CONTENTS
For December 1959
EDITORIAL
...................................................................................................................... 2
SPACECRAFT DEPARTMENT ................................................................................... 3
A STRANGER APPEARS BEFORE THE U.N. ......................................................... 5
WORLD REPORT ........................................................................................................... 8
CALIFORNIA COORDINATOR APPOINTED ............................................................ 10
THE BOOK CORNER .................................................................................................... 10
LETTERS TO THE EDITORS ...................................................................................... 11
THERE MUST NOT BE WAR IN THE HEAVENS .................................................... 12
POET'S CORNER .......................................................................................................... 14
PREDICTIONS FOR 1960 ............................................................................................. 15
EARTH SLOWING DOWN ............................................................................................ 16
BULLETIN BOARD ........................................................................................................ 17
BOOKS RECOMMENDED ........................................................................................... 17
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EDITOR .................................................................................................. DANIEL
W. FRY
ASST. EDITOR .................................................................................... hope
troxell
CIRCULATION MANAGER ........................................................................ John
root
ART WORK BY ................................................................................. RALPH
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VOL. IV DECEMBER,
1959 NO. 12
WHEN President Eisenhower returns to this country from his
flying tour of 11 foreign nations, he will, in the brief span of 18 days, have
covered more ground and visited more national capitols than any other president
has visited during his entire tenure of office. He will have had more
opportunity for intimate personal discussion of national and international
problems among the nations visited, than has ever been available to any man in
a similar length of time.
It is unfortunate that the time devoted to this trip could
not have been extended in order to give him the opportunity of speaking with a
few of the common people in each of the countries. Such a program might have
increased considerably the total area of understanding achieved. Nevertheless,
it is to be hoped that the president will make good use of the knowledge and
understanding which he is acquiring.
During the past year there have been many signs of thaw in
the cold war. Each opportunity to melt more ice should be carefully examined
and vigorously prosecuted.
The race for armaments has become a stalemate. Each side
possesses the means to bring total destruction upon the other within a matter
of hours and each side is well aware of this simple fact. The only remaining
approach to the solution of international problems and disagreements, requires
first, a mutual understanding of these problems and disagreements; and second,
mutual compromise.
The recent visit to this country of Mr. Khruschev; the
present world tour of President Eisenhower, and his scheduled visit to the Soviet
Union, make it apparent that the first step, that of mutual understanding, is
now well underway.
A new era of international relationship is dawning. During
the Christmas season now at hand and throughout the coming year, let us devote
our prayers, our hopes and our active assistance to the fruition of a plan of
mutual compromise which will protect the freedom and dignity of the individual,
give real meaning to the phrase "Peace on Earth to Men of Good Will,"
and perhaps lift the curse of war from this planet forever.
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Cleve Twitchell, Reporting
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT SEEN IN REDMOND SKIES
Redmond, Ore., Sept. 25 (UPI)-Authorities today were
checking into reports of an unidentified flying object sighted over this Central
Oregon city early Thursday by a policeman and an employee of the Federal
Aviation Agency.
Robert Dickerson of Redmond city police said he first saw
the strange object during night patrol at the east city limits. He said it came
to within 200 feet of the ground and moved from side to side.
He called Redmond airport and notified LaVerne Wertz, a
flight service specialist with the FAA, who then also sighted the object with
binoculars. It was described as round and flat, like a mushroom.
Both men said the object glowed in hues of pale green,
bright yellow and crimson and at times shot long blue bursts of flame. It
hovered over the area for at least one hour, they said.
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U.F.O. IN SOUTHERN OREGON
(First-hand report
from Mrs. Lorraine Fee, member of Medford Understanding Unit No. 24).
A hunting party camped east of Crater Lake in what is
known as the "pot hole" area was preparing to start out before
daybreak, 3 a.m., when they observed a strange glow shining amongst the trees
on a mountain side. It was cigar shaped and seemed to move up and down, hover
and then change its position.
Suddenly a glowing object swept down over their pickup,
then shot straight up and returned to the space craft in the trees. (This must
have been a recording disc, which has been mentioned.) The men were astonished
and somewhat frightened, so they got out of that area in a hurry.
As they arrived around the other side of the mountain the
object had followed them, appearing in different places above them, changing
color in the light emanating from it.
