Sighting 4008: The Desert Springs IncidentGatlin and Fitz investigate the case of elderly Emma Smith, who claims that she has been offered a trip to Venus by 2 aliens. She says they promise to take her to her husband, who has been missing for 3 years. But the Blue Book team discover it is only a hoax by 2 con artists who are trying to bilk the widow out of her life savings. Elsewhere, a writer and his friend tell Gatlin and Fitz that they and their dates saw an immense UFO pursuing them as they rode down from the top of a mountain in an aerial tram at a California resort in Desert Springs. Theatrical agent Dave Chapman and motion picture writer Mike Kirby try to convince the Blue Book team that they observed a vehicle, over 100 feet in diameter with a red-hot underside, that appeared to be trying to attack the tram. When the power fails and the couples are trapped halfway down the mountain, the UFO bathes them in an intense white light, then leaves. Looking over the site where the craft appeared, the Blue Book team find inconclusive evidence of the sighting, but doubt the veracity of Kirby and Chapman when they announce in the newspapers that their UFO encounter is to be made into a major motion picture, something they will both benefit from.
