"Here they come," Linda said, tilting her video camera at an angle to catch the ballet of lights as it swooped overhead.

The globes in the sky had performed these same maneuvers every evening for a week in Roswell, New Mexico. Four members of the crowd gathered around us and staring at the sky had claimed receiving telepathic messages that the visitors would land, tonight.

"They're making a turn," Linda gasped, backing into me and nearly knocking the notebook and pen from my hand. She stayed right on them with the camcorder.

"I think they're landing!" hissed a woman next to me.

I nodded as one sphere branched off from the rest and touched down in front of us. I shielded my eyes until the brilliant glow faded.

Before us sat a metallic object. A ramp lowered from the underbelly. A wizened, gnome-like creature with bulging eyes stumped down to meet us.

It looked up at me and grimaced in what I assumed was a smile, then addressed the crowd in perfect English.

"Thank you for being patient with us these many years, my children. We will answer all your questions, in time. For now, let me just say that you were right about our existence. But there's so much more.

"We are your progenitors, your fathers and mothers. You, the people of Roswell, are our offspring. We've been mixing our DNA with the gene pool of this town for a long time. And now, we've come to take you all home!"

He spread his arms and beamed his incontinent smile.

I scribbled frantically on a blank page, glancing at the man next to me. He wore a helmet made of aluminum foil and chicken wire. It all made perfect sense.

Linda turned and gaped at me.

"Did you get all that?" I asked with a grin.

She nodded, raising her camera in mock-salute. "Mike, what on earth are you going to call this story-to-end-all-stories, when you file it with The Inquisitor?"

I chuckled. "Oh, that's easy. I'll name it 'Roswell That Ends Well.'"

BIO: Wesley Lambert's prose and/or poetry has appeared in numerous online and print publications, including: Paradox, Hadrosaur Tales, Neverary, Naked Snake Online, Scifaikuest, Astropoetica, sidereality, Dragons, Knights, and Angels, Flashshot, Between Kisses, Amazing Journeys, and many others. He welcomes feedback at: Socialcons1@aol.com.