First Contact

Description

During a regular journey to the Crab Nebula, the spaceship Earth meets an alien craft. Talking to the aliens proves difficult, and the problem gets solved only after the frightened crew makes a bad choice and attacks the alien ship. This first meeting with smart beings from another world changes their lives forever.

The spaceship Earth, on a routine trip to the Crab Nebula, encounters an alien vessel. Communication turns out to be a complex problem, resolved only after the crew, in a moment of fear and misjudgment, fires on the alien ship. Their world is forever changed by the first encounter with intelligent life from another planet.

A space ship meets an alien vessel in outer space and a stalemate between the stars follows.

X Minus One is an American half-hour science fiction radio drama series that was broadcast from April 24, 1955, to January 9, 1958, in various timeslots on NBC. Known for high production values in adapting stories from the leading American authors of the era, X Minus One has been described as one of the finest offerings of American radio drama and one of the best science fiction series in any medium.

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