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book. In addition to receiving instruction on matters celestial, Howard was taught to develop his own inner- occult talents, such as teleportation and astral projection. He learned that, in reality, he was a Saturnian, who had been reincarnated in the body of an earth baby named Howard Menger. He had assumed the role, of Howard when the earth baby had died. He also learned, after catching a glimpse of a lovely girl named Maria Baxter, that she was the sister of the voluptuous golden lady. The beautiful Venusian, who was over 500 years old, told Menger that it was ordained that he and Maria should become man and wife. This was complicated just a bit by the fact that Howard was already married, but he couldn't let a little thing like a common, old earth-type spouse stand in the way of a cosmic union. He quickly divorced his wife, and Maria became the second Mrs. Menger. Alyn (that was Howard's real Saturnian name) and Maria became very big on the saucer circuit in 1958. They had a number of artifacts, such as moon potatoes, to display along with their lecture, and, of course, Howard had written a book detailing his adventures with his Venusian and Martian comrades. Howard Menger and his contemporary contactees (some of whom will be introduced a bit later) were simply capitalizing on the big saucer flaps of the early Fifties. Science had been expanding at a rate that was simply too rapid for the large masses of people. They were frightened that the malicious aliens and bug-eyed monsters of TV programs and science-fiction movies would soon become an inescapable reality. In addition to man's natural fear of the unknown, certain of the contactees saw a sure-fire way to profit from the widely-held hope that the flying saucers would bring within their domes superior extra-terrestrial beings, who were much wiser, kinder, and more generous than earthmen. With the saucers would come the end of wars, disease, and the sins of the flesh. A new Garden of Eden would blossom forth on this tired, old globe. The saucer crews, according to the contactees, were always sublimely calm and wise. And they all had, without exception, a "message" for earthlings which one could obtain by purchasing the contactee's To many people, the saucerians offered a key to the universe - a magic key which they felt had always been there, awaiting discovery. The William Denton family of Wellesley, Massachusetts announced that they had been paying regular visits to Mars as early as 1866.