◆ SpookStack

138 ufo contact photosynthetic process to produce at least simple plant forms. "The significance of my findings, if correct”, Dr. Johnson declared, "is that a case for life chemistry in space can not only be inferred but the end pro- duct can be looked upon as a form of life similar to that on earth”. Johnson made his discoveries by observing the spectral lines of light absorption of interstellar dust He found that the dust absorbed light at a certain range of wavelength. Identifying an element or compound by spectral information is similar to identifying a human by his fingerprints. It has been known that star-light contains many colors. Scientists also know that molecules or atoms in the path of star-light are capable of absorbing a part of it. This means that individual molecules can be ident- ified positively by the particular spectral portion of the light they absorb on a one-to-one basis. IN MILLIONS. Previous like studies of spectral lines indicated the presence of hydrocarbons. But since the comb- inations of known hydrocarbon compounds extends into the millions, further extensive study was required to identify the major components of dust from this spectral information. Random testing of the possible hydrocarbon comp- onents of the interstellar dust would take several lifetimes. By systematic elimination of possibilities, Dr. Johnson reduced the field to porphyrins and carbotenoids, which are closely associated with chlorophyll. He compared the absorption band spec- tra of these substances in laboratory conditions sim- ulating the extra-terrestrial environments of the dust and found that they matched Further investigation through both spectroscopic studies and lasar research at the Electro-Optical Systems revealed the substance in question to be chlorophyll. If some of this dust should reach a planet like Mars, could the chlorophyll photosynthesize? "We have indications that life started here (on earch) from outside”, Dr. Johnson declared. "The same thing could happen there”. To illustrate the point, Dr. Johnson said he cond- ucted some experiments on rocks estimated to be 4°h billion years old. He found porphyrins, a ’'skele- ton” form of chlorophyll Dr. Johnson speculated that the same mechanism — condensation of dust into meteors, which are then attracted to planets ~ can be at work now as well as in the past when earth was born. Credit: - Mrs. Merna Lindermayor, Can Bernadino, California. The space brothers- and Earth’s electronic equipment Unavoidable Interference. One of the commonest occurrences indicating the close presence of a UFO is the unavoidable inter- ference with Earth’s radio, electrical and electronic equipment, believed to be brought about by the different force field in which the UFO operates. Temporarily stalled cars, »dead« radios, distorted television screens and disrupted electronic equip- ment are among the features most frequently met with in a close encounter with a flying saucer. One of our correspondents in Westford, Mass., U.S.A., where there has been a record number of sightings this year, tells us that when a UFO passes near her home, a most extraordinary pattern of horizontal lines of small vees's (thus: vwwwwvwwwwwwwww) ap- pears on her television screen and that frequently when she goes outside to investigate, there is the culprit UFO! Included among the many reports of the increased world-wide UFO activity in recent months are typical ones such as the report from Azores published July 11 which reads: »Flying Ob- ject Stops Watches. A spokesman for Santa Maria Airport claimed today that a mysterious flying ob- ject apparently stopped all electro-magnetic watches at the airport when it flew slowly over the island yesterday. He said a white cylindrical object was seen flying slowly in a north-westerly direction at a height of 33,000 feet«. Another report from Can- berra, Australia, published soon after Mariner II was photographing Mars, reads: "Did Mysterious Object Distort Mars Signals? A mysterious glowing object — hovering near Canberra Airport while the U.S. Mariner space probe was taking pictures of Mars ~ has baffled experts in Canberra. Six members of the traffic control tower crew said the object hung suspended at about 5,000 feet for 40 minutes. It disappeared when an air force plane was sent out to identify it. Experts now are wondering if it was coincidence that the object was sighted shortly before nearby Tidninbilla tracking station was sched- uled to pick up Mariner signals. The station had unusual difficulty in locking on to Mariner at the time« Deliberate Control. It is believed that most of the aforegoing inci- dents are more or less of an accidental nature. But there is steadily-mounting evidence over the years that our space visitors are able to and actually do use our electronic equipment to make their presence known to their earth brothers, to convey ufo contact 115 people still who battle against great odds for what they know to be right We believe that, with Your Majesty's approval, further evidence can be produced for your consider- ation which will help greatly