etheriel read aloud : `` it is hereby directed by order of council that the archangel gabriel , serial number etcetera , etcetera ( well , that 's you , at any rate ) , will approach planet , class a , number g753990 , hereinafter known as earth , and on january 1 , 1957 , at 12:01 p.m. , using local time values- '' he finished reading in gloomy silence .