[Gutenberg 32054] • Stamped Caution

[Gutenberg 32054] • Stamped Caution
Authors
Gallun, Raymond Z.
Publisher
Aegypan
Tags
human-alien encounters -- fiction , mars (planet) -- fiction , martians -- fiction , science fiction
ISBN
9781463800888
Date
2010-07-27T00:00:00+00:00
Size
0.27 MB
Lang
en
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Ten minutes after the crackup, somebody phoned for the Army. That meant us. The black smoke of the fire, and the oily residues, which were later analyzed, proved the presence of a probable petroleum derivative. The oil was heavily tainted with radioactivity. Most likely it was fuel from the odd, conchlike reaction-motors, the exact principles of which died, as far as we were concerned, with the crash.