your understanding of these matters, thereby encouraging others to seek the truth of these visitations from outer space. It is our sincere belief that there is far too much at stake for the world to continue to supress or ignore news of events of such magnitude. Should Your Majesty so desire, George Adamski's friends would be honoured to tell their own stories and show their own films in Your Majesty's presence. With respect, Sincerely The Editors. * The evidence of the quiet contacts by RONALD CASWELL. THEY'LL NEVER GET CLOSE ENOUGH when V've got this in my hand, you know, Ronald”, said Fred with some conviction, looking down at the gleaming object he held on his knee. He had a slightly rueful smile on his face. He reminded me of a youngish Bob Hope in looks except that his nose was not so sharp and his face a little more rounded. "It's a power zoom lens, see. It’s fully automatic. - They know that if | get them on this, NO-ONE will be able to deny We sat near to the open French window of the lounge with the sun streaming in, | on the comfort- able old settee, Fred on a highbacked chair, one knee crossed over the other, looking thoughtfully at his own fingers idly adjusting the lens-piece of the cine-camera. May Morlet was somewhere in the house, probably ringing through to some of the guests we were ex- pecting later in the day - or maybe she had driven into Antwerp with Ingrid, Fred’s wife, who had a hairdressing appointment that afternoon. Tomorrow we were to run through to The Hague to meet some of our Dutch friends who were arranging Fred’s lect- ure and film-show there Hans was about somewhere in the big old house. He had arranged for a few days’ leave and travelled down from Copenhagen some days before. Hans is Major Petersen of the Royal Danish Air Force, organ- iser of the European and Asian sections of IGAP. He may never live it down, but, much-travelled man that he is, he had left his passport back home! He gave a huge chuckle as he described to us how he had managed to talk himself across the German frontier. Luckily his wife had now sent the passport on. I had flown across to Brussels a few days before, on September 1st, and drank coffee in the airport lounge with Pat Morlet, May's elder son, whilst we waited an hour or so for the Steckling’s plane to come in from Washington, via New York and Co- logne. They were flying LUFTHANSA. Patrick had them paged as the Cologne flight be- gan to stream into the arrival bay, everyone on the look-out for the baggage coming up on the wide moving belt from below. Mrs. Suzy Peeters, May's lifelong friend, and Treasurer for the Belgian groups, arrived in her tiny Volksvagen and smilingly greeted us, together with Philip, May's younger son, who had been filming the aircraft from the airport roof. We were all old friends. Suzy was to help with extra transport back to Antwerp. We looked at the people who were coming over to the inquiries desk; and the floor clattered with luggage-loaded trollies as the passengers came away from Customs and began passing through the barr- iers, some hurrying, some looking lost, others being greeted enthusiastically by waiting friends. The huge hall rang with sound, and above all were the dis- embodied voices speaking loftily from many hidden loudspeakers. We wondered what Fred and Ingrid would look like A neat-looking couple with a boy of about seven spoke to one of the clerks at the inquiries desk They turned and faced us as the man pointed our way. Fred was about 5 feet 10, Ingrid about 5-7. Glenn was looking around him at the high roof of the foyer. Ingrid was an attractive young woman with natural blonde hair, slim and wearing a white, two-piece suit. She did not look the type one would expect to see at a special private meeting of members of the United States Senate Aeronautics and Space Comm- ittee. Fred seemed a rather serious-faced young man. Both were in their early thirties. Both were German- born, naturalised Americans. They had lived in Ca- nada for some time prior to their arrival in the States. Only little Glenn’s voice was totally Ameri- can. So this was Fred Steckling, the young man who had not wished to “take over”, as George Adamski had hoped during the last few days of his illness in Washington. D.C. As Fred said, no-one could take G.A.'s place. So it was left at that. And George had died, not knowing. Or did he know, that wise old man? Madeleine and Fred and Ingrid had just gone on working as before, only much harder. Telling G.A.’s story, showing his films, bothering the officials on Capitol Hill. And now they had Madeleine Rodeffer's film to show as well, the amazing close-up shots of the scout-craft hovering over her “front yard”, which was in reality, the long sloping, grassy bank running from her house down to the road. At the most, a hundred feet in the air, level with the tall tree-tops. Madeleine and Ingrid had faced a chilly reception committee at the private Senate hearing of January 1965, a couple of months before George died; and at the end of the showing of George's film sequen- ces and a 45-minute verbal barrage from some sarc-