:11:04
He came back
only after the dark had set in.
:11:08
He immediately ran to his quarters,
obviously in a state of shock.
:11:14
lt was so unusual
for a man
:11:20
who had been flying for 1 1 years.
:11:22
He had recovered in a couple of days,
but he would never leave the station.
:11:27
And he refused to approach
the window overlooking the ocean.
:11:30
While under medical care in a clinic
he offered to make a statement
:11:35
of great importance,
:11:37
one which he felt could affect
the whole future of Project Solaris.
:11:41
Very well, let's hear his story.
:11:47
Now is the time
to let Burton talk.
:12:00
The first time l descended
below a thousand feet,
:12:04
l had trouble maintaining altitude,
:12:07
because the wind had come up.
:12:11
All my efforts were required
in operating the ship.
:12:15
l wasn't watching outside.
:12:20
As a result, l entered the fog bank.
:12:23
Was that an ordinary fog?
:12:24
lt was like nothing l'd ever seen
before.
:12:28
lt seemed to be a colloidal substance,
a gluey mass.
:12:32
All the windows were coated.
:12:35
Because ofthe fog's resistance
l began to lose altitude.
:12:42
Where l supposed the sun would be,
the fog glowed like fire.
:12:50
Half an hour later, l emerged
into a large open space.
:12:53
The patch was round,
about a few hundred meters across.