CONTENTS The Man Who Discovered Fafrotskies A Short History of Boobery Foot-in-Mouth Disease Living Legends and Dying

Worlds Astro a hobia Mysterious !ri"e Waves Snallygasters and Sea Ser ents Sky#uakes and H$T$s An $daho Triangle% Where Did the &arth !o"e fro"% Disneyland of the 'ods The Missing (ears The Moonstone Mystery !lones) Hybrids and Slee ers *ther +ealities *n To of Mount *ly" us ,e- Age of the 'ods The Last Laugh

THE MAN WHO DISCOVERED FAFROTSKIES At recisely ./01 a2"2 on the "orning of Ferbuary 0. th) a large kitchen sink of glea"ing orcelain and shining chro"e ca"e crashing out of a cloudless sky into the backyard of one Waldo (ent3) destroying his favorite rosebush2 $n a fit of high i#ue) Mr2 (ent3 called the olice) the ne-s a ers) the F2A2A2) the 42S2 Air Force) and his elderly aunt in Toledo2 'reat cro-ds soon gathered in the (ent3 backyard to ga3e u on the errant lu"bing2 A learned rofessor fro" a nearby college hastily organi3ed a ress conference and announced that the sink had obsiously fallen fro" a high flying 5et lane2 He did not visit the (ent3 yard) ho-ever) ointing out that -hen you6ve seen one sink you6ve seen the" all2 The air force) on the other hand) told re orters the ob5ect "ust have dro ed off a truck assing by on the "ain high-ay -hich -as a "ere "ile and a half fro" the (ent3 ho"estead2 Mr2 (ent36s aunt took the event as an indication that 'od -as "ad at so"ebody2 His -ife) Shirley) told the curious that she never did like the neighborhood and -asn6t at all sur rised -hen the sink "ade its sudden a earance2 Anything could ha en in such a rotten neighborhood2 4nbekno-nst to the befuddled (ent3es) kitchen sinks -ere bo"barding a Mosco- suburb that -eek and Pravda denounced the" as art of a ne- i" erialist lot2 $n London6s Hyde 7ark) a igeon fancier -as brained by a iece of aerial lu"bing on the sa"e day that the (ent3 rosebush -as flattened2 *n the other side of the -orld) in ,e- 'uinea) the natives -ere "ade restless by a "assive urinal that tu"bled do-n fro" the heavens2 They i""ediately built a shrine around it and began -orshi ing it2 ,e-s of the crashing sinks traveled slo-ly) for the "a5or ne-s "edia -ere reoccu ied) as al-ays) -ith the a"biguous state"ents of oliticians) ru"ors of -ar) and coveru s -ithin coveru s2 But slo-ly re orts of lu""eting lu"bing -ere collected by the so"e 0)899 eo le scattered around the -orld -ho "ake it their business to kee track of such things2 $n ti"e) they -ould issue a "assive final re ort on the "atter) accusing the govern"ents of the -orld of -ithholding the facts about falling sinks fro" the ublic and de"anding that the 4nited ,ations organi3e a tea" of scientists to look into the "atter2 They -ould be ignored) of course2 They6re used to being ignored2 $t6s roof that a "assive cons iracy e:ists to su ress the truth2 These eo le call the"selves Forteans2 They hate each other -ith a fierce assion) and are co" letely sus icious of everyone else2 When the first Fortean Society -as founded in 0.;<) the "an after -ho" it -as na"ed) !harles Fort) flatly refused to 5oin) gru"bling that he -ould sooner 5oin the &lks2 The Society6s 5ournal) Doubt) -as ublished at rando" intervals) usually one issue every t-o or three years) and its editorial osition -as that it -as against everything and everybody2 Those "atters -hich -ere not direct govern"ental cons iracies -ere obviously lots contrived by the "ilitary and scientific establish"ents2 Latter-day Forteans envision a "assive Military+eligious-$ndustrial co" le: -hich runs the -orld and is deliberately leading us all to ruination and da"nation2 Since each Fortean has a theory to e: lain the bi3arre things he is investigating) and since each theory contradicts all other theories) the -orld of Forteana is a bedla" of battered egos and "is laced senti"ents2 The Forteans not only e: ect to be ignored) they de"and it= Procession of the Damned Des ite all the nonsense) -hen -e have finally scra"bled or cra-led our -ay through the unfortunate t-entieth century -e "ay look back and reali3e -ith a terrible shock that !harles Hoy Fort to-ers above Winston !hurchill) Albert &instein) To" &dison) and all the other alleged giants of these hundred years that ate saints and farted Hitlers2 Fort s#uee3ed the udders of the sacred coof science) and he "ade us recogni3e that -e -ere living in an age of "iracles > and age -hen kitchen sinks could fall fro" the skies -hile little green "en fro" so"e-here else cavorted in our city arks2 He o ened our eyes to things that had been there all along2 He cataloged **7THS ?*ut *f 7lace THingS@ and FAF+*TSA$&S ?things that FAll F+*" The SA$&S@2

$t -as !harles Fort6s "isfortune to live in an age -hen -riters -ere cheated and conned) ignored and abused) and e: ected to starve2 A eriod not unlike the 0.19s= At the age of eighteen he beca"e the editor of The Independent) a ne-s a er ublisher in Bueens) ,2(2) -hich died after a feissues2 $n 01.;) at the age of nineteen) he set out to hitchhike around the -orld2 Already he -as an i" osing young "an) nearly si: feet tall) so"e-hat over-eight ?he -as C ortlyC all his life@) -ith a fashionable "ustache and a air of thick-lensed glasses erched on his nose2 His grandfather) Dohn Hoy) financed his adventures by su lying hi" -ith the lordly su" of t-enty-five dollars er "onth > "ore than enough to survive in those days2 $n the grand tradition of all young adventurers he sle t under the stars beside the railroad tracks) -ent hungry) and drea"ed of the glorious days ahead -hen his travels -ould ins ire i""ortal short stories and novels2 $nstead) he contracted a fever in South Africa222 a "ysterious "alady) robably "alaria) that -ould hound hi" for the rest of his days2 He returned a shuddering -reck to ,e- (ork !ity -here an &nglish girl) Anna Filing) nursed hi" back to health2 They -ere "arried on *ctober <E) 01.E2 They did not live ha ily ever after2 *bsessed -ith the business of -riting) !harles Fort -as doo"ed to s end "any years on the eri hery of society) barely able to "ake the rent for a succession of dingy) furnished roo"s2 He held a nu"ber of te" orary 5obs) as a hotel clerk) -atch"an) dish-asher2 So"eti"es during the cold -inters they burned the furniture to kee -ar"2 By the ti"e he -as thirty he had -ritten ten novels2 *nly one) The Outcast Manufacturers) -as ever ublished2 $t laid a large egg2 Ho-ever) Fort6s sense of hu"or enabled hi" to -rite saleable short stories2 Theodore Dreiser) a young editor at Smith's Magazine in 0.98) later recalled/ CFort ca"e to "e -ith the best hu"orous short stories that $ have ever seen roduced in A"erica2 $ urchased so"e of the"222 And other editors did the sa"e2 And a"ong ourselves > +ichard Duffy of Tom Watson's) !harles AgneMacLean of The Popular Magazine) and others) -e loved to talk of Fort and his future > a ne- and rare literary star2C Des ite the gro-ing de"and for his stories) Fort found it difficult to kee bread on the table2 CHave not been aid for one story since May)C he -rote in his diary in Dece"ber 0.9F2 CHave t-o dollars left2 Watson's has cheated "e out of G0882 Dreiser has sent back t-o stories he told "e he -ould buy) one even advertised to a ear in his ne:t nu"ber222 &verything is a-ned222 $ a" unable to -rite2 $ can do nothing else for a living2 My "ind is filled -ith ictures of "yself cutting "y throat or lea ing out the -indo-) head first2C $n his early diaries) notes) and letters ?no- reserved at the ,e- (ork 7ublic Library@ Fort co" lained of fre#uent s ells of de ression and dark suicidal "oods2 These -ould be follo-ed by fren3ied fits of -riting -hen he -ould churn out novels and short stories by the ound2 He had a "anic-de ressive ty e ersonality and it6s ossible that his "alaria-like "alady -as a "ysterious hysical ail"ent ty ical of those -hich lague such ersonalities2 Around the age of thirty-t-o) he began to s end "ore ti"e in the ,e- (ork 7ublic Library2 While bro-sing through so"e old scientific 5ournals he ca"e across so"e odd) une: lained ite"s and he discovered that the 5ournals) ne-s a ers) and "aga3ines of the nineteenth century -ere cra""ed -ith such ite"s222 strange ob5ects seen in the sky) -eird creatures and "achines rising out of the -orld6s oceans) eculiar foreign ob5ects falling fro" the sky > everything ranging fro" great #uantities of ra- "eat and blood to handcarved stone illars2 7eo le and things -ere often disa earing suddenly) only to rea ear half-ay around the -orld2 Hu"an foot rints and "an"ade ob5ects -ere re eatedly turning u in coal "ines and geological strata dating back "illions of years2 Fort recorded these re orts on scra s of bro-n a erH -riting his notes in his o-n s ecial code2 Day by day) "onth by "onth) year by year) the notes accu"ulated until he had thousands of the"2 $n 0.08) at the age of forty-one) he started to organi3e these notes into a book he lanned to call X and ! He never finished it) discarding it for another idea > a book that eventually a eared as The "oo# of the Damned! $n May 0.0E) his uncle) Frank Fort) died leaving hi" a s"all inheritance) sufficient to su ort hi" and Anna for the rest of their lives2 The long struggle -as over2 The Forts "oved to a s"all a art"ent in the Bron:2

When The "oo# of the Damned -as co" leted) -ary editors read the o ening lines and held their noses/ A rocession of the da"ned2 By the da"ned) $ "ean the e:cluded2 We shall have a rocession of data that Science has e:cluded2 Battalions of the accursed) ca tained by allid data that $ have e:hu"ed) -ill "arch2 (ou6ll read the" > or they6ll "arch2 So"e of the" livid and so"e of the" fiery and so"e of the" rotten2 By this ti"e) Theodore Dreiser had beco"e one of A"erica6s "ost fa"ous and "ost influential novelists2 He -as also Fort6s leading advocate2 He took the "anuscri t of The "oo# of the Damned to his o-n ublisher) Horace Liveright) and du" ed it on his desk2 Liveright reluctantly read it and then co" lained) C$ can6t ublish this2 $t6ll lose "oney2C Dreiser told hi" flatly) C$f you don6t ublish it) you6ll lose "e2C New Lands The literary -orld greeted The "oo# of the Damned -ith a-ed enthusias"2 ,e-s a ers and 5ournal revie-ers hea ed raise u on the strange o us2 Men like Booth Tarkington) Dohn !o- er 7o-ys) Ben Hecht) and Tiffany Thayer) all big na"es in their ti"e) a lauded2 C$ a" the first disci le of !harles Fort)C Ben Hecht -rote in the !hicago Dail$ %e&s! CHe has "ade a terrible onslaught u on the accu"ulated lunacy of fifty centuries222 Whatever the ur ose of !harles Fort) he has delighted "e beyond all "en -ho have -ritten books in this -orld2C Fort6s reaction to the ublication of his first book since his ill-fated novel a decade earlier -as to sink into a dee de ression2 He gathered u his notes > an esti"ated I9)999 of the" > and burned the" all2 Then he and Anna acked their bags and sailed for &ngland2 Fort believed that his book -as a flo ?sales -ere very sluggish@ and that he had -asted his life2 He -as forty-si: years old2 The Forts lived in London for eight years2 We don6t kno- ho- Anna s ent her days -hile her husband -ent off to the British Museu" to ore over old books and cru"bling "aga3ines2 $n the evenings he often 5oined the loafers at the S eaker6s !orner in Hyde 7ark to a"use hi"self in debates2 He -rote his second book) %e& 'ands) in London2 $t dealt chiefly -ith Csky #uakes)C the thunderous e: losions that have e"anated fro" the sky for hundreds of years) and in "any arts of the -orld2 $n recent years) these sky #uakes have occurred every Danuary-February in the northeastern 4nited States2 The CauthoritiesC have re eatedly assured re orters that they are caused by 5et lanes) es ecially the !oncorde su ersonic 5ob2 They neglect to "ention the long history of the heno"enon2 Sky #uakes -ere -ith us long before 5ets) or even air lanes) had been invented2 Fort envisioned) tounge-in-cheek) a land in the sky that served as ho"e base for all the debris that kee s falling on us2 Huge blocks of ice) for e:a" le) have been crashing through roofto s for hundreds of years) occasionally killing eo le and livestock2 Today -hen a fifty- ound hunk of ice hurtles into so"eone6s living roo" our learned CauthoritiesC announce that it fell fro" a assing air lane2 They even have the audacity to clai" that it is refuse fro" the lane6s bathroo"2 *f course) any ilot -ill tell you there is no -ay for the bathroo"s to discharge -ater -hile in flight but our e: lainers never bother to check such details2 Fort chuckled a bit about these ice falls and suggested there "ight be great aerial ice fields u there2 A silly notion) yet a fe- years ago ,ASA suggested the sa"e thing2 So"e-here hundreds of "iles overhead there "ight be %e& 'ands of ice2 !ritics of Fort) "ost of -ho" are "e"bers of the scientific establish"ent -ho have never even read his books) co" lain that his "ain sources -ere ne-s a ers2 This is not so2 He carefully cited all his sources in his books and they are "ostly scientific 5ournals) articularly 5ournals of astrono"y2 Fort took great leasure in ointing out the stu idity of astrono"ers) usually da"ning the" -ith their o-n -ords2 C$ don6t kno- -hat the "ind of an astrono"er looks like) but $ think of a fi33le -ith e:cuses revolving around it)C he -rote in %e& 'ands! &ach ne- generation of astrono"ers discards all the theories of the revious generation and creates

so"e -ho ers of its o-n2 *ur s ace robes have dis roved "any of the "ost cherished "yths of "odern astrono"y2 Too bad Fort -asn6t around to vie- the intellectual acrobatics of the 0.E9s2 Astrono"ers -ere roven -rong about "any of the basics of our solar syste") e2g2) the te" erature of Jenus) the age of the "oon) the rotation of Mercury) the to ogra hy of Mars2 4ntil 0.E9) all leading astrono"ers flatly denied the ossibility of e:traterrestrial life2 Then ,ASA began flashing big bucks > ta: dollars > for investigation into life on other -orlds2 Astrono"ers 5u" ed on the band -agon2 Suddenly -e -ere being told that there "ust be billions of inhabited lanets out there2 So"e scientists created Ce:o-biology)C the study of e:traterrestrial life2 Since -e have no sa" les of such life) and since all of our efforts -ith radio telesco es) etc2) have failed to find evidence of even a single lanet outside our solar syste") it is "ighty difficult to investigate such life2 We oured "any "illions of dollars do-n that e:o-biology rat-hole2 ,o- that the gravy train has ended) the astrono"ers are #uietly retreating to their re-0.E9 osition2 The biggest astrono"ical sca" of the 0.F9s -as the Black Hole2 $t began as a "inor ele"ent in a science fiction story ublished about thirty years ago2 Basically) it is the notion that a dying star shrinks to a heavy "ass > so heavy that light can6t esca e fro" it2 Therefore) it is invisible and -e have no -ay of detecting its resence2 Science -riter Fred Warshofsky ut it this -ay/ CThe hysicist outside the black hole cannot get any infor"ation fro" inside it and has no -ay to understand the la-s -hich govern it2 Without that understanding he need not seek the la-s since they are i" ossible to understand2C The Black Hole is a fool roof theory because there is no -ay of testing it) of roving or dis roving it2 7erfect fodder for the Walt Disney studios2 Cranks and Crackpots Fort -as not against the astrono"ers2 He -as a"used by the"2 But the other sciences are 5ust as a"using2 Archaeologists have been busy burying "ore things than they dig u 222 ignoring everything that doesn6t fit into their theories2 For e:a" le) they tell us that ,orth A"erica -as uninhabited by anyone e:ce t $ndians before the &uro eans arrived2 They overlook all the stone to-ers and structures found all over this continent ?including "iles of aved roads@ -hen the 7ilgri"s arrived2 Fort cataloged all kinds of "etal ob5ects fro" s-ords and a:es to coins that have been found and dated as re-!olu"bian2 So"ebody -as "ining ore and coal in this country) and u" ing oil in 7ennsylvania before !olu"bus set sail2 +ather than tussle -ith the roble" of identifying those "ysterious ,orth A"ericans) the archaeologists have chosen to ignore these artifacts2 $ntellectual co-ardice is only one of the roble"s of the acade"ic co""unity2 Fort rubbed their noses in the s-ill generated by their gibberish and illiteracy2 $t -as no secret then or no- that acade"ic ublications are designed to rotect the ine t and to conceal ignorance2 7eo le -ith nothing to say) -ho even lack the ability to say nothing) can hide behind the acade"ic "ethod for a lifeti"e2 C$ shall be scientific about it)C Fort noted2 CSaid Sir $saac ,e-ton > or virtually said he > 6$f there is no change in the direction of a "oving body) the direction of a "oving body is not changed2 But)6 continued he) 6$f so"ething be changed) it is changed as "uch as it is changed26 Ho- do geologists deter"ine the age of rocks% By the fossils in the"2 And ho- do they deter"ine the age of the fossils% By the rocks they6re in2 Having started -ith the logic of &uclid) $ go on -ith the -isdo" of a ,e-ton2C C!onsider anything of a sociologic nature that ever has gro-n)C he -rote) Cthat there never has been an art) science) religion) invention that -as not at first out of accord -ith established environ"ent) visionary) re osterous in the light of later standards) useless in its inci iency) and resisted by established forces so that) see"ingly ani"ating it and rotectively underlying it) there "ay have been so"ething that in s ite of its unfitness "ade it survive for future usefulness2 Also there are data for the acce tance that all things) in -ider being) are held back as -ell as rotected and re ared for) and not er"itted to develo before co"es scheduled ti"e222 *ne of the greatest secrets that has eventually been found out -as for ages blabbed by all the ots and kettles of the

-orld > but the secret of the stea" engine could not) to the lo-liest of intellects) or to su osititiously highest of intellects) "ore than adu"bratively reveal itself until ca"e the ti"e for its coordination -ith the other heno"ena and the re#uire"ents of the $ndustrial Age2C Thus) in his -ay) Fort redefined -hat theologists call redestination2 He kne- that the resent does not control the future but rather that the future so"eho- controls the ast2 $f Adolf Hitler had been born in) say) Bolivia) t-enty "illion cor ses -ould still be alive2 But the future needed Hitler because it needed the ato"ic bo"b and the acco" anying hard-are ca able of destroying the lanet2 We -ould not have develo ed the Doo"sday "achine if -e hadn6t launched a crash rogra" as art of our effort to crush Hitler2 We not only failed to save t-enty "illion victi"s) -e built the gallo-s for the entire hu"an race2 4nable to read the future) -e are all ,a oleons "arching confidently to Waterloo2 Fort and his -ife returned to ,e- (ork in 0.<.) 5ust in ti"e to -itness the Wall Street crash2 Luckily) Fort had safely invested his "eager inheritance and "anaged to stay afloat2 They "oved back to the Bron: and he -orked on his ne:t book) titled 'O(2 Another assault on astrono"ers) it lists "any strange re orts of unidentified aerial ob5ects2 Sitting in his study) Fort ecked out t-o si" le sentences -hich -ould identify the flying saucer "ystery) define it) and touch u on the only ossible e: lanations2 C4nkno-n) lu"inous things) or being)C he observed) Chave often been seen) so"eti"es close to this earth and so"eti"es high in the sky2 $t "ay be that so"e of the" -ere living things that occasionally co"e fro" so"e-here else in our e:istence) but that others -ere lights on the vessels of e: lorers) or voyagers) fro" so"e-here else2C For the first thirty-three years of the "odern 4F* e och ?0.IF-0.F9@ the notion that those "ysterious lights and ob5ects belonged to Cthe vessels of e: lorers) or voyagers) fro" so"e-here elseC -as the "ost o ular theory2 A handful of cranks and -ishful thinkers s read ro aganda that e:traterrestrial visitants -ere flocking to this "udball2 But the great 4F* -ave of 0.EI-E1 attracted a ne- generation of investigators and scientists2 They soon reali3ed that the e:traterrestrial hy othesis -as untenable for "any reasons2 So they fell back on the e: lanation that the ob5ects ca"e Cfro" so"e-here else in our e:istence2C That Cso"e-here elseC could be as elusive as the fabled fourth di"ension) or the Cother lanesC of sychic lore2 Fort hi"self had reali3ed early in the ga"e that the events he -as studying &ere not unusual2 They ha ened year after year) century after century2 More i" ortantly) they tended to occur in the sa"e geogra hical locations2 This strongly indicates that these events > be they fish falling fro" the sky or strange aircraft adorned -ith flashing lights > are ine:orably linked -ith the earth2 They are as "uch a art of our environ"ent as clouds and bu"blebees2 Another i" ortant factor is that all of the events described by Fort are interrelated in so"e "ysterious fashion2 Science fiction -riter Da"on Anight e:tracted so"e 0)<99 events fro" Fort6s books and fed the" into a co" uter at the Bell Laboratories in ,e- Dersey2 So"e very interesting atterns -ere revealed2 C*ne sailent fact about 4F*s is "issing fro" all "odern accounts $ have seen)C Anight co""ented2 CFort6s data sho- that they are not isolated heno"ena2 4nkno-n flying ob5ects) unkno-n bodies seen in s ace) a earances and disa earances) oltergeist activity) falls of strange substances and organis"s fro" the sky > all these things sho- strong ositive correlations -ith each other2 Taken together) they sho- evidence of rhyth"ic fluctuation2C Strange Coincidences $ncredible though it "ay see") sightings of sea ser ents tend to occur si"ultaneously -ith sightings of unidentified flying ob5ects) sho-ers of frogs and -or"s and kitchen sinks ?actually no kitchen sinks have ever been re orted222 the anecdote at the beginning of this cha ter -as 5ust a sly e:a" le@) and "ysterious disa earances2 As for the latter) they are "ost often grou ed in the "onth of Duly > -hich is also a big 4F* "onth2 A "an goes out to "o- his la-n and is never seen again2 So"e ;)999 eo le disa ear annually in the 42S2) that is) ;)999 eo le vanish -ith no a arent "otivation) no hint of -hat ha ened to the" or ho-2 ,aturally) "any hundreds of

thousands of others disa ear > fleeing the la-) relatives) or creditors2 When a 4F* -ave develo s ?usually about once every five years@) -e can be sure that sightings at Loch ,ess -ill increase shar ly) that sho-ers of stones ?al-ays -ar" to the touch@ -ill start elting isolated ho"es in suburbia) and that eo le -ill start to disa ear every-here2 These "anifestations are acco" anied by "agnetic stor"s and shar ) dra"atic deviations in the earth6s "agnetis" in certain locales) articularly in areas such as the fa"ous Ber"uda Triangle2 $n the 0.89s) a !anadian na"ed Wilbur S"ith devised a s ecial instru"ent to detect and "easure the colla se of "olecular structures during "agnetic stor"s2 All kinds of ob5ects literally fall a art -hen "agnetic conditions are 5ust right2 Jolunteer airline ilots carried S"ith6s instru"ents around the -orld and he -as able to "ake crude charts of the heno"ena2 4nfortunately) no one continued his e: eri"ents after his death2 !harles Fort erceived a truth that had been ignored by scientists and historians2 *ur -orld has t-o sets of natural la-s2 *ne set tells us stu idly si" le things about gravity and nature2 The other tells us that s ace and ti"e are constantly distorted in our reality) and that -e are all sub5ect to the still undefined la-s of that second set2 We never kno- -hen -e "ight ste through that "agic door that -ill suddenly trans ort us 09)999 "iles a-ay2 We never kno- -hen -e "ight encounter a beast of a being fro" Cso"e-here else in our e:istence2C Fish "ay rain on us) or red sno-) or clouds of insects that no scientist can identify2 Flying saucers -ill continue to bu33 our far"s and s-a" s) 5ust as they have for thousands of years2 Science atte" ts to -ork -ith the first set of la-s and they co"e u -ith Black Holes2 Magicians) occultists and sychics strive to "ani ulate the second grou of la-s2 $n the closing years of this century) science and "agic are "erging2 When Fort studied the bi3arre events of the su er-s ectru" ?a s ectru" of energy beyond the kno-n and the visible@ he -as obliged to ask) C$f there is a 4niversal Mind) "ust it be sane%C

A SHORT HISTORY OF BOOBERY A gentle"an na"ed Lester D2 Hendershot surfaced in 0.<1) offering the -orld a -onderful C"iracle "otorC he had erfected2 $t derived its energy fro" Cthe earth6s "agnetic field)C he clai"ed2 He ha ily de"onstrated it for "any2 A Ma5or Tho"as Lan hier of the 42S2 Ar"y beca"e one of his biggest boosters and even stated that he had hel ed asse"ble one of the "otors and there -as nothing fraudulent about it2 $t -eighed less than ten ounds and see"ed to generate an incredible a"ount of o-er2 $t ran se-ing "achines) lit electric lights) and o-ered "eat grinders) all -ithout being hooked u to any outside -iring or fuel tanks2 $nventors have been trying to eddle -onderous er etual "otion "achines and "agical "otors since the beginning of ti"e2 There is) ho-ever) a fascinating sidebar to the Hendershot story2 He "anaged to develo an archene"y2 A sinister Dr2 Frederick Hochstetter) also of 7ittsburgh) follo-ed Hendershot around) holding ress conferences attacking hi" and his "otor2 According to Hochstetter) the Hendershot "otor ran on flashlight batteries and -ould destroy faith in science for 0)999 years2 His only "otive for e: osing this sha"eless hoa:) he e: lained) -as to assure that C ure science "ight shine forth untarnished2C !harles Fort follo-ed the careers of that duo -ith great interest2 The ne-s a ers chronicled the a earances of Hendershot and #uoted Dr2 Hochstetter6s angry assaults at great length2 Then) -hile visiting a atent attorney in Washington) D2!2) Hendershot -as sho-ing off his little "otor -hen he suddenly received a shock fro" Ca bolt esti"ated at <)999 voltsC -hich araly3ed hi" and sent hi" off to an e"ergency hos ital2 That -as the last anyone heard of Lester Hendershot2 And it also see"s to have ended Dr2 Hochstetter6s career as a defender of the scientific faith2 But there -ere "any) "any scholarly gentle"en -ho -ould follo- in his footste s across the decades2 Whenever a ne- Hendershot a ears on the scene) a do3en Hochstetters eager to share his li"elight rise to rotect the gullible ublic2 (ou "ay recall the sudden a earance of 4ri 'eller in the 0.F9s2 'eller had a "agic sho- in $srael2 He -as a ersonable young "an) handso"e and charis"atic2 *ne day he discovered that he had -hat Fort -ould have called a CWild Talent2C S oons and keys and heavy bars see"ed to bend "ysteriously in his resence2 'eller) discovered by Dr2 Andri5a 7uharich) a -orld-reno-ned ara sychologist) -as soon a earing on TJ screens around the -orld2 7eo le sitting in his audiences -ould discover that the keys in their ockets and urses had bent by the"selves= 'eller beca"e very fa"ous2 &arly on) 'eller6s ersonal Hochstetter began to dog his ste s2 His na"e -as Da"es +andi2 A di"inutive fello- "agician -ith a "otori3ed "outh) +andi decided to crusade against the nescience-busting art of "etal bending2 He follo-ed 'eller around the country) denouncing hi" as a fraud and s oon bending as a "ere stunt2 When 'eller a eared on the stage of the Dohnny !arson Sho-) +andi lurked in the shado-s backstage) trying to catch hi" in so"e act of trickery2 Like the other Hochstetters of this -orld) +andi beca"e ent-ined in a foggy belief syste" of his o-n2 By his reasoning) everything that see"s i" ossible "ust be the roduct of dece tion) lying) and ure skullduggery2 S oons do not bend by the"selves) so therefore 4ri 'eller "ust be bending the" so"eho-2 The truth is that this odd talent is not confined to 'eller2 Millions of eo le discovered they could bend s oons 5ust as easily) that -hen they concentrated on the "etal it -ould beco"e as soft as utty and could even be tied in knots2 S oon bending arties beca"e the rage2 A !2$2A2-s onsored study at a "a5or university began e:a"ining s oon benders and conducting co" le: tests -ith the bent "etal2 Dr2 7uharich even established a ho"e for gifted children -ho -ere able to erfor" the feat2 Did all this give +andi ause% !ertainly not2 To his credit) 'eller has si" ly ignored the little "an -ho affects a flo-ing ca e and a graying beard2 He toured the -orld ?he -as es ecially o ular in Da an@) getting richer and richer) -hile +andi ursued hi" i" otently) getting angrier and angrier2 +andi eventually -rote a book) The

Magic of )ri *eller) an e: ose based in large art on the testi"ony of 'eller6s for"er chaffeur2 $n 0.1F) 'eller -as invited to Washington to confer -ith the 7resident and "e"bers of the !abinet on -ays to bring about -orld eace2 The Secret Service noted that there -as an odd erson in a ca e lurking outside the White House gates2 The Hochstetter Syndrome When the first Cflying saucerC cra3e eru ted in Dune 0.IF) scores of enthusiastic advocates e"erged2 So"e of the" had been collecting re orts of odd aerial things for years and they had ready-"ade conclusions2 The leader of the ack -as +ay"ond 7al"er) editor of +mazing Stories and founder of ,ate "aga3ine2 There -as Dr2 Meade Layne and his s iritualists -ho had been talking to the saucer eo le for years2 Tiffany Thayer and his hardy band of Forteans sa- great govern"ental cons iracies behind the heno"ena2 Ho-ever) the ske tics far outnu"bered the believers in those days2 Most ne-s a ers treated the inco"ing 4F* re orts -ith levity2 !o"edians) colu"nists) and radio co""entators created a -hole ne- category of saucer hu"or2 Anyone -ith any scientific credentials sneered and guffa-ed2 Flying saucers -ere i" ossible) they snorted in unison2 Such things could not be2 $t -as all 5ust a silly fad2 But the da"nable things did not go a-ay2 Since they -ere bu33ing around our "ilitary and ato"ic installations and landing on high-ays and in far" fields -ith i" unity the 4nited States Air Force -as terribly e"barrassed2 $f 4F*s -ere real they -ere "aking fools of our "ilitary) roving that our e: ensive air force -as inca able of defending the skies over the 4nited States2 The govern"ent6s solution to this dile""a -as si" ly to deny the e:istence of the ob5ects2 To this end they set u a hony ublic relations office kno-n as 7ro5ect Blue Book and they enlisted the aid of a ro"inent Harvard astrono"er) Donald Men3el2 Dr2 Men3el had been involved in various classified govern"ent ro5ects and -rote science fiction as a hobby2 $t is ossible that the govern"ent aid hi" to beco"e an anti-4F* s okes"an) but erha s he -as 5ust another victi" of the Hochstetter syndro"e and beca"e anti-4F* because of so"e dee sychological need2 The sa"e kind of need that drove +andi to hound 4ri 'eller2 Dr2 Men3el beca"e ufology6s earliest critic2 He -rote reasonably -ell and his byline a eared in "any o ular "aga3ines2 He had a si" le) scientific e: lanation for all 4F* sightings2 They -ere caused by air inversions2 This is a "eteorological condition created -hen ockets of cold air get tra ed in -ar" air2 The difference in density causes lights fro" the ground to reflect or refract2 Dr2 Men3el -rote countless "aga3ine articles and several books on this the"e though he didn6t investigate any 4F* sightings2 $f he investigated any sightings he "ight have discovered that the air inversion theory -asn6t -orkable2 That) of course) -ould 5eo ardi3e his entire belief syste"2 Dr2 Men3el s ent t-enty years attacking 4F*s and ufology and antagoni3ing the hell out of the thin red line of 4F* buffs -ho took his insults ersonally2 They drea"ed of "aking 4F*s Cres ectableC so that they -ould beco"e res ectable by association2 But each tirade fro" Men3el branded the" crack ot sychotics and they -ould drool and fu"e and fill their "i"eogra hed 5ournals -ith antiMen3el editorials2 +efracted light fro" air inversions e: lained the funny glo-s in the sky but ho- did Men3el e: lain all the car chases) abductions) landings) and -eird "anifestations% His scientific ans-er -as that all the -itnesses -ere liars) fools) or drunks2 That took care of that2 $n 0.EE) Dr2 Men3el a eared on a TJ sho- -ith author Dohn Fuller2 Fuller had 5ust s ent -eeks in &:eter) ,e- Ha" shire) living a"ong eo le -ho -ere literally under siege fro" a "assive 4F* -ave taking lace at that ti"e2 Dr2 Men3el #uickly denounced all the key -itnesses as drunks) even though he hadn6t been near &:eter2 Fuller ut u a brisk) logical) -ell-docu"ented defense and "illions -atched as Dr2 Men3el fell a art on national TJ2 $t -as like -atching Hu" hrey Bogart lay !a tain Bueeg in The -aine Mutin$) clicking a air of ball bearings and ranting about the "issing stra-berries2 Men3el see"ed to fade a-ay after the sho- and died not long after-ards2 The "ost hated "an in the history of ufology -as Dr2 D2 Allen Hynek) "inion of the air force2 &very ti"e he "ade a ublic state"ent) the entire ufological co""unity -ent into a state of a o le:y2 $n a silly and e:tre"ely costly air force boondoggle) Pro.ect *rudge) ublished in 0.I.) he contributed

a list of over t-o hundred re orted 4F* sightings that he clai"ed -ere "erely stars) assu"ing that eo le -ere stu id enough to re ort stars to the 42S2 Air Force2 He -as teaching at a s"all college near the Wright-7atterson Air Force Base) ho"e of 7ro5ect Blue BookH -hat6s "ore) he could be had for a s"all a"ount of "oney2 The air force needed all the hel it could get to kee an irate 4F*-atching ublic off its back2 They -ere looking for so"eone -ith acade"ic credentials -ho -ould lend authority to their -ild anti-4F* state"ents2 So"ebody -ho -ould 5ust take the "oney and run2 Swamp Gas For eighteen years) the 42S2 Air Force aid Dr2 Hynek an average of G8)999 er year as a CconsultantC but) by his o-n ad"ission) he -as never consulted about anything2 When official co""ittees -ere for"ed to revie- the 4F* C roble")C the air force called in Dr2 Men3el and a young u start na"ed !arl Sagan2 Hynek6s role) according to the director of 7ro5ect Blue Book) Ma5or Hector Buintanilla) -as si" le2 T-ice a year 7ro5ect Blue Book sent hi" a "anila envelo e filled -ith sighting re orts2 His 5ob -as to check through the star charts and astrono"ical catalogs and co"e u -ith celestial e: lanations2 Buintanilla co" lained that he often botched the task by clai"ing that stars that -ere not even visible on the night in #uestion -ere "istaken for 4F*s2 Whenever Hynek6s friends and colleagues chided hi" about his 4F* connection) he al-ays e: lained that he only stuck -ith it so he could ut his child through college2 But for fourteen years he "aintained a very sincere anti-4F* stand2 He -as fre#uently intervie-ed by the ress and he al-ays gave see"ingly lausible reasons for regarding the -hole sub5ect as hog-ash2 During those fourteen years he never investigated a single 4F* re ort ersonally2 When a s ectacular 4F* event occurred and received heavy ress coverage) the air force called u on Hynek to e: lain it a-ay as a -eather balloon) flight of birds) "eteor) or "ass hallucination2 So"eti"es the air force didn6t even bother to consult hi"2 They 5ust issued a silly state"ent in his na"e2 $f Dr2 Men3el raised the bile of the 4F* buffs and their organi3ations) Dr2 Hynek drove the" into an absolute fren3y2 They thre- darts at his icture and frothed at the "outh everyti"e he gave the -hristian Science Monitor an intervie-2 They assu"ed he -as a big shot govern"ent scientist) robably in the e" loy of the !2$2A2 To have such a for"idable ene"y gave the" i"aginary status2 $n reality) he -as 5ust a hu"ble college teacher) "ediocre in his chosen field2 *n A ril <I) 0.EI) a olice officer sa- an egg-sha ed ob5ect land outside Socorro) ,e- Me:ico) and t-o s"all) -hite-clad figures -alked around it before it took off again2 The officer) Lonnie Ka"ora) -as badly shaken and the case received e:tensive ne-s a er coverage2 This -as the first case that Hynek actually -ent to investigate2 He -as convinced there -as a natural e: lanation2 $n his ublished confessions) The ),O /0perience) Hynek told ho- he tried to get the air force to conduct a broader investigation but they 5ust -eren6t interested2 For Dr2 Hynek) the Socorro incident -as a "a5or turning oint2 He began to reali3e) after fourteen years of total disbelief) that erha s there really -ere so"e funny unidentified things bu33ing about our skies2 T-o years later) in March 0.EE) an incredible nation-ide 4F* -ave began2 &arly sightings in Michigan around a girl6s school received so "uch ublicity that Ma5or Buintanilla visited the area ersonally) dragging Dr2 Hynek along -ith hi"2 ?The 7entagon issued a state"ent at the ti"e asserting that C"ore than one hundred investigations fro" 7ro5ect Blue Book have been dis atched2C@ The Ma5or co""itted a gross tactical error -hen) in front of a grou of civilians) he ordered Hynek to identify the 4F*s as "arch gas2 Hynek -as re ortedly flabbergasted and co" lained that "arsh gas -as a rare su""er heno"enon and certainly -ould never a ear in Michigan in March under any circu"stances2 Buintanilla -as ada"ant2 He re"inded Hynek that he -as on the air force ayroll and had better take orders2 Most "en -ould have res onded) C(ou can take this 5ob and shove it=C But Hynek "eekly -ent back to his "otel roo" and re ared a cautious state"ent saying that the sightings might have been caused by s-a" gas2 He read the state"ent later at a ress conference in Detroit and the re orters guffa-ed2 S-a" gas= The entire country -as seeing unidentified flying ob5ects that "onth2 They see"ed to be every-here2 S-a" gas) indeed=

D2 Allen Hynek beca"e the laughing stock of A"erica2 ,e-s a er editorials and cartoons ra33ed hi"2 !o"edians across the country "ade 5okes about the nutty rofessor and his s-a" gas2 The air force didn6t take the ra 2 Hynek did2 He -as slandered) denounced) and derided all across the country2 He -as called C7rofessor S-a" 'as2C S-a" gas beca"e a kind of national battle cry2 And the derision continued for "onths2 Anybody else sub5ected to this kind of ublic ridicule -ould have #uietly gone on er"anent vacation to Alaska2 Dr2 Hynek see"ed al"ost to en5oy the ridicule and notoriety2 He ca itali3ed on it by -riting articles for Pla$bo$) Saturda$ /vening Post) and Popular Photograph$2 &ven "ore astounding) the hardcore 4F* buffs -ho had hated hi" for years no- e"braced hi" as one of their o-n2 *vernight Dr2 Hynek beca"e a hero to that sad grou -ho des erately needed a hero2 He ublished a letter in Science "aga3ine declaring) CWhere there6s s"oke there "ust be fire2C He a eared on so "any television sho-s that he -as forced to 5oin AFT+A) the TJ union) and -as aid scale for each a earance2 For the ne:t t-enty years) Hynek traveled all over the -orld) al-ays at so"ebody else6s e: ense) giving e" ty s eeches in -hich he carefully ad"itted that he didn6t kno- anything about 4F*s and -as 5ust as confused as everyone else2 At each ublic a earance he -ould "ake a laintive lea for funds to launch an e: ensive co" uter study of the sub5ect2 The "oney never did "ateriali3e2 He -rote books based on other eo le6s books and e:tracts fro" air force files2 The title of Steven S ielberg6s "ovie) -lose /ncounters of the Third 1ind) -as taken fro" a cha ter title fro" Hynek6s book) The ),O /0perience! Like Lester Hendershot and 4ri 'eller) Dr2 Hynek also had his Hochstetter2 The editor of an aeros ace trade 5ournal see"ed to s end all his s are ti"e oring over Hynek6s state"ents and ublic ronounce"ents2 Dr2 Hynek did have an unfortunate habit of "aking undocu"ented clai"s or getting all his facts scra"bled2 He see"ed to be ignorant of a -ide range of sub5ects) articularly astrono"y ?=@ and sychic heno"ena2 The editor) a leather-lunged fello- na"ed 7hili Alass) gleefully ounced on each of Hynek6s errors and issued long) -ell--ritten attacks2 Alass first surfaced in March 0.EE at a 4F* ress conference staged by Donald Aeyhoe) a ul -riter2 He heckled Aeyhoe un"ercifully and thus beca"e the chief heckler of the rather trivial 4F* field2 $n 0.1F) he -as still attending 4F* conventions) causing disru tions) and heckling the s eakers2 Dr2 Men3el had his air inversions2 Dr2 Hynek had s-a" gas2 Mr2 Alass had been ro"oting the corona effect as the only lausible e: lanation for 4F*s2 $t is a rare heno"enon that occurs around o-er lines2 &:cess current sets u a glo- not unlike s-a" gas2 This) according to Alass) e: lains the innu"erable 4F* sightings re orted around o-er lines2 Alass began ublishing ieces about the corona effect in the 0.E9s2 He also ublished his definitive solution to the Socorro landing2 $t -as) he says) a sche"e to ro"ote touris"2 The local Dairy Bueen started selling CSaucer-BurgersC after Ka"ora6s sighting2 Ka"ora left the olice force to en5oy the fruits of his involve"ent in the sche"e222 by getting a 5ob in a local gas station u" ing gas2 A "eteorologist na"ed Da"es McDonald lunged into the 4F* fray in the 0.E9s and -hen Alass -as not erusing Hynek state"ents) he -as scrutini3ing Dr2 McDonald6s learned a ers under a "agnifying glass2 McDonald -as an e: ert on lenticular clouds ?natural for"ations that rese"bled saucers@ and -as asked to testify at hearings in Washington -here controversial lans for a su ersonic assenger lane -ere being discussed2 Dr2 McDonald felt that the SST ?su ersonic trans ort@ -ould be detri"ental to the environ"ent2 So"eone fed the congressional co""ittee info on McDonald6s 4F* interests and he -as sub5ected to cruel attacks by the senators re resenting the aircraft interests and by the ress2 Thro-n into a dee de ression by the assault on his re utation) and fearing that his career -as ruined) Dr2 McDonald shot hi"self in the head2 His ai" -as bad and he succeeded only in blinding hi"self2 As soon as he -as released fro" the hos ital he so"eho- ac#uired another gun2 This ti"e his ai" i" roved2 Magnificent Obsessions What strange #uirks roduce the Hochstetters of this -orld%

For forty years $ have blundered around the landsca e as an editor) syndicated colu"nist) radio and TJ roducer) investigative re orter) and gadfly author2 $6ve -ritten "illions of -ords and have read an average of five books a -eek all of "y life2 This frenetic activity has brought "e into contact -ith hundreds of different belief syste"s and True Believers of every sort2 What has this lifeti"e of study) investigation) e: erience) and observation taught "e% Butterfly collectors) sta" collectors) tattoo artists) 5ugglers) ventrilo#uists) and even "orticians all have their Hochstetters2 $t see"s to be a rule of hu"an endeavor that for every obsession there is a counter-obsession2 For every Donald Aeyhoe there is a 7hil Alass2 The True Believer has an ans-er for everything -ithin the fra"e-ork of his belief syste"2 A scholarly friend once told "e that you can never argue -ith a Mar:ist or a Hindu because their beliefs rovide an ans-er for every #uestion2 Ho- co"forting it "ust be to thin# you kno- everything2 After forty years in this ga"e $ find that $ kno- less and less2 The non-believers o erate on the re"ise that they kno- "ore than the True Believers) that they kno- The Truth -hile the True Believer is 5ust a "isguided dolt2 7olitical True Believers are the "ost -orriso"e of all because they act on a theory for "ani ulation of eo le and events2 There are thousands of olitical belief syste"sH none of the" are really -orkable2 But belief in their -orkability kee s the" alive2 And kee s a lot of eo le in very "iserable states2 *bsessions -ith belief syste"s are -orsened -hen the fragile hu"an ego beco"es involved2 7eo le -ith large egos usually have large obsessions2 $n olitics) they beco"e rabid dictators2 $n religion) they beco"e Cholier than thouC ty es filled -ith terrible hatreds -hich in turn cause guilt co" le:es that drive the" dee er into their religious fra"e of reference2 The outlet for their scra"bled e"otions is to try to foist their beliefs > and their fears > onto the rest of us2 So"e-here along the line) the Hochstetters of ufology have decided that belief in little green "en is dangerous and -ill drag us all into so"e ne- Dark Age2 Actually) ufology is a har"less obsession co" ared to the others $ have "entioned2 But the Hochstetters are so"ething to -orry about2 $n recent years) they have been getting organi3ed2 !orliss La"ont is an elderly ,e- (orker -ho is rather roud of his title) Cthe "illionaire co""unist2C He6s loaded and has give a lot of "oney a-ay to -orthy causes and institutions2 *ne of his et enter rises is the A"erican Hu"anist Association ?AHA@ -hich he rules -ith benign des otis"2 The organi3ation has about <)999 "e"bers) ublishes a "aga3ine) and adheres to a Hu"anist Manifesto -hich is a disturbing version of the !o""unist Manifesto2 For years) the AHA -as re ortedly on the F2B2$26s notorious list of Cco""unist fronts2C There have been nu"erous s inoffs) all su orted by Mr2 La"ont6s "illions2 A great "any acade"ic ty es and college rofessors) al-ays a naive and gullible bunch) have been sucked into Mr2 La"ont6s s here2 A feyears ago) the AHA set u a grou dedicated to Hochstetteris"2 They declared the"selves to be ske tics of al"ost everything and they staged fre#uent ress conferences designed to get their na"es into the ne-s a ers by denouncing social evils like dice-thro-ing) sea ser ents) and ?gas @ 4F*s2 So"e of the rofessors decided they -ould e: ose the ancient science of Astrology once and for all2 They set u a study) too co" licated to e: lain here) by -hich they intended to rove that the influences of the stars -as all hoku"2 But) to their horror) the study roved them -rong= They found that the basic tenets of Astrology really see"ed to -ork= There -as no roo" for truth in a ske tical organi3ation) so they cancelled the ress conference they had lanned and tried to s-ee their findings under their hu"anist car ets2 So"e of the "e"bers -ho had -orked on the study #uit the club in a rage2 The -hole ske tical cause see"ed endangered for a-hile2 But they "anaged to recover) erha s by tying-in -ith the CMan Was ,ever Meant to FlyC !lub that "eets annually at Aitty Ha-k) ,orth !arolina2 As you "ight sur"ise) outstanding "e"bers of the ske tics6 se-ing circle include Mr2 Alass and Mr2 +andi2 At their 0.1F convention) Dr2 !arl Sagan and Dr2 $saac Asi"ov -ere a"ong the featured s eakers2 Passport To Ob i!ion Dealing -ith learned critics is hardshi enough but -e also have to -orry about "ysterious) -ell-

financed hoa:ers -ho go to incredible lengths to stir things u 2 *ne of the "ost outstanding e:a" les took lace in 0.EE) -hen a handso"e young "an in e: ensive clothes suddenly a eared in ,e- (ork !ity) acco" anied by t-o stunning young ladies2 They checked into a lu:ury hotel and then Mel ,oel ?that6s the na"e he used@ syste"atically visited all the leading "aga3ines and ne-s a ers2 He -as signing re orters u for a tri into outer s ace2 According to Mr2 ,oel) a flying saucer -as scheduled to land on the set of the Dackie 'leason television sho- in Florida2 Anyone -ho -anted to go aboard had to a ly for a s ace ass ort2 $t -as free but ,oel needed a cou le of ass ort ictures fro" each eager artici ant2 He took to editors) ne-s a er"en) and authors to fancy lunches in the best restaurants2 He -as articulate) -ell"annered) and a eared to be sincere2 We all -ondered -hat the sca" -as but -e all gave hi" the re#uired hotos2 $nsiders kne- that co"edian Dackie 'leason -as obsessed -ith the flying saucer "yth2 He even built a saucer-sha ed hidea-ay in the !atskills and he often boasted about his huge collection of books on sychic heno"ena and 4F*s2 He -as a hardcore True Believer and it is ossible that he -as financing ,oel6s travels about the 42S2 The girls "ay have been fro" his fa"ous chorus of 'lee 'irls2 $ fully e: ected to receive so"e kind of s ace ass ort in the "ail but Mr2 ,oel and his co" anions faded a-ay and it never ca"e2 ,o flying saucer ever landed on the 'leason set2 Around the sa"e ti"e) a "ysterious Mr2 Ale:ander s-e t into Manhattan) rented office s ace) and hired a secretary2 Then he contacted various Forteans and ufologists) indicating that he -as about to start a "aga3ine2 But after a fe- -eeks he) too) vanished2 Later) he a eared in other cities) tracked do-n local 4F* buffs) and re eated the charade2 He even redicted the a earances of 4F*s in Los Angeles and) sure enough) they sho-ed u right on schedule2 Maybe he rode off in one of the" because he hasn6t been seen since2 Another kind of see"ingly -ell-financed hoa: is the "ailing of so histicated Cdocu"entsC to second-string researchers at regular intervals2 4sually) these ur ort to be secret govern"ent docu"ents about crashed saucers and little green "en ickled in bottles2 So"e deal -ith the Men $n Black -ho are an integral art of -itchcraft lore2 For the hoa: to succeed) several sychological conditions "ust be resent/ it hel s if the reci ient is a latent aranoid) and total sus ension of disbelief cou led -ith a hungry ego inca able of sound logic are certainly necessary2 Such conditions are "ore than abundant in the hardcore 4F* field2 &uro ean ufologists have been en"eshed in the "ost e: ensive hoa: of all for over t-enty years2 !iti3ens of the lanet 4MM* have been sending long) co" licated letters about cos"ic "atters in several different languages -ith ost"arks fro" Australia) Tibet) Africa) South A"erica) etc2 These letters almost "ake sense2 They deal -ith science and hiloso hy and so"eone has obviously s ent a great deal of ti"e in re aring the"2 $n the 0.F9s) the 4MM* fraud gri ed the entire country of France2 &veryone fro" the 7ri"e Minister) his cabinet "e"bers and leading French scientists beca"e involved2 The 4MM* letters oured in and the govern"ent of France -as convinced that the long-a-aited contact -ith e:traterrestrials -as about to take lace2 French civilian ufologists -ere ecstatic2 'radually they all began to reali3e they had been du edH ho- and by -ho" -as never clear2 The French $ntelligence service could never in oint the actual source of the letters2 &ventually) the French govern"ent decided to turn the -hole "atter over to the civilians2 And by the late 0.F9s) even the hardcore ufologists -ere discouraged2 They decided that 4F*s -ere not e:traterrestrial visitants) but a socio sychological heno"enon2 France beca"e the first nation in the -orld to have its civilian ufologists take a negative stance2 They all beca"e Hochstetters= Though -e learned "uch about the 4F* heno"enon in the last t-enty years) ne-co"ers to the field have to -ade through old literature) "ost of it insane or incoherant2 To gras fully the "eaning of the 4F* heno"enon) -e need to have kno-ledge of history and be able to vie- all of "an6s beliefs ob5ectively2 There are no visitors fro" 4MM* in our "idst2 $ guarantee it2 But so"ething is ha ening to this lanet2 So"ething off the -all and une: ected2

FOOT-IN-MOUTH DISEASE Hardly a "onth asses that so"e scientist or "e"ber of the acade"ic co""unity doesn6t ontificate for the ress and che- a bit on his o-n shoe2 A recent candidate for the coveted Foot-$nMouth a-ard is a retired British hysicist na"ed Dr2 Aurt Mendelssohn2 At a "eeting of the A"erican Association for the Advance"ent of Science ?an organi3ation that see"s headed by Alfred &2 ,eu"an@) Dr2 Mendelssohn soberly announced that he thought &gy t6s Csi: "a5or yra"idsC -ere all built -ithin a single century by F9)999 out-of--ork far"ers2 *ne) the Meidu" yra"id) -as redesigned in "id-construction -hen it artially colla sed) according to the scientist2 $t is #uite ossible that Dr2 Mendelssohn has never been to &gy t) or that he "ay have done his research in the air-conditioned lounge of the Mena Hotel at 'i3a2 $ lived in &gy t for a year and $ s ent "uch of that ti"e e: loring desert ruins and visiting "ost of &gy t6s ninety yra"ids2 $ s ent several days inside and around the 'reat 7yra"id at 'i3a alone2 $ have been continually a alled by the seudo-scientific rubbish s un by Ce: ertsC around the ancient structures2 $ a" articularly annoyed by the &verest-si3ed "ountain of garbage that has been ublished about the 'reat 7yra"id2 The ancient &gy tians left us co" lete records on everything fro" -eddings to cro failures) but for so"e "ysterious reason they didn6t bother to roduce a single a yrus e: laining ho- the yra"ids -ere built) -hen) or by -ho"2 So archaeologists have been engaged in a great guessing ga"e for centuries) often ignoring all the kno-n facts in their struggle to su ort their o-n hy otheses2 Scribblings on rando" stones > graffiti left by ancient -ork gangs > have often been acce ted as conclusive evidence of the identity of the to"b6s occu ants2 A dra-ing of a horde of -ork"en hauling a huge statue -ith ro es is regarded as roof of ho- the huge stones of the yra"ids -ere "oved2 The -ork"anshi in the 'reat 7yra"id is i" ressive) and is generally su erior to the -ork"anshi found in the other yra"ids2 Much has been "ade of the fact that the largest single block in the 'reat 7yra"id -eighs about eighty tons and the #uestion re"ains/ Ho- did the ancient &gy tians "ove these enor"ous blocks fro" #uarries hundreds of "iles a-ay% Most yra"idologists overlook other s"aller yra"ids -hich contain stones -eighing al"ost t-ice as "uch as that 'reat 7yra"id "onolith2 Sur risingly) several of the s"all yra"ids ose #uestions far "ore u33ling than those offered by the 'reat 7yra"id2 The Pyramid "ge We no- kno- that yra"id building -as once a universal ractice throughout the -orld2 *ver si: thousand years ago unkno-n eo les -ere asse"bling great yra"ids in Me:ico2 'igantic "an"ade "ounds -ere constructed in !hina) 'reat Britain) ,orth A"erica) and on re"ote 7acific islands -hile the &gy tians -ere still living in "ud huts along the ,ile2 During World War $$ ilots flying Cthe hu" C re orted seeing one or "ore "assive yra"ids standing silently in isolated Hi"alayan valleys2 Most of these early "ounds -ere built slo-ly) in layers) over a long eriod of ti"e2 *n s ecial religious holidays each year the natives -ould gather to haul laboriously baskets of dirt and stone to the "ounds and co" lete another layer2 Fro" Babylonia to South A"erica it -as the ractice to erect a s ecial te" le on the su""it of the "ound or yra"id2 The choicest local "aiden -as then selected to -ait in the te" le for a visit fro" so"e "ysterious god2 The god -as su osed to descend fro" the sky and have se:ual intercourse -ith the sacrifice2 Tables) chairs) and beds "ade of solid gold -ere laced in these cos"ic bridal cha"bers) because) according to legend) the gods -ere attuned to the fre#uency of gold2 This is also e" hasi3ed in the Bible2 The -andering tribes of $srael -ent through a lot of trouble to build gold artifacts -hich they left on "ountainto s for the gods2 !hildren born fro" the su ernatural liaisons -ere given s ecial status as rulers2 They -ere "an-gods in the eyes of their follo-ers2 Who -ere those se:y gods of yesteryear% Were they astronauts fro" so"e other lanet -ho vie-ed

our -orld as a kind of celestial 7layboy !lub% 'old in itself -as a totally -orthless ore to early "an2 Scarce in su ly) it -as too soft for use for tools or cook-are and it -as difficult to "ine2 But all over the ancient -orld it -as regarded as a sacred "etal2 The gods ut us to -ork "ining the stuff fro" Africa to Bra3il2 We fashioned holy ob5ects fro" the "etal and left the" in te" les and to"bs -here) su osedly) the gods a eared and carted the" a-ay2 Fro" the very beginning "an6s ur ose -as to rovide slave labor to su ly the gods -ith gold and fe"ale co" anionshi 2 This is universal to countless legends fro" every art of the -orld2 The yra"ids and "ounds -ere art of a -orld-ide syste" to serve the gods) not 5ust -orshi the" > -ith one e:ce tion2 So far as -e kno-) the &gy tian yra"ids -ere not art of this syste"2 There is no record indicating that &gy tian virgins -ere left in yra"id cha"bers surrounded by gold furniture to a-ait the arrival of se:-starved astronauts2 The residue of these ancient beliefs is still -ith us2 We still furnish our churches -ith gold artifacts and even e"bellish their ceilings -ith gold leaf2 &" erors and kings in "any arts of the -orld ?such as Da an@ still clai" to be direct descendents of the ancient sky gods2 *ver a long eriod of ti"e) the te" le syste" degenerated and de"onology intervened2 The young "aidens no- had their hearts cut out by -ild-eyed riests on the ste s of the old yra"ids2 So"e cultures sacrificed ani"als2 Abraha" of the Bible -as ordered to take his son to a "ountainto and cut out his heart2 ?The voice of 'od intervened at the last "inute and said) in effect) C$ -as only kidding) Abraha"2C@ Today -hen so"eone hears a voice in his head urging hi" to do destructive things) -e toss hi" into an asylu" and brand hi" a schi3o hrenic2 But in earlier ti"es such eo le -ere often considered to be holy ro hets and -ere elevated to ositions of leadershi 2 Long eriods of history -ere do"inated by cra3ed fanatics -ho led their eo le into horribly destructive -ars2 Too s of the Gods 4ntil recent ti"es religion -as the "ost i" ortant single force on this lanet2 Men suffered incredible hardshi and voluntarily erfor"ed the "ost arduous kind of labor to rove their faith2 Building the "ounds and yra"ids -as undoubtedly 5ust another de"onstration of faith2 The gods of the ancients -ere feared "ore than loved) and -hose societies revolved entirely around religious rites and ractices2 ,early all of the great "onu"ents and structures of the ancient -orld that re"ain standing today -ere of a urely religious nature2 Men lived in grass huts -hile they built "ighty stone and gold te" les for their gods2 'reat cities -ere erected) not as centers of co""erce but as centers of -orshi 2 &ach year the believers traveled for "any "iles to these centers to contribute labor to the local yra"id ro5ect2 7erha s they also -itnessed "ysterious "anifestations -hich increased their belief2 Studies of thousands of "odern 4F* sightings have discovered that the enig"atic Cflying saucersC tend to a ear around the t-enty-first through the t-enty-fourth of the "onth2 This attern -as true in 01F. as -ell as 0.1F2 Strange lights and aerial ob5ects -ere fre#uently seen in ancient ti"es) too) and -ere robably concentrated around the sa"e days of the "onth2 !oincidentally) the biggest agan holidays in ancient ti"es -ere the Su""er and Winter Solstice ?Dune t-enty-first and Dece"ber t-enty-first@2 These are the days -hen the sun has no north-ard or southern "otion and see"s to reverse itself ?the days gro- longer or shorter@2 The Winter Solstice beca"e the "ost i" ortant single holiday in "ost cultures and -as generally celebrated on Dece"ber t-enty-fourth) three days after the actual event2 Stonehenge and "any other ancient "onu"ents -ere carefully aligned -ith the "ove"ents of the sun and stars so riests could in oint the ti"e of the solstices2 The a earances of "ysterious lights and ob5ects concurrent -ith the holidays -ere undoubtedly vie-ed as godly activities2 Although !hrist -as robably born so"eti"e in March or A ril ?no one kno-s for certain@) !hristians eventually chose to celebrate his birthday on the +o"an holiday of Saturnalis/ Dece"ber t-enty-fifth) the Winter Solstice of the ancient calendars2 $t -as a tradition to e:change gifts on Saturnalis) so the early !hristian leaders) a clever and devious lot) continued that tradition -hile

changing the "eaning of the holiday2 Those sa"e clever !hristians ulled another cou -hen they declared that !hrist had died around the ti"e of the vernal e#uino:) -hen day and night are of e#ual length2 This -as already an ancient agan holiday aying tribute to our old friend Ashtar) kno-n as /astre to the Anglo-Sa:ons2 As the goddess of fertility) it -as natural that she -as associated -ith rabbits and eggs2 Again) the !hristians ado ted the tra ings of the holiday -hile altering its "eaning2 Thus) t-o of the "ost i" ortant holidays of anti#uity) based u on observations of the sun through henges and "edicine -heels) -ere er etuated by the ne- !hristian religions2 Where "en had once gathered in forests and holy laces to offer sacrifices on the solstices) "odern -orshi ers un-ittingly continued the ancient traditions by gathering in buildings -ith vaulted ceilings and fluted illars "eant to e"ulate the at"os here of the forests on the sa"e dates2 $n so"e religions) -ine re laced the blood that -as drunk during the earlier agan cere"onies and ne- legends re laced the old2 "ncient Obser!atory The builders of the 'reat 7yra"id at the 'i3a undoubtedly raised it slo-ly) in layers) like the "ound and yra"id builders of the A"ericas2 The layout of the 'rand 'allery and other interior features suggests that the artially built yra"id served for years as an astrono"ical observatory) using aligned stones in the sa"e -ay that the henges and burro-s of northern &uro e acted as co" uters2 The only ob5ect in the 'reat 7yra"id) a crude) stone bathtub-like sarco hagus) -as installed in the u er"ost cha"ber during construction and "ay have served a ur ose other than that of a coffin2 The so-called ventilation shafts leading into the cha"ber fro" the outside -alls -ere lined u -ith the star grou kno-n as the 7leiades2 *ther features of the yra"id are aligned to the osition of the sun during the Solstices2 $t -as never used as a to"b) but it "ay have served as a storage lace for so"e s ecial religious relic2 There are theories that the Ark of the !ovenant of Moses -as once stored there) or the "ysterious Black +ock of the Mosle"s -as ke t in that stone bathtub2 We do kno- that the 'reat 7yra"id survived a nu"ber of earth#uakes and that it -as even re aired after one #uake2 *ne fanciful theorist has suggested that the &gy tian riests foresa- so"e horrible disaster and built the yra"id to house scrolls containing all ancient kno-ledge2 After the disaster assed) the scrolls -ere re"oved again2 Traces on the -alls of the inner cha"bers indicate that great #uantities of salt -ere once stored there2 Salt% !ould it be that the yra"id area -as once under-ater% Ho- -ere the enor"ous stones in the yra"ids #uarried% 7ri"itive co er tools have been found) and archaeologists believe that the soft "etal served the yra"id builders2 But a nu"ber of yra"ids have inner cha"bers of carved yello- #uart3ite) a very tough substance2 !o er tools could not cut it2 Skillfully carved blocks of #uart3ite -eighing over 099 tons -ere used for the to"b of $"andes and others2 The Mortuary Te" le of Mycerinus contains blocks -eighing <99 tons= The ancient &gy tians had "ethods that have no- been lost2 They -ere able to trans ort the huge blocks hundreds of "iles and then lift the" into lace2 The sa"e "ethods "ay have been used to "ove the giant stones of Stonehenge in &ngland) and the building blocks of the "ysterious structures found in the Andes Mountains in South A"erica2 There had to be a single -orld-ide culture at one oint in ancient history2 We do our ancestors a great in5ustice by singling out a solitary ro5ect > the 'reat 7yra"id > as deserving of our a-e and ad"iration2 So"e thing or so"eone ins ired the ancients to erfor" incredible feats of construction2 Was the source of this ins iration godly a aritions or astronauts fro" across the cos"os% Was all of "ankind once the slaves of the "ysterious gods%

LIVING LEGENDS AND DYING WORLDS Several "illion years ago so"e su er-civili3ation in a distant gala:y launched an un"anned satellite to our solar syste"2 $ts ur ose -as to search for life and) if it found any) to kee tabs on its develo "ent2 The satellite is still functioning and circles earth eriodically) resu"ably sending re orts back to its ho"e lanet2 This "ay sound like a crack ot the"e fro" so"e obscure fringe 5ournal but actually it is a theory that has been ut forth by a nu"ber of leading scientists after re eated observations of an artificial satellite of unkno-n origin2 The ob5ect -as first sighted by Dr2 Lincoln La 7a3 of the 4niversity of ,e- Me:ico in 0.8;) four years before the Soviet 4nion launched Sputni# I2 As "ore re orts oured in fro" observations around the -orld) the De art"ent of Defense assigned Dr2 !lyde W2 To"baugh to run a search for the strange Cbogey2C Dr2 To"baugh -as the distinguished astrono"er -ho discovered 7luto in 0.;92 The results of Dr2 To"baugh6s study -ere never for"ally leased by the 7entagon2 ,othing further -as heard about the ob5ect until Dece"ber 0.8F) -hen Dr2 Luis !orralos of the !o""unications Ministry in Jene3uela hotogra hed it) so"e-hat to his o-n astonish"ent2 The first "an-"ade satellite) Sputni# I) had been launched t-o "onths earlier and he -as taking ictures of Sputni# II as it assed over !aracas2 His hotogra h revealed a trace of a second) unkno-n ob5ect closely follo-ing the Soviet6s dog-carrying satellite2 Laika) the first earthly ani"al to enter s ace) had co" any= The # ack $night While both the 4nited States and the Soviet 4nion -ere racing to launch relatively s"all satellites into orbit in the late 0.89s) astrono"ers and "ilitary tracking stations -ere follo-ing the course of so"ething huge! *n Danuary I) 0.E9) scientists discovered t-o large ob5ects in a olar orbit2 To date neither the 42S2 nor +ussia had achieved a olar orbit2 The ob5ects -ere esti"ated to -eigh at least fifteen tons2 The largest 42S2 satellite at that ti"e -eighed I89 ounds and the largest Soviet satellite <).<8 ounds2 Late in February 0.E9) the 42S2 De art"ent of Defense for"ally announced that an unidentified satellite -as circling the globe2 $t -as tracked and studied by several different observatories and the ,ational S ace Surveillance !ontrol !enter at ,e- Bedford) Massachusetts2 7rofessor Alla Masevich) the Soviet scientist heading the +ussian S utnik tracking rogra") flatly denied suggestions that the "ystery satellites belonged to the Soviet 4nion2 The ress labeled the intruder CThe Black AnightC and it -as e:tensively discussed in the %e& or# Times) %e&s&ee#) 'ife) and other "a5or eriodicals2 $t vanished as "ysteriously as it had arrived2 But it has #uietly rea eared fro" ti"e to ti"e ever since and been buried in the fine rint of ,ASA6s -eekly catalog of debris and ob5ects orbiting the earth2 %choes from Space $f a satellite fro" another -orld e:ists) is there any -ay -e can co""unicate -ith it% Dr2 +onald ,2 Brace-ell of Stanford 4niversity addressed this roble" in an article in the British scientific 5ournal %ature ?May <1) 0.E9@2 He noted that co""unication -ith lanets in other star syste"s -ould be difficult) if not i" ossible) because of the great distances involved2 But if so"e other civili3ation has already lanted a satellite in our solar syste" there "ight be so"e -ay to co""unicate -ith it2 The #uestion is/ Ho-% +adio e: eri"enters in the 0.<9s noted a strange heno"enon -hich they labeled LD& > Long Delayed &choes2 Signals sent out fro" earth so"eti"es ca"e bouncing back several seconds later) as if they had been reflected back by so"ething in s ace2 $n a fe- instances these LD&s returned da$s later2 This effect -as une: lainable unless so"ething -as icking u the signals in s ace and retransmitting the"=

+esearchers in ,or-ay) Holland) and France re orted LD&s in 0.<F) 0.<1) and 0.;I2 The echo ulses -ere delayed fro" three to fifteen seconds and the researchers ke t careful records -hich -ere duly filed a-ay and eventually forgotten2 $n "ore recent years) LD& has beco"e an e:tre"ely rare heno"enon2 Ho-ever) bet-een 0.8F and 0.E0 -hen the Black Anight -as "ost active) all kinds of odd radio signals -ere received by radio astrono"ers) ha" o erators) and "ilitary stations2 So"e of these signals see"ed to be receding fro" the earth as if the trans"itter -ere "ounted in an ob5ect that -as traveling out into s ace2 #roadcasts to Other &or ds $n the early 0.E9s science "obili3ed to study natural radio -aves ouring into our solar syste" fro" the stars2 +adio astrono"ers also tackled the roble" of co""unication -ith other -orlds2 $n A ril 0.E9) 7ro5ect *3"a tried to ick u interstellar signals -ith a radio telesco e at 'reen Bank) West Jirginia2 +ussian astrono"ers also "ade si"ilar efforts and created a stir -hen they "istakenly inter reted natural radio -aves fro" "assive stars called ulsars as Ca beacon fro" a su er-civili3ation2C $n 0.E<) Dr2 Brace-ell e: anded his original theory2 He visuali3ed a satellite e#ui ed -ith a co" uter -hich -ould scan all radio fre#uencies as it traveled through s ace2 When it icked u an intelligible signal it -ould record it and then broadcast it back on the sa"e fre#uency2 Su ose) he s eculated) that the instru"ent -as rogra""ed so that if the "essage -as returned again) indicating the syste" -as understood) it -ould then trans"it a "essage of its o-n% A "essage about life on other -orlds2 The LD&s of the 0.<9s could have co"e fro" such a satellite) he thought) and it -as still -aiting u there for us to send so"e kind of ackno-ledge"ent so it could flood us -ith the -isdo" of the universe2 Brace-ell6s ideas -ere not -ell received2 ,o one tried to send signals to the "ystery satellites2 Astrono"ers decided they -ere natural ob5ects) "iniature "oons2 *ur "oon-bound astronauts -ere instructed to kee a shar eye for the satellites2 Although lagued by strange radio trans"issions) a arently fro" so"e source in s ace) they failed to s ot the elusive Black Anight2 #eep #eep # oop Four generations of scientists have been enthralled -ith the notion of co""unicating -ith other -orlds2 Dr2 Hans Freudenthal of the 4niversity of 4trecht in the ,etherlands even invented a s ecial language called CLincos)C a cos"ic language based on "athe"atics2 $t started -ith basics > bee 222 bee bee 222 bee bee bee 2 Then unctuation of a sort -as introduced -ith different sounds222 bee bee bloo 2 More co" le: ideas -ere added -ith s ecial sounds for lus and "inus2 Bee bee bloo bee bee bee t-eet bee bee bee bee -ould tell the e:traterrestrials that t-o lus t-o e#uals four2 That venerable science fiction -riter) Arthur !2 !larke) author of 23345 + Space Od$sse$) ca"e u -ith an even better idea > trans"ission of si" le ictures through carefully organi3ed code signals > a si" lified for" of television2 Then Dr2 Frank Drake) A"erica6s reigning genius of radioastrono"y) devised an i" roved syste" in -hich a series of dots inters ersed -ith dashes could be broadcast in such a -ay that they -ould for" a icture -hen laid out on a er2 &ach grou of signals re resented a line) like the lines of a TJ icture) and the dashes could be grou ed so that a crude icture of a "an) for e:a" le) -ould a ear -hen all the lines -ere reasse"bled2 Though this idea -as never really i" le"ented) its develo "ent started others thinking2 $f -e -ere ca able of inventing this si" le yet effective syste") "ight it be that so"e e:traterrestrial race had follo-ed the sa"e reasoning and already ut such a syste" to use% Were the LD&s and other odd signals -e had been receiving over the years organi3ed in so"e si"ilar fashion% Greetings from %psi on #ootis A young Scottish astrono"er na"ed Duncan Lunan revie-ed the LD& records of the 0.<9s and set out to decode the"2 He laid out the LD& data on a gra h) using dots to re resent the auses bet-een echoes2 To his e:cite"ent) a "a began to take sha e2

CThe dots "ade u a "a of an easily-recogni3ed constellation)C Lunan said) Cthe !onstellation of Bootis in the northern sky2 The curious attern of delayed echoes -as actually a attern of star ositions2C He -orked u other LD& "a s and found that they all see"ed to center around & silon Bootis) a star in the constellation2 C$f Lunan is right in his thinking) this "aterial did contain a "essage)C Dr2 Brace-ell declared after studying Lunan6s gra hs2 C$t is saying that the eo le or entities ca"e to &arth fro" the !onstellation Bootis2C Lunan sub"itted his findings to the restigious British $nter lanetary Society2 Aenneth 'atland) vice resident of the society) noted) CLunan6s findings are utterly astounding2 $ have studied the "a s and "ust co"e to the sa"e conclusions he did2C *ther scientists have endorsed Lunan6s discovery and a fresh search for LD&s -ith s ecial e#ui "ent -as launched in the 0.F9s > -ithout "uch success2 #ridging Time & silon Bootis is hardly our ne:t-door neighbor2 The star is so"e 09; "illion light-years fro" &arth) "eaning that the Black Anight -ould have to be so constructed that it could survive and function for a "ind-boggling eriod of ti"e2 4nless) of course) ti"e and s ace are far different fro" our hu"an conce tion and a su erior technology could so"eho- bridge this vast distance in a shorter eriod of ti"e2 Lunan6s star charts are not erfect2 $n fact) they are out of date by about 0;)999 years2 That is) they sho-ed & silon Bootis in the osition it held 0;)999 years ago2 Lunan osits that the satellite -as laced in orbit bet-een 00)999 and 0;)999 B2!2 A nu"ber of alternate theories are s ringing u 2 Su ose) for e:a" le) that visitors fro" & silon Bootis looked over our lanet thousands of years ago and decided to leave a little "o"ento behind2 $nstead of erecting a "onu"ent like the yra"id) they decided on orbiting an ob5ect that -ould be safe fro" earth#uakes) floods) and other natural cala"ities2 So they launched the Black Anight) rigging it to be activated thousands of years later -hen) according to their calculations) "ankind -ould be technologically ca able to receive and inter ret its signals2 A satellite constructed near & silon Bootis -ould undoubtedly vie- the universe fro" the osition of that star) and their star "a s -ould be #uite inco" rehensible to &arth2 But Lunan6s "a s viethe universe fro" the &arth6s osition 0;)999 years ago) -hich incidentally) coincides -ith the "yth of Atlantis2 The 'ata ' aw The biggest fla- in Lunan6s ?and Brace-ell6s@ theory is the de endence on the radio echoes of yesteryear2 During the 0.;9s there e:isted a to secret ro5ect to develo a syste" of iggybacking secret "essages on the bea"s of conventional radio stations for use by s ies2 *ne "ethod -as to interce t a signal and rebroadcast it a second later -ith breaks containing a secret "essage2 Another "ethod -as to cut into the conventional signal -ith static -hich -as really a code2 More advanced syste"s -ere develo ed later by the 'er"ans before World War $$2 A s y "erely located his e#ui "ent a "ile or t-o fro" a co""ercial radio station) or even a "ilitary station) and he could use their signal to broadcast his o-n "essages -ithout fear of detection2 $t is very ossible that the LD& heno"enon -as art of the early e: eri"ents and -ere totally unrelated to the Black Anight2 The auses and fluctuations -hich fascinate the scientists could be a code so"ething like 'incos -hen laid out in a different -ay2 +adio "essages received in ,or-ay and S-eden in 0.;I -ere clearly connected to the CghostflierC -ave then taking lace in those countries) and so"e of those signals did iggyback on the bea"s of co""ercial radio stations2 Still) the conce t of an alien satellite broadcasting to &arth is an e:citing one2 C*nce -e fir"ly established its e:istence) -e "ust interrogate it)C Anthony La-ton) head of a British co" uter fir" said recently2 CWhen it reali3es that it is in touch -ith an intelligence) it could be ready to give u the enor"ous store of infor"ation -hich it "ust have2C

