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Tonight, Auto Light dramatizes an astounding experience.
A man and a machine flung at a barrier of sound.
It's called The Outer Limit, our star Mr. William Holden.
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And now, Auto Light presents Transcribed, The Outer Limit, starring Mr. William Holden,
hoping once again to keep you in suspense.
Zero minus 25, zero minus 25.
All right, men, settle down.
All right, let's settle down.
You too, Bill, let book you're reading, put it away.
Anything you say, Colonel.
Well, all of you probably want to know why we took you out of whatever warm beds you
were in.
Well, we've got a reason.
The RJX-1.
Yep, that's right.
The RJX-1, the top, top secret experimental rocket jet aircraft.
Now, this morning, Bill is going to take her up and beat her to death.
I can't impress upon you men how extraordinary this flight is.
An eight rocket ship.
That's what I said, eight rockets.
Eight rockets designed to take men into areas of space that have never been explored before
and at a rate of speed to which no pilot has as yet been subjected.
Chuck Yeager has already flown twice the speed of sound.
Today we hope, well, Joe.
Yes, Colonel.
You lead the F-86s.
You and the other three jet boys will be Bill's chase plane.
We want observation at 35,000 feet.
Yes, sir.
Zero hour is 0900.
Joe, you and your jets will take off at zero minus 15.
Got that?
Yes, sir.
Your F-86s will make conventional climbs to 30,000 feet.
Rendezvous and call in to me at control at 35,000 feet.
Right, Joe?
Right, Colonel.
Okay, you and your boys go unwrap your F-86s and have a nice time.
Oh, Bill, stick around.
I want to talk.
How are you feeling, Bill?
Real good.
How are you feeling?
What about Molly, the kids?
You worried, Hank, don't worry.
Well, I just want to know.
Just how are they?
That's all.
Well, an hour ago, Molly wiped her hands on her apron and kissed me and the twins want
to be firemen.
Zero minus 20.
What have you got to worry about?
Okay, okay.
Hank, look, I've been flying for a long time.
I know, I know, I know.
But never for this speed.
Never for this altitude.
I've been eavesdropping, Bill.
The engineers are whispering that you could break out of the stratosphere in this plane.
Look, Hank, I've studied the engineering drawings.
I know them like a prayer.
My brain is crammed with detailed specifications and estimated performances.
And I know all the safety devices to keep me alive.
Now, you happy?
Come on, let's go.
Let's get out of here.
Sure.
Zero minus 17.
Come on outside.
Zero minus 17.
Let's get to the hangar.
Bill?
Yeah?
You've got 10 minutes of rocket fuel.
Get rid of those jets before you fire the rockets.
Fire only one rocket at a time.
Only one rocket at a time.
Hank, look, I'm going to fly that baby higher and faster than anybody ever did before.
Just like you said.
I'm going to take it up and bring it back.
Then you'll come home to dinner with me, huh?
There she is, Bill.
Pretty, huh?
So pretty.
Look, kid.
It's okay for dinner tonight.
Great, Hank.
I'll be listening in on the public address at control.
I won't bother you until you're airborne.
It'll be between you and the tower until then.
Zero minus 15.
Okay.
It's you and the plane now.
In fact, it'll take you both off to the runway.
Close the canopy, kid.
I'll see you later.
Good luck.
Zero minus three.
Warning, Colonel.
Oh, Mr. Hargrove.
You'll be here at control with me?
Yes, sir.
The U.S. fall has been assigned a special radio channel frequency of 397...
Hargrove, I've got a thing on my mind.
That boy in the plane you geniuses designed.
He's my best boy.
It's our best plane, Colonel.
It better be.
Now it's your turn.
What have you got on your mind?
Everything's in proper order, Colonel.
The recording equipment, the television cameras and the cockpit, everything.
Every known scientific device.
We're talking about a man, Hargrove.
That's all I really want to get back out of this.
What about the man?
There may be one difficulty.
Tell me about it.
I'd like to know.
The takeoff.
With all that load, the jets, the rockets, all at maximum fuel capacity.
It's never been tested that way before.
Go on, Mr. Hargrove.
It's just that Major Westfall has only 6,000 feet to get his ship airborne.
If he accelerates from zero to 160 miles per hour in 6,000 feet, he should be airborne
in seven seconds.
Seven seconds.
That makes it zero plus G.
Yes, Colonel.
Beyond zero plus G?
Well, beyond that, we don't know.
We just don't know.
Thanks.
Thanks for everything, Mr. Hargrove.
I'll try the switch now.
Okay.
Mr. Tower, any change in weather?
Tower to RJX1, barometer reading 29.7.
Set your altimeter accordingly.
RJX1 to Tower, Roger.
Roger.
Tower to RJX1.
Wind 15 miles from south.
Takeoff runway to seven.
