Secrets of the Unknown #147

When a sudden flash of light forces a pilot to swerve mid-flight, the only awake passenger claims he saw nothing—though he’s actually a Martian tourist whose real mission is just beginning. In this brief, eerie 1974 tale from *Secrets of the Unknown*, the line between pilot and alien blurs in a moment of quiet panic.

In "I Saw the Invasion of the Stone Men," a sudden surge of humanoid figures made of rock erupts from the earth, sending shockwaves through a quiet town. As fear spreads, a geologist steps forward, piecing together the truth: these aren't invaders, but travelers from beneath the surface, bound by their own rhythm to return when their time comes.

In "I Became a...Human Bomb!", a desperate criminal takes a risky gamble by boarding an experimental nuclear missile, hoping to steal it and sell it to the Soviets—but when the rocket launches, he realizes too late that it has no internal controls, leaving him trapped and powerless as the countdown to detonation begins.

In "The Unwelcome Passenger!" from *Secrets of the Unknown* #147 (1974), the crew of a doomed ship trembles at the sight of their skipper’s albatross—a creature they’ve long feared, even as it becomes their only hope when they’re stranded in the Sargasso Sea. The bird’s strange presence grows more unsettling with each passing hour, yet its sudden appearance may be the only thing standing between them and the endless deep.