Posted by Christian J. on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Fragility-of-alien-craft-and-kit-tp1495267p1495290.html

--- anthonyappleyard wrote:
>
> Perhaps partway rhrough the stories the aliens' local command
> changed the setting so that they could last longer on Earth
> atmosphere if they were stranded and had to wait to be picked
> up by another UFO and had to go to atmosphere to avoid using up
> their life support pack's duration. Or perhaps the alien
> in "Identified" activated a suicide mechanism. Or perhaps the
> injection of ?truth drug? that he was given, interacted with
> something and did the mischief.

Interesting ideas, Anthony!
I've never seen it that way. Although concerning your last statement
I'd just like to point out that they used the truth drug in COMPUTER
AFFAIR also but this Alien hasn't died on fast ageing.

> > I am also not a fan of the idea of disappearing UFOs
>
> It would be a self-destruct mechanism.

Maybe. But in the episode SURVIVAL, Straker told Foster:
"But we know that a UFO disintegrates if it stays too long on Earth.
All of our evidence suggests that it has some reaction with our
atmosphere." (I hope I've understood it right :-)

And isn't this also stated in the 'Bible' of the series? Marc? Oh, I
forgot that he's out of town this week :-)

Thanks for your info about the helmet, Anthony!

Christian