:02:01
Holy mackerel!
:02:03
Call headquarters. Get the lieutenant.
:02:12
Holy Christmas!
That thing's doing about 4,000!
:02:15
- But that's incredible, sir. - That can't
be aircraft. Must be a buzz bomb.
:02:22
This is Luckton at Ferris to Charlie Baker.
:02:24
I have a bogey at 200,000 feet.
4,000 miles an hour.
:02:45
Reports are coming in from
all over the Empire, all over the world.
:02:49
The government has not yet issued
a statement, but there is no question
:02:52
that there actually is a large, unidentified
object circling the Earth at incredible speed.
:02:57
This is Elmer Davis again.
:02:59
We still don't know what it is or where it
comes from, but there's something there.
:03:04
It's been tracked around the Earth by radar,
travelling at a rate of 4,000 miles an hour.
:03:09
This is not another "flying saucer" scare.
:03:12
Scientists and military men are already agreed
on that. Whatever it is, it's something real.
:03:18
We interrupt this programme to give
you a bulletin from a naval unit at sea.
:03:23
An object travelling at supersonic speed is
headed towards the East Coast of the States.
:03:28
This is HV Kaltenborn speaking.
:03:31
Here in the nation's capital there is anxiety
and concern, but no outward sign of panic.
:03:37
As a matter of fact, there are signs
of normalcy - the beautiful spring weather,
:03:42
the tourist crowds around
the public monuments and other buildings.