Yeah we got here long ago. I had to finish my chores. How we doing . See for yourself. Pitch in hand me that glue. I am just about finished. I got the harness straps fitted in. The harness will hold steve and i tested it. She looks pretty good. My brother always says, right out of the book. Hes in the army. I bet he knows everything. Anybody in the armys gotta know. You bet. You havent told anybody about this have ya . You dont think id tell. Wont be long now and well be famous. Pictures in the paper and everything. Steven talbot inventor, Edward Little builder and Timothy Martin test pilot. Boy, what a team lets lift it and see how it fits. Balance is perfect. Boy youre lucky, to get a chance like this. I sure am when am i gonna take off . This afternoon. This afternoon . Well we gotta eat dont we . When we get back well take it up to where were gonna test it. Wheres that . Well show you when we get there. We found it this morning, its just right. See ya back here. Okay, come on, girl. u uuilg with us. I promised steve and eddy id meet them again, right after i finished eating. Thank you, lassie. Here dear, i taped the wing for you. I think shell fly again now. Ill be the best pilot on a big plane. Classified information . Well, that means a secret. Well suppose you give this enemy all the details . But i cant mom. Steve and eddy and i, we made a pact. And i couldnt ask you to break that pact, now could i . Im not supposed to. Alright. I understand. Can i go now . I promised id meet them. Well your father telephoned and especially asked that you would get started with your afternoon chores. Well, alright you run ahead but be back by two thirty. Thanks, mom. Come on girl. Timmy about that secret project, dont you get into anything dangerous. I wont mom. Where ya been . Whats the matter with you . I told my mom, by accident. Whatd you do that for . I told ya it was an accident, i didnt mean to. What did she say . She said not to do anything dangerous. Is this gonna be dangerous . Dangerous . Ha. I bet youre just chickening out. I am not. Well there goes all our work for nothing. Just cause we got a chicken for a test pilot. You cant call me chicken. And ill prove it. I gotta lassie, i cant let steve and eddy down. Were a team. And im gonna be the youngest test pilot in the world. Why how nice you look oh, thanks ive been to creston to see my cousin carol. She sent you her regards so i thought i would bring them by in person. Well im glad you did. Come on in. Oh, thanks i have some fresh brownies . Oh, no thanks, im on a diet. Ive lost four pounds already. Does it show . Those real special ones you make . Uh huh how many calories . I just never counted. Although i did read once, that when youre on a diet, you gotta eat to keep up your strength. I have some fresh coffee already made. Ill not use any sugar. Ill get the cups well go in the parlor, its more comfortable there. Well, i cant stay too long. You mean here . Yeah we had to look all over before we found this place. Its just right. Yeah pretty high up arent we . High up . Do you know the altitude a paratrooper jumps from . No. Even more than three thousand feet, right . Right. Little jump like this is nothing. Yeah. You dont have to worry, timmy. Were prepared for emergencies. A good inventor always thinks of that. See we have a safety line, we tied it to that rock over there. Yeah. Show him how it works. See it works alright. Yeah. You want me to prove it . Okay if ya want too. What are you gonna do . Im gonna prove that this rope will hold. Well, here i go. Okay im coming up nothing to it. Its alright, lassie, he made it. Okay . Okay. All you have to do now is warm up. Ive been watching my pigeon squad they do it easy, like this. Up and down, up and down. Easy does it. You can practice some more after you get em on. And it seems like i just bought ted a pair and dicks are gone. Youve got a look on your face that says oh my goodness i forgot. Happens to me all the time. I didnt realize it was so late. I told timmy to be home at two thirty. Heaves sakes ruth, dont tell me you expect the boy to come home on time. Hes usually pretty good about those things. Well all i can say is if youve gone through what ive gone through with three boys, you never know what they are gonna do. You know ill never forget the day that teddy, hes our youngest. Came home and said that dick was at the bottom of the lake. Wanted to know how it felt to be a fish. Oh , boys, listen dont waste any worry on them, take my word for it. Youll live longer. Up, down, up, down. Up, down, up, down. You get the hang of it now . I think so. Then lets get started. Okay, get ready. Good wind conditions, light breeze blowing north. Wind conditions . Youve got to think of everything. Like, my brother always says, you gotta size up the whole situation. His brothers a corporal. No wonder he knows so much. You bet. You ready . Ready . I guess so. Everybodys scared on their first jump, timmy. Yeah, thats the worst. It happens to the best of us. But dont you worry, well be right behind you all the way. Quiet. Ill give you five seconds warning timmy. When i say jump, you jump. Five, four, three, two. One. Take off. Help. Help. Help. Im worried about timmy, i told him to be