“I was in a meadow looking for a meadowlark’s nest when a radio fell from the sky.”

“You wouldn’t by any chance be kidding me—” Marjory Mills’s eyes opened wide.

“No—” Sally sat up straight. “No, I wouldn’t. It wasn’t a big radio, only a tiny one.”

“How far did it fall?”

“About seventy thousand feet.”

“Only about fourteen miles. Not much of a tumble after all.” Once again Marjory Mills’s eyes were wide.

“It didn’t hit the ground very hard. It wasn’t broken.”

Ensign Mills Interviewed Sally

“No, I suppose not.”