[00:11.12]Where was the station's Commanding Officer? [00:16.33]A pilot noticed a balloon which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force station nearby. [00:24.07]He informed the station at once, but no one there was able to explain the mystery. [00:31.75]The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news, [00:37.89]because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft. [00:42.83]He said that someone might be spying on the station and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object. [00:52.04]The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time. [00:56.94]He could make out three men in a basket under it and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars. [01:04.92]When the balloon was over the station, the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs. [01:12.18]Soon afterwards, the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield. [01:19.25]The police were called in, but they could not arrest anyone, [01:24.01]for the basket contained two Members of Parliament and the Commanding Officer of the station! [01:31.62]As the Commanding Officer explained later, one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing! 一个飞行员发现了一只气球，它像是正飞往附近的一个皇家空军基地。他马上把情况报告了该基地，但那里的人没有一个能解释这到底是怎么回事。控制塔上的官员得知这一消息后，非常气愤，因为气球有可能给飞机造成极大的危险。他说可能有人正对基地进行侦察，因此命令那个飞行员跟踪那个奇怪的飞行物。飞行员设法绕着气球飞了一阵。他看清了气球下面有3个人呆在一只筐里，其中一个举着望远镜。当气球飞临基地上空时，飞行员看见有一个人在拍照。不久，气球开始降落，在一个停机坪附近着了陆。警察被召来了，但他们却不能逮捕任何人，因为筐里是两名国会议员和一名基地的指挥官!正如指挥官后来解释的那样，基地的这半边不知道那半边正在干什么!