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a cover for the openings, with only communica- When we stopped, the panel again opened and we stepped out tions towers visible. into a long tunnel of such size I could hardly believe I was still "T have been instructed to show you just what we are doing with inside the large craft. The saucer which had just descended on the your sea water which we are taking from the surface of your plan- large elevator was now just in front of us. A long tube had et. First we will show you how this water reaches us, so we must — emerged from under the craft and was discharging what appeared go to an adjoining room. Your escorts will take you on this tour _to be water into a funnel-like device that sucked the liquid inward and then will return you to this room, where I will explain the with great rapidity. As the eyes of one of my escorts glowed into breakdown of the water." mine, he conveyed the message that this was sea water from the With that he dismissed us. My escorts led me to another wall surface of the Earth. panel and, again using the ‘flashlight’, caused it to slide open. We After the saucer had discharged its load, it moved along a track stepped through into a long, narrow tunnel that looked like a New _ to a siding similar to a railroad yard, for many such tracks tra- York subway, though on a much smaller scale. We approached a versed this tunnel, and I had rubbed my eyes when I caught sight small mobile unit containing seats. It was supported by a single of so many saucers, all sitting on sidings with platforms for the rail and evidently was used for transportation throughout the large occupants to use when entering and departing. In Earth terminol- enclosure which I believed to be a spacecraft. At their motion I ogy, I suppose this would be called an enormous saucer garage. climbed into one of the seats, and they also seated themselves. The smell of sulphur lingered all about, and I wondered if this No sooner were we seated than the unit sped down the track with odour had anything to do with the fuel being employed. a humming noise. A light shone from its front and illuminated the passageway. I noted many lights along the W: retraced our route and again I route we were speedily traversing, and gath- found myself in the laboratory ered these were stations along this monorail from which we had begun our tour. The 'monster' I had previously met in set-up. " We came to a sudden halt and stepped You are at a spot the lab confronted us, and for the first time onto a platform facing another panel. The since they brought me to this strange place, escort with his door-opening device again on your planet all three escorts departed. The 'monster' took flashed it, and tered a le circule to the inst t panel and pointed to z room that was buzzing with activity. ‘The known as small gauge containing figures of odd wall was covered by instrument boards Antarctica appearance. From beneath the gauge a pipe before which seated operators manipulated . extended to the walls and into the system of levers and buttons. Lights flashed here and We have chosen coils and tubes. there. Fenced off by metal railing was a . This, I was told, was the point where the large circular opening in the floor. We this area because sea water entered the lab from large tanks walked to the railing, and I estimated Pre . . below. It was sent through the tubes it is uninhabited the opening to be about sixty feet and coils where it was processed to and there is no one across, if not more. Looking down I obtain the product they needed. I saw an elevator-like device ascending. learned not one single thing about how here to disturb us H W in our task. It reached the floor level, and without the process worked or the nature of the halting moved toward the ceiling. As it final product they extracted. I hoped I rose, a panel in the ceiling opened. A might see the finished product, and was large cylinder, evidently working from delighted when I learned I would now below, supported the platform, which have such an opportunity. halted when it had protruded through He took me to an adjoining room the ceiling. where a huge machine occupied its A large screen then lighted on a near- centre. It contained many meters, ly instrument board, and a bright dot gauges, buttons, dials and the like. The appeared. The dot moved from one side of the screen to a point machine emitted a strange noise as three operators, similar in near the centre, reminding me of a radar screen. The dot then appearance to my guide, adjusted knobs and operated switches. glowed red and died out. From above came a vibration, as if From the far end of this machine, a small conveyer in a glass tube something had struck the roof lightly. The platform then descend- carried tiny blocks of compressed material, which reminded me of ed, and I could hardly believe my eyes when I saw what it sup- bouillon cubes, through the wall. I was allowed little time in this ported as it reached floor level. room, and no offer was made to show me anything further about Here was my first view of a real flying saucer, and I was only a _ the processing. I assume that great secrecy surrounded the fina few feet from it! What a beautiful machine to look at: complete- disposition of the processed material, and sensed this was a for- ly round, with a section of portholes, and a single metal rod pro- bidden area of discussion. truding from the top of the craft. It was constructed of the same Once again I was taken back to the lab, where my three original shiny metal. I couldn't detect any door or panel from which occu- escorts waited for me. From their actions I gathered my tour was pants could emerge, but later would be enlightened on that point. not over. Again we took a ride on the monorail system, this time The saucer descended through the opening in the floor until it stopping at a different station but again stepping into an elevator. was out of sight. My three escorts then took me to a round pillar, We emerged into a brilliantly lighted, semicircular room contain- about nine feet in diameter, in one section of the room. He ing a row of chairs. The floor intrigued me for it reminded me of opened a panel which closed after we stepped inside the pillar. I tile, but each block was made of the shiny metal, with a ham- noted we were in an elevator, as one of the men pressed a wall mered design—a masterpiece of workmanship like nothing I ha button and the floor began to descend. ever seen. When we stopped, the panel again opened and we stepped out into a long tunnel of such size I could hardly believe I was still inside the large craft. The saucer which had just descended on the large elevator was now just in front of us. A long tube had emerged from under the craft and was discharging what appeared to be water into a funnel-like device that sucked the liquid inward with great rapidity. As the eyes of one of my escorts glowed into mine, he conveyed the message that this was sea water from the surface of the Earth. After the saucer had discharged its load, it moved along a track to a siding similar to a railroad yard, for many such tracks tra- versed this tunnel, and I had rubbed my eyes when I caught sight of so many saucers, all sitting on sidings with platforms for the occupants to use when entering and departing. In Earth terminol- ogy, I suppose this would be called an enormous saucer garage. The smell of sulphur lingered all about, and I wondered if this odour had anything to do with the fuel being employed. "You are at a spot on your planet known as Antarctica. APRIL - MAY 1998 NEXUS - 69 We have chosen this area because it is uninhabited and there is no one here to disturb us in our task."