But if the Black Anight e:ists as a co" uteri3ed satellite) -hat "essage -ill it have for us% Will it tell us so"ething about life on other -orlds) or -ill it 5ust recite forgotten "e"ories of our distant ast% (nterste ar )adio ,inety years ago radio broadcasting see"ed like an i" ossible drea") even though a young $talian na"ed Marconi -as toying -ith coils of -ire and glass tubes filled -ith iron filings2 7ro"inent scientists of the day scoffed at Marconi6s clai"s) ointing out that even if his long -aves of electro"agnetic energy could be sent through the air) they could never be broadcast over great distances2 But five years later the youthful inventor roved the" -rong -hen he "anaged to trans"it a long -ave across the Atlantic2 Short -aves) ca able of s anning thousands of "iles) -ere not develo ed until the 0.;9s2 Jery short "icro-aves beca"e a reality during World War $$) -hen radar saved &ngland fro" the 'er"an Luft-affe2 During that sa"e eriod a s"all grou of scientists began to #uietly investigate the radio -aves ouring in fro" outer s ace2 +adio astrono"y -as born and earthbound scientists started to -onder if there "ight be o-erful trans"itters on distant lanets bea"ing intelligent signals to our re"ote sector on the fringes of the Milky Way2 $n the 0.89s this search for e:traterrestrial broadcasts beca"e a "a5or scientific endeavor2 'igantic radio telesco es -ere constructed all over the -orld) and "en -ho called the"selves Ce:obiologistsC a lied for "assive grants fro" govern"ents and foundations2 $n the late 0.89s and early 0.E9s the 42S2 alone oured G899)999)999 into the challenging search for e:traterrestrial radio signals2 Scientists in the Soviet 4nion beca"e -orld-fa"ous overnight by issuing eriodic announce"ents clai"ing they had discovered cos"ic radio beacons fro" the far reaches of the universe2 But again and again those CbeaconsC roved to be natural radiation fro" highly energi3ed stars called 7ulsars and Buasars2 $n the relatively short s an of ninety years -e rogressed fro" Marconi6s -ireless telegra h to color television2 We o ened a "agical cornuco ia of electro"agnetic energy and -e are still e: loring the electro"agnetic s ectru" as -e build larger radio telesco es and even broadcast signals of our o-n into s ace in the ho es that there is so"eone out there -ho "ay be listening2 +adio astrono"y has beco"e a fruitful ?and rofitable@ ursuit2 Ho-ever) t-o roble"s confront these efforts2 The first is the fact that radio -aves can only travel -ith the s eed of light2 $f an inhabited lanet e:ists t-enty light years a-ay it -ill take forty years for us to e:change a si" le Chello2C Secondly) our radio telesco es are using kno-ledge gained in a "ere ninety years2 $f -e are to co""unicate -ith another civili3ation by radio -e "ust assu"e their radios are also only ninety years old2 Forty years ago -e -ould have been unable to receive a "icro-ave broadcast2 Forty years fro" no- our resent e#ui "ent and theories -ill have undergone radical changes2 We "ay discover nefre#uencies as yet undrea"ed of2 We "ight even find a -hole ne- "edia for co""unication that -ill render radio itself obsolete2 An advanced civili3ation could be thousands of years ahead of us) and our radio astrono"y is so ri"itive that they have no -ay to receive and re ly to our broadcasts222 5ust as the -ire recorders of the ost-ar era have been re laced by ta e recorders2 A bo: of reels of -ire recordings is -orthless today because -e have nothing to lay the" on2 A decade fro" no- your collection of long- laying records -ill be nothing "ore than -orthless lastic disks -hen an entire o era -ill be recorded on a chi s"aller than your thu"bnail2 $f by chance one of our trans"issions into s ace reaches a lanet I99 light-years a-ay) their re ly -ould reach us 199 years later2 By then -e "ay have rogressed far beyond radio telesco es and) 5ust as -e can6t audition a -ire recording today) -e -ould be unable to interce t the "essage2 #io ogica )adio Modern technology is inca able of co""unicating -ith a distant civili3ation and efforts to do so are a -aste of ti"e and "oney2 $f a Martian scientist had atte" ted to reach us by radio in 01FE he -ould have failed because -e had no radio receivers then2 $f another Martian should try to contact us in the year <0FE he "ight also fail because -e -ould no longer be using ri"itive radio2 *ne

hundred years fro" no- -e -ill in all likelihood be using a o-erful for" of biological radio broadcasting on fre#uencies no- undefined2 $t is #uite ossible that these biological fre#uencies are being used today2 7ara sychologists have been studying biological radio for so"e years no-2 $t is usually called &S7 and "eans that one hu"an brain is broadcasting to another hu"an brain2 Such trans"issions are instantaneous2 *nce -e fully understand the rocesses behind &S7) -e can broadcast "entally to brains on a distant lanet) circu"navigating the li"itations of s ace) ti"e) and the s eed of light2 !onversely) brains on that far-off -orld could broadcast to earthly "inds and "ight even control us -ithout our being a-are of it2 A fe- select hu"ans have been utili3ing these biological channels for thousands of years2 So"e eo le have even clai"ed the ability to leave this lanet and cruise a"ong the stars on bea"s of biological energy2 $f "ankind ever "anages to esca e this uny little solar syste") it -ill not be by technological "eans ?e2g2) s aceshi s@) but -ill involve utili3ation of the biological fre#uencies of the so-called Csu er-s ectru"2C The rocess calls for the hu"an consciousness to abandon the frail bioche"ical "achine that houses it2 This rocess has been kno-n for thousands of years and is called astral ro5ection or *2B2&2 ?out-of-body e: erience@2 $t isn6t li"ited to a fe- rando" crack ots and cultists2 There have been scientists) scholars) and i" ortant ublic figures -ho have clai"ed this ability2 A arently the thing -e call consciousness is a frag"ent of energy so"eho- inserted into our bodies by an outside force or energy field2 $t gives us an a-areness of self -hich se arates us fro" all other ani"als2 7ersons near death fre#uently re ort that they found the"selves floating in the air above their bodies) able to -atch doctors and nurses -orking over their dor"ant for"2 *thers have taken bolder flights across the country) over oceans) and even into outer s ace2 When they returned to their hu"an shell they -ere able to describe accurately distant events they -itnessed2 Dr2 &dgar D2 Mitchell) one of the astronauts -ho left his foot rints on the "oon) calls this Ce:ternali3ation2C *ur individual consciousness "ay be art of a larger energy field) ca able of cruising that field like a bird gliding along -ith an air current2 &andering the Dimensions Most astral ro5ectionists clai" they are escorted into the strange -orld of the su er-s ectru" by a Cguide2C These guides usually look like $ndians or Tibetan la"as and carefully tutor the -andering consciousness2 So"e 4F* contactees have had an *2B2&2 -ithout understanding it2 Alone in a forest or desert) they -ere 3a ed by energy fro" the su er-s ectru") fell into a trance) and their consciousness -as led into the T-ilight Kone by strange beings -ho osed as s ace"en2 Although the e: erience see"ed very real to the contactee) it -as a sub5ective "ental adventure -ith no tangible effect on their entranced body2 Like drea"s) ti"e is distorted during an *2B2&2 A second beco"es an hour) an hour beco"es a -eek2 And -hen the erci ient returns to his body he is sur rised to find that only a fe- "inutes have assed2 Astral ro5ectionists often drift into other di"ensions and find the"selves grotes#uely huge) looking do-n at an earth and "oon the si3e of "arbles2 They cross the entire universe in an instant and find the"selves looking back at a Milky Way that has beco"e nothing "ore than a feeble glint of light in the cos"os2 They feel that they are an infinites"al art of so"ething "uch larger2 There are thousands of books recounting the e: eriences of astral ro5ectionists across the centuries2 *ne theory for the 4F* heno"enon is the notion that astral ro5ectionists on other lanets visit our orb fre#uently and are seen only by hu"ans -ith sychic ability2 Dr2 !arl Dung) the great sychologist -ho had so"e *2B2&2s hi"self) visuali3ed astral ro5ection as going s-i""ing in the cos"ic sea of the collective unconsciousness2 We are all linked to so"e greater intelligence) or intelligent energy field) Dung suggested) that re"ains se arate fro" our hysical -orld) our faltering reality2 We are bo:ed in hysically by finite s ace and the strea" of ti"e flo-ing in only one direction2 But our consciousness is ca able of esca ing fro" this three-di"ensional -orld by hitchhiking on so"e su er energy field that er"eates the universe and "ay even control it2 Ancient eo les -ere "uch "ore a-are of the "ulti-di"ensioned universe2 They "easured the

flo- and effect of the cos"ic energies -ith astrology2 Marconi hel ed us begin the long road back2 He sa- the electro"agnetic s ectru" and ho- it could be used to serve us2 Today ne- scientists like Dr2 Dohn Lilly) the "an -ho learned to co""unicate -ith dol hins) and Dr2 &dgar Mitchell are ioneering the e: loration of inner s ace2 We "ay be on the threshold of a ne- age -hen the "iracles of our "inds -ill re lace the lesser "iracles of our technology2 &ach of us "ay be able to glide into the night sky) leaving our feeble bodies behind as -e cross into a strange ne- di"ension -here death is unkno-n and unnecessary and all hu"an values are e: osed as sychotic constructions2 $n ninety years -e have gone fro" Marconi6s "agic bo: to the "oon and beyond2 $n the ne:t ninety years -e "ay learn that intelligent life e:ists but is forever beyond the reach of our radio-telesco es 5ust as our consciousness are beyond the reach of "edical science2

ASTROPAPHOBIA *n Me"orial Day) 0.1F) a ro"inent Louisiana attorney na"ed 'raves Tho"as stood on the deck of his ne-ly ac#uired boat and raised his hands to the sky) roudly declaring) CHere $ a") Lord=C Suddenly) -ithout -arning) a bolt of lightning crashed fro" the clear sky and killed hi"2 Mr2 Tho"as -as 5ust one "ore victi" of a strange heno"enon that has been haunting "ankind since those good old days in the caves2 *ne of the "ost neglected branches of "eteorology is the study of lightning2 We have "any re orts of eo le being killed by lightning bolts fro" a clear) cloudless s#$2 There are over 199 lightning deaths around the -orld each year2 Strangely) deaths by lightning see" to increase during 4F* -aves) and both eo le and ani"als have been found dead in areas -here flying saucers have been observed2 $n so"e cases) lightning bolts see" to have so"eho- been directed! For e:a" le) a feyears ago a researcher in Florida -as sitting at his desk ty ing u an i" ortant 4F* re ort he lanned to send to "e2 Suddenly he felt an over-hel"ing co" ulsion to get u and leave the building he -as in2 As soon as he -ent out the door) a bolt of lightning crashed into the old -ind"ill -here his study -as located and co" letely de"olished it= His re ort) and the notes and docu"entation he -as using) -ere destroyed2 The selectivity of lightning bolts is unnerving) to say the least2 And during the strange -eeks of the 4F* fla of 0.91 there -as at least one incident of this ty e2 A Ba tist reacher) the +ev2 T2 H2 Feagin) conducted an outdoor revival "eeting on the night of Duly ;) 0.912 After his ser"on) he ste ed a"ong his congregation and -as chatting and shaking hands -hen a bolt of lightning singled hi" out and struck hi" dead on the s ot= This -as re orted in the %e& or# Times) Duly 8) 0.912 We have other re orts of lightning bolts entering churches and killing "inisters on the ul it2 So"e of these date back to anti#uity2 S"all -onder that eo le have al-ays associated lightning -ith the -rath of 'od2 *n the other hand) there are innu"erable cases in -hich eo le have been sla""ed by a bolt and re"ained co" letely unhar"ed although their clothes -ere blo-n off and even the coins in their ockets -ere -elded together2 &ven the old saying that certain great "en -ere Cstruck by lightningC has a basis2 During that u33ling Fortean year of 0.91 a young "an in Aansas -as 3a ed by a blast of lightning2 $t stunned hi" but) "iraculously) he -as unhurt2 He -ent on to beco"e one of the "ost i" ortant "en of this century2 His na"e -as D-ight David &isenho-er2 Naked in the )ain For "any years the Museu" of the +oyal !ollege of Surgeons in London dis layed a glass case containing the clothes of Da"es *r"an) -ho -as struck by lightning in an &nglish field on Dune 1) 01F12 The stroke hurled hi" several feet through the air) scorching his eyebro-s and beard and fracturing his leg2 The re"arkable thing is that he -as stri ed of all his clothing in the rocess2 His sturdy boots -ere even left behind and his -atch had a hole burned through it) as if a soldering iron had been used) and the coins in his ocket -ere fused together2 Mr2 *r"an recovered and lived a full life2 A "ore grisly incident occurred near !raco-) 7oland in 01E.) -hen a boy of t-elve -as hit by a lightning bolt that a" utated his right leg on the s ot2 Although -e have been studying lightning since Ben Franklin6s day -e kno- athetically little about this "urderous heno"enon2 So"e lightning bolts start fro" the ground and shoot sky-ards2 *thers dart do-n fro" the clouds and skitter across the ground like a "iscued billiard shot2 Whole herds of co-s and shee clustering together in a rainstor" have been -i ed out by a single stroke2 *ccasionally a ground-to-sky lightning stroke leaves a big erfectly for"ed circle or hole behind to u33le eager 4F* investigators2 Ho-ever) lightning e: lains only a fe- of the "any Cfairy circlesC that turn u each year in the -ake of flying saucer sightings) 5ust as ball lightning) a very rare

heno"enon) can be used as the real e: lanation for only a fe- sightings of lu"inous s heres2 Ball lightning is a round "ass of electrical energy that can sail in through the -indo- and e:it through the fire lace2 There are docu"ented cases of eo le and ani"als being killed by ball lightning inside solid structures) 5ust as "ore ordinary lightning darts into churches2 *n Duly 00) 010.) nine ersons -ere killed and 1< -ounded -hen three successive lightning bolts s"ashed into the church at !hateauneuf) France2 But erha s the "ost e"barrassing case of all took lace in 7hiladel hia in 01E. -hen a si:ty-five-year-old -o"an ans-ering nature6s call in an outhouse -as struck by a bolt -hile she -as sitting there "inding her o-n business2 $t knocked her unconscious but she recovered2 !hurches -ere fre#uently struck by lightning during the Middle Ages) robably because they -ere the tallest structures around2 !uriously) "any of these lightning "anifestations -ere allegedly acco" anied by the a earances of large) fearso"e ani"als2 A gigantic ig-like thing is su osed to have "ateriali3ed in the church at Andover) &ngland on !hrist"as &ve) A2D2 00F0) .ust as the priest at the altar &as struc# and #illed b$ a lightning bolt! Se te"ber see"s to be the -orst "onth for fatal lightning bolts2 &ach year Se te"ber roduces ne-s stories about s orts"en being killed on football and soccer fields2 A nu"ber of ti"es -hole tea"s have been flattened in the "idst of a lay2 'olf courses are also dangerous laces during the lightning season2 But if a lightning bolt has your na"e on it there is no safe lace2 &ven dee -sea divers have been knocked insensible -hen lightning struck their shi and traveled do-n their lines to their diving suits dee under-ater2 $f you have a fear of being struck by lightning don6t -orry about it2 (ou have lenty of co" any2 !aligula) Augustus) Henry $$$) and "any other fa"ous ersonages all co-ered in terror during lightning stor"s2 The fear is called astropaphobia and it is better to be an astro a hobic than) say) a anto hobiac2 7anto hobia is the fear of ever$thing) fro" backing into doorknobs to getting your 3i er caught in bicycle s okes2 Gods Shoot #ack At"os heric heno"ena controlled by so"e "ysterious force layed an i" ortant role in the lives of ancient eo les the -orld over2 For thousands of years "en associated lightning -ith their gods2 &very culture a ointed a s ecial god as custodian of thunder and lightning2 The "ighty Thor -as -orshi ed by ,orse"en2 Keus) chief god of the 'reeks) -as given a bolt of lightning as his sy"bol2 Legends and "yths fro" every continent re eat the belief that to s eak the na"e of a god aloud -as to invite sudden death by a bolt fro" the blue2 So early on "en began to substitute res ectful eu he"is"s for the godly na"es2 *nly the high riests -ere er"itted to invoke the ro er na"es aloud on very s ecial holy days2 Were these strange su erbeings really astronauts fro" so"e distant lanet as a nu"ber of "odern theorists no- clai"% $f so) -ere they ar"ed -ith electrical -ea ons -hich they used to kee lo-ly earth"en in line% $n the Bible -e are told that &li5ah -i ed out an ar"y by su""oning Cthe fire of 'odC fro" the skies ?Aings $$/0@2 Scholars are still debating the nature of this Cfire2C Was it a "eteor sho-er or lightning stor"% *r did the gods really intervene in hu"an affairs% The natives of &cuador in South A"erica still re eat the story of ho- a band of giants landed in their country and caused considerably havoc before a "ass of fire ca"e do-n fro" the sky and destroyed the"2 An early S anish -riter na"ed !ie3a recorded the story in 088;2 CThere by sea in rafts of reeds after the "anner of large boats) so"e "en -ho -ere so tall that fro" the knee do-n they -ere as big as the full length of an ordinary fair-si3ed "an) and the li"bs -ere in ro ortion to their heads) as large as they -ere) and -ith the hair that ca"e do-n to the shoulders2 Their eyes they give to understand -ere the si3e of s"all lates)C according to a translation of !ie3a located by research Willia" +2 !orliss2 CThey had no beards and so"e -ere clad in skins of ani"als) -hile others ca"e as nature "ade the") and there -ere no -o"en along2C Like the giants recorded in other ancient "yths) these visitors to &cuador -ere a loathso"e and troubleso"e lot2 CThe natives abhorred the")C the account continues) Cfor they killed their -o"en in "aking use of the") and the "en they killed for other reasons2 The $ndians did not feel strong

enough to kill these ne- eo le that had co"e to take their country and do"ain) although great "eetings -ere held to confer about itH but they dare not attack the"222C The dile""a -as a arently solved -hen Can angelC descended fro" heaven) landing unerringly on the giants6 settle"ent and -i ing the" all out2 The early S anish e: lorers -ere convinced that the story -as true because they found gigantic bones and hu"an ?%@ skulls -ith teeth that -ere Cthree fingers broad and four in length2C !enturies later) scientists such as H2 F2 *sborne of the A"erican Museu" of ,atural History decided the S aniards had actually found the re"ains of ancient "astodons2 So"e historians have s eculated that the giants -ere destroyed by a volcanic eru tion or a Tunguska-ty e "eteor2 Whatever ha ened) it -as a "ost fortuitous event to the $ndians and "ust have convinced the" that the gods -ere) indeed) -atching over the"2 C*rse of the Pharoahs $n 0.8;) a tea" fro" the A"erican Forces ,et-ork in 'er"any fle- to &gy t to record a s ecial Hallo-een broadcast in the inner cha"bers of the 7yra"id of 'i3a2 $ -as then the !hief of !ontinuity and 7roduction for the net-ork and -e s ent "any hours inside the yra"id taking advantage of its "arvelous acoustics to record a dra"atic tale of a haroah6s curse2 Ta e recorders -ere a fairly ne- develo "ent in those days and -e used a ty e -hich e" loyed a clock-ork "echanis" to turn the reels2 The rogra" -as recorded -ithout any serious roble"s and -hen -e layed the ta es back in our !airo hotel they -ere erfect2 Ho-ever the ghosts of the haroahs -ere a arently dis leased -ith our effort2 *n the long flight back to Frankfurt) 'er"any -e assed through so"e bad -eather and lightning struck our lane2 There -as no da"age but it -as an unnerving e: erience2 When -e got back to the AF, studios -e discovered that our recious ta e recordings had so"eho- been ruined by that lightning bolt2 We -ere left -ith several reels of static2 Finally) let6s not forget the flight of A ollo 0; -hich lifted off at 0;99 hours on A ril 00) 0.F9 and -as i""ediately struck by lightning on its -ay through the earth6s ar"os here2 Massive o-er disru tions forced astronauts Lovell) Haise) and S-igert to abandon their scheduled "oon landing2 ,ASA engineers had "ischievously lanned the ti"ing of the flight to lay to rest forever the Csu erstitious nonsenseC surrounding the nu"ber 0;2 $nstead) the nearly disastrous lift-off has reinforced it2 The "anifestations of lightning > and the farfetched coincidences that often acco" any the" > -hich ins ired the beliefs of ancient ti"es are still -ith us2 The 42S2 govern"ent did establish a lightning investigating ro5ect in the 0.F9s2 They built to-ers and a s ecial lab in a lace -here lightning stor"s -ere unusually fre#uent2 A lace called Socorro) ,e- Me:ico2 The lab roved to be a strong attraction for tourists2 Magnetism and +'Os $f you are a regular reader of ,e- Age books you kno- "ore about flying saucers than the 42S2 Air Force2 The reason is si" le enough2 The A"erican ublic has not been telling the 4SAF the truth about 4F*s2 And -hen a -itness -as bold enough to try to give the 4SAF the details of his or her e: eriences) they -ere usually ignored or) as in the days of 7ro5ect Blue Book) their re ort -as consigned to the notorious Ccrack ot file2C But farflung -riters and civilian investigators have listened carefully to 4F* erci ients and recorded their e: eriences2 So"e of their stories have been) ad"ittedly) see"ingly far out222 but 4F*s are a far out sub5ect and enco" ass all kinds of eerie "anifestations -hich border on the su ernatural2 $n 0.EF) -e re orted that our o-n reli"inary studies of the sightings revealed a definite correlation bet-een 4F* -aves and fluctuations of the earth6s "agnetis"2 The air force never bothered to e:a"ine this interesting facet2 &ven the nu"erous rivate 4F* organi3ations tended to sneer at this finding) convinced that 4F*s -ere fro" outer s ace and -ere in no -ay related to the earth6s o-n "agnetic field2 $n 0.FI) seven years after our scientific scoo ) Dr2 !2 7oher) a leading scientist at -entre %ational d'/tudes Spatiales in Toulouse) France) ublished a for"idable study co" aring flying saucer

sightings -ith geo"agnetic disturbances2 4sing E;8 French sightings fro" the year 0.8I ?there -as a "a5or 4F* -ave in France that *ctober@) he co" ared the 4F* activity -ith the scientific data on the disturbances of the declination of the earth6s "agnetic field for the sa"e eriod2 The eak "agnetic disturbance in 0.8I ocurred si"ultaneously -ith the 4F* -ave= *r) as 7oher ut it in cautious scientific ter"s/ CA good statistical correlation bet-een disturbances of the earth6s field and 4F* observations during one "onth in the re"arkable year 0.8I222C $n short) -hen the earth6s "agnetis" goes slightly hay-ire) 4F*s begin to a ear in great nu"bers2 This does not "ean that the 4F*s roduce the "agnetic disturbances) but rather that "agnetic disturbances roduce 4F*s2 There is already abundant scientific literature on the strange s heres of light -hich a ear in the sky i""ediately before) during) and after "a5or earth#uakes2 This is certainly a related heno"enon2 Ho-ever) this is not a full e: lanation for 4F*s2 They are not "ere s arks of static electricity or las"oid energies cast into the sky by grinding earth#uake faults or "agnetic ano"alies2 There -ere scores of 4F* landings in France in *ctober) 0.8I) and "any occu ant sightings2 &ntities clad in s ace suits -ould certainly not be generated by natural heno"ena2 $t "ay be that 4F*s beco"e "ore visible to hu"an eyes during "agnetic disturbancesH that the subtle forces of "agnetis" have a "ysterious influence on so"e hu"an brains2 Pro,ect G")P Beginning in 0.EE) scientists fro" Munich6s Ma: 7lanck $nstitute have been #uietly collaborating -ith ,ASA on a ro5ect to "a the earth6s "agnetic field2 *ver the last decade hundreds of rockets have been fired into the u er at"os here -here they released huge clouds of bariu" gas2 These gases beco"e ioni3ed and glo- brightly as they drift along the earth6s "agnetic currents2 Although the ro5ect has cost "any "illions of dollars it has received re"arkably little ublicity2 Bariu" rockets have been sent u fro" Australia) northern S-eden) !anada) and even fro" &aster $sland off the coast of !hile2 The e: eri"ents have roduced very fe- s urious 4F* re orts because "ost -itnesses think they are seeing so"e kind of natural heno"ena > like the ,orthern Lights > or that they are -atching fire-orks2 $n the su""er of 0.FI scientists fro" si:ty-si: nations artici ated in a "assive ne- ro5ect on the earth6s e#uator2 Scores of shi s laden -ith scientific e#ui "ent) and s ecially designed research sub"arines and air lanes fanned out over thousands of s#uare "iles of ocean to study the earth6s "agnetis" and at"os heric heno"ena2 Ano-n as the 'lobal At"os heric +esearch 7rogra" ?'A+7@) the ro5ect involved the launching of s ecial satellites) cloud studies) and under-ater e: loration to a de th of five thousand feet2 $t cost G8; "illion2 Like the bariu" cloud e: eri"ents) 7ro5ect 'A+7 has received very little ublicity2 But obviously "any nations) and countless scientific) are dee ly concerned -ith our "agnetic and at"os heric roble"s these days2 We have s ent > and -ill continue to s end > enor"ous a"ounts of ta: dollars on these se"i-secret e: lorations of the earth6s hidden "ysteries2 &ven the Soviet 4nion kicked in G01 "illion for 'A+72 For years !hester 'ould6s Dic# Trac$ co"ic stri carried an incongruous little bo: containing the -ords) CThe nation that rules "agnetis" -ill rule the universe2C Maybe 'ould kne- so"ething -e don6t2

MYSTERIOUS CRIME WAVES &ach su""er strange hanto"s ride across the landsca e) co""itting bi3arre cri"es and leaving absurd clues in their -ake2 7olice in a thousand scattered cities hold reluctant ress conferences and ad"it their be-ilder"ent2 So"e of the cri"es are so -eird that they are never even entered on olice blotters2 The State 7olice) F2B2$2) and other la- enforce"ent agencies e:clude these acts fro" their statistics) -hile local ne-s a ers treat the" as hu"an interest anecdotes to be hidden a"ong the classifieds2 ,evertheless) so"e-here out there an international band of shado-y burglars and cutthroats lurks) hiding in alleys and graveyards) erfor"ing insane deeds year after year and generation after generation2 *r "aybe Cslee ersC are carrying out these cri"es -hile in an a"nesiac state2 For the ast five years so"eone has been ri ing off anti#ue -eather vanes in ,e- &ngland2 Literally ri ing the" off old barns and houses2 So"e anti#ue -eather vanes date back to the early 0F99s and are valuable collector6s ite"s2 According to eye-itnesses) our hanto" burglars fly over the old far"s in a helico ter and actually lasso the -eather vanes -ith a ro e and -rench the" off their roofs2 House-ives and far"ers) alerted by the noisy engines) have dashed outside 5ust in ti"e to see a bright orange cho er rising u -ards) a ri3e -eather vane snarled in a dangling ro e2 The hanto" -eather vane thief has been active in Massachusetts) ,e- Ha" shire) and Jer"ont2 ,o one has "anaged to track do-n the o-ner of that orange helico ter or locate its base2 Helico ters are difficult to fly and e: ensive to "aintain2 (our average helico ter o-ner can find easier legal -ays to "ake a dollar2 Stealing and fencing hot -eather vanes -ould be a difficult -ay to "ake a fe- bucks2 *ther odd ob5ects get stolen regularly2 $n 0.F;) a five-ton -recking ball belonging to the Do-ling !onstruction !o2 in $ndiana olis) $ndiana suddenly vanished2 Work"en had left it hanging <99 feet in the air fro" a crane2 When they returned to the site the ne:t "orning the crane -as still there but the ball -as gone2 A cou le of years ago an ino erable bulldo3er -eighing several tons disa eared fro" the yard of a construction fir" in Scranton) 7ennsylvania2 Since its engine -as filled -ith sand) -hoever acco" lished the deed had to haul the huge "achine a-ay -ith an even larger "achine222 -ithout leaving tracks or clues2 $n ,e-ton) 4tah so"eone stole a -hole barn -hile the o-ner -as off on a tri 2 But the disa earances of entire buildings have beco"e co""on lace in recent years2 7refab houses erected as su""er ho"es are es ecially rone to house-na ing2 So"eone 5ust "oves in -ith a truck) disasse"bles the house) and carts it a-ay2 But stone houses have also vanished in this fashion) as have steel bridges) entire railroad trains ? arked on sidings@) and air lanes2 That6s right) today there are rings of air lane thieves) 5ust as there are rings of auto thieves ?01)999 autos are stolen off the streets of ,e- (ork !ity each year@2 *ne "inor "ystery -as solved after air orts on the West !oast re orted that so"eone -as stri ing the lastic fro" sail lanes tied do-n in their fields2 $t turned out that acks of hungry -ild dogs -ere invading the air orts and actually eating the gliders= But -hat could eat a stone house) a five-ton -recking ball) or a steel bridge% 7eo le vanish) too2 $n March 0.F;) Mrs2 Miriat Ah"ed Shinata) a t-enty-year-old bride of four "onths) -as s-allo-ed u by a hole in the ground2 She and her husband -ere -alking along a street in Ale:andria) &gy t) -hen the side-alk suddenly arted and the young -o"an vanished into the crevice2 A rescue s#uad -as #uickly su""oned to the scene) and they dug do-n thirty feet -ithout finding a trace of her2 -ampires 'rom O*ter Space. $n recent years thousands of co-s) shee ) dogs) and horses have died under very "ysterious circu"stances2 So"eone or so"ething has e: ertly drained the blood fro" the carcasses and CsurgicallyC re"oved their se: organs) tongues) and ears2 This is not a ne- heno"enon2 We have

been follo-ing it for t-enty years) and eriodic -aves of ani"al "utilations have occurred -orld-ide for at least t-o hundred years2 $n the early 0.F9s) the "utilations sa- "arked increase in the &astern 42S2 Angry far"ers in 7ennsylvania held "eetings) believing they -ere dealing -ith cattle rustlers2 And by 0.F8) several states in the Mid-est and West -ere in a si"ilar u roar2 The senseless slaughter reached a eak that su""er and local authorities concluded they -ere dealing -ith a secret band of devil -orshi ers2 *thers bla"ed "arauders fro" outer s ace > because strange flying ob5ects and hanto" Chelico tersC -ere often sighted in the vicinity of the "utilations2 *ur old friends) the Big Hairy Monsters ?BHM@) also got into the act2 Alar"ed -itnesses -ere re orting the resence of the giant bi eds outside 7ittsburgh) 7ennsylvania) si"ultaneously -ith the disa earance or butchering of do"estic ani"als2 The creatures allegedly raided chicken coo s) invaded ig ens) tore out the throats of ha less shee ) and) in general) conducted a terror ca" aign against our rural co""unities2 By Danuary 0.FE) "any Te:as residents -ere s eculating that their e ide"ic of ani"al "utilations -as related to the a earances of the CBig BirdC -hich -as terrifying residents of the !hicano co""unity around Bro-nsville2 The Bird > so"e reliable -itnesses described it as rese"bling an ancient terodactyl > had been seen s oradically since 0.I82 $t "ay also be linked to the legendary Thunderbird -hich fre#uently a ears in the legends of the A"erican $ndians2 The Land Do-n 4nder hasn6t roduced any Big Bird re orts lately) but giant a elike "onsters have been raising a ruckus in Australia6s *utback country2 Most of the activity has been concentrated around an obscure little to-n called 'ool"a2 The BHM sightings also have been acco" anied by 4F*s and ani"al "utilations2 So"ething that left foot rints 08 inches long and si: inches -ide a arently broke the necks of a nu"ber of cattle2 Several dogs -ere also killed or disa eared2 The hairy "onsters -ere seen several ti"es by reliable -itnesses in May 0.F8 as the ani"al "utilations reached e ide"ic ro ortions2 Flying saucer sightings eaked around the sa"e ti"e in 'ool"a) Wellington) 'erie) and 'ulgong in ,e- South Wales2 *n the other side of the globe) in the rovince of Soder"anland in S-eden) far"ers -ere u in ar"s over a sudden outbreak of "utilations in the s ring of 0.FE2 As in the A"erican cases) the "utilatiors ignored the edible cuts of "eat and re"oved useless organs like the heart and se: organs2 $n nearly every instance) the carcasses had been drained of blood2 There have been "any hairy "onster sightings in S-eden) too) and) of course) flying saucers are a fa"iliar sight in the thinly o ulated rovinces north of the Arctic !ircle2 While investigating ani"al "utilations in the "id-0.E9s) $ -as er le:ed by the constant absence of blood2 A freshly killed ani"al bleeds rofusely and there should al-ays be traces on the ground) grass) and surrounding area2 The hanto" "utilators acco" lish the i" ossible/ They "anage to kill and cut u their victi"s -ithout s illing a dro of blood= &ven "ore bi3arre) they so"ehodrain all the blood fro" the carcasses -ithout leaving a single telltale uncture "ark2 &: erienced veterinarians and athologists have ainstakingly e:a"ined the bodies of "utilated ani"als in the 42S2 -ithout finding as "uch as a uncture or surgical incision on the bloodless carcass2 *ne co""on theory in la- enforce"ent circles is that the ani"als are first do-ned by a tran#uili3er gun2 Such -ea ons are rare) re#uire so"e training to use) and e" loy a tran#uili3ing agent -ith a nicotine base2 Traces of nicotine should be resent in various organs) even if the blood has been re"oved2 Failing to find such traces) authorities are baffled2 Are these ani"als first araly3ed by so"e "ysterious force in the sa"e -ay that hu"ans have often been araly3ed in the resence of 4F*s% $nstead of using drugs) the "utilators "ay be using so"e for" of electrical energy -hich i""obili3es the entire nervous syste"2 $n innu"erable Men in Black cases) -itnesses have clai"ed they felt a nu"bness or aralysis -hen confronted by the strange M$Bs2 $n Middle &uro e these black-garbed "ystery "en -ere once thought to be evil va" ires2 Legend has it that they first araly3ed their victi"s -ith a hy notic stare and then drank their blood2 !ould these legends be based on fact% Fortunately) there have been no verifiable cases of va" iris" in "odern ti"es) but there are a great "any disa earances of eo le every year) and -e "ight s eculate that the "odern va" ires are no- clever enough to hide

or bury the incri"inating evidence2 *r erha s they have turned their bloodthirsty ractices to ani"als) because killing hu"an beings has beco"e too difficult and too involved2 All of this revives one of $van Sanderson6s "ore chilling theories/ That the &arth is a far" and -e are the cro 2 Do 4F*s raid us fre#uently to satisfy their thirst for blood) o erating behind a s"oke screen of dece tion and confusion% Secret C* ts Another theory -hich got o ular su ort in the F9s is that the ani"al "utilations are the -ork of a secret devil cult2 Such cults do e:ist) and have al&a$s e:isted) but the -orst of the rites of black "agic involve the sacrifice of s"all children) not -hole herds of shee 2 Any cult that can run ra" ant in a do3en states at the sa"e ti"e) slaughter thousands of ani"als) and not leave a single clue "ust be very large) very -ell financed) and very organi3edH but if they could afford to o erate on a national) even an international) scale they could also certainly afford to "aintain their o-n ranches and slaughterhouses2 They -ouldn6t need to sneak into so"e *klaho"a asture to drain the blood of a fe- rando" co-s2 Ho-ever) there have been "any false clues ointing to the e:istence of an ani"al-slaughtering cult2 &: ert investigators like Dero"e !lark and &d Sanders ?fa"ous for his study of the !harles Manson cult@ have actually intervie-ed eo le -ho clai"ed to kno- so"ething about this cult2 But) like the olice) they have ulti"ately co"e u e" ty-handed2 *ccasionally) ho-ever) there is a startling re ort involving "ysterious hooded "en seen in the "utilation areas2 Back in the 0.E9s a -o"an in *hio clai"ed that tall "en in -hite gar"ents -ere killing her co-s2 She had gone after the" -ith a shotgun) she told "e) and -as a"a3ed -hen they -ere able to lea high fences -ith a arent ease2 $n Se te"ber 0.F8) Don Mitchell) a Forest Service e" loyee) re orted seeing hooded "en at a lace called !abin !reek in $daho2 CThe co-s in the corral had been "aking a lot of noise but suddenly got real #uiet)C Mitchell said2 CMy horse -as also #uiet and -atching the hillside2 $ thought there "ight have been elk) and "oved along to see2 When $ got around a grou of -illo-s $ sa- the"/ t-o guys -ith black hooded robes) one about five feet ten inches tall and the other about five feet eight inches2 The taller guy had a canvas sack over his shoulder -hich see"ed to be e" ty2 They -ere "oving at a good cli and headed straight do-n !ove !reek2C Mitchell -as about 89 yards fro" the "en) and even though he -as on horseback) couldn6t catch u -ith the"2 Later) officers of the Blaine !ounty Sheriff6s De art"ent searched the area -ith negative results2 Why -ould anyone "oving around in such a re"ote -ooded area bother to -ear long black robes% $t6s like -earing a tu:edo to go hunting2 There have been "any odd re orts of hooded) robed "en -ho have been seen in "any arts of the -orld222 lea ing across roads in &ngland) a"bling do-n isolated high-ays in Minnesota and West Jirginia) running fro" old far"houses in ,e- &ngland2 Who are they% $f you think about it) a hood and long robe "ight be necessary2 These C eo leC "ay not look like us at all2 $n order to "ove in our "idst they "ust cover their ossibly alien bodies fro" head to toe2 4nderneath those robes they "ight be co" letely covered -ith hair= The -anishing 'ootprints Still another u33ling feature of the ani"al "utilations is the total absence of foot rints or tire tracks around the bodies > even -hen the carcasses are in the "iddle of "ud or sno-2 7ro onents of the cultist theory have suggested that the cul rits thro- do-n ieces of cardboard to -alk on2 ,ot a farfetched theory since Arab bandits in the Middle &ast have kno-n for centuries ho- to erase their tracks in soft sand2 *ne -estern far"er clai"ed that he discovered a co- dead in a sea of "ud2 He -alked around it and e:a"ined it) leaving dee foot rints2 A day or so later he returned to the site -ith local olice officers and > to the arty6s astonish"ent= - his o&n footprints &ere gone! Aerial ob5ects) usually thought to be helico ters) have been seen fre#uently in the vicinity of the

"utilations) leading to s eculation that the "utilators are doing their dirty -ork fro" the air2 !arl Whiteside) an agent for the !olorado Bureau of $nvestigation) doubts this theory2 C$f they do use a helico ter) think of ho- "uch "oney is involved)C Whiteside said2 CA helico ter costs fro" a #uarter of a "illion to half a "illion dollars and costs for fuel -ould be about nine dollars an hour2C The !olorado !attle"en6s Association offered a re-ard of G8)999 for a solution to the "ystery2 And -ith good reason) because) in 0.F8) in four "onths) a total of 0F8 "utilations -ere re orted in t-enty-one !olorado counties2 C$n order to solve a cri"e) you have to establish a "otive)C agent Whiteside recently co" lained) Cbut this is a senseless cri"e2 The ur ose of taking these ani"al arts is so"ething -e6re not a-are of) since these arts have no retail value2 There6s no rofit "otive2 All -e have no- is dead cattle that have been "utilated2C +e orts have been co"ing in fro" Australia) S-eden) Africa) and other foreign nations as -ell indicating that -e are dealing -ith one of t-o things/ 0@ A -orld-ide organi3ation staffed -ith highly trained ersonnel) -ho are both -ell financed) and strangely "otivatedH <@ The 4nkno-nH a force that e" loys 4F*s) bigfoot-ty e creatures) and other bi3arre heno"ena to acco" lish a "ysterious "ission here on &arth2 The "utilators) over the years) have caused losses in the "any "illions of dollars2 The situation see"s to call for a "assive international investigation by all la- enforce"ent agencies2 We s end "ore ti"e and "oney tracking do-n stolen cars than -e do investigating this "ysterious and costly heno"enon2 $f a hu"an organi3ation is behind this) -e should be trying to ut the" out of business and behind bars2 But) as the la-"en say) -e6ve got to find the "otive2 $f the cul rit is non-hu"an) erha s -e6re better off not kno-ing2 S*pernat*ra -anda ism Local olice also gru"ble about Cteenaged vandalsC -hen the ce"eteries in their to-n are visited by so"e unkno-n force2 To"bstones are to led over in a neat ro-2 So"e are sna ed off or sheered off at the botto"2 Since "odern to"bstones are usually attached to their bases -ith thick steel rods) a gang of bored teenagers could not be res onsible for the da"age2 $t -ould take a heavy tractor or bulldo3er and heavy chains to knock over such to"bstones2 Again) there are never any tracks or foot rints2 The stones > so"eti"es t-enty or thirty of the" > are knocked over in a recise ro-2 This kind of da"age occurs in hundreds of scattered ce"eteries every year2 ,o laenforce"ent agency has "ade a study of the heno"enon2 After the da"age has been discovered) olice"en are usually assigned to sit in the ce"etery for days or -eeks2 ,aturally) the Cvandalis"C ceases2 Another interesting for" of vandalis" is the shattering of -indshields that takes lace eriodically2 A curious variation of this occured in ,a les) $taly) in 0.F<) -hen no less than forty "otorists co" lained that the -indshields had been stolen fro" their cars2 $t can take a skilled "echanic over an hour to re"ove a single auto -indshield2 Were forty "echanics running a"ok that one night in ,a les% According to the %e& or# Times) A ril <I) 0.<0) "ore than <899 e: ensive late glass -indo-s -ere s"ashed in London that year by Ca "ysterious band of "en2C & ide"ics of -indo- breaking have been re eated "any ti"es since2 &ach year do3ens of to-ns across the country e: erience the efforts of the hanto" -indshield s"ashers2 7olice generally assu"e that teenagers -ith sledge ha""ers are res onsible2 But rugged safety glass is hard to s"ash) and these s"ashings occur in -aves of fro" forty to one hundred cars in a single night2 A variation of this is the C hanto" sni er2C !ar -indo-s are artially broken -ith -hat looks like bullet holes2 &:ce t no bullets or ro5ectiles of any kind are ever found inside the vehicles2 The biggest -ave of -indshield s"ashing took lace in the 42S2 in 0.8<-8I2 But there -as a s"aller -ave in scattered co""unities across the country in the s ring of 0.F82 The "a5or utility co" anies have been trying to corner the "ysterious hanto" -ire gang that has

been stealing "iles of heavy electrical cable for years2 !o er is scarce today) and thefts of co er are not unusual2 $n 0.EE) a shi laden -ith co er vanished off the coast of $ndochina2 But the -ire gang is doing it the hard -ay2 They actually scale the steel to-ers and cut into the cables carrying lethal voltages of current2 They "ust then roll the heavy cable into huge dru"s and haul it a-ay2 Aside fro" the obvious risks of such an o eration) the ti"e and effort re#uired to steal -ire in this "anner -ould see" to e:ceed -hatever s"all rofit the thieves "anage to gain fro" the venture2 $t -ould be easier to s-i e -eather vanes2 "re &e S*pp ying + traterrestria s. We don6t clai" that eo le fro" another lanet are stealing -ire) glass) and -eather vanes fro" us2 But the records roves that so"e kind of hanto" burglars -ere busy one hundred years ago and are still active today2 So"e investigators) er le:ed by the absence of clues in "any of these cases) are seriously -ondering if -e "ay not be un-ittingly su lying a strange e:tradi"ensional -orld -ith ra- "aterials2 *bviously) so"eone or so"e thing needs enor"ous #uantities of ani"al and hu"an blood) and -e have been furnishing it for hundreds of years2 Then) too) there are baffling 4F* "anifestations around garbage du" s and factories2 Are little green "en fro" Mars "aking off -ith our garbage% $n a nu"ber of cases -itnesses have clai"ed that they sa- huge 4F*s being loaded -ith su lies of so"e sort2 Detroit-"ade autos have been seen driving into giant disks on the ground2 A #uartet of a"a3ing -itnesses in !herry Hill) ,e- Dersey allegedly sa- a huge bli" like "achine hovering about a co" uter lant in 0.EE) and "en on the roof of the building -ere transferring bo:es to the craft= Both the Soviet 4nion and the 4nited States have lost e: ensive satellites shortly after sending the" into orbit around the earth2 !ould they have been snatched fro" us by the unkno-n saucerers% So"e students of the Ber"uda Triangle have suggested that the lanes and shi s that have vanished there -ere really irated by 4F*s2 $t does so"eti"es see" as if everything on this lanet is u for grabs222 and so"eone not #uite hu"an has been doing the grabbing2

