The Monster From Earth's End Author:Murray Leinster The first hint of something wrong at the outpost was the plane. It crazily circled the little island, it's cargo-bay doors open, it's radio dead. It seemed to hang in the air for a moment and then it dived downward, levelled and dipped again. It mad a belly landing on the stone runway with it's wheels still retracted. There was a singular, dead ... more »silence and then a shot rang out. The crew of two and seven passengers had vanished, the cargo was strewn about, and the fuel tanks had been emptied. And the pilot, after landing, had blown his brains out.« less