Un objeto volador no identificado proveniente de Alaska ha caído en el valle de San Fernando. A su paso causa interferencias en las ondas de radio y televisión. Un equipo de investigadores descubre que un extraterrestre asesino está aterrorizando la zona. Para escapar de sus perseguidores, se ha quitado el traje espacial y se ha vuelto invisible.
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00:00:00The End
00:00:30This is Washington, D.C., and in the files of the Central Bureau, there is a story so strange in its implications that it defies ordinary classification.
00:00:50It is the story of a handful of people who, in the course of one desperate night, held back a wave of panic and pandemonium.
00:01:00It began after sundown, time 7.15, as Flight A Coast Patrol from Travis Field was returning to base, when the nightly air force transport pointed north toward Japan via the Great Circle route.
00:01:19While at sea, the Navy and Coast Guard maintained their usual round-the-clock vigil.
00:01:26And from the equator to the Arctic, the radar network swept the skies with eyes that never sleep.
00:01:33Time, 7.19.
00:01:37An unidentified object was picked up 200 miles southwest of Point Barrow, Alaska.
00:01:447.27.
00:01:47Unidentified object confirmed at Fairbanks, Alaska.
00:01:52Heading south-southeast, 170 degrees.
00:01:58Height, 75,000 feet.
00:02:01Estimated speed, 5,000 miles per hour.
00:02:06White warning.
00:02:077.39.
00:02:08Unidentified object, 200 miles due west of Vancouver, British Columbia.
00:02:17Course, 170 degrees.
00:02:21Height, 60,000 feet.
00:02:25Estimated speed, down to 3,600 miles per hour.
00:02:31Yellow warning.
00:02:327.54.
00:02:33First interceptor flight airborne.
00:02:34Point of interception, 80 miles due west of San Francisco, California.
00:02:497.55.
00:02:51Unidentified object past Point of Interception.
00:02:56Red warning.
00:02:578.11.
00:02:58Morro Bay, California.
00:02:59Height, 50,000 feet.
00:03:00Estimated speed, 2,000 miles per hour.
00:03:018.15.
00:03:02Santa Monica, California.
00:03:03Height, 10,000 feet.
00:03:04Speed, 1,200 miles per hour.
00:03:058.15.
00:03:06Santa Monica, California.
00:03:07Height, 10,000 feet.
00:03:08Speed, 1,200 miles per hour.
00:03:098.18.
00:03:10All traces of unidentified object gone.
00:03:11Red warning lifted.
00:03:17By 8.25 at the Los Angeles branch of the Communications Commission, reports of strong interference with radio and television reception began to pour in from the beach area.
00:03:32The monitors went to work immediately.
00:03:33Mobile units were ordered to converge on the vicinity of the disturbance.
00:03:35Pinpoint direction-finding devices began to trace the trouble to its source.
00:03:39This is Mobile One, Hazen speaking.
00:03:41Mobile One, Hazen speaking.
00:03:42This is Mobile One, Hazen speaking.
00:03:43We are at Ocean and Beacon Way, Interference Strength 2.
00:03:44This is Mobile One, Hazen speaking.
00:03:45We are at Ocean and Beacon Way, Interference Strength 2.
00:03:46Bearing 27 degrees of the area.
00:03:47The monitors went to work immediately.
00:03:49Mobile units were ordered to converge on the vicinity of the disturbance.
00:03:53Pinpoint direction-finding devices began to trace the trouble to its source.
00:03:58This is Mobile One, Hazen speaking.
00:04:08We are at Ocean and Beacon Way, Interference Strength 2.
00:04:13Bearing 27 degrees.
00:04:16Over.
00:04:17Mobile One from center.
00:04:18Roger.
00:04:19Over.
00:04:20Mobile Center from Mobile 7.
00:04:21Over.
00:04:22Go ahead, Mobile 7.
00:04:23This is Mobile 7 from the Pacific Center and Beach 4.
00:04:27Interference Strength 3.
00:04:29Bearing 39 degrees.
00:04:30Over.
00:04:31This is Mobile Center.
00:04:32Roger.
00:04:33Standby.
00:04:34Mobile One and Mobile 7 from Mobile Center.
00:04:39Point of interception estimated 3 miles north of surf.
00:04:42Repeat.
00:04:43Three miles north of surf.
00:04:44Acknowledge.
00:04:45This is Mobile 7.
00:04:46Roger.
00:04:47Mobile One.
00:04:48Roger.
00:04:49Mobile 7.
00:04:50Roger.
00:04:51We'll go now.
00:04:52Okay, Charlie.
00:04:53Let's get moving.
00:04:55Yes?
00:04:56What is it?
00:04:57Take me to a phone quick.
00:04:58I need an ambulance.
00:04:59What's the matter?
00:05:00My husband and Pete are out there in the picnic grounds just above the beach. They've been hurt.
00:05:16This is a communications car.
00:05:17I'll phone it in from here.
00:05:18A Mobile One to Central.
00:05:19Over.
00:05:20Did you make that out, Charlie?
00:05:21Not at work.
00:05:22A Mobile One to Central.
00:05:23I can't reach you.
00:05:24Repeat.
00:05:25They must be getting us all right.
00:05:26A Mobile One to Central.
00:05:27Have an ambulance set to beach at surf.
00:05:28Emergency.
00:05:29Two men heard.
00:05:30Acknowledge.
00:05:31Roger now.
00:05:32I'm sure they'll be here soon now.
00:05:33Tell us what happened.
00:05:34This man, he just kept coming at us.
00:05:35It was awful.
00:05:36Who?
00:05:37I don't know.
00:05:38He was wearing a suit like a diver.
00:05:41Hurry.
00:05:42Please.
00:05:56They're hurt.
00:05:57Charlie, you better wait here.
00:05:58I'll go down and take a look.
00:06:00Oh, I didn't know.
00:06:03The young woman's hysteria became obvious as they reached the picnic grounds at the
00:06:11beach.
00:06:13There was no sign of the mysterious intruder, and little could be done for her husband and
00:06:18their friend until the ambulance arrived.
00:06:33Hi, fellas.
00:06:37How are you doing?
00:06:38Oh, we're just taking another reading now.
00:06:40What happened down there?
00:06:41The police took the girl and one of the guys to the station.
00:06:44What about the other one?
00:06:45Well, he's on the way to the morgue.
00:06:46That was her husband.
00:06:47You're right on the button, Charlie.
00:06:4944.7.
00:06:50Report back to Central if you find anything else.
00:06:52All right.
00:06:54Charlie, grab that portable and check the beach with you.
00:06:57Got it right here.
00:06:59I'll pick you up right here in about an hour.
00:07:01Where are you going?
00:07:02Police asked me to drop by the station and sign a report.
00:07:05I'll see you later.
00:07:06If you don't, you know where to look for the body.
00:07:17Like I said, we were just starting to eat, and we heard something tracking through the
00:07:21sand toward us.
00:07:22I looked up and couldn't see anything.
00:07:24Then Betty screamed.
00:07:25At what?
00:07:26I thought you couldn't see anything.
00:07:28At first, we couldn't.
00:07:29Then this guy started toward us.
00:07:31What kind of a guy?
00:07:32How should I know?
00:07:33He was wearing some kind of a helmet over his head.
00:07:35He could have been a deep sea diver or anything.
00:07:37All right.
00:07:38After you saw this diver, what happened?
00:07:41Well, we jumped up.
00:07:42Ed, that was Betty's husband, he allowed him to stop.
00:07:46But he just kept coming.
00:07:48I never saw anything like it.
00:07:50He didn't say anything.
00:07:51He just kept moving in.
00:07:52Then you say he attacked you.
00:07:53We didn't give him a chance.
00:07:54Ed grabbed a piece of wood and took a swing at him.
00:07:55That didn't stop him.
