... Pictures, that is, that one can test and measure. And these pictures positively, absolutely could not lie! The man from the News asked, "What do you think of the aliens, Mister Nathen? Are they friendly? Do they look human?" "Very human," said the thin young man. Outside, rain sleeted across the big windows with a steady faint drumming, blurring and dimming the view of the airfield where they would arrive. On the concrete runways, the puddles were pockmarked with rain, and the grass growing