Upon arriving at Chemult, Ore., some time before 8 a. m.,
they stopped at a cafe for breakfast. They were still observing the strange
object until suddenly, it shot straight up with a flash of light and terrific
speed, vanishing from view.
This was the morning of Oct. 7, 1959.
They found in talking to others that many people had seen
this object in that general locality since Sept. 24 when it had also been seen
at Redmond, Ore., by a policeman on night duty. (See story elsewhere in this
issue.)
Something similar in appearance was seen two nights in a
row on the east end of Medford in August. One couple who were riding on the
east foothills road were so frightened that they could not give an accurate
account of what they did see. However, several neighbors in the east part of
town gave a very clear account of what was seen, and when contacted by us
wanted to know more about what they had seen.
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COMMENT ON THE OREGON CLIPPINGS
(First-hand report
from Lois Barton of Eugene Understanding Unit No. 26, concerning the Sept. 25 Redmond
sightings.)
You will note that the Sept. 25 story coincides with
George Hunt Williamson's speaking engagement in Eugene. He told me that they
saw a fireball as they drove into town that evening.
I have a friend here who has had psychic communication
through an ouija board for about four years with a "spirit" from Mars
who calls himself Mr. X. He, Mr. X, told her that this disc which was seen at Redmond
would be visible the following Wednesday night low on our Eastern horizon.
Without knowing anything about that prediction, or Mr. X for that matter, five
members of a prayer group to which I belong were returning to their homes at 9:30 p.m. the following Wednesday, Sept. 30, when they sighted a strange moving amber
colored light. They stopped the car and watched it for about 20 minutes. It
seemed to be moving both horizontally and vertically. and at one time it turned
a bright blue for a few seconds. This story was broadcast from a taped
interview at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 4 on a local news broadcast.
We were told that this disc would be visible again about
Oct. 15, but overcast prevented anyone we know of seeing it. My husband's
helpers in a mining district high in the Cascades about sixty miles from Eugene
spotted a bright "star" at 11 a.m. on Friday, Oct. 30.
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Our psychic friend was told that this was the same disc
and that it would be visible on Nov. 6 about 9:30 a.m., but again fog
intervened. She understands that the disc is from Mars-the mother ship being
7-1/2 miles long and 4 miles through. The disc is called the Lonesome One
because it spends much time far from the mother ship. It is sup-posed to carry
two crew members and "patrols" the Cascades (Pacific Mountain ranges)
from Canada to Mexico. Her information on the cigar shaped ship reported on
Nov. 2 was that it is also from Mars and has a crew of 12. "They were
there just to help people become more aware of them so that they will be able
to land sometime without danger to themselves."
For whatever these comments are worth, here is something
of a record of the Eugene group's experience recently with UFOs. We are deeply
interested in things pertaining to the New Age.
MAN REPORTS LIGHT IN SKY
(from Eugene, Ore.,
Register-Guard, March 30, 1959)
A fast-moving, bright white light attracted a Eugenean at 11:20 p.m. Sunday while he was working in the Southern Pacific Railroad Company's glass
tower in the Bethel area.
Merle Kniggs of 2689 Edison St., Eugene, explained that
suddenly over the Coburg hills he noticed a bright, round white light moving
rapidly out of the clouds. He thought at first it was a falling star, but
changed his mind when the light stopped its descent at about 500 feet, then in
four or five seconds had disappeared in the northwest sky
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EUGENEAN SIGHTS OBJECTS IN SKY
(from Eugene, Ore.,
Register-Guard, July 8, 1959)
A Eugene man who decided to brush up on his astronomy
Thursday night says he observed two unidentified objects pass overhead during a
20-minute period.
M. W. Mumbach of 1538 E. 13th Ave. said he sighted the
first object from his front yard at 11:40 p.m. It had a brightness about twice
that of the star Vega and passed overhead from south to north in about one
minute.
At 11 p.m. another object of the same brightness and speed
traveling the same course, but in the opposite direction, was sighted, he said.
Mumbach said he has no guess as to what the object may have been.
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Because of the many requests of our readers, we are
reprinting the following article, which appeared in our December issue just a
year ago.
(The following copy is part of a radio script which was
broadcast by Paul Harvey over the American Broadcasting System on Christmas
evening 1950... This data and words of the stranger were furnished to the
commentator by the Recording Secretary at Lake Success, on the occasion of this
special session of the U. N. Political Committee, some time previous to its broadcast.