SNALLYGASTERS AND SEA SERPENTS Forteans -ill re"e"ber 0.F; as the year of the Snallygaster2 The -ord is a corru tion of the 'er"an ter" schnelle geeschter) "eaning C#uick s iritsC and according to Webster6s Third ,e$nternational Dictionary is Ca "ythical) nocturnal creature) half-bird and half-re tile) chiefly re orted in rural Maryland) -hich reys on children and oultry2C Snallygasters have cro ed u all over the 4nited States) usually ans-ering to the classic descri tion of the tall) hairy red-eyed "onsters -hich haunted Lake Worth in Te:as a fe- years ago andLor the giant -inged -eirdo -hich lagued West Jirginia in 0.EE-EF and Te:as in 0.F82 As -ith the legendary Snallygaster of Maryland) these critters leave flocks of dead chickens and dogs in their -ake2 Where these giant ani"als co"e fro" > and -here they go > re"ains a "ystery2 Sheriffs around the country have turned out ar"ed osses) co" lete -ith bloodhounds and helico ters) to hunt the" do-n2 Al-ays to no avail2 $n Dune 0.F;) there -ere si: Snallygaster sightings -ithin t-o -eeks around the little to-n of Sykesville) Maryland2 Witnesses said heLit -as fro" seven to ten feet tall and covered -ith hair2 Hundreds of "iles a-ay) in &nfield) $llinois) a "idget Snallygaster baffled authorities2 This one -as only about four-and-a-half feet tall) had a grayish-colored body and) incredibly) see"ed to stand on three legs2 $t thoughtfully left behind so"e foot rints) as did the Sykesville critter2 4 in Durha") Maine local olice s ent the su""er chasing a CgorillaC -hich also left foot rints indicating it -eighed at least ;99 ounds2 'orillas are very rare creatures2 &: erts esti"ate there are only I99 gorillas alive in the -orld today) including those in 3oos2 ,o gorilla -as re orted "issing in Maine so -e can assu"e the Durha" ani"al -as 5ust another Snallygaster2 How %/tinct (s the Dinosa*r. Akin to the Snallygaster are the e:tinct dinosaurs -hich occasionally -ander across far" fields) leaving erfect dinosaur foot rints behind2 7olice in France chased a dinosaur unsuccessfully in the early 0.;9s2 $n 0.E.) a dinosaur is su osed to have turned u in Te:as and forced a car off the road2 A year later) another dinosaur created a stir in the "ountains of $taly2 $n 0.;I) a dinosaur allegedly attacked shee at !a" bell Lake in South Dakota and) incidentally) scared the daylights out of so"e of the far"ers living around the lake2 'enerations of yg"ies in the !ongo in Africa have allegedly been seeing a large dinosaur-like critter that they call the mo#ele mbemebe in a lace kno-n as the Likouala S-a" s2 The ru"ors have ins ired innu"erable hardy e: editions over the ast fifty years2 $n the ast decade alone) grou s fro" Da an) France) &ngland and !hicago 4niversity have fought their -ay through the 5ungles in the ho es of getting a gli" se of the "onster2 These brave -ould-be e: lorers suffered incredibly fro" insect bites) tro ical diseases and chronic hu"iliation2 They usually left their ho"e bases -ith "uch fanfare and then later returned fro" Africa very) very #uietly) -ith their tails dragging2 &ven no-) a grou of college rofessors) bright-eyed students and True Believers are re aring for yet another trek to the s-a" s of the !ongo2 Strange aerial lights and unidentified flying ob5ects have been sighted in the i""ediate vicinity of so"e of these "onster sightings) causing so"e ufologists to s eculate that the Snallygasters could be visitors fro" so"e other lanet2 But are flying saucers really du" ing dinosaurs on us% There is one i" ortant co""on deno"inator in the "a5ority of our Snallygaster-dinosaur-4F* sightings2 They take lace near bodies of -ater222 reservoirs) rivers) and lakes2 Both 4F*s and the tall) hairy "onsters see" to fre#uent s-a" s) too2 The hanto" ani"als could be a" hibians -ho s end "ost of their ti"e under-ater2 And the occasional CdinosaurC sightings could actually be gli" ses of the creature -hich has roduced the -orld-ide lore of sea ser ents2 Sea Serpents and Dinosa*rs 7aranor"al events see" to ha en in cycles and all kinds of cra3y things ha en at once -hen

these cycles eak2 While so"e eo le are seeing 4F*s and at"os heric heno"ena) others are vie-ing sea ser ents and tall) hairy "onsters2 *utbreaks of ghosts and oltergeist cases also see" to coincide -ith such events2 *n Dune <I) 0.91) the entire cre- of the stea"shi 'ivingstone re orted seeing a <99-foot sea ser ent in the 'ulf of Me:ico2 Their story a eared on age one of the %e& or# Times on Duly 0) 0.912 The shi belonged to the Te:as-Me:ican line and -as "aking a routine tri bet-een 'alveston and Frontera) Me:ico2 About fifty "iles outside of Frontera) the "onster a eared off the ort bo-2 CThe shi got -ithin si:ty feet of the creature)C according to the Times) Cand for fifteen "inutes stood by -hile all on board vie-ed the ser ent through the glasses2 $t -as a arently slee ing) and -as not less than <99 feet long) of about the dia"eter of a flour barrel in the center of the body) but -as not as round2 The head -as about si: feet long by three feet at the -idest art2 The color -as dark bro-n) and near its tail -ere rings or circles that a eared larger in circu"ference than the body at that oint2 As it s-a" a-ay the tail -as erected) and a rattling noise as loud as that "ade by a gatling gun in action startled the -atchers on the 'ivingstone2 As soon as the shi docked in Frontera) the ca tain) his cre-) and fifteen assengers) signed a s-orn affadavit before !harles W2 +ickland) the 4nited States !onsular agent2 The late Harold T2 Wilkins) a British authority on the une: lained) re ortedly sa- Ct-o re"arkable sauriansC in the -aters of a strea" in !orn-all) &ngland on Duly 8) 0.I.2 The "onsters -ere identical to the ancient) long-e:tinct plesiosaur) Wilkins noted after-ards2 !ould this distant cousin of the dinosaur still be alive and -ell in !orn-all% There are innu"erable other lesiosaur sightings2 Bulky-bodied creatures -ith elongated necks have been seen fre#uently in Lake !ha" lain) ,e- (orkH Lake !ate"aco) Me:icoH Lake Walker) ,evadaH Flathead Lake) MontanaH 7ayette Lake) $dahoH *kanagan Lake) !anadaH Lake $lia"na) Alaska) and even in Lake Jorota in the Soviet 4nion2 A arently the $ndians -ere -ell a-are of these creatures in the earliest ti"es2 $n 7eebles) *hio there is a huge "an"ade "ound of earth covering several acres of land2 When vie-ed fro" the air) this "ound assu"es the recise sha e of our -ater "onsters2 CThe bulky frontal ortion) thin neck and long tail s#uare -ith the land sighting descri tions fro" $reland and Scotland)C Mr2 F2 W2 Holiday) one of the -orld6s leading e: erts on sea "onsters) has said2 He calls the "ound C robably the best surviving dragon-si"ulation2C Land sightings of such ani"als are rare but they have been seen -addling into or out of lakes in British !olu"bia) !anada) and the haunted lakes of 'reat Britain2 Witnesses of these rare overland so5ourns see" to be describing the ancient lesiosaur2 Scientists eager to e: lain a-ay the "ystery have tried to identify these creatures as everything fro" giant eels and sea slugs to sea co-s) -hales) and even overgro-n "ackerel2 Lake Mysteries ,orthern Scandinavia is dotted -ith lakes) large and s"all) and there are endless stories about lake "onsters like Scotland6s Loch ,ess "onster2 But "any of these "onster re orts sound "ore like sub"arine sightings2 Ho- -ould sub"arines "anage to reach these re"ote) often shallo-) inland lakes% *ne -itness at Bullaren Lake in the 7rovince of Bohuslan) S-eden said) C$t looked "ore like a boat $ -ould say) yet a boat or a sub can6t go in this lake222 $t had a hu" that looked like a glass to-er2C Mr2 Dan-*ve Sundberg) a S-edish 5ournalist) has su lied us -ith several detailed accounts of these alleged lake C"onsters2C The follo-ing ite" a eared in the ne-s a er Motala Tidning) Duly <E) 0.89/ The "onster in Lake +asvalen has a eared again) this ti"e three ti"es -ithin one hour2 A "an -ho -as sce tical of the "onster re orts sa- it in Aallernas Bay but -hen he tried to get closer to it it disa eared2 C*ne has got to believe one6s o-n eyes)C said Sigvard Barnstro" fro" Jedebags Bruk today2 CThe "onster -as about 8 "etres long and looked al"ost like a black -hale or an u side-

do-n boat2 $ -as on the lake together -ith a friend to look in our nets -hen -e suddenly s otted this strange creature about ;99 "etres fro" our boat2 When it sho-ed u -e tried to get closer to it) but it sub"erged in a funny -ay and disa eared2C After a fe- "inutes the "onster a eared again) and this ti"e both "en sa- that it -as longer than 8 "etres) black in color and so"e-hat round in front and back2 The ti"e -as 8 a2"2 Again they tried to get closer) and again it disa eared2 Around 1 a2"2 it turned u again about <99 "etres fro" the boat and -as in vie- for about 08 "inutes2 CThis ti"e it circled the lake at terrific s ead)C Mr2 Barnstro" said) Cunlike any ani"al $ have ever seen2 Then it sub"erged like a sub"arine2C A thing like Can u side-do-n boatC has been seen scooting over the surface of Stors5on Lake in Da"tland) also2 At Stens5on Lake in *stergotland a -itness sa- -hat looked like the conning to-er of a sub"arine 5utting about the -ater2 Jasterbotten6s Tavels5on Lake has also roduced re orts of an elongated so"ething that behaved like a sub"arine2 And at Jattern 'reat Lake in *stergotland -itnesses once -atched t-o Ctor edoesC about forty feet long -hich sub"erged abru tly -hen an air lane fle- over2 Dragons and Discs Mr2 CTedC Holiday -as an outstanding scholar and researcher -ho s ent "any long su""ers -atching the "urky -aters at Scotland6s fa"ous Loch ,ess) ho"e of ,essie) the best-kno-n of all "onsters2 $n his book) The Dragon and the Disc) Holiday offers so"e astonishing findings linking the -ater "onsters -ith flying saucers2 $n earlier -orks ?e2g2) The *reat Orm of 'och %ess@ Holiday labored to su ort the notion that ,essie -as a real flesh-and-blood creature ca able of being caught2 But after digging dee er and dee er into the ,essie lore he has turned to-ards the ara hysical theoryH the sus icion that the celebrated creature of the Loch "ay be so"eho- related to the elusive Snallygaster2 $n revisiting the "any churches and "onu"ents throughout &ngland -hich feature ancient CdragonC carvings) Holiday -as i" ressed -ith the fact that such carvings usually included discs and figures -hich closely rese"bled "odern 4F*s2 Holiday concluded that earlier eo les recogni3ed there -as so"e connection bet-een the dragons and 4F* for"s2 &ven the ancient !hinese on the other side of the -orld believed that dragons and 4F*s -ere interrelated2 Adding to the "ystery) all kinds of sychic "anifestations have lagued the scientific investigators at Loch ,ess2 &: ensive electronic instru"ents "alfunction) ca"eras refuse to o erate) and strange "isfortunes haunt the investigators2 There have even been C"ystery "enC or CMen $n BlackC e isodes2 After returning to S-eden) one 5ournalist -as a roached by a stranger in a restaurant -ho sternly advised hi" to discontinue his research into 4F*s and sea ser ents2 Photographing the +nknown The strongest evidence for the reality of 4F*s are the nu"erous radar sightings recorded over the years2 ,essie has been icked u on radar6s under-ater e#uivalent > sonar2 $n fact) so"e sonar readings have indicated that several of these creatures are frolicking in the "ile-dee lake2 (et) like the flying saucers -hich a ear and disa ear 5ust as suddenly fro" the radar sco es) these herds of "onsters are elusive and scientifically i" ossible2 $f the herds co"e to the Loch to breed ?one o ular theory@) -hat do they feed on% Such huge ani"als "ust have rodigious a etites and could #uickly u set the ecological balance of the lake2 And -hy haven6t any of the oldti"ers died and floated to the surface% There have been about ;)999 kno-n sightings of ,essie in this century) but hotogra hs are e:tre"ely rare and controversial2 *ther "onsters are e#ually ca"era shy2 !alifornia6s Big Foot and !anada6s Sas#uatch) both Snallygaster ty es) have avoided osing for their ortrait for years2 ,o one ever succeeded in fil"ing West Jirginia6s CMoth"anC ?a seven-foot) red-eyed creature -ith -ings@2 And even authenticated 4F* hotos are rare in relation to the "any thousands of sightings annually2 Why are these things so difficult to hotogra h%

Author Holiday suggests that ,essie is so"eho- tied in -ith the "ysterious sychic -orld around us2 $t "ay even be that the creature is so"eho- being rotected by unkno-n sychic forces2 &ach su""er tea"s of scientists and investigators "an ca"eras "ounted around Loch ,ess2 These ca"eras are ositioned to cover al"ost the entire surface of the lake2 Al"ost) but not #uite2 There are a fe- blind s ots2 $n August 0.E1) Holiday -as resent -hen ,essie reared his ugly head for a look around2 Though there -ere a nu"ber of good -itnesses along the shore) ,essie chose to o u in one of the very fe- laces that -ere obscured fro" the various ca"eras= CThe Loch ,ess $nvestigation Bureau had a ca"era truck at Buarry Brae)C Holiday re orts) Cand another one four "iles a-ay at Tor 7oint2 The observers -ere -atchful and keen but they had seen nothing2 The heno"enon had concealed itself so there -as nothing for the" to see2C &ager 4F* hotogra hers the -orld over have been u33led -hen their e: ensive ca"eras failed to function at the critical "o"ent) returning to nor"al as soon as the 4F* had soard out of vie-2 Holiday cites a nu"ber of instances in -hich this sa"e effect has occurred at Loch ,ess2 $n so"e cases) the ca"eras see"ed to -ork but the develo ed fil" ca"e out co" letely blank2 This) too) has ha ened to 4F* hotogra hers222 and Snallygaster chasers222 and ghost hunters2 Sea Serpents from O*ter Space Whenever -e fail to uncover solid evidence to su ort our observations of aranor"al heno"ena) -e tend to indulge in fanciful s eculation2 After chasing flying saucers for forty years -e find -e have no "ore real evidence that -hen -e began) so -e decide ree" tively that they are s ace shi s fro" outer s ace2 Since hu""ing) bu33ing "ulticolored 4F*s hang around the lakes and rivers inhabited by our lesiosaur and his relatives) and the s-a" s and -oodlands fre#uented by our Snallygaster) it should be obvious that all these things share a co""on cause2 ,o one seriously contends that sea ser ents are visitors fro" so"e other lanet2 +ather) it is becoming more evident that all une0plained phenomena are connected in some ine0plicable fashion2 So"e could be tricks of ti"e) -ith the "onsters and dinosaurs o ing into our ti"e 3one te" orarily2 So"e could be ure hallucination2 The reality of these things is not only un roven and un rovable) but the integration and logical) ob5ective study of all these "atters has been "ade i" ossible by the intrusion of belief2 Loch ,ess investigators sneer at the -hole sub5ect of 4F*s2 4fologists ignore Snallygaster re orts2 7sychical researchers are so busy hunting ghosts they have little ti"e for flying saucers and "onsters222 although all these sub5ects roduce the sa"e effects222 $n the ast fe- years) ho-ever) a handful of investigators have begun to try to vie- the -hole scene rather than isolated frag"ents of it2 *ne of Britain6s leading ufologists) Brinsley Le 7oer Trench) no- ad"its Cthere is considerable evidence that the 4F*s a earing in our skies have so"e connection -ith sychic heno"ena2C The helico ters vainly chasing dinosaurs) the osses tracking do-n ten-foot Cgorillas)C the hordes of teenagers sitting on hillto s and scanning the skies for flying saucers) and the atient ca"era"en shivering in the cold night air at Loch ,ess) are all engaged in the sa"e ursuit2 But they don6t kno- it2 Phantom #oatmen Legends dating back to the year 0I8E describe an under-ater connection bet-een Lake Mossar egolen and Lake (:ningen in *stergotland) S-eden) according to researcher Lennart Aarlsson2 Lake Mossar egolen is surrounded by a dense forest and is only about ;99 feet -ide and E99 feet long2 7eo le vacationing at the lake have clai"ed that it so"eti"es lights u ) as if the -aters -ere illu"inated fro" belo-) -ith a strong reddish color2 This heno"enon -as last observed in Duly 0.F<2 Aarlsson and Sundberg re ort/ CThe eo le in the lake area clai" they have seen a 6"ystery boat6 on Lake Mossar egolen2 $n the boat -ere t-o figures rese"bling hu"an beings2 So"eti"es on dark nights the boat and figures disa eared -ith a shar ) blinding light2 The 6"ystery boat6 see"s to be an old legend co"e true) as local inhabitants clai"ed to have observed it "any years ago2 There are

fish in the lake) but nobody in the area kno-s -ho the figures in the "ystery boat are) -here they kee their boat) or -here they are fro"2 They 5ust see" to disa ear into thin air2C Disa earing boats and hanto" boat"en are no strangers to collectors of Forteana2 There is also a gro-ing body of lore about "ysterious frog"en -ho cli"b out of s"all lakes and inlets in full diving gear) -addle ashore and get into -aiting black !adillacs to drive off into li"bo2 The late $van T2 Sanderson -as articularly concerned -ith stories like those recounted here and he collected "any others222 such as the "ysterious voices and "usic heard by divers dee in the -ater off the shores of 'reat Britain2 He s eculated that strange things "ay be ha ening at the botto" of our oceans) lakes) rivers) and f5ords -hile all the 4F* enthusiasts are looking eagerly in the -rong direction > to s ace2 The real secret of these heno"ena "ay be as earthbound ?or -aterbound@ as -e are2 When the great flying saucer -ave of *ctober 0.F; occurred) the case that received the "ost ublicity -as the story of the t-o fisher"en in 7ascagoula) Mississi i -ho -ere allegedly taken aboard a 4F* -hile fishing in Mississi i6s fa"ous Csinging riverC222 so na"ed because for years the river has roduced a "ysterious hu""ing sound like the bu33ing of bees2 A sound -hich has long been associated -ith 4F*s2 Flying saucers have de"onstrated a enchant for bodies of -ater) diving into rivers and reservoirs around the -orld2 The "a5ority of the best-kno-n 4F* contacts have taken lace on beaches and river banks2 Mysterio*s Mars*pia s $n Duly) 0.F8) another old friend o ed u near Du Buoin) $llinois2 Several eo le re orted seeing a kangaroo about five feet tall ho ing through cornfields2 Aevin Luthi said he -as hesitant to re ort his sightings at first Cbecause $ thought everyone -ould think $ -as cra3y2C There have been "any kangaroo re orts fro" $llinois in recent years2 *ne -itness -as a olice officer -ho gave chase but) of course) soon lost the trail2 As usual) local authorities checked nearby 3oos and circuses only to learn that no one had lost a kangaroo2 A decade ago a kangaroo -as bouncing around the ,e- &ngland states and even turned u in *hio2 $n fact) there are eriodic kangaroo fla s in the 4nited States and it all suggests that there are several kangaroos living unnoticed in the A"erican countryside2 The Macropus giganteus gro-s to about five feet tall and can lea <8 feet in a single bound2 So"e of our agile) lea ing "onsters) -hich are usually seen in the dark) could be one of these renegade kangaroos2 Like ele hants) they are ti"id fello-s unless they6re cornered2 Then they can disable a big "an in seconds -ith their vicious four-toed cla-s2 A nu"ber of other odd ani"als lived -ild in the 42S2 (ears ago a "ovie co" any lost so"e chi" an3ees -hile fil"ing a Tar3an e ic in Florida2 The chi" s are still seen occasionally and have undoubtedly gro-n and "ulti lied over the years2 So"e ske tics try to bla"e the" for all the sightings of Florida6s fa"ous s"elly CSand"anCH the Southern counter art of the great Sas#uatch of the ,orth-est2 Ho-ever) the Sand"an is "uch larger than a chi" ) is acco" anied by a foul odor) and like "onsters every-here is fond of chasing auto"obiles and haunting o ular lover6s lanes2 Back in 0.I.) $van T2 Sanderson -as sent by ,B! to Florida to track do-n re orts of a giant creature that had been seen roa"ing along river banks2 Sanderson concluded) after studying eye-itness re orts) that the thing had been a 08-foot tall penguin2 The king enguin can reach a height of four feet) but there have been vague) unverified re orts of a "uch larger ty e isolated on frigid) uninhabited islands in Antarctica2 Sanderson s eculated that one of these creatures) -hich are said to be covered -ith fur rather than feathers) so"eho- got caught in an ocean current -hich eventually de osited it in Florida2 Aangaroos in $llinois= Wild chi" s and giant enguins in Florida= Wild "onkeys have even been shot and killed in Tennessee= Back in 0.EF) olice in ,e- Dersey shot and killed a huge Hi"alayan Bro-n bear222 a very rare creature found in only a fe- 3oos2 ,o one has ever "anaged to e: lain ho- a Hi"alayan bear a eared in ,e- Dersey2

)idic* o*s )epti es When $ returned fro" $ndia $ brought back a Ct-o-headedC sand boa and three fanged cobras2 ?Her etology) the study of re tiles) has been a hobby of "ine since $ -as a boy2@ To ro"ote a book $ had -ritten) "y ublisher ensconced "e in the -indo- of a store in Ti"es S#uare -here $ did a daily snake char"ing act2 Later $ traveled around the country lecturing about *riental "agic and giving de"onstrations -ith "y snakes2 7eo le -ere al-ays co"ing u to "e after "y talks to tell "e of their o-n incredible e: eriences -ith snakes right here in A"erica2 To hear the" tell it) one -ould think this country is overrun -ith ;9-foot boa constrictors) giant alligators) and other bi3arre re tiles2 T-o tales that $ heard over and over again ?usually the teller said he had heard about it fro" a friend -ho kne- the -itness involved and -as ver$ reliable@ concerned the legendary hoo snake and the "ilk snake2 When frightened) the hoo snake is su osed to take his tail in his "outh) for" a hoo ) and roll a-ay at great s eed2 The "ilk snake is said to a roach co-s and suck all the "ilk fro" their udders2 ,either of these snakes actually e:ists) but stories about the" can be found in ancient literature and the "yths -ere robably brought to this country by early i""igrants and assed do-n fro" generation to generation ever since2 $6ve heard about flying snakes in the 42S2 but so far as $ kno- none have ever been caught2 There really are flying snakes in Jene3uela and Asia2 They lurk in trees and -hen their lunch strolls ast they flatten their ribs and s iral do-n like a strea" of confetti2 Stories of unusual oisonous snakes also abound2 There are actually only t-o snakes in the -orld that are aggressive enough to chase a "an2 They are the black "a"ba of Africa) a "e"ber of the cobra fa"ily) and the bush"aster of !entral A"erica2 Both are very ugly custo"ers and their bites are nearly al-ays fatal2 ,atives clai" that the only -ay to esca e either of the" is to run u hill2 $f there are no hills around222 7erha s the strangest snakebite story of all occurred in Aenton) *hio on Dune .) 0.IE2 Mr2 *rland 7acker -as horseback riding near his ho"e -hen a giant snake a eared suddenly in his ath2 He said it -as about eight feet long and four inches in dia"eter2 The horse thre- hi" and the snake coiled about his leg) breaking his ankle and biting hi" in the heel2 Then it bit the horse and slithered off into the -oods and vanished2 A huge search arty co"bed the -oods but never found it2 The snake -as described as having a flat head and a dia"ond sha e on its back2 $t -as definitely not one of our run-of-the-"ill *hio snakes2 (ears later $ "entioned the 7acker incident in one of "y books and $ -as sur rised to receive a letter fro" Mrs2 7acker outlining her husband6s horrible ordeal2 His -ound refused to heal) she -rote) and he finally had to have art of his heel a" utated2 CHe -as on crutches for al"ost t-o years222 His fever -ould rise till he -ould al"ost go out of his head then after he broke cut in s-eats -here you could -ring -ater out of his clothes2 $ changed his bed several ti"es a day so $ kno-222C $ sifted through all "y re tile books trying to identify the cul rit2 Although the basic descri tion sounds like a king cobra) 7acker -ould have died -ithin hours if that had been the ans-er2 The horse survived but lost Ca atch of hairC -here the snake had bitten it2 7acker suffered agonies for years after-ards2 There is nothing in "y snake catalogs that could e: lain this incident2 The bite of the notorious bush"aster in5ects a substance -hich causes the blood to lose its ability to coagulate2 So"e bush"aster victi"s find their ores o ening u and oo3ing blood -hen they enter the final stage before death2 7acker6s inability to heal suggests a si"ilar kind of veno"2 $n any case) you don6t have to go off on an African safari or 5oin an e: edition into central Bra3il to see rare and e:otic creatures2 The 4nited States is still o ulated -ith a -ide variety of eculiar -ildlife ranging fro" West Jirginia6s s ectacular CMoth"anC and occasional re orts of ancient terodactyls on the -ing to kangaroos) Hi"alayan bears) and ridiculous re tiles2 Several 42S2 lakes are su osed to contain giant sea ser ents) and fro" the re orts that our into "y "ailbo: each year our -oods see" to be filled -ith huge hairy "onsters2

SKYQUAKES AND HITIS $n *ctober) 0.FE) $ -as ecking a-ay at a ty e-riter in the foreign ress office in Stockhol") S-eden -hen the entire city -as suddenly shaken by a "a""oth e: losion2 Windo-s rattled and ob5ects rolled off tables2 Local ne-s a er"en besieged the air orts and "ilitary -ith #ueries2 Strangely) nothing had e: loded in the area and the authorities had no idea -hat had ha ened2 Jarious ru"ors circulated) the "ost o ular being that a Soviet sub"arine base had suffered a disaster hundreds of "iles a-ay on the other side of the Baltic2 A fe- days later another violent blast shook *slo) ,or-ay and) like the Stockhol" e: losion) see"ed to occur so"e-here in the u er at"os here -ithout leaving a trace2 Sky#uakes are a relatively co""on heno"enon but only a handful of Forteans -ere researching the sub5ect until Dece"ber 0.FF) -hen a series of "ysterious aerial blasts shook the Atlantic seaboard2 *vernight a -ide variety of scientists and self-styled e: erts e"braced the sub5ect) and 7resident !arter ordered the 42S2 Air Force to investigate2 *ne scientist -idely #uoted in the ress actually ro osed that the e: losions -ere caused by bubbles of "ethane gas co"ing u through fissures in the ocean6s botto"2 Methane gas2 That6s s-a" gas) folks= The e: lanation is even "ore unlikely than the heno"enon itself2 Actually these "ysterious blasts have been occurring in the ,ortheast for "any years) and there are legends of C hanto" artilleryC going back several centuries2 The "ost fa"ous account is the CBarisal 'unsC of $ndia2 British colonists fre#uently heard the ine: licable boo"s around Bengal2 *thers re orted si"ilar aerial blasts in the West $ndies) around Haiti) and in far-off !entral Australia2 Lake Bosu"t-i) Africa) and Lough ,eagh in $reland -ere also fre#uently visited by the "ysterious cannons2 The $ndians in the Black Hills of South Dakota have legends about the e: losions) and the Le-is and !lark e: edition is su osed to have heard the heno"enon in the +ocky Mountains2 Lake Seneca) one of the Finger Lakes in ,e- (ork state) has a long history of Cair#uakes)C as the ne-s a ers of 0.FF dubbed the sounds2 The gas bubble theory -as already old hat in 01.F) and -as generally discredited by -itnesses -ho re orted the lake -as fro3en over at the ti"es of the blasts2 *n Dece"ber <) 0.FF) a sky#uake 5arred the residents of ,e- !anaan) !onnecticut and -as acco" anied by strange lights in the sky2 The aerial sounds follo-ed a course that led south-ards over ,e- Dersey to the !arolinas) suggesting that so"e ob5ect had assed along that route into the fa"ous Ber"uda Triangle2 Military authorities and aviation officials staunchly denied that any su ersonic aircraft -ere o erating in those areas at the ti"e2 Back in 0.8<) -hen su ersonic aircraft -ere still li"ited to a fe- e: eri"ental "odels) officialdo" carried out the sa"e e:ercise in futility2 +esidents of Long $sland) 5ust east of ,e- (ork !ity) -ere lagued that year by sky#uakes and the only ne-s a er erson to take an interest -as the late Dorothy Ailgallen2 She tried to find out if any "ilitary authority kne- the cause and -as given the usual runaround2 Like flying saucers) sky#uakes -ere a non-sub5ect and the authorities reasoned that if -e didn6t ay any attention to the" they -ould 5ust go a-ay2 The sobering truth is that sky#uakes are on the increase2 They tend to occur -hen 4F* sightings increase) and they follo- the general atterns of the 4F* heno"enon2 $t is ossible that sky#uakes are roduced by the ra id transit of unidentified flying ob5ects2 There is no kno-n at"os heric condition that could cause the") and the hundred-year old scientific s eculation that bubbles of gas are the cul rits is insu ortable2 +'O )o*tes There are t-o "a5or 4F* channels or belts on this lanet2 *ne lies E9 degrees ,orth and indicates that a great deal of unobserved 4F* activity has been taking lace north of the Arctic !ircle since 01I92 The second channel stretches north to south along E8 to F8 degrees West fro" !anada to Argentina2 This belt includes so"e of the busiest and "ost "ysterious laces on earth222 such as the Ber"uda Triangle in the Atlantic and the baffling area around Bahia Blanca) Argentina) site of so"e

of the strangest 4F* cases2 We could list scores of eculiar events along this belt fro" ,e- &ngland to the !arolinas2 For e:a" le) at 1/08 2"2 on the night of A ril <8) 0.EE) a s ectacular C"eteorC assed along the channel2 The brilliantly illu"inated ob5ect -as seen by thousands of eo le in several states2 A nu"ber of a"ateur hotogra hers "anaged to sna ictures of it2 $n 7ennsylvania there -ere cases in -hich -itnesses clai"ed their auto"obile engines stalled ine: licably as the ob5ect assed over2 After cruising over South !arolina the thing disa eared south-ards over the Atlantic2 At e0actl$ the sa"e ti"e) e0actl$ on the o osite side of the earth in the Tashkent region of the Soviet 4nion) a violent earth#uake struck) killing ten and leaving <99)999 eo le ho"eless= Hostrange that a "a5or disaster -ould strike on one side of the -orld -hile thousands of eo le on the other side -ere vie-ing an a-eso"e C"eteor2C !ould the t-o events have been so"eho- related% &erie lights and aerial heno"ena have been observed before and during "a5or earth#uakes in "any arts of the -orld2 But the strange lights and sky#uakes of Dece"ber 0.FF -ere not acco" anied by earth#uakes2 Ho-ever) the ath of the sky#uakes did follo- the sa"e route as the C"eteorC of 0.EE222 the E8 to F8 degree West channel2 The C"eteorC traveled in silence) indicating it -as high above the at"os here2 A natural ob5ect entering the at"os here over ,e- &ngland -ould "ake a noise) but it -ould be in a retrograde orbit and -ould robably burn u or hit the ground before it traveled as far south as the !arolinas2 Any ob5ect traveling at su ersonic s eed and thus leaving a strea" of sonic boo"s in its -ake) -ould have to be under so"e kind of control to cover such a great distance2 So if the sky#uakes -ere caused by an ob5ect -e can conclude it -as a controlled ob5ect) one -hich -as flying rather than falling2 There is nothing in nature that -e kno- of -hich -ould be ca able of roducing a series of sonic boo"s over an area of 0)999 "iles or "ore2 The aviation authorities have assured us that no "an"ade aircraft -as res onsible for the noises2 So -e are left -ith an unidentified) hanto" aircraft -hich resu"ably entered the E8 to F8 degree West channel over ,e- &ngland and soared south-ards into the Ber"uda Triangle2 $t "ust have been a very s ecial 4nidentified because "any 4F*s have been clocked by radar and theodolites in our at"os here and traveling at su ersonic s eeds -ithout creating sonic boo"s2 $ndeed) "ost 4F*s travel in total silence2 A 4F* that leaves sonic boo"s in its -ake "ust be uni#ue2 So uni#ue that the noise "ight "ean it -as not -hat -e no- call a flying saucer2 The correlation bet-een the C"eteorC of 0.EE and the Tashkent earth#uake suggests that so"e other force is at -ork here2 $t could be geological222 so"e environ"ental force that is affected by geological changes2 The lights seen during earth#uakes could be a roduct of that force) a for" of static electricity generated by the "ove"ents of the earth6s crust2 Sky#uakes could be i" losions rather than e: losions) caused by the rush of air into holes or e" ty ockets in the at"os here2 Such holes "ight be caused by geo- hysical changes) or they could be created -hen a solid ob5ect suddenly disa ears and the air rushes in to the s ace it had occu ied2 There are countless re orts of 4F*s disa earing suddenly) often acco" anied by a loud retort2 So -hat causes our sky#uakes% They see" to be so"eho- related to 4F* heno"enon yet the observational evidence recludes a 4F* e: lanation2 What they are) -hat causes the") and -hat they "ean all re"ain "ysteries2 $ronically) the sky#uakes of Dece"ber 0.FF led the "edia to rediscover the" and give the" a ne- credibility2 They suddenly beca"e a sub5ect even though they have been shattering the eace and #uiet of the countryside for hundreds of years2 After 7resident !arter recogni3ed their e:istence the boondoggling began2 'overn"ent agencies doled out fat contracts to universities to investigate2 After several years of such e: ensive investigations -e -ere offered ne- variations on the tired old S-a" 'as theory and -hatever > or -hoever > is behind the Cair#uakesC continued to rattle our -indo-s -ith i" unity2 Ho es (n the (ce A hole three feet in dia"eter suddenly a eared in the eighteen inch ice covering a s"all ond near Wakefield) ,e- Ha" shire one Danuary and set off a national furor2 The o-ner of the ond) Willia" Mc!arthy) oked around -ith a stick and clai"ed he struck so"e kind of ob5ect under

three feet of -ater2 7u33led) he re orted his find to the local authorities and -as #uickly surrounded by !ivil Defense e: erts) ,ational 'uards"en) re orters and television ca"eras2 &fforts -ere "ade to u" out the ond and so"e eye-itnesses clai"ed that ,ational 'uards"en re"oved so"ething and hauled it a-ay in a truck2 But the official e: lanation -as that there -as nothing there2 Mysterious holes in thick ice are co" aratively rare in the 42S2 but are a co""on feature in 4F* re orts half-a--orld a-ay in S-eden2 Ano-n as H$T$s ?Holes $n The $ce@) they cro u annually in the fro3en lakes of central and northern S-eden2 S-edish scientists and "ilitary e: erts investigate the" fre#uently in an at"os here of sullen silence2 Three "onths before Mr2 Mc!arthy discovered so"eone had unched a hole in his ond $ -as standing in the "iddle of an isolated s-a" in S-eden staring at another "ysterious hole2 +e resentatives of the S-edish Defense De art"ent -ere braving the da" cold in an atte" t to u" it out2 Since it -as in a s-a" ) the faster they u" ed) the "ore -ater gushed into the hole2 $n Duly 0.EE) a S-edish astrono"er had re orted seeing a bright ob5ect flashing over southern S-eden2 He -as able to calculate its tra5ectory and redict the lace -here it -ould robably i" act2 A fe- days later scattered residents in that area re orted hearing a shar e: losion2 T-o "onths later a hunter s lashing his -ay through the s-a" in S"aland ca"e across a four foot s#uare hole that hadn6t been there earlier in the year2 Believing that a iece of s ace debris or a "eteor "ay have crashed in S"aland) Dr2 Sture Wickerts of the F*A ?S-edish Defense De art"ent@ left his co"fortable ho"e in Stockhol" and s ent t-o -eeks in the s-a" 2 At the sa"e ti"e) "e"bers of 4F* Sverige) the local 4F* club) "obili3ed to carry out their o-n investigation2 Wickerts and his "en -orked over the hole in the dayti"e -hile the civilian 4F* researchers labored there at nights and on -eekends2 $t -as a kind of co"ic race to get to -hatever -as at the botto" of the hole2 All they found -ere the re"nants of an ancient thousand-year-old logging road2 The hole -as off the beaten track and difficult to find) being in the "idst of a s-a" so gooey that Wickerts had to lay do-n a road of heavy boards so that u" s fro" a volunteer fire unit could be hauled in2 What i" ressed "e "ost -as that there -as no evidence that the hole had been "ade by so"ething falling fro" the sky2 $t -as in the "idst of so"e trees) none of -hich had been da"aged) and the hole itself -as al"ost erfectly s#uare2 There -as no sign of an e: losion and no debris had been thro-n u out of the hole222 -hich -ould have been the case if so"ething had dro ed there fro" any distance2 $t -as about 0< feet dee 2 Divers atte" ted to descend into it but found the -ater too "urky and too thick -ith "ud to function2 S ecial electrical instru"ents detected a s"all "etallic s here in the oo3e but it -as never recovered2 S-edish 4F* researchers have been o enly co" eting -ith the F*A for years) but it has been a gentle"anly conflict -hen co" ared to the often virulent battle bet-een the 42S2 Air Force and A"erican researchers2 Dr2 Wickerts6 redecessor) Dr2 Tage &riksson) -as an advocate of the s-a" gas and -eather balloons e: lanation for 4F*s) but Wickerts see"s to take the sub5ect "ore seriously and avoids any grandiosely negative state"ents) erha s because flying saucers are notaken very seriously by a large art of the S-edish o ulation2 *n *ctober 0E) 0.FE) 4F* Sverige held a convention in Stockhol"2 The huge hall they rented -as filled to ca acity and several hundred eo le had to be turned a-ay2 Those lucky enough to get in -ere treated to fil"s and slides about e:traterrestrial life2 The late 'eorge Ada"ski) the controversial 4F* contactee of the 0.89s) even has a large follo-ing in S-eden2 Follo-ing the atterns found every-here else in the -orld) the nu"erous 4F* clubs are a bit antagonistic to-ards each other and there are the usual ersonality clashes and differences of o inion2 While the ,e4fology is s-ee ing &uro e -ith its anti-e:traterrestrial) ro-Fortean a roach) ,e- 4fologists are a "inority in S-eden) headed by a fe- #uiet acade"ic ty es like Hakan Blo"#vist2 S-edish and ,or-egian 4F* events receive oor but ob5ective ne-s coverage and confor" to the atterns found throughout the -orld2 There have been a nu"ber of cases in -hich erci ients have been in5ured) a arently by actinic rays fro" the ob5ects) and several hair-raising abduction cases have been investigated2 The 4F*s see" to be "ost active in the thinly o ulated) hard-to-reach northern regions2 The CghostflierC enig"a) -hich dates back to the early 0.;9s) is continuing2 These

