" He asked: "How long will this time of peace last?" to which she replied: "Nothing lasts forever, my king.Rose gazes at him, trying o attract a glance while entering the house.Rose quickly persuades Esther to join her and stand on the front porch to look at the boy.Attempting to be non-chalant, both desperately want to be noticed and admired.Unsuccessful in attracting his attention, he is oblivious o them and imperviously wanders inside.Rose thinks: "He""s not very neighborly, I must say."They also go inside their house, where they anticipate he evening""s events.When Esther reminds Rose of her fateful phone call, stuck-up Rose disdainfully mentions her disinterest in boys before drifting upstairs to wash her hair:My dear, when you get to be my age, you""ll find out here are more important things in life than boys." Navigational readings were being affected that had begun the previous evening.Tex cautioned he pilots to home in on the base""s signal for their landing.Upon their arrival in a howling wind, the group of four was greeted and brought inside the base.Scotty was introduced o Mrs.Chapman (Sally Creighton), the tall blonde wife of Dr.Chapman (John Dierkes), and again stated his main purpose: "I hope you have a good story." Chapman mentioned that there were lots of "different ideas" about the identity of the strange flying object (UFO) near the base: "There""s been quite an argument about it.You""ve been goin"" over me ever since I got in.Why don""t you ask me where I""ve been?...That big nose of yours been goin"" over me like a sheep in a vegetable patch.Well, I ain""t keepin"" it a secret.I been in the penitentiary.I been there four years.Anything else you wanna know?...I""m just ryin"" to get along without shovin"" anybody, that""s all.To satisfy the driver""s curiosity as he leaves the cab of the truck, a surly Tom shocks and alarms the driver by characterizing himself as a violent killer:You""re about to bust a gut to know what I done, ain""t ya? Well, I ain""t a guy to let ya down.(Was he the next Jason?) The film ended with a zoom to his eyeball under the mask, and a fade to black before the credits.