Project Gutenberg 2009-05-24 Public domain in the USA. 125 Sheldon, Walter J. 1917 1996 Sheldon, Walt Sheldon, Walter James This is Klon Calling Produced from Fantastic Universe Aug-Sept 1953. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "This is Klon Calling" by Walter J. Sheldon is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative is centered around Professor Lyman Dane, an eccentric scientist known for his humorous teaching style, who finds himself caught in a bizarre situation involving an FBI investigation into unidentified flying objects (UFOs). As Dane navigates his surreal circumstances, the story explores themes of humor in academia, curiosity about extraterrestrial life, and the intricacies of human interactions with authority. In the story, Professor Dane's practical joking nature leads him to prank his colleague, Dr. Wallace Fincher, by pretending to be an alien commander communicating about potential threats to their home planet from Earth. His joke takes a sudden and dark turn when Fincher appears in person with unexpected intentions. The narrative humorously contrasts Dane's light-hearted antics against the serious undertones of governmental surveillance and the tension surrounding the era's fascination with space and extraterrestrial contact. Ultimately, this story encapsulates a playful examination of intelligence, authority, and the absurdity that can arise from misunderstanding the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Category: Short Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 36201 2025-08-12T05:04:06.219641 text/html 32233 2009-05-24T09:30:04 text/html 86580 2025-08-12T05:04:10.699684 application/epub+zip 85386 2025-08-12T05:04:08.737604 application/epub+zip 71792 2025-08-12T05:04:07.720610 application/epub+zip 176689 2025-08-12T05:04:12.132611 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 169749 2025-08-12T05:04:10.094637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 145736 2022-09-13T12:20:25.904623 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 30419 2025-08-12T05:04:05.998630 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30326 2009-05-24T09:30:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18866 2025-08-12T05:04:12.253570 application/rdf+xml 13573 2025-08-12T05:04:08.204614 image/jpeg 3494 2025-08-12T05:04:07.960588 image/jpeg 12681 2009-05-24T09:30:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 11841 2009-05-24T09:30:04 application/octet-stream application/zip 85383 2025-08-12T05:04:06.224598 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