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Shortly after our arrival, Orthon turned and entered the ship, motioning for me to join him. Firkon and Ramu immediately followed. As | have stated, the Scout rested solidly on the ground and only a small step up was required to enter the ee re craft. Although when we had first reached the waiting Scout | must have anticipated something of this kind, now that | was actually aboard, my joy can only be imagined. As | took a first quick glance around, | wondered if their purpose was merely to show me what one of these Scouts looked like inside, or?! hardly dared let the hope live? perhaps actually to take me ona journey though space. ?? We went directly into the one-room cabin compartment through a door high enough to permit Ramu, the tall Saturnian, to enter without stooping. As he, the last to go in, placed his foot on the cabin floor, the door silently closed. | was aware of a very slight hum that seemed to come equally from beneath the floor and from a heavy coil that appeared to be built into the top of the circular wall. The moment the hum started, this coil began to glow bright red but emitted no heat. | recalled that | bad noticed just such a bright coil on the Scout of my first contact. But on that occasion ithad thrown off various colors?red, blue and green?like a flashing prism in the Sun. | scarcely knew where to look first. | marveled anew at the unbelievable way in which they were able to fit parts together so that joinings were imperceptible. Just as | had been unable to find any trace of an entrance door into the Scout of my first encounter, now there was no sign of the door that had closed behind us; only what looked like solid wall. Everything had seemed to take place simultaneously? the door closing, the soft hung as of a swarm of bees, the glow of the upper coil and the increase of light within the craft. It was all so exciting that | was obliged to take myself firmly in hand in order to concentrate on any one thing. | wanted to leave this ship with a clear picture of everything in order to give a lucid account of what | was seeing. http://web.archive.org/web/2001090503301 6/http://www.universe-people.com/ | estimated the inside diameter of the cabin to be approximately eighteen feet. A pillar about two feet thick extended downward from the very top of the dome to the center of the floor. Later | was told that this was the magnetic pole of the ship, by means of which they drew on Nature?s forces for propulsion purposes, but they did not explain how this was done. ?The top of the pole,? Firkon pointed out, ?is normally positive, while the bottom, which you will notice goes down through the floor, is negative. But, when necessary, these poles can be reversed merely by pushing a button.? | noticed that a good six feet of the central floor was occupied by a clear, round lens through which the magnetic pole was centered. On opposite sides of this huge lens, close to the edge, were two small but comfortable benches curved to follow the circumference. | was invited to sit on one of these and Firkon sat INSIDE A VENUSIAN SCOUT SHIP beside me to explain what was going on. Ramu took a place on the opposite