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been adjusted to the psychology and beliefs of each particular period in time。 The flying saucer/extraterrestrial visitants are not real in the sense that a 747 airliner is real。 They are transmogrifications of energy under the control of some unknown extra…dimensional intelligence。 This intelligence controls important events by manipulating specific human beings through the phenomenon of mystical illumination。 Our religions are based upon our longtime awareness of this intelligence and our struggle to reduce it to humanly acceptable terms。
The ancient Ethiopians viewed their gods as black； snub…nosed entities。 The Greeks and Romans populated their mountaintops with longhaired； handsome gods and goddesses。 The Indians of South America worshiped bearded gods who traveled the night skies in luminous discs of light； as did the ancient Egyptians。 But religious views were modified in the nineteenth century with the ing of the Industrial Age。 The lights were still there but a new frame of reference was needed to cover their activities。
Somebody somewhere does not want us to understand the true nature of this phenomenon and its true purpose。 For years the UFO enthusiasts believed the U。S。 Air Force was the culprit and that government agents were tapping the phones of teen…agers and little old ladies； tampering with their mail； and following them around in black Cadillacs。 I wish the answer was that simple。
We have been victimized by this phenomenon； not just since 1947 but since ever！ It is the foundation of all our religious and occult beliefs； of our philosophies； and our cultures。 The ancient Chinese marked out the routes of the lights in the sky （LITS） and called them 〃dragon tracks〃 because； apparently； fearsome dragons appeared along with the mysterious lights。 In a later age； these became fairy lights and were associated with the little people who actually plagued whole generations not only in Europe but also in North America 。。。 for the American Indians were telling stories about the little people long before the Europeans arrived here。
During the witchcraft craze a few hundred years ago； people really thought they saw witches flying through the air 。。。 with lanterns hanging from the front of the brooms。 The vampire legends of middle Europe are almost identical to the modern UFO lore。 As late as the nineteenth century the devil existed as a physical personage to many people。
If you saw a strange light in the sky in 1475 you knew it had to be a witch on a broom because you had heard of others who had seen witches on brooms skirting the tree…tops。 Now in 1975 you might decide it is attached to a spacecraft from some other planet。 This conclusion is not a qualified deduction on your part。 It is the result of years of propaganda and even brainwashing。 If you are under thirty； you grew up on a diet of ic books； motion pictures； and television programs which educated you to believe in the extraterrestrial hypothesis。 A small knot of nuts has talked to you year after year on interview programs； telling you how the sinister air force has been keeping the truth about flying saucers from the public； that truth being that UFOs are the product of a superior intelligence with an advanced technology； and that the flying saucers have e to save us from ourselves。 The gods of ancient Greece are among us again； in a new guise but still handing out the old line。 Believe。
Belief is the enemy。
The people of the Middle Ages were as convinced of the reality of the little people and their underground palaces as you might be of an extraterrestrial civilization with gleaming cities of glass on some far…off planet。 One hundred years from now the phenomenon may be playing some new game with us。 The whole interplanetary bag may be forgotten。 But those lights…and that damnable procession of strange critters and nine…foot humanoids… will still be marching in our midst。 Isolated individuals on lonely back roads will still be getting caught in sudden beams of energy from the sky； then shuck their families； quit their jobs； and rocket into notoriety or plunge into the hell of insanity and bankruptcy。
III。
〃While driving toward New Cumberland； we saw a light hovering near a hillside；〃 John Vujnovic； an attorney from Weirton； West Virginia； said； describing his experience on the evening of October 7； 1966。 〃The light started ing toward the car and I guess my son was frightened and I slowed the car so that we were a good distance behind the object。
〃The object had an outer circular light that glowed； but there was no sound at all。 I stopped the car for a better look and the thing started ing down over the highway。 I think it was about four hundred feet in the air。〃
Mr。 Vujnovic was driving south on State Route 66 from Chester； West Virginia； to Weirton in the northernmost tip of the state。 His was one of the first important sightings in West Virginia that October 。。。 a month that would produce sensational incidents all up and down the eastern seaboard。
〃At one time； it looked as if there were windows in the craft and after it got past we could see a revolving light。 The outer glow of the light made a fast…flickering type of light as the object was hovering。〃
It eventually disappeared as Mr。 Vujnovic went on his way。
In the weeks that followed； the lights and some dark objects of awesome size were seen from one end of the state to another。 In Sistersville； a town mentioned in the 1897 〃airship〃 reports； local UFO fans organized an informal warning system； calling each other on party lines to announce curtly； 〃UFO…northeast；〃 etc。 The town's newspaper did not bother to publish a single report。
Every night at approximately 8 P。M。 one of these brilliant flashing lights would cruise majestically over the Ohio River； traversing Point Pleasant from north to south。 Those who bothered to notice it at all assumed it was an airplane。
Mrs。 Kelly； the lady who had seen the longhaired man standing in the sky seven months earlier； lived in a house on the edge of a deep gully。 She and her children were seeing blinding globes of light traveling close to the ground along that gully nightly。 And her telephone was behaving strangely； ringing when there was no one on the line； and sometimes emitting beeps like Morse code。
Early in November； an elderly man walked into Mary Hyre's newspaper office。 〃I've just got to tell somebody；〃 he began nervously。 The story he unfolded seemed totally unbelievable to Mrs。 Hyre； who knew nothing of UFOs at the time； but she knew the man and was impressed by his sincerity。
On November 2； 1966； he said； he and another workman were driving home to Point Pleasant from their job near Marietta； Ohio； on Interstate 77。 As they neared Parkersburg； West Virginia； an elongated object appeared low in the sky and descended directly in front of them。 They stopped their car and a man emerged from the object and walked over to them。 He looked like a normal man and was grinning broadly。 He wore a black coat and kept his arms folded with his hands out of sight under his armpi