. See if it's the same way in the room across the hall.

1643. Where do these heaters get their oil from?

1644. Around behind. Outside.

1645. Hey Pat, heat's off in the mess hall!

1646. No more oil coming in.

1647. Pat! It's off in there, too.

1648. Could the tank be empty?

1649. Filled day before yesterday.

1650. The main line could be plugged.

1651. You better get outside and fix it.

1652. Probably run smack into our visitor, who'd be waiting for you to do just that.

1653. We underestimate this guy.

1654. Trying to freeze us out, huh?

1655. - That isn't gonna be hard. - Down to 40 degrees now.

1656. It's 60 below, outside.

1657. How long will these rooms hold in the heat?

1658. - Half an hour at the most. - By then, we'll all be stiff.

1659. Well, look, if no one goes out to fix it,

1660. won't it think of something else?

1661. It'll think the same thing I am—

1662. that our only chance to keep warm would be electricity.

1663. Heaters, blankets, anything like that.

1664. Yes, it could break the circuit,

1665. cut a line anywhere, except at the source.

1666. - Sure. The generator room. - Get 'em all in there.

1667. - I'll tell Tex. - Bring any electrical stuff.

1668. Food, medicine, blankets, warm clothes,

1669. anything you can find.

1670. And, Mac, bring our flying clothes.

1671. Pat, most of them got burned.

1672. But I'll see what I can salvage.

1673. Get the transformer hooked up to that.

1674. It's awful cold in here.

1675. I know that. Thing's turned the heat off.

1676. - What? - That'll change things.

1677. - What are we gonna do about it? - I don't know.

1678. Next thing it will think of is the electricity

1679. so we're putting everybody in the generator room

1680. and try to fight it from there.

1681. Lieutenant, did you do a good job

1682. on the outside door of the generator room?

1683. Houdini'd find it tough getting in.

1684. He'll come through this corridor.

1685. Yeah, it's the only way left.

1686. You got any fence wire strong enough

1687. to take the voltage?

1688. - Whole rolls of it, yeah. - That'll work, lieutenant.

1689. - Sure. - What'll work?

1690. - Lay it on the ground, here. - Run a lead overhead,

1691. and one on each side.

1692. And when that thing gets to the right spot, juice him.

1693. I don't get you.

1694. - Where's the fence wire? - Right down here.

1695. - Hey, give me those cutters. - What are you talking about?

1696. I'm talking about rigging an electric fly trap,

1697. right here for him to walk into.

1698. What do you mean fly trap?

1699. Hey Scott, give me a hammer and some nails.

1700. - Sure, sure. - Everybody, get out of the way.

1701. Well, it looks like a bad situation well in hand.

1702. It's alright with me. I've given all the orders

1703. I want to give for the rest of my life.

1704. I thought if that were true, I'd ask you to marry me.

1705. - Here's your coat. - Shut up, I want to keep my mind open.

1706. Hammer and nails?

1707. - Where do you want this, captain? - In the generator room, doctor.

1708. All right, move along, please. Everybody, keep moving.

1709. - Please. Keep moving. - Sorry, general.

1710. Changed my mind. It's all off.

1711. Keep moving, everybody.

1712. Captain, I want another word—

1713. No time now, doctor. Move along.

1714. Make way here. Clear this out.

1715. Clear this place.

1716. - Where are those cutters? - Here they are.

1717. - Where's your Geiger counter, Bob? - Right there in that barrel.

1718. - I got one too, cap. - Get down to the assembly room.

1719. If you get anything, come running.

1720. - Somebody get me a pair of gloves. - Use mine, Eddie.

1721. Leave enough to hook to the overhead wire.

1722. Got plenty.

1723. Here we are, lieutenant.

1724. Yeah, that ought to give us a ground.

1725. There she is, captain.

1726. Down to 5 degrees now.

1727. Perfect for skiing.

1728. You better get better rubber boots, Scotty.

1729. Why?

1730. Insulation when they turn the juice on.

1731. Oh, yeah!

1732. Here's a pair back here, Scott.

1733. - Where? - Wait a minute, Scotty.

1734. You won't need any boots.

1735. When it comes, you go back with the others.

1736. You don't belong out here.

1737. I didn't belong at Alamein or Bougainville or Okinawa.

1738. I was just kibitzing.

1739. And I also write a very good obit— obituary to you.

1740. Just ignore me, please.

1741. - Captain Hendry. - Go ahead.

1742. Just hooked this thing up, checking to see if it works.

1743. - That's fine. Watch your Geiger counter. - Yes, sir.

1744. - Mac, did you hear that? - Every word.

1745. - I hope that's all I hear. - So do I.

1746. Oh captain, here's another message.

1747. This one's relayed from Washington.

1748. "Fogarty to Hendry.

1749. "Use every means to protect lives of entire party,

1750. but take no steps against your prisoner."

1751. - Our prisoner. - There you are, again.

1752. You can't ignore orders from your commanding officer.

1753. You can testify to that effect at my court-martial.

1754. You're doing more than breaking army orders.

1755. You're robbing science of the greatest secret that's ever come to it.

1756. - Better go back, doctor. - Knowledge is more important than life, captain.

1757. We've only one excuse for existing—

1758. to think, to find out, to learn.

1759. What can we learn from that thing,

1760. except a quicker way to die?

1761. It doesn't matter what happens to us.

1762. Nothing counts except our thinking.

1763. We fought our way into nature,

1764. we've split the atom.

1765. Yes, and that sure made the world happy, didn't it?

1766. We owe it to the brain of our species

1767. to stand here and die

1768. without destroying a source of wisdom.

1769. Captain Hendry—

1770. - Civilization has given us orders! - Get him out of here.

1771. - Come on! - Oh, you fool.

1772. You'll never hurt it.

1773. 'Go ahead.'

1774. Captain, I'm getting a reaction from the Geiger counter.

1775. What's your reading?

1776. - Only 0.2, but steady. - Watch it.

1777. Tell us any change.

1778. Mac, anything your way?

1779. - Not a glimmer, Pat. - Watch it.

1780. Here's the operating switch right here.

1781. How can it get cold so quick?

1782. Keep moving around. You're no good if you're too cold.

1783. - It must be zero. - Was.

1784. Next stop's 5 below.

1785. 'Come on, Mr. Martian,'

1786. and get some nice scotch blood. 100 proof.

1787. Nothing like it for babies.

1788. Tell him to cut it out.

1789. No, let him go on.

1790. I like goose pimples. They keep me warm.

1791. Hey Scotty, did you get a picture of that thing

1792. when it was on fire?

1793. Nah. I shot one while I was falling backward

1794. over the bed.

1795. Probably got the ceiling my own big feet.

1796. Captain Hendry, Captain Hendry.

1797. Going up a little. 0.4 now.

1798. Hang on. Mac, any change?

1799. Just the same,

1800. only colder.

1801. Probably means he's coming by the mess hall.

1802. Excuse me, sir. I got an idea.

1803. Here we go again.

1804. Our new boy's pretty smart.

1805. He might see these wires we got rigged here

1806. - and sit down, and think it over. - Yeah.

1807. If he thinks too long, we're cold meat.

1808. What if we met him over there by the junction?

1809. Let him see us there and chase us back here?

1810. Yes, sir. And the less light, the better.

1811. Turn off this light and this one down here.

1812. - And don't tell me I'm right. - Yeah.

1813. Captain Hendry,

1814. Going up—0.8 now.

1815. (Mac) 'I'm getting some too, Pat. '

1816. Showing here now.

1817. All right, you fellas. Both of you, back here.

1818. Come a-running.

1819. I'm halfway there.

1820. Redding, if you speed up that generator,

1821. can you get any more out of it?

1822. It'll certainly do no harm to try.

1823. Bill, you and Tex, go with him.

1824. Nikki, you, too.

1825. - Pat, can I— - No.

1826. Good luck to you.

1827. What's the matter?

1828. I was just wishing we'd had a chance

1829. to test this thing to see if it'd work.

1830. What if we haven't enough voltage?

1831. Just keep swinging at its arms.

1832. - 1.2. - It's on its way.

1833. You know, I got a worry.

1834. Report from the front, captain.

1835. Lt. McPherson has a worry.

1836. This is no joke.

1837. - What? - What if he can read our minds?

1838. He's gonna be real mad when he gets to me.

1839. 1.4.

1840. Keep moving around, you guys.

1841. Keep it quiet.

1842. I remember the first execution I ever covered—

1843. Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray.

1844. Did you get a picture of that, Scotty?

1845. No. They didn't allow cameras, but one guy—

1846. 1.6. Going up fast.

1847. Move back till he sees us.

1848. Give him a chance to get a look.

1849. Leave me room to reach that switch.

1850. Stay away from the walls when he hits the juice.

1851. - Everybody got rubber boots on? - Yes, sir.

1852. 1.8.

1853. Shh!

1854. I heard something.

1855. It's getting near the top.

1856. Alright, ease back.

1857. - What the— - the juice is off!

1858. Pat! Carrington's turned off the generator!

1859. Bob, bring a flashlight.

1860. Eddie, hold him off as long as you can.

1861. Watch out. He's got a gun.

1862. Keep away. Keep away.

1863. I won't allow you to destroy—

1864. 'Turn on that generator!'

1865. 'Get back here, Eddie!'

1866. Eddie, get back here! Stay away from that wire!

1867. Listen, I'm your friend. Look, I have no weapons.

1868. I'm your friend. You're wiser than I.

1869. You must understand what I'm trying to tell you.

1870. Don't go any farther. They'll kill you.

1871. They think you mean to harm us all.

1872. But I want to know you, to help you. Believe that!

1873. You're wiser than anything on earth.

1874. Use that intelligence.

1875. Look, and you know what I'm trying to tell you.

1876. I'm not your enemy. I'm a scientist.

1877. I'm a scientist who's trying—

1878. Wait till he's right in the middle of it, sir.

1879. He's got to be on that walk, captain.

1880. Arrrrr!

1881. Wait till he gets right in the middle, sir.

1882. That's enough. Turn it off.

1883. Let it go.

1884. We don't want any part of it left.

1885. Well, you can get a picture now, Scotty.

1886. - This'll take a minute to warm up. - Okay.

1887. We can get through.

1888. Is there any reason now why I can't send out my story?

1889. Only take 5 minutes.

1890. I guess it's okay. Go ahead, Scotty.

1891. You're getting to look a lot better to me

1892. than you used to.

1893. All done, Pat.

1894. You get everything?

1895. Yeah, we burned everything in Carrington's lab

1896. and in the greenhouse.

1897. Burned the arm too. Nothing left but ashes.

1898. How is Dr. Carrington?

1899. He's got a broken collarbone and a bad headache.

1900. Not getting enough voltage.

1901. - I'll check the generator. - Good.

1902. Anybody want some coffee?

1903. No, but you can come in.

1904. You better have some. You look awfully tired.

1905. He should look tired.

1906. He's had two things on his mind.

1907. We've only had one.

1908. Now our worries are over, while our captain—

1909. Just shut up.

1910. Isn't there something you can do about it, Nikki?

1911. Mmm, I don't know.

1912. You know, I'm getting pretty fed up with the North Pole.

1913. How much does a captain make a month?

1914. Not very much.

1915. That's a good start. Go ahead.

1916. Enough to support two people?

1917. - Not nearly enough. - Oh, captain—

1918. you get flight pay...

1919. - Some for each dependent. - Oh, we can handle that.

1920. Now, look. I'm not gonna be railroaded into anything.

1921. Captain, I've got an idea if you'll pardon me, sir.

1922. This is gonna work.

1923. You ought to settle down, sir.

1924. There you are.

1925. It'd be so much better for us.

1926. Sure. A captain always flitting around

1927. and getting into trouble.

1928. - You remember that night in Honolulu? - Eddie!

1929. Ooh, that was pretty bad.

1930. I don't know what they're talking about.

1931. He got a light somewhere.

1932. See, they know what's best for you.

1933. Here we are.

1934. Plenty of voltage now.

1935. Anchorage, from Polar Expedition 6.

1936. Anchorage, from Polar Expedition 6.

1937. Can you hear me? Over.

1938. Anchorage, reception clear. Stand by.

1939. Press the button, and speak, Scotty.

1940. Over.

1941. Tell General Fogarty we've sent for Captain Hendry.

1942. He'll be here in a few minutes. Over.

1943. Roger. Over.

1944. Are there any newsmen there who can hear me? Over.

1945. The place is full of them. Over.

1946. Alright, fellas, here's your story.

1947. North Pole, November 3rd. Ned Scott reporting.

1948. One of the world's greatest battles

1949. was fought and won today by the human race.

1950. Here at the top of the world,

1951. a handful of American soldiers and civilians

1952. met the first invasion from another planet.

1953. A man by the name of Noah

1954. once saved our world with an ark of wood.

1955. Here at the North Pole,

1956. a few men performed a similar service

1957. with an arc of electricity.

1958. The flying saucer which landed here—

1959. and its pilot— have been destroyed,

1960. but not without casualties

1961. among our own meager forces.

1962. I would like to bring to the microphone

1963. some of the men responsible for our success,

1964. but a senior Air Force officer Captain Hendry

1965. is attending to demands

1966. over and above the call of duty,

1967. Dr. Carrington,

1968. the leader of the scientific expedition,

1969. is recovering from wounds

1970. received in the battle.

1971. Good for you, Scotty.

1972. And now, before giving you the details of the battle,

1973. I bring you a warning.

1974. Every one of you listening to my voice,

1975. tell the world,

1976. tell this to everybody wherever they are—

1977. watch the skies...

1978. everywhere.

1979. Keep looking.

1980. Keep watching the skies.