jak.themothmanprophecies- 第48节

　　　
　　
　　　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；　being　human；　some　of　those　early　investigators　leapfrogged　to　UFO　cultistlike　conclusions。　Paranoia　gripped　the　upper　echelons　of　。government。　Millions　of　tax　dollars　were　sunk　into　UFO　research。　（In　1952；　Captain　Ruppelt　said　the　air　force　was　spending　one　million　dollars　a　year　on　the　subject。　Gen。　Nathan　Twining　declared　〃the　best　brains〃　in　science　and　the　military　were　trying　to　solve　the　mystery。）　Cold　war　hysteria　added　to　the　atmosphere　of　fear　and　loathing。　A　1953　CIA　document；　kept　classified　for　over　twenty　years；　noted　that　the　Aerial　Phenomena　Research　Organization　（APRO）　〃should　be　watched〃　as　a　potential　propaganda　menace。　APRO　had　been　founded　the　year　before　by　a　Wisconsin　housewife　and　circulated　a　mimeographed　UFO　newsletter　to　a　few　dozen　scattered　buffs。　Apparently　more　thousands　of　tax　dollars　were　expended　in　〃watching〃　APRO's　Coral　Lorenzen　over　the　years；　according　to　evidence　she　published　in　a　series　of　paperback　books　in　the　1960s。　The　only　propaganda　she　ever　distributed　was　anti…air　force；　and　she　never　sold　any　of　our　flying　saucer　secrets　to　the　Soviet　Union。
　　
　　Military　men…and　the　UFO　enthusiasts…had　no　knowledge　of　or　interest　in　psychic　phenomena。　Their　materialistic；　pseudo…scientific　approach　to　the　sightings　and　attendent　manifestations　merely　increased　the　lore　and　intensified　the　mystery。　The　age…old　changeling　concept；　for　example；　must　have　caused　many　gray　hairs　in　official　circles　when　it　was　introduced　into　the　UFO　lore。　Were　the　space　people　really　switching　human　beings？　Many　of　the　contactees　and　their　open…mouthed　followers　believed　this　was　the　case。　Were　humans　being　dragged　aboard　spaceships　and　examined　like　cattle？　The　contactees'　tales　indicated　this　and　their　stories　gave　impetus　to　the　expanded　devil　theory；　that　government　officials　were　being　kidnapped　and　replaced　by　clever　androids　obeying　the　dictates　of　the　sinister　leaders　of　some　other　planet。　Idiocy　was　piled　upon　idiocy　over　the　past　twenty…eight　years。　The　paranoia　once　isolated　to　the　very　small　lunatic　fringe　grew　until　it　swallowed　up　a　large　part　of　the　world's　population。
　　
　　I　was　concerned　not　with　the　sincere　but　falsified　memories　of　the　contactees；　but　with　a　more　worrisome　question。　What；　I　wondered；　happened　to　the　bodies　of　these　people　while　their　minds　were　taking　trips？　Trips　that　often　lasted　for　hours；　even　for　days。　A　young　college　professor　in　New　York　State　was　haunted　by　the　same　question　in　1967。　After　investigating　a　UFO…related　poltergeist　case　he　suffered　possession　and　was　led　to　believe　that　he　had　mitted　a　daring　jewel　robbery　while　he　was　in　a　trance　or　possessed　state。　He　abandoned　ufology　and　nearly　suffered　a　total　nervous　breakdown　in　the　aftermath。
　　
　　Were　our　contactees　being　used　by　exterior　intelligences　to　carry　out　crimes；　even　murder？　The　answer　is　a　disturbing　yes。　If　you　review　the　history　of　political　assassinations　you　will　find　that　many　were　performed　by　so…called　religious　fanatics　who　were　obeying　the　〃voice　of　God〃　or　were　in　an　obvious　state　of　possession　when　they　mitted　their　crime。　Even　the　ten　co…conspirators　in　the　assassination　of　President　Lincoln　were　in　this　category。　And　the　soldier　who　shot　and　killed　John　Wilkes　Booth　against　the　orders　of　his　superiors　claimed　he　pulled　the　trigger　because　a　voice　told　him　to　do　so。
　　
　　The　madness　that　grips　crowds　and　produces　violent　riots；　some　of　which　have　changed　history；　seems　little　different　from　the　madness　that　produced　the　widespread　dancing　mania　of　the　Middle　Ages　when　thousands　of　people　danced　in　the　streets　until　they　dropped　dead　from　exhaustion。　The　mania　spread　from　Italy　to　Turkey。　Survivors　claimed　they　believed　they　were　knee…deep　in　blood　and　were　prancing　to　get　out　of　it。　This　was　a　collective　or　mass　hallucination。　Even　today　there　are　annual　incidents　in　which　whole　towns　are　seized　by　hallucinations；　usually　in　obscure　parts　of　South　America　and　Asia。　Such　events　are　traditionally　explained　as　being　caused　by　tainted　bread　despite　the　fact　that　people　who　have　not　eaten　the　local　bread　are　also　affected。
　　
　　In　contactee　parlance；　persons　who　perform　involuntary　acts　are　said　to　be　〃used。〃　Apparently　a　relatively　small　part　of　the　population　have　auras　or　biological　radiations　which　attract　elements　of　the　superspectrum。　Such　people　are　prone　to　controlled　hallucinations　and　possession。　Since　the　entities　probably　exist　as　energy　in　a　field　outside　our　space…time　continuum　they　can　only　see；　and　be　seen；　by　these　special　people。　（In　innumerable　UFO　reports　the　ufonauts　apparently　could　not　see　the　witnesses。）　Derenberger's　Cold　identified　himself　as　〃a　searcher。〃　Searching　for　what？　For　biological；　oddities　like　Woody；　no　doubt。
　　
　　A　contactee　may　feel　a　sudden　impulse　to　go　for　a　pointless　late…night　walk　or　drive。　During　that　drive　he　encounters；　he　thinks；　the　space　people　and　has　a　fine　visit　with　them。　Actually　his　body　proceeds　on　to；　say；　Point　A　where　he　picks　up　a　letter　or　object　left　there　by　another　contactee。　He　carries　the　letter　or　object　to　Point　B　and　deposits　it。　Later　he　has　no　memory　of　these　actions。　Meanwhile　some　poor　slob　with　the　wrong　aura；　like　myself；　receives　a　phone　call　advising　him　to　proceed　to　Point　B　where　he　will　find　something　left　for　him　by　the　space　people。　In　short；　all　physical　evidence　and　manifestations　are　produced　by　human　beings。　They　dig　holes　in　fields；　rifle　mailboxes；　and　who　knows　what　else。
　　
　　These　games　have　been　going　on　since　forever。
　　
　　I　have　received　thousands　of　letters　from　contactees　since　1967；　many　of　them　filled　with　glowing　praise　for　their　contacters；　other　pathetic　and　touched　with　terror。　One　of　the　first　letters　arrived　unexpectedly　in　the　summer　of　1967　from　an　elderly　man　in　New　England。
　　
　　〃I　found　your　name　and　address　on　a　slip　of　paper　dropped　onto　my　kitchen　floor　by　an　'Indian…like'　friend；〃　he　wrote。　〃If　this　letter　is　not　returned　to　me　I　will　no　＇sic＇　you　received　it　。。。　I　wish　I　could　tell　you　how　my　life　has　been　taken　over　&　what　condition　our