Paul Harvey concluded this report with the words: "I have quoted the
message precisely! Adding nothing!")
There was a special session of the United Nations
Political Committee summoned at Lake Success by its chairman. In the recess of
the Security Council, many nations were represented by their chief delegates.
Such was true in the case of the United States, where Mr. Austin sat for Mr.
Dulles who was likewise present. The United Kingdom was represented by Jebb,
sitting for Younger. Vishinsky sat for the Soviet. Such was the unusual nature
of this suddenly summoned session, that the rows, six deep, around the
perimeter of the Committee Room Twelve, were empty.
No photographers were allowed on the floor as the
delegates filed in. Certain members of the Recording Secretariat were seated in
the glassed-in Translation Loft, which is accessible only by a stair in the
outside hall. The doors were closed between nine and twelve minutes after
seven. No one could have entered the floor of Committee Room Twelve before the
doors were closed, without showing his credentials, or being otherwise
identified. None could have entered after the doors were closed without being
seen by the guards in the hall outside. They said they saw no one. Yet the
meeting had barely been called to order, first in English, and then in French,
when a tall man rose to his feet from one of the chairs behind the chairman. A
hush came over the oval table, and Sir Benegal Rau, presiding, thinking at
first all eyes were on him, was nudged by a chair secretary. He then turned to
follow their stare to the face of the stranger who stood behind him. His first
inclination was to signal a guard. This was a closed session of the
Committee! It had been plainly summoned as such. Instead,
Mr. Rau addressed the man:
"You, sir! Would you please identify your delegation
affiliation?" The lean man was draped in the attire of the East, not
uncommon at Lake Success. Sandals, bearded, (the beard well groomed). His lips,
parted to speak, and the last of the hubbub on the floor was suddenly stilled.
With soft compelling voice that seemed, though without benefit of microphone,
somehow to fill the whole room, he said:
"I have many things to say and to judge of you. I
will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundations of the
world, and ye shall know the truth!"
So still had the room suddenly become, that one could hear
the asthmatic breathing of a fat aide, completely across the windowless
chamber.
“Why are you, sir?" Mr. Rau demanded. He had meant to
say who are you, but was momentarily flustered. The stranger answered
"There is an evil, which I have seen under the sun, and it is common '
among men. With their tongues they have used deceit. The poison of asps is
under their lips. And the way of Peace they have not known." A ruffle went
through the room. The delegate from Belgium beckoned and being recognized,
requested: "Let this man speak; he is here, let him speak!" "May
I question the witness?" interrupted Vishinsky, but his wit went unheeded
from the floor. He fidgeted. Mr. Rau, testing the stranger, spoke:
"Represented here is a great nation which keeps itself apart from the rest
of us. I fear they will move shortly to silence you, too."
But the calm, poised man replied: "Everyone that
doeth evil, hateth the Light. They make clean the outside of the cup, and of
the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. The axe is laid
unto the root of such trees!"
Mr. Vishinsky, stern and unsmiling, now spoke; but it was
a long moment before the translation came: "The Soviet Delegation will not
listen to the ravings of this warmonger. This interruption is no doubt some
carefully planned and poorly executed plot to depict the Soviet as the
aggressor in a war in which we have no part! Is it any wonder communism in Korea
opposes these imperialists?"... He snapped his spectacles from his nose,
and with them, indicated in the direction of the United States Delegation.
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The stranger spoke more sharply now: "Foolish and
unlearned questions, avoid, knowing that they do gender strife. If a man strive
for masteries, then he is not crowned, except he strive lawfully. The days
shall come upon thee. . . " and he looked squarely at Vishinsky. . ".
that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and
keep thee in on every side, and shall utterly destroy thee !"
"But," interrupted the chairman, "you have
not touched on the purpose for which this meeting was called. What about Korea?
Where have we erred there?"
Came the answer: "If the good men of the house had known
:n what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have
suffered his house to be broken up. But while men slept, his enemy came, and
sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way."
Mr. Jebb for the United Kingdom offered: "I think
what we all fear most is that any of us may be next." And the visitor,
still standing, replied: "When a strong man, armed, keepeth his palace,
his goods are in peace."
Mr. Austin was waving the small flag which marked his
place, and request for recognition was granted. "In the United States, we
are hosts to enemies within our own house. Agents they are of another
government, who plead mercy, saying they are loyal to our own government as
well."
