VOICES
'Forget what's way up high,
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could.
I want to get some common
sense back into the field of UFOs. To
me, they're not aliens, they're UFO
people, and they're about 25,000
years ahead of us.
"
So I decided to write a book. I
dedicate it "To UFOs with Love.'
Why? They're the great hope for our
future.
All real abductees do exactly
what Barney and I did. They go to
the police or the military, or both.
On September 19, 1961, Barney
and I were returning from a vacation
to Canada. We were headed down
through the White Mountains. The
night was beautiful warm, full
moon, clear skies when I saw a
strange light in the sky.
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We assumed it was a satellite, so
we stopped and got out to look. As
we watched, it turned and started
coming in towards us.
We got back in the car and start-
ed driving south. We were puzzled,
but not scared. Just south of Indian-
head, this craft came out over the
highway in front of us and stopped.
Barney got out of the car with
binoculars to try to identify it. He
saw men standing in the window
looking down at him. Then the craft
began to descend, and he got fright-
ened. He ran back to the car and we
went speeding down the highway.
We heard beeping sounds. The
car vibrated. Then for some un-
known reason, Barney turned off the
main highway onto a dirt road. The
men stood in the middle of the road
blocking our way.
I would say they were human:
large eyes, small nose, thin slit for a
mouth, no protruding part of the ear,
no hair. They wore a one-piece dark
outfit. Their skin had a grey tone.
The leader talked in English. He
struggled with the words.
watch what's at treetop level'
They did some testing - physical-
type stuff. They checked our eyes,
ears, nose, throat. They were inter-
ested in our feet. They took samples
of our hair and scrapings of our skin.
They checked my nervous system,
and tried to insert a needle-like in-
strument in my navel, which caused
pain so they stopped. They said it
was a pregnancy test - unheard-of at
the time.
They showed me a star map of
where they were from, stars un-
known to astronomers then. Not un-
til 1969 was the cluster Zeta Reticula
discovered, 37 million light years
away in our galaxy.
Then they released us. Con-
sciously, we didn't remember any-
thing. But when we got home, we re-
alized our trip had taken longer than
it should have. Our watches had
stopped. Polished spots on the car
trunk made a compass react errati-
cally.
After medical hypnosis, the truth
came out. It was the first recognized
abduction by astronauts from an-
other solar system.
In the middle of all the newspa-
per publicity, Barney and I saw our
second UFO. We found an area in
New Hampshire where the UFOs
came into people's backyards almost
every night. That was the beginning
of the silent network. We didn't want
publicity, we wanted to learn about
UFOs.
How do you identify a UFO?
They're small, maybe 20 or 25 feet
across. Forget what's way up high,
watch what's at treetop level where
planes can't fly, something that's
moving slow.
Greet them in a friendly way if
you like. Wave and say, 'Hi.' They
might put on a show for you. Never
try to walk up to a landed UFO.
They're not offensive. They won't at-
tack. But if you threaten them,
they'll defend themselves.