00:07:56He caught the end.
00:07:57That's all I remember.
00:07:58Just because a man's taking a walk, there's no reason to slug him.
00:08:01Besides, you don't look like a guy who frightened so easy.
00:08:03How would you feel if somebody with a crazy helmet with pipes sticking out of it came at you in the dark?
00:08:13And look, I know this sounds crazy, but there wasn't any head in that helmet.
00:08:20No head.
00:08:21No head at all.
00:08:22It's the truth.
00:08:23I think you need some coffee.
00:08:24I don't want anything.
00:08:26It's all the same to you, Lieutenant.
00:08:27I've got to pick up one of my men at the beach.
00:08:28Okay.
00:08:29Thanks for coming down, Hazen.
00:08:30Hope I didn't put you out.
00:08:31No trouble.
00:08:32So long.
00:08:33You too.
00:08:34All right, let's start at the beginning.
00:08:47How old did you know of a dead man?
00:08:49And his wife?
00:08:50Betty and I went to school together.
00:08:53And you had a year.
00:08:54How long have they married?
00:08:55About a year.
00:08:57Wasn't her husband a little older than she?
00:08:59I don't know.
00:09:00You said you and Mrs. Evans went to school together.
00:09:03And you never discussed anything personal with her?
00:09:05She did mention he was older, yes.
00:09:07How much?
00:09:08Fifteen, twenty years.
00:09:10What difference does that make?
00:09:11That wasn't too hard now, was it?
00:09:13Where do you live?
00:09:15629 and a half East Palm Court.
00:09:18Why?
00:09:20That's where the Evans live, isn't it?
00:09:22Yeah, I board with him.
00:09:24You do, huh?
00:09:26Now, Mrs. Evans is a good-looking woman.
00:09:31What are you trying to say?
00:09:40Lieutenant Bowers.
00:09:42Where?
00:09:46Yeah, I got it.
00:09:47I'll leave right away.
00:09:49You've been a murder.
00:09:51Near the beach.
00:09:53Keep an eye on this guy until I get back.
00:09:56What do you mean?
00:09:57You don't stay right where you are.
00:09:59At least until Mrs. Evans feels well enough to talk.
00:10:02What do you want from her?
00:10:03Oh, I just want to see if your story checks with hers.
00:10:06After all, you went to school together, remember?
00:10:08You say there were no witnesses, huh?
00:10:22None yet.
00:10:23Anything missing?
00:10:25I don't think so.
00:10:26The cash register wasn't touched.
00:10:28Get a breakdown of the inventory as soon as you can.
00:10:30What about fingerprints?
00:10:31The boys are working on them now.
00:10:43Sorry I'm late.
00:10:44What kept you so long?
00:10:45The lieutenant asked me to hang around a while.
00:10:48What's the score?
00:10:49Ah, looks like one of those things.
00:10:51Pretty girl, older husband, young boarder.
00:10:54Kid claims some guy without a head knocked the old man off.
00:10:57Yeah, don't say.
00:10:59Anything else?
00:11:00Yeah, he had a diver's outfit with horns.
00:11:03No.
00:11:04He's going to have to do better than that.
00:11:06How are we doing?
00:11:07I took a reading about ten minutes ago.
00:11:09The radiation has gone out with the tide.
00:11:11What about the radio horn?
00:11:13It's working fine again.
00:11:15I just got a call from Central.
00:11:17They said Mobile 7 picked up some new trouble northeast of here.
00:11:20Here we go again.
00:11:21Hop in.
00:11:34Who reported this murder?
00:11:35There he is there.
00:11:37He lives next door.
00:11:38His name's George Nelson.
00:11:39Hey, Mr. Nelson.
00:11:40Yes, sir.
00:11:41Come here, will you?
00:11:43I'm Lieutenant Bowers, Homicide.
00:11:45You found this buddy?
00:11:46That's right.
00:11:47He must have just locked up for the night when this happened.
00:11:49How do you know that?
00:11:50Well, he usually does around this time.
00:11:51What were you doing here?
00:11:52I was sitting home watching the fights on TV,
00:11:54and all of a sudden the things start acting up.
00:11:56What has that got to do with it?
00:11:58Well, you don't know the set.
00:11:59You know, it wouldn't work at all when I came home to supper.
00:12:02Then all of a sudden it cleared up fine.
00:12:04So I thought, well, I'll get set to look at the fights again,
00:12:07and all of a sudden outage goes again.
00:12:08So I thought maybe the battery station down here
00:12:10was overcharged in the circuit,
00:12:11and so I came down to take a look.
00:12:13That's all.
00:12:14Hey, don't you ever quit work?
00:12:16What's up this time?
00:12:19Another murder?
00:12:21What are you doing here, Hazen?
00:12:23Same as before.
00:12:24Still trying to track down that signal in the field.
00:12:26Hey, does that stuff work on TV, too?
00:12:28Well, it has been for hours.
00:12:29What'd I tell you?
00:12:30What's the matter?
00:12:31Seems a set one on the blank.
00:12:33Well, at least we know we're on the right track.
00:12:35How'd you make out with that border?
00:12:37You're still sticking to a story.
00:12:39The guy had no head.
00:12:41Well, I'll be seeing you.
00:12:42So long.
00:12:43Right.
00:12:44And so the communications team resumed its mission,
00:13:00to track the mysterious interference to its source.
00:13:05Via accurate readings taken at regular intervals,
00:13:08by stationary and mobile units,
00:13:11it was determined that the disturbance was moving
00:13:14in a northeasterly direction.
00:13:17By 1034, Mobile Center had pinpointed the disturbance
00:13:22at the edge of the Huntington oil fields.
00:13:25Units one and seven were instructed to close in.
00:13:36Hey, Charlie, do you see what I see?
00:13:38Yeah, the oil fields.
00:13:40Let's hope our trouble's burning up.
00:13:43Well, there's only one way to find out.
00:13:52Look, Sarge.
00:13:53Two murders and an explosion in one precinct is big news.
00:13:56Now, come on.
00:13:57You can't pin it all on the young border, can you?
00:14:01Very funny.
00:14:03Yeah?
00:14:04I'm Hazen of the communications commission.
00:14:05Oh, the lieutenant's waiting for you.
00:14:07There's a wheel.
00:14:08You've heard the man.
00:14:09Communications commission.
00:14:10So, it's just kind of interference happens very often.
00:14:11Never anything like this.
00:14:12It's on the move all the time.
00:14:13You need some ham with a transmitter in the car.
00:14:14It's not a transmitter.
00:14:15We don't get a definite disturbance.
00:14:17It's just a thin appearance.
00:14:18Mm-hmm.
00:14:19Then you have no idea of what it is, huh?
00:14:20Not yet.
00:14:21How are you making up?
00:14:22Not so good.
00:14:23You were here when I questioned that boy about the murder at the beach.
00:14:24You got anything more out of it?
00:14:25Yeah.
00:14:26Come on with me.
00:14:27You might want to see this.
00:14:28It's not a transmitter.
00:14:29We don't get a definite disturbance,
00:14:31it's just a thin appearance.
00:14:34Then you have no idea of what it is, huh?
00:14:38Not yet.
00:14:38How are you making up?
00:14:39Not so good.
00:14:41You were here when I questioned that boy
00:14:42about the murder at the beach.
00:14:44You got anything more out of it?
00:14:46Yeah.
00:14:47Come on with me, you might want to see this.
00:14:55Ah, I see you're just about done.
00:14:57Thanks, you can go now.
00:15:03Are you sure this is what the man looks like?
00:15:06What do you say, Betty?
00:15:09Well, just about, only I think the tubes
00:15:11were a little lower down.
00:15:12And you still insist there was no head inside the helmet?
00:15:15I'm positive there wasn't.
00:15:16What about you?
00:15:18Well, it was dark.
