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y could take some pills。 Then they presented her with three of the same pills； told her to take one at that moment； and to take one other in two days。 The third pill； they said； was for her to have analyzed to assure herself it was harmless。 They undoubtedly knew that she would turn it over to me。
Two hours after she took the first pill she came down with a blinding headache； her eyes became bloodshot； and the vision in her right eye was affected。 When her parents came home they expressed concern because her eyes were glassy and her right eye seemed to have a cast。
The sample pill proved to be a sulfa drug normally prescribed for infections of the urinary tract。 … Two days later she obligingly took the second pill and her phone rang shortly afterward。 A man with 〃a crude Brooklyn accent〃 told her he was Col。 John Dalton of the air force and wanted to talk to her about 〃Mitchell Field。〃 She told him； honestly； that she didn't know anything about Mitchell Field。 He insisted that he wanted to talk to her。 Would she e to his office？ She asked where his office was and he hesitated for a moment； then said he would interview her at her house。 He didn't ask for her address and since she hadn't reported anything to the air force； she wondered how he had gotten her phone number。
At 7：45 P。M。 the next evening Jane's parents left the house for a few hours and as soon as they were gone Colonel Dalton and his partner； a young lieutenant； rang her bell。 Both men seemed normal and were polite and well…spoken。 Colonel Dalton was in civilian clothes 。。。 a black suit； naturally。 He was about five feet eight inches tall； had brown hair； brown eyes； and 〃a very pointed nose。〃 The lieutenant was two or three inches taller； in an air force uniform； with 〃whitish blond hair that looked dyed〃 cut very short； 〃like a crewcut growing back in。〃 They flashed identification cards with their photographs affixed。
The colonel asked her what she knew about a local saucer landing and saucer occupants in the area。 Jane laughed and said she didn't believe in flying saucers。
〃We know all about the shenanigans in this building；〃 Dalton told her curtly。 〃A lot of funny people have been going in and out。〃
〃Well； maybe some of my relatives are a little strange；〃 Jane smiled。
Dalton opened his briefcase and brought out a sheaf of printed forms。 He handed her a long； plicated form and asked her to fill it out。 She took it； read it over； then handed it back。
〃If you don't want to fill it out；〃 he said； handing her a pen； 〃you can just sign it。〃
〃Now that would be pretty stupid； wouldn't it？〃 Jane said。
Later she recalled that the form did not ask any questions about UFOs but was solely concerned with personal history； education； medical background； and family history。 〃It even asked when my grandmother died and what she died of；〃 Jane told me。
Finally the two men gave up trying to browbeat her and left。 She saw them drive away in a blue station wagon。
Around this same time two young men visited Mary
…Hyre at her home in Point Pleasant。 Both were wearing
black clothes； and both had short white hair。 〃It looked so
unnatural；〃 she exclaimed。 〃I wondered why such young
men would dye their hair such an odd color。〃
At first she assumed they were just more in the endless stream of UFO buffs； but they seemed to know very little about flying saucers。 They were mainly concerned with asking questions about me； which she hedged。
〃Did they use any unusual words or expressions？〃 I asked Mary on the phone。
〃Not really。 Just when they went out the door 。。。 one of them turned and said something like； 'We'll see you in 〃time〃 or 〃sometime〃。' It sounded odd the way he said it； like it was meant to mean something。〃
Tom's meeting with Vadig was still six months away so the phrase meant nothing to me。
III
On June 19 Mr。 Apol gave Jane a message to pass along to me。 It was a prediction： 〃Things will bee more serious in the Middle East。 The pope will go there soon on a peace mission。 He will be martyred there in a horrible way 。。。 knifed to death to a bloody manner。 Then the Antichrist will rise up out of Israel。〃
I was shocked。 But here was a statement that could be checked against future events。 Apol also said the Vatican was planning to send food and materiel to Arab refugees。 There had been no announcement in the press about this。
Two days later Miss Paro had an unnerving experience。 A black Cadillac pulled alongside her as she was out walking at 8 P。M。 and a well…dressed man in the back seat ordered her into the car。 He named a friend of hers and she foolishly obeyed him。 The car headed for Mount Misery。
〃There was a funny smell inside；〃 she reported。 〃Antiseptic 。。。 like a hospital。 And there were flashing lights on the dashboard。 I couldn't take my eyes off them。 I felt like they were hypnotizing me。〃
The car traveled isolated back roads until it reached a crossroads where another vehicle was waiting。 A man holding something like a doctor's bag was standing there。 He got into the Cadillac and waved a small object in Jaye's face； like a bottle of smelling salts。 She felt her will power drain away and sat there helplessly while the men asked her questions which didn't make any sense to her。 Finally they returned her to the spot where they had picked her up。 The whole episode had terrified her and she called me immediately。
Was Jaye's experience merely an updated version of the Mattoon 〃gasser〃 and old Springheeled Jack？ （*） Months later when I interviewed Tom in Washington I remembered this seemingly meaningless incident。 Had Tom also been gassed or hypnotized the moment he stepped into Vadig's old Buick？
＇*＇ Springheeled Jack was a tall； caped phantom with a bright light on his chest who appeared in England in the 1830s。 He was able to leap great distances and he spewed a nauseous gas into the faces of surprised witnesses。 Although he was the subject of a massive manhunt； he was never caught or identified。 A black…garbed phantom terrorized Mattoon； Illinois； in the 1940s； spraying a noxious gas into bedroom windows。
On October 23； 1971； the Washington Post published a strange 〃gas〃 story involving President Nixon's maid。 The story contains some of the elements we have been discussing here。
Nixon Maid Stole In Trance； She Says
Miami； Oct。 22 （AP）…A part…time housekeeper at President Nixon's Key Biscayne retreat has testified she was put in a hypnotic daze by a stranger who told her to shoplift four dresses。
Shirley Cromartie； 32； and a mother of three； pleaded no contest Thursday and was given a suspended sentence after law enforcement officers and a psychiatrist testified they believed she was telling the truth。
Mrs。 Cromartie holds a security clearance to work in the Florida White House； according to testimony。 She said a woman met her in a parking lot and asked the time； then ordered her to take the items a