"ost often take the for" of "ysterious air lanes -hich cross the S-edish-,or-egian border in the -orst -eather2 *ne grou of -itnesses $ intervie-ed had seen the ghostfliers eriodically and ti"ed their flights2 They assed over and returned in I8 "inutes) indicating that if they -ere landing at all they -ere doing so in the nearly inaccessible forests of Jar"land2 Since Dr2 Wickerts has assu"ed charge of the S-edish 4F* investigation all re orts are thoroughly investigated2 $ s oke to a nu"ber of eo le -ho had already been carefully intervie-ed by F*A officials2 The notorious Men $n Black have also been active in Scandinavia for years) dashing about in big black cars and) on occassion) -arning civilian researchers to dro their investigations2 7hanto" hotogra hers have also turned u there) a earing une: ectedly to sna ictures of -itnesses or investigators) then darting a-ay2 There have also been a nu"ber of strange) unsolved "urders in the busy 4F* corridors of Jar"land2 Both S-edish and ,or-egian authorities are articularly concerned -ith re orts of unidentified helico ters and sub"arines -hich fre#uently violate their territories) often enetrating "iles inland along the f5ords2 Meticulous records of these border violations are ke t by the F*A2 *fficials in Stockhol" told "e they had reason to be convinced that the interlo ers -ere not fro" the Soviet 4nion or the 4nited States) the t-o logical sus ects2 When $ deliberately "entioned a very obscure sub"arine incident that ha ened so"e years earlier) they instantly roduced a large file containing the "ost "inute details of the incident2 *bviously they are kee ing a close -atch on these "atters2 Flying Saucer literature in all languages is freely available in the "a5or cities of Scandinavia) and there have been a nu"ber of original books in the local languages) including several contactee accounts2 Several -ell- rinted 4F* ne-sletters and "aga3ines are in e:istence there and 4F* events receive occasional television coverage ?the television stations are govern"ent o erated@2 The -eekly ne-s"aga3ines and tabloids are "ore a t to cover ne- sub"arine and ghostflier re orts than is the daily ress2 There is no censorshi of 4F* ne-s) but) as in all countries) the "ilitary officials offer the ress only the barest details2 S-eden set u the -orld6s first flying saucer bureau in 0.09) follo-ing the great -ave of 0.9.2 Another "a5or investigation -as launched in the 0.;9s2 $ "ade an effort to locate the records of these earlier investigations but ca"e u e" ty-handed2 The records are either lost or are anony"ously filed a-ay in so"e govern"ent de ository2 Aside fro" the ghostfliers) hanto" sub"arines) M$B and H$T$s) S-eden has also had its share of Big Foot sightings and several S-edish lakes are -ell-kno-n for their sea ser ents2 $t6s -orth noting that these sa"e lakes also develo "ysterious holes in the -inter and there6s a rich lore of hanto" boats and hanto" boat"en) usually acco" anied by lu"inescent heno"ena2 ,or-ay and S-eden are countries -here the sun never sets in the su""er) but -here it is a la- that you "ust drive -ith your headlights on in the dayti"e2 A vast section of both countries are so thinly o ulated and so inaccessible it -ould be ossible to hide an entire ar"y there2 $n fact) the ,or-egian "ilitary sus ects there "ight be actual sub"arine bases so"e ;)999 feet belo- the f5ords2 *ne o ular ru"or clai"s the 'er"ans began building such bases during World War $$2 $f the bases still e:ist) so"eone "ight still be o erating fro" the"2 But no one has an inkling of -ho that so"eone "ight be2

AN IDAHO TRIANGLE? T-shirts declaring C$ traveled the Ber"uda TriangleC are a hot souvenir in the Baha"as) and sooner or later there -ill robably be T-shirts announcing C$ survived ,e- DerseyC and C$ got out of $daho alive2C War 3ones -ith high accident rates and fre#uent disa earances are not confined to the fa"ous Triangle in the South Atlantic2 &very co""unity in the country has at least one CDead Man6s !urveC or ha3ardous stretch of high-ay -here several terrible accidents occur each year2 Most of these laces are -ell-kno-n to the local inhabitants and carefully "arked -ith -arning signs2 But every state also has a atch of high-ay) usually a straight-ay free fro" ordinary ha3ards) that roduces several fatal accidents each year) "uch to the be-ilder"ent of the local authorities2 A fe- years ago $van T2 Sanderson -as called u on to investigate such a -ar 3one in ,e- Dersey2 We kno- of si"ilar laces in ,e- (ork and several other states2 $n West Jirginia -e once investigated a stri of straight road -here) for no discernible reason) drivers -ere al-ays veering into a river2 Most of the" dro-ned2 Those -ho survived could not e: lain their actions2 The ten-"ile stretch of $nterstate 08 bet-een $nko" and Mc!a""on) $daho is kno-n locally as a C"ystery roadC because so "any auto"obiles have suddenly beco"e 5unk -hile trying to traverse it2 T-o drivers -ere killed there in a single "onth one su""er) and there -ere four accidents -ithin four days that Duly2 The $daho High-ay De art"ent and the State 7olice have been gravely concerned -ith this see"ingly har"less length of road for several years2 +u"ble stri s to shake u slee ing drivers have been installed) along -ith s ecial guard rails) atches of light and dark colored ave"ent and other safety devices2 The olice atrols have been tri led there2 Still the accidents continue2 Si: years ago the olice started taking state"ents fro" eo le -ho ha ened to -itness the accidents2 $n "ost cases) the doo"ed drivers -ere roceeding nor"ally at "oderate s eed -hen) for no a arent reason) they chose to s-ing off the road) often -ith fatal results2 $n one case) a truck carrying t-o "en -as follo-ed by a car filled -ith high-ay engineers2 Suddenly the truck left the road) sla""ed into so"e rocks and overturned2 The t-o "en survived and had no idea -hat had ha ened to the"2 The "en in the car behind the" sa- no reason for the accident2 *ther survivors of crashes on the "ystery road told the sa"e story2 *ne "inute they -ere driving along leisurely2 The ne:t) they -ere off the road and u side do-n -ith no recollection of -hat had ha ened2 Medical tests of the victi"s have yielded negative results2 The drivers -ere -ell-rested and healthy2 The olice even tested for unusual gases in the area) and a -ind s eed study -as carried out2 ,o e: lanation for the accidents has been found) and none of the safety "easures have -orked2 7robably the only solution is to build a by ass and close $nterstate 086s haunted ten "iles forever2 &arps0 Gaps0 and D*nks With "illions of eo le barrelling along our high-ays each day) it is not une: ected that Driving 4nkno-ns ?D4,As@ are beco"ing "ore and "ore co""on2 The 4F* literature is no- filled -ith re orts of the strange things that ha en to eo le in auto"obiles2 A "a5ority of our "onster and tall) hairy hu"anoid re orts co"e fro" solitary "otorists) usually those driving alone along country roads late at night2 $n the average account) the car asses around a bend in the road and suddenly ha ens u on a landed 4F* or a "onster shuffling across like a chicken seeking the other side2 Many of the classic e isodes in the 4F* annals began in this -ay2 Add to this the gro-ing nu"ber of stories of -itnesses -ho innocently sto ed to aid -hat a eared to be a fello- "otorist in distress) only to be suddenly attacked by Men $n Black ty es -ho gri"ly -arn the" to kee #uiet about so"ething they sa- reviously2 $t is easy to conclude that driving can really be ha3ardous to your health2 So"e eo le are susce tible to a for" of hy nosis -hen driving) articularly on long tri s2 They actually la se into a for" of trance) although they generally re"ain in co" lete control of their car2 Trees or tele hone oles -hi33ing along the side of the road can induce such a trance2 A barren

straighta-ay -here traffic is light) such as a road across a desert) can have the sa"e effect2 The first thing that is affected is the sense of ti"e) 5ust as the sense of ti"e is distorted in a real hy notic trance2 7rofessor 'raha" +eed) a !anadian sychologist) calls this a Cti"e ga e: erienceC because the driver can cover "any "iles safely in this state2 They don6t sna out of it until they reach an intersection) a to-n) or a sudden change in scenery2 Then they find they can6t recall having driven those "iles) and they think the tri -as re"arkably short until they glance at their -atch2 While this see"s like a genuine D4,A to the driver) it is really not unusual2 $nvestigators often -aste "uch ti"e and a er recording this co""on lace e: erience2 *n the other hand) there are "any D4,As and ti"e ga e: eriences -hich cannot be so deftly e: lained2 $daho6s "ystery road is too short to induce such trances2 (et fro" the state"ents of surviving victi"s of the heno"enon it is clear that they &ere entranced by so"ething2 Whatever that so"ething -as) it interfered -ith their conscious "inds and forced the" to drive irrationally2 Several years ago a British case received considerable ublicity) -hen a driver re orted that his headlights suddenly see"ed to bend into a nearby field at a s ot -here several strange accidents had occurred reviously2 Light can be bent by a o-erful gravitational field) but a force strong enough to bend a light bea" -ould certainly be strong enough to be felt by the driver) and it -ould certainly ull the car itself off the road2 We have no re orts of bent headlight bea"s fro" $daho2 There are other ossible e: lanations for D4,As) though2 +adio -aves) articularly "icro-aves such as radar bea"s) affect the hu"an body and brain in "any -ays2 A radar s-ee fro" an air ort or -eather station could) -hen conditions are 5ust right) affect a driver and he "ight instinctively) unconsciously) s-erve his car in a futile atte" t to get out of the bea"2 Doctors and radiologists have been a-are of this for years) and there are fre#uent studies "ade to "onitor this electro"agnetic ollution caused by the gro-th of "icro-ave relay to-ers and radar stations2 So"e eo le are so adversely affected by these radio -aves they beco"e violently ill2 *thers develo great thirst because the -aves dehydrate the body222 they literally cook you fro" the inside out like a "icro-ave oven broils a chunk of "eat2 7ilots -ho have survived harro-ing e: eriences in the fa"ous Ber"uda Triangle have re orted that their radios and instru"ents -ent hay-ire) and that they felt hysically and "entally disorientedH clues ointing to electro"agnetic ollution2 But since there are no relay to-ers or radar sets out in the Atlantic) -hat could be the source% We kno- that bea"s of energy on all fre#uencies are constantly bathing the earth fro" s ace2 So"e of these bea"s are tra ed or at least -eakened by the Jan Allen Belt and the lanet6s at"os here2 But so"e of these bea"s get through intact and s-ee over our lanet in "uch the sa"e -ay that our radar bea"s have e: lored Jenus and Mars2 Ancient astrologers -ere a-are of this) and they based their science on their frag"entary kno-ledge of these Crays2C !ould it be that so"eone on so"e distant -orld is e:a"ining our globe -ith radar) and occasionally -hen a hu"an is caught in one of their robes) he drives his car off a cliff or dives his lane into the ocean% Trips Thro*gh Time Many "otorists have no- e: erienced bi3arre distortions of ti"e that can6t be e: lained by sychologists or radiologists because they traveled great distances in i" ossibly short eriods of ti"e2 $n a nu"ber of -ell-docu"ented instances) air lanes have also assed through one of these ine: licable ti"e -ar s2 Such distortions of s ace can only be accounted for by so"e direct) "ysterious -ar ing of our hysical reality itself2 $f you dra- t-o dots on a iece of a er) they re"ain at a fi:ed distance so long as their reality > the t-o-di"ensional -orld of the a er > re"ains static2 But if you fold the a er) you can bring the dots closer together2 By folding it) you have altered its hysical state2 S ace itself can be folded so"eho- so that the i""ediate reality of a lane or car is altered) and the see"ingly fi:ed distance bet-een oints A and B are altered2 Machines and eo le caught in these s ace -ar s also e: erience a co" ression of ti"e2 There is no- strong evidence that so"e 4F*s are surrounded by a force field -hich e:erts a strong influence on the s ace-ti"e coordinates of our reality2 $t is not a gravitational ull in the acce ted sense of the ter") yet it ossesses so"e of the characteristics of gravity2 The headlights of the car in

&ngland -ere diverted by such a s ace-ti"e -ar 2 $f it had been stronger) the car and its driver robably -ould have assed through a reality distortion) as in so "any other cases2 We can theori3e that a D4,A occurs -hen a "oving ob5ect enters the eri hery of such a field2 A stationary ob5ect) on the other hand) "ight be unaffected hysically -hen you fold the a er2 Also) the greater the acceleration of the ob5ect) the greater the change -hen it asses through the -ar 2 Thus a 5et lane -ill e: erience a greater change in s ace and ti"e than a s eeding auto"obile2 A hu"an being standing or -alking in the sa"e -ar ed area -ill undergo a "uch less ronounced change2 He "ight CloseC only five "inutes or so) and cover only a fe- yards2 A car "oving through the sa"e -ar "ight lose t-enty or thirty "inutes and ho scotch over several "iles2 A bullet assing through the -ar could theoretically 3i a thousand "iles and lo to the ground da$s before it &as fired= So"e of the a orted ob5ects -ich continually turn u suddenly and une: ectedly could be the by roducts of these -ar s2 While flying saucers usually get the credit for D4,As) it is ossible that these -andering -ar s are a natural heno"enon) and that the 4F*s have learned to utili3e the"2 $f our scientists -ould get off their duffs and get out into the field to study these things) -e "ight find a -ay to take advantage of these natural ano"alies2 We "ight discover -e can hitchhike on the" and travel fro" ,e- (ork to Los Angeles in seconds2 The logical lace to begin such research is any one of the hundreds of "ysterious roads like $daho6s $nterstate 082 Maybe if -e can learn -hy erfectly co" etent drivers suddenly run off the road) -e can also learn ho- to eli"inate roads altogether2 The oil co" anies -on6t like it very "uch) but the -orld of Star Tre# "ay be 5ust around the corner or the ne:t bend in the -ar 2

WHERE DID THE EARTH COME FROM? The o ular scientific e: lanation for the creation of the &arth is a lot of rubbish2 The sun is an ato"ic bo"b co" osed of hydrogen ato"s constantly ri ing a art and turning into heliu"2 A chunk of the sun is not likely to cool and solidify2 $t -ould convert to energy and gas and dissi ate into s ace2 $f the rocess ro osed by scientists could roduce a lanet the si3e of the earth ?and it can6t@) the original ob5ect -ould have to be larger than the sun2 And heliu" -ould be a basic ingredient of the resultant at"os here2 *ur at"os here is "ostly nitrogen2 Heliu" is one of the rarest of all gases2 $t is found only in the 4nited States) "ainly in Te:as2 $f the &arth -as) in fact) an offshoot of the solar rocess) there should be ockets of heliu" every-here2 ?The great dirigibles of the 0.<9s and 0.;9s had to be abandoned because of the high cost of heliu" led the designers to rely on dangerous hydrogen gas for their gas bags2@ We kno- fro" the study of rock for"ations that the &arth is around three billion years old2 4ntil very recently astrono"ers believed the "oon -as created about the sa"e ti"e as the &arth and -as even "ade of a iece of "aterial -renched fro" the &arth itself2 But the "oon rocks brought back by our astronauts indicate the "oon is older than the earth by at least a billion years= Finally) the &arth see"s to be dra"atically different fro" all the other lanets in our solar syste" ?"ost of the others are gaseous@2 Ho- co"e% Were the nine lanets created at different ti"es in different -ays% As -e learn "ore about Mars -e "ay find that it is far older than the &arth or "oon and could have su orted life aeons ago2 That life no longer e:ists2 Did the Martians "igrate% *r -ere they trans orted so"e-here else by C"etal birdsC at a certain eriod in their develo "ent% $f the 7leiadians are a su er-race -ith a su er-culture) "aybe they not only have the "eans for s ace travelH "aybe they also have a technology so incredible they can "ani ulate -hole lanets2 So"e of the "ore "ysterious features on our lanet could be their handi-ork2 After earlier colonies had failed or erished) they set u a syste" of elaborate e: eri"ents) du" ing so"e earthlings in the Arctic) lanting others in arid desert regions) and so on2 They chose to reside te" orarily) according to tradition) in the rarified at"os here of our highest "ountains and in Tibet -hile they su ervised this fantastic ro5ect2 So"e historians have suggested that our "e"ory of the 'arden of &den is really a "e"ory of so"e other -orld2 More likely it is 5ust the "e"ory of be-ildered ancients -ho found the"selves suddenly trans orted to inhos itable deserts) their "e"ories as befuddled as the "e"ories of our "odern 4F* contactees2 All of this is "erely an intellectual e:ercise2 The case for e:traterrestrial life is built u on a very fragile re"ise2 7robabilities are not certainties2 Myths and legends have been so distorted through constant telling and retelling that they are hardly reliable sources for hard facts2 We can only base our s eculations on -hat -e kno- and have learned through the "odern a earances and "ani ulations of unidentified flying ob5ects2 +nd the ma.or lesson of the ),O events is that the source of the ob.ects is occupied &ith deceiving and confusing us! *ur 7leiadians are allegorical2 Man6s search for e:traterrestrial life "ay be a fruitless enter rise based u on our gro-ing and fearful loneliness2 $f there are eo le sitting on a doo"ed lanet in the 7leiades) they "ay be only sharing our fear and loneliness2 Dr2 Loren &iseley) the great naturalist) ut it this -ay a fe- years ago/ CSo"e-here across s ace great instru"ents) handled by strange) "ani ulative organs) "ay stare vainly at our floating cloud -rack) their o-ners yearning as -e yearn2C We seek to find "eaning in our "eaningless e:istence2 We ho e that -e are not alone) and -e viethe Sky 7eo le -ith o ti"is" as an indication that -e are not2 But the Sky 7eo le have al-ays looked back -ith hollo- eyes) vie-ing us as s eci"ens in so"e galactic test tube2 The ancients -ho busied the"selves -ith stone constructions oriented -ith the 7leiades "ay have kno-n "ore about our heritage than -e do2 They "ay have yearned not for contact -ith so"e e:traterrestrial race but for the hills of ho"e2

Ser!ing Man111 On " P atter Several years ago a short story a eared describing ho- the flying saucers arrive on &arth and their ilots #uickly -in us over -ith their -isdo" and kindness2 They even offer to trans ort large nu"bers of earthlings to another lanet for a ne-) "ore fruitful life2 Millions of eo le cla"or to "ake the tri 2 Huge s aceshi s arrive to collect these -illing e"igrants2 $n the course of the story) a book discarded by one of the s ace"en falls into the hands of a scholar -ho laboriously translates it2 The book is titled) 6o& To Serve Man! The story ends -ith the revelation that it is a cookbook= While the little a ochry hal tale -as only ure fantasy) it revived the earlier -arning of !harles Fort2 He -rote that he sus ected this lanet -as o&ned by so"ething or so"ebodyH that -e are all ro erty2 The late $van T2 Sanderson) a great Fortean thinker) reached a si"ilar conclusion2 He suggested that the earth -as a gigantic far" and that -e > "ankind > are only the cro 2 Sounds silly) doesn6t it% To think that cannibals fro" outer s ace "ight one day land and solve our over o ulation roble" overnight2 But if you give it 5ust a little thought) you -ill reali3e that billions of eo le have understood and believed this very thing for thousands of years2 This belief is the foundation of all our great religions2 The Mysterio*s Prophecy $n 0.EE-EF) $van Sanderson and $ a eared together on "any s eakers6 latfor"s in the ,ortheast2 Wherever -e -ent so"eone invariably stood u in the audience and asked us a bi3arre #uestion2 $t -as al-ays the sa"e #uestion) and it -as al-ays asked in gri" seriousness2 We heard it "ostly on scattered college ca" uses2 So far as -e could deter"ine) the #uestion had never been ublished any-here2 $t -as 5ust a ru"or that had so"eho- s read over the entire country in those years2 Here6s ho- it -ent/ Was it true) the #uestioner -ould ask) that flying saucers -ere landing on college ca" uses and kidna ing hundreds of students) "ostly fe"ales) never to be seen again% Was it also true that all the relatives) friends) and teachers of the kidna ed students -ere then being brain-ashed in so"e "ysterious "anner so that they lost all "e"ory of the "issing students% $n short) the kidna ings -ere carried out in such a -ay that it -as as if the victi"s had never e:isted2 ,o one -ho kne- the" could re"e"ber the"2 So"eti"es our #uestioners -ould credit this incredible idea to Deanne Di:on) the fa"ous Washington seer2 &ventually) the ru"or did reach her ears) and in 0.E1 she issued an e" hatic denial to the ress2 She had never said > or even thought about > such a thing2 The kidna lot ru"or alar"ed and -orried a great "any eo le co"ing) as it did) at a ti"e -hen 4F* sightings around colleges -ere occurring in great nu"bers2 We did not kno- very "uch about flying saucers2 *nly a handful of cultists and cranks -ere follo-ing the 4F* situation closely) and relatively fe- books on the sub5ect -ere then available to the general ublic2 Jery fe- eo le kne- that a"nesia often sei3ed 4F* -itnesses2 And fe-er still -ere a-are that a nu"ber of eo le had a arently been kidna ed by 4F*s2 So the 0.EE ru"or -as re"arkably so histicated considering the scarcity of 4F* infor"ation2 $n 0.EF) a -riter na"ed Dohn Fuller ublished a non-book based u on the transcribed testi"ony of Barney and Betty Hill -hile under hy nosis2 They had been treated by a sychiatrist for e"otional roble"s suffered after a strange encounter -ith a 4F* in 0.E02 The actual recordings of their recollections under hy nosis are hours long) and -hen Fuller condensed the ta es for his book) he left out "any i" ortant details2 Details -hich tend to discredit the reality of their re"e"bered e: erience2 But Fuller6s book on the Hill case -as a bo"bshell2 A"ong other things) it i" lied that the flying saucers -ere) in fact) ca able of inducing a"nesia ?the Hills had no conscious "e"ory of the story they related under hy nosis@2 An even "ore condensed version a eared in a national "aga3ine) lending undue credibility to an already incredible situation and inadvertedly su orting the ru"or2 $n su""ary) the Hills recalled being taken aboard a flying saucer in the "ountains of ,e-

Ha" shire and being sub5ected to a "edical e:a"ination there2 They -ere then told they -ould re"e"ber nothing of the e: erience2 And they didn6t222 until recurrent night"ares drove the" to the sychiatrist2 C*rio*s #ack ash Although the authenticity of the Hill story can be seriously #uestioned) it did roduce a curious backlash2 *ther eo le ca"e for-ard -ith si"ilar stories) so"e dating back to the 0.I9s2 These eo le had re"ained silent for years) fearing ridicule2 &ssentially) they all recalled being sto ed on lonely high-ays and taken into so"e kind of a structure ?not al-ays a flying saucer@) -here they -ere thoroughly e:a"ined "edically2 !haracteristically) their "e"ories of these e isodes -ere as cloudy as the Hills6= But historical records of this kind of adventure cover the ast t-o thousand years= There is nothing ne- here2 &arthlings have been suffering strange distortions of reality ever since2 *ccult and religious lore) and the -ides read fairy stories of the Middle Ages all recount the sa"e thing2 Mrs2 Hill recalled so"e kind of long needle being thrust into her abdo"en2 This needle feature can be found in stories dating back 899 years2 When you vie- all these tales in toto it sounds as if so"eone has been eriodically collecting hu"an beings and ins ecting the" as -e "ight ins ect cattle2 The flying saucer believers of the 0.E9s tried to find all kinds of "eaning in Fuller6s frag"ented account of the Hill case2 They sa- it as roof that curious visitors fro" another lanet -ere "erely studying a sa" le of life here2 But there is really "uch "ore to it2 Much "ore2 So"eone fro" so"e-here has been kee ing close tabs on us for thousands of years2

DISNEYLAND OF THE GODS $n 0.<8 !harles Fort -rote that C222 shi s fro" other -orlds have been seen by "illions of the inhabitants of this earth) e: loring) night after night) in the sky of France) &ngland) ,e- &ngland) and !anada222C Fort -as re orting a heno"enon -hich -ould not officially e:ist for another t-enty-t-o years) and -hich ceased to e:ist officially in 0.E.) -hen the 42S2 Air Force #uietly ut a-ay its flyingsaucer-chasing e#ui "ent2 The odd little "an -ith the -orld did not2 He kne- fro" his e:tensive research into scientific 5ournals and old "aga3ines that "ysterious "achines and aerial constructions had been -idely seen throughout historyH that the occu ants of these "arvels had often been vie-ed by a"a3ed earthlings) and) in fact) so"e of "an6s "ost cherished "yths -ere based u on contact -ith such ob5ects2 *ne e:a" le is the legend of the Watchers2 Strange beings fro" so"e other lace or so"e other s ace-ti"e continuu" have al&a$s been sitting in our skies) silently -atching us struggle u -ard fro" our caves2 $n the "ountains of Tibet the ancient la"as kne- all about the Watchers2 *ccasionally -esterners -ould stu"ble u on the") too) in that distant and inhos itable land2 ,icholas +oerich) the artist) e: lorer) and hu"anitarian re orted seeing glea"ing "etal disks soaring above the Hi"alayas in the 0.<9s2 Frank S"ythe) the fa"ous "ountain cli"ber) observed a C ulsating tea kettleC hovering nearby) as he struggled alone u the face of a "ountain in ,e al2 Before he sa- it he had the uneasy feeling that so"ething or so"eone -as -atching hi") benevolently) as if concerned about his safety2 $n the big 4F* years of 0.EE-E1 "issionaries on the Hi"alayan roof of the -orld -rote letters describing their o-n encounters -ith the hanto" aircraft2 During that sa"e eriod a handful of scientists laboring in re"ote Antarctica -ere re ortedly -atching great circular ob5ects soaring over ice fields near the South 7ole2 The Watchers en5oyed another year of touris" over this cos"ic Disneyland in 0.F;-F8) o ing u al"ost every-here at once) and then disa earing as suddenly and "ysteriously as they had co"e2 Fro" the long history of this heno"enon -e kno- -e haven6t seen the last of the"2 They -ill be back) and a ne- generation of young eo le -ill stand on the earth6s hills and study the night skies e: ectantly2 Gods or Spacemen. *ne "orning in the year I9)999 B2!2 a hairy "an-ani"al heard a bu33ing sound outside his cave2 When he cre t to the entrance he -as stunned to see a strange intrusion into his rugged environ"entH a glea"ing "etallic ob5ect ri""ed -ith trans arent -indo-s2 Behind those -indo-s stood the tall) silent Watchers) their faces dark and e: ressionless2 The "an-ani"al retreated and) for the benefit of his descendents) sketched the ob5ect onto the -all of his cave2 The sketches still e:ist in Africa) Australia) France) and !hina2 Were these Watchers gods) as the first "an su osed the" to be) or astronauts fro" so"e distant lanet% 7erha s they -ere earthlings) beings fro" a s lendid continent se arated and rotected by the oceans fro" the hostile 5ungles of the cave "en) thriving in a land -here "agic and technology -ere one2 Their flying "achines s anned the -orld) and they -atched -ith detach"ent as the "anani"al a eared and "ulit lied2 Later) as the "en s read slo-ly across the landsca e) the Watchers ca"e for-ard fro" the skies and fro" the seas to offer gentle assistance2 They taught "en to far") and gave the" the funda"entals of la- and "athe"atics2 Man) in turn) dedicated his greatest -orks to these gods2 He carved their i"ages fro" blocks of stones2 The arts of dance) ainting) and storytelling all began as a "eans of aying tribute to the -ondrous Watchers2 *ver ti"e the benign Watchers changed2 They de"anded first ani"al sacrifices) then hu"an sacrifices2 They clai"ed credit for natural disasters) and "en began to fear the"2 Around the -orld great yra"ids -ere built) and beautiful young -o"en -ere left in te" les on their su""its at

s ecial ti"es of the year2 The gods ca"e do-n fro" the sky and) according to legend) "ated -ith the hu"an -o"en2 These -o"en bore s ecial children) giants -ith incredible hysical and sychic strength -ho assu"ed co""and of tribes and -hole nations2 The -orld -as divided into a score of 3ones or kingdo"s) each ruled over by one of these hybrid kings2 To reserve their godly lineage) the royal fa"ilies inter"arriedH but the Watchers retained control by a earing fre#uently before the kings and issuing orders) even laying the lans of battle for ancient -ars2 Men -ere disci lined to obey the kings and their gods -ithout #uestion2 $n a sense) these gods o&ned the earth and had direct control over all its inhabitants through the 'od-king syste"H a syste" still in effect in "any arts of the -orld into the t-entieth century2 2( Think &e "re Property2 !harles Fort recogni3ed the subtle -ar and -oof of hu"an history -hen he stated) C$ think -e are ro erty2 So"eone o-ns this earth2 All others -arned off2C The gods -ere) at one ti"e) very real) and their directives to "ankind -ere not initiated out of concern for the hu"an condition but calculated to rotect the earth itself= Man -as caught u as the a-n in so"e dark and forbidding celestial chess ga"e2 &vents that see"ed totally senseless to one generation -ould suddenly ac#uire i" ortant "eaning several generations later2 We tried to rationali3e our redica"ent -ith inventive theologies and cos"ologies2 We re-rote history until it "atched our ideals and concealed our often ugly "otivations2 *ur true history beca"e "yth and our "yths beca"e our substitute for history2 That art of history and re-history -hich lay beyond our feeble "e"ories -as filled in for us by entities -ho rofessed to belong to the Watchers2 An oral history -as assed on to the "en -ho consorted -ith the Watchers) and -e acce ted "uch of it -ithout #uestion2 After the great libraries of !hina and &gy t -ere destroyed) our ro hets filled in the lost cha ters of hu"an rogress2 We assed through ages of "agic) -hen su erstition and fear of the unkno-n cast dee shado-s across the hu"an syche2 Later) -hen -e e"braced ane- the cos"ic overlords and beca"e enslaved in the Dark Ages) -e re-rote history again2 $n 01I1 -e began the long) ainful esca e fro" the 'od-king syste" and entered the "odern industrial age2 7olitical ideologies re laced religion as the forces -hich "oved us) and the old gods gre- "isty and "ythical -hile the negods) the alleged beings fro" outer s ace a eared in our far" fields2 $s Ashtar) the self-a ointed chief of the $ntergalactic Federation) "erely an u dated version of Ashtoreth) the "ulti-breasted goddess of the ancients% Meanwhi e0 #ack (n "t antis111 About three hundred years ago -e sto ed believing in -itches) goblins) and le rechauns and beca"e very scientific2 We finally figured out that the &arth revolves around the sun instead of vice versa2 We even discovered that the blood in our bodies circulates through veins2 $n 0.E.) ,eil Ar"strong ca"e back fro" the "oon -ith the ne-s that it -asn6t "ade out of green cheese after all2 There is) ho-ever) dis#uieting evidence that none of this infor"ation is ne-2 *ur lanet is at least three billion years old and there is gro-ing evidence that great civili3ations e:isted here -hile our ancestors -ere still cli"bing trees2 They robably kne- all about the circulation of blood and the "ineral content of the "oon2 And they see" to have kno-n things about our lanet that -e are still trying to rediscover2 $n the 0.<9s a "an na"ed Alfred Watkins stood on a hillto in &ngland and suddenly noticed so"ething no one else in "odern ti"es had bothered to see2 Stretched out along the rolling hills -ere thin lines or tracks) ursuing absolutely straight courses for "iles2 They traversed i" ossible terrain) lo ing u stee "ountains) cutting across s-a" s and bogs) connecting &ngland6s "ost ancient stone "onu"ents like Stonehenge and the tumuli ?"an-"ade "ounds@2 These tracks or leys) as they are no- called -ere a arently laid out thousands of years ago by so"e unkno-n race) for so"e unkno-n ur ose2 Acco" anying these leys are "a""oth "an-"ade ridges of earth -hich do not a ear to have served any ractical ur ose2 They could not have been art of so"e irrigation syste") and they are too lo- to serve as fortifications2

To co" ound the "ystery) Watkins6 leys are by no "eans uni#ue to &ngland2 $dentical syste"s can be found in South A"erica) Africa) !hina) and else-here2 At one ti"e in the distant ast ri"itive "en every-here -ere engaged in the construction of these tracks and the strange "onu"ents that adorn the"2 &nor"ous labor "ust have been re#uired) -ith thousands of eo le struggling generation after generation to haul baskets of dirt and huge stones) so"eti"es for hundreds of "iles) to build the"2 But -hy% Traces of a Lost &or d *n "any re"ote 7acific $slands there are vast stone-orks as i" ressive as Stonehenge2 So"e of these "onu"ents are "ade of stones not even found on the islands2 *ne the coral atoll of TongaTabu) for e:a" le) -e found t-o u right stone colu"ns -eigh seventy tons each) to ed by a cross iece -eighing t-enty-five tons2 Ho- did the builders get these huge stones to the atoll in the first lace% And -hy did they bother% The ancient city of Metalani" on the shore of 7ona e $sland in Micronesia is no- in ruins) but it once could have housed t-o "illion eo le2 ,o one kno-s -ho built it or -hen2 So"e of the blocks in these ruins -eigh fifteen tons) and the stone used in the city is not fro" the island2 !anals and -ater-ays intersect the city) so"e of the" big enough to float a battleshi 2 Three thousand "iles to the southeast of 7ona e $sland) on tiny Malden $sland in the Line $sland chain) there are the ruins of forty stone te" les -hose architecture is identical to that of Metalani"2 Basalt roads lead fro" these ruins into the 7acific *cean2 The island is uninhabited and covered -ith guano ?bird dro ings@2 But if -e dra- an i"aginary line south-ard fro" Malden for t-elve hundred "iles) -e arrive at +arotonga in the !ook $slands2 Here another ancient road of basalt blocks rises out of the ocean2 *ther scattered 7acific islands boast of huge "an-"ade "ounds like those found throughout the 4nited States and &ngland2 And strange statuary though the natives of the 7acific -ere not statue builders2 The intricate net-ork of leys in &ngland is so"eho- connected to si"ilar for"ations in !hina on the other side of the -orld2 'reat "an-"ade ridges have been "easured fro" the air in Florida) &ngland) and 7eru2 The ridged field at Lake Titacaca in the Andes covers t-o hundred thousand acres and is s read over 0E9 "iles2 All of these things see" to be interrelated) as if they -ere once art of so"e great civili3ation > a co""on culture that s read throughout the -orld and then died2 $n the last century stone chests dug u in the "ounds of the Mississi i Jalley -ere found to be identical to chests unearthed in "ounds in (orkshire) &ngland2 But -e call the A"erican tumuli C$ndian "ounds)C even though the A"erican $ndians deny any kno-ledge of -ho built the" or -hy2 $n the early 0199s a great religion -as founded by a boy na"ed Dose h S"ith) -ho discovered a stone chest filled -ith gold lates in a "ound in ,e- (ork state2 He clai"ed to be able to translate the lates and so roduced the Mor"on bible) a ur orted history of ,orth A"erica in ancient ti"es2 A nu"ber of scholars > and not a fe- crack ots > have studied these archaeological "ysteries and acce ted the" as evidence for the lost continents of Atlantis and Mu ?or Le"uria@2 And) in fact) these things do see" to verify ancient "yths of a su er-culture that blosso"ed in the Atlantic or 7acific thousands of years ago2 When you toss other things into the ot) such as the Piri 7e'is "a s) a startling icture of the ancient -orld takes for"2 ?The Piri 7e'is "a s -ere "ade in 080;) a arently co ied fro" "uch earlier "a s) and de ict arts of the -orld then unkno-n) including Antarctica2@ &here Did They Go. We have a reasonably co" lete history of the ast t-o thousand years) and a half-baked archaeological reconstruction of the ast five thousand years2 But there are so "any ga s in our kno-ledge that "ost of the o ular archaeological theories really have very little "erit2 $ndeed) -e

can6t even be sure that the &gy tians built the 'reat 7yra"id of 'i3ah2 7eter To" kins) a leading authority on the yra"id) has stated) C222 as "ore is discovered it "ay o en the door to a -hole necivili3ation of the ast) and a "uch longer history of "an than has heretofore been credited2C $t is generally assu"ed that the British $sles -ere o ulated by scattered tribes of very ri"itive cave"en ty es at the ti"e Stonehenge and the leys -ere built2 (et recent co" uter studies have sho-n that Stonehenge -as a very so histicated structure) built by so"eone -ith a "odern kno-ledge of astrono"y2 $t -as hardly the -ork of cave"en2 And the leys -ere already ancient -hen the +o"ans invaded2 $n fact) the +o"ans built so"e of their roads along the old leys2 The 'reat 7yra"id "ay have already been in e:istence -hen the first &gy tian e" ires -ere for"ed) 5ust as the great "ounds of ,orth and South A"erica -ere already here -hen the first $ndians arrived on the scene2 The unans-erable #uestion is/ Who receded "odern "an and -hat ha ened to the"% Whoever they -ere) they -ere ins ired by so"ething or so"eone to construct great ground "arkings -hich can only be seen fro" the air2 The leys of &ngland had gone unnoticed for hundreds of years until Mr2 Watkins s otted the" fro" his hillto 2 Since then aerial surveys have discovered gigantic figures cut into the hills and valleys of 'reat Britain2 There are giant horses and even the for" of a huge cave"an brandishing a club2 $t is al"ost as if so"eone -ere "arking a hill to infor" aerial visitors C!ave"en live here2C Here in the 4nited States) "any of the great "ounds of *hio) Minnesota) and Mississi i are built to rese"ble the figures of ser ents and ele hants2 &le hants= The beasts have been e:tinct in ,orth A"erica for "any thousands of years2 Again) you could stand on the to of one of these "ounds and never recogni3e its true sha e2 They can only be seen fro" air lanes2 Fro" Florida to !alifornia there are intricate atterns of lines cut into the ground and visible only fro" the air) 5ust as the astounding ,a3ca lines of the 7eruvian desert for"ing s iders) snakes) and other ani"als can be recogni3ed only fro" an air lane2 Why did our "ysterious ancestors devote so "uch ti"e and energy building these see"ingly -orthless "ounds and designs% The Tracks of the Dragons 4ntil Marco 7olo6s adventurous 5ourney) !hina -as very isolated fro" the -estern -orld2 There -as no co""unication bet-een ancient !hina and ancient Britain) yet both of these -idely se arated countries "aintained identical legends of great dragons2 Along the leys of &ngland there are innu"erable churches and "onu"ents raised to co""e"orate historic battles -ith fierce dragons) hideous ani"als -hich -ere described in "uch the sa"e -ay as the !hinese dragons2 But the !hinese dragon lore e:tended beyond "ere fights -ith -ild ani"als2 The !hinese laid out dragon aths) noting that -eird flying ob5ects a eared year after year) follo-ing the sa"e route2 These routes beca"e sacred) and ersons of high osition -ere carefully buried in "ounds lanted along these routes2 The !hinese also develo ed their co" le: (in and (ang conce t) believing that electro"agnetic currents or fields of force ursued s ecific lines2 This field -as "a ed out over the centuries and "arked in "uch the sa"e -ay as the leys of &ngland2 $n the 0.89s) France6s leading ufologist) Ai"M Michel) discovered that 4F*s follo-ed s ecific routes over France year after year2 *ther ufologists) such as the late Dr2 Fontes of Bra3il) e:tended this discovery and tried to trace -orld-ide 4F* routes2 This CStraight Line MysteryC beca"e a ufological controversy2 So"e scientists said it -orked) others called it hog-ash2 Here in the 42S2 it has been noted that 4F*s see" to a ear fre#uently in the "ound areas of *hio) etc2) and even see" to traverse lines bet-een such areas2 This lanet is surrounded by a "agnetic field -hich follo-s different courses in different arts of the -orld2 7laces "arked by "agnetic ano"alies and co" ass deviations do see" to e: erience "ore 4F* sightings than laces -here the natural "agnetis" is "ore nor"al2 &ven "ore eculiar is the fact that "any of the ancient te" les of both the &ast and West -ere carefully built directly over "agnetic ano"alies2 Ho- did the ancient eo les locate these s ots% Was their science as advanced as our o-n%

