And what he saw couldn't have been a dream... it was too real. But it couldn't have been true, either... it was too deliciously frightful.
— Narrator (Paul Frees)
9 seconds sound clip from the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1954) classic radio play.
You can hear this line at 00:30:24 in the radio play.
Quote context
[...]
- Mr. Carpenter's door was ajar and light was pouring out of his room.
- Funny... he said his light went out.
- Then Mr. Carpenter came out carrying the flashlight and stealing down the steps like a thief.
- This was peculiar. But this was adventure.
- Bobby followed Mr. Carpenter...
- And dream or not, Bobby saw this Mr. Carpenter go into the spaceship.
- And then a wave of sheer terror swept over Bobby at last and he turned and ran wildly away...
[...]