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.