back here by two thirty. Now alma stevens came by and stayed so long i just didnt realize how late it was. Lassie oh, lassie, shes all wet. Somethings wrong paul. You know timmy said he was gonna be a test pilot and he couldnt tell me anymore about it because he had some sort of a secret pact with steve and eddy. Wheres timmy, lassie . Oh, timmy, timmy are you alright . Im alright, mom. What happened . I was a test pilot. It was dangerous. Timmy. Why would you ever do Something Like this . It wasnt his fault mr. Martin, we thought it would fly. Whose idea was it . Mine. And mine. And mine too. We thought we would be famous and get our names in the paper. You almost did. The three of you are old enough to know that it takes years of study to learn how to build something to fly. Yes sir. Yes sir. And test pilots are trained men timmy. Youre just lucky that lassie was brave enough to risk her life for you. I know, dad. Timmy you should know that anytime you do anything dangerous like that, lassie would risk her life for you. I think you should all learn to have more consideration fore those who you. Yes maam. Yes maam. Bye, timmy. Bye. So long, timmy. Well, i think lassie says shes had enough for today. And so have you timmy come on lets go home. Im alright, mom. Thanks girl. I really was scared and lassie knew i was. I just didnt listen to her. When that truck driver was getting gas, how did he know mom was saving coupons for a toaster . He didnt. But he was from out of state and he didnt need the coupons and he gave them to me. Now i have enough. Well i gotta admit, its quite a gadget. Yeah, but it wont taste biscuits in a little drawer. Well, every test pilot should have a really safe plane to fly. Ruth, i love you. How did i do, mom . Ah, thats wonderful dear. Oh, by the way, i forgot to give you something. More coupons from al. Hes bound and determined youre gonna get that toaster. Well here we go again. Starring June Lockhart hugh riley john provost as timmy and of course lassie do you think they are looking down at us, like were looking up at them . Look we saw it, didnt we . Mom, dad we saw it, we saw a flying saucer. Oh, timmy. We did. It zoomed through the sky. It landed way, way out on the other side of the field. That was more likely a comet or a shooting star. There are no flying saucers, dear. But i read about them, in books. Timmy, a lot of people just like you have seen things that they believed to be flying saucers. But they were only proven to be their imagination. But they even draw picture of them, with little men that look like this. Dear, how dreadful. Timmy, come here. You know imagination is a wonderful thing, without it there could be no progress and no discovery. But imagination alone cant make things a reality. It has to be supported by facts and nobody yet has come up with any evidence to make the flying saucer a fact. Your father is right, dear. Heres a fact, its past your bedtime. It isnt easy to sleep when you have visitors, especially from mars or maybe even the moon. Ill tell you what, if they drop by the house, ill wake you i promise. Goodnight, mom. Goodnight again. Goodnight, dad. Goodnight. Come on, lassie. Those science fictions magazines have certainly made an impression on him. Well lets face it, ruth, this is the space age and timmys part of it. Oh yes, but flying saucers and men from mars, now really its a little preposterous isnt it . Maybe. Maybe not. A few years ago we never would have dreamed that we would have had man made satellites, now were preparing to send men into space. Never can tell about some things. Strangers come to a foreign planet, and nobody even cares. You saw it with me didnt ya, lassie . It was a flying saucer. They must have landed here and blasted off again. What is it girl . Feet prints. Lots of them. Men from other planets can disappear if they want too. Maybe theyll believe us now. Dad in that barn son. I found the place where it landed, i knew we saw it last night i knew we did. What did you see . Where what landed . The flying saucer. Timmy. But its true mom. Theres a big hole where it landed and blasted off again. These little feet prints all around it. Feet prints . No, its. Well, i guess thats right. It must have been at least a man from mars. Well, darling men from mars just dont drop into the country willie nillie. The Immigration Department has very strict laws about that. Gosh, mom, that has nothing to do with it. Uh, im sure you mother realizes that timmy. She was just trying to make a point. Thats okay, mom, very few women know about outer space and stuff like that. Well. Timmy i want to talk to you very frankly, okay . Sure dad. Your mother and i just dont believe that there are such things as flying saucers and men from mars. But if you saw what we did with our own eyes, you would know. Come look . Just look. Sure. I guess youre entitled to a full defense. Is it very far from here . Way out on the other side of the woods. Well take the pick up then, it wont take very long. Do you wanna come mom . No, dear, no you men run along. Ill stay here to protect the farm in case it is attacked by men from mars. Come on, lassie. Isnt it just like i said . Well, i gotta admit its a strange place for a hole this