My Trip to Nazca Plains 83that no one had been able to determine how these cities
were built at such incredible altitudes without modern
technology. I saw the underwater conduits, the Gate of
the Sun, the Citadel of Macchu-Picchu, and now I was
seeing the frosting on the cake, the Nazca Plains.
Meeting Rama had intensified my interest in the
mystery of these ancient relics. My studies reassured my
radical mind; I was not quite as frightened as I had been
about what had happened in the Andes Mountains. The
more I read on the subject, the more I was able to accept
some of the things Rama had told me.
Incident at &eter, written by John G. Fuller, was a
turning point for me. Fuller gave a completely detailed
journalistic report on several UFO sightings in various
parts of the United States. After reading this book, I was
able to seriously consider the possibility that Rama could
be an extraterrestrial.
An intriguing part of Fuller's book dealt with the
blackout that hit the northeastern part of the United
States on November 9, 1965, leaving Boston, New York
and New Jersey without power for over seven hours.
Fuller points out that this power failure is still unex
plained and that some weeks before several people
reported seeing UFOs, or strange objects, in the sky, on
or near the ground, close to power lines.
Fuller gave very plausible explana tions to many ques
tions I'd been asking myself since that blackout.
On the first Friday of July, 1974, less than two weeks
since I'd met Rama, I sat in my office, looking at my desk,
piled high with all kinds of literature on Peruvian history
and legend, scientific reports, magazine articles on UFOs
in ancient times, and essays on Inca architecture. How
could I continue to believe that all these reports of flying
saucers were fiction? Especially now that I had become
an eyewitness myself. But here I was, still skeptical
about my friend from outer space. While I wa s becoming