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themselves. 219 GIANTS IN THE PARK American researchers have rejected the case because the aliens were reported to be very tall," I said. "Can you confirm the witnesses’ described beings of twelve to fourteen feet in height, or was that a typographical error?" "That was no error. The humanoids vary widely in appearance, from twenty centimeters to very tall giants. This variability is simply one of the characteristics of the phenomenon. We must accept it, as we must accept its polymorphic nature." "There was a garbled report that one of the witnesses actually disap- peared," I pointed out. "People did vanish and later reappeared at Voronezh," Azhazha stated in a matter-of-fact way. "They did not seem to be harmed in any manner, but the same thing has happened elsewhere. In Vologda a village woman was seen walking in the vicinity of an occupant. They both vanished on the spot in full view of another group of witnesses. She returned as suddenly as she had disappeared, crying and distraught, with no memory of what had happened to her. We have numerous cases of this type in our files." It was dark when we left the offices of Novosti. Cars were skidding on the icy snow. Martine buttoned up her collar, adjusted her mink chapka on her head, and asked me ironically, "So what was the UMMO symbol doing on an egg-shaped craft in the middle of a Russian city?" It was a question that would haunt me every night in Moscow, as the jet lag kept me awake and as | listened to the bells of the Kremlin counting the hours until dawn. I have been in this business too long to be surprised at the remarkable ability of the phenomenon to elude our attempts at analysis, and I will frankly admit that I still do not have a satisfactory answer to the puzzle of Voronezh. But, some new elements did come to light when we were able to interview the researchers