size. Flying saucers always land way out in places like this. And look. Footprints. Thats from one of the men out of the flying saucer. Timmy . Our footprints are around here also. You still dont believe me. Im afraid that im more inclined to believe that somebody dynamited this crater. Probably blasting a rock or something. Sorry, son. Ideas that you may have about things and men from outer space. Not in the least. Im fully aware of this whole new era of science, of rocket ships, space men and possible life on other planets. But you dont believe in flying saucers and men from mars. Its just that there is no real proof for such things as of yet. You see a good scientist bases his conclusions on facts, not just on possibilities. Then ill have to get more facts. Thats the spirit. If you think you see man from mars Walking Around who just came off a flying saucer, fine, ill be just as thrilled as you are if you can prove it. Honest, dad . Why of course. You know young man, im really not from the horse and buggy days. I live in this wonderful Twentieth Century too. To the unknown may it become the known. Ah back from the expedition we still need some more facts to prove that i was right in the first place. Oh, well that seems fair enough. Lets all keep an open mind here. What are you staring at . Anything wrong . Did you both eat all of that fruit . What fruit . There isnt any fruit there. Well there was a whole bowl full of it. We just came in the house. Well, somebody ate it. I filled that bowl with fruit not ten minutes ago. I took the laundry hung it up and now im back staring at it empty. Thats the proof. I knew it, i knew it. Didnt we lassie . You mean lassie ate it . No, dont ya see . The man from mars ate it. Its a little embarrassing to bring this up, but, you think there could be anything to this, with what timmy claims he saw . You mean about the man from mars . Oh, no of course not. What i mean is, well i dont know what i mean. I got a tree stump out in the orchard and i want him to come along with me. Isnt that a little dangerous for a small boy . Its only dangerous if you dont know what youre doing. Thats why i want him with me. To learn. Guess youre right. Alright, ill send him out as soon as hes had his milk and cookies. Good. That you timmy . Timmy . Hi, mom are you just now getting home from school . Ah huh, and boy am i hungry. Well come into barn for a minute will you . I want to Say Something to your father. Did you eat timmys cookies and drink his milk . Huh . Its perfectly alright if you did, i just wanna know thats all. No. Well, paul somebody did. The man from mars ate it again. Somebody or something is lurking around this house. Oh, ruth, youre just letting your imagination run away from you. Am i . Well will see about that. Explosives have to be handled very carefully, timmy. You cant come with us this time lassie, because were gonna dynamite a tree stump and its too dangerous. So you just stay here and play until we make it back. Come on, timmy. Will you back in time for supper . Plenty of time. Ruth, please be careful with that shotgun, promise . Oh, dont you worry about me. This time when i put some food on the table its gonna stay there. Are you and mom having now, dynamites all set. As soon as i light this well go the other side of the truck for that extra ounce of prevention. Because of pieces of flying wood and things. Correct. Go on. Lets go. Its lassie. Timmy come back here. Lassie lassie timmy, duck. Duck are you trying to get us all killed . He certainly is an amazing little fellow, professor. Freddie certainly is. He has the intelligence of at least a five year old child. Hes been brought by the University Since its since infancy. Exactly like a human being. And our anthropological studies we attempted to discern his abilities and adjust to society and ascertain the progress of his intelligence. And i dont mind telling you about it. I wish some of my students have some of the ratio iq. And all the time i thought you were a man from mars. Well i was beginning to believe there really was such a thing. Every time i turned around food was missing. I want to thank you people again. Young man, as for seeing something that came from outer space, youre absolutely right. Once the university examines the meteor that we dig out of the crater you discovered, i shall see that they turn it over to you. Honest . Honest. Come along freddie. Lets be on our way now. Professor thank you very much for dropping by. Very nice talking to you professor. Gosh, he goes to college and i still go to grammar school. Rogers show, starring roy rogers, king of the cowboy. Trigger his golden palomino and dale evans, queen of the west. With pat brady his comical sidekick and roys wonder dog, bullet hey mister . Just a minute mister. Would you do me a big favor . Im elmore kirby and im out here from the east and im awful anxious to get a picture of a stage coach hold up. Well you just missed one. If you had been with us you could have took a picture of the whole local gang. Yeah, yeah i know but i can take one if you would be willing to pose as one of the outlaws . Me . Sure youve got just the face for it, you would be a lot better than they would. No kidding i have . Sure. Oh well