00:15:19I couldn't swear to it.
00:15:21Thanks, that'll be all.
00:15:22You mean we can go now?
00:15:24Yeah, for the time being.
00:15:26Just stick close to home.
00:15:27I may want to see you again tomorrow.
00:15:28We'll be there.
00:15:29Come on, Betty.
00:15:31Kind of changed your mind about those two, haven't you?
00:15:33Yeah, I guess I have.
00:15:34Hey, look, bring in the old man, will you?
00:15:39Don't tell me you believe this story about this,
00:15:41this whatever it is.
00:15:42I know, it sounds as phony as it ever did.
00:15:44But, oh, sit down, will you please?
00:15:46You're the, uh, watchman at the Huntington oil fields?
00:15:49Oh, yes, sir, I've been with the company
00:15:50for over 22 years, sir.
00:15:52Will you tell Mr. Hazen here exactly what happened?
00:15:55Well, sir, like I said before, I was just closing the gate
00:15:58for the night when I saw this fellow coming up.
00:16:00I was never so scared in my life.
00:16:02Yes, go on.
00:16:03Well, it wasn't the man so much as the suit he was wearing.
00:16:07Well, he wouldn't stop when I hollered at him.
00:16:10He just pushed his way right in through the gate
00:16:12and walked right up to the tank.
00:16:13You carry a gun?
00:16:14Did you try to stop him?
00:16:15Oh, well, there was much to close the tank.
00:16:18I was afraid to shoot.
00:16:19So I thought I might call for help.
00:16:21And just to cut to the shack, the tank blew up.
00:16:24Oh, you should see the sight.
00:16:26Yeah, uh, sir, can you give us a description of this man?
00:16:29How would you say he was dressed?
00:16:31Well, sir, like I said before, he wore a sort of a,
00:16:35a sort of pliers, uh, not outfit, with a helmet attached to it.
00:16:39How tall was he?
00:16:40Oh, he was a giant of a man.
00:16:43And he had tubes sticking out of that thingy,
00:16:45that helmet he wore.
00:16:47Uh, can you tell us what his face looked like?
00:16:49Huh?
00:16:50Well, sir, though you got pretty close to me,
00:16:53I could swear the man had no face.
00:16:56Now, if you saw this man again, would you recognize him?
00:16:59I mean by his outfit.
00:17:00Oh, I'll never forget that sight if I lived to be a hundred, sir.
00:17:05Did you say this is the man?
00:17:07Wait, sure, that's him.
00:17:09Thank you very much.
00:17:10But you may go now.
00:17:11All right, sir.
00:17:15Well, Higson, what do you say now?
00:17:19Beats me.
00:17:20Description check all right.
00:17:22This could be some kind of flying suit.
00:17:24High altitude equivalent.
00:17:26Yeah, that's what I've been thinking.
00:17:27Well, how do you explain that stuff about the missing head?
00:17:29No, we can discount that.
00:17:31These people were frightened.
00:17:33Tonight, nobody really took a close look at him.
00:17:35I guess you're right.
00:17:36But whoever he is, that outfit doesn't look like one of ours.
00:17:39Of course.
00:17:40He could have been dropped by a parachute.
00:17:42You mean sabotage him?
00:17:44I think we'd better wire a report to Washington and see what they say.
00:17:48All right, you can use our teletype.
00:17:50I'll tip off the only place to be pleased to be on the lookout for something unusual.
00:17:54Hey, wait a minute, what about the press?
00:17:56Oh, I don't think they know too much now.
00:17:57You better keep it that way for a while, at least, till we find out whether a friend is
00:18:00still around here.
00:18:01Well, if he is, I think we can find him for you.
00:18:04My hunch is that he's carrying something around that's causing all this disturbance, whether
00:18:08he knows it or not.
00:18:16Yeah, kill that page one lead.
00:18:18They let the boarder and the girl go.
00:18:20Hmm?
00:18:21How do I know?
00:18:22Maybe the lieutenant thinks that the guy in a flying suit knocked off the husband.
00:18:27Mm-hmm.
00:18:27Nah.
00:18:28No, no, not a chance.
00:18:29Not a chance of an exclusive on that picture.
00:18:32They're making a blanket release in the morning.
00:18:34Hmm?
00:18:35Oh, there's a guy from the Communications Commission in there now.
00:18:38Yeah, I'll call you back later if there's anything new.
00:18:40Okay.
00:18:41Come in.
00:18:42Sorry to interrupt you, Lieutenant.
00:18:43Yeah, what is it, Jim?
00:18:44There's a teletype cam for you.
00:18:45Oh, thanks, Jim.
00:18:46We're waiting for it.
00:18:47That was fast.
00:18:48Well, here's our answer.
00:18:49Looks like they never sleep in Washington.
00:18:50It says to contact a Major Andrews, care of Dr. Wyatt, and he's going to be able to
00:18:54get to the hospital.
00:18:55Well, there's our answer.
00:18:58Looks like they never sleep in Washington.
00:19:00It says to contact a Major Andrews, care of Dr. Wyatt, director of the Griffith Institute.
00:19:06Hey, it's kind of late.
00:19:07May I give him a call?
00:19:08Well, you're at it.
00:19:09I'll go out the car and check in with Central.
00:19:11Okay.
00:19:20Well, that's the story up till now.
00:19:22We got in touch with Washington.
00:19:24They told us to contact you here.
00:19:28Very interesting.
00:19:30What do you think, Doctor?
00:19:34When I see something like this, I understand why your gentleman might have thought sabotage
00:19:38was involved.
00:19:39Lieutenant, are you sure there were no traces of this saboteur, this X-man, found after
00:19:45the explosion in the oil field?
00:19:47The fire department went over every inch of the area.
00:19:50Didn't come up with a thing.
00:19:52Well, then there's a strong possibility that he might have perished in the explosion itself.
00:19:57I doubt that.
00:19:59We're pretty well convinced this man is carrying something that's responsible for all the signal
00:20:04interference.
00:20:05According to the last report I got, there was a definite disturbance about three miles
00:20:11east of the oil fields.
00:20:13Sometime after the explosion.
00:20:14Well, then if he's alive, you should be able to keep an accurate check of his whereabouts.
00:20:18Not that easy.
00:20:19Matter of fact, we lost contact about three quarters of an hour ago.
00:20:22Maybe you realized you were trailing him and got rid of whatever he had that was causing the disturbance.
00:20:26In that case, there's nothing much my department can do to help you.
00:20:30I guess it's up to us.
00:20:32Unless you have some suggestions.
00:20:35Well, let me think out loud for a minute.
00:20:38It might just be that what we've been talking about so far, and this phantom as we'll call him, ties in with what the doctor and I have been discussing.
00:20:47That is very possible.
00:20:49I don't know whether you know it or not, but somewhere around 7.30 this evening, our radar networks picked up an unidentified object off Point Barrow, Alaska.
00:20:59They traced it clear down to Santa Monica before they lost it.
00:21:03Santa Monica.
00:21:05That's when we first picked up our radio interference.
00:21:08Yeah.
00:21:09Right at the scene of the murder.
00:21:10Well, then if all these things tally up, we've got some idea of how our man got here.
00:21:14You mean that he came in some plane?
00:21:16In that case, somebody would have seen it land and take off again.
00:21:20Or did it crash?
00:21:21No.
00:21:22No, we don't think it was a plane.
00:21:25No rocket or jet that has been built so far can attain the speeds of 5,000 miles an hour, particularly for such a great distance.
00:21:34And maybe we're on the wrong track altogether.
00:21:37Couldn't your unidentified object have been a meteor?
00:21:40They travel at a terrific speed.
00:21:42Yes, fast enough for most of them to burn themselves out the moment they hit the Earth's atmosphere.
