BEATLEMANIA! UPROAR GREETS THEIR RETURN HOME Twelve thousand screaming teenagers jam London Airport to welcome the Beatles back from their U.S. triumphs; our staff scientist- in an odd moment- calculated that this young mob generated enough energy to put three Atlas missiles into orbit and to power fifty-four thousand transistor radios. The Beatles did what the Redcoats couldn't do in the American Revolution- they conquered the Colonies.