Just to prove the computers wrong, Lt. Ellis orders in Bradley's mobile instead of another in a better position. The UFO mysteriously self destructs, possibly due to extended exposure to the Earth's atmosphere. An Alien is captured and brought back to SHADO HQ, where it dies under Straker's interogation. Although the emotional attachment between Ellis and Bradley turns out to be true, Ellis is reinstated on Moonbase after the computer determines that if she had followed standard procedure, all three Interceptors would have been destroyed. back