VORNAN-19 SPEAKS TO A HUSHED WORLD

 

“. . . they did not land, these explorers from another star. They merely orbited the planet and saw that it was without life, and thus of no interest to them. They paused only long enough to jettison the wastes that had accumulated on their ship, then journeyed on, while those wastes. . .” There was a vast silence in the TV studio, an echo of the hush that fell on a listening world. “. . . entering the atmosphere and ultimately the sea, began the process that resulted in the phenomenon we know as. . . ” The panel of scientists was in turmoil; the camera swung in to reveal grimaces, scowls, wild unbelieving eyes. “. . . life on Earth.”