by Franklin Thomas

The landing which we are about to describe has one thing in common with all flying saucer contacts – it took place in a remote and deserted place where uninvited witnesses would not be likely to appear or interfere. Possibly there are other considerations such as the proximity to fault lines, magnetic centers, etc., but the choice of such sites and the absence of witnesses always prove embarrassing to the person making the contact not only because he lacks evidence to support his story making it difficult to get anyone to believe him, but also in some countries unauthorized communication with an inhabitant of another planet is considered to be in the same category as communication with a foreign power or an enemy country, and is strictly prohibited by law.

This would not be likely to disturb the space people but accounts for the fact that not many contacts are reported, and but for a fortuitous chain of circumstances no one would have heard about the one recorded here.

This case is remarkable in many ways. First the man who made the contact was a spiritually minded man, highly educated and a careful observer. Also he was wide awake and alert, and had not been sleeping, when he saw the saucer and its Martian occupant, which disposes of one explanation frequently offered. Then again he sought no publicity, which is not the case with many others who have been visited by beings from outer space. In fact he did not dare to report his experience. But being somewhat overwhelmed he could not refrain from telling a few friends.

The Martian, too, seems to have been of an unusually advanced type, not at all like the Martian described by Cedric Allingham in “Flying Saucer from Mars” – a tall man very much like one of our own airmen. That our Martian visitor was no ordinary person is evidenced by the fact that he was luminous in the early evening light and had the countenance of an angel. Certainly not even all Martians are like that. But most important of all he had quite evidently developed the third eye, for the observer first noticed only a luminous spot then there came forth from it an ethereal feeler like the antenna of a snail. While this is seldom seen with ordinary sight, its description is recognized by those possessing etheric vision. The third eye is not merely a vesitgial organ of past generations, rather it is a future development of humanity, manifesting to a degree in a considerable number of advanced souls of the present generation, and accounts for some of the unusual faculties possessed by certain individuals. Our Martian friend being one of them, certainly is in the vanguard of the race. His ability to wordlessly convey his thought is eloquent testimony to his own attainment. But he has made a severe indictment of our present day civilization and its leaders, such as is seldom heard from a contemporary. Happily a spaceman is immune from reprisal from those who do not like his criticisms