$t could be that they located these laces through observation alone) by studying the flights of "ysterious ob5ects century after century) until they had deter"ined their e:act routes and could "ark the laces -here those routes intersected2 Did they then lay out designs on the ground to guide these aerial visitors or ay ho"age to the" in so"e -ay% The Tragedy of &i he m )eich Dr2 Wilhel" +eich -as recogni3ed as one of the "ost brilliant sychiatrists of his day2 He -as a close friend and colleague of Sig"und Freud2 His books on sychiatry have beco"e standard te:ts2 But in the 0.89s) Dr2 +eich -as sei3ed by a strange obsession2 He retired to a house in Maine to -ork on an elaborate theory2 He ca"e to believe that there is a high fre#uency field of force surrounding us -hich su lies energy and life2 He called it *rgone2 $n "any -ays) +eich6s *rgone theories du licated ancient !hinese beliefs2 He sus ected that 4F*s ?-hich he sa- fre#uently in Maine@ so"eho- used this *rgone for their ro ulsion) and he constructed instru"ents -hich) believe it or not) caused 4F*s to e: lode or dissi ate2 Today "any scientists are engaged in research si"ilar to +eich6s2 We "ay be on the threshold of ne- discoveries -hich -ill e: lain so"e of these ancient "ysteries2 But) in a sense) history 5ust see"s to be re eating itself2 We "ay be only rediscovering the things the ancients kne-2 For the ast ten years 'er"an scientists fro" the Ma: 7lanck $nstitute of &:traterrestrial 7hysics ?Munich@ have been -orking -ith ,ASA to chart the earth6s "agnetic field2 Hundreds of rockets have been launched into the u er stratos here all over the -orld) -here they release clouds of bariu" gas2 These lu"inous clouds s read out in the "agnetic field like iron fillings clustering about a "agnet2 These e: eri"ents) and "any others like the") have gone largely unnoticed by the ublic) but "odern science is co"ing to gri s -ith these roble"s and "ysteries2 Dr2 +eich "ay one day be vindicated and hailed as a great ioneer2 Linking the Mysteries &vidence that ancient eo le had an incredible kno-ledge of astrono"y has been found throughout the -orld2 Stone calendars found in South A"erica are accurate do-n to a deci"al oint2 Ancient records fro" the Middle &ast reveal kno-ledge that could only have been gained through the use of telesco es and so histicated instru"entation2 The intricate ley syste"s of Britain and !hina rove that the ancient eo les kne- as "uch > or "ore > about the earth6s "agnetic field as -e do2 Many legends of early "an suggests that the Csky eo leC -ho once visited the earth taught us the rudi"ents of agriculture and astrono"y2 These "ysterious CgodsC -ere of such great i" ortance in the lives of the ancients that the only traces left of so"e ancient civili3ations are the stone "onu"ents and te" les built in tribute to the gods2 $s it ossible) -e "ust ask) that these Csky eo leC "ight have conned early "an into constructing guide osts to aid the" in their sorties over this lanet% The leys -ere -orthless as roads) but they did oint out the flo- of "agnetic currents2 Did the craft of the Csky eo leC de end on these currents as a glider de ends on air currents% Did -e "a out this entire lanet to satisfy the needs of the "ysterious aerial gods% Dr2 +eich "ay have been on the right track2 There "ay be forces surrounding us -hich -ere -ellkno-n to the ancient eo les) -hich have been loosely defined in the "athe"atical art of astrology) and -hich are a vital art of the 4F* "ystery2 What -ill ha en -hen -e at last learn the ans-ers to these riddles% Will -e begin -orking on leys of our o-n% *r) having unlocked the secrets of the universe) -ill -e si" ly disa ear as suddenly and "ysteriously as the learned ancients did%

THE MISSING YEARS Don6t anybody leave the lanet2 Ten thousand years are "issing= There is a baffling void in our scientific kno-ledge of the years bet-een 08)999 B2!2 and <8)999 B2!2 $t is as though those ten thousand years never e:isted2 Modern "ethods can date ancient relics and bones -ith a fair degree of accuracy2 The Leakeys in Africa have turned the clock back five "illion years by finding hu"an bones indicating that our ancestors -ere roa"ing this "ud ball even then2 Archaeologists have uncovered ri"itive tools and living #uarters fro" as "any as ;9)999 years ago2 But the finds sto at around <8)999 B2!2 The stratas of earth beco"e barren until -e reach the 08)999 year level2 The five-"illion-year-old hu"ans see" to have vanished entirely for a long eriod2 Where did all the eo le go% Did hu"an life on &arth co"e to a dead halt for 099 centuries% And) if so) ho- did it start u again% There are innu"erable theories for this ano"aly2 Believers in the Atlantis legend clai" that Atlantis) the fabled hub of ancient civili3ation) -as destroyed so"eti"e bet-een 0<)999 B2!2 and 08)999 B2!2 So"eti"e later) a ne- civili3ation arose in the $ndus Jalley in $ndia and in &gy t2 Did the Buaternary 7eriod ?$ce Age@ -i e out so"e great ancient civili3ation% $f intelligent life e:isted five "illion or "ore years ago) there -as lenty of ti"e for it to gro- and flourish before the lanet -ent into the dee free3e about three "illion years ago2 Due to so"e ine: licable change in orbital "echanics) the earth turned cold and "ore than one-fourth of the land surface -as covered -ith glacial ice2 The ice receded around ;8)999 B2!2 But that didn6t end our troubles2 Authorities such as 7rofessor !harles Ha good contend that so"eti"e around 0<)999 B2!2 there -as another lanetary u heaval2 7erha s the entire globe tilted over on its a:is2 Dra"atic changes of cli"ate and to ogra hy occurred2 Fossils) sea shells) etc2 found dee in Africa6s Sahara desert rove that it -as once under-ater2 The rich coal and oil de osits of the Arctic and Antarctica are roof that those regions once nourished all kinds of lant life2 Were our ancestors co-ering in caves and frantically s-inging fro" tree to tree -hile these catastro hes -ere taking lace% *r -ere they re"oved to a safer lace > even another lanet > until the crises had assed% Today there are "any -arning signs that a ne- global disaster is in the "aking2 7olar ice is "elting at an alar"ing rate2 The earth6s rotation is no- "easurably slo-ing do-n2 A distinct -obble has develo ed on the earth6s a:is2 The ecological balance of the lanet is u set2 Ma5or cli"ate changes are beginning to occur2 The earth6s natural "agnetic fields are fluctuating -ildly2 &ven the old reliable sun is beginning to "isbehave2 Suns ots cycles are changing and e: losions on the sun have been so "assive they have endangered so"e of our s ace flights2 History )epeats Ho- often has this ha ened before% The earth is a ro:i"ately three billion years old2 Three billion! *ur records of "an6s chaotic habitation e:tend back a "ere 8)999 years2 Beyond that oint -e have to rely entirely on archaeological s eculation and anthro ological guess-ork2 Dr2 Leakey found a hu"an skull that -as at least t-o "illion years old2 $t is robable that intelligent for"s of life -ere struggling here ten "illion > even t-enty "illion years ago2 They "ay have gone through all the stages -e have assed in ;9)999 years) fro" caves to s ace e: loration2 Dust "easure our rogress in the last 899 years2 Five centuries ago "ost of the -orld -as unkno-n2 The eo le of Asia) Africa) and South A"erica kne- nothing about &uro e) and vice versa2 &ven -hile the Wright Brothers) Ford) and &dison -ere -orking to alter our entire civili3ation) there -ere still millions of eo le living in Africa) Asia) and South A"erica under ri"itive conditions2 $t is robable that five "illion years ago) even ;9)999 years ago) hu"an life e:isted in various stages of rogress si"ultaneously2 The gods of the cave "en living on the fringes of the great glaciers "ay have been advanced earthlingsH survivors of an earlier civili3ation) earthlings -ho -ere even then reaching for the stars -hile the cave-d-ellers -ere still trying to invent the -heel2 Then around <8)999 B2!2 so"ething terrible ha ened2 The advanced culture all but

vanished2 The fe- scattered survivors) vastly outnu"bered by the ri"itive cave "en) labored to reserve "illions of years of kno-ledge by teaching the ri"itives the rudi"ents of astrology) alche"y) and the la-s of "agic ?-hich are really advanced hysics@2 The catastro he of 0<)999 B2!2 finished off the su er-culture) and ri"itive "an inherited the earth2 "re &e )obots. All great religions teach us that -e are robots) "ysteriously controlled by a su ernatural forceH that -e -ere constructed in the i"age of our Master2 While Dar-in6s Theory of &volution satisfactorily e: lains -hat ha ens to life after it is created) it fails to e: lain the act of creation itself2 Many scientists have abandoned the conce t of evolution) grudgingly ad"itting that the "ore co" le: life for"s on this lanet see" to be the roduct of design rather than so"e hit-or-"iss natural rocess2 Fro" birth you are rogra""ed in "uch the sa"e -ay that a co" uter is rogra""ed2 A genetic code redeter"ines all of your basic characteristics2 This syste" is aug"ented by a su ernatural syste"2 Millions of eo le in every generation have their "inds re rogra""ed by this su ernatural syste"2 $t involves a bea" of high-fre#uency energy trans"itted on the e:act fre#uency of the reci ient6s brain -aves2 $n "any instances) the bea" is visible and a ears to be a bea" of light co"ing fro" the sky) or fro" an ob5ect in the sky2 This is a -ell-observed) carefully recorded heno"enon2 $n religion the rocess is called C$llu"ination2C Today -e tend to relate these bea"s of light) and their effects on hu"ans) -ith the 4F* heno"enon2 &ach year thousands of eo le are the foci of such bea"s and) very often) develo increased $Bs and dra"atic changes of ersonality after their e: eriences2 *nce a relatively rare occurrence) this re rogra""ing rocess has beco"e co""on lace in the ast thirty years2 Did this sa"e "ysterious force control "en and direct hu"an events five "illion years ago% $s it a force fro" outer s ace% *r is it a force unleashed "illions of years ago by so"e su er-culture here on earth > a culture that once had the ability to construct biological robots% $s that su er-culture still in co""and% The Mono ith The end roduct of evolution -ill not be a su er"an2 $t -ill be a "achine) robably a su erco" uter2 !o" uter technology is advancing so fast that -ithin a fe- years -e -ill undoubtedly erfect a "echanical brain su erior to the hu"an brain2 Transistors and "inituri3ation -ill enable us to build this brain co" actly2 $t "ay look like nothing but a "etal cube a fe- feet s#uare2 We are 5ust discovering the sychic otential of the hu"an brain2 &: eri"ents in &S7 and sychic heno"ena are reverifying -hat the ancients already kne-/ that the hu"an "ind can) -ithin certain li"itations) "ani ulate hysical "atter and reality itself2 *ur su erco" uter -ill have this sa"e ca ability) but to a very advanced degree2 $ts sensors -ill infor" it of everything that is ha ening on earth2 $t -ill be able to read "inds of the survivors of the ne:t cataclys") and erha s even control the"2 Their descendents -ill -orshi it) having lost all "e"ory of our civili3ation2 They "ight build a te" le around the su erco" uter and guard it 3ealously -ithout ever kno-ing e:actly -hy2 This "ay sound like a very outlandish conce t2 But our civili3ation is heading in this very direction2 *ur s ace rogra" is -inding do-n2 $f > rather) -hen > real econo"ic disaster strikes) -e -ill altogether abandon our drea" of coloni3ing the lanets2 Develo "ent of the su erco" uter) a kind of ulti"ate dictator for the -hole lanet) -ill assu"e riority2 Forty years ago the first crude 4,$JA! co" uter filled a -hole building) and it -as inferior to the ocket calculators you can buy today in any electronic store2 The su erco" uter of to"orro- -ill be designed to run the -hole -orld "ore efficiently and "ore ob5ectively than any "an could2 Stanley Aubrick6s "ovie 23345 + Space Od$sse$ visuali3ed such a co" uter2 A slablike "onolith that influenced a es and turned the" into "en a eared) laced there by the deni3ens of so"e other lanet to -atch over us and guide us2 Such a "onolith "ay already e:ist on earth2 $t "ay have been built "illions of years ago and no- is

gro-ing old and tired) so it is guiding us to a oint -here -e -ill be able to re lace it -ith a ne"odel2 And then -e -ill vanish and future archaeologists -ill be u33led because hu"an history -ill see" to cease after the year ;999 A2D2 Then around 0;)999 A2D2 a cave "an -ill be cla-ing his -ay over a glacier) -hen a bea" of light -ill strike hi" and he -ill invent the -heel2 *ver t-o thousand years ago a "etallic black cube -as discovered in the sands of the Arabian desert and the eo le of that ti"e vie-ed it -ith a-e2 They actually built a city around it and have guarded it so closely that any non-Arab -ho dared to enetrate its te" le -as ut to death2 A thousand years later the cube > it is called the 1aaba 8 -as absorbed into the Musli" religion and beca"e the "ost ri3ed artifact of the Musli"s2 $t still e:ists2 $t is still heavily guarded in Mecca2 Ske tical scientists -ho have never even vie-ed it dis"iss it as a "eteorite2 But "illions believe it so"eho- runs the -orld2 Where did the 1aaba co"e fro"% Tradition states that it -as given to Abraha" by a su ernatural being2 Was this a being fro" outer s ace) or -as it a straggler fro" an ancient civili3ation) or even a sychic ro5ection generated by the 1aaba itself% (t3s " i!e4 $ndividual ants are #uite stu id) but ut a thousand ants together and they for" a single) collective "ind -ith incredible abilities2 They devise "ilitary stratage"s and even e:ecute elaborate feats of engineering2 Alone) an ant is a brainless biological auto"aton2 $n a grou ) it beco"es an integral art of a larger) intelligent organis"2 There are other e:a" les in the ani"al -orld2 Tiny under-ater ani"als 5oin together to for" larger organis"s -hich have the ability to lure and catch large fish and feed the -hole colony2 A "icrosco ic African flea for"s a tiny ball -ith thousands of its fello-s on the ti of a blade of grass2 When an ani"al brushes ast) the ball clings to it) breaks u ) and the fleas s read all over the ani"al6s body2 When all are in osition a signal is so"eho- assed a"ong the") and they all bite the ani"al si"ultaneously2 $t falls screa"ing in agony fro" a thousand tiny 5a-s incering into its flesh2 Dr2 !arl Dung) the sychologist) s eculated that "ankind is so"e-hat like those ants and fleas2 The unconscious "inds of all of us "ight be 5oined collectively) he suggested) by radiolike -aves of energy2 The collective unconsciousness of "ankind -ould thus for" a single "assive brain #uite inde endent of us but ca able of "ani ulating us and our reality) 5ust as our individual "inds can drea" and) -ithin strict li"itations) resha e our i""ediate environ"ent2 Koologist $van Sanderson -ent a ste further2 He sa- our lanet as a living organis" -ith its o-n "ind and hidden ur oses2 Today "any scientists have ado ted this vie-2 They s eak of the Cbios here)C the total lanet as a single organis"2 The ecological forces on this lanet are art of the -hole2 Wind and -ater currents are like the arteries of the hu"an body2 &ach syste" su orts the others2 $f you interfere -ith one syste" you disturb the -hole organis"2 Since 01I1 -e have been deliberately destroying "any of the interlocking syste"s2 The earth is screa"ing in agony and erha s that great "ind) the collective unconsciousness) is des erately reaching out to us) trying to co""unicate -ith us on our level2 For the ast t-enty years the ufonauts have been re eating t-o hrases over and over again to the flying saucer contactees ?-ho no- nu"ber in the "any thousands@2 CWe are *ne)C is one of their favorite declarations2 C(ou are endangering the balance of the universe)C is their -arning2 They are a o lectic over our ato"ic e: eri"ents ?over 0)999 nuclear bo"bs have been e: loded in the earth6s at"os here since 0.I8@) crying that -e are not only threatening our -orld but are also affecting C"any other -orlds2C When Thor Heyerdahl crossed the Atlantic in a reed boat) he noted that the entire ocean -as noolluted -ith oil slicks and hu"an garbage2 Most of the o:ygen in our at"os here is roduced by a tiny algae that gro-s in the ocean2 7ollution is killing off the algae at an alar"ing rate2 The lanet is battling for survival2 Since all lesser organis"s have a built-in instinct for self- reservation) -e can assu"e that earth has a si"ilar instinct2 When the earth is vie-ed as a living organis") "ankind beco"es a kind of disease > billions of ger"s or arasites s reading out and -itlessly destroying the

interde endent eco-syste"s2 As the ace of the lanetary crisis #uickens) the Watchers increase their "ysterious surveillance2 The night skies are filled "ore often -ith thousands of cos"ic eyes2 More and "ore eo le are sto ed on lonely roads by strange forces -hich re rogra" their "inds as easily as -e alter and re rogra" co" uter ta es2 Hu"ans are tagged 5ust as -e tag -ild ani"als to -atch their "igratory "ove"ents and chart their habits2 The 4F*s do not see" to be art of so"e distant intergalactic syste" at all) but are closely related to both "ankind and the earth itself2 $n its early ti"e the earth "ay have needed "an) but no- -e have beco"e a lague threatening the entire organis"2 The signs and -onders of our resent day "ay be the subtle beginnings of global convulsions to co"e > convulsions that -ill s ring fro" the lanet6s urge for self- reservation and ulti"ately destroy us2 The earth is not inhabited2 $t is infested2

THE MOONSTONE MYSTERY Thousands of years before the $ndians settled in ,orth A"erica) another culture thrived there2 They -ere ri"itive by "odern standards but) like the early &gy tians) they -ere fine crafts"en and very industrious eo le2 They "ined co er) iron) lead) gold) and even coal2 They drilled for oil2 They -ere also great builders and dug canals and irrigation syste"s all over the continent2 +e"nants of their efforts still survive) including "assive stone -alls) roads) and yra"ids of earth2 They "easured the seasons and the "ove"ent of the stars by erecting circular stone astrono"ical co" uters si"ilar to &ngland6s Stonehenge2 $n those far-off days) huge "astadons still roa"ed this land2 *ur unkno-n redecessors carved artifacts fro" "astadon tusks and scratched ictures of the ani"als in the faces of cliffs2 They even left de ictions of dinosaur-like creatures) rese"bling the fable dragons of !hina and 'reat Britain2 And in the tradition of the !hinese and British dragon carvings) they usually dres a circle or disc in front of the creature2 The disc -as) in fact) a very significant art of that culture2 Thousands u on thousands of tiny stone discs) laboriously carved by hu"an hands) have been found at archaeological sites throughout the country2 Most of the" are less than si: inches in dia"eter2 Many look like "iniature cog -heels notched -ith such recision that they al"ost see" "achine-"ade2 A large #uantity of these cogged stones have been found in the Bolsa !hica area of southern !alifornia in a stratu" of earth dating back 1)999 years2 *thers have been found in the lo-er levels of the huge "an-"ade "ounds of the *hio and Mississi i valleys2 Scientists have failed to co"e u -ith a co"fortable e: lanation for these curious artifacts2 So"e have suggested they -ere used in ga"es) like "odern checkers2 *thers think they "ight have been used as "oney2 They "ust have had so"e i" ortant ur ose for the task of carving the" -as certainly arduous and ti"e consu"ing2 Lacking a better ter") archaeologists call these things CMoonstones2C They are a constant e"barrass"ent to scientific theoristsH "ost of these "oonstones are hidden a-ay in bo:es in "useu" base"ents2 *ne set of "oonstones found in ,e- (ork state -as doubly e"barrassing2 The ,e- (ork discs are ri""ed -ith a series of carefully s aced holes and -ere found in the lo-er layer of a "ound -hich dated the" as having been carved long before the first &uro eans arrived2 When scientists studied the holes) they -ere non lussed to discover the$ had been drilled &ith a steel drill! *f course) the $ndians did not have steel drills2 &ven "ore u33ling -ere the three discs found at the *ld !ro- site at Linden"eir) !olorado2 Archaeologists date the artifacts found there as being 0F9)999 years old= The discs have unifor"ly carved edges and are identical to discs found half a -orld a-ay at Laugerie-Haute) France2 *ther ob5ects found at both sites include bone needles) stone s ear oints) and a-ls2 These things -ere a arently created by a re-$ce Age culture2 The stone and bone discs "ay have been used as "oney2 *r "aybe the cave"en 5ust like to lay tiddly--inks2 Stone Spheres The ,orth A"erican "oonstones are d-arfed by the hundreds of stone s heres scattered in the 5ungles of !entral A"erica) largely in !osta +ica2 So"e are as big as eight feet in dia"eter and -eigh "ore than si:teen tons2 *thers are only a fe- inches in dia"eter2 All are erfectly for"ed s heres2 ,o one kno-s -ho carved the") -hen) or -hy2 Were they bo-ling balls of giants% Did they have so"e religious significance% *ne thing is certain2 $t -ould take an enor"ous a"ount of effort to carve 5ust one of these balls and grind it do-n to a erfect s here2 To do the 5ob) the ball -ould have to be constantly rotated) and rotating a si:teen-ton block of stone -ould be no easy task2 So"e of these s heres have been found laid out in a "easured geo"etric attern on the 5ungle floor2 Ho- -ere they trans orted and "oved into lace% *ne grou of large s heres are laid out in neat ro- aligned -ith "agnetic north2 Did the cavers have a "agnetic co" ass%

!olonel Fa-cett) the e: lorer -ho vanished -hile searching for a legendary lost city in the 5ungles of Bra3il) studied native stories about stone s heres -hich glo-ed so brightly at night they -ere used as street lights2 So"e of the s heres in !osta +ica are "ounted on stone edestals2 $f so"e "agnetic ano"aly caused the" to glo- at night) they -ould robably light u a large area2 But can stones glo-% Morehemood*s &ast Hadda") !onnecticut -as the site of a very strange lu"inous rock story in the late 0F99s) according to an article ublished in the +merican 9ournal of Science in 01I92 CAbout fifty years ago) a &uro ean by the na"e of Steele ca"e into the lace and boarded in the fa"ily of a Mr2 Ano-lton for a short eriod)C +everend Henry !ha "an re orted2 CHe -as a "an of intelligence) and su osed to be in disguise2 He told Mr2 Ano-lton in confidence that he had discovered the lace of a fossil -hich he called a carbuncle) and that he should be able to rocure it in a fe- days2 Accordingly) he soon brought ho"e a -hite round substance rese"bling a stone in the light) but -hich beca"e re"arkably lu"inous in the dark2 $t -as his ractice to labor after his "ineral in the night season2 The night on -hich he rocured it he secreted it in Mr2 Ano-lton6s cellar) -hich -as -ithout -indo-s) yet its illu"inating o-er -as so great that the house a eared to be on fire) and -as seen at a great distance2 The ne:t "orning he enclosed it in sheet lead) and de arted for &uro e) and has never since been heard of2C The $ndians called the &ast Hadda") !onnecticut area Morehemoodus) "eaning C laces of noises2C Strange e: losions) like heavy cannon shots) have al-ays haunted the lace and are still heard there occasionally2 Fortean researcher Willia" +2 !orliss has located a nu"ber of "odern re orts of this heno"enon) kno-n locally as the Moodus Sounds2 Scientists are at loss to e: lain the noises2 The Stone &orkers While the natives of !osta +ica -ere "aking stone s heres and the $ndians -ere see"ingly senselessly carving thousands of tiny stone discs) other "ysterious stone "asons -ere hard at -ork all over the -orld2 During the Jietna" War a lace called the 7lain of Dars -as the scene of several battles2 The 7lain of Dars is a high lateau surrounded by "ountains and gets its na"e fro" the fact that it is stre-n -ith huge stone 5arsH over one thousand of the"2 So"e of these 5ars are si: feet high) and so"e are big enough to hold si: "en2 They are carved of li"estone and granite) and they see" to have al-ays been there2 The eo le of $ndochina don6t even have any "yths to e: lain their e:istence2 Why -ould anyone devote so "uch labor to carving such useless artifacts in such a re"ote and inaccessible lace% When the first &uro eans landed in ,e- &ngland) they -ere sur rised to find ancient stone to-ers) great "an-"ade "ounds of earth and other strange structures dotting the landsca e2 Many of these i" ortant "onu"ents -ere torn do-n and lo-ed under in the early years of occu ation2 But nediscoveries continue to be "ade2 $n the 0.;9s hundreds of "iles of fine roads) so"e forty feet in -idth) -ere found in the South-est2 The $ndians did not have horses or -heels and so had no real need for roads2 Dol"en ?standing stones@ and "assive Stonehenge-ty e structures are also scattered across the 4nited States and) like their "any counter arts in Den"ark) 'reat Britain) and France) they -ere built -ith "athe"atical recision2 Modern scientists believe they -ere used as astrono"ical co" uters2 The A"erican $ndians -ere "ostly no"adic hunters and lacked the advanced kno-ledge necessary to build such a thing2 So"e of these "ysterious "onu"ents are thousands of years old2 The ancient A"erican builders also left a "assive syste" of irrigation canals so carefully surveyed and laid out that their construction -as far beyond the abilities of the $ndians2 As the first &uro eans in ,orth A"erica drove the $ndians back) they also -antonly destroyed "ost of these ancient structures2 Treasure hunters cho ed u the great "ounds) usually finding nothing but a fe- bones) ots) and beads2 Settlers broke u the stone -alls and buildings to use the stones

for their o-n cabins2 *nly a fe- hundred of the largest "ounds -ere reserved) largely in the *hio and Mississi i areas2 The "ounds of Me:ico "et a si"ilar fate2 A !hristian church -as built on to of the largest ones2 The largest of all) larger and older than the 'reat 7yra"id of &gy t) is the ste yra"id at !uicuilo) Me:ico2 Archaeologists have found that the lo-er layers -ere covered -ith volcanic ash -hich could be carbon-dated) and they esti"ate that the yra"id -as constructed at least 1)899 years ago= $n other -ords) an advanced yra"id culture -as hard at -ork in the A"ericas thousands of years before the &gy tian civili3ation began2 We kno- sha"efully little about that culture because archaeologists can6t fit it into their theories2 They still "aintain the "yth that the $ndians "igrated to this continent fro" Asia across the Bering Straits even though there is no evidence to su ort the notion2 The $ndians the"selves have other e: lanations for their origins2 The !herokees clai" they ca"e fro" the &ast) across the Atlantic ocean2 The Ho iis and other south-estern tribes believe they "igrated north fro" !entral and South A"erica2 Scientists digging in ,e- (ork state have unearthed artifacts that -ere obviously "ade by &ski"os2 &ski"os in ,e- (ork= Ho- did they -ander so far fro" their Arctic tundra% *r did they start fro" here) driven north-ards by the invading "ound builders% Throughout the Mississi i and *hio valleys there are all kinds of ancient structures and traces of a civili3ation that "ay have been co" arable to the early civili3ations of the $ndus Jalley in $ndia and the ,ile Jalley in &gy t2 Stone cities dating back as far as 1)999 years are no- being unearthed in the Mississi i Jalley2 &:cavations into the u er layers of so"e of the so-called $ndian "ounds have turned u "etal artifacts of iron) co er) and various alloys2 The A"erican $ndians had no kno-ledge of "etallurgy and -ere li"ited to ha""ering a: heads out of "eteoric iron) a substance so rare that the a:es -ere reserved for religious and cere"onial ur oses2 (et suits of co er ar"or) carefully and e: ertly -orked fro" co er tubing) have been discovered in so"e "ounds2 Large nu"bers of skeletons -ith co er noses have been found2 The noses -ere a arently art of the burial re arationsH re arations as delicate and co" licated as the &gy tian "u""ification rocess2 $n the 'reat Lakes region a huge net-ork of ancient co er "ines can be seen2 So"e of these "ines -ere in use <)999 years ago and "ust have re#uired thousands of -orkers to e:tract and rocess the ore2 The $ndian culture centered around flint arro-heads and ani"al skins) not "ining and "etallurgy2 *il -as a useless li#uid to the $ndians2 They used it only in "edicines) in very s"all #uantities2 The first i" ortant "odern oil -ell -as discovered in Titusville) 7ennsylvania in 01E9) but later very ancient shafts -ere discovered there indicating that so"eone had been digging for oil hundreds > even thousands > of years before2 Tools) ladders) and construction "ethods si"ilar to those found in the old co er "ines around Lake Su erior -ere unearthed at Titusville2 Another ancient oil -ell -as discovered at &nneskillen) !anada2 And a -orked lead "ine -as found on a far" outside Le:ington) Aentucky2 ,orth A"erica -as once a beehive of industrial enter rise2 The Moon5%yed Peop e $ndian "yths and traditions tell us that large arts of this continent -ere once inhabited by strange -hite "en2 The tribes around -hat are no- the states of Aentucky and West Jirginia clai"ed that a bi3arre grou of C"oon-eyed eo leC once lived in those laces2 They had ale skins and large round eyes so sensitive to light that they rarely ventured outside during the day2 They lived in villages of stone houses -hich they guarded fiercely2 The $ndians learned to avoid the" and) in fact) the rich) fertile hills of West Jirginia -ere never settled by the $ndians because it -as the land of the "oon-eyed eo le2 Modern ar"chair anthro ologists have s eculated that the "oon-eyes "ay have been re"nants of the fa"ous Clost colony2C Soon after Jirginia Dare) o ularly referred to as the first A"erican) -as born in 081F) she) her arents) and the entire +oanoke $sland colony disa eared into thin air2 When su ly shi s arrived fro" &uro e they found the island deserted2 The nearest $ndian tribes -ere not

hostile and -ere also baffled by the "ass disa earance2 The only clue left behind -as a "eaningless -ord carved into a tree/ -7O+TO+%! For five hundred years the Jikings "aintained a large settle"ent on 'reenland and then) like the Jirginia colony) the entire o ulation vanished suddenly and "ysteriously2 Had they si" ly "igrated en masse to ,orth A"erica% $ndian legends about tall) blond) ale-skinned gods abound2 So"e of these gods sound like ar"orclad Jikings2 But others -ere su osedly dressed in long) flo-ing robes2 The 7iutes s eak of sacred lateau: -here these gods resided out -est2 They -ere said to be e#ui ed -ith "agical rods -hich caused the skin to rickle ?electric shock%@ and induced aralysis2 $n so"e legends these gods are described as having the o-er of flight2 They rode the night skies in great "etal Cbirds2C The &ski"os) -ho bear an interesting rese"blance to the ancient *l"ecs of !entral A"erica) "aintain that they -ere originally flo-n to the far north in C"etal birds2C Like the Jirginia colony and the 'reenland settle"ent) the *l"ecs vanished suddenly and "ysteriously2 Aside fro" the "oon-eyed eo le and the blond gods) the $ndians also had to contend -ith giants2 The Dela-are $ndians believe that their tribe once lived in the -est but "igrated east-ard2 $n those days the land east of the Mississi i -as inhabited by a race of giants -ho built "ighty cities and fortifications2 They -ere called the Allige-i2 Both the Allegheny +iver and Mountains -ere su osedly na"ed after the"2 The "igrating $ndians asked for er"ission to ass through the Allige-i country and -ere refused2 So the $ndians -ent to -ar against the giants and eventually drove the" out2 The Allige-i are said to have fled -est-ard) do-n the *hio +iver and u the Mississi i into Minnesota2 Bones of eo le seven to ten feet tall -ere found in the Minnesota "ounds in the last century2 The natives of &cuador in South A"erica also have an old story of ho- a tribe of giants landed on their shores in reed rafts and tried to take over2 Fro" the knee do-n Cthey -ere the si3e of an ordinary fair-si3ed "anC and their eyes -ere Cthe si3e of s"all lates2C These giants slaughtered the $ndians and ra ed their -o"en) but -ere finally -i ed out by so"e cos"ic disaster > a "eteor struck their settle"ent and destroyed the"2 Were these giants the "oon-eyed Allige-i fro" ,orth A"erica looking for a ne- ho"e% O*r Lost History Hard hysical evidence found all across this continent indicates that an advanced culture thrived here long before the $ndians "ade their "ythical "igration across the Bering Straits fro" Asia2 Because the "ounds) henge) etc2 are strikingly si"ilar to constructions found in &uro e) Asia) and even re"ote 7acific islands) -e can s eculate that this culture -as once -orld-ide2 $t robably reached its 3enith before the $ce Age ten thousand years ago) then deterioated in the -ake of the geological cala"ities2 That early culture "a ed the -hole lanet) and frag"ents of those "a s -ere handed do-n over the centuries until they reached !olu"bus2 The giants) -ho once tossed huge blocks of stone around and built the u33ling "onoliths that still stand on every continent) gradually reverted to a fierce) uncivili3ed state) driven by the urgent re#uire"ents of survival2 Atlantis "ay not have sunk into the ocean2 (ou "ay be living on it2

CLONES, HYBRIDS AND SLEEPERS Fro" the "ountains of northern S-eden to the hills of Tennessee one of ufology6s "ost ersistent ru"ors has been en5oying a rebirth2 The ru"or first began circulating in 0.89) only three years after flying saucers had suddenly e"erged as a to ic for discussion and investigation2 $n the 0.E9s it s-e t the -orld and beca"e an acce ted truth to "any advanced ufologists2 But its basic re"ise -as so obscure and re osterous that "any re5ected it and forgot it until the u surge of landings and contacts in 0.F;2 This is the ru"or or theory that the ufonauts are conducting biological e: eri"ents -ith hu"an beings and "ay even be creating an ar"y of seudohu"ans by using the s er"s and ovaries fro" unsus ecting earthlings2 The nu"ber of re orted contacts su orting the biological e: eri"ent theory is "ounting ra idly no- as "ore and "ore investigators take an interest in the once shunned contact cases2 $n the "id0.E9s $ visited several college co""unities in the northeast and collected a series of incredible re orts fro" sincere young "en and -o"en -ho clai"ed they had been abducted by 4F*s and sub5ected to se:ual e: eri"entation2 The "ales said that their se: organs had been e:a"ined and s ecial instru"ents had e:tracted se"en fro" the"2 The fe"ales clai"ed they had either been forcibly ra ed aboard 4F*s) or instru"ents) usually long needles) had been inserted in their lo-er abdo"ens to re"ove substances fro" their ovaries2 *nly t-o cases of this ty e received any ublicity/ the Jillas-Boas incident in Bra3il in 0.8F) and the Betty and Barney Hill abduction in 0.E<2 Ho-ever) neither case had been ublished -hen $ ca"e across the first -itnesses to tell "e these things2 &arly ufologists) ho-ever) kne- of such re orted biological e: eri"ents and based their hybrid theory on the"2 &ssentially) the theory asserts that there are living a"ong us today eo le -ho are crossbreeds) half earthling and half s ace erson2 These eo le are allegedly loyal to) and controlled by) the ufonauts2 They are hybrids2 The ti"e -ill co"e) the theory goes) -hen a large art of the earth6s o ulation -ill be hybrid2 There6s "ore2 Many -o"en involved in close encounters -ith 4F*s beco"e regnant soon after-ards) although they have no "e"ory of anything beyond a si" le 4F* sighting2 So"e are "ore than a little astonished by their une: ected regnancies2 $ have ke t in close contact -ith several of these ladies and follo-ed the develo "ents -ith great interest2 The children they roduced see" e:ce tionally bright and are fre#uently surrounded by oltergeistic "anifestations in their early years2 *ther-ise they a ear to be nor"al2 $n "ore than one case the lady6s husband -as slightly disturbed because their offs ring did not rese"ble hi" or her2 $t all sounds like Dohn Wyndha"6s science fiction classic The Mid&ich -uc#oos but the facts are there2 $n the 0.E9s $ tried to interest several different editors in an article on this intriguing as ect of the 4F* heno"enon but they all felt it -as Ctoo far out)C as indeed it is2 $t -ill co"e as a shock to "any ufologists -ho are no- circulating the hybrid ru"or that this conce t is thousands of years old and is) in fact) an i" ortant art of occult) sychic) -itchcraft and religious lore2 The se:ual intervention of su ernatural entities is "entioned throughout the Bible ?in the story of Abraha") for e:a" le@ and !hristianity is founded on the belief that Mary -as i" regnated by the angel 'abriel2 Witches are said to have intercourse -ith the devil2 'y sies believe that any -o"an -ho is seduced by the devil has s ecial o-ers after-ards and such -o"en are given very s ecial res ect2 ,u"erous rites in Black Magic involve se: ractices and se:ual sub"ission to the strange entities -ho "ateriali3e during the rites2 $n Oahspe) the a"a3ing book -ritten by a ,e- (ork dentist -hile in a trance state back in the 0119s) there are ages of ictures of s ecial children -ith sober faces and dee black eyes -ho -ere su osedly hybrids lanted here by so"e unkno-n force2 Several "odern contactees have seen strange things ha en to their fa"ilies2 Their teenaged daughters have staggered ho"e clai"ing they had been se:ually assaulted by s ace beings2 Their -ives have disa eared for hours or even days and returned suffering fro" a"nesia and regnant2

