Radio Yesterday

After taking off from the moon, Jett Morgan and the crew of rocket ship Luna landed back on the Earth some thousands of years before or after they left it. All efforts to determine at what period of time they’d landed proved useless. For besides sighting other spaceships, which hovered overhead as though observing them, and seeing a strange machine which came out of the forest one night and returning before dawn, Jett had found a stone knife near their campfire. The evidence seemed to suggest that they’d landed at a period of time when there existed on the Earth not only a super civilization but also a very primitive one. And then, early one morning, the strange music which had been heard so often before was heard again. Jett turned on the televiewer to find that outside the ship another spaceship had landed identical to the one Mitch had seen and entered on the moon. Jett decided to try and contact it by radio…

Jett Morgan and his crew took off from the moon, but instead of returning to earth as they’d intended, found themselves traveling at an unimaginable speed into the depths of the universe. Then, a planet was sighted on the televiewer screen and a landing was made in a forest clearing. The atmosphere was found to be breathable, and the climate bearable. So Jett and his crew, believing they were stranded on the new planet for the remainder of their days set about making their lives as comfortable as the circumstances would allow. Then one night, while the rest of the crew slept and Jett kept watch, the sky – which till then had been clouded over – cleared suddenly and for the first time since landing, Jett caught a glimpse of he stars. Before long, he made a startling discovery

Jett Morgan and the crew of rocket ship Luna took off from the moon intending to return to the earth, but on the far side of the moon which they were photographing prior to heading for home, they saw a number of strange spacecraft which took off in pursuit of them. Then Jett and his crew lost consciousness, to awake and find that they’d left the solar system entirely and were hurdling through space at an unimaginable speed. After a little while, they noticed the ship had slowed down, and then there appeared on the televiewer screen an image of a planet which they were rapidly approaching

After being stranded on the moon for 14 earth days due to a power failure, the rocket ship Luna was at last ready to make her return journey back to Earth. Then a strange object which looked like another spaceship appeared on the televiewer screen, and Jett Morgan and Mitch went out to investigate it. Mitch entered the craft, and according to him, left almost immediately when he felt the ship begin to vibrate.  But when he returned to own ship, Mitch found that he’d been in the strange spacecraft longer than he’d thought and that during that time his voice had been heard explaining that the spaceship was actually from another part of the universe and had reached our solar system by traveling through time. The rocket ship Luna took off, but before setting her nose towards the Earth and home, went in to a circular orbit around the moon so that the far side could be photographed.

After spending one lunar day on the moon, Jett Morgan and his crew prepare to make their long journey back to Earth, but when the time came to take off, nothing in the ship would function. All efforts to find the reason for the ships failure were fruitless and the four men spent the lunar night, equivalent to 14 Earth days, within the ship – waiting and hoping. On the 10th day, strange tapping sounds were heard outside the ship as though somebody, or some thing were inspecting it. Then, just as the sun was rising on the lunar horizon, the power unaccountably returned and the ship sprang to life. Once more preparations for takeoff were made and radio contact with the Earth was attempted. Then, in the televiewer screen, appeared a strange object…

Jett Morgan and his crew have been on the moon 13 days. During that time, they’ve spent their time exploring the moon’s surface and photographing the heavens.Twice since landing on the moon strange sounds have been heard and besides Doc seeing a dome-like structure on the televiewer screen, Jett had the uncanny experience of slipping, as he thought, backwards and forwards in time. And during the last six days of their stay on the Earth’s satellite, nothing bothered them. And it was with light hearts and feelings of relief that the four men climbed in to the ship for the last time and prepared to take off for a long journey back to Earth, and home.

Will they make it? Listen and find out.

Episode 3: Lemmy hears the strange sound again and the crew notices that Jet has gone missing. Did Doc see something move? The mystery continues.

Episode 2: What are the strange sounds Lemmy heard? Is he crazy or could it be another lifeform? Jet and Mitch get in to a deep discussion. Will Lemmy hear the sound again as they approach the moon? What will they find when they finally land? Listen and find out more.

I couldn’t resist another series from Journey Into Space. The last one was very popular and it seemed like a good summer activity. Look for one each week. Enjoy your summer!

Originally aired March 23, 1950.

I still crack up at the Fatima Cigarette commercials.