The man of gentle grace had raised his hand, as if to
hasten the question. "No man can serve two masters, for either he will
hate the one and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise
the other. Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to
desolation!"
"But," said Mr. Austin, "they use our own
laws, our own courts, our own freedom to outwit us! The question came back to
him: "How can one enter into a strong man's house and spoil his goods,
except he first bind the strong man?"
Pursuing his point, Mr. Austin went on: "These among
us say they intend to only alter our government by peaceful means. . .to better
our economic system.. .to..."
Less patient now, the visitor interrupted: "They that
be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick!"
The uninvited speaker turned toward Mr. Austin and Mr.
Dulles. . . "There is none righteous among you, not one. I know thy words;
that thou art neither hot nor cold. Because thou sayeth : "I am rich, and
increased with goods, and have need of nothing,' and thou knowest not that thou
are wretched. Beware, lest ye also, being led away with the error of the
wicked, fall from your own steadfastness!"
Procedure was forgotten now! The representative from France
spoke out: "This same enemy is within my country! He demonstrates against
our Parliament, antagonizing our courts..."
"Scatter thou the people that delight in war,"
the man replied. "Put them in mind to be subject to Principalities and
Powers; to obey Magistrates; to be ready to every good work; to be not
brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men."
Mr. Rau rose from his chair, and turning said: "We
came here to place the blame for our unrest, and you have given each of us a
share. What is it then, that we should do? Abandon our efforts to seek
peace?" To this he answered: "Let things be done decently and in
order. Be sober and diligent. Depart from evil and do good. Execute ye judgment
and righteousness, and deliver the spoiled out of the hand of the oppressor. It
is impossible but that offenses will come, but woe unto him through whom they
come! Seek peace, pursue it. And increase your faith. FAITH hath subdued
Kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, and stopped the mouths of
lions!"
"You make all this seem so infinitely simple,"
said Mr. Rau. "Many righteous men," replied the stranger, "have
desired to hear these things which ye hear, and have not heard them."
"It is not customary," Mr. Rau smiled, "for
us to hear Wisdom from outside our own chambers!"
His guest, unsmiling, warned: "Be then not forgetful
to entertain strangers for thereby some have entertained angels unawares!"
Sir Benegal Rau turned to the assemblage. "There is
no further purpose in this meeting. This has answered all our questions. And to
you, sir, we thank you... If you would only write these things which you have
spoken, if you would put such Wisdom in a book for all to see. .. "
It was at that moment that the visitor's eyes flashed
sudden anger: "It IS in a book! Your Holy Bible... !" Then the anger
faded, and the eyes were calm again, and somehow sad. . . and he walked to the
door, which was opened for him... and no one on the outside saw him leave.
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LOOK OUT! ARE THERE VENUSMEN?
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1, (UPI)--Scientists yesterday reported
evidence of water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, raising the possibility
that some sort of life may exist on the bright planet.
The discovery, a scientific first, was made with
instruments carried 15 miles into the stratosphere over the weekend by Navy
balloonist Malcolm Ross and Dr. Charles B. Moore, a meteorologist of Cambridge,
Mass.
It could upset previous belief that Venus was a dead
world.
The instruments were designed by Dr. John Strong,
professor of experimental physics at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
Strong told reporters at a news conference here that "The
experiment, in our opinion, indicated there is water vapor on Venus. How much
there is will take some time to determine." Strong refused to give newsmen
his personal estimate as to whether the findings indicate the possibility of
life on Venus. Asked if he felt the possibility was ruled out, he said
emphatically, "No."
Strong went on to say that the evidence brought back from
the stratosphere was the first direct scientific evidence of water on the
planet.
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ENGLANDERS SEE STRANGE LIGHT IN SKY
LONDON, Sept. 5, (AP)-Airline pilots, coast guard groups
and ordinary stargazers tonight reported seeing a mysterious light in the sky
over southern England.
Capt. Herbert Bailey, pilot of a British European Airways
Flight from Paris to London, said he saw "a very vivid green line followed
by an equally brilliant red flash which cut horizontally over the sky."
"It was not moving too fast but at one time the light
filled a third of my cockpit window," he added. "I should say it was
about 20,000 feet from the ground. After a few minutes it gradually broke into
sections which shot off at a tangent."
