human
And where were you that night when it came?
gpt
On the bridge with the captain and watch-officers. It was all hands that night. We had made out a curious light to the north'ard, and were trying to find out what it was.
human
What kind of a light?
gpt
Well, it was rather faint, and seemed to be about a mile away. Sometimes it looked red, then green, or yellow, or blue.
human
And then it disappeared?
gpt
Yes, and though we steamed toward it with all the searchlights at work, we never found where it came from.
human
What form did it take--a beam or a glow?
gpt
It wasn't a glow--radiation--and it didn't seem to be a beam. It was an occasional flash, and in this sense was like a radiation--that is, like the spokes of a wheel, each spoke with its own color. But that was at the beginning. In three hours none of us could have distinguished colors.