“Actually, this isn’t an airplane crash site, Dr. Johnson.” “What is it?” “It’s a spacecraft crash site.” There was a short pause. Norman nodded. “I see.” “That doesn’t surprise you?” Barnes said. “No,” Norman said. “As a matter of fact, it explains a lot. If a military spacecraft crashed in the ocean, that explains why I haven’t heard anything about it on the radio, why it was kept secret, why I was brought here the way I was.… When did it crash?” Barnes hesitated just a fraction before answering. “As best we can estimate,” he said, “this spacecraft crashed three hundred years ago.”
