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t his business。 However； those who see these flashes have usually had psychic experiences previously。 They have seen a UFO； a monster； or a ghost； or they are gifted with ESP or precognition。
In 1967； I was living in one of those glass buildings in Manhattan； part of a huge apartment plex。 I was on a high floor facing an identical building across a small park； but I also had a splendid view of lower Manhattan。 In the evenings while hammering away at my typewriter in front of a wall…to…wall window； I began seeing sudden flashes of blue light in the space between the two buildings。 At first I assumed there was a photographer in the other building： Then I saw the same kind of flashes high in the air； further down the avenue。 I watched them night after night。 When friends were in my apartment the flashes seemed to stop。 I thought of them as 〃psychic flashes〃 because very often my phone would ring immediately after I saw one。
Later I moved to another apartment on the other side of town； with no real view of the sky； although my study faced a small courtyard favored by fighting cats and a few scrawny trees hopelessly battling for survival。 There were no more psychic flashes until the summer of 1971 。。。 just prior to a major change in my life。 Suddenly there were brilliant flashes outside my window； although there were no photographers； or people of any kind； in the courtyard or across the way。 A couple of times I went down into the courtyard to see if I could find out what was causing the flashes but there was no possible explanation。 A month later I was called to Washington； D。C。； to serve as a consultant to the Department of Health； Education； and Welfare。 I worked in the Capital for a year； heading a special project under Elliot Richardson； then…secretary of HEW。
I haven't seen any of those flashes since。
Were they a part of some subtle programing process？ My life has gone through many abrupt changes； and each major change has been preceded by some form of inexplicable phenomena。 In observing other witnesses； this also seems to be true in their lives Are these things clues to a psychic force which controls us all？
14 … Sideways in Time
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You are driving along a deserted highway late at night when suddenly you see a flash of light in the sky ahead。 The light draws nearer and a peculiar feeling overtakes you： a kind of tingling sensation。 Your car radio； which is turned off； begins to emit a loud beeping like Morse code。 Your headlights dim and then your engine sputters and stalls。 You coast to the side of the road； overe by a great wave of sheer terror。
Suddenly it is morning。 You wake up in your own bed with absolutely no memory of having driven home； undressing； and retiring。 When you try to recall the night before； it all seems hazy and unreal。 Maybe it was all a dream； you tell yourself。 But you feel exhausted； as if you had been on a drunken binge and your eyes are very sore。 Within a few days you have forgotten the whole incident； if it was a real incident； but occasionally you wake up at night sweating profusely from a recurrent nightmare。 You dream that you are in some kind of hospital operating room with strange figures gathered around your outstretched body。
Thousands of people have shared this kind of experience in recent years。 It may have happened to your next…door neighbor even though he or she has never mentioned it to you 。。。 or to anyone else。 Such people are 〃silent contactees。〃 Others traveling that same highway may have seen that same light and even reported it to the local police or newspapers。 But the silent contactee remains uncertain of the reality of it all and keeps quiet。
For every publicly known contactee like Woodrow Derenberger there are thousands of silent ones。 Some later manage to recall fragments of what happened and then their mind plays tricks and colors what they can remember with false details 。。。 confabulations。 The terror they felt bees linked with awesome monsters and apparitions。 The operating room bees a chamber on a spacecraft。
Like all the other things discussed here； this is not a new phenomenon。 Black magicians； witch doctors； arid shamans of other ages evolved explanations as fanciful as those of modern UFO buffs。 They thought spirits kidnapped humans and somehow dismantled their bodies and reconstructed them； or even created an exact duplicate in some fashion。 The changeling concept in religious and occult lore is a variation of this。 Small children are supposedly whisked away and substituted with bodies that look just like them but are really programed in an entirely different way。
A person who consorted with the devil supposedly had a mark somewhere on his flesh as a souvenir of the experience。 A modern UFO contactee develops these 〃devil's marks；〃 sometimes in the form of a wart or boil； sometimes a rash or blotch that looks like a birthmark。 In occult lore； pains in the stomach or solar plexus occur during the experience； just as UFO contactee Mrs。 Barney Hill thought the spacemen were probing her stomach with a long needle。 Blood is drawn from the chin； neck； or the tips of the fingers and the affected areas remain sore for several days afterward。 A number of contactees have had a reddish mark on the side of their neck； just below the ear； and recalled that an entity had touched them there causing them to pass out。 A few contactees have claimed that the entities simply scraped their arms with some kind of instrument and apparently removed a few cells 〃for study。〃 Actually each cell of your body contains the elaborate memory system called the genetic code。 If someone wanted to construct a duplicate of you； and had the necessary technology； they would need only a cell or two from your body。 Or a sample of your blood might do it。
It is； of course； really impossible to tell what is actually going on from these meager clues。 The memory of the contactees is unreliable； the phenomenon deliberately sets up false trails and creates manifestations designed to support the beliefs of false frames of reference。 By drawing blood conspicuously from a few people who let their stories be known； they establish an explanation for the thousand of dead animals who have their blood drained during flap periods。 We blame the devil； vampires； or space people。
Nothing in the paranormal world is as it seems。
Let us examine three different cases of UFO contact； each belonging to a different category； but all probably caused by the same cosmic mechanism。
The first is the story of Eugenio Siragusa； the Italian contactee who is the center of a growing cult。 （1） I have chosen him rather whimsically because we share the same birth date。 He was born on March 25； 1919。 I was born on March 25； 1930。 Here's a summary of his story in his own words。
I was 33 years old 。。。 and for the requirements of my job； I was up very early that morning。 Having arrived at the 〃Martyrs Square；〃 I was waiting for the bus as usual when suddenly； I spotted in the sky； a kind of luminous object of a white mercurial color； which zigzagged very rapid