Three Men in a Basket

更新：2023-11-22

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[00:14.33]Lesson 91
[00:16.86]Three men in a basket
[00:19.69]A pilot noticed a balloon
[00:21.46]which seemed to be making for a Royal Air Force station nearby.
[00:26.33]He informed the station at once,but no one there was able to explain the mystery.
[00:32.17]The officer in the control tower was very angry when he heard the news,
[00:36.95]because balloons can be a great danger to aircraft.
[00:41.14]He said that someone might be spying on the station
[00:44.68]and the pilot was ordered to keep track of the strange object.
[00:49.27]The pilot managed to circle the balloon for some time.
[00:53.09]He could make out three men in a basket under it
[00:56.22]and one of them was holding a pair of binoculars.
[00:59.58]When the balloon was over the station,the pilot saw one of the men taking photographs
[01:05.59]Soon afterwards,the balloon began to descend and it landed near an airfield.
[01:11.57]The police were called in,but they could not arrest anyone,
[01:15.69]for the basket contained two Members of Parliament
[01:19.01]and the Commanding Officer of the station!
[01:22.44]As the Commanding Officer explained later,
[01:24.84]one half of the station did not know what the other half was doing!
 
Where was the station's Commanding Officer?