_Later._ God have mercy on me! I have seen the face of doom! The great cratered plain that spread out below me was lined with ships. Great towering machines of war. We have waited too long, and now _they_ have come! I am a soldier. A bad one, but still a soldier, I know the look of an invasion base when I see one. This is what I have seen. I will take pictures. I must return and warn them at home. They have so little time to prepare. Where have they come from? From the stars? They do not belong here. This tiny moonlet never gave them birth. Then whence have they come? And why? _I am afraid...._ * * * * * _From the report of the UN Psychometric Evaluation Board._ "Careful study of the Carvel Diary indicates that it is in fact authentic. Apparently, the loneliness of a protracted deep-space flight shattered his mind, but his observations are in no wise to be disregarded for this reason. It is highly possible that the 'invasion base' was the culminating cause rather than the _effect_ of Carvel's obvious psychosis. Further investigation is most definitely called for." * * * * * _From the statement of Rep. L. Louis Frank, House Minority Leader, after meeting with Administration officials._ "... unquestionably, the people must be told!" * * * * * _From Pravda, Official Organ of the CP of the USSR._ "The authenticity of the so-called Carvel Diary, at first doubted, has been established by Soviet experts." * * * * * _From the Joint Resolution of the General Assembly of the UN._ "The nations of the Earth, in general concourse assembled, do hereby proclaim a state of grave emergency; and for the preservation of safety declare that the United Nations shall be considered a World Government, with all necessary powers to command the massed armed forces of the member nations. The principle of unanimity among the major powers is indefinitely suspended, and...." [Illustration: _The terrible years began with the return of Carvel's ship with its dread discovery; and people dreamed nightly of death from the skies...._] * * * * * _From the files of the UNESCO._ "... fleet of twelve space-craft under UN authority will depart from the UN Moon Base for Mars, there to establish a Military and Scientific Base. Personnel will include Hansen White, astronomer; Ivan Diagashaviliev, ecologist; George Washington Lee, radiologist; Consuelo Diaz, cartographer; Jules Feldmann, physicist; Kendo Higashi, psychologist...." * * * * * _From the report of the First UN Martian Expedition._ "... radar and watch station established and garrisoned according to directive 25-33. Bimonthly transport service has been established between Canalopolis Settlement and Luna. Combined efforts by UNESCO and UT Armed Force personnel are being made to establish satellite stations.