"I Will Tell You in Simple Straightforward Fashion How I Solved the Secret of the Flying Saucers."

"Case History."

By Nelson Bond (1908-2006; Wikipedia HERE; the ISFDb HERE; the SFE HERE; and the IMDb HERE, 27 credits).

First appearance: Fantastic Universe, April 1958.

Reprinted in The Far Side of Nowhere, 2002 (TOC HERE).

Short short short story (4 pages).

Online at SFFaudio (HERE).

   "I determined to make myself uniquely, inescapably, conspicuous."

THE solution is so simple that we wonder why no one else thought of it before this 

guy did . . .

Main characters:

~ The chief of staff, John Wilson, and the steeplejack.

References:

- "such objects had been sighted for over a hundred years" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "Earth's most outstanding artificial landmark is the Empire State Building" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "a cartoon character known as Superman" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "my small stock of flares" (HERE; Wikipedia) "and Roman candles" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "a professional steeplejack" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "the star Aldebaran" (HERE; Wikipedia).

- "the planet Earth" (HERE; Wikipedia) "of the star Sol" (HERE and HERE; Wikipedia).

Resources:

- We've already met Nelson S. Bond on a previous occasion ten years ago: "Shall Stay These Couriers . . ." (HERE).

The bottom line:

"Get a grip, Margaret! Remember what the doctor said about your road rage."

Unless otherwise noted, all bibliographical data are derived from The FictionMags Index created by William G. Contento & edited by Phil Stephensen-Payne.

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