sychic abilities came from space intelligences。 Mr。 Owens has racked up an impressive record predicting the outes of football games。 Mr。 Geller； an Israeli psychic； became world famous after his alleged contact with a flying saucer on a desert in the Middle East。 Both men have been examined and tested by armies of scientists and parapsychologists。
I have probably examined and befriended more UFO contactees than anyone else。 Usually their experiences follow certain patterns which they are not even aware of at the time。 A long series of seemingly unrelated events occur prior to the first overt contact These events can begin in childhood and span many years。 Then； too； most contactees have active or latent psychic abilities before contact。 People who see ghosts or religious apparitions have the same patterns as the UFO contactees。 And； in fact； the apparitions described in religious 〃miracles〃 usually share the same physical characteristics as our UFO entities； that is； long fingers； dusky plexions； pointed features。
The flying saucer lore of the past twenty…seven years has been built on three main ponents： （1） the sighting reports； usually poorly investigated by amateurs and believers； or based entirely on fragmented and often inaccurate newspaper stories； （2） the testimony of the contactees； （3） messages received through spirit mediums and ESP。 In recent years a new element has been added by the few scientists pulled into the controversy。 This is the tiresome use of probabilities to explain that there must be zillions of other planets and therefore there must be uncounted numbers of inhabited places in the universe。 In the early 1960s exobiology became the new scientific rip…off。 Various foundations and NASA poured millions of dollars into the study of extraterrestrial life。 Since there were no samples available for study； and since there is not the slightest bit of evidence that even a single planet exists in any other star system； exobiology was not an easy field。 Scientists had to justify their enormous expenditures with reams of speculative papers。 We do not even have enough facts； after fifteen years of study； to form a real basis for the coveted probabilities。 If Nick the Greek were asked to make book on the existence of extraterrestrial life； he would find the scientific arguments so tenuous that the odds would have to be somewhere around a trillion to one。 Of the nine planets in our own solar system； only three…Mercury； Earth； and Mars…are solid； and only one of these three is infested with life。 The appearance of life requires a long list of environmental and chemical conditions。 For all these conditions to exist simultaneously on a single planet also requires a whole series of improbable coincidences。
Men have always gazed at the night sky and dreamed of other worlds。 Four thousand years ago； Enoch became the first space traveler； visiting seven worlds or planets after being roused from his sleep by angelic spacemen。 Swedenborg； the great Swedish mathematician； went wandering through the cosmos in the 1700s； and a proper Bostonian named William Denton was given a guided tour of Venus in the 1860s。 George Adamski； Howard Menger； and several others visited the moon in the 1950s； preceding Neil Armstrong by more than a decade。 Menger； a New Jersey sign painter； brought back some 〃moon potatoes〃 that looked like rocks 。。。 and they didn't cost the taxpayers a cent。 Adamski； a California eccentric； found the backside of the moon rich in vegetation and water。 Others observed cunningly concealed underground cities there。
Still others have traveled to scores of unknown planets in distant galaxies。 Planets with exotic…sounding names adopted from ancient Greek； just as most of the entities who stop lone drivers on isolated back yards claim names from mythology。
For example； on Wednesday； July 26； 1967； Mrs。 Marts De Long and Michael Kisner were driving in a park near California's Big Tujunga Canyon when they heard a bodiless voice which instructed them to watch for something unusual。 There was a flash of light in the sky and a glowing disc twenty feet in diameter appeared。 Soon they were chatting with 〃Kronin；〃 master of the Kronian race。 He was very tall and both boneless and eyeless； and said he was 〃a space robot encased in a time capsule。〃
As soon as Mrs。 De Long reached her home after the visit her phone rang。 It was Kronin。 She later recorded several conversations with him in which he explained the problems of the universe。 She had never heard of Cronus； the Roman god of time。
Another entity popular in occult circles for centuries is Ashtoreth； the Phoenician goddess of love。 A character called Ashtar has been municating with UFO fans for years； ing through worldwide stances； on Ouija boards； and through mental telepathy。 Ashtar is a big cheese in the Intergalactic Federation。 Contactees have churned out dozens of books filled with his messages。
A woman on Long Island had an encounter with an olive…skinned gentleman in a greenish suit in May 1967 and his name caused me some problems。 He called himself Aphloes。 I finally figured out that it was from aphlogistic； a word derived from Greek meaning 〃a lamp giving light without flame。〃
Woodrow Derenberger's Mr。 Cold did not fit this pattern。 In fact； the name made me suspicious of Woody's story and if I had not talked with others who had shared similar experiences on the same night； I might have rejected Derenberger outright because of it。
In earlier times； fairies； demons； and even human witches practicing their Black Sabbath rites； chose gravel pits； garbage dumps； cemeteries and crossroads for their appearances。 Modern hairy monsters and UFOs select the same sites； and quite a few UFO contacts have occurred near crossroads or on highways still under construction at points where old highways once intersected。 Derenberger's first contact with Cold was on a newly pleted highway yards from an old intersection。
Across the river； the vast 〃Indian〃 mounds of Ohio stand as mute testimony of some earlier culture almost identical to the culture which constructed the great mounds of Great Britain。 The latter were joined by straight tracks or 〃leys〃 which formed a plicated grid system。 I wondered if a similar ley grid may not have once existed in West Virginia and I studied aerial photos and old maps looking for such a system。 There are tiny traces 。 here and there； but modern fanners and builders have destroyed most of the old artifacts； just as they had destroyed a great many of the mounds； stone towers； etc。； that stood on this continent when the first Europeans arrived。
Had Woody been stopped on a cross…point of some old ley network？ The only clue lies in Mr。 Cold's uncharacteristic selection for a name。 In his study of the British leys； The View Over Atlantis； John Michell stated：
A peculiar feature of the old alignments is that certain names appear with remarkable frequency along their routes。 Names with Red； White and Black are mon； so are Cold or Cole； Dod； Merry and Ley。
It would be in keeping with the twisted logic of the entities to call attention to a West Virginia ley system by staging their landings at specific points along the grid and adopting names like Cold。 Apparently this is exactly what they did in 1966…67。
So far as I know； Cold and his mischievous panions never presented themselves to other contactees 。。。 or they changed their names to suit each occasion。 This； too； is a break with tradition。 Ashtar； Orthon； and several others with names that sound like synthetic fabrics have contacted thousands of people all over the world in the past twenty years。
In September 1973； just before the great October UFO wave； posters sprang up all over Atlanta； Georgia； proclaiming the eminent arrival of the space people。 A Georgia psychic was in mental munication with Zandark； who identified himself as 〃a member of the United Cosmic Council； a mander in Chief in Charge of Directing Technical Transmissions Via Mental Telepathy or the bination of Mediumistic Telepathy Under the Direction of the Confederation of Cosmic