00:21:48And did it occur to you that meteors are not very likely to travel horizontally all the way from the North Pole to California?
00:21:57Well, if it wasn't a meteor or a flying missile of some type, how do you figure this phantom ties in?
00:22:05We're not sure that he does.
00:22:07I don't care what you say, but it doesn't make sense to me.
00:22:11Anybody trained in sabotage and stay undercover?
00:22:15This guy's walking around in a monkey suit, killing people.
00:22:22Excuse me, Dr. Wyatt. Is there a Lieutenant Bowers in here?
00:22:26Oh, yes. What is it, Miss?
00:22:27There's a Mr. Wakeman from the Chronicle here to see you.
00:22:30Wakeman here?
00:22:31What does he want?
00:22:33Well, there's only one way to find out.
00:22:35Before you go, Lieutenant, I don't believe you've met my assistant, Barbara Randall.
00:22:40Well, hello.
00:22:42Hello.
00:22:45It's Mrs. Randall, Lieutenant.
00:22:47I'll be right back.
00:22:49Barbara, you know the major?
00:22:52Of course.
00:22:53And this is Mr.
00:22:54The Communications Commission.
00:22:55How do you do?
00:22:56Well, I see you're working a little later tonight than usual.
00:22:59Yes, my husband's teaching a late class, and he won't be able to pick me up for a while.
00:23:02Besides, I had some work to do in the lab.
00:23:05Well, at least you'll have lots of company.
00:23:07All right.
00:23:08So I shouldn't have come up here.
00:23:10But I've got to get your angle on this beach murder.
00:23:12And your whole department is shut up.
00:23:14Look, Wakeman, will you stop bothering me?
00:23:16There's nothing to say.
00:23:18If you've got an exclusive story from that Evans, Damon, or Barbara, then you know as much as I do.
00:23:22Yeah, but that still doesn't explain anything about the guy without a head.
00:23:26Come on.
00:23:27Who is he?
00:23:28Your guess is as good as mine.
00:23:31You mean you let those two kids go without knowing that?
00:23:35I don't buy it.
00:23:37Well, I do.
00:23:38Well, then you must have an awful good reason.
00:23:41I bet you're trying to tie it in with that other murder.
00:23:45All right, Lieutenant.
00:23:48Don't tell me.
00:23:49I'll get my story somehow.
00:23:52Oh.
00:23:53If you want to know how things turn out, read the Chronicle in the morning.
00:23:58That's right.
00:24:00Now get in touch with Charlie and Mobile One and have them call for me here.
00:24:05Okay.
00:24:06Won't you come up with anything?
00:24:08No, they're just briefing Barbara here.
00:24:10It's just amazing the way you've been able to put these things together.
00:24:14Don't kid yourself, Mrs. Randall.
00:24:17It seems the press knows as much about it as we do.
00:24:20Well, let's hope they don't come to the same conclusions.
00:24:23A few lurid headlines and every fool on the contrary will be seeing phantoms in space suits
00:24:28and men from Mars all over the place.
00:24:30Yes, I can imagine.
00:24:32And mass hysteria is difficult to check once it gets started.
00:24:35That's why we've got to move fast.
00:24:37Well, from the looks of things, I guess it's up to me.
00:24:40I'll be in touch with you as soon as I hear anything.
00:24:43See you.
00:24:45By 12.30 a.m., the dragnet was in operation.
00:24:49Mobile units patrolled the streets and countryside.
00:24:52They covered an area 35 miles square.
00:24:56Special and sensitive equipment was prepared for action.
00:25:00Everyone on the job was ready to move on the first signal from the Communications Commission.
00:25:06Monitor Corona to Mobile Center, strength four.
00:25:11Brickyard at 160th, moving toward oil fields.
00:25:15Contact your units.
00:25:17Over and out.
00:25:19Units one and seven from Mobile Center.
00:25:22Units one and seven from Mobile Center.
00:25:24Strength four, interference at 160th in the oil field.
00:25:28Moving due east.
00:25:29Close in.
00:25:30Strength four, interference at 160th in the oil field.
00:25:35Close in.
00:26:00See you here, Joe.
00:26:02Just got here.
00:26:03Trying to set this up.
00:26:04What gives, Mason?
00:26:05It's in this area, all right.
00:26:06I brought to the Geiger counter.
00:26:08Thank you, Doctor.
00:26:09Quite a walk over those oil fields.
00:26:10Well, it doesn't register as far as the oil fields.
00:26:12I think we'll do better if we split up.
00:26:14Right, Lieutenant.
00:26:15You two go that way.
00:26:16Lieutenant out here.
00:26:17Joe, you follow him.
00:26:18Come on, Doctor.
00:26:19And you?
00:26:20Oh, forget it.
00:26:21Hey, Nathan.
00:26:22Look at this.
00:26:23Yeah.
00:26:24The port's this way.
00:26:25Hey, Joe.
00:26:26Joe.
00:26:27Joe.
00:26:28Oh, no.
00:26:29No.
00:26:30No.
00:26:31No.
00:26:32No.
00:26:33No.
00:26:34No.
00:26:35No.
00:26:36No.
00:26:37No.
00:26:38No.
00:26:39No.
00:26:40No.
00:26:41No.
00:26:42No.
00:26:43No.
00:26:44No.
00:26:45No.
00:26:46No.
00:26:47No.
00:26:48No.
00:26:49No.
00:26:50No.
00:26:51No.
00:26:52No.
00:26:53No.
00:26:54No.
00:26:55No.
00:26:56No.
00:26:57No.
00:26:58No.
00:26:59No.
00:27:00No.
00:27:01No.
00:27:02No.
00:27:03No.
00:27:04No.
00:27:05No.
00:27:06No.
00:27:07No.
00:27:08No.
00:27:09No.
00:27:10No.
00:27:11No.
00:27:12No.
00:27:13No.
00:27:14No.
00:27:15No.
00:27:16No.
00:27:17No.
00:27:18No.
00:27:19No.
00:27:20It's leading this way.
00:27:26Come on.
00:27:50Come on.
00:27:56Come on.
00:27:59Come on.
00:28:04Come on.
00:28:16Come on.
00:28:19Come on.
00:28:26They're doing strong.
00:28:28That's right.
00:28:30Chuck's with me.
00:28:31Sure does.
00:28:32He's here.
00:28:33We saw him.
00:28:34There he goes.
00:28:36Come on.
00:28:42He's probably around here somewhere.
00:28:44Yeah, we gotta get in the room.
00:28:46Vince, go get a lot.
00:28:48Look out.
00:28:51Let's cut him off.
00:28:52Come on.
00:28:53They're right under here.
00:28:57Anybody see him?
00:29:01There he is.
00:29:02We'll give you ten seconds to come out of there starting now.
00:29:14One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
00:29:27We're going in.
00:29:28Help you guys cover the door.
00:29:40Come on.
00:29:41All right, there's nobody in here.
00:29:53It's impossible.
00:29:54We saw him come in.
00:29:55Maybe he went out of the window.
00:29:56We won't get very far.
00:29:57Don't touch anything until we check for fingerprints.
00:29:59Oh, doctor.
00:30:00Over here.
00:30:01He left his suit in his helmet.
00:30:03Hey, let's spread that thing out so I can get a good shot of it.
00:30:06Go away, you fool.
00:30:07What's the matter?
00:30:08For your information, that's a Geiger counter and it says hands off.
00:30:10I think you'd better wait outside.
00:30:12I just have a job to do.
00:30:13So do we.
00:30:14And I'm afraid ours will have to come first.
00:30:16There's no radiation from the helmet.
00:30:18But look at this.
00:30:22So that's what's been causing all the trouble.
00:30:25Charlie, you know where we can pick up a lead-lined box in a hurry?
00:30:28Well, Mobile 7 should have one.
00:30:29They're right outside.
00:30:30I'll take a look.
