What happens
Space Patrol officer Lieutenant Grayson reports a mysterious force in space that makes ships and meteors vanish without a trace. Commander Corey and Lieutenant Grayson investigate with astronomer Professor Jelka, who identifies the phenomenon as a cycloplex, a hole in space. When Jelka's space observatory, piloted by cadet Happy, is pulled dangerously close to it, Corey and Grayson race to save them. The episode is part of the Space Patrol radio series and first aired on October 25, 1952.
Outer space, between Mercury, Venus and Mars, aboard Space Patrol ship Terra 5 and the space observatory near Venus and the Sun.
Characters: Buzz Corey, Happy, Lieutenant Grayson, Professor Jelka, Major Robertson, Colonel Gregory, Huddleston
Listen for: Listen for the eerie description of the cycloplex and the tense rescue attempt as the observatory is pulled toward the invisible force.
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.