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their remarks. But the meaning is there, never doubt it. As is usually the case, the unfavoured parties racially speaking are the Jews and Negroes, and the themes of both Fascism and Communism seem to echo from behind the scenes on more than a few occasions. But it's all part cu of the action. Some contactees who claimed to have visited Mars blandly point out that the planet is divided into zones with the Negro and Jewish Martians carefully segregated from the others. Even contactees of liberal persuasions repeat with some dismay the nastily racist remarks of the Venusians. The Jews are a favourite target of this outer space propaganda, as if they haven't got ns aan Se es One ae Until the past five or six years racial prejudice was actually a basic part of all the Western religions. After digging down to the source of these racist beliefs, there are always the ancient teachings of dubious messengers. They have kept the human race stirred up and at each other's throats for thousands of years. Now finally the Catholics are beginning to soften their traditional anti-Semitism, and the Mormons are beginning to face the fact that Negroes ate also human beings. Aside from their inveterate racism, the mimics are also fond of exploiting tense political situations. A band of phantom Indians plagued the settlers of Gloucester. Massachusetts, back in 1692. They appeared night after night, skirmishing with the English and firing bulletless guns. Although the Indians never killed or scalped anyone, the colonists were understandably upset and heavily fortified their positions, the English became convinced that they were not real Indians,* Sir Walter Scott reported, 'but that the devil and his agents had assumed such an appearance.' The North American Indians have innumerable legends about an entity they called the Trickster because he would turn up occasionally and play wild and vicious pranks. Earth's phantom inhabitants play many other roles, especially in the widely accepted sphere of psychic phenomena. Telly Savalas, the famous character actor, told Hollywood reporter Dick Kleiner a weird story involving a black Cadillac. It happened when Savalas was young and flat broke. His car ran out of gas on Long Island, and after he started walking, a black Cadillac ‘seemed to appear from nowhere’, and the driver offered him a lift. The driver was dressed entirely in white - a refreshing switch - and said very little. But at one point he offered Savalas a dollar to buy some gas. The actor insisted that the nun write down his name and address on a slip of paper so he could be repaid. They found a gas station, and the driver waited while Savalas bought a can of gasoline. Then they drove back to his own car in silence. J know Harry Agannis,' the driver said suddenly. Savalas asked who Harry Agannis was. 'He's a utility infielder on the Boston Red Sox,' the man answered. That was the end of the conversation. The man waited while Savalas poured the gasoline into the car, gave him a push to get him started, and then drove off with a wave. The next day Savalas was shaken by newspaper enough trouble already.