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STRIP TEASE writes: madness. 119 6. A 200-page history of the empire Kirk Allen ruled, with a three- page table of dates and names of battles or outstanding historical events. 7. A series of 44 folders containing from two to twenty pages apiece, each dealing with some aspect of the planet . . . typical titles, neatly printed on these folders, were "The Fauna of Srom Olma I," "The Transportation System of Seraneb," "Science of Srom," "Parapsy- chology of Srom Norbra X," "The Application of Unified Field Theory and the Mechanics of the Star Drive to Space Travel," "The Unique Brain Development of the Crystopeds of Srom Norbra X," "Plant Biology and Genetic Science of Srom Olma J," and so on. 8. Finally, 306 drawings, some in watercolor, some in chalk, some in crayon, of people, animals, plants, insects, weapons, utensils, machines, articles of clothing, vehicles, instruments, and furniture. It is a catalog that dwarfs anything in the UMMO literature, anything in Urantia or the other fringe areas of the UFO field. As Dr. Lindner The reader can imagine for himself my dismay at the sheer bulk of this matter: I do not know if he can appreciate with what misgivings I approached the task of weaning this man from his The roots of Kirk Allen's fantasies were evident from the story of his childhood and adolescence. The son of a naval officer who was assigned as governor of a remote Pacific island where they were the only white family, his mother abandoned him to a series of governesses, one of whom seduced him when he was eleven years old before running away with the husband of the island's only schoolteacher. From then on the boy, who was gifted with unusual intelligence, spent his time reading every book he could find and fantasizing about remote worlds. Dr. Lindner considered several strategies to try and cure Kirk Allen. He rejected shock therapy as inhumane and extreme. He also rejected the use of hypnosis, a technique he had used often in other situations, for reasons today's ufologists would do well to consider: