Lou Anders is a journalist, and he wants to publish a story about the biggest moment in history. For the first time in the history of the world an alien has visited earth from another planet, landing at a private airfield in Delano, California. And for the first time in the history of the world, the message it brings is a solution to all of the troubles in the world. But the military are now involved, and the Major won't allow a word of it to be leaked by the press.