This proved to be a very good idea. Birds fly in and crash. People walk in a topple.
Vehicles grind to a halt.
No serious tragedy occurs, altho a plane is lost when MI tries to get photos of the mysterious object which has appeared near the ruined abbey. When the people wake up, the object is gone. A few months later, it is discovered that every woman able to bear children. . Both become pregnant. The Zellabys raise both.