Det här låter mycket som Bilder ligga inte av Katherine MacLean. Denna synopsis från Google böcker låter mycket som din plot.
The aliens were friendly. There was no doubt about that, communication via radio and video made that clear. The decision was made to direct the aliens to a landing spot on Earth. During the landing something goes terrible wrong and the aliens crash land in a swamp and are attacked by hostile creatures. Humanity rushes to find the aliens before it's too late, but will they be in time?
En komisk version av den här historien, anpassad från originalet, kallad Chewed Out! , skrivs ut i Weird Science Magazine i mars-april 1952-frågan. Från EC Comics Wiki har de denna synopsis.
Herold Setiker has made contact with aliens who he directs to earth. However they report landing in a murky lake which contain acid are being attacked by giant white monsters. The general arrests Herold but finds the pebble he feels in his mouth is actually the space ship.
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