02358cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000350011324500250014826400510017330000470022433600260027133700260029733800360032349000520035950000310041150801130044252012700055553400450182565300200187065300180189083000520190885600430196099900170200328954UtSlPG20260610133647.0mcr n260607r2009||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aSheldon, Walter J.,d1917-199610aThis is Klon Calling 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2009  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Fantastic Universe Aug-Sept 1953.  aRelease date is 2009-05-24  aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net  a"This is Klon Calling" by Walter J. Sheldon is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative is centered around Professor Lyman Dane, an eccentric scientist known for his humorous teaching style, who finds himself caught in a bizarre situation involving an FBI investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs). As Dane navigates his surreal circumstances, the story explores themes of humor in academia, curiosity about extraterrestrial life, and the intricacies of human interactions with authority.  In the story, Professor Dane's practical joking nature leads him to prank his colleague, Dr. Wallace Fincher, by pretending to be an alien commander communicating about potential threats to their home planet from Earth. His joke takes a sudden and dark turn when Fincher appears in person with unexpected intentions. The narrative humorously contrasts Dane's light-hearted antics against the serious undertones of governmental surveillance and the tension surrounding the era's fascination with space and extraterrestrial contact. Ultimately, this story encapsulates a playful examination of intelligence, authority, and the absurdity that can arise from misunderstanding the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aShort stories 0aProduced from Fantastic Universe Aug-Sept 1953.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/28954  c69802d69802