Was at the opening at our local, big, "panavision" theater with an audience that was totally unaware of what they were about to experience. A joyous, giddy, group, having entered the theater, slowly exited with a somber and drained demeaner, as if they had been transformed by the "possible reality" of such an event could, or would, ever happen. And if so, would "the powers that be" would ever expose such an event to the real, placid, and un-informed people of the real world. It had everyone cautiously glancing at the night sky with an uncomfortable sense of "what if".
Sometimes, on a clear and star-lit night, I find myself glancing up still, and wondering, "what if".