A geologist in a hard-to-reach cave far in the mountains, with the help of an assistant, discovers an interplanetary communication portal or a message from a pre-civilization. We manage to decipher the text of the message. The world is triumphant! Finally, an old dream has come true! But the restless Vasya unpredictably intervenes... The collection of short stories “Unsuccessful Contact” includes a series of science fiction and detective stories by the author.