Runway to seven.
RJX to Tower, got it.
Zero minus 130.
RJX to Control, over.
Control to RJX1.
Go ahead.
This is just for you, Hank.
Cabin pressure, okay.
Oxygen pressure, okay.
Hydraulic pressure for landing gear, okay.
Fuel pressure safety lock.
Zero minus one.
RJX to crew chief, over.
Crew chief to RJX-1, go ahead.
I'm ready to fire.
Hold it.
Okay, I'll set the fire.
Clear?
Clear.
Starting right, Jet.
Starting left, Jet.
Zero minus 30 seconds.
Tower to RJX-1, over.
RJX to tower, go ahead.
Western Airlines Convair reported over Ventura.
Got it.
Zero minus 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10.
RJX to tower, ready for takeoff.
Nine.
Tower to RJX-1.
10.
RJX-1.
Seven.
Clear for takeoff.
Six.
Good luck, Bill.
Five.
Four.
Three.
Two.
One.
Zero.
He's holding.
Bill, lift it.
Lift it high.
He made it.
He made it, Mr. Huck.
Yeah.
He made it.
He made it, Mr. Huck.
Yeah.
RJX to control, RJX to control.
Come in.
Control to RJX-1.
Go ahead.
Everything's great, Hank.
It's a doll, baby.
How fast are you climbing, kid?
1,700 a minute.
Air speed 550.
Call me 20,000.
He made it.
climbing kid 1700 a minute airspeed 550 call me 20,000
heading is 87 everything real good come in Hank how do you feel I like it here
pressure okay pressure okay
86 later to control 86 to control come in control f-86 leader go ahead
F-86 observing rjx1 he's really tearing Colonel over point X 35,000 on schedule Joe
on schedule
rjx to control rjx to control come in controlled rjx1 go ahead 40,000 feet Hank
still a doll baby still is ready to pressurize can you hear me okay coming in
fine pressurized ready to prime rocket system in five seconds
fine dropping right yet dropping left yet all clear good luck Bill firing number
one rocket fired oh my back firing number two rocket
fire okay what is it Bill Bill are you receiving me
controlled rjx1 come in come in rjx1 hello Bill come in control to f-86 leader
control f-86 leader come in what about it Joe
rjx1 rjx1 approximately 60,000 feet maintaining a heading of North Northwest
try calling sit here and run your fingers through your hair and wait and
think about it come in rjx1 f-86 to rjx1 f-86 leader to control come in go ahead
f-86 leader stay up there Joe for as long as you can what do we do now Colonel I
just told you mr. Hargo we wait rjx1 to Hank and all you people anywhere hope you
can hear me this is Bill Westfall approaching 210,000 feet that's 40 miles
straight up in the air and that's where I am you never saw anything like it no
clouds and a color no one's ever named before otherwise nothing nothing except
no nothing at all oh wait a minute yeah yeah there is something all right at 2
o'clock high really something brother maybe a flying disk this one's huge it's
spinning around like a top and it's coming toward me can you hear me can you
hear me listen listen something just happened something a missile or shot
maybe through the canopy my pressure is going down something's happening to me
that this thing I'm being pulled toward it I've lost control of my ship I've got
no control going to decompression on the verge of unconscious lacking out
can you hear
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in Elliot Lewis's production of the outer limit a tale well calculated to
keep you in suspense
may I make a suggestion Colonel what give it up no use waiting anymore make
your report to Washington what about you how cool to be frank with you Colonel
in another 16 months there'll be another plane the RJX to the army will give us
another man to fly it not until we're certain about this man and we're not
certain what do you propose to do things that are in the manual will
organize search parties but spotter planes up in the air maybe Bill came
down on the ocean we'll call in the Navy Colonel if the RJX one came down in the
ocean and it's sinking five seconds it had no life preserver equipment on it
the added weight on the Navy mr. Hargrove all right whatever you say
Colonel but my guess what's your guess mr. Hargrove my guess is that sometime
somewhere on some beach or in some field someone will pick up a piece of torn
metal that someone will be holding what's left of the RJX one
I am second you are about the space patrol ship s2j3 am I in communication
with you can you understand me are we in contact can you understand now what I am
saying yes yes I I understand you I understand
your brain is in turmoil is it not it has great difficulty in accepting what
you see yeah yeah yeah that's right except it what you see here exists all
this this exists
it exists earthman the spaceship you are on exists those jet dynamos you see
before you exist jet dynamos driven by the harness power of a thousand suns
listen
do you know what happened as you listen to us man we have flung ourselves 10,000
miles into space what do you say to that I don't know what to say you are aboard
space patrol ship s2j3 and I am a guardian of the galaxy the guardian of
the universe what puzzles you I can't I can't see you I I can feel that you're
you're here but I can't see you there is no necessity for you to see us it is
sufficient that we communicate with each other but talking to you is like it's
not like talking it it's as if it was all happening inside my brain
that is how I am reaching you by telepathy you remember what happened to
you before you blacked out yeah I I think so there was there was a sharp
sound like like a bullet hitting the canopy it was not a bullet it was a ray