Several of the early contactees in the 0.89s enraged the Cscientific ufologistsC -ith their tales of having been re#uired to e: ress their "anhood on other lanets or -hile flying around in saucers2 The hybrid conce t has a "arked effect on the ufologists -ho acce t it blindly2 They beco"e totally aranoid2 They believe that hybrids have infiltrated highest govern"ent circlesH that they are even running our -orld2 $n the 0.E9s) Secretary of Defense +obert Mc,a"ara -as fre#uently accused by contactees of being a hybrid2 A related theory is the clone ru"or2 A clone is an e:act du licate of a living organis"2 Theoretically) a clone can be "anufactured fro" a single cell of your body2 &ach cell contains all the necessary biological infor"ation to construct a du licate2 Scientists around the -orld have been -orking on this rocess for years2 Several "odern contactees told ho- they -ere taken aboard a 4F* and a s"all sa" le of their skin -as scra ed fro" their ar"2 $f -e had the technology and kno--ho-) a s"all sa" le is all -e -ould need to create an e:act du licate of a erson2 &:act du licates of several -ell-kno-n ufologists have been seen by reliable -itnesses2 $n occult lore) such du licates are called dopplegangers! They are an age-old sychic heno"enon2 $n the 0.E9s) a doppleganger of ,e- (ork ufologist Da"es Moseley turned u on a nu"ber of occasions2 And a doppleganger of yours truly a eared re eatedly in several states) fro" Long $sland) ,e(ork to West Jirginia) -hile $ -as actually occu ied else-here2 Were these characters clonesH hysical entities "ade of solid flesh% *r -ere they sychic ro5ections of so"e sort% Several years ago a young &nglish"an ca"e to "e -ith so"e very interesting hotogra hs2 He had attended an outdoor rally in Britain and had sna ed ictures of the cro-d2 When he e:a"ined the hotos later he -as sur rised to see t-o strange-looking "en standing in the cro-d2 They -ere not together) but -ere -idely se arated in the cro-d2 Both -ere dressed identically in black turtleneck s-eaters2 Both had very short hair ?unusual for that ti"e and for "en of their a arent age@2 *ddest of all) both had identical facial characteristics2 They looked like t-ins2 They had high cheekbones) angular faces and thin li s2 They really stood out in the hotogra h2 Si"ilar beings for" an integral art of our Men $n Black ?M$B@ lore2 These M$B have even attended flying saucer lectures and conventions2 $n so"e re orts there have been three of the") all looking e:actly alike2 Were they clones% Today there are "any eo le -ho have beco"e convinced that they) the"selves) really are hybrids2 A nu"ber of contactees) so"e of the" #uite -ell kno-n) started life as or hans and never learned the identity of their true arents2 Like Lee Harvey *s-ald) so"e contactees have been seen in laces -here they had never been2 Ho- the Cscientific ufologistsC ranted and railed against Ho-ard Menger -hen he told stories of dopplegangers and tele ortation= So"e contactees have lived in terror for years) fearing that they -ere going to be -hisked off to so"e far" on so"e other lanet and bred like cattle2 Are there really hybrids and clones living a"ong us% $f there are) $ have never ersonally "et one) but $ have "et a lot of eculiar eo le2 7erha s you lost a fe- "inutes of ti"e -hen you sa- a -eird ob5ect in the sky a fe- years ago2 7erha s there6s another you out there so"e-here2 S eepers $n the esoteric arlance of the intelligence co""unity a Cslee erC is a s y -ho is ke t deliberately inactive for years -hile living in Cdee cover2C He or she re"ains on the ayroll but doesn6t do any actual s ying until finally) so"eti"es years after entering the intelligence service) the *rgani3ation has a s ecial need2 For e:a" le) it -as recently revealed that an &ast 'er"an s y -as sent to live in West 'er"any and carry out one s ecific "ission2 His 5ob -as to train his o-n five-year-old daughter and ro"ote her into a 5ob) after she had gro-n u ) as a secretary in a West 'er"an govern"ent office2 $t sounds incredible) but this kind of long range lanning and "ani ulation is co""on in the shado-y Da"es Bond -orld of intelligence and es ionage2 Slee ers are lanted throughout our society2 So"e live and -ork in a co""unity for t-enty years or "ore) acce ted by everyone as teachers) 5ournalists) or business"en) dra-ing a "onthly check fro" so"e agency in addition to their regular inco"e) and -aiting for the day -hen they "ight suddenly be called u on to break o en a safe) take furtive hotogra hs) or even in e:tre"e cases

shoot so"ebody bet-een the eyes2 !andy Dones) the fa"ous "odel and -ife of the late Long Dohn ,ebel) the ,e- (ork radio talk sho- star) -as a slightly different kind of slee er2 Through hy nosis and drugs) the !2$2A2 turned her into a dee cover s y2 She -as sent on "issions in a trance state) using a false na"e and even) believe it or not) a false ersonality given to her through brain-ashing techni#ues2 When she returned fro" these "issions she resu"ed her o-n life and ersonality and had no "e"ory -hatsoever of her esca ades as a s y2 She -as a victi" of an intelligence ractice that has been in use for forty years2 $n the 0.E9s $ discovered to "y astonish"ent that slee ers are co""on in the 4F* heno"ena2 Like !andy Dones) ordinary eo le re ort being e" loyed to carry out all kinds of "issions) but have no conscious "e"ory of those "issions -hen they return to their nor"al lives2 $n contactee ter"inology they are said to have been Cused2C Like all contactees) such slee ers have t-o i" ortant characteristics2 They have latent or active sychic abilities) and they are very suggestibleH that is) they are easily hy noti3ed2 Jery often) as $ have ointed out in "y various articles and books) a false "e"ory or confabulation is lanted in their "inds to account for the eriods during -hich they -ere being used2 A erson -ho has no "e"ory of) say) one -eek) returns -ith the vivid i" ression that he or she has been taken to another lanet2 The hu"an "ind is such that layers can be laid in the unconscious "ind2 The confabulation fills the u er"ost layer -hile "e"ories of the sensory i" ressions of the actual e: erience are hidden in a dee er layer2 An ine: erienced investigator using hy nosis reaches only the surface confabulation and does not even atte" t to reach the layers belo-2 *nce the a"ateur has brought the confabulation to the surface) the hidden layer is buried dee er then ever and beco"es al"ost i" ossible to reach2 As in conventional intelligence roduce a la !andy Dones) the slee er "ust first be hy noti3ed or drugged into a dee trance2 Subse#uent trances are easily induced by a Ctrigger2C Triggers can take "any for"s2 A sound at a s ecific itch can cause the victi" to la se into a trance2 Such sounds can even be trans"itted by tele hone2 Lights flashing in a s ecific attern can do the 5ob2 *r even a si" le -ord or co""and can be used2 After Dr2 Ben5a"in Si"on first hy noti3ed Betty and Barney Hill he -as later able to ut the" into a hy notic state by si" ly saying) CTrance) Barney2C Mrs2 ,ebel often -ent into a s ontaneous trance -hen she looked at herself in a "irror2 $ have e:a"ined contactees -ho -ere keyed to fall into a trance -hen they sa- a certain -ritten sy"bol222 usually a 'reek letter) or co"bination of 'reek letters2 They believed they had seen these letters ainted on the side of a s acecraft2 $t is "ore robably that the letters -ere sho-n to the" and they -ere given a ost-hy notic suggestion) along -ith a surface confabulation of a s acecraft and their "inds blended the t-o2 *rdinarily a ost-hy notic suggestion -ill -ear off in a fe- "onths or) at "ost) a fe- years2 Therefore once a erson has undergone a contact e: erience) the hy notic e isodes "ust be re eated eriodically2 This is -hy erci ients -ho clai" a close encounter often have re eated e: erience s aced no "ore than three years a art2 4nfortunately) the subse#uent e: eriences are usually -ell hidden in the unconscious "ind and the -itness "ay have no conscious "e"ory of the"2 *nly the initial e: erience) -ith its vivid surface confabulation) can be recalled at all by ordinary techni#ues2 Silent contactees -ho suffered so"e for" of 4F* contacts years ago) even as children) can beco"e slee ers and e: erience eriods of te" orary a"nesia throughout their lives -ithout ever relating the" to their first 4F* contact2 The "inds of so"e erci ients are too unstable to ad5ust to this kind of overt ta" ering2 $n so"e cases a classic conflict develo s bet-een the conscious and unconscious "inds2 The "aterial hidden belo- the surface layers -orks its -ay through and there is an overla that leads to confusion) even artial insanity2 Betty and Barney Hill sought our sychiatric hel because they -ere bothered by horrible night"ares) a standard result of overla ing2 *thers suffer to a great degree because the "aterial in the lo-er layers infiltrates the conscious "ind2 The beco"e fanatics222 4F* evangelists222 convinced that this "aterial is very real2 Still others) like !andy Dones)

find the"selves battling t-o ersonalities2 $n innu"erable cases in "y 4F* records -e find that the hidden "aterial actually took over the conscious "ind causing the contactee to assu"e an entirely ne- ersonality and) in e:tre"e instances) declare hi"self or herself to be a s ace erson= 7eo le -ho "ake the ad5ust"ent -ithout these roble"s can serve as slee ers in all kinds of -ays2 A "ysterious hone call of bee ing sounds can send the" into a trance) during -hich they "ay -rite and "ail a CcrankC letter or carry out so"e other activity -hich they nor"ally -ould not do under any circu"stances2 After they have erfor"ed this action they return to nor"al and have no "e"ory of it -hatsoever2 The frightening thing about all this is that each ne- 4F* -ave "ay bring "ore eo le under the hidden control of this heno"enon2 We have no -ay of esti"ating ho- "any slee ers there "ay be after forty years of 4F* sightings2 And -e have no -ay of finding out the triggers in use2 We can say that al"ost every erson -ho develo s an obsession -ith 4F*s has been sub5ected to so"e for" of rocessing at so"e ti"e in his life2 Who or -hat is doing this% $s there so"e sinister organi3ation lucking us off high-ays to hy noti3e or drug us% Are invaders fro" outer s ace e"barking on a -orld-ide ca" aign to brain-ash us rior to landing and taking over our -orld% This doesn6t see" too likely2 This heno"enon has al-ays e:isted and lies at the root of all our religious beliefs) our "yths and su erstitions) the ancient arts of -itchcraft and black "agic) and the funda"ental fictions that have given us "ost of our social and olitical ideas2 Fro" the "edical sy" to"s of the contactees -e can deduce that the heno"enon consists of an energy for" rather than a solid hysical structure2 This energy) like a radio -ave) is so"eti"es visible to us as glo-ing sha es or bea"s of bright light2 (ears ago the intelligence co""unity discovered -ays to roduce the sa"e effects through hy nosis) drugs and brain-ashing techni#ues2 But it is unlikely) if not altogether i" ossible) that any nation could or -ould atte" t to use these "ethods on -hole o ulations2 7erha s it -as the !2$2A26s studies of 4F* contactees that gave the" the idea and led to the creation of slee ers like !andy Dones2

OTHER REALITIES 7ara sychologist Dr2 Meade Layne -as one of the first serious 4F* investigators in 0.IF and his 7ound 7obin ne-sletter -as a ioneer ublication eventually i"itated by hundreds of others2 $n those days very fe- educated observers dared to enter the flying saucer controversy2 Dr2 Her"ann *berth of 'er"any and astro hysicist Morris A2 Dessu of the 42S2 stood al"ost alone2 Both -ere enthralled -ith the e:traterrestrial e: lanation -hile Layne took a "ore un o ular osition2 He salinks bet-een the 4F*s and sychic "anifestations2 He labeled the 4F* ilots C&theriansC and s eculated that they did not co"e fro" so"e other lanet but -ere crossing over into our reality fro" so"e other di"ension or s ace-ti"e continuu"2 $t has taken ufology nearly forty years to catch u -ith hi"2 Dr2 Layne -itnessed the 4F*s "ysterious vanishing act in the early years and coined the -ords C"atC and Cde"atC ?for "ateriali3ation and de"ateriali3ation@ to describe their behavior2 ,e:t to the fa"ous Cfalling leafC "otion) this -as the "ost fre#uently re orted action of the strange aerial ob5ects2 (ears later hotogra hers e#ui ed -ith infrared lenses and fil" added to the u33le by successfully hotogra hing aerial ob5ects -hich -ere not visible to the naked eye2 A arently the disa earing act really consisted of an ability to so"eho- traverse the visible s ectru" of light ?-hich is very narro-@ and ass fro" the invisible field of infrared at one e:tre"e to the invisible area of ultraviolet at the other e:tre"e2 $t has no- been -ell established in thousands of sightings that the 4F*s e"it both infrared rays ?heat@ and ultraviolet rays ?-hich burn the skin and eyes@2 But assing across the visible s ectru" is not really an interdi"ensional action2 $t is "ore likely that so"e 4F*s are "asses of lastic energy -hich are nor"ally invisible to us) but -hich can > -hen the conditions are 5ust right > alter their fre#uencies and enter the visible s ectru"2 $n other -ords) 4F*s are al-ays resent in the skies but can only be seen at certain ti"es222 or by certain eo leH eo le -ith latent or active sychic abilities -hose eyes are tuned to see slightly beyond the visible s ectru"2 +ecent studies by ufologists all over the -orld have) in fact) found that a "a5ority of 4F* -itnesses do have so"e sychic ability2 The "ost e:clusive grou ) flying saucer contactees) are very sychic2 " ternate )ea ities A fe- years ago Allen 'reenfield of Atlanta) 'eorgia revived Layne6s findings by ostulating the theory of alternate realities2 He -ondered if 4F*s could not be co"ing to us fro" another reality very si"ilar to our o-n2 They had so"eho- figured our a syste" for crossing so"e "ysterious barrier of ti"e and s ace to visit us2 They did not co"e fro" a distant lanet but) in a sense) -ere our ne:t-door neighbors even though -e -ere not fully a-are of their e:istence2 So"e of the 4F* contactees also s oke of Cti"e travellersC and offered cry tic e: lanations for the 4F*s6 -ild talents2 *thers -ho had close e: eriences -ith the ob5ects and entities but did not clai" direct contact) offered infor"ation -hich see"ed to indicate that -hile the flying saucer occu ants looked hu"an or nearly so) they lacked free -ills and -ere al"ost robotlike2 When they s oke) they see"ed to recite like a co" uter2 They rarely revealed any hu"anlike e"otions but see"ed "ore like confused ghosts) hu"anlike yet very inhu"an2 $f they ca"e fro" another reality like our o-n) it "ust be a very gri" lace2 The best clue about their lace of origin lies in the definitely unearthly behavior of the ob5ects the"selves2 Flying saucers do not actually fly ?that is) they are not su orted by the air in our at"os here@) rather they defy all of our la-s of "otion2 They levitate2 They are not disturbed by turbulent air as our air lanes are) and they have often been seen "aking right angle turns at high s eeds) de"onstrating their disassociation -ith nor"al inertia and gravity forces2 *f course) if they hail fro" another di"ension or an alternate reality their actions "ay be governed by an entirely different set of natural la-s2 The forces that bind us to &arth are not necessarily unifor" throughout the universe2 $f "ost 4F*s are actually "asses of energy -ith the ability to tune their fre#uencies > the

vibrations of their ato"s > u and do-n the electro"agnetic scale) they could not only alter their color -hile in the visible s ectru") but they could change their si3es and sha es as -ell2 A reddish cigar-sha ed ob5ect seen at one oint could beco"e the silvery saucer-sha ed ob5ect seen a fe"iles a-ay2 $f the saucer should land and discharge a tall s ectral assenger) he could actually be an integral art of the saucer itself222 a roboti3ed e:tension of the energy "ass2 The "ass -ould ossess intelligence) not the robot2 And) in fact) innu"erable -itnesses have "uttered inco" rehendingly) C$ don6t kno- -hy) but $ had the feeling that the saucer itself -as alive=C $s there an alternate reality o ulated -ith living "asses of energy so"ething like intelligent lightning bolts% 'rom Seances to Science Dr2 Layne6s "ethod for co""unicating -ith the &therians -as si" le but unscientific2 He s oke to the" through trance "ediu"s and transcri ts of so"e of these a"a3ing seances are still available2 ?$n the 0.19s) this is called Cchanneling2C@ As a ara sychologist Layne -as fa"iliar -ith the -eird heno"enon of "ateriali3ation2 And it occurred to hi" that 4F*s -ere follo-ing the unnatural la-s of sychic heno"ena2 Their a earances and disa earances could be e#uated to the "ateriali3ations of ghostly entities in the seance roo"2 S iritualis" -as all the rage in the last half of the nineteenth century and "ateriali3ations -ere al"ost co""on lace2 &ntities -ould slo-ly a ear in di"ly lit roo"s and then erfor" hysical acts) shake hands -ith the sitters) even leave finger rints in trays of -a:2 Then they -ould 5ust as "ysteriously fade into thin air2 While they ca"e in all si3es and sha es) the "ost co""on ty e -as an $ndian-like figure -ith high cheekbones and *riental eyes2 *ften these characters -ore so"e kind of "etal head iece2 7eo le are still describing such beings e:ce t that they no longer o u in seance roo"sH they ste out of glistening flying saucers2 +ay Stanford) a fa"ous sychic and the t-in brother of Dr2 +e: Stanford) a -ell-kno-n sychiatrist) clai"s to have been resent at the "ateriali3ation of such an entity2 7erha s the "ost fa"ous of all the -itnesses to "ateriali3ations -as Sir Willia" !rookes ?01;<0.0.@2 As an inventor) he ranked -ith &dison and &instein) and develo ed the !rookes Tube) forerunner of the N-ray tube and an i" ortant ste to-ards the erfection of "odern television2 He -as also one of the first "en of science to beco"e interested in sychic heno"ena and he "ade "any i" ortant contributions to the infant science of ara sychology2 C$ have seen a solid self-lu"inous body) the si3e and nearly the sha e of a turkey6s egg) float noiselessly about the roo")C !rookes -rote2 C$ have had #uestions ans-ered by the flashing of a bright light a desired nu"ber of ti"es in front of "y face222 In the light) $ have seen a lu"inous cloud hover over a heliotro e on a side table) break a s ring off) and carry the s ring to a Lady2C Was he describing 4F*s% ,o) he -as -riting about things that had "ateriali3ed in seance roo"s2 But his "ost fa"ous e: eri"ents -ere his study of the "ysterious CAatie)C a fe"ale entity -ho a eared no less than forty-five ti"es and er"itted the scientist to touch her and even to give her a "edical e:a"ination2 She only a eared after a lady "ediu" colla sed in a trance2 ?Aatie -as taller than the "ediu" and different in other -ays2@ Sir Willia" naturally e: lored every ossibility for trickery but could find no e: lanation for the heno"enon2 $n countless "odern 4F* cases -e have e:a" les of "ediu"shi 2 *ne or "ore of the -itnesses colla ses before or during the "ateriali3ation of a 4F* or entity2 4sually investigators regard this as a reaction to the s"ell ?-hich is often terrible@ or energies radiated by the ob5ect2 But since these events follo- the sa"e course as co" arable sychic "anifestations it is "ore robable that the colla se of the -itness contributes directly to the 4F* "ateriali3ation2 7ara sychologists have long sus ected that the occult force needs to dra- on energy fro" this reality2 Hu"an "ediu"s a arently su ly this energy2 There are also innu"erable cases in -hich co-s) horses) dogs) and cats "ay have been the energy source2 Barney Hill) the best-kno-n of all "odern contactees) ste ed into a field -ith a air of binoculars to look at an aerial ob5ect2 Later he found the stra on the binoculars had been broken) but he had no "e"ory of ho- it ha ened) robably because he &as entranced! He -as barely conscious throughout the interru tion in his Interrupted 9ourne$) but

his -ife) Betty) -as a arently a-ake throughout2 $n the 7ascagoula) Mississi i incident in 0.F;) !alvin 7arker -as unconscious -hile !harles Hickson -as only araly3ed2 Both "en -ere allegedly hauled into a 4F* and e:a"ined by neckless beings -ith crablike cla-s2 Was 7arker the "ediu" in this case% $f you sift through the 4F* literature you -ill find "any co" arable cases) such as the Flat-oods) West Jirginia "onster story of 0.8<2 A young ,ational 'uards"an assed out in the resence of that -eird creature2 This need for energy could also e: lain -hy so "any lu"inous 4F*s have been seen hovering around o-er lines and the antennae of radio trans"itters2 $van Sanderson studied cases of this sort and -ondered) CAre -e roviding a free lunch for energy for"s fro" s ace%C Brinsley Le 7oer Trench and 'ordon !reighton of &ngland) Dr2 Dac#ues Jallee and Ai"e Michel of France) and "ost of the leading ufologists around the -orld have #uietly abandoned the e:traterrestrial ?inter lanetary@ theory2 They no- regard the alternate reality or interdi"ensional conce t as a "ore valid e: lanation for the things that continue to haunt our skies2 Several i" ortant ara sychologists such as Dr2 Dule &isenbud and Dr2 Berthold Sch-ar3 have #uietly entered into 4F* investigations2 $deas that once see"ed laughable are no- being carefully considered by a generation of ne- ufologists2 The Chard-are boysC ?those -ho believe 4F*s are "anufactured "achines fro" another lanet@ have had over forty years in -hich to rove their case2 $t is lain that they have failed2 Dr2 Meade Layne6s &therians are beginning to see" "ore real than the Martians and Jenusians of yesteryear6s ufology2 But roving that they co"e fro" an alien s ace-ti"e continuu" o ulated by living energy -ill be 5ust as difficult as roving they co"e fro" another lanet -ith Ca su erior technology2C &arth -ill be a free lunch counter for a long ti"e to co"e2

ON TOP OF MOUNT OLYMPUS The story of Antonio Jillas Boas of Bra3il is no- very -ell-kno-n2 $n 0.8F) he -as allegedly taken aboard a 4F* and introduced to a blonde s ace lady -ith -ho" he had se:ual intercourse2 Before his N-rated adventure began) the little "en on board the ob5ect ulled off his clothes and bathed hi" -ith a -et s onge2 CThe li#uid -as as clear as -ater)C he later told Dr2 *lavo T2 Fontes) Cbut #uite thick) and -ithout s"ell2 $ thought it -as so"e sort of oil) but -as -rong) for "y skin did not beco"e greasy or oily2C The 'reeks and +o"ans believed that the gods used a"brosia as an oint"ent -hen they bathed2 $n "any ancient cultures) hu"an sacrifices -ere annointed -ith oil before their hearts -ere ri ed out2 This ractice overla ed into !hristianity2 !hrist6s follo-ers rubbed hi" -ith an e: ensive oil before He -as crucified) and) in fact) the very na"e !hrist co"es fro" the 'reek 1hristos -hich "eans Cthe annointed one2C ?His real na"e -as (ehoshuah222 Doshua2 The na"e Desus !hrist -as not a lied to (ehoshuah until several hundred years after His death2@ $t is intriguing that Antonio under-ent the ancient annointing cere"ony aboard that s ace shi in Bra3il2 Larry Fore"an of !alifornia didn6t receive a cos"ic bath) but during a series of 4F* contacts near Socorro) ,e- Me:ico in the 0.E9s he clai"s to have tasted a"brosia2 To hi" it -as Cso"e kind of unch) berry of so"e kind) $ think2C Fore"an6s story includes stone -alls that -eren6t there) and a variety of obvious hallucinations co""on to the victi"s of enchant"ent2 $n May 0.E.) a Bra3ilian soldier na"ed Dose Antonio under-ent a re"arkable e: erience -hen he -as kidna ed by a grou of tiny hu"anoids and trans orted to a cavern-like roo" of stone2 There his ca tors offered hi" a drink fro" a stone cube -ith a yra"idal-sha ed cavity in the center2 $t -as a dark-green li#uid -ith a bitter taste2 But he said he felt better after drinking it2 Woodro- Derenberger) a contactee in West Jirginia) also felt better after he drank a li#uid given to hi" by an alleged ufonaut in 0.EF2 Derenberger had been suffering fro" a sto"ach ail"ent and he clai"ed the outer s ace otion cleared it u 2 Can These Things #e. Those -ho gu33led a"brosia on Mount *ly" us -ere su osed to have en5oyed increased intelligence and heightened erce tions after-ards2 $n the "odern 4F* cases "any of the erci ients have undergone dra"atic changes after their initial contact e: erience2 Their $2B2 increases) they develo sychic abilities) and they ac#uire very suddenly ne- kno-ledge of science) astrono"y) and ontology2 *thers) unfortunately) deterioate instead2 They beco"e nervous -recks) divorce their -ives) lose their 5obs) go bankru t) and have a very hard ti"e2 But the ancient gods had a nasty re utation for causing the sa"e kind of havoc in the lives of those -ho -ere rivileged to "eet the"2 !ould it be that the "odern 4F* heno"enon is nothing "ore than an u dated version of these ancient ga"es% The gods of old -ere acce ted as residents of this planet! $t is unnecessary to assu"e they are visitors fro" so"e far-off lanet2 They have al-ays been right here) "ani ulating us) "uddling our lives) festering our beliefs in s iritual and su ernatural "atters2 The rites of "any "odern religions are nothing "ore than slightly "odified versions of the rites of the ancient Druids and other cults -hich dealt directly -ith the gods2 The fairies of the Middle Ages -ere also regarded as residents of earth2 *ne o ular belief -as that they lived under the seas2 We are forced to base our s eculations about the heno"enon on the testi"ony of scattered -itnesses -ho) no "atter ho- sincere and truthful they "ight be) are seeing only -hat they are su osed to see and re"e"bering only -hat they are su osed to re"e"ber2 Their tri s to other -orlds "ay be tri s of another kind altogether) roduced by si s of a"brosia rather than the roaring rockets of so"e advanced e:traterrestrial civili3ation2

The "mbrosia 'actor When "ortal "en -ere ushered into the resence of the gods in ancient ti"es) according to "ythology) they -ere invariably handed a goblet containing a thick) syru y li#uid and -ere told to drink it2 $f they -ere suffering any ill effects fro" their visits to the alaces of gods ?usually on to of so"e "ountain@) their sy" to"s vanished as soon as they drank fro" the goblet2 So the first legend to s ring u around this a"brosia clai"ed that it had "edicinal o-ers) that it -as a "agical cure-all2 Later this -as greatly e"bellished2 A"brosia -as su osed to "ake the drinker i""ortal) and it rendered divine o-ers222 the ability to co""unicate directly -ith the gods2 &ven though belief in the gods of the +o"ans and 'reeks gradually faded a-ay) the A"brosia factor re"ained an integral art of su ernatural "anifestations2 $n the Middle Ages) "ost of &uro e -as engulfed in an e ide"ic of fairies and little eo le2 Millions sa- the di"inutive creatures and thousands even clai"ed to have been kidna ed and taken into their underground alaces2 So"e "en even returned -ith bi3arre tales of having been forced to "ate -ith the Fairy Bueen) resu"ably to introduce a hu"an strain into the fairy -orld2 As in "ore ancient ti"es) those selected for these alace visits -ere lied -ith food and drink222 es ecially drinkH a thick) s-eet substance identical ?a arently@ to the a"brosia of the old-ti"e gods of the "ountain to s2 Scholars) historians) and riests -ho investigated the fairy "anifestations eventually decided that the little eo le did not really e:ist2 The -itnesses) they s eculated) had been CenchantedC by so"e "ysterious force2 ,othing -as kno-n about hy notis" in those days) and even less -as kno-n about hallucinogenic drugs) but the volu"inous descri tions of these fairy e isodes clearly indicate that the victi"s -ere e: osed to one or both2 The fluids forced do-n their throats "ay have been a forerunner of LSD) o ening their "inds to co" le: hallucinations and clouding their "e"ories of -hat reall$ ha ened2 $t -as not unco""on for an CenchantedC "an to stagger ho"e like +i Jan Winkle) thinking only a fe- hours had assed but finding that several days > even -eeks > had ela sed since he had entered the fairy do"ain2 This co" ression of ti"e is a sure sign that the victi"s had been hy noti3ed in so"e -ay) and had a co" letely false "e"ory inserted into their "inds to account for the eriod in -hich their bodies had so"eho- been used by the enchanting force2 $t could be a for" of ossessionH the occu ation of the hu"an body by an outside intelligence2 The fairy faith died out after 01I1 and the introduction of s iritualis"2 S irit "ediu"s la se into an unconscious state and &illingl$ turn their bodies over to forces rofessing to be the s irits of the dead2 The ra id s read of s iritualis" "ade the old fairy ga"e unnecessary2 The enchanting force no- had a gro-ing ar"y of -illing victi"s2 -en*sian #oo6e During the 0.;9s a 7olish e"igrM na"ed 'eorge Ada"ski set u sho in !alifornia as a teacher of universal truths and "ysticis"2 He served as the guru to a s"all follo-ing of a fe- hundred eo le and -ould have re"ained totally obscure in a state filled -ith countless obscure cults if flying saucers had not suddenly a eared in 0.IF2 Soon strange aerial ob5ects -ere a earing nightly over Ada"ski6s ho"e on the slo es of Mount 7alo"ar2 Ada"ski -as already stee ed in the lore and ractices of self-hy nosis) s iritualis") and the esoteric religions of the Far &ast2 His "ind -as already trained to acce t cos"ic interlo ers2 He e"braced the 4F* "ystery -ith enthusias"2 Within a fe- days huge cigar-sha ed ob5ects -ere landing on the desert near Mount 7alo"ar and tall) long-haired Jenusians -ere holding face-to-face "eetings -ith the aging guru2 Modesty not being one of Ada"ski6s virtues) he gleefully told his follo-ers about his e: erience and soon his story -as a earing in ne-s a ers and "aga3ines2 Ada"ski6s ne- friends -ere #uite obliging2 They invited hi" aboard their craft and fle- hi" to the "oon2 But) of course) before they -hisked hi" into outer s ace they offered hi" a drink2 *ne of the beautiful Jenusian -o"en on the s ace craft handed hi" Ca s"all glass of colorless li#uid2C $t tasted like -ater) he later -rote) but -as Ca little denser) -ith a consistency so"ething like a very thin oil2C Since he -as one of the first 4F* contactees to ublici3e his alleged e: eriences) Ada"ski #uickly

beca"e the center of controversy2 The self-styled Cscientific ufologistsC -ho then -ere fe- in nu"ber ?and still are@ frothed at the "outh each ti"e his na"e a eared in rint2 He -as denounced as a liar and a fraud des ite the fact that he roduced hotogra hs to back u his story and) on a nu"ber of occasions) other -itnesses -ere resent -hen he "et -ith the saucer ilots2 He -as taken "ore seriously in &uro e) -here he traveled in the late 0.89s) and -as accorded "eetings -ith various lu"inaries and a rivate audience -ith the 7o e2 $n 0.E8 he -as stricken -ith a heart attack and died2 7enniless2 )o*te to the Stars Throughout the 0.89s) the flying saucers endlessly re eated the -ell-kno-n fairy ga"es of old) fre#uently ausing to ail -ater fro" strea"s and -ells in front of astonished -itnesses ?an old fairy ractice@) and indulging in the kind of "ischievous ranks -hich had led the A"erican $ndians to label the little eo le CTricksters2C ?$ndians -ere seeing the -ee folk long before the &uro eans arrived on this continent2@ More and "ore 4F* contactees bravely follo-ed Ada"ski6s e:a" le and revealed their e: eriences ublicly) often to their everlasting regret because they -ere usually ridiculed and harrassed into silence2 A sign ainter in ,e- Dersey) Ho-ard Menger) clai"ed that 4F*s -ere landing on his far" and on one occasion he "et a tall entity in a suit of shining ar"or -ho sounded e:actly like one of the ancient 'reek or +o"an gods2 $n another age Ada"ski and Menger -ould have robably been elevated to the rank of High 7riest and their tales of these encounters -ould have been carved into stone2 But in these enlightened ti"es the general ublic vie-ed the contactees as clo-ns and lunatics -hile the believers in 4F*s and e:traterrestrial intelligences snarled that they -ere hoa:ers and ublicity-seeking charlatans2 As "ore and "ore contactee stories a eared) a nu"ber of interesting facts and si"ilarities develo ed2 $t -as es ecially co""on for the contact e: erience to begin -ith a sudden) al"ost blinding flash of light) then the ob5ect or entity -ould "ateriali3e in front of the startled erci ient2 ?This sa"e factor -as resent in "any of the fairy stories) and in "any religious "iracles2@ *ften the erci ient -ould find hi"self rooted to the s ot) unable to "ove2 This is a clear indication that he or she -as in a trance state after the light flashed2 After the ob5ect de arted the erci ient -ould cease to be araly3ed and -ould discover that several hours had assed even though it had see"ed like only a fe- "inutes2 Ada"ski and Menger both sincerely believed they had been aboard a s ace shi and had even flo-n to the "oon2 But -ere the "e"ories of their e: eriences any "ore reliable than the "e"ories of the "en -ho had been seduced by the Fairy Bueen in her underground alace% What the -itnesses see is not nearly as i" ortant as &hat made them see it! The Strang ing Spacemen Descri tions of the ufonauts have been varied) fro" little "en a fe- inches high to to-ering giants2 But one ty e has turned u "ore often than any other2 He is of nor"al height > five to si: feet tall > and rese"bles a nor"al earthling e:ce t that his facial features are #uite angular2 *ften he a ears to the -itness to be of *riental e:traction) -ith elongated eyes) high cheekbones) and a dark co" le:ion2 *ne of the "ost ignored as ects of these contact cases is robably also one of the "ost i" ortant2 These strange beings have trouble breathing2 They see" to be gas ing for air -hen they s eak) as if they -ere suffering fro" asth"a2 Their faces turn red -ith the effort2 When they "ove) they stagger uncertainly) al"ost as if they -ere drunk2 They have trouble utting one foot in front of the other2 Their eyes don6t see" to focus2 So"eti"es they look right through) or right ast) the -itness2 *r one eye see"s out of synch -ith the other2 When they talk) the -ords co"e out in cli ed hrases bet-een gas s) as if they -ere reciting so"ething they had "e"ori3ed2

$n short) these "ysterious visitors sho- all the sy" to"s of a -ell-kno-n "edical ail"ent called aeroe"bolis") also called Cthe bends2C Genera Marsha 3s Statement $n 0.88) Dr2 +olf Ale:ander) a ro"inent British ufologist) had a re"arkable conversation -ith his old friend 'eneral 'eorge !2 Marshall2 'eneral Marshall -as one of the to "en in govern"ent in the 0.I9s) serving as Ar"y !hief of Staff2 According to Dr2 Ale:ander) Marshall told hi") CJisitors fro" outer s ace are trying to -ork out a "ethod of breathing and staying alive in our at"os here before landing and establishing contact2C A arently the general -as rivy to detailed secret re orts containing infor"ation of such a bi3arre nature that even -hen this sa"e sort of infor"ation beca"e available to ufologists in the 0.E9s they chose to ignore it2 When a British contactee na"ed Arthur Bryant described his first encounter -ith 4F* ilots in 0.E8) he said) CWhen $ first sa- the" their breathing -as laboured) but after so"e "inutes this see"ed to -ear off2C This labored breathing is a co""on factor in "any contact cases and in "any Men $n Black e isodes as -ell2 During "y 4F* investigations around the country $ have collected "any interesting stories -hich $ have never ublished) usually because the -itnesses refused to let "e use their na"es in rint2 But there are so"e docu"ented accounts fro" "y ersonal files2 :The$ had an odd manner of spea#ing!!! as though the$ &ould inhale; then spea# until the$ had e0pelled all their breath; then inhale again and begin to spea# again!: - Fro" a de uty olice officer6s descri tion of his encounter -ith three "ysterious "en in black suits in 0.E12 :6e seemd to &heeze!!! li#e a man &ith asthma! 6e appeared to have difficult$ breathing!!! One of his e$es appeared to have a 'cast;' li#e a glass e$e! 6is e$es did not seem to move in unison!: - Testi"ony of a fa"ily in !a e May) ,e- Dersey) describing a "ysterious visitor -ho a eared shortly after they had e: erienced so"e unusual 4F* sightings in 0.EE2 $n 0.EF) a young fa"ily "an fro" Bel re) *hio had so"e interesting sightings2 Shortly after-ards he had a brief encounter -ith t-o black-garbed *riental-looking "en2 He said they a eared confused or drunk and see"ed to have difficulty -alking2 $n the s ring of 0.E1 an C$ndianC in black clothes a eared in the "iddle of the night on a college ca" us in Minnesota follo-ing a series of 4F* sightings2 He behaved in a drunken fashion2 The -itnesses -ere intervie-ed by Dero"e !lark) -ell-kno-n A"erican ufologist2 $n 0.E.) a Cdrunken !hina"anC staggered into a ne-s a er office in ,e- (ork state -hile a re orter -as ty ing u a local 4F* re ort2 He -as dressed in a black suit2 After "uch -hee3ing) he "anaged to say) CDon6t rint that story2C He staggered out) bu" ing into furniture2 The re orter follo-ed after hi" i""ediately but the street outside -as co" letely deserted2 $n the fall of 0.E.) an astonished "otorist in Massachusetts found the road blocked by a large saucer2 A red-faced "an -ith C o ing eyesC ca"e u to his car and asked the -itness to drive hi" into the nearest to-n2 The "an -ore a short black coat and Cvery shiny green trousers "ade out of so"e "aterial $ have never seen before2C As soon as the "an got into the car the ob5ect on the road lifted silently into the air and vanished2 The -itness tried to talk to the erson but he see"ed to have great difficulty breathing2 When asked -here he -as fro") he re lied) C(ou -ouldn6t understand2C The driver -as thinking of going straight to the local olice station as soon as he let the "an out2 But -hen the erson got out of the car on the "ain street of the to-n he -hee3ed) C,obody is going to believe you) so don6t bother2C He a eared to stagger uncertainly as he "oved a-ay2 Too M*ch Nitrogen What ails these strange black-suited eo le% A arently our at"os here is getting to the"2 At sea

level the earth6s at"os here is a ro:i"ately 19 ercent nitrogen and <9 ercent o:ygen2 Aeroe"bolis") also called !aisson disease) is caused by bubbles of nitrogen2 According to the Merc# Manual) a reference book for doctors) C$n deco" ression fro" greater than at"os heric ressure) locali3ed shar ains in the abdo"en) or about the 5oints of the e:tre"ities ?6the bends6@) vertigo ?6the staggers6@) nystag"us ?oscillatory "ove"ent of the eyeballs@) tinnitus ?sub5ective roaring or hissing in the ears@222 "ay be resent2C A arently these entities are like dee sea divers -ho co"e u too fast2 When they ste into our at"os here their bodies are suddenly attacked by nitrogen and they suffer fro" vertigo and nystag"us2 $n a nu"ber of cases) such as the !a e May incident above) these beings asked for a glass of -ater so they could take a ill2 After s-allo-ing the ill their behavior beca"e "ore nor"al2 ,o:ious gases lay a role in "any 4F* re orts2 The ob5ects) and so"eti"es the entities) are often surrounded by the s"ell of rotten eggs2 !he"ists identify this as being the s"ell of hydrogen sulfide2 $n a fe- cases) the -itnesses have been deliberately gassed before the ufonauts "ade their entrance2 The best-kno-n incident of this ty e is the reviously discussed story of Antonio Jillas-Boas) the young Bra3ilian far"er -ho) in 0.8F) -ent aboard a 4F* and had a secual liaison -ith a blone) long-fingered fe"ale2 Before the girl sho-ed u ) he said) a nauseating gas that s"elled like Cburning oil clothC filled the cha"ber -here he -as -aiting2 $t "ade hi" ill and he thre- u before he ad5usted to it2 !ould he have been e: osed to the nor"al at"os here of these eo le% Gods and Gases Were the gods of the ancient eo les actually ufonauts laying strange ga"es% Descri tions of the ancient gods "atch the "odern ufonaut descri tions and this a arent roble" -ith aeroe"bolis" "ay e: lain -hy the gods al-ays chose to settle on "ountainto s2 They see"ed to refer laces -here the air -as thinner and) ossibly) the risk of aeroe"bolis" -as not so great2 $n "any arts of the -orld) eo le still believe there are gods in the "ountains) fro" the Andes in South A"erica to Tibet2 The 7iute $ndians in ,orth A"erica have legends about blonde) longhaired) long-fingered gods -ho lived on sacred lateau:2 $ndians -ho -andered into these areas -ere araly3ed by C"etal tubesC -ielded by these gods2 The Ho i and ,avaho think their gods) the 1achina eo le) ride around in lu"inous aerial ob5ects and reside in the San Francisco "ountains2 When that Cfiery cloudC visited Moses it settled ato Mount Sinai and Moses struggled to the su""it alone to s end forty days there2 $n earlier ti"es the s"ell of bri"stone ?sulfur@ -as associated -ith the a earances of these strange airborne hantas"s and the de"ons and gods -ho su osedly acco" anied the"2 So the "odern sightings > and s"ells > are nothing ne-2 7*estions of Origin There are "any re orts describing ufonauts seen -earing hel"ets or breathing a aratus of so"e kind2 These stories cover everything fro" a si" le tube running u the ufonaut6s nose to elaborate s ace hel"ets attached to tanks -orn on the back2 There are at least t-o hotogra hs of hel"ed ufonauts2 *ne -as fil"ed by an engineer na"ed Mongu33i in the "ountains of $taly in 0.8<2 ?4nfortunately for Mr2 Mongu33i) his ictures -ere too clear2 He -as accused of a hoa: and even lost his 5ob after he released the ictures2@ The other -as taken by a fire"an in &ngland in the 0.E9s2 He sna ed a icture of his daughter in a ark near an ato"ic laboratory and -hen the fil" -as develo ed) there -as the i"age of a tall "an in a -hite s acesuit -ith a hel"et of so"e sort on his head2 A "an no one had seen at the ti"e the icture -as taken2 $f these hotos are authentic) and there -ill al-ays be doubts about that) they clinch the argu"ent that so"e ufonauts need artificial aids in our at"os here2 $f sulfur and hydrogen-sulfide are i" ortant co" onents of their at"os here) -here could they co"e fro"% Methane gas ?good old Cs-a" gasC@ see"s to be the "ain gas in the at"os here of Du iter2 7erha s the only lace in our solar syste" rich in hydrogen-sulfide is > the center of the

earth itself2 And if anybody is -alking around do-n there they6re under very high ressure2 $f they ca"e u to the surface abru tly they -ould get the bends 5ust like a dee sea driver2 Since 0.II) there has been a large grou of eo le -ho actually believe that flying saucers and ufonauts do co"e fro" the center of the earth2 There are even eo le -ho clai" to have visited the dee caverns o ulated by these "ysterious beingsH beings -ho look very "uch like us e:ce t for the *riental cast to their features2 $ing of the &or d There are countless "yths about the &lder race -ho once o ulated this earth but -ere driven underground by so"e catastro he2 $n the *rient there still e:ist beliefs in this underground race ruled over by the Aing of the World2 $t is even said that this race controls hu"an events on the surface) and that various surface cults take orders fro" this hidden race) co""itting olitical assassinations and other cri"es to further the &lder6s "ysterious ends2 A -riter na"ed +ichard Shaver gave the &lders a ne- na"e in 0.II -hen he u dated the ancient legends2 He called the" Cderos)C acrony" for Cdetri"ental robots)C and clai"ed they controlled us through the use of fiendish rays2 According to the dero believers) the flying saucers co"e to us fro" gigantic holes at the ,orth and South oles2 But erha s -e should take a ne- look at the old legends2 $t does see" to be a fact that a god-like race of su erior beings e:isted alongside early "an2 Who -ere they% Where -ere they fro"% Where did they go% Did they go underground into the volcanic interior of the earth leaving only a di" racial "e"ory behind% Are they still there) breathing sulfuric fu"es) rising fro" their dark do"inion fro" ti"e to ti"e to stagger do-n our streets on unsure feet) eyes rolling) bodies tortured -ith aeroe"bolis"%

