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ntered the living room three loud； very loud beeps shot out of the TV set。 Her husband was pletely flabbergasted。
I have given the same crazy advice to other UFO sighters； always with similar results。 Sometimes after watching an object their telephones will suddenly ring 。。。 and there will be no one on the line。 Or their doorbells will ring by themselves。
Obviously these things are manifestations within the electro…magnetic （EM） spectrum。 The voices； however； seem to e from a more mysterious superspectrum。
In hypnosis there is a simple technique called post…hypnotic suggestion。 The hypnotist can tell his subject that fifteen minutes after he es out of bis trance he will suddenly feel an impulse to climb up on a chair and crow like a rooster。 When the subject is brought out of his trance he behaves normally for fifteen minutes； then he suddenly climbs onto a chair and crows。 He can't explain why he did it。 It seemed like a rational action at the moment。
There is a kind of post…hypnotic suggestion involved in many UFO and psychic incidents。 The witness is driving along a road late at night。 He hears a beeping sound and lapses into a trance 。。。 as if he had been preconditioned to lose consciousness at the sound of the beep。 Later； he awakes to the sound of another series of beeps。 Now he finds he is some distance from his original point and he's baffled about what happened in the intervening minutes… or hours…for he can't remember a thing。
Several variations of this hypnosis…inducing tactic occur。 Some witnesses see an approaching aerial object with numbers clearly marked on it。 As they study the numbers they lapse into a trance。 In some cases； ancient lettering like Greek or Chinese appears on the object。 The effect is the same。 Months； even years； later the same percipient may again see the same numbers or letters on an object； or even on a set of license plates or a sign； and again falls into a deep trance。
III
The U。S。 Air Force and the CIA were blamed for the many weird telephone problems that plagued the tiny bands of UFO investigators around the country in the 1960s。 They were convinced that the government was out to get them。 But these things have been happening from the earliest days of the modern UFO age when； in June 1947； before the air force or the CIA were even mitted to UFO investigation； pilot Kenneth Arnold was checking into the Maury Island sightings in Taa。 He and a fellow pilot ran their investigation from a hotel and some unidentified person repeatedly called the local newspapers and told reporters everything that was transpiring in that hotel room。 Arnold tore the place apart looking for hidden microphones； but there didn't seem to be any。
The official air force report on the sighting of a Florida scoutmaster； Sonny Desvergers； in 1952； states： 〃Captain Corney ＇an air force intelligence officer＇ was asked about the facts of supposedly anonymous threatening telephone calls that Mr。 Desvergers had received。 He stated that Desvergers had called him approximately two weeks ago and stated that he had been receiving anonymous threatening telephone calls while at work in the establishment in which he is employed。 The gist of the calls were threats telling Desvergers to lay off of his story and that if he didn't he would be sorry and several other things。〃
Witnesses to landings and low…level overflights are often singled out for harassment； even when they don't report their sightings。 Publicized contactees like Woodrow Derenberger receive the full treatment。
Like many sincere contactees； Woody decided to write a book about bis experiences and； like most contactees； ended up paying for the cost of printing himself。 Contactee books； and there are hundreds of them； have a very limited fringe market of only two or three thousand people； so Madison Avenue publishers understandably give them short shrift In Woody's little effort he stated： （2）
＇2＇ Woodrow W。 Derenberger； with Harold W。 Hubbard； Visitors from Lanulos （New York： Vantage Press； 1971）。
As I write this book； I keep getting phone calls warning me to stop。 They have even called my wife at her place of employment； telling her to stop me or they will。 These people have also called my friends making the same threat。 I have no way of knowing who these people are； yet they are calling too often to be crank calls。 Several times I have written material that has disappeared from my home。 When I leave home for any reason； I always lock all doors and windows； yet several times when we returned home； we found our home had been ransacked； drawers pulled out； papers strewn all over the floor； and valuable tapes missing； and my tape recorder broken。 。。。 I have mailed letters； dropped personally by me in the Post Office letter box； that have failed to reach their destination。
After Woody's contact became widely known； two gentlemen dropped into the appliance store where he worked and walked directly up to him。
〃We think you know who we are； Mr。 Derenberger；〃 they said flatly。 〃We'd advise you to forget all about what you've seen。〃
They left as abruptly as they'd arrived。 Woody described them as being short； stocky； dressed in black suits； and having olive plexions。 For some reason he concluded the Men in Black were really from the Mafia。
No matter where he moved…and he moved several times in 1967…the phone pranksters and black Cadillacs managed to find him； he claims。
Meanwhile； his pretty young wife and their two children also met Indrid Cold and his colleagues from the planet Lanulos。 Mrs。 Derenberger was frightened of them and felt they were engaged in something evil。 They were just like us； she told me； traveled about in ordinary automobiles； and were probably infiltrating the human race in large numbers。
Woodrow Derenberger's story troubled me from the outset； and for many reasons。 It did not fit the mold of the usual UFO contact tale。 While the telepathy element was mon enough； the total physicality of his experiences seemed too real。 They defied easy classification and would not fit into any of the pigeonholes I had constructed。 Either he was the world's most convincing liar； and had somehow trained his wife； children； and friends to back up his lies； or he had had a very special set of experiences beyond the limits of ufology。
By March 1967 the crowds had given up in discouragement and Mr。 Cold was able to safely land his spaceship on Woody's farm。 Woody went aboard； according to his story； and took a flight all the way to Brazil and back。 The interior of the spaceship was disappointingly normal； with bunks and equipment of obvious terrestrial manufacture。 Later that year； Derenberger would be flown to Lanulos 。。。 a pleasant little planet where the people ran around nearly nude。 Most contactees who claim to have visited other planets； and there are many； usually described a futuristic world。 There was something mundane about Woody's descriptions of that nudist colony in outer space。 Too mundane。
In his later adventures； Woody usual