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JOHN WESLEY ROOT
Newly Appointed California Coordinator
MARKE A. NORMAN
Assisted in the formation of The Canadian Unit
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CALIFORNIA COORDINATOR APPOINTED
John W. Root, writer and teacher of philosophy from Inglewood,
Calif., has been appointed to the office of Understanding Coordinator for the
state of California.
In this newly created post, Mr. Root will work to
co-ordinate the activities in California, traveling about the state as much as
possible to meet people first hand, forming new units and offering his services
to any of the existing units that request assistance.
He will maintain close contact with the membership and
organizational department at the Pasadena headquarters office, which will
supply him with necessary forms and names of interested persons in various
areas of the state where no units yet exist.
All persons in California who are interested in forming a
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A member of Inglewood Understanding Unit No. 15, Mr. Root
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Born on a farm in Southern Iowa, he married Nellie Andrew,
a Nebraska girl. They have four sons and a daughter. Mr. Root is a widely known
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Dear Sirs:
I watched with interest an interview on the Tom Duggan
Show a few weeks ago, when a lady from your organization (Hope Troxell, ed.)
gave a testimony about her experiences concerning people from other worlds.
What prompted me to write was a very interesting
documentary by the U. S., Air Force yesterday afternoon on the subject of UFOs.
I'm sure your organization is familiar with the important sightings of UFOs in
the last 15 years. This primarily was what the film was about. But what was
most significant was the fact that the Air Force admitted that the Unknowns,
i.e. unexplainable, were not from this world.
With me this subject is too vast a thing to be satisfied
with belief. Frankly, I believe there is much truth in the sightings the Air
Force marked as Unknowns-and I may be conservative. But it is not enough to
believe. Belief can lead to all kinds of incorrect conclusions. But a correct
understanding will lead to truth.
If there is any information you can give me that will
further under-standing, I would be grateful.
Hoping to hear from you soon.
Yours sincerely,
Dan U'ren
Pasadena
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By Fra Prudentia
Did you ever wonder what might happen if some day, perhaps
when you are feeling all snug and secure, wholly at peace with the world, the
spell of complacency is rudely shattered by a loud portentous whir, and
blinding blast that dominates the heavens-leaving you shocked, breathless,
petrified with fear!
Now, at long last, you realize that the fantastic reports
you've read about space ships suddenly become frightfully real, as one actually
shoots majestically above the horizon-and then, hovering prodigiously in
mid-air with commanding presence, it tries to establish communication with the
people of earth.
After successfully descending on a light beam (whose
velocity is 186,300 miles per second) and then smoothly gliding downward on our
uncertain missile routes, the intrepid conquerors of the boundless heavenly
regions will certainly want to know before landing if they are going to be met
by friend or foe. And the clay may not be far off when we shall have to make
our position clear.
What preparations have we made for such an emergency?-for
the establishment of intelligent communication when needed, apart from the
conventional methods now in general use around the globe? The facts are not
being advertised, for fear of alarming the public, but thinking men in high
places know full well that in dealing with victorious navigators of outer space
we face a wholly new and unprecedented situation.
There are, quite naturally, many barriers between us and
space men. No common ground of understanding exists. We speak a diverse
language. We represent an elementary culture. We live in a house divided
against itself. We honor a contradictory set of ethical values, and cherish
dubious social, political and communal conventions. All of which, when summed
up, may list us quite low in the universal analyst's anthropogenetic scale.
To further complicate matters in our cosmological
contacts, we still respond largely to crude underlying animalistic impulses in
a disordered world, and our thinking is conditioned accordingly on a low
egocentric is level; while our astral contemporaries with whom contact is inevitable,
have most likely reached an intellectual peak that far transcends our
comparatively lowly state, thereby widening the gap between us.
How can we be sure of this? Easily enough, once we
recognize that had we understood the principles of astrodynamics and achieved
the level of intellectual eminence demonstrated by the heroic captains of the
sky routes, the possibilities are that we should have visited them in outer
space-long before their triumphant arrival on our landing fields!
The conclusion is quite unavoidable, therefore, that the
dauntless victors of the space lanes who win their way through uncharted
inter-stellar regions to our shores are not only superior intellectual beings,
but most likely have long ago, in correlation with their advanced cosmic
concepts, been freed from the grosser forms of civilization which are still the
commonplace mode of existence to earthlings.
