From: utzoo!utcsrgv!burt
Newsgroups: net.movies
Title: Re: ET (Spoiler)
Article-I.D.: utcsrgv.411
Posted: Tue Jun 22 11:53:34 1982
Received: Tue Jun 22 21:34:32 1982
References: pyuxjj.233

The 'abdominal glow' in the extra-terrestrials did not appear
until it was 'time to go home'.  It came on suddenly and simultaneously
in all of them, and I assumed it was some kind of signal to return
to the spacecraft.