Evidently a lot of people were yelling "Flying saucer!” tonight, because the announcers were going to great pains to insist that it was nothing but a meteor. (Robert Silverberg)

Evidently a lot of people were yelling "Flying saucer!” tonight, because the announcers were going to great pains to insist that it was nothing but a meteor.

Robert Silverberg

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