"I believe her, gentlemen. She has just shown me how to build some electronic equipment. I'll have a picture of that space station for you within two weeks."
"That will be all, then, for right now," the civilian said. He nodded at Walt and Julia. "The colonel is waiting to take you back to your hotel."
"You're not to talk to anyone about this," one of the generals said.
Thursday. They came for Walt and Julia at nine o'clock. The hotel was aswarm with the military.
"Security measures," the colonel explained as they waited for the elevator. "If any information about this leaks out, the whole country will be thrown into a panic."
Julia nodded.
"We've evacuated the civilians to another hotel," the colonel said.
Two guards with rifles stood at the street doorway.
"It's going to be a hard day for you both," the colonel said once they were in the car. "You're scheduled to meet representatives of some foreign countries at ten o'clock. And after that, we'll spend the rest of the day picking both your brains as clean as we know how."