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At this point | must admit that | have not ceased to berate myself for my oversight, in the hasty departure for town, in not remembering to bring additional film. This presented a serious handicap to the Brothers by leaving little margin for the trial and error method they were forced to use. As the men worked with my camera, they studied results closely. Perhaps they may be able to make an attachment of one kind or another which will produce more detailed photos at a fete ne some future date. It was quite some time before a signal from the Scout indicated that they were returning to the carrier. | watched the elevator as it went up to the top of the ship. The hatch opened and the elevator returned again to our level with the Scout pilot, my camera in his hand. He joined us and reported that although they considered the pictures poor, there had been a measure of success and they had saved the last two exposures to try for photographs of the interior of this carrier. Having been so well prepared for bad results, | was pleasantly surprised by what he showed me. As the thee of us walked toward the front of the ship, | saw a wall slide away to reveal an opening very much resembling a tunnel. Beyond this was a small room with two pilots seated at the controls. Due to the end of the ship being transparent and to the glowing charts inside, there was plenty of light and my hopes ran high for a good picture. All lights in the room where we stood were turned out, leaving it almost entirely dark. But these two attempts failed, due to the greater magnetic power in the carrier in comparison to that in the Scout. One thing was proven. Without some as yet undeveloped filter system for our film, it is impossible to get clear photographs within the space ships. When | asked if a better camera with a finer lens might be more successful, | was told that any appreciable improvement was unlikely because of the type of film used. When these last two pictures had been taken, the lights within the ship came on again. The three of us then returned to the elevator and were carried to the top of the ship. As the hatch opened, | saw the Scout again based on its carrier. Orthon touched my hand in farewell and the Scout?s pilot and | walked over to the waiting craft. As we entered, the door closed silently behind us and we were immediately on our way. It is impossible for me to judge how far out in space we had been, but the entire time from leaving the Earth and returning to it was little over two and one half hours. Back on Earth, my friend and | took leave of the pilot and walked over to where the car was parked. It was shortly before 7 a.m. that my companion let me out at the entrance to my home. Although | invited him to stop for coffee and breakfast, he thanked me and declined, explaining that he must not be late on the job he had taken for the duration of his time here on Earth. In closing, let me say that | fully realize many attempts will be made to discredit these photographs. This does not disturb me. Every man is free to believe or disbelieve the statements, supported by photographs, that are present in this book. But let each man realize that his personal conclusion in no way alters the fact of their reality. For corroboration of this one need only turn the pages of