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sort of translucent, seamless, self-illuminat- in another, some type of chemistry equip- in a high-pitched voice: "You have been ing, blue-coloured metal or plastic. As first ment. Lining the walls of this laboratory expected. You have been observed since we were very apprehensive about investi- ‘were arrays of multi-sized TV screens, first you entered our domain. You gaze gating the enigmatic hallway. Our curiosi- dials, gauges and other electronic equip- upon the upper regions of our world. You ty soon overcame our fear, however, and ment. Some of the screens were at least 10 are the first of your kind to be permitted we entered the corridor. feet square. In the centre section was a_ this privilege. Let it be known this truth: We had to stoop, for the hallway was great mass of scintillating, varicoloured we harbour you no ill will; we depend not only five feet in height. After walking crystal; it had a rough, natural exterior and upon your superficial world for our suste- about 50 yards, we came to another corri- apparently performed some function, nance or pleasure. dor leading off to our left and decided to though unknown. The rest of the chamber "Those of your kind who make them- explore it. We reached the end of the corri- contained many other strange devices and _ selves the interpreters of our intentions are dor after walking about a hundred yards. apparatus that none of us could identify. naught but the picayunish deceivers of your There we encountered a steep, spiralling The entire ceiling was one great light. civilisation. Let it again be said that we stairway. We descended it for at least 20 At the far end of the chamber stood desire man no harm and wish only to pur- minutes, all the while noting that the light- something that looked like a car lift, witha sue our independent existence on this, our ing was becoming more brilliant. Finally disc-shaped metal object resting on it. We mutual planet. We shall not influence nor we reached the bottom and were confront- decided to take a closer look at it. bring to you discord in any medium. ed with yet another corridor. This one was Fortunately, the lift was only about two "We are not doers of evil. Our world light green in colour. feet off the floor and we were able to geta spans the inner gulf of your globe. We After a brief rest we set off down that good look at the object. It was circular in have existed since before your time. Had corridor. It was only about 100 feet long, shape, about 35 feet in diameter and four we wished harm upon you, we would also and we traversed it quickly. To the right feet in thickness. Suddenly, Don have been its receivers. We beg you a and left were oval entrances. Making a_ exclaimed, "It's a flying saucer!" We both friendly farewell and hope our message quick decision, we decided to enter the one agreed: we had indeed found a "UFO". will be heeded and find wide acceptance on the right, and noticed immediately that Rick stepped up on the lift to take amore among those of your kind who find it nec- it was cylindrically-shaped and much larger detailed look at the saucer. He tapped on it essary to concern themselves with our than the previous passageways. It con- lightly with his hammer, and parts of it domain." tained a floor on the same level as the pre- sounded hollow. Immediately after he The screen then faded, without our hav- vious ones. We also noted that this passage tapped on one certain spot, an entire sec- ing seen a clearly defined image of the per- was evidently made of some crystalline tion of its tail dematerialised. This took son who had spoken. Luckily, Don had substance and that a bright, but soft, white Rick totally by surprise and he almost fell quickly written in his notebook what the light emanated from it. It curved down- _ off the lift platform. About one-half of the voice had said to us. ward at a slight angle. inner mechanism was revealed to us, and The red lighting in the chamber suddenly We came next to a huge chamber which again we could not find a single piece of became even deeper in tint, and all of us appeared to be some type of scientific labo- equipment with which we were familiar. felt light-headed. Rick shouted that he was ratory and hydroponic garden. In one sec- The only thing we could surmise was that going to faint, and he started to fall but we tion were rows of giant exotic plants and, the object was a remotely-controlled caught him. Then we, too, had the same device, since there was no _ feeling and blacked out. ee space provided for pas- When we regained consciousness, we - ——SSe sengers that we could see. found ourselves lying outside the mine Bez La Rick jumped down from entrance. We still retained our personal YW ———<——— the lift and we continued — effects, notebooks, pencil, wallets, etc., but YY our investigation of the all our equipment, such as safety hats, pick- { laboratory. hammers and chisels, and our Geiger Ts ox. Abruptly, the lift was counter, had disappeared. IT ONLY activated and began to After returning to the States, Don found = Does IT by drop to the floor, and at all the pages of his notebook burned or CURING THIS the same time the lighting charred, as though it had been thrown into wv. ¥ é in the chamber changed a roaring fire. The notebook cover, howev- from a soft white to a er, which was made of plastic, was surpris- deep red. In short order, ingly undamaged. All of us had worn the screen directly above wristwatches with radium dials. Some and to the right of us weeks later, the radium became inactive flashed on. Due to the and the dials no longer glowed in the dark. unnatural lighting, we (Source: NEXUS was sent this item via the could not make out the —_Internet, but we also found it in Underground image on the screen. Alien Bases, published in 1990 by Abelard Then we heard a voice Productions, Inc., PO Box 753, New from the screen. It said, Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA) ——_ yi Uy oe IT ONLY fom} oes iT ==\\ purine THs 76 * NEXUS OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1996