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Maple Street, U.S.A.
Maple Street, "anytown," U.S.A. It is a textbook, late summer (September) afternoon in this stereotypical American town. -
Steve and Don see something
Steve and Don see what appears to be a meteor and are transfixed, staring upward. -
"Mob mentality" against Les Goodman
Les Goodman is the scapegoat who is accuesed of being associated with all of the idiosyncracies due to the fact that his car is the only one that starts up. Charlie, on the left, is the catalyst of the "mob mentality." Steve Brand, the man on the right (white-collared shirt), is the "voice of reason." -
Young Tommy
Young Tommy has a wild imagination and claims to understand the objectives of supposed "alien invaders." He is accused of reading "too many comic books." -
Charlie exacerbates the situation
Charlie is making things worse by arbitrarily accusing anyone at will. Things begin to get tense between Charlie, the voice of "no reason," and Steve, the "voice of reason." -
"The mob" notices a shadow in the dark
The "mob" works its way down Maple Street to see what is lurking in the dark. -
Charlie shoots Pete Van Horn
Charlie, the voice of no reason, jumps to conclusions and shoots Pete Van Horn. -
Mayhem
After Charlie shoots Pete, paranoia sets in and everybody starts accusing eachother of the existing problems. It turns out that aliens landed on earth and came to the following conclusion: Turn some lights off, create havoc with mechanical devices, and humans will turn against each other.
