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its shoulders. Most of these sightings took place around the TNT area, a World War II ammunition dump. I have interviewed many of these witnesses and am convinced that they did see something. Perhaps that something is the basis for many of our legends of angels and demons. And perhaps it was that same something that was flying around Portugal in 1915. ML w88 wen + weet ATTRA f1.2 A 1NAN 1 14914 There was a worldwide UFO flap from 1909 to 1914, encompassing Africa, Australia, Oklahoma, and other places. The poltergeist reports hit a peak in 1910 and 1913 and concentrated largely in France and Italy, although there was some activity in Portland, Oregon, during the period. We are concerned here with the headless winged beings, however. The flap of 1909-14 may have merely been a prelude to World War I and the astounding events which followed, or it may not have been connected with those events in any way. We have no way of knowing. Unfortu- nately, until more adequate research is done, we have to record much of this evidence as purely circumstantial. But in 1915, four girls were tending sheep at Cabeco, Portugal, when they allegedly saw a white figure hovering in the air. “It looked like somebody wrapped in a sheet. There were no eyes or hands on it,” the young girls reported to their families. (None of the witnesses of that West Virginia winged creature has reported seeing hands or arms on it.) These four children are supposed to have seen this white, headless entity twice again that summer. One of the girls was named Lucia Abobora. She was born on March 22, 1907, and she was to become one of the central figures in the earthshaking drama to follow. In the summer of 1916, this same Lucia Abobora was playing near a cave with some friends when they saw a light flying just above the nearby trees, moving slowly in their direction. As it drew closer, it became clear that it was a human figure. Later the children described it as ‘‘a transpar- ent young man” of about fourteen or fifteen years of age. He settled in front of them near the cave and announced, ‘‘Don’t be afraid. I am the Angel of Peace. Pray with me.’’ The children knelt beside this ‘‘transpar- ent young man” who glowed as brilliantly as crystal and prayed until he dissolved into nothingness. A few weeks later the angel appeared again before this same group in the same place, and again they prayed together. The initial contact was made. The stage was set. Europe was in flames and soldiers in the trenches were seeing strange omens in the sky. Blood was spilling needlessly in the most mismanaged war in history. Generals on both sides ordered suicidal attacks that cost 228 / Operation Trojan Horse