it was necessary to stop your flight we have so much to tell you first first
tell me about my ship is it lost
hope of survival what do you mean I will show you
what you see before you is a panorama of your own universe far greater in scope
than an earth man has ever seen before observe observe where the line is
pointing planet 3 star 5 galaxy C sector K is is that the earth that dot that
spec you see revolving in the vastness is your son a star who surfaces 12,000
times that of your earth your earth is not even visible here how did you know
we even existed we first became aware of your planet when we found atomic dust
in the upper atmosphere we traced it to your earth we determined that you were
setting off atomic bombs that is why the Galactic Council has quarantined you
quarantine I I don't understand how how are we quarantined we have sealed off
your planet from the rest of space we have surrounded it with a force screen
when that screen has accumulated enough particles of atomic dust your earth will
explode your civilization you all life will disappear forever
listen to me earth man we have had other almost destroyed our civilization but we
have finally outlawed war throughout space including earth now listen
carefully earth man if you continue to make atomic bombs each many times more
powerful than the last and if you start making war with them exploding them it
would upset the balance of the entire universe throw all space into chaos this
of course we cannot allow a force screen with which we have surrounded the earth
will prevent it by exploding the earth itself remember then earth man if you
start an atomic war the earth will at once be completely destroyed yes yes I
understand
man you will rise from your seat and open that door you will now enter the
chamber to your left there is your ship get into it are you ready yes I'm ready
while we were communicating the patrol ship has returned to where we picked you
up now you will be propelled toward earth close your canopy
open aperture
warn them earth man warn them
I J X 1 the tower I J X 1 the tower come in I J X 1 the tower come in tower
tower to funny man listen this is our J X 1 our J X 1 coming in for landing give
me landing instructions over impossible at your rjx1 get away from the area
area cleared for Air Force practice approaches Bill Westfall and rjx1 come
on kid give me landing instructions I have no fuel I'm gliding
yeah I see you wait a minute I'll restrict the area okay Bill go ahead rjx1
approximate six miles north of field clear area for ten miles being cleared
Roger coming down
hi Hank now Joe yeah have this ship checked thoroughly with a Geiger
counter for radioactivity then seal it and mount a 24-hour guard over it and
then report to me sure all right Bill what happened Hank Hank
now listen you won't believe it you've got to I know you won't believe it and
it's gonna knock you over now just take it easy Bill we we better have Major
Donaldson look you over no no no no listen I'm all right listen to me Hank
Hank they said the earth would explode they said it was the end for us they
said well come on let's get over to Major Donaldson's you don't believe it do
you read it like an order bill Major Donaldson
that's that's the story Major Donaldson Bill these men from Mars I didn't say
they were from Mars you hear me say anything about men from Mars all I'm
trying to tell you is this whoever those people were they know all about us
everything about our wars about our atomic bombs they've got us quarantined
quarantine yeah quarantine they've they've sealed us off from the rest of
space I told you our atomic bombs are a danger to the universe so they they've
seen to it that we'll be destroyed blown up how do you like it all right Bill
roll up your sleeve yeah no forget it major I I'm going over the club in
Taiwan on I'm sorry Bill not tonight let the major give you a high-ball look Hank
I've got a drink coming lots of drinks later right now sleep go ahead major come
on Bill this way yeah okay
yeah you'll be okay in the morning I'm okay now sure we'll leave you here Bill
it's all right if Bill sleeps here tonight isn't it oh sure I see you in the
morning though uh-huh maybe you'll believe me then you'd better come on
major
he'd be okay by himself major well he's been under strain but he'll sleep I'll
talk to him tomorrow tough but don't worry Colonel he's a strong
boy best nerves I've seen I'd say things would be all right
delusions like Bill's latched on to do it well certainly major when you make
your charts for Bill and diagnose him and treat him and do all the things you
have to when you do that major consider this yes how did he keep that plane in
the air for ten hours for ten hours major when he had fuel to last him only
ten minutes
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star mr. Herbert Marshall that's next week on suspense
suspense is transcribed and directed by Elliot Lewis with music composed by
Lucian Morrowick and conducted by Lud Bluskin the outer limit was written by
Graham Doar and adapted for suspense by Morton Klein and David Friedkin featured
in the cast were Edgar Barrier William Johnstone Jack Crushen
Hiaberback Joseph Kearns Jerry Hausner and Charles Calvert William Holden can
currently be seen co-starring with Ginger Rogers in Paramount's forever
female and remember next week mr. Herbert Marshall in murder by jury
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