Strip 852 -- First Seen: 2011-12-22
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The Transcript For This Page

Panel 1
Beginning of flashback sequence. We see the exterior of the laboratory and compound in the western Australian desert. In the middle-ground is a gate in the tall, barb-wire-topped perimeter fence, and small group of Aboriginals in an open-topped Jeep-like conveyance are being waved outward through the checkpoint by the guard. We see a small cameo of Bert's head in the upper left corner.
Bert: The good news is, the aboriginal families were never prisoners.
Bert: They were free to come and go, although they mostly stayed in the compound.

Panel 2
Near a parked military style truck, in front of a nondescript cinder-block wall, we see one Aboriginal family of five – husband, wife, teen-aged son, two younger daughters, standing by with packed bags and luggage.
Caption (Bert): 'By the time the operation was moved to Groom Lake, Neanne's surrogate mother had died.
Caption: Everybody stayed in Australia except one family they got to go to Nevada.

Panel 3
Close-in shot on the teenaged-boy, elbows-up. He is clear-eyed and confident-looking.
Caption (Bert): The son, Nowra, and Neanne were sweet on each other so he probably got his family to go.