00:30:31Hurry it up, will you?
00:30:32Unbelievable.
00:30:33Now, we all thought that this phantom might be carrying some device
00:30:36that was causing all the signal interference.
00:30:39Especially when that is due to the very close on his body.
00:30:42That's not the only thing that bothers me.
00:30:44Did any of you get a good look at his face?
00:30:46Not me.
00:30:47He's too far away.
00:30:48Well, I did.
00:30:49Unless I'm mistaken.
00:30:50That helmet was empty.
00:30:51Hey, where am I going to put this stuff?
00:30:53Oh, put it in Dr. Wyatt's station.
00:30:55Let me take it back to the Institute.
00:30:56Right.
00:30:57Find out a thing?
00:30:58No, that's all right.
00:30:59You can handle that.
00:31:09Any luck?
00:31:10Not a sign of him.
00:31:11The boys are still searching the grounds.
00:31:12For what?
00:31:13Nobody knows what he looks like without that outfit.
00:31:14Don't bet on that, Major.
00:31:15The reporter got a flash picture of him, and I just happened to borrow that film.
00:31:17It's on its way to headquarters right now to be developed.
00:31:18Good.
00:31:19Send us a print as soon as you can.
00:31:20Sure.
00:31:21Lieutenant, are you sure you don't want to come with us?
00:31:22We want to make a few tests at the lab.
00:31:23I'd like to, Doctor.
00:31:24Don't you know the situation?
00:31:25I've got to get that guy.
00:31:26Let me know how you make out, will you?
00:31:27Yeah, we'll do that.
00:31:28Sure.
00:31:29Sure.
00:31:30I'll do that.
00:31:31Sure.
00:31:32Lieutenant, are you sure you don't want to come with us?
00:31:33We want to make a few tests at the lab.
00:31:34I'd like to, Doctor.
00:31:35But you know the situation.
00:31:36I've got to get that guy.
00:31:37Let me know how you make out, will you?
00:31:38Yeah, we'll do that.
00:31:39Sure.
00:31:40To do that.
00:31:41I can't.
00:31:42I'll go with his training.
00:31:43Let me know the72iv.
00:31:44And you know...
00:31:45I can't.
00:31:46You're a engineer.
00:31:47You're a engineer.
00:31:48You're a engineer.
00:31:49You're a engineer.
00:31:50You're a engineer.
00:31:51You're a engineer.
00:31:52It's the man.
00:31:53You're a engineer.
00:31:54He's a engineer.
00:31:56Would you like to know your business?
00:31:57You're a engineer?
00:31:58He's a engineer.
00:31:59It's the director.
00:32:00It's the man.
00:32:01Yeah.
00:32:02Good night.
00:32:03What!
00:32:04As a engineer.
00:32:05You're a engineer.
00:32:06I've never done anything for a man.
00:32:07No, no.
00:32:08Oh, my God.
00:32:38Good evening, Doctor. We're just on our way home and we saw you drive in.
00:32:55Good evening, Barbara. Hello, Bill. I see we've got here just in time.
00:32:59Anything new?
00:33:00Lots of excitement, but that's all.
00:33:02Major, you know Barbara's husband?
00:33:04Oh, of course. How are you?
00:33:05How are you?
00:33:06There's a nice-looking dog you've got there.
00:33:08What's his name?
00:33:10His name?
00:33:11Venus?
00:33:12Say, Bill, I hate to ask this, but something important has come up and I wonder, can we borrow Barbara for about an hour or so?
00:33:19I suppose so.
00:33:21Of course.
00:33:22Darling, why don't you go and do the shopping?
00:33:24Here's the list.
00:33:25The market's open all evening.
00:33:28I may as well.
00:33:29See you later, darling.
00:33:30I'll take the dog and tie her up.
00:33:33Thank you, Bill.
00:33:34Good night.
00:33:34Good night.
00:33:36I'll give you a hand with it.
00:33:37Oh, thanks, Doc.
00:33:38Easy now.
00:33:39Look out for your fingers.
00:33:40All right.
00:33:42All right.
00:33:44Look out now.
00:33:45Don't drop it.
00:33:47Venus, come back here.
00:33:49Venus, come back here.
00:33:50Venus, come back here.
00:34:14What's the matter?
00:34:16There's no one in there.
00:34:19Come on.
00:34:20Hey, Venus.
00:34:21Look, there's no one in here.
00:34:25You know you're not allowed in here.
00:34:29Venus, I said, be quiet.
00:34:31Come on, girl.
00:34:32Now, you stay right here, Venus.
00:34:46And I don't want to hear one sound on it.
00:34:54You're right, Doctor.
00:34:55There are no fingerprints anywhere.
00:34:58What's all this?
00:34:59Hey, don't touch anything.
00:35:00You better put some gloves on.
00:35:02Our friend, Mr. X, left this suit at the oil refinery.
00:35:05You mean you were that close to him and you didn't catch him?
00:35:07I'm afraid so.
00:35:09That's up to the police now.
00:35:11Hand me those sheds.
00:35:12I want to cut back this material to work with.
00:35:23Say, you better have those sharpens.
00:35:25But I just bought them.
00:35:26All right.
00:35:27Here, try this knife.
00:35:31That still won't cut.
00:35:36Let me try.
00:35:45This stuff is tougher than nylon.
00:35:47Why don't I try it over a Bunsen burger?
00:35:49It doesn't burn, either.
00:36:04Let's take a look at it under the microscope.
00:36:06Look, it's magnetic.
00:36:08Magnetic?
00:36:12You're all...
00:36:12Radioactive.
00:36:13It appears to be indestructible.
00:36:32What's the matter?
00:36:34You tell me.
00:36:35Take a look at that weed.
00:36:36What weed?
00:36:44There is none.
00:36:47This material is one solid mass.
00:36:50Mathias.
00:36:55Well, you're right.
00:36:57It must be some sort of plastic.
00:36:59Well, I'd say it's a metallic substance of some kind.
00:37:02Well, I've seen a lot of interesting alloys, but never anything like this.
00:37:06Let's try an acid test.
00:37:07All right.
00:37:08Go ahead.
00:37:12Careful now.
00:37:13We'll only take a drop or two.
00:37:16It repels acid like a raincoat repels water.
00:37:20Why, there's no reaction.
00:37:25Well, Major, this looks as though we were going to be here for a long time.
00:37:29Now we have it.
00:37:43The helmet is not radioactive.
00:37:45The suit is.
00:37:48There is no doubt.
00:37:50This space suit is conditioned to function above 63,000 feet.
00:37:54But a human drug would boil, resulting in the body expanding to twice its size.
00:37:58And death, of course.
00:38:01I know.
00:38:03And it must withstand pressure and counterpressure.
00:38:06Also, it must be so supercharged it can function in thin atmosphere.
00:38:10Now, let's see what it is that is left in its breathing apparatus.
00:38:13Well, how are you doing?
00:38:15The gas in the helmet tank breaks down to 11% methane.
00:38:20Ordinary marsh gas?
00:38:21What's the rest of the formula?
00:38:22No, that's where I'm stuck.
00:38:24I can't figure it out.
00:38:25It just doesn't respond to any of the usual tests.
00:38:29Well, how could anyone exist on that combination of gases?
00:38:31You and I couldn't.
00:38:33But apparently, someone can.
00:38:36Oh, doctor, are you trying to say that our X-Man doesn't breathe oxygen?
00:38:41And hasn't the metabolism of a normal human?
00:38:43I really don't know.
00:38:47From what we've seen, he has some visitor characteristics which make him appear human.
00:38:53But added to them is this fabulous radio activity that none of us could spend.
00:39:01I am...
00:39:02What?
00:39:02I think the answer lies right here in this helmet.
00:39:29Obviously, he needs it to survive.
00:39:32Otherwise, he wouldn't have risked wearing it where he was sure to be recognized.
00:39:35As it is, he only took it off when he was cornered.
00:39:37Well, if what you say is true, how can he exist without it now?
00:39:41Let me put it this way.
00:39:42It's like a patient in an iron lung.
00:39:44Sometimes one can be removed for hours at a time without any ill effects.
00:39:47Exactly.
00:39:48And I think the same principle applies here.
00:39:50And that means sooner or later, he has to get his breathing apparatus back or die.
00:39:56I don't understand.
00:39:57Well, I've got an idea.
00:39:59If we were to return this whole outfit to where he left it, he might be tempted to come back.
00:40:09Dr. Wyatt speaking.
00:40:10Yes, he's here.
00:40:12No, thank you.
00:40:14Hello, Major.
00:40:16Still at it, huh?
00:40:17Mm-hmm.
00:40:19No, we haven't got a thing, no.
00:40:21The picture?
00:40:22Yeah, hold on.
00:40:26He says the picture the reporter took of our man didn't come out.
00:40:29I was afraid of something like that.
00:40:31The radioactivity must have burned the emotion.
00:40:33Hello.
00:40:35No.
00:40:36No, we didn't find any fingerprints at all in his clothes.
00:40:39Did you find any?
00:40:40Not too bad.
00:40:44Hello.
00:40:46Will you wait there, please?
00:40:48We don't know what to make of this either.
00:40:50Have you heard from the communication boys yet?
00:40:53Well, let's hope they turn up with something.
00:40:55Major, excuse me.
00:40:57Hold on a second.
00:40:57Yes.
00:40:58It's Mr. Wakeman of the Chronicle.
00:40:59He insists upon seeing you.
00:41:01He does.
00:41:01Where is he?
00:41:02I told him to wait in the lobby.
00:41:03Good.
00:41:04Hello?
00:41:05And it's our friend from the press that's here.
00:41:07Don't worry.
00:41:16I wouldn't dare let anyone in on anything.
00:41:18At least not until we get something concrete.
00:41:21Right.
00:41:22All right.
00:41:22I'll see you later.
00:41:25Well, I guess I'd better see this newspaper man.
00:41:28Want to come along, Doctor?
00:41:29I think I will.
00:41:37Oh, hello.
00:41:40Remember me?
00:41:41Certainly, yes.
00:41:42A nice lot of gadgets you got here.
00:41:44Do you think so?
00:41:45What's on your mind?
00:41:46Well, I was wondering if you might let me take a couple of pictures of that suit you brought up here.
00:41:49I'm sorry.
00:41:50We can't do that.
00:41:52Oh.
00:41:52Well, now, look.
00:41:53I got a wonderful picture of the guy running in the shack, and the lieutenant stuck his nose on my business, and what do I get?
00:41:58A blank.
00:41:59Is that you, Doctor?
00:42:16Well, you must have some lead on this guy, otherwise you wouldn't have brought that suit up here.
00:42:43Well, let's just say we were curious.
00:42:44Hello, Bill.
00:42:58Are you back so soon?
00:42:59Isn't Barbara through?
00:43:01I don't know.
00:43:02If she's still in the lab, why don't you go up and see?
00:43:04Thanks.
00:43:04I will.
00:43:12Barbara?
00:43:13Barbara?
00:43:14Barbara, are you in there?
00:43:16Bill, listen to me.
00:43:18I'm not alone.
00:43:19Someone is in here with me.
00:43:22I can't see him.
00:43:24He locked the door and has the key.
00:43:27I'll break the door down.
00:43:28No, Bill, don't.
00:43:29Please.
00:43:30You better get help.
00:43:32You mean I've come all the way up here for nothing?
00:43:35I'm afraid so.
00:43:36Good night.
00:43:37Yes.
00:43:37Good night, Mr. Wakeman.
00:43:39Good night.
00:43:50Major, come quick.
00:43:52What's the matter?
00:43:52What's the matter?
00:43:52Where's Barbara?
00:43:53In the lab.
00:43:54The door's locked and there's someone in there with me.
00:43:55I thought you said the door was locked.
00:44:05It was.
00:44:06She's gone.
00:44:07Oh, cover the main entrance.
00:44:08That's the only way anybody could leave.
00:44:10I will.
00:44:10Well, in that case, we would have seen her on our way up.
00:44:12Well, then she must still be in the building.
00:44:13We'd better split up.
00:44:14I'll take the roof.
00:44:17Barbara!
00:44:17Barbara!
00:44:19Barbara!
00:44:19Barbara!
00:44:20Barbara!
00:44:21Barbara!
00:44:22Where are you?
00:44:30Barbara!
00:44:49Barbara!
00:44:50Barbara!
00:44:50Barbara!
00:44:51Barbara...
00:44:53Barbara!
00:44:55Barbara!
00:44:58Where are you?
00:45:02Barbara?
00:45:05Barbara!
00:45:08Barbara, where are you?
00:45:12Barbara!
00:45:13Any sideboard?
00:45:14Not yet.
00:45:15She must be around here someplace.
00:45:16Now you stay here.
00:45:17Watch the main entrance.
00:45:18And I'll check the basement.
00:45:19All right.
00:45:20All right.
00:45:21Any sideboard?
00:45:22Not yet.
00:45:23She must be around here someplace.
00:45:25Now you stay here.
00:45:26Watch the main entrance.
00:45:27And I'll check the basement.
00:45:28All right.
00:45:50She's not up there.
00:46:15Where's the doctor?
00:46:17He went down to the basement.
00:46:18Here he comes.
00:46:19You didn't find her?
00:46:21No.
00:46:22I'd better call the police.
00:46:23But there's no telling what could happen to her in the meantime.
00:46:25Now, now.
00:46:26Take it easy.
00:46:27We're doing the best we can.
00:46:28But she said she was locked in.
00:46:30And she couldn't see who did it.
00:46:32Can you explain that?
00:46:34No.
00:46:35Not yet.
00:46:49They're looking for the wooden logs.
00:46:50Who are you?
00:46:51Who are you?
00:47:02Don't come near me.
00:47:04I'm warning you.
00:47:05Don't come near me.
00:47:06I'm warning you. Don't come near me.
00:47:16Don't!
00:47:29The code.
00:47:30I don't understand.
00:47:32You're trying to tell me you needed to breathe.
00:47:35And there isn't much left in the tank.
00:47:39One, one, two.
00:47:41One, one, two, three.
00:47:48I'll write it down.
00:48:02One, one, two.
00:48:04One, one, two, three.
00:48:19Mark, in the lab.
00:48:32One, two, three.
00:48:35No, please don't.
00:48:39She's in there.
00:48:41Padra!
00:48:43I can see it happening.
00:48:44The fire is in the middle.
00:48:45I'm sure it's over.
00:48:51Darling, are you all right?
00:48:52I think so.
00:48:53I'm looking for it.
00:48:54I just saw him.
00:48:55So he must be in here.
00:49:02What a steady feet to the ground.
00:49:07He would be killed.
00:49:09I'd rather go see it.
00:49:11He was right there.
00:49:13I couldn't see him.
00:49:14I didn't know what to do.
00:49:15Come here.
00:49:16Quick.
00:49:17Oh, he's disintegrating.
00:49:36This is amazing.
00:49:47Now, now, fly it down, Venus, fly it down.
00:49:57Down, Venus.
00:50:00Down.
00:50:24Mobile Center for Mobile One, come in, please.
00:50:27This is Mobile Center. Go ahead.
00:50:30Get hold of Major Andrews or Dr. Wyatt at the Institute.
00:50:34I want to talk to either one of them.
00:50:36Will do. Stand by, Mobile One.
00:50:41Dr. Wyatt speaking.
00:50:43Oh, yes, Mr. Hazen.
00:50:46Yes, we're still at it.
