Project Gutenberg 2006-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 80 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Operation Terror Produced by Greg Weeks, Geoffrey Kidd, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Operation Terror" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around an unusual event that occurs when a mysterious object descends from space, disrupting the lives of a group of surveyors and construction workers in Boulder Lake National Park. The protagonist, Lockley, becomes embroiled in the chaos as he navigates the alarming circumstances surrounding the appearance of this extraterrestrial object, while also grappling with his personal feelings for a fellow worker, Jill Holmes. The opening of the book introduces Lockley, who is working to establish baseline measurements for a park map when he becomes aware of a radar anomaly reported from Alaska. As Lockley goes about his mundane day, the news of an incoming object from space begins to escalate into a frenzy, prompting military alerts and widespread panic. As his colleague Vale reports strange occurrences linked to the object's landing, Lockley faces the prospect of non-human creatures emerging from the ship, putting Jill and others in potential danger. This suspenseful setup merges elements of a sci-fi thriller and personal drama, establishing a tense atmosphere where the fate of humanity rests upon understanding the intentions of alien visitors. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.1 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 306403 2025-07-07T13:09:32.886418 text/html 308008 2009-01-08T21:17:00 text/html 181196 2025-07-07T13:09:38.521375 application/epub+zip 182444 2025-07-07T13:09:34.620399 application/epub+zip 182445 2025-07-07T13:09:33.518358 application/epub+zip 340617 2025-07-07T13:09:41.580369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314541 2025-07-07T13:09:37.832414 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 289683 2022-09-08T13:28:06.992397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 286975 2025-07-07T13:09:32.217373 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 286757 2009-01-08T21:16:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19906 2025-07-07T13:09:41.703343 application/rdf+xml 12722 2025-07-07T13:09:34.009401 image/jpeg 3533 2025-07-07T13:09:33.762361 image/jpeg 111610 2009-01-08T21:17:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 106725 2009-01-08T21:17:20 application/octet-stream application/zip 171641 2025-07-07T13:09:32.911374 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia