“Our greatest discoveries often come by complete accident.”
I wrote this story in answer to the following prompt:
Friday Fictioneers – Write a 100-word story based on the Photo Prompt image above by PHOTO PROMPT© Jen Pendergast
Icy Discovery
“There!” yelled Professor Mansfield.
“At last!” replied technician Malcolm staring at two circles revolving in the iced-over lake. “The AUV’s are surfacing!”
Within minutes the circling ice vanished like manholes opening. Two yellow scuba tank-like objects bobbed in the frozen water.
Mansfield and Malcolm retrieved them. They were worth millions due to their 3D scanning sonar devices.
“Now, for the payoff,” Mansfield said rubbing his painfully cold hands.
“Yes, I feel rich already!”
With the AUVs connected to the computer, they played back the captured footage revealing a disc-shaped object.
Malcolm gasped, “That’s not a U-boat – that’s a UFO!”
The End
Thanks for reading my friends.
There’s more in the Poetry Corner, Poetry Nook, and the Short Story Collection
Have a great day!
Masons Menagerie 
A not so successful UFO by the sound of it. You tend to think of them as invincible.
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Indeed, but we do have a fair amount of crash stories too. Roswell, to name a big one. It’s a fascinating subject for sure,
Thanks for reading.
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Woops, haha! Happens…….well told.
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Thank you, Ain.
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That was completely unexpected. Love it 🙂
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That was the plan! Thanks Pam!
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Interesting twist at the end
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Thank you, Sadje.
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You’re welcome
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Dear Mason,
So much for advanced alien technology, eh? Good one.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Thank you, Rochelle
This was a fun challenge.
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What a surprise for them! And us. Well done.
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Thank you, Athling.
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Oh, bugger! Back to square one. Have to laugh. The truth is out there…
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Haha! So true!
Thank you, Tannille.
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With so many electronic recording devices everywhere these days, I’m sure a lot more of the “hidden” will be revealed. Good sci-fi writing, Reena.
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Oops! I mean, Mason! Sorry.
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For sure they will. They just found a giant pyramid in the pacific.
I must apologise, Reena. I’ve been calling you Jade based on your profile name.
Thankyou for reading.
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Wow on the pyramid, will have to google that one. I honestly made a mistake by calling you Reena (her story was just after yours and I was thinking it was hers) and Jade is my name on the profile and fine to use.
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Ahh, I see, No worries! It’s easy to get confsed when reading so many blogs. Jade it is then!
Yeah the pyramid is a cool one. I’m excited to see if they’ll launch an expedition to check it out.
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🙂
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I read this as being a UFO introducing life to earth.
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That’s an interesting take. Thank you, Michael.
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Intriguing, Mason. I wonder whether that makes them more or less valuable!
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Thanks, Elmo.
Depends if the men in black make them disappear or not I guess.
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An even bigger find than they were expecting!
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For sure, now so long as the men in black dont find out they’re golden! Thanks for reading.
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AUV? No, UFO. OMG!
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I’m soory! too many Acronyms!
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There excitement and anticipation seemed to be dampened by their discovery. I wonder what the expected?
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I was imagining a german U-boat stuffed full of stolen treasures from WW2. still a UFO is pretty special right,
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True, I wonder what treasure might be found in the UFO.
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The possibilities are endless on that one.
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Oh, brilliant. Are they sure the UFO is inactive? The Aliens could just be hiding there. 🙂
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For sure, no better place than beneath the ice to hide!
Thanks for reading.
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And now they’ll be able to identify it. What acronym will they use then – IFO?
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An Icy Flying Object? Lol thats good. Thanks, Elizabeth.
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whatever it was, it was a great find nonetheless. 🙂
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Sure was, thank you!
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Entertaining take on the prompt. Finding a UFO rather than Nazi gold must have been a bit of a downer!
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Thank you, Penny,
Yeah, not what they wanted and potentially dangerous too.
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I like the energy of the two scientists – it gives the story a real pace. Nicely done.
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Well, thank you very much!
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Good suspense there–and a nice surprise at the end. Either the UFO malfunctioned or the alien pilot goofed 🙂
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Thank you, Linda!
Hmm who knows what’s hiding in that UFO.
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The aliens were clearly looking for the only sign of intelligent life on the planet, dolphins.
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I like that theory. Thank you.
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I like that theory.
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Ooooooo fabulous discovery. Great descriptions of the cold temperature. I wonder how they’ll make money off this find? Tourists or the government
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Hello, Laurie
Lots of great possibilities for a UFO so long as they dont vanish!
Thanks for reading!
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A malfunctioning UFO? Must be from a bizzaro planet 😉
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I reckon so, thanks for reading.
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