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would remain fixed in an awkward kneeling position with their heads thrown back and their eyes staring at the vision, totally oblivious of the hundreds of people swarming around them. One of their first visits with the Lady is of very special interest here. Shortly before 6 P.M. on Sunday, July 2, 1961, the children trooped to their now-sacred spot outside of Garabandal and immediately entered the trancelike state. They were later able to describe in detail what they had seen. These descriptions were dutifully recorded in the religious literature later published by Church-affiliated groups. The Lady was accompanied by two angels on this occasion. The angels were dressed alike “as if they were twins.’’ The Lady had long, thin hands, a long angular face ‘‘with a fine nose,” and lips that were ‘“‘a bit thin.”” She seemed to be “‘rather tall.”’ Her hair was a deep nut brown, parted in the center. This is, of course, an almost classic description of the “‘long finger’? UFO entities described by many contactees. Even more startling, on the Lady’s right the girls said they could see ‘‘a square of red fire framing a triangle with an eye and some writing. The lettering was in an old Oriental script!” The angels in all of these cases sound suspiciously like our celebrated “little men.’’ The Lady who has been so glorified by the religionists may merely be a variation of Aura Rhanes. Conchita and the other children of Garabandal have now experienced more than 1,000 visions, and they have been frequently photographed during their ecstasies. A number of times all four children have awakened simultaneously in their four separate homes and gone dashing into the night to the sacred place as if they were all somehow called by an unseen force. They have been examined by doctors, high government and Church officials, parapsychologists, psychiatrists, by everyone except ufologists (J know of only one ufologist who had ever even heard of this case). The Many messages conveyed by the Lady have conformed precisely to Catholic dogma, using phrases and references that are significant to trained theologists but would be meaningless to the children. The message of October 18, 1961, as dictated by the children, read: “‘We must make many sacrifices, do much penance. We must visit the Blessed Sacrament frequently; but first, we must be good, and unless we do this, a punish- ment will befall us. The cup is already filling and unless we change, a very great punishment will befall us.”” October 18, 1901 fell on a Wednesday. On Friday, June 18, 1965, Conchita entered a trance and was purportedly given the following statement by the Lady: A Sure Cure for Alligator Bites / 237