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102 naming me. Recently, a book by Dr James L. Walden, titled The Ultimate Alien Agenda, told of an ongoing saga of UFO events in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Walden came to me to ask me to help him deal with the situation and he mentions me in the book and he also asked me to write the Foreword. Many writers have displayed my name in their books. That’s always exciting. Nevertheless, nowadays I suppose I should be trying to reclaim anonymity rather than writing about my experiences. In Tennessee, I was too frightened for my own safety and for the safety of my family to draw attention to myself by having my name announced or printed in the program at any time. The first night in my hotel room everything went well. I slept soundly and went down to open the conference. Nobody, except the program chairman and a psychology professor at the University in Memphis, knew I would be speaking. Both of them promised secrecy about my identity. I spoke to both from my home telephone so I cannot but think my bugged telephone is the culprit that brought on the frightening events which involved me. On the second night of the conference, after I’d made the closing address, nameless to the crowds just as I’'d requested, I awakened frightened to death. At about 4 a.m., I woke to a voice saying, “You have been infected with cancer.” The words were put into my brain through thought projection. “There is no hope for you. The program has already been installed. Cancer will kill you.” The wordless projection felt human rather than alien. It was much too blunt to have come from alien sources. Too clumsy really to have come from ordinary human sources, I realized I must be hearing from a shadow military group. I went wild with fear. “Evergreen!” I shouted aloud. “Evergreen, evergreen, evergreen.” I just kept repeating the word until the thought projection receded. I didn’t know then why I chose the word Evergreen as a word which could protect me but I Barbara Bartholic as told to Peggy Fielding