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circumstances that evidently defied the imagination and credibility, for those times as any others. Here is dealt with the evident answers the origin of the so called UFOs, as well as the Hollow Earth, or as the admiral described. The reader will relive that period as he reads this document. To say it is fascinating is to place it mildly, but to read it now for yourself, I know that you will conclude, in the Admirals own words "Just as the long night of the Arctic ends, the brilliant sunshine of truth shall come forth again, and those who are of Darkness shall fall in its Light". wey * OK OK (FEB - MAR. 1947) I must write this diary in secrecy and obscurity. It concerns my Arctic flight of the nineteenth day of February in the year of Nineteen and Forty Seven. There comes a time when the rationality of men must fade into insignificance and one must accept the inevitability of the Truth! I am not at liberty to disclose the following documentation at this writing... perhaps it shall never see the light of public scrutiny, but I must do my duty and record here for all to read one day. In a world of greed and exploitation of certain of mankind, one can no longer suppress that which is truth. 0600 HOURS- All preparations are complete for our flight north ward and we are airborne with full fuel tanks at 0610 Hours. 0730 HOURS- Radio Check with base camp. All is well and radio reception is normal. 0800 HOURS- Slight turbulence noted from easterly direction at altitude of 2321 feet, correction to 1700 feet, no further turbulence, but tail wind increases, slight THE LAND BEYOND THE POLES ADMIRAL RICHARD B. BYRD'S DIARY ("The Inner Earth: My Secret Diary") FLIGHT LOG: BASE CAMP ARCTIC, 2/19/1947 0620 HOURS- fuel mixture on starboard engine seems too rich, adjustment made and Pratt Whittneys are running smoothly. ” 0740 HOURS- Note slight oil leak in starboard engine, oil pressure indicator seems normal, however.