2000 Plus 1950-xx-xx (xx) The Flying Saucers

Summary

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“2000 Plus - The Flying Saucers”

Podcast: Harold's Old Time Radio
Episode Air Date: October 22, 2025 (original radio play from early 1950s)
Main Cast: Dr. Andrew Bronson, Eileen Harkness, Security Officer Scotty, 'Al Waters', Core Alien

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Overview

This vintage radio drama episode, The Flying Saucers, is a classic slice of speculative science fiction from the Golden Age of Radio. Set in a near-future imagining of the year 2012 (“2000 +12”), it depicts a secret U.S. military installation dealing with mysterious extraterrestrial visitors and delves into themes of humanity’s purpose, free will, and how alien psychologists may have shaped world history. With tense pacing, a blend of romance and suspense, and alien philosophy, the episode explores who controls the destiny of Earth—and to what end.

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Key Discussion Points & Plot Breakdown

1. The Threat of the Flying Saucers (01:21–05:39)

• The story opens at a secret military base in New Mexico, under the watch of Dr. Andrew Bronson, Chief of Extraterrestrial Research.

• For three months, the installation has been monitored by unidentified flying saucers, their visits increasing after a missile test (“Zeus”).

• Military officials resolve: next time the saucers appear, they will attack with “Zeus 2,” a new missile.

  "In view of the foregoing, we are in complete readiness. We will attack. Repeat, we will attack."
  —Dr. Bronson (04:25)

2. Romantic Tension and Security Concerns (05:41–08:16)

• Dr. Bronson shares a tender moment with his assistant Eileen Harkness, hinting at deeper feelings but prioritizing duty and Eileen’s safety (“on your way now, the jet car’s waiting…”).

• As the missile test preps, Security Officer Scotty raises suspicions of an information leak—the flying saucers always appear during tests.

  "Every time we get ready for a test, ... one of the saucers appears. That's too much of a coincidence for comfort, sir."
  —Scotty (07:31)

3. Attack on the Saucers (08:17–11:02)

• Military personnel execute the launch of Zeus 2 as a saucer approaches.

• The missile is fired and apparently destroys the target. The tension resolves, but Bronson doubts it’s over.

  "Well boys, now to wait till someone phones in where the pieces fell. Then maybe we'll be finally knowing what the flying sources are."
  —Dr. Bronson (10:29)

4. Discovery and the Alien Contact (11:02–15:06)

• Al Waters, a rancher, reports seeing a still-intact flying saucer landed near his property.

• Bronson, joined by Waters and Eileen (who mysteriously reappears), investigates.

• Exploring the saucer, they are quickly incapacitated and awaken as captives; Waters is revealed as being more than he appears.

  "If you look through the porthole, Dr. Bronson, you'll notice that we're miles up, still accelerating... You were wrong when you said there was no crew on board. There is. You see, I am the crew."
  —Core Alien posing as Waters (14:31, 15:00)

5. Revelation: The Core and the Cosmic Experiment (15:47–21:29)

• The alien (a member of the “Core” from the Rigel system) explains:

  • The Core are energy beings who send operatives in constructed human bodies to Earth for millennia.
  • Earth’s history—including the rise of historic figures, revolutions, and wars—has been manipulated as psychological experiments.
  • Both Bronson and Eileen themselves are revealed as Core operatives unaware of their true nature.

  "We have used you humans in our experiments. It's been extremely interesting."
  —Core Alien (18:45)

  "You are perhaps the leading scientist in America... you are one of our operatives. You've done your work, but your experiments have endangered our base on the moon. So it's time to transport you back to Core."
  —Core Alien (21:05)

6. Struggle and Sacrifice (21:30–24:49)

• Bronson attempts to overpower the alien with a gas pen; the body is rendered lifeless but the alien, as energy, is not destroyed.

• Core alien reveals Eileen/Draga is also an operative; both are to be transported back and “freed of their bodies.”

• Pleas for mercy are rebuffed. The Core show no compassion, viewing sympathy as a flaw.