NEW AGE OF THE GODS *n a -ar" Dune evening in A2D2 0I;9) four easants in the village of Daen) S ain) -itnessed a re"arkable rocession2 Fro" four se arate locations they -atched an esti"ated 899 eo le arade along dusty roads) led by a tall) beautiful -o"an in a -hite robe carrying an infant in her ar"s2 She -ore a glo-ing "antle abla3ed -ith iridescent colors casting so "uch light it nearly blinded the -itnesses2 The rocession -as headed by seven youngsters dressed in -hite and bearing -hite crosses) follo-ed by t-enty riests "arching in t-o ro-s) all chanting in an unintelligible tongue2 Hundreds of eo le s-ar"ed behind the" -ith hordes of barking dogs bringing u the rear2 The rocession -ound its -ay through the deserted streets to San $ldefonso church -here the flo-ing lady ascended a silvery throne2 Suddenly) at the stroke of "idnight) the entire "ob vanished ine: licably) leaving the four a"a3ed easants standing alone in the darkness2 There -as not a single foot rint or trace of the rocession in the dirt along their route2 When they re orted their strange e: erience) the four -itnesses -ere sub5ected to -eeks of #uestioning and investigation by civil and religious authorities2 They had all a arently seen the sa"e identical things and their re ort led to the origin of a sacred cult that flourished in S ain for several centuries2 According to the e:tensive records of the event) one of the -itnesses had heard a voice on Dune F th and 1th -hich -his ered/ CDo not slee and you -ill see good things2C OSource/ %uestra Se<ora de la -apilla; Madre; Patrona $ 7eina de 9aen by Jincente Montuno Morente) ublished in Madrid in 0.892P The rocession a eared at 00/;9 2"2 on the 09th of Dune2 'hostly arades -ere not restricted to the fifteenth century2 $n "y o-n investigations $ have heard "any bi3arre tales fro" sincere -itnesses describing gatherings of strange beings on beaches and hillto s2 There have been "ysterious convoys of auto"obiles racing through s"all to-ns in the -ee hours) their drivers ale and see"ingly entranced2 $n one case on Long $sland) t-o -itnesses re ortedly sa- Chundreds of dogs) all si3es and breedsC blocking roads and converging on a field -here 4F*s had reviously been seen2 *ddest of all) hanto" olice cars and "en in olice unifor"s have a eared in re"ote laces) diverted traffic) and then vanished2 $van Sanderson and his -ife -ere once detoured by a "ystery "an in a naval unifor" on a back road during one of their investigative stories2 $n a si" les age the testi"ony of a solitary -itness -as sufficient to launch a legend2 The thousands of religious "iracles) so carefully investigated by religious authorities through the ages) -ere usually -itnessed by one or t-o eo le) "ost often s"all children2 $t is robable that a large art of all "ythology and folklore has a basis in factH that a fe- -itnesses actually sa- ?or thought they sa-@ the gods or "onsters2 $n the days before the rinted and electronic "edia) such incidents -ere reserved by oral tradition2 When a succession of -itnesses had re orted essentially the sa"e thing) often in the sa"e geogra hical location) generation after generation) the e:istence of the god or de"on beca"e an established fact2 &ven the "ost hardnosed ske tic regarded the cu"ulative testi"ony as e" irical2 The gods of ancient $ndia and &gy t undoubtedly found life in this fashion) 5ust as Ashtar and his cronies fro" outer s ace are no- beco"ing a art of our "odern culture2 The Propagandists All of the "anifestations of the ast have served one ri"ary ur ose2 They have advanced belief in so"e theological) hiloso hical) or technological conce t) and su orted one of the "any fra"es of reference e" loyed to hide the real nature of the heno"enon fro" us2 They engage in -hat -e no- call sychological -arfare) and they have al-ays e: loited our eagerness to believe2 The "odern 4F* scene is a sociological "inefield because it has roduced a -orld-ide ro aganda "ove"ent of -illing evangelists advocating the e:istence of eo le fro" another lanet -ho altruistically intend to save us fro" ourselves2 The leading e:traterrestrial roselyti3ers have not had direct e: erience -ith the heno"enon the"selves2 Most have not even seen a funny light

bobbing across the sky2 ,evertheless) they are convinced that there6s so"eone out there and they ha ily s end all their ti"e lecturing) a earing on radio and television) and "aking "ovies advancing their ideas of the great benign invasion fro" the cos"os2 There are obviously "any grave dangers in this kind of blind belief2 *ur studies of the 4F* erci ients and contactees are teaching us that these encounters are "ore hallucinatory than real) that so"e co" le: hy notic rocess is involved) and that the real heno"enon is hiding behind a carefully engineered s"okescreen of ro aganda2 Those funny lights and their hy notic -aves of energy are art of so"ething that is related to this lanet) and to us2 But that so"ething "ay be far beyond our "eager o-ers of co" rehension2 There are forces that can distort our reality and -ar our fields of s ace and ti"e2 When -e are caught u in these forces -e struggle to find acce table e: lanation for the") and then the "anifestations begin to confor" to that e: lanation and so reinforce it2 &very fe- centuries) ho-ever) -e abandon the old e: lanations and co"e u -ith ne- ones2 Then the heno"enon obligingly tailors itself to those ne- beliefs2 This factor alone indicates that art of the heno"enon) at least) is directly related to the hu"an syche) and these events are in art the -ork of the individual and collective unconsciousness2 $n the ast several years a nu"ber of sychiatrists) doctors) and scientists have #uietly gathered e" irical evidence that so"e force -hose origin and ur ose re"ain unkno-n to us has the o-er to roduce a"nesia222 and other even "ore horrendous effects2 4sually -e hear about these incidents by accident2 There is no -ay of kno-ing ho- "any thousands of eo le "ay have been te" orarily abducted and e:a"ined in recent years2 $t could ha en to you on the -ay ho"e fro" a arty2 (ou could -ake u the ne:t "orning in your o-n bed) u33led because you couldn6t re"e"ber anything that ha ened after you left the arty2 But you -ould naturally decide you robably had had too "uch to drink and dis"iss it fro" your "ind2 The historical record indicates this ins ection rocess is a continuing one2 Also) fro" -hat -e nokno- of this > -hich is ad"ittedly not enough > it see"s to be hereditary2 $f your great-grandfather had an e: erience of this ty e during the great 4F* -ave of 01.F) you are likely to have had it in 0.EF2 7ersons -ith $ndian blood are "ore likely to have so"e for" of 4F* e: erience than anyone else) e:ce t for 'y sies2 The heno"enon is selective) and a study of the 4F* records suggests that certain grou s are selected "ore often than others2 Although De-s re resent about 8Q of the 42S2 o ulation) less than 0Q of the kno-n 4F* -itnesses have been De-ish2 The heno"enon is "ore intense in !atholic countries ?i2e2 Bra3il) France) S ain) etc2@ than in others2 Barney Hill -as black) and black -itnesses are a rarity) but this "ay be because the black eo le are still cut off fro" nor"al channels of re orting ?ne-s a er re orters in "any regions of the 42S2 "ight still tend to ignore a black -itness@2 Finally) studies by Dr2 Dac#ues Jallee and others de"onstrate that age is often a factor in the selection rocess2 A t-enty-year-old is "ore a t to undergo a 4F* e: erience than a fifty-year-old2 But "aybe ever$one in the selected grou s undergoes these e: eriences -hen they are in their late teens or early t-enties222 even though very fe- re"e"ber anything about it2 "re +'Os to # ame. We no- kno- that this heno"enon o erates in "any -ays) on "any levels) using "any different fra"es of reference2 The flying saucer conce t is 5ust a fra"e of reference) like the secret caverns of the fairies in an earlier e och2 Flying saucers "ay be no "ore real than those legendary caverns2 But they can beco"e real if you believe in the" hard enough2 For the ast forty years or so a s"all knot of evangelistic ty es have served as un-itting ro agandists for the heno"enon by trying to convince the rest of the -orld that flying saucers are real s aceshi s fro" another lanet2 (et there is no "ore hard evidence today for the reality of 4F*s than there -as back in 0.IF2 There is) ho-ever) no- a considerable body of lore2 A "odern "ythology based u on #uestionable observations and enthusiastic s eculation2 7eo le -ho indulge in s iritualistic beliefs) -itchcraft) and black "agic) and a do3en other fra"es of reference also e: erience these "edical-ty e Cdrea"sC and s ells of lacunar a"nesia2 They

bla"e evil s irits) the devil) and other chi"erical entities for these events222 and 5ust as convincingly as the 4F* enthusiasts -ho are stu" ing for e:traterrestrial visitors2 The true source of these heno"ena has concealed itself behind all these fra"es of reference by creating "anifestations ai"ed at su orting each fra"e and advancing each articular set of beliefs2 $t > the source > is thus able to go about its "ysterious business uni" eded -hile -e all search vainly for visitors fro" s ace2 Ho es in the Sky This lanet has al-ays been a Disneyland for the 'ods2 Since "an first started s-inging in the trees he has been a-are of the e:istence of another) higher intelligence2 And he has lived in terrible fear of $t2 When he ronounced $ts na"e outloud a sudden bolt of lightning -ould art his hair2 The *ld Testa"ent is a chronicle of horror) describing an egocentric collection of su ernatural beings -ho -ere al-ays doing rotten things to gentle souls like Dob2 $f -e can believe all the "yths and legends that have been handed do-n to us) "an has 5ust been a a-n in so"e unintelligible cos"ic ga"e2 The 'ods have al-ays been ini"ical to the hu"an race2 We no- kno- that there are forces on this lanet that can be invisible to our li"ited o-ers of erce tion2 These are blobs of energy that can assu"e any for") create any belief syste") distort our reality in any -ay they see fit2 They are the Watchers) art of -hat H2 '2 Wells called W2*2W2 Wings *ver the World2 They -ere robably here -hen giant saurians sto" ed about the lanet2 They robably -atched the first "ale and fe"ale homo sapiens scratching their flea-ridden bodies) and They se arated those ri"itives into leaders and follo-ers and gave the" obsessions and co" ulsions to -reck their si" le lives2 The first "an to lay -ith fire -as robably o osed by a Hochstetter -ho denounced the fla"es as being unrealistic and dangerous2 The history of the ast forty years sho-s ho- little -e learn2 The 4F* "ystery has been studied and solved again and again2 First there -as Dr2 Layne -ith his occult connection2 By 0.88) there -as a -ealth of literature) a s"all art of -hich vie-ed the heno"enon -ith great accuracy and understanding2 But the True Believers ersisted in acce ting the contactee confabulations at face value2 ,e-co"ers al-ays had to start all over again2 $n 0.E.) an Air Marshal for the +oyal Air Force) Sir Jictor 'oddard) gave a lengthy s eech in London) revealing all that the +AF had learned about 4F*s in its years of investigation2 That should have been the end of the "atter2 But it -asn6t2 Sir Jictor discussed "any of the things that are described in this book and the True Believers -ere baffled) befuddled and angry because he had failed to ackno-ledge the -onderful e:traterrestrials2 So the arade of ignorance continued2 $n the 0.19s) the trance "ediu"s of the old-ti"e s iritualist seances have been re laced by Cchannels2C Whereas the co""unicating entities of the late 0199s had osed as $ndians) Tibetans and Atlanteans ?there -as a big Lost Atlantis cra3e around the turn of the century@) the "odern CchannelsC -ere ur ortedly s ace beings2 ?Although one of the "ost o ular -as a -o"an -ho strutted about the stage clai"ing to be a ;9)999 year old Atlantean) s outing 5uvenile hiloso hy2@ The follo-er ty es have flocked to the channels and) in so"e cases) sho-ered the" -ith "oney2 But it is all 5ust a tired old ga"e revived largely by a "ovie star) Shirley MacLaine) -ho has blundered into be-hiskered occult notions like reincarnation) crystals and all of the basics of -itchcraft2 She took her sho- on the road and "any thousands of eo le aid G;99 a iece to hear her "essage2 7eo le -ho had "issed the great sychic e: losion of the 0.E9s and early 0.F9s) noe"braced the ,e- Age2 7agan religions have also en5oyed greater o ularity than ever2 7eo le suffering fro" the econo"ic "iseries of inflation) une" loy"ent and the grave decline of A"erica6s industries) have turned to -itchcraft and "agick ?s elled -ith a CkC@ in the ho es that so"eho- they can "ani ulate the invisible forces that are the target of every rayer and incantation2 Today there are stores all over the country selling the things needed for agan rites2 We are clearly entering into a ne- age of "agick -hile conventional religions -hither2 As $ have already e: lained) it doesn6t take "uch roof to launch a ne- cult or belief syste"2 'reat religions have been founded on the clai"s of a single erson -ho rofessed to talk to 'od) angels

andLor de"ons2 'eorge Ada"ski and others have built u -orld-ide follo-ings on the silliest of assertions2 The "a5ority of eo le have a built-in urge to believe in so"ething222 anything2 Those -ho are too rag"atic or scientific to acce t religious fra"es of reference can get s-allo-ed u in other belief syste"s like &Ts or eccentric scientific or olitical ideas2 The key ingredients are a charis"atic leader ?-ho is often a schi3o hrenic@ and follo-ers -ho are obsessive-co" ulsive ersonalities2 The Hochstetter ty es -ho -ill al-ays a ear after a fra"e of reference has been established) have the sa"e characteristics as the follo-ers but are "ore e:tre"e2 They are True Believers in the o osite of -hatever the belief syste" "ay be2 Like all the others) they have a CtriggerC -hich can set the" off2 +eligious fanatics can be turned on -ith a single hrase fro" the bible2 All of the assorted cults and grou s of believers and disbealievers are beginning to froth at the "outh as -e a roach the end of this century2 Al"ost every fra"e of reference has a set of established beliefs for the "illenniu"2 The bible tells us that Ar"ageddon -ill begin in a field in 7alestine2 $n 0.0F) the hanto" lady seen by three children at Fati"a) 7ortugal su osedly left a "essage about the end of the -orld -hich 7o e Dohn refused to reveal to the ublic2 The hardy 4F* believers have suffered through "any redicted end-ti"es over the years) so"eti"es going to sit on "ountainto s to -ait for the 4F*s to arrive and save the"2 $t has been a very long -ait2 Al"ost every year the 4F* buffs have tensed their loins for a C!C Day) CMC Day or 5ust lain &vacuation Day2 The bible even s ells it out) telling us that 0II)999 chosen eo le -ill be rescued2 &veryone else -ill fry -hile all the dead rise u fro" ce"etaries and general havoc breaks loose2 The French ro het ,ostrada"us redicted that a Cgreat terror fro" the skyC -ould hit this lanet in 0...2 $n 0.E0) four young girls in the little village of 'arabandal) S ain) shared a vision of a CladyC -ith long) thin hands) a long angular face and thin li s2 *n the lady6s right) they said they sa- Ca s#uare of red fire for"ing a triangle -ith an eye and so"e -riting2 The lettering -as in old *riental scri t2C The entity gave the children several "essages) one -hich clearly stated that the co"ing end of the -orld -ould be signaled by the a earance of a hole in the sky2 A hole in the sky% That didn6t "ake "uch sense in 0.E02 The girls had a series of conversations -ith the lady2 Since they -ere solid !atholics they assu"ed she -as the Jirgin Mary2 Thousands of True Believers oured into 'arabandal and -atched as the girls -ent into trances2 ,o one else -as able to see the lady2 A large cult has gro-n u around Cthe "iracle of 'arabandal2C When) in the early 0.19s) scientists in Antarctica discovered a huge hole in the o3one layer above the South 7ole) 'arabandalites fli ed out2 *nce "ore it -as ti"e to get ready for the end2 Let6s not forget the A"erican $ndians2 They also have "any sole"n redictions about the grand finale2 Their "essengers and gods -ere co ycats of the longhaired folks on Mount *ly" us and in the Arabian desert2 Whenever and -herever these entities have a eared they have al-ays ro"ised that they -ould return again one day2 And their ne:t visit -ould "ark the end of the -orld2 Since one does not argue -ith an a arent godly being) this ro"ised return has beco"e an integral art of "any belief syste"s2 The De-s have been -aiting for thousands of years for a Messiah to a ear2 The !hristians believe that Doshua -ill co"e back riding on a glo-ing cloud and it6ll be curtains for this tired old lanet2 The "odern Cs ace"enC fro" flying saucers al-ays say they -ill co"e back one day) su osedly to evacuate the chosen fe- to a safer lanet2 The Ho i $ndians have long referred to the big o---o- in the sky as 7urification Day2 *ther tribes have labeled it The Harvest2 The Harvest% Ancient ,ava5o legends state that the first sign of the a roaching end -ill be the a earance of a nine- ointed star2 There have been "any sightings of nine- ointed 4F*s in recent years2 Many other ancient ro hecies are co"ing true in these closing years of the t-entieth century2 Across the lanet "illions of eo le are already "entally acking their suitcases2 There have been countless dry runs of the &nd of The World but so"eho- -e never see" to learn2 A large nu"ber of eo le believed that 01II -as going to be the big year2 And there -as al"ost

-holesale hysteria in 01.. -hen everyone -as convinced there -ould be no 0.992 S iritualis" had started in earnest in 01I1 and by 01..) nearly everyone -as talking to a -ide assort"ent of s irits -ho) as al-ays) -ere filled -ith lies and fiendish ranks2 Today the CchannelsC are re eating the sa"e charade2 (ou can bet your britches that there -ill be a gro-ing caco hony of &nd of the Worlders as -e lunge into the 0..9s2 The sa"e anti#uated scenario -ill be layed over and over again2 By 0... there -ill be a kind of universal anic2 When the very first ato"ic bo"b -as e: loded in ,e- Me:ico) the attending scientists "ade bets a"ong the"selves2 So"e thought the bo"b -ould set off a chain reaction that -ould destroy the -hole lanet2 *thers bet it -ouldn6t2 Fortunately) the o ti"ists -on the bet2 $n a -ay) $ a" "aking the sa"e bet2 $ agree -ith the bible) that the end -ill co"e suddenly Clike a thief in the night2C But $ don6t think it -ill ha en soon2 ,or do $ think -e need fear an ato"ic -ar) even though the 7entagon has been successfully terrori3ing the A"erican ublic) and the -orld) -ith that threat for forty years2 $n his fare-ell adress to West 7oint) 'eneral Douglas MacArthur announced that he believed that one day -e -ould be caught u in a -ar -ith Cevil forces fro" another lanet2C The 'eneral -as an avid 4F* fan2 But in the t-enty-five years since his s eech -e have s ent "illions and "illions on e:obiology and the search for e:traterrestrial life2 *ur scientists have co"e u e" ty-handed and no- they are sta" eding to the old anti-&T osition2 &ven science fictioneers like Arthur !2 !larke are no- begrudgingly ad"itting that it looks as if there is no such thing as e:traterrestrial life2 They "yriad lanets -e once i"agined do not e:ist2 There is no evidence of any for" of life in our o-n solar syste" outside of earth2 The universe consists of debris fro" so"e great e: losion long before the beginning of ti"e and it took a long series of coincidences and freak accidents for this lanet to beco"e infested2 A arently) articles of energy left over fro" that e: losion first took charge of this "udball and they6ve been in charge ever since2 H2 72 Lovecraft called the" The &lders2 They have been leading us around by our collective noses for aeons2 But no-) for so"e reason that is not yet clear) a "erging is taking lace2 The &lders are slo-ly revealing the"selves to us2 What -as once forbidden kno-ledge is no- beco"ing kno-n to "illions2 &ven our scientists) those oor back-ard slobs) and the Hochstetters are recogni3ing the resence of these forces2 The $ndustrial Age is co"ing to a close and science is rediscovering "agick2 *ur civili3ation) -hich took centuries to build) is noco"ing a art2 Jiolence stalks the -hole lanet2 Dishonesty and corru tion gri our decaying govern"ents2 *ur schools have beco"e -arehouses for children -ho) thanks to the 7entagon6s terrorist ca" aign have lost interest in our fragile society2 But is it the &nd Ti"e% *r is there a ne- beginning so"e-here in the near future%

THE LAST LAUGH They6ve got us surrounded2 Those chimera of the ancient 'reeks) reeking -ith fire and bri"stone ?sul hur@) still stalk us2 The tall) hairy "onsters -ith the glo-ing red eyes "arch through suburbs in *hio2 Aangaroos rance around ,e- Ha" shire2 Dinosaurs frighten "otorists in Te:as and 7yg"ies in Africa2 ,inety-foot sea ser ents frolic in lakes -ith only a fe- inches of -ater in $reland2 Little green "en visit Bra3ilian far"ers and French vineyards2 Tall) long-haired gods in shining ar"or chat -ith sign ainters in ,e- Dersey and fertili3er sales"en in ,ebraska2 Weirdly iridescent -heels of light ursue airliners in Alaska and lonely "otorists in the *3arks2 Aside fro" the s"all band of Forteans scattered around the -orld) nobody see"s to notice all as ects of this hantas"agoria2 $t has been going on since the beginning of our race and it -ill continue long after -e have all shi ed out to another lanet because our ro hets have -arned us that this lace in s ace is unsafe2 We have never learned2 Thousands of years ago) the authors of the Bible told us be-are of those -ho clai"ed to re resent distant states) o-ers and rinci alities2 Did they "ean those sly characters -ho no- rofess to be visiting fro" other lanets% 4ndoubtedly2 The +AF tried to tell us about these things in 0.E.2 But the believers -ent on believing2 Belief is the ene"y2 These "yriad creatures are not real in the sa"e sense that a gorilla is real2 They "arch across "uddy fields leaving tracks that end abru tly as if they had vanished into thin air2 Then the sad) "isanthro ic Hochstetters attack the -itnesses) lending their eculiar brand of lunacy to an already lunatic situation2 Large grou s of eo le often see astonishing things in the sky2 Like our "onsters) these things also co"e and go in a "ysterious "anner2 !ountless -itnesses have said they vanished Clike a light bulb going out2C Again) the Hochstetters have si" ered and snickered2 Since such things can6t be -ithin the confines of our reality) the -itnesses "ust all be liars and kooks2 The truth is that -e are dealing -ith distortions of reality) -ith hallucinations and trans"ogrifications) -ith energy for"s that feed u on "agnetic stor"s and so"eti"es u on living things2 The evidence is in2 The ans-ers are here2 But the believers do not -ant crass scientific ans-ers to the co" le: notions of their theologies2 They -ant their beliefs confir"ed) not e: lained2 &ach generation has roduced its o-n Shirley MacLaines2 $n so"e generations) -hole countries have been sei3ed by the blind) irrational fanaticis" that roduced the !hildren6s !rusade of the Middle Ages and Hitler6s 'er"any2 A large art of the folklore of $reland is based u on the resence of little eo le living in "agical hills2 There are "any laces in the 4nited States so haunted that the $ndians al-ays refused to go near the"2 Today) those sa"e laces are still haunted by -eird aerial lights and hairy creatures that screa" in the night2 We are like ants) trying to vie- reality -ith very li"ited erce tive e#ui "ent and then basing our theologies and hiloso hies on -hat are essentially "is erce tions2 The real roble" is that there is a "uch larger reality around us that -e can not see but can only sense2 While -e grovel on our -ay to the t-enty-first century) so"eone or so"e thing is -atching -ith a"use"ent2 Like !olu"bus) -e don6t kno- -here -e6ve been) -here -e6re going or even -here -e are2 The Coming of the New "ge When the eo le of $reland first discovered the -ee eo le) they founded a -hole ne- subculture based u on the firsthand e: eriences of reliable eo le2 Si"ilarly) the outbreak of 4F* contactees in the early 0.89s led to the creation of a -hole ne- belief syste"2 Most of those first contactees -ere si" le eo le222 far"ers) house-ives) factory -orkers and #uasi-"ystical Cseekers2C Though the "a5ority -ere barely literate) they often s ent "onths or even years laboriously -riting books about their e: eriences2 $n "any cases) these books -ere even allegedly dictated by the long-haired

entities directly2 Legiti"ate ublishers fro-ned on these a"ateurish efforts) so "any of these -ould-be authors scri" ed and saved and ublished their books the"selves2 Their dedication -as fanatical) and "any of the" suffered incredible hardshi s to get their "essage across2 4sually such books found an audience of a fe- hundred and -ere #uickly forgotten2 *ne recurrent the"e in this offbeat literature of the 0.89s -as the ro hecy that -e -ere about to enter a ,e- Age2 An age -hen there -ould be a -holesale sta" ede to the occult) to *ui5a boards) tarot cards) and astrology2 This rediction see"ed atently ridiculous in 0.88) -hen -e -ere in the "idst of total "aterialis" and reoccu ied -ith the e: ansion of our technological society2 ,evertheless) ,e- Age grou s s rang u around the -orld) issuing ne-sletters filled -ith "essages fro" the Sky 7eo le and ro hecies of the Brave ,e- World2 The ress and establish"ent science snickered2 Flying aucers and long-haired s ace ilots -ere so "uch rubbish2 And the -orld -as no- too scientific and too reasonable to ever again take a serious "ass interest in the occult2 The ,e- Age eo le and the 4F* contactees -ould have the last laugh2 The )e!o *tion of the Mind The 0.E9s beca"e one of the "ost i" ortant eriods in hu"an history) not because the -orld e"braced the occult ane-) though it did2 But because the "ysterious intelligences of so"e other -orld began to intersect -ith our o-n) 5ust as they had done in very ancient ti"es2 Their influence u on the hu"an condition -as -ides read and subtle2 $t engulfed a -hole ne- generation beginning -ith culture and "usic) 5ust as the ancient Sky 7eo le influenced early culture and introduced art) story-telling) even dance2 &: eri"enters -ith LSD discovered they could so"eti"es induce hallucinations identical to the visions of the earlier "ystics and contactees2 The frightening Drug !ulture burst onto the scene2 $n Liver ool) the Beatles revolutioni3ed "usic al"ost overnight2 The long-hair they affected in 0.EI see"ed silly to "ost of us) but -ithin three years long-hair had beco"e the badge of a -hole generation2 &ccentric dress beca"e the nor"2 A ne- kind of non-confor"ist confor"ity s-e t over youth around the -orld) s reading out fro" &ngland and reaching even behind the $ron !urtain2 Si"ultaneously) also in 0.EI) 4F* sightings increased heno"enonally every-here in the -orld2 A ne- breed of contactee a eared2 The long-haired Sky 7eo le -ere no- sto ing la-yers) doctors) govern"ent officials) olice officers) and ne-s a er"en on deserted back roads2 4nlike their 3any redecessors) "ost of these ne- contactees re"ained co" aratively silent2 A fe-) like a ro"inent hysicist in !alifornia -ho under-ent contact in 0.EE) tried to rationally a ly the teachings of the Sky 7eo le2 $nterested grou s of educated eo le clustered #uietly on college ca" uses and institutes of higher learning) e:changing ne-s of The S ace 7eo le2 $t took a-hile for the ress to catch on to -hat -as ha ening2 The da" didn6t burst until March 0.EE -hen) finally) the "ultitude of 4F* sightings began to "ake the headlines every-here2 Flying saucers beca"e a .9-day -onder again2 ,ational "aga3ines like 'oo# and 'ife -ere filled -ith 4F* stories2 The 42S2 Air Force s#uir"ed unco"fortably and handed the -hole "ess to a grou of scientists at !olorado 4niversity2 Mean-hile) the redictions of the ,e- Age grou s of the 0.89s -ere co"ing to ass2 Millions of eo le began to e: lore the sychic and occult literature) after having 4F* sightings and sychic e: eriences of their o-n2 By 0.F9) *ui5a boards -ere outselling Mono oly sets2 Changes in the Patterns Flying saucer sightings and incidents re"ained at an allti"e high fro" 0.EI to 0.E1 and then they see"ed to die a-ay2 During that eriod 4F* contacts occurred on an un recedentedly high level2 Many of the eo le -ho had these e: eriences sho-ed eculiar changes of ersonality and lifestyle2 So"e divorced their -ives and abandoned their careers2 So"e beca"e convinced that they -ere s ace eo le the"selves) like the West Jirginia high school teacher -ho soberly infor"ed his students that he -as really a Jenusian) or the ,ebraskan olice officer -ho sacrificed a ro"ising career after his 4F* e: erience2

*n "ore tragic levels) there -as an increase in the nu"bers of "urders and cri"es carried out by eo le -ho clai"ed the s ace eo le had ordered the" to do it2 And "ultitudes of young eo le -ere "arching to a different dru""er) tuning in and dro ing out) re5ecting the "aterialis" of our society) going off to live in caves on Mediterranean islands or the forests of !anada2 High schools and colleges around the country installed courses in -itchcraft and the occult2 Black "agic and even Satanis" re laced the goldfish s-allo-ing collegiate fad of yesteryear2 Fourteenyear-olds held serious discussion of reincarnation and their ast lives2 Men and -o"en acce ted or re5ected each other according to their astrological signs2 All of these things took lace in unison) during a single e ic decade2 *n the good side) -e beca"e collectively conscious of the horrendous da"age our technology -as doing to our lanet ?the early 4F* contactees had been -arned of this very thing@2 Frenetic "ove"ents such as Wo"en6s Lib) !ivil +ights) and the Se:ual +evolution all began to "ake inroads during this eriod) altering our sociological structure dra"atically and roducing olitical refor"s2 &ach of these "ove"ents had their ro hets and visionaries and Cillu"inatedC leaders2 The ter" Cconsciousness raisingC beca"e a art of our ne- vocabulary2 The &inding Down $n Duly) 0.E.) "en -alked on the "oon for the first ti"e) achieving an ancient drea" and) erha s) fulfilling so"e i" ortant but "ysterious hase of "an6s destiny2 That sa"e year) !olorado 4niversity infor"ed a -eary ublic that 4F*s -ere not e:traterrestrial s aceshi s) and the 42S2 Air Force shut do-n 7ro5ect Blue Book) its flying saucer investigation grou 2 The ress rarely "entioned 4F*s after that) although they are still being seen -ith tireso"e fre#uency2 Books on the occult -ere outselling books on such erennial to ics as se:2 ?A decade earlier no "a5or ublisher -ould touch an occult book because there -as then only a Cfringe "arket2C@ The ,e- Age had not cre t u on us2 $t had arrived -ith a-eso"e suddenness2 Whereas only a fethousand Ccrack otsC had believed in flying saucers in the 0.89s) by the late 0.E9s "illions of eo le all over the -orld believed -e -ere receiving visitors fro" outer s ace2 $n 0.F0) the a"bassador fro" the African state of 4ganda stood u in the 4nited ,ations and delivered a s eech about the 4F*s in his country) de"anding that so"ebody ought to do so"ething2 Dr2 D2 Allen Hynek) the air forces6 4F* consultant for t-enty years and a leading 4F* ske tic for "ost of that ti"e) ublished a book declaring C-here there6s s"oke there "ust be fire2C So"e "e"bers of the !olorado 4F* ro5ect) such as Dr2 David Saunders) also defected to the ranks of the believers2 $s all of this accidental and coincidental% *r are -e going through a re etition of historyH not hysical history but s iritual history% The "yths and the religious lore of "ankind de"onstrate that the arrival of the Sky 7eo le -rought great changes) often in a very short ti"e2 $n so"e e ochs these changes -ere for the -orst2 We do not have the necessary historical ers ective to look back on the 0.E9s and accurately -eigh the full "erits of the revolution -hich took lace2 But it does a ear as if the co"ing of the great 4F* -ave of 0.EI-E1 -as ine:orably linked -ith the "any changes of the eriod2 &volution see"s to have gone into reverse= &ducational syste"s are colla sing -orld-ide2 $lliteracy is rising so fast it can hardly be "easured2 7eo le -ho can6t read are) of course) cut off fro" the ast) fro" history) fro" the thoughts and erce tions of great "inds) fro" art and culture) fro" everything that has any "eaning2 The loss is staggering2 We are beco"ing a race of ani"als living only for the i""ediate "o"ent) -ith no vocabularies) s eaking in grunts and guttural noises like the cave"en2 $n 0.1F) there -ere five billion of us2 $n less than t-enty years there -ill be ten billion2 Ten billion uneducated ani"als fighting for food) killing each other -antonly2 The o ti"ists a"ong the ,e- Age thinkers ho e that -e are really entering a ne- hase in our evolutionary rogress but $6" afraid all the signs are negative2 Man has ceased to evolve2 Look at ho- -e6ve slid back-ards in 5ust the ast decade= *ur social structures are falling a art2 Ar"ed "otorists are shooting each other on !alifornia6s high-ays2 7eo le are killing each other over arking s aces in ,e- (ork2 The 0.F9s -ere called the CMe DecadeC because selfishness and greed suddenly beca"e acce ted

#ualities2 This obsession -ith self -as even "ore destructive that the C7ositive ThinkingC "ania that s-e t the 0.89s and destroyed critical reasoning) a very i" ortant and necessary ability in this "odern -orld2 $n a t-enty year s an -e beca"e a grou -ithout any critical faculties) dedicated entirely to self-interests and to hell -ith everybody else2 $t -as only natural that there -ould be a frantic search for -orkable beliefs in the 0.19s and 0..9s2 The shallo-) unthinking couch otatoes of the TJ age need so"eone else to tell the" -hat to do and they don6t have the critical reasoning ability to 5udge the validity of the belief syste"s they ursue2 We are bioche"ical robots hel lessly controlled by forces that can scra"ble our brains) destroy our "e"ories and use us in any -ay they see fit2 They have been doing it to us forever2 We are caught u in a oker ga"e being layed -ith "arked cards2 (et) in the closing years of this century) -e are like the inveterate ga"bler -ho) -hen infor"ed that the ga"e is crooked) shrugs and says) C$ kno-222 but it6s the only ga"e in to-n=C

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dohn A2 Aeel) -orld-traveler and self-taught investigator into the unkno-n) began -riting rofessionally at the age of si:teen2 He is reci ient of honorary 7h2Ds for his -ork in her etology and archaeology) and "any other a-ards2 His revious books include The Mothman Prophecies) Our 6aunted Planet) Operation Tro.an 6orse) his autobiogra hy 9adoo) and nu"erous other titles2 Dohn Aeel lives and -orks in ,e- (ork !ity2

!o yright R 0.11 by Dohn A2 Aeel All rights reserved under the $nternational and 7an-A"erican !o yright !onventions2 For infor"ation) -rite to AM*A 7ress) 72*2 Bo: 80) !oo er Station) ,e- (ork) ,() 09<FE2 So"e cha ters of Disne$land of the *ods first a eared in Saga "aga3ine in a so"e-hat different for"2 09 . 1 F E 8 I ; < 0