Although dedicated leaders among us labor incessantly to
elevate the thinking of the masses, the world as a whole rests rather smugly in
well worn ruts of traditional thought. It should be remembered, therefore, that
the glaring weaknesses that prevail in the economic-political-ethical aspects
of our limited way of life will hardly be met with respect or sympathetic
regard by super-beings to whom our shortcomings can have little or no meaning,
the significance of which was long Ago forgotten.
This is especially true if those first to reach our shores
have them-selves attained a lofty standard of integrity, character and virtue
that might look with opprobrium on a state of condoning, for instance,
fratricidal wars and happily supporting this incredible paradox that retards
normal evolutionary progress.
Granted then that these visitors to our world may have
reached a level of understanding beyond our comprehension, and are therefore
capable of maintaining their impregnable position, it must be equally certain
that they know full well how to deal both effectively and with finality should
challengers with warlike tendencies have little more to offer byway of
"welcome" than a boastful show of force. (Those who have watched Hollywood's
version of earthlings blasting saucers from the skies may eventually be in for
some rather shocking surprises!) Picture then these fearless intellects of positive
demeanor (no longer tolerant of those who still uphold the law of the jungle)
as they hover triumphantly over a world whose foremost leaders not only
subscribe to the inhumane principles of periodic slaughter, long condemned by
the prophets and sages of all ages, but whose political prestige, authority and
power in a sustained military economy are often furthered by perpetuating this
negative scourge.
What reception, we may well ask, awaits the harbingers of
the heavenly universe at the hand of a reception committee flanked on all sides
by hydrogen bombs and atomic missiles? Will our scientists be able to bridge
the gap, and find a way to surmount this threatening obstacle-thereby
establishing peaceful communication on some yet unknown common meeting ground?
If so, how will this be accomplished? Will the simple mechanical exchange of
dots and dashes, signs and symbols, prove adequate? Will our cryptographers be
able to decipher their codes, and can we expect the space-auditors to interpret
our high frequency impulses as friendly signals, even though they register
little more than enigmatical bleeps and bloops at the other end'.'
In this tense moment of apprehension heading toward a
bedlam of confusion, it is easy to detect possibilities of the gravest danger.
For, it is quite conceivable that a veritable hot-bed of mutual suspicion might
readily result, with ominous portents awaiting explosive eruption at any
moment. In this extremely delicate situation, one wrong move could trigger a
cataclysmic conflict too horrible and too bloody to imagine. Never, never must
we allow this to happen! It must be avoided by all the means within our power!
But how shall we escape such grim prospects?
How war in the heavens may be averted, and the advance
move which London has already witnessed in this respect, will be revealed in
the next article of this series.
Editor's Note: The textbook "THE POSITIVE WAY
TO PRACTICAL RESULTS" by Fra Prudentia is being made available to our
readers as an aid in following this series of articles. We think you will find
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DIVINE TREASURE
Throngs are wending homeward
way,
One more striving day is done,
What the purpose of this game?
Bits of tarnished silver won.
Puppets dance to sad refrain,
Conditioned by a hapless
creed,
Tortured brains in Mammon's
Hell,
Muscles strain throughout the
years.
Oh world deluded, endless
strife,
Cries of hunger, anger, pain,
Anguished sighs of weary
souls,
Echo down the halls of time.
Death, the all-consuming
waits,
To claim you each within his
fold,
What meaning life of stress
prolonged?
Where ends the Quest for
freedom's dawn?
How distant still the Inner
Goal,
Attaining which all passions
pale,
When will man know that It is
All?
Abode of inmost silent rest.
Like strangers in a land
forlorn,
The Real eludes your eager
grasp,
But here, within, It ever
lies,
In tranquil glory, perfect
rest.
In That resplendent steady
bliss,
Constant streams of purest
joy,
Drown the thirst for Maya's
toys,
To which we cling with anxious
care.
Dive deep in That, oh blessed
thou,
Eternal Treasure still
unclaimed,
Inmost Essence of us all,
Divine Existence, ever One.
-Guy C. Hudson
SEASON'S GREETINGS
YOUR
EDITOR AND ALI. OF THE STAFF TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO WISH EACH OF OUR READERS
A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY & PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, FILLED WITH HEALTH,
WEALTH & HAPPINESS AND ABOVE ALL, WITH UNDERSTANDING
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by Dan Fry
HERE are a few predictions for the coming year.
