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ger contributed many encouragements and, as usual, many wonderful and incredible stories. Bob Weiss and Tracy Torme made me see the humor and the irony of cultist obsession. Dr. Richard Niemtzow and other medical professionals agreed to help with the biological questions raised by some of the reports. Ned Leavitt, my agent, made available to me his usual wisdom and sympathy. Many of my colleagues in science and in business gave their time and their energy to assist in the details of my research. This book could not have been completed without their assistance. Emery Reiff, as always, was able to master my nonlinear style and my undisciplined handwriting to process the text of the manuscript. And the aliens, dead or alive, deserve my gratitude for having made this phase of my life interesting—even as they evaded my attempts to meet them. Perhaps, as Dr. J. Allen Hynek once remarked, this very fact shows how smart they are. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS