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SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED, and since I was involved in many other projects I put Phil's experiences on the back burner. I thought we had gone as far as we could under the circumstances. Phil was appar- ently coping and assimilating the strange information relating to his present life experiences, because Ihad not received any telephone calls from him. The question of the black box continued to plague me and raised much curiosity in me. Iwanted to know how it could be opened, and what it contained. But I had to consider that project temporarily closed. It appeared to be information that we would not have access to. In my method of working, the welfare of the subject always comes first I would neverjeopardize their mental or physical safetyjust to satisfy my own curiosity. The story is never worth that I will never force them into any type ofsituation they do not feel com- fortable with. Thus if the answer was to come, itwould have to come when Phil made the decision that he was ready to continue explor- ing this. Thus months passed before Phil unexpectedly phoned me. He had had a strange dream that suggested the strong possibility of another alien encounter. Notsurprisingly, he thought it might con- cern the black box. He wanted to have another session because he remembered only snatches of the dream, and felt the strong impres- sion that there had been given much important information that was eluding his conscious recall. He felt that it layjust beneath the sur- face and should be easily accessible. The need to know was now becoming extremely pertinent He knew he would not be able to relax until he uncovered what it was allabout We set up asession the 274 CHAPTER 24 THE MYSTERIOUS BLACK BOX