Classified object

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Classified object

by John Victor Peterson

EN·~36 minutes·1 chapter

Chapters

1 total
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36:57

Description

In a sultry summer night over New York’s bustling airways, a radar controller at LaGuardia spots an uncanny bright blip that refuses to fit the usual traffic patterns. The signal darts from northwest of Teterboro, moving with a deliberate, unchanging course toward the city, outshining even the largest known aircraft. As the mysterious return gains strength, the seasoned controller’s routine is shattered, and he summons the Air Force for answers.

Meanwhile, an ordinary resident on a rooftop in Jackson Heights watches the sky as a silent, unlit cylinder glides low over the runway, its shape unlike any known craft. The object's glide defies physics, prompting a rush of adrenaline and a desperate sprint to the street below. Drawn together by the same unexplained phenomenon, the characters stand on the brink of a discovery that could rewrite humanity’s view of the heavens.

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Language

en

Duration

~36 minutes (35K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

New York, NY: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1954.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2024-04-08

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

JV

John Victor Peterson

A pulp-era science fiction writer, he published imaginative magazine stories from the late 1930s through the 1950s and later wrote the novel Rock the Big Rock. His work ranges from spacefaring speculation to sly, idea-driven tales that still feel lively today.

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