22 DATE WITH THE GODS"You mean you agree with me ?"
"Well, I certainly do."
I was ready to continue loudly voicing my outrage
when something stopped me. From behind one of the
mounta ins, out of the clear blue sky, three slow-moving
flying objects appeared, perfectly lined in a triangular
formation. As I watched, they suddenly stopped in mid
air. I forgot what I was about to say, fa scinated with the
sight of the oblong objects shaped like two soup dishes
put together against each other. They had little humps
on the top. While they were hovering over the moun
tains, I noticed they were metallic in color, something
like aluminum. I also saw a glowing amber-orange color
that changed to green-almost turquoise. They began
moving soundlessly, traveling in different directions. At
times their horizontal movements changed to vertical,
then hovered in mid-air. Suddenly, with a great burst of
speed, they took off, disappearing into the sky. When
this happened, I heard a small explosion.
I was thunderstruck. I didn't know what to make of
the situation. My mind went totally blank. It's hard to
describe my feelings upon realizing that one is actually
seeing something from outer space. I flashed back to the
UFO contact sign at the Ticlio Pass.
I turned to my new acquaintance and saw her smiling.
She seemed amused by the sighting, and not at all
surprised.
I said, "Those things weren't airplanes or helicopters."
"Yeah, I know," she said calmly. "They're flying
saucers."
I could hardly believe my eyes. Yet, when she reacted
to seeing them so casually, I told her I was impressed by
her calm attitude.
"Of course I'm calm," she said. "I see them all the time.
They're all over the world."
"I never believed those things existed."
"What do you think now?"