00:50:48Lots and lots of excitement, but nothing's happening yet.
00:50:52Have you anything to say?
00:50:55The trouble seems to be just about gone.
00:50:57We got a flash in the direction of the observatory once in a while,
00:51:00but I figure that's because of the outfit you're testing.
00:51:03Yes, Lieutenant Bowers ought to be here any minute.
00:51:09Of course.
00:51:11How long will it take you to get up here?
00:51:13Good. See you then.
00:51:15Thank you, gentlemen. Put it down here, please.
00:51:24Barbara, bring that cord in over there.
00:51:27Now you're going to see I have to resort to ultraviolet light
00:51:31in order to show you what little there is left of the spacesuit.
00:51:34As you can see, it has reduced itself to this liquid and it is in an evaporating stage.
00:51:46The helmet is in the lab and still intact.
00:51:49This is amazing.
00:51:59All the radiation in this suit would be fatal to a normal human being wearing it.
00:52:04Of course.
00:52:05And furthermore, our respiratory system could never simulate gases such as we have found in that breathing device.
00:52:13Well, then we have to assume our so-called X-Man carried his own atmosphere with him.
00:52:18Excuse me, but as a matter of curiosity, why do we refer to this thing as a hymn?
00:52:25I thought it was invisible.
00:52:27Under normal conditions, yes.
00:52:30Yet, Mrs. Randall did see the imprint of a large foot and a masculine hand under ultraviolet light.
00:52:38How do you explain that?
00:52:40I don't know, but the human body is composed of various elements with a carbon base.
00:52:48Like coal.
00:52:49Yes.
00:52:50Now, suppose we maintain the same chemical composition in the body of the X-Man, but substitute silica for carbon.
00:52:59Silica, that's glass.
00:53:00Exactly.
00:53:01Now, it is possible that the body with such a base, if it were subjected to an atmosphere foreign to its origin,
00:53:08might appear invisible to our eyes.
00:53:13Are you trying to say, Doctor, that we're not dealing with a human being?
00:53:18I didn't say that.
00:53:21On the contrary, all the evidence points in the opposite direction.
00:53:27Toward a superhuman with an intelligence far superior to our own.
00:53:32How can you tell?
00:53:33First of all, Mrs. Randall saw that he has a hand with digits like our own fingers and a thumb opposing.
00:53:42That alone is a sign of intelligence.
00:53:44And he comes from a civilization that has developed adequate space transportation to enable him to travel to Earth.
00:53:53We have nothing yet that can reach even another planet in our own solar system.
00:54:00That could account for the unidentified objects picked up by radar a few hours ago.
00:54:04My theory is that the spaceship, or whatever it was that he came in, operated under principle of magnetic rather than atomic proportion.
00:54:16And that somewhere in the outer limits, he met with a condition where the Earth's gravity pulled it down and it fell into the ocean.
00:54:25And that he managed to save his life and reach short.
00:54:30You really can pick up any type of communications interference, no matter how weak the signal may be.
00:54:36Sure thing. We were on his trail from the minute he left the beach.
00:54:40I never knew you carried such sensitive instruments in your car.
00:54:47What you told us is very interesting, Doctor.
00:54:50But I've got to make an official report to headquarters.
00:54:53Are you willing to be quoted that the criminal we're after is a creature from another world?
00:54:58All I can say is, we know that our Earth is not the only planet capable of sustaining life in one form or another.
00:55:06You can quote that.
00:55:08All I've got to go by is some footprints in a hand.
00:55:12There isn't much.
00:55:14No fingerprints, no description, no nothing.
00:55:17And we're after a killer.
00:55:19Has it occurred to you that our ex-man has no apparent motivation for his acts?
00:55:24And might therefore not be an intentional criminal at all?
00:55:27You have a point there.
00:55:28Hey, wait a minute.
00:55:30Come to think of it, the young border we suspected, he did say that the girl's husband threw the first punch.
00:55:35So?
00:55:36So that could have been enough to provoke the strange creature.
00:55:39And the same could have happened at the second murder.
00:55:41Sure.
00:55:42What about the fire in the oil fields?
00:55:45Evidently our man sensed the presence of some gases, which he thought might be utilized in his breathing apparatus.
00:55:51Yeah, that could account for his presence at the oil refineries.
00:55:54Where?
00:55:55Something went wrong causing the explosion.
00:55:57Too bad he got wise to us and took off his uniform or we'd have been able to catch up with him by now.
00:56:03No, he didn't utter a word.
00:56:13But I'm convinced he was trying to convey a message to me.
00:56:17He kept tapping out a code.
00:56:19I wrote it down.
00:56:20Let me see that, please.
00:56:22Doesn't make sense.
00:56:24Well, it may be based on some mathematical system we know nothing about.
00:56:29But he was trying to tell us something.
00:56:31Why did he run away?
00:56:33Why did he run away?
00:56:58What do you think of that?
00:56:59Well, Hazen must be crazy sending out stuff like that.
00:57:03I guess so.
00:57:04Let's try and get a hold of him.
00:57:05Yeah.
00:57:06Mobile One from Mobile Center.
00:57:08Come in, please.
00:57:09Mobile One from Mobile Center.
00:57:12Come in, please.
00:57:13Mobile One from Mobile Center.
00:57:15Come in, please.
00:57:16Hey, that's Central calling.
00:57:26You better stay here by the car.
00:57:28I'll go tell Hazen.
00:57:33Yes, Colonel Powell.
00:57:34Of course.
00:57:35I'll mail you a complete report first thing in the morning.
00:57:38Yes, sir.
00:57:40Oh, and I'm awfully sorry to disturb you so late at night.
00:57:44Right.
00:57:45Good night, sir.
00:57:47He's around here, this invisible guy.
00:57:48He was in the car.
00:57:49How do you know?
00:57:50I was talking to Randall outside when I heard Central calling.
00:57:54Before I could get over to answer, I saw the door open and shut by itself.
00:57:58He's desperate.
00:57:59For all we know, he could be trying to send a distress signal to his home base, wherever that is.
00:58:03Well, let's hope he doesn't get through.
00:58:05We've got enough problems with just one of those guys.
00:58:07Well, at least we know he's surrounded the vicinity, and it's obvious what keeps him around.
00:58:11Of course.
00:58:12He's got to come back for what little gas there is left in his helmet.
00:58:16And when he does.
00:58:17Oh, please.
00:58:18The most important thing is to take him alive.
00:58:21If we can only make each other understand, there's no telling how much science can profit.
00:58:25I'll go along with that, Doctor.
00:58:27But I've got to make sure that once he's cornered, I'll be able to hang on to him.
00:58:31I think we're all agreed on that.
00:58:33All right.
00:58:34Good, Ben.
00:58:35We must see it from his angle.
00:58:36He's in an alien world.
00:58:37No doubt we are as frightening to him as he is to us.
00:58:40Now, the most important thing, then, is to keep calm at all costs.
00:58:44I do nothing to provoke him.
00:58:47Immediately, a simple plan to trap the Phantom went into operation.
00:58:51All obstacles to his entry were removed.
00:58:55To erase any possible suspicion, the doors were left unguarded,
00:58:59and inconspicuous electric eye equipment was set up.
00:59:04All this was connected to a makeshift control board,
00:59:07which would immediately signal the exact location of the trespasser.
00:59:12Now, there was nothing to do but wait.
00:59:16The one road leading to the Institute was blocked off to make certain no outsider would upset the plans,
00:59:22or interfere in any way.
00:59:24What's the big idea?
00:59:26Sorry, nobody's allowed through here.
00:59:29Who said so?
00:59:30Lieutenant Bowers orders.
00:59:31Oh, is he up there?
00:59:32He might be.
00:59:33Well, you get word to him that Joe Wakeman of the Chronicle is here.
