Read the following passage and questions, then choose the right answer from options, the answer should be one of A, B, C, D.

<passage>:
slowly inspected his truck road, watched every move. Finding nothing unusual, a patrolman reported to the first civilian car then said Russians and Americans from the frame house, started for After a cursory inspection the patrolman passed her on. Two of a meteor in space. Comrades, the Quietly a cavalcade formed, converged parked facing the road ready for circling the junk yard, taking stations Comrades ... an ancient automobile is flying toward our space so they could watch all approaches. Once they were in verbatim, to prove their space vehicle was knocked from the sky thumping his front door. Wondering who could be in such a hurry, automobile coming toward the so early in the morning, he pulled jacket as he went to answer. "Hello," said Solomon to the observed cars for weeks. Have been patrolman, while opening the door. "Why you bother me so early? You know I only buy cars from proves ancient automobiles are orbiting the world, Americans are worried about your car buying. caught in obvious attempt to ridicule orbiting devices reported: "We've Confusion was also undermining American scientific study of the heavens. At Mount Palomar the busy 200-inch telescope was photographing a strange new object, Were you ever an engineer? laboratory caused astronomers to explode angrily. In full glory, the of space." an ancient car. This first development only affected two photographers at Mount Palomar. They were fired for playing practical jokes on Then they wanted to see his cars. the astronomers. Additional exposures Through the back door, so he'd led the three men into his permission, they began searching old cars parading proudly across the sun, watched invasion of his privacy. among the stars. The night the Russian protest crossed trails with the Palomar report, Washington looked like a kid with chicken pox, as dozens "What they want?" he wondered. a wrecking yard?" he asked himself. the years he'd been in the United responsibility for cars older than three old cars stood in an isolated 1942. Civil aviation proved they vehicles. Central Intelligence swore trudged back, followed by the of spotty yellow windows marked left their curious searching to follow in an attempt to hit Castro. Disgusted, neared, the tall stranger asked, "I had no projects involving motor cars which, from the tracks, have Two were from fliers. The pilot reported a strange object rising over Southern California about ten the evening of April 3rd. A week after this report, a private pilot the best of his old cars. "They make seeing an old car flying over Los on his way from Las Vegas claimed to fix them up. That one, the Hupmobile, "Who bought the others?" the because no one believed his story. "No one," quavered Solomon, times both pilots claimed sighting unknown objects, radar at Los to send cars into the sky? Everyone something rising from earth's surface into the stratosphere. Within were racing to send things into the hours after the three reports met, wrong? Surely there was no law air. What had he done that was he'd broken. Wasn't the air free, in the President's commission's aircraft. "Then where did they go?" office, mobile radar was spotted on parking lot, caught one first. "Hey fellows," came his excited voice, Southern California hilltops in "I needed the space. They were too "You did what?" "I sent them into the sky," caught it moments he did wrong. Would they lock cars? And his business? "How did you ... no! Wait a radar, picked it up. "O.K., we're anyone from approaching or leaving this place." The patrolman almost saluted, thought better of left out of what must be something to pressure from exhaust they, that within minutes headquarters an engine that would run on pressure, like satellite engines he'd worked on a cracked engine block, asleep, totally unaware of the get rid of old cars no one would The history of what astronomers so he'd used scrap manifolds to auto-wrecking yard a mile south of an unmarked jet flew him to They left guards posted inside the Fords on the left, Chevys on the to take a trip in a hurry." Because he knows nothing of the business, world years ago. They were showing the Air Force how to can throw it into the sky, they can arrival of a customer's car. circling the earth. As you know, a boy's voice was saying. "He gives The Russians? We're told they're his old cars, 'cause if you want to orbit a car. They can't figure how to control vacuum and pressure "Sure, Son, let's go in and see didn't tell many people about the the two popped into reality. Heaving himself out of the sports car matches a newspaper reporter found cars for sale?" around a hearse, and surfaced on the other side of a convertible, leading the boy and his one old, the other tired, were faced "See, Dad, aren't they great?" school with the old Packard, after Dad exploded, "Those wrecks at the moon. Let's go." Not back to the car parked outside echoed by those of a crestfallen boy. unloved old cars, was troubled with That night, to take his mind off worrisome old cars, Solomon began moon shots, rockets and astronauts, which started Solomon to thinking shooting at the moon. This thing called an ion engine, which creates engines, I bet." he was only resting his eyes, thinking almost hidden behind the huge lumbered carefully down rows of cars to an almost completely broken engine. In a few minutes, Solomon had the engine waving behind the truck while he reversed to the engine and squatted in the thought, "when I get them nearer each other, it'll go up in my face." Scanning the yard he thought of At his age, running was a senseless from an old Chevy truck. Back at the engine, he punched a hole in heavens as though they truly belonged like a hungry hound trailing stood up, kicked the manifolds and trailed the hub cap twine behind Ford station wagon. He'd read of scientists in block houses when in the glare of early morning no chances. Excitement glistened they shot rockets and was taking the old cars, yet not destroy a single wagon, to watch the engine, Solomon tensed, braced himself with a free taking a deep breath, jerked the He'd broken no laws in all slipped backward when the hub through the air to clang against heard a slight swish as though a whirlwind had come through the yard. The scent of air-borne dust crows. Eyes high, they scanned "Look, there goes one," the younger cried as a large dark object majestically rose into the sky and rapidly disappeared into high clouds. "Yup, maybe so," said the other. "But it's flying too high for us." "I must be a silly old man," Solomon thought, scanning the cleared he remembered an engine. There That night was a whirlwind of classic cars were gone, he could use and Chevys. All he'd have to do engines on a different car every raised anything they were attached were losing rockets and space capsules, so a few old cars could get Early the next morning, he junk engines were bolted to the old sedans. Each shingle was taped in place so they could be pulled bedtime before stumbling through the dark to the launching pad in match in the other so he could and watched in excited satisfaction as the old sedan rose in a soft through ancient curves of four Day after day, only a mile from buying wrecked cars and selling old car from his back lot went silently heavenward with the of engine vacuum and exhaust pressure. His footsteps were shop manuals. As usual, when the clock neared ten, he closed his manuals and let himself out the behind the Ford wagon without having stumbled once. Only two into orbit with his other orphans. row of a used car lot. watchman wouldn't allow them to They all caught the Packard's crossed on the map long before speeding on its way to surround Dogs stirred, yapping at sudden activity they alone knew of, then nose to tail, returned to sleep when The sun was barely up when the from his house, Highway patrolmen

<question>:
Who first noticed the cars flying into space?

<options>:
A The pilot of Flight 26
B Russians
C Two boys
D Mt. Palomar

<answer>:

C