  "You may put it that way if you wish... Like giving an ape a stick to see what he will do with it."
  —Core Alien, on manipulating humanity as experiments (19:03, 20:24)

  "You are perhaps the leading scientist in America... Certainly the leading figure in the use of atomic power for extraterrestrial research... you are one of our operatives."
  —Core Alien, to Bronson (21:03)

7. Twist: Sympathy as Power & Emancipation (24:50–28:09)

• In their final moments, Bronson and Eileen confess their mutual love.

• The Core agent is surprised by this “emotion”—considered foreign and “most interesting.”

• In a dramatic reversal, Bronson reveals himself as “Carda”—the exiled Core who developed sympathy and is now powerful enough to challenge the other Core.

• He defeats the alien through the very emotional power the Core neglected, vowing to change Core and let Earth evolve on its own.

  "Power I learned on Earth, there is no core who can withstand me. ... What those fools didn't know was that emotion, too, is power."
  —Bronson/Carda (26:09, 27:29)

  "There shall be changes on Core. We must leave Earth alone to work out its destiny in its own way."
  —Bronson/Carda (26:56)

  "For you too, Art. Korra. What those fools didn't know was that emotion, too, is power. With your love and mine, we can right the wrongs Kor has done to Earth. There is eternity for both of us to spend together. Eileen. Draga."
  —Bronson/Carda (27:29)

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• Alien View on Humanity:
  "We've been visiting the earth for over 3000 years."
  —Core Alien (18:12)

• Famous Figures Revealed as Alien Operatives:
  "You may remember Alexander... Alexander the Great. He was one of our operatives. ... The problems they set. Earth gave our scientists much material to work with. Enough for another few thousand years."
  —Core Alien (19:31)

• Metaphor for Human Progress:
  "Like giving an ape a stick to see what he will do with it."
  —Core Alien (20:24)

• Assertion of Human Emotion's Power:
  "Sympathy is the ability to feel what others feel. How do you feel now, Loker? ... What those fools didn't know was that emotion, too, is power."
  —Bronson/Carda (26:28, 27:29)

• Redemption and New Destiny:
  "With your love and mine, we can right the wrongs Kor has done to Earth. There is eternity for both of us to spend together."
  —Bronson/Carda (27:29)

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Important Timestamps

• [01:21] — Introduction to the military setting and the flying saucers’ threat
• [03:09] — Bronson drafts his top-secret warning to Washington
• [04:25] — Military decision: “We will attack”
• [08:19] — Saucer detected, countdown to missile launch
• [10:29] — Aftermath of missile attack, awaiting confirmation
• [12:17] — Arrival at the landed saucer
• [14:31] — Bronson and Eileen abducted; true identity of Waters revealed
• [17:03] — Rigel and the Core’s experiment explained
• [19:31] — Identity of historic figures as Core operatives
• [21:06] — Bronson revealed as a Core operative
• [22:06] — Gas attack; alien's body dies but essence survives
• [24:01] — Both Bronson and Eileen are to return to Core
• [25:01] — Confession of love; emotional climax
• [26:09] — Bronson’s transformation into Carda; battle with Core agent
• [27:29] — Vow to set things right; resolution

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Overall Tone and Style

Classic 1950s sci-fi by way of melodramatic radio:

• Dramatic and cerebral: Characters relay information for clarity, frequently revisiting key plot points with earnest seriousness.
• Philosophical: The notion that technological progress, societal upheaval, and even genius may be manipulated by extra-human hands invites contemplation.
• Romantic undercurrent: The episode builds suspense with Bronson and Eileen’s unspoken love, ultimately revealed and redemptive.

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Summary Conclusion

The Flying Saucers draws listeners into a suspenseful tale combining Cold War anxieties of alien contact and technological escalation with deep questions about destiny and autonomy. In a twist on typical alien invader tales, Earth isn’t conquered, but subtly shaped for experiment by dispassionate cosmic psychologists. The final message is one of hope: humans (and their operatives) can transcend manipulation through love, empathy, and the assertion of free will.

