And When the Sky Was Opened

By Gadfly on Oct 17, 2015

The X-20 returns from space after disappearing from the radar screens for 24 hours during its 31-hour mission. It crashes in the Mojave Desert and its crew is taken to a military hospital for examination. Major Gart is kept there for treatment of a broken leg. His fellow crewman, Colonel Gregg Forbes, comes to see him and assures him that everything is fine. However, Gart notices that Forbes is acting nervous and asks him what the matter is. Forbes finally admits that something strange has happe…