 If the following event had not occurred, the Venusian delegate's identify would likely not have been discovered:
The DELEGATE FROM VENUS By HENRY SLESAR ILLUSTRATOR NOVICK Everybody was waiting to see what the delegate from Venus looked like. In a secluded booth at the rear of a restaurant unfrequented by newsmen, Greta leaned forward and said: "At first, they thought it was another sputnik." They got reports from the observatories about another sputnik being launched by the Russians. "A spaceship," Greta said coolly, sipping lemonade. The spaceship's from Venus; they've already established that. A special foreign ministers conference was held this morning, and a decision was reached to accept the delegate. But Jerry Bridges, sitting in the rear seat flanked by two Sphinx-like Secret Service men, knew that he was the only passenger with non-official status aboard.
 If Jerry had not kept his old notes from college physics
 If Jerry had not kept his old notes from college physics  If the UN had not called a plenary session  If Greta had gotten fired for leaking her source  If the authorities had destroyed the delegate after its opening message