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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 and bring them to her。
Mrs。 Cromartie testified she fell into a daze when the young woman released a jasminelike scent from her left hand。 〃I just sort of lost my will 。。。 it was a terrifying experience；〃 she testified。
Mrs。 Cromartie joined the Key Biscayne White House housekeeping staff about a year ago； according to FBI Agent Leo Mc Clairen。 He testified her background was impeccable。
Dr。 Albert Jaslow； a psychiatrist； said he examined her and found she could be hypnotized 〃quickly and easily〃 and believed she was telling the truth。
〃But it wasn't the same when he hypnotized me；〃 Mrs。 Cromartie said。 〃I couldn't remember anything afterwards。 Whatever that young woman did to me； it was like being in a sleepwalk； only awake。〃
There was no further ment on this strange incident。 At the time I wondered if perhaps this was not some small demonstration for the benefit of President Nixon； similar to the power failures that seemed to follow President Johnson in 1967。 （The lights failed wherever he went 。。。 from Washington to Johnson City； Texas； to Hawaii。）
IV
Woodrow Derenberger found a new world with Cold； Klinnel； Ardo； and pany。 Now Jane was moving among twilight presences； Mr。 Apol； Lia （the name of his female panion）； and several others who mischievously adopted names from my obscure （damn it） novels！ They amplified their dire prophecy for Pope Paul。 He would be attacked in a crowd at an airport； they said； by a man dressed in a black suit and wielding a black knife。 After his assassination there would be three days of darkness and worldwide power failures。
On June 28 the Vatican announced that a personal envoy of Pope Paul VI； Monsignor Abramo Frescht； was being dispatched to Cairo to discuss 〃Vatican assistance to war victims and refugees。〃 On June 30 it was announced that the wooden throne said to have been used by Saint Peter was going to be dug out of the Vatican basement and placed on display for the first time since 1867。
I went out to Mount Misery and hypnotized Jane。 She was a good subject and after performing various tests to assure myself that she was really in a deep trance； I began to ask her subtle questions about Apol and his friends。 To my utter amazement； the impossible happened。 The control was taken away from me。 I couldn't direct the session。 Instead； I found myself talking directly to Apol through Jane。 He wanted to talk about Marilyn Monroe and Robert Kennedy。 I didn't want to gossip； I insisted； but wanted some hard facts on the overall situation。 Apol persisted； warning me that Kennedy was in grave danger。 Where was he talking from？ He said he was parked nearby in his Cadillac。 He made some specific predictions about pending plane crashes； then returned to Marilyn and Kennedy。
All the while we were conducting this insane conversation； Jane's telephone was ringing madly。 Each time I picked it up there was no one on the line。 Finally I just left it off the hook。
The session ended abruptly when Jane woke up by herself。 Another impossibility。 She would have required a suggestion from me before she could awake。 （*）
＇*＇ In paring notes with psychic investigator…author Brad Steiger； he told me he had similar experiences with hypnosis； that is； the control was taken out of his hands by some other intelligence。
The predicted plane crashes occurred right on schedule。 I was slowly convincing myself that the entities were somehow tuned to the future。
I was making other startling discoveries。 I had only to think of a serious question and my phone would ring and Jane would deliver a message from Apol answering it
Other ufologists were also getting predictions from contactees。 When Gray Barker arrived in New York for the convention at the Hotel modore he told me that he'd received a prediction that 〃a famous newsman in the Midwest〃 would die very soon。 Two days later； on the evening of June 23； Frank Edwards died suddenly of a heart attack in Indiana。 Edwards was a newscaster and author of the 1966 bestseller Flying Saucers…Serious Business。
The Year of the Garuda…1966…67…was only half over and I was talking to half…a…dozen entities through contactees scattered throughout the Northeast。 Scores of new games were going on at once； each one designed to prove something to me； not to the contactees。 The latter would never quite figure out what was happening to them or what it all meant。 Like the UFO enthusiasts themselves； the contactees would be manipulated； used as robots to propagate beliefs and false frames of reference； and then be discarded to sit in the darkness and wonder why the world was not as they had imagined it； why the wonderful space people had abandoned them。
On Long Island； a dozen eccentrics still sit by their phones waiting for Princess Moon Owl to call again and restore their waning faith。
16 … Paranoiacs Are Made； Not Born
I
〃The U。S。 government is being taken over by the space people！〃
This rumor spread throughout the country in 1967； an updated version of the old devil theory。 Actually it got its start in 1941 when James V。 Forrestal； the brilliant secretary of defense in the Truman cabinet； went bananas and raced through the corridors of the Pentagon screaming； 〃We're being invaded and we can't stop them！〃 He was convinced that his phones were being tapped and some enormous conspiracy was underway。 Soon after he was placed in a hospital he leaped out a window to his death。 While the press blamed his paranoia on the tensions of the cold war； the UFO enthusiasts knew better。 Air force Intelligence had piled a Top Secret Estimate of the Situation following their UFO investigations in 1947…48。 Their conclusion； according to the late Capt。 Edward Ruppelt； was that flying saucers were extraterrestrial。 Forrestal； so the story went； was one of the few to read that report before Air Force Chief of Staff Hoyt Vandenberg ordered all copies destroyed； and it blew his mind。
Two other top military men； Gen。 George C。 Marshall and Gen。 Douglas MacArthur were obsessed with the flying saucer phenomenon。 MacArthur made several public statements declaring that the next war would be fought against 〃evil beings from outer space。〃 A fabled 〃think tank；〃 the Rand Corporation； was assigned to feed UFO data into a puter and fight an imaginary war with those evil beings。 Since we wouldn't know where they were from； what their technology was； or how to attack their bases； the puter advised us to surrender。
Contactees adrift in the hallucinatory worlds were convinced the space people were walking among us unnoticed。 Los Angeles alone had a space population of ten thousand。 Actually this was just a tiresome repetition of the earlier beliefs that devils and angels were everywhere in human guise。 Early in the Age of the Flying Saucers （1947…69）； air force and CIA agents undoubtedly came across MIB cases similar to the ones outlined here and