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and CIA agents undoubtedly came across MIB cases similar to the ones outlined here and； being human； some of those early investigators leapfrogged to UFO cultistlike conclusions。 Paranoia gripped the upper echelons of 。government。 Millions of tax dollars were sunk into UFO research。 （In 1952； Captain Ruppelt said the air force was spending one million dollars a year on the subject。 Gen。 Nathan Twining declared 〃the best brains〃 in science and the military were trying to solve the mystery。） Cold war hysteria added to the atmosphere of fear and loathing。 A 1953 CIA document； kept classified for over twenty years； noted that the Aerial Phenomena Research Organization （APRO） 〃should be watched〃 as a potential propaganda menace。 APRO had been founded the year before by a Wisconsin housewife and circulated a mimeographed UFO newsletter to a few dozen scattered buffs。 Apparently more thousands of tax dollars were expended in 〃watching〃 APRO's Coral Lorenzen over the years； according to evidence she published in a series of paperback books in the 1960s。 The only propaganda she ever distributed was anti…air force； and she never sold any of our flying saucer secrets to the Soviet Union。
Military men…and the UFO enthusiasts…had no knowledge of or interest in psychic phenomena。 Their materialistic； pseudo…scientific approach to the sightings and attendent manifestations merely increased the lore and intensified the mystery。 The age…old changeling concept； for example； must have caused many gray hairs in official circles when it was introduced into the UFO lore。 Were the space people really switching human beings？ Many of the contactees and their open…mouthed followers believed this was the case。 Were humans being dragged aboard spaceships and examined like cattle？ The contactees' tales indicated this and their stories gave impetus to the expanded devil theory； that government officials were being kidnapped and replaced by clever androids obeying the dictates of the sinister leaders of some other planet。 Idiocy was piled upon idiocy over the past twenty…eight years。 The paranoia once isolated to the very small lunatic fringe grew until it swallowed up a large part of the world's population。
I was concerned not with the sincere but falsified memories of the contactees； but with a more worrisome question。 What； I wondered； happened to the bodies of these people while their minds were taking trips？ Trips that often lasted for hours； even for days。 A young college professor in New York State was haunted by the same question in 1967。 After investigating a UFO…related poltergeist case he suffered possession and was led to believe that he had mitted a daring jewel robbery while he was in a trance or possessed state。 He abandoned ufology and nearly suffered a total nervous breakdown in the aftermath。
Were our contactees being used by exterior intelligences to carry out crimes； even murder？ The answer is a disturbing yes。 If you review the history of political assassinations you will find that many were performed by so…called religious fanatics who were obeying the 〃voice of God〃 or were in an obvious state of possession when they mitted their crime。 Even the ten co…conspirators in the assassination of President Lincoln were in this category。 And the soldier who shot and killed John Wilkes Booth against the orders of his superiors claimed he pulled the trigger because a voice told him to do so。
The madness that grips crowds and produces violent riots； some of which have changed history； seems little different from the madness that produced the widespread dancing mania of the Middle Ages when thousands of people danced in the streets until they dropped dead from exhaustion。 The mania spread from Italy to Turkey。 Survivors claimed they believed they were knee…deep in blood and were prancing to get out of it。 This was a collective or mass hallucination。 Even today there are annual incidents in which whole towns are seized by hallucinations； usually in obscure parts of South America and Asia。 Such events are traditionally explained as being caused by tainted bread despite the fact that people who have not eaten the local bread are also affected。
In contactee parlance； persons who perform involuntary acts are said to be 〃used。〃 Apparently a relatively small part of the population have auras or biological radiations which attract elements of the superspectrum。 Such people are prone to controlled hallucinations and possession。 Since the entities probably exist as energy in a field outside our space…time continuum they can only see； and be seen； by these special people。 （In innumerable UFO reports the ufonauts apparently could not see the witnesses。） Derenberger's Cold identified himself as 〃a searcher。〃 Searching for what？ For biological； oddities like Woody； no doubt。
A contactee may feel a sudden impulse to go for a pointless late…night walk or drive。 During that drive he encounters； he thinks； the space people and has a fine visit with them。 Actually his body proceeds on to； say； Point A where he picks up a letter or object left there by another contactee。 He carries the letter or object to Point B and deposits it。 Later he has no memory of these actions。 Meanwhile some poor slob with the wrong aura； like myself； receives a phone call advising him to proceed to Point B where he will find something left for him by the space people。 In short； all physical evidence and manifestations are produced by human beings。 They dig holes in fields； rifle mailboxes； and who knows what else。
These games have been going on since forever。
I have received thousands of letters from contactees since 1967； many of them filled with glowing praise for their contacters； other pathetic and touched with terror。 One of the first letters arrived unexpectedly in the summer of 1967 from an elderly man in New England。
〃I found your name and address on a slip of paper dropped onto my kitchen floor by an 'Indian…like' friend；〃 he wrote。 〃If this letter is not returned to me I will no ＇sic＇ you received it 。。。 I wish I could tell you how my life has been taken over & what condition our country & government are in。 If you have been through the 'misery' you no ＇sic＇ you are not alone。 I am not a nut。 I am sincere。 I am concerned for you 。。。。
〃P。S。 I have been 'used'！〃
This letter； and others like them； helped to convince me that my own investigations could be manipulated。 I was being led to people and cases to support whatever theory I was working on at the time。 I tested this by inventing some rather outlandish ideas。 Within days I would receive phone calls； reports； and mail describing elements of those ideas。 This was the feedback or reflective effect。 Other investigators concerned with solving problems such as how flying saucers are propelled have automatically been fed； or led into； cases in which the witnesses supposedly viewed the interiors of the objects and saw things which confirmed the investigators' theories。
If the phenomenon can produce any effect through hallucination； it can easily support any theory。 It took me a long time to realize that many