We are well aware of the hazards of prophecy, and usually
avoid indulging in it. However, since it appears that the year 1960 will go
down in history as one of the key years in the development of human. civilization;
this seems to be an ideal time to present a few extrapolations.
No claim is made that all of these predictions must
necessarily come to pass, but it may be interesting to determine how closely
the future may be predicted from a study of the past and present factors.
1. The current struggle for the 'balance of power' between
management and labor will create new peaks of tension during the first three
months of 1960. As a result, new legislation will be enacted which will further
increase the present strongly paternalistic trend of government.
2. More potential candidates for the White House will be
considered and discussed in 1960 than in any other year of this century, and
the final results of the election will surprise almost everyone.
3. Creeping inflation will continue at about its present
rate until the month of August, when some new concepts of economic
stabilization will be introduced.
4. A more or less permanent solution of the Berlin problem
will be achieved by the end of September.
5. India will come into the 'Free World' sphere of
influence.
6. U. S. relations with the Soviet Union will improve
during 1960 but relations with Communist China will probably deteriorate.
(Note: predictions 3, 4, 5, & 6 are based upon the
assumption of the safe return of President Eisenhower from his Moscow visit. If
any event should prevent this, an entirely different set of circumstances will
arise.
7. Direct conversion of temperature differential into
electric energy will begin to emerge into public view.
8. Two important advances will be achieved toward the
creation of `anti-particles' or 'contraterrene matter.'
9. A rocket from the earth will leave the solar system
during the year.
10. An earthman will go into space in an earth vehicle and
will return to tell about it. Two others, unfortunately, will not.
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PARIS, Dec. 17 (Reuters). The earth's rotation has been
slowing down for the last five months and each day has been longer by
one-thousandth of a second, Prof. Andre Danjon, director of the Paris
Observatory, told the French Academy of Science in a scientific report
published today.
This slowdown meant a difference of one second every two
years, Danjon explained in his report. He said he discovered this fact through
two atomic clocks which varied by less than one second in 100 years.
The phenomenon was recorded between July 15 and Aug. 1 and
was still continuing. Danjon said he was unable to explain it at present but
hopes further research would provide the reason.
"We shall know after studying all geophysical and
celestial phenomena which occurred in the last five months," he said.
"There is a possibility that this may be connected with solar
eruptions." Editor's Note: For several years your editor has been
complaining that the day was simply too short to accomplish everything which
should be done. It seems that someone upstairs must have heard his plea and is
in the process of making them longer.
At first glance the rate of slowdown appears to be very
insignificant, but if we calculate the rate of loss of kinetic energy which this
slowdown represents, we find that the earth is losing kinetic energy at the
rate of about 2,296,000,000,000,000 (two quadrillion, two hundred ninety six
trillion) foot lbs. per second. Something is exerting quite a lot of force on
our little planet.
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Dr. John Hopkins, Ph.D., president of Williams College in Berkeley,
Calif., will journey to Southern California on two separate weekends during
January for several lectures. The distinguished speaker, who is Northern
National Vice President of Understanding, is well-known for his versatility and
vastness of knowledge of the Flying Saucer field.
Each of his talks during January is expected to be
different from the others, so that persons will have the opportunity to attend
more than one of his lectures without hearing the same talk twice.
The tentative schedule, with a few arrangements still
pending, is as follows:
Thursday, January 14: "Exploration Research Into
Interplanetary Understanding" at 8 p.m., either at Odd Fellows Hall, 175
N. Los Robles Ave., or at YWCA, 78 N. Marengo Ave., both in Pasadena, Calif.
Those planning to attend this lecture may confirm the location by calling SY
2-7386.
Friday, January 15: lecture at 8 p.m. in the Sons of Norway Hall, 14312 Friar St., Van Nuys. This will be an introduction to flying
saucers type of lecture proceeding the formation of a new unit in Van Nuys.
Anyone interested in membership in a Van Nuys Unit of Understanding is invited
to correspond with Understanding Headquarters, Box 22, Station C, Pasadena, Calif.
Saturday, January 16: "Who Is a Contactee?" at 8 p.m., 517 Stewart St., El Monte.
Saturday, January 30: "Flying Saucers and What They
Mean to You" (tentative) at 8 p.m., Darby Park Auditorium, 3400 Arbor
Vitae. Inglewood.
Sunday, January 31: "Flying Saucers" at 2 p.m., Science of Mind Church, 1164 N. Lake Ave., Pasadena.
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