8:15 A.M. Leave asteroid for work.

9:00 A.M. Hover over cornfield on outskirts of small midwestern town.

9:30 A.M. Land in backyard where housewife is hanging laundry.
Silence barking dog with penetrating gaze.

10:00 A.M. Stun housewife with laser-gun or energy pulsating finger-
tips. Levitate her body just long enough to be glimpsed by
a passing motorist. Materialize the body inside spaceship.
Remove internal organs; weigh, label and categorize. Return
most, if not all, to the body. Erase all traces of surgery.
Rematerialize housewife in backyard. Turn back time two hours
Bid enigmatic goodbye. Leave.

1:00 P.M. Visit once prestigious astronomer who everyone thinks has
gone mad. Deliver pep talk. Leave him fist-sized fragments
of an unidentifiable element.

2:15 P.M. Drop by Whitley Strieber's house, pick up royalty check from
best seller, Communion.

3:00 P.M. Hover over southwestern desert.

3:30 P.M. Offer psychotic drifter a lift.

6:30 P.M. Back at the asteroid. Introduce psychotic drifter to other
aliens. Listen to Windham Hill.

9:00 P.M. Dinner. Eat drifter.

10:00 P.M. Wash antennae, brush eyeballs, peel off outer layer of skin.
Beam cryptic message to NASA satelite. Lights out.