Prologue 5fetched as any talk about UFOs and visits to this earth by
"gods" from outer space. I learned to be very skeptical of
what other people told me to believe, especially religious
authorities.
One important benefit I received from my background
was an international education. Both of my parents were
world travelers and I went to high schools and colleges in
many parts of the world. As a result, I received more
than mere academic knowledge. I learned about life and
people from diverse cultures.
That was sufficient for me to land a job as a junior
executive on the tenth floor of a large international
corporation, whose headquarters were located in one of
the larger buildings in New York City. Having such a
job, and being able to speak several languages enabled
me to travel to many places in many countries.
In 197 4, when these events took place, I considered
myself to be an average person. I belonged to the "do
your own thing" crowd. I kept up with the Joneses,
fought traffic, commuted, went to parties, work and the
movies. I liked sports, and did all the ordinary things that
average people all over the world do in their everyday
lives. Accounts of flying saucers seemed irrelevant, or at
best, a subject only for talk at parties, the barber shop, or
the local pub. It never goes much beyond that, because
most people have been conditioned to believing that
anyone who sees a flying saucer is either crazy or high
on something.
Before my knowledge of UFOs was probably the same
as that of any average world citizen.
I am not a writer. I am simply an ordinary person who
has a story to tell. My intention is to relate the
experience as it actually happened, ra ther than to create
one. I ask you to judge this book by the content, ra ther
than the form in which it was written.
Our purpose is not to prove the existence of flying