00:59:36Sorry, bud.
00:59:37I can't leave.
00:59:38Oh.
00:59:39What about them over there?
00:59:40Hey, you over there.
00:59:41Me?
00:59:42Yeah.
00:59:43Aren't you the guy from the communications outfit?
00:59:45Didn't I see you down at the oil fields a couple hours ago?
00:59:48What of it?
00:59:49You got anything to do with this?
00:59:51Well, you'll have to ask Lieutenant Bowers about that.
00:59:54How can I if he won't see me?
00:59:56That's a good question.
01:00:15Well, it's quarter to four.
01:00:17Sure taking his time.
01:00:19Time is cheap.
01:00:21Yeah, well, how long can you sit on the edge of your chair like this?
01:00:24More there if we have to.
01:00:26I only hope this mechanism works.
01:00:29It will, unless he flies in between the wires.
01:00:32I wouldn't take any buts if he can't.
01:00:34Well, if everything else fails, we still have Venus here to help us.
01:00:39You know, I'm certain she sensed his presence before.
01:00:42That's why she carried on so.
01:00:44What's the matter, Lieutenant?
01:00:45Is this thing getting you?
01:00:46Oh, no, no.
01:00:47I...
01:00:48I'm just thinking about public reaction to all this.
01:00:50I'll give something to the press by morning.
01:00:51Well, here's for the place.
01:00:52You know, let's go.
01:00:53We're working here.
01:00:54What's the matter, Lieutenant?
01:00:55Is this thing getting you?
01:00:56Oh, no, no.
01:00:57I just thinking about public reaction to all this.
01:01:00I'll give something to the press by morning.
01:01:05You know, ever since I was a kid, I wanted to be a pilot.
01:01:08Then after I got my wings and had 75 missions,
01:01:10I thought I'd seen everything.
01:01:12Now, after all this, I know I haven't seen anything.
01:01:15He's here.
01:01:16The back end.
01:01:17Let's cut him off.
01:01:18No, no, no, no.
01:01:19No, no, no.
01:01:20No, no, no.
01:01:21No, no, no.
01:01:22No, no, no.
01:01:23No, no, no.
01:01:24No, no, no.
01:01:25No, no, no.
01:01:26No, no, no.
01:01:27No, no, no.
01:01:28No, no, no.
01:01:29No, no, no.
01:01:30No, no, no.
01:01:31No, no, no.
01:01:32No, no, no.
01:01:33No, no, no, no.
01:01:34I'll cut him off.
01:01:35No, no, no.
01:01:36Take it easy, boys.
01:02:04I'll cut it out.
01:02:05I want to cut it out.
01:02:06Cut it out.
01:02:15Cut it out.
01:02:30Stop!
01:02:33What are you guys trying to do?
01:02:38Well, it's the reporter.
01:02:41Hey, what are you guys trying to do?
01:02:43Well, it's the reporter.
01:02:45Yeah, it sure is.
01:02:46What's going on around here?
01:02:47You guys crazy?
01:03:00How'd you get in here?
01:03:01Oh, I don't make any difference.
01:03:02Come on, what's up?
01:03:03What's going on?
01:03:11All right, Lieutenant, you better tell him.
01:03:15I'll reset the wires.
01:03:34Don't be afraid.
01:03:36We want you to live.
01:03:38Don't you understand?
01:03:40Can't you speak?
01:03:42Can't you say something, anything, in any language?
01:03:56Listen, everybody.
01:03:58He's in the lab with me now.
01:04:00He's in the lab with me now.
01:04:02Venus, be quiet.
01:04:05The door is unlocked.
01:04:07Hurry, he's having trouble breathing.
01:04:09I don't think he can last much longer.
01:04:11And please, don't let Venus get at him.
01:04:13And walk in quietly.
01:04:14Quiet, Venus.
01:04:15Quiet, Venus.
01:04:16It's unbelievable.
01:04:17You see, there's nothing to be afraid of.
01:04:18Nobody wants to hurt you.
01:04:19I've tried to reason with it.
01:04:20I feel he understands, but he can't speak.
01:04:25Wait a minute.
01:04:26I'll try his code.
01:04:27I think he's going to be afraid of.
01:04:28You can't be afraid of.
01:04:29You can't be afraid of him.
01:04:30I can't be afraid of him.
01:04:31You can't be afraid of him.
01:04:32You can't be afraid of him.
01:04:33You can't be afraid of him.
01:04:35I can't be afraid of anything.
01:04:37I can't be afraid of him.
01:04:39I can't be afraid of him.
01:04:40No one wants to hurt him.
01:04:42I've tried to reason with it.
01:04:44I feel he understands, but he can't speak.
01:04:46Wait a minute.
01:04:47I'll try his code.
01:04:48I think I remember it right.
01:04:49I think I remember it right.
01:05:04Better plug in the ultraviolet light.
01:05:12Oh, you scared her.
01:05:19Look, they're going to beat us.
01:05:24Get out of here.
01:05:26Get out of here.
01:05:49Get out of here.
01:05:59Get out of here.
01:06:00Look, Edith.
01:06:04He must be there.
01:06:12Come on.
01:06:13He's going to the roof.
01:06:19Take this.
01:06:32I'm going after you.
01:06:45That door!
01:06:48In here with a big telephone.
01:07:15Close the door.
01:07:17The switch is over there.
01:07:27Quiet, Venus.
01:07:28Well, if he's in here, he'll never get out now.
01:07:30This is what I've been waiting for.
01:07:33Please, Lieutenant, this is our last chance.
01:07:36We have to take him alive.
01:07:38Plug in the lamps.
01:07:39There's an outlet here.
01:07:41Oh!
01:07:42He must be up there!
01:07:46I don't know why he's at home.
01:07:51I don't know why he's at home.
01:08:01If I hadn't seen this with my own eyes...
01:08:06What do we do now?
01:08:07Stand back.
01:08:08Amazing.
01:08:09There's cold again.
01:08:10Look.
01:08:11He's trying to speak, but no sound is coming out of his mouth.
01:08:14Look at Venus.
01:08:15She acts as though she hears him.
01:08:16Yes.
01:08:17The dog can't hear sounds that we can.
01:08:18His voice must be beyond the range of the human ear.
01:08:20Look at Venus.
01:08:21She acts as though she hears him.
01:08:22Yes.
01:08:23Dog can hear sounds that we can.
01:08:24His voice must be beyond the range of the human ear.
01:08:25Maybe he's screaming.
01:08:26He's suffocating.
01:08:27He's suffocating.
01:08:28Look, he's trying to speak, but no sound is coming out of his mouth.
01:08:32Look at Venus. She acts as though she hears him.
01:08:36Yes.
01:08:38Dog can't hear sounds that we can.
01:08:40His voice must be beyond the range of the human ear.
01:08:44Maybe he's screaming.
01:08:48He's suffocating.
01:08:54The glow, it's almost gone.
01:08:58No!
01:09:22We won't need these lights anymore.
01:09:24In death, the earth becomes visible as a normal body.
01:09:28Look.
01:09:30Look.
01:09:32Look.
01:09:34Look.
01:09:38Look.
01:09:40Look.
01:09:44Look.
01:09:46Look.
01:09:48Look.
01:09:50Look.
01:09:52Look.
01:09:54Look.
01:09:56Look.
01:09:58Look.
01:10:00Look.
01:10:02Look.
01:10:04Look.
01:10:06Look.
01:10:16He's evaporating.
01:10:18So he came here, wherever from, and right before our eyes his body went through the final phase of life.
01:10:43Well, it's morning.
01:11:07It's morning.
01:11:37It's morning.
01:11:44It's morning.
01:11:51It's morning.
01:11:58It's morning.
01:12:05It's morning.
01:12:10It's morning.
01:12:17It's morning.
01:12:22It's morning.