00:04Ladies and gentlemen, here I am, back of a stone wall that adjoins Mr. Wilma's garden.
00:10From here, I get a sweep of the whole scene.
00:13I'll give you every detail as long as I can talk and as long as I can see.
00:17More state police have arrived.
00:18They're drawing up a cordon in front of the pit.
00:21About 30 of them.
00:22No need to push the crowd back now.
00:24They're willing to keep their distance.
00:26The captain's conferring with someone.
00:29I can't quite see who.
00:31Ah, yes, I believe it's Professor Pearson.
00:33Yes, it is.
00:33Now they've parted and the professor moves around one side,
00:37studying the object while the captain and two policemen advance with something in their hands.
00:41I can see it now.
00:42It's a white hex tip tied to a pole.
00:44Flag of truce.
00:46Those preachers know what that means.
00:48What anything means.
00:50Wait a minute.
00:51Something's happening.
00:53A humped shape is rising out of the pit.
00:55I can make out a small beam of light against a mirror.
01:01What's that?
01:02There's a jet of flames springing from the mirror and it leaps right at the advancing men.
01:06It strikes them head on.
01:08The lords are turning into flames.
01:10Now the whole field's caught up by the woods.
01:12The farms are gas heading everywhere.
01:14Coming this way now.
01:15About 20 yards to my right.
01:22Ladies and gentlemen, due to circumstances beyond our control,
01:25we are unable to continue the broadcast from Grover's Mill.
01:28Evidently, there's some difficulty with our field transmission.
01:31However, we will return to that point at the earliest opportunity.
01:35In the meantime, we have a late bulletin from San Diego, California.
01:39Professor Endelkofer, speaking at the dinner of the California Astronomical Society,
01:44expressed the opinion that the explosions on Mars are undoubtedly nothing more than severe volcanic disturbances
01:50on the surface of the planet.
01:52We continue now with our piano interlude.
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