Nexus - 1204 - New Times Magazine-pages

Page Content (OCR)

three-dimensional information screen entrances Maser oval control panel "Thad a desire to look inside, but since the door was above my three-dimensional head, I decided to grab hold of the tube and jump. The instant I information screen grabbed the tube, I found myself standing just inside the opening. There was nothing there in the form of either steps or an elevator. I did not feel any kind of external influence, but rather everything seemed to happen naturally, or by itself. I thought of the possibility of danger to me and decided to be as careful as possible. At that instant, I received a message on the screen that I had nothing to be afraid of, and that I could enter. Upon entering the corridor, I looked at the walls and noticed the absence of doors. The corridor was significantly wider than the opening, the floor was flat, andthe —_etc., and combinations of the above. The black switches on the = entrances oval control panel walls and ceiling formed an oval shape. panel were similar in appearance to toggle switches. There were no "I went along the corridor toward the shimmering light and felt _ meters or scales on the control panel at all." that I was walking on a flat, metallic floor. Somehow, I got the In addition, Oleg described a long, straight divan, which stood feeling that the surrounding walls did not have simply a decorative _next to the control panel, and a circular crack in the floor, which covering, but rather they were structural, and something was con- surrounded the central part of the hall. The crack gave him reason nected to them from the back side. There clearly was some sort of _ to believe that the central part of the floor was able to rotate, allow- strengthening device attached to them. I did not want to touch the _ing the control panel to be positioned in front of any of the vertical walls, so I am unable to say exactly panels situated along the walls. On the what it was that served to strengthen vertical panels, Oleg noticed the same them." types of lights that were on the control panel. Many of these lights were MASSES OF LIGHTS " flashing. The entire interior of the Oleg had to proceed along the corri- As soon as I looked around the hall was white in colour, including the dor for approximately 20-25 feet. At hall, certain questions came to floor, and only from the ceiling shone the end of the corridor, he saw that it soft, blue light. Looking upward, entered into a large hall with a diame- me, answers to which appeared Oleg tried to locate the source of the ter of approximately 60 feet. On the immediately on the screen." light, while simultaneously asking periphery of the hall, there were five about the nature of the light. No other entrances, similar in appearance answer to his question appeared on to the one through which he had just the screen. Then, in response to his entered. The ceiling in the hall was question, "Who are you?" and "Where domed and it was emitting a soft, dif- are you from?" the dome in the hall fuse, blue light. Between the other entrances and along the walls, | slowly started to dim, and like in a planetarium, a star map there were panels of flashing lights. Each panel appeared to consist —_ appeared on the ceiling. of five or six vertical elements. To the left of the entrance through While Oleg was trying to find some familiar star system, one of which Oleg had entered, two walls had no panels. In place of the the stars suddenly began to pulsate and descend slowly. The dark, panels, there were horizontal recesses in the walls, which were dark —_ almost black starlit sky, combined with the pulsating star suspended in colour. Also to the left, he observed two dark, vague spots that over Oleg's head, as well as with the flashing lights of the control looked like bags, which at first were motionless, but then began to and vertical panels, emitted enough light to permit him to see all move toward him. The bags were identical to the "mass" which he had seen near the fire. Oleg stopped, and stood motionless at the entrance to the hall. "As soon as I looked around the hall, certain questions came to me, answers to which appeared immediately on the screen. But then I noticed that answers appeared in my head before I was able to read them on the screen. Several answers were accompanied by demonstrations of the operation of those structures that interested me. In such a manner, my question of the significance of the dark, horizontal recess in the wall off to my left was demonstrated to me. The recess was a three-dimensional information screen, on which I was shown the interior of another sister ship, with the same moving ‘masses' (during the demonstration, the two 'masses' in our ship were motionless). Then, they showed a ship in space, among the stars, and at the end of the demonstration, they showed the presen- ter of a Soviet television program called Vremya. "Off to my right side, there was an oval control panel, or desk, located about five feet from the wall, on which there were many switches and lights. All of the illuminated buttons had a flat, square shape. Some of them were elevated above the level of the control panel, and others were flush with the top of the panel. On the upper surface of the lamps, there were some symbols in the form of geo- metric figures, e.g. circles, triangles, quadrilateral figures, lines, hall, certain questions came to me, answers to which appeared immediately on the screen." JUNE — JULY 2005 NEXUS = 59 "AS soon as l looked around the www.nexusmagazine.com