Fiend Without a Face

Unexplained deaths begin to occur in the rural area near the radar installation. Postmortems reveal murders with brains and spinal cords missing. The only clue left behind are two puncture marks at the base of each skull.

Air Force Major Jeff Cummings starts an investigation, interviewing townsfolk and looking for anything unusual. He follows odd clues around the base and the surrounding countryside. The case deepens as the deaths continue.

Cummings becomes suspicious of Professor R. E. Walgate, a retired British scientist living near the base. Walgate is finishing a new book about telekinesis and thought projection. The link between his experiments and the deaths becomes the focal point of the investigation.

Walgate finally admits he developed his mental ability and created a living thought projection. The projection is invisible but real, acting as a separate entity. He acknowledges that the nuclear experiments may be fueling the phenomenon.

The nuclear-powered radar experiments unexpectedly boost Walgate's mental abilities, giving rise to a malevolent thought-projection that can act as a separate life form. This entity escapes from his laboratory and begins attacking people. It feeds on the base’s nuclear-generated power.

The invisible brain-spine creatures attack the base’s personnel to seize control of the radar reactor. Two of them dial up the power to dangerous levels, pushing the system toward a potential catastrophe. The base’s defenders scramble to repel the intruders and stabilize the reactor.

As the power surge peaks, the creatures become visible. Their forms are the missing brains with spinal cords, now with flexible tendrils and eye stalks. They move quickly and can leap distances, heightening the threat.

The brain-spine creatures descend on Walgate's home where the main characters have gathered. Some break through a boarded window using their tendrils, while others leap to the roof and slither down the fireplace flue. The siege is swift and terrifying.

Defenders confront the creatures with firearms, managing to kill several of the brains with precise shots. The attackers are relentless, and the battles end with the surviving brains bleeding out as they expire. The home becomes a grim frontline.

Walgate exits the home as a diversion, attempting to mislead the beasts, but he is quickly attacked and killed by the living thought projection he helped create. The loss marks a turning point for the remaining defenders. The threat now pivots entirely toward stopping the invasion.

Major Cummings escapes out the back and heads to the airbase to take decisive action against the threat. He navigates the danger and reaches the base in time to confront the crisis. His resolve centers on stopping the power source from feeding the invaders.

Cummings destroys the radar installation's power machinery, depriving the brain-spines of their energy source. The creatures quickly die and dissolve into puddles of goo. The base is saved, ending the immediate threat.