The Explosion of Cruz and Vienna

The three of them had built a device in Cruz's garden, some sort of experimental device in order to contact beings on Mars and the device may have malfunctioned. And this was actually corroborated by Cruz's father. They all witnessed an, quote, intensely luminous object over the shore. It hung motionless for about five minutes, and then it began to rise. At that point, there was a blinding flash and an explosion that shook buildings as far as 15 kilometers away or nine miles for you, Fred.