Professor Haley held a conference at Haley Observatory in order to present his new invention to a crowd of scientists and reporters. The demonstration was surprisingly successful and managed to successfully contact alien life — the Decepticons. Starscream blew a hole in the top of the observatory, severely damaging the radio telescope, so that Megatron could retrieve the Voltronic Galaxer to use in their latest nefarious scheme. {{tfwiki|Haley Observatory]]