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"Peek! I See you!", a novelette by Poul Anderson, first published in Analog, February 1968.

Probably the 1975 Poul Anderson collection Homeward and Beyond.

"Peek! I See you!", a novelette by Poul Anderson, first published in Analog, February 1968.

Probably the 1975 Poul Anderson collection Homeward and Beyond.

I'm trying to locate the title or author of - or some leads to - a short story that may be from the Golden Age era.

I read it in a short story collection which I probably bought in the 1960 - 1980 time-frame.

The human pilot lands and walks up to the aliens and says, to the effect of, "Ah ha, I knew it!" Alien, with disappointment on his or her face, turns to the pilot and says "Okay, well, since you found us -- welcome to the Galactic Empire."

I'm trying to locate the title or author of — or some leads to — a short story that may be from the Golden Age.

I read it in a short story collection which I probably bought in the 1960–1980 time frame.

The human pilot lands and walks up to the aliens and says, to the effect of, "Ah ha, I knew it!" Alien, with disappointment on his or her face, turns to the pilot and says "Okay, well, since you found us — welcome to the Galactic Empire."

(To the Galactics, our world is "Restocking Station 143.")