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Recommended For:
Listeners who enjoy classic radio drama, vintage science fiction, or philosophical tales about humanity’s place in the universe.

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All advertisements, host intros, and outros have been omitted in this summary.

Transcript

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[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I was alone in a room 100,000 miles from Perth. My body laid dead before me. And yet I spoke and felt and lived. Behind me lay a tortured world before me, the moon and destiny again. I felt the surge of power, and had I been able to, I would have smiled. My mission was accomplished. No one knew. No one understood. If they had, they would not believe this was a project 3,000 years old. Yet no one had guessed. No one.

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Listen now to 2000 + 2000 + adventures into the world of tomorrow. Science fiction stories from the years beyond. 2000 A.D. today, a story entitled the Flying Saucers. It is the year 2000 +12. A blazing new Mexico sun shines down upon a great military installation. Upon a vast, noisy field and upon a silvery shape which seems to strain forward, ready to leap up into space. In an executive office, a man sits in his chair, his eyes on the great rocket. Behind him, a girl waits for him to speak.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Better close that window, Eileen. The noise won't let a man think.

[Eileen Harkness]

Yes, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Ah, that's better.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I'm ready.

[Eileen Harkness]

Dr. Bronson.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Get this on tape as well as in shorthand. It's for the permanent files in Washington. It's got to go out in the next jet. I'll give you a sign sheet of stationary. Send it off to make the five o' clock connection. You got that?

[Eileen Harkness]

Yes, sir. Recorder on the letter to be transcribed over your signature and sent off on the five o' clock connecting plane.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Right.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Heading top secret. Two National Scientific Council copies to Joint Chiefs of Staff, Secretary of Defense, the President. From Andrew Bronson. Forget the usual string of titles, Eileen. Chief, Department of Extraterrestrial Research, White Sands, New Mexico. Regarding defense measures against aerial visitors, listed in file AA286 as flying saucers.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

1.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

For the past three months, this secret experimental installation has been visited by flying saucers. First appearance coincided with the launching of our secret flying missile, Zeus. Details in Report CB286A, B&C.2. Although the flying saucers have never landed, the frequency of their visits has tripled since the launching. As reported in the files cited, Zeus has not yet returned.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

3.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

In view of the importance to national security of this secret installation and its experiments, the reports already mentioned were reviewed by JCS and the National Scientific Council. It was decided that the flying saucers were a potential menace and that countermeasures be undertaken. 4. Zeus 2, an improved model of our secret flying missile has been completed and armed. It is equipped with mass, traction and proximity fuse devices. Warhead contains £5,000 hexinide firing control, automatic C file CB344.5. The station has been placed in condition alert. Next visit from the flying saucers is expected momentarily. In view of the foregoing, we are in complete readiness. We will attack. Repeat, we will attack.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Ah.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Now where's my pen?

[Eileen Harkness]

Andrew?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Ah, this one doesn't work.

[Eileen Harkness]

I'll get it. I saw your pen and your vest.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Don't touch that vest. I. I'll get it myself.

[Eileen Harkness]

Did I do something wrong?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

No, no, no.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

There.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Well, you might have been hurt.

[Eileen Harkness]

Hurt?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Never mind. There you are. My signature. Now, on your way.

[Eileen Harkness]

Andrew, why can't I stay?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You know the orders, Eileen. We're going to test Zeus too, you know. Anything can happen. Maybe the flying saucers will come back. If they do, we'll be ready for them. Besides, if the rudder should go wrong or the hexanite detonate. No, no, no. On your way now. The jet car's waiting downstairs.

[Eileen Harkness]

Oh, very well. But you will be careful, won't you?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Of course. Eileen.

[Eileen Harkness]

Yes?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I've never told you.

[Eileen Harkness]

Yeah?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Never mind. Au revoir, my dear. Au revoir, my darling. Dr. Bronson to Security. Come in, Security.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Security, aye.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Has Miss Harkness phoned in yet?

[Security Officer Scotty]

No, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Well, that's funny. I expected it to after sending off the latest reports. She should be home now. Are you sure?

[Security Officer Scotty]

Yes, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Something must have happened to her. Send a security officer to check. What about the setup for the new test?

[Security Officer Scotty]

All ready, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Oh, that's good. I hope nothing happens. Any report of flying saucers?

[Security Officer Scotty]

No, sir, not yet. But, sir, there's something funny about that. Every time we get ready for a test, even one of the minor missiles, one of the saucers, appears that's too much of a coincidence for comfort, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Yes, I thought of that too. You think there's a leak somewhere?

[Security Officer Scotty]

Yes. We've checked and rechecked nothing, but there's no doubt that someone's passing out information.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I see.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Of course, we'll keep on checking whoever is responsible for Dr. Bronson. Radar control to Dr. Bronson.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Bronson here. What is it?

[Security Officer Scotty]

Flying saucer detected and registered. Computation center Fed data. Data follows. Distance 486 miles. Height 50.2 miles. Speed 5 miles per second. Estimated time of arrival at contact point, 1 minute 58 seconds from now over.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

1 minute 58. Right. Alert fire control.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Fire control alerted, sir. When may we expect you?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

In 30 seconds. Over and off. Are you still on security?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Aye, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Clear the field.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Field already cleared. I've just sent emergency red signal. We're waiting in control, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Very well. I'm coming down right now. Over and off. Let me have my headset and hand mic, Scotty. Yes, sir. Thank you. Bronson to Fire Control.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Fire Control to Bronson. Everything ready here, Chief. Dolly's cleared from Zeus 2. Warhead armed.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Well done, Bronson. A computation.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Computation.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Your figures checked through cybernetics?

[Security Officer Scotty]

Yes, sir. As reported, Zeus 2 should destroy flying saucers 6 seconds after blastoff. Firing time, 22O'.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Clock.

[Security Officer Scotty]

33 hours. 36 seconds.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Time check, everyone. Time is now 32 seconds to blast off. Condition red. I shall operate fire control remote. Strap in for firing. Security.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Security 5 report. Field cleared. Guards alerted and shielded. Anti radiation up. Warhead armed. Zoos 2 ready.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Any further?

[Security Officer Scotty]

10 seconds?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Fire. Get a bearing on that trajectory computation.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Trajectory established and being fed. Emaciate trajectory Correct, sir. Parabolic sound Reflectors receiving. Contact 22. 3000, 342. Right on an ocean.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Good work, everyone. Security condition green. Well, boys, now to wait till someone phones in where the pieces fell. Then maybe we'll be finally knowing what the flying sources are.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Scotty has secured and located Eileen Harkness.

[Security Officer Scotty]

No, sir, not yet. Captain McDonald is here, sir. He has a man with him, says you should see him immediately.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Ah, well, all right. Bring him in. Yes, what is it, McDonald? Thought you'd like to hear this, sir.

[Security Officer Scotty]

This is Al Waters, a rancher from upstate. He flew down from his ranch this.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Morning and reported to the state police. They sent him to us. The saucer? Yes, sir. Where is it, Mr. Waters? The. The wreck.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Wreck? I didn't see no wreck, Doc.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

What did you see?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I seen a flying saucer come down about half a mile from a ranch house. Saw it this morning when I was going after a lost calf.

[Security Officer Scotty]

He swears the saucer's undamaged.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Dr. Bronson, huh? Well, it may not be the one we. You flew down, Mr. Water?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yeah, got my own jet plane.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Well, can you take me up with you? To your ranch, I mean.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Sure can. Glad to.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

All right, we'll leave immediately. Scotty, you round up the crew. Everyone have them load everything we need on the transport. The big job. When can I expect you?

[Security Officer Scotty]

Oh, give us two hours, sir.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

All right now, Mr. Waters, let's get to your ranch.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

There's the flying Saucer dog.

[Eileen Harkness]

Where?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You see them two peaks? That plateau between them. You see it? It's there. Now the sun's heated.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

It is undamaged.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I'm putting her down.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Did you see any signs of life? Anything moving?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

No, sir. Of course, I didn't get too close. Eyes might.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Larry, the thing I understand. It's just as well you didn't.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Hey, wait till she stopped rolling, Doc. Sure are excited, ain't you?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I'm afraid so. Even scientists get excited sometimes.

[Eileen Harkness]

Yeah.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Sure is big, ain't she?

[Eileen Harkness]

Yes.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Must be over 300ft in diameter. Now there's an airline. Hey, you ain't going in. Was that round door open when you first saw this?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I don't know.

[Security Officer Scotty]

I don't remember.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

If you're going in, Doc, I'm going with you.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Well, thank you.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

It'll be safer. There's two of us. You got a gun?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

No.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I'm glad I got mine, then. Never can tell what you'll bump into. Don't you think you ought to wait for the rest of your gang?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I. I can't. I've got to see what's in there.

[Eileen Harkness]

Okay.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Watch your head.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Right.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Inner door is still closed. Let's hope it'll open. That will. Look at that.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Sure looks complicated, don't it?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

This must be the control room. I can't wait to inspect that.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Another door over there. Yes.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You'd better stay here. Don't touch anything. I'll see if there's anyone still aboard.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Okay, Doctor.

[Security Officer Scotty]

Keep your eyes open.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

A larger room. This must be the crew's quarters. There's no one here. Let's. What's what. I felt giddy for a second. Well, I'll take a look through it. Eileen. Eileen, wake up. Wake up. Unconscious. Eileen, still unconscious. How did she get here? I've got to get.

[Eileen Harkness]

Doctor.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

What? What is. What. What are you doing at that control board?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

If you look through the porthole, Dr. Bronson, you'll notice that we're miles up, still accelerating. We would have been higher if I hadn't to take such care with my takeoff.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

What is you crazy? Who are you? Where are you taking me? Us.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You were right when you guessed that this is not the saucer you destroyed. It isn't. You were wrong when you said there was no crew on board. There is. You see, I am the crew. Limu game.

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[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Uh, Limu is that guy with the binoculars watching us?

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[Security Officer Scotty]

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[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You should consider yourself very fortunate, Dr. Bronson. It's not everyone who can view the Earth from a distance of a hundred thousand miles.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You can put that gun away. Let me take care of his hardness.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I've already assured you there's nothing wrong with her. Merely an advanced soporific. She'll recover quickly. In fact, here she is now.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Eileen. Stay where you are. It has a gun.

[Eileen Harkness]

Where. Where are we? How did I get here?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I think you'd better sit down, Miss Harkness.

[Eileen Harkness]

Who's he?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I don't know.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

He calls himself Waters.

[Eileen Harkness]

Where are we? I. I looked out of a porthole.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Don't be frightened, Eileen. Where's. We're on a flying saucer.

[Eileen Harkness]

A flying saucer?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

How did you get here?

[Eileen Harkness]

I. I don't know. I. I sent off the report, got into the car and woke up here.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

One of my operatives. I shall now engage the automatic controls and the ship will fly itself until we get to the moon.

[Eileen Harkness]

The moon?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes. That is our first stop. You see, fast as this saucer is, it would take us centuries to get to our ultimate destination. So we must transfer to a matter converter at our base on the moon. And we shall be in Core almost instantly.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Core? What are you talking about?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Perhaps a little explanation is due you. We, Core, are the inhabitants of the solar system you know as rigel.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

But that's 500 light years away.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Exactly. Although the speed of what you Earth men have been pleased to call our flying saucers is approximately that of light, even that speed would entail a round trip of a thousand years. True, the Core are almost immortal. But for efficiency's sake, we set up a matter converter to flash us, or rather I should say our operatives, through space instantaneously. Our base is on the dark side of the moon. From there, we transship to the saucers.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

But why? Why are you so interested in Earth? Why haven't you let us know, sent representatives to the World Council?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

One thing at a time, Dr. Bronson. I see you partake of your pulp writer's suspicions that we intend to take over the Earth. The truth is just the opposite. We want Earth left strictly alone for our research.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

How can we believe that?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

The truth is self explanatory. We've been visiting the earth for over 3000 years.

[Eileen Harkness]

3000 years?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes, Miss Harkness.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

But why? For what reason?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

A very simple reason. Our interests differ from yours. Without research, we become bored. To spend eternity in boredom. Well, we are primarily psychologists. Social psychologists. While you were engrossed in a mechanical civilization, of course we fostered that development.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I still don't understand it. I didn't expect you to.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

However, in every society there are certain problems, shall I say, which can only be solved experimentally. We have used you humans in our experiments. It's been extremely interesting.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You mean you've been using us as guinea pigs? As experimental animals?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You may put it that way if you wish.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I still don't see how.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Through our operatives.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

That's the third time you've mentioned operatives. What do you mean?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

We, Core possess no body as you know it. We are constructed of energy. In order for us to visit Earth, it was necessary for us to construct human bodies and to inhabit them. We thereupon had an operative who could go to work on Earth.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You couldn't have gotten away with it. Someone must have suspected.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Exactly.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

There were a few suspicions.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

So we took the memory of life on Core away from our operatives and landed them on Earth. Complete with an Earth history. You may remember Alexander. Alexander the Great. He was one of our operatives. And Francois Villon. His task was to satirize his time and to read the unrest which brought on the French Revolution.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

There we had another Marat Villon. Marat. It's incredible.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Not at all. As one of your Earthmen, Emerson said, an institution is the length and shadow of one man. We saw to it that the key men in each age were ours. Our operatives. The problems they set. Earth gave our scientists much material to work with. Enough for another few thousand years.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Then our inventions, our scientific advances, were pushed on by you.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes. Like giving an ape a stick to see what he will do with it.

[Eileen Harkness]

Then our wars are revolution.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Naturally. Wars and revolutions are part of the research. They're all part of the master plan. But don't forget, we foster genius too.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Why are you telling us all this?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Surely that must be clear, even to you. You are perhaps the leading scientist in America. Certainly the leading figure in the use of atomic power for extraterrestrial research. At. Doesn't that suggest something to you? No.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I can't believe it.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Certainly, my dear Bronson, you are one of our operatives. You've done your work, but your experiments have endangered our base on the moon. So it's time to transport you back to core. The signal. We are approaching our base. It will be a comfort to leave this unpleasant body and to resume my. Right.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Bronson, put down that hand.

[Eileen Harkness]

Here.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Here. Put this handkerchief over your nose. Eileen, the gas will clear away in a moment. I think it's all right now. The whole force was directed at this. This core.

[Eileen Harkness]

Oh. What? What was it?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I had a gas pen in my vest. An idea which was originated after some of our scientists were kidnapped by the Eastern Alliance. I never thought I'd have to use it on. On something like this.

[Eileen Harkness]

Is he. Is he dead?

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

No, no. He's merely unconscious for a few minutes. The gas is harmless. See if we can find something to put around his hands and feet while I. See if I can operate the controls. We've got to get back to.

[Eileen Harkness]

All right, Andrew.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

They won't believe our story, but they'll have to believe this ship.

[Eileen Harkness]

I can't find anything to you.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You better hurry.

[Eileen Harkness]

All right.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Andrew, what is it? We haven't much time.

[Eileen Harkness]

I thought you said the gas was harmless.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Of course it is.

[Eileen Harkness]

But this man isn't unconscious. He's dead. Dead? There's no pulse, no breathing, no heartbeat. Oh, Andrew.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Now get hold of yourself. I don't know how to. There was his life or ours. Eileen.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I neglected to inform you that a core of the upper grades can leave his body as he pleases. I see that I underestimated you, Dr. Bronson. You saw immediately that my weakest point was the human body, of which I complained. Very clever.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I. I can't move.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

I need no futile arms and hands. In this form, a core carries power, for a core is power.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I. I take it you will rid us of our bodies too.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Precisely.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Isn't there anything. If we promise to forget you, you can make us forget.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Unfortunately, the matter is out of my hands. My orders were to recall two operatives.

[Eileen Harkness]

Two?

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Yes. Ms. Harkness was a psychometrist in her previous. Shall I call it Incarnation. An excellent one, too, Draga. Or Eileen, as you're now called.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

But this is inhuman.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Precisely. I am not human.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Let Eileen go. I'll go with you gladly. But Eileen.

[Eileen Harkness]

No, Andrew. Take me instead.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

The answer is the same for both of you.

[Eileen Harkness]

No.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

What kind of fiends are you? Isn't there one of you with pity? Just one who knows what we feel? Who's felt the agony of the millions you've made? Your guinea pigs.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You're speaking of sympathy. No. Yes. Yes, I stand corrected. There was one of core who felt that strange emotion. Carda. An odd being, as I recall.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

And I suppose you killed him.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

No, Core being. Energy cannot be destroyed. We captured Carter and exiled him to your planet. An enormous task. He was one of our greatest scientists. That makes it all the more strange. You see, he wished to stop our experiment. We lost track of him. But no matter. The unfit must go. That is the paramount law of nature. Enough of these digressions. It is time.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Please, let me say goodbye.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

A little time must elapse before I can build up the energy to free you of your body. You may have the time. Besides, it is a new experience to me. Most interesting.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Eileen, darling, it's too late now, but I want you to know I love you. I've loved you ever since you walked into my office three years ago.

[Eileen Harkness]

And I love you, Andrew. I always have. I always will.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Very touchy.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Don't be afraid, my darling.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

This touching of lip to lip. Very interesting. Energy is undoubtedly Transmitted. Very well. Dr. Bronson, it is time Now.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Take me first. Let him go.

[Eileen Harkness]

Andrew.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Your emotion is senseless. And merely returning the two of you to your true being.

[Eileen Harkness]

Oh, Andrew. My darling. My darling.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

So this is your odd emotion called love. This should make an interesting report. A minor report, it is true, but.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

You have done your work. Oh, Loka, you have done your work too well.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

You. You are not the operative I was sent for.

[Eileen Harkness]

No.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

I am. Cada. At last. But now with two centuries of power. Power I learned on Earth, there is no core who can withstand me.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Now.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Sympathy is the ability to feel what others feel. How do you feel now, Loker? I don't understand.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Unscience.

[Eileen Harkness]

Scientific.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Unscientific.

[Eileen Harkness]

No.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Say mercy. Say it.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Unscient.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Mercy.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Mercy.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

There shall be changes on Cor. We must leave Earth alone to work out its destiny in its own way. Now go to the converter and await me there. Draga. My Eileen Android. Don't be afraid. The transition is painless. There is so much for us to do.

[Core Alien / Limu Emu]

Encore. So much to teach.

[Eileen Harkness]

Andrew. I can't. I'm so frightened.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Don't be. Your power will soon be with me. For you too, Art. Korra. What those fools didn't know was that emotion, too, is power. With your love and mine, we can right the wrongs Kor has done to Earth. There is eternity for both of us to spend together. Eileen. Draga.

[Eileen Harkness]

Kant. I'm ready, my darling.

[Dr. Andrew Bronson]

Now and forever.

[Narrator / Radio Host]

Next week on 2000/ another dramatic story of unbelievable adventure. The story of a world of the past Locked in the world of tomorrow Time out of hand Be sure to listen. 2000 plus is produced and directed by Dreier and Wheyn Olson Productions Incorporated. In today's production, Ralph Bell portrayed Dr. Bronson. Louis Van Ruten was Waters. Briana Rayburn was Eileen. Ken Williams was Scotty. The script was written by Vierre Gerson. The orchestra was conducted by Emerson Buckley. Music composed by Elliot Jacoby. Sound Walt Shaver and Adrian Penner. Engineer Martin Enghauser. This is Ken Marvin speaking.

[Eileen Harkness]

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