The Day Earth Was Visited

A novelette about a flying saucer spacecraft from elsewhere in the galaxy suddenly appears in Earth orbit. It deliberately reveals itself to the entire world. It broadcasts an audio message to every radio and TV station stating it is here on a benevolent mission.

The spacecraft lands on Tiananment Square in Beijing, China and requests worldwide communications links to deliver advice to Earthlings on how they can avoid an impending total life ending threat arising through terrorist acts.

A being similar in form to humans displays a remarkable device allowing instantaneous automatic language translation. The device is a gift to Earth for use on Earth and on planets circling stars near Earth’s sun. The same being delivers two suggestions on how to avoid near certain civilization destruction with possible total life extermination. Both suggestions if implemented will require deep and far-reaching fundamental changes in human behavior.

Two wildly different looking spacecraft occupants each appear and relate to the world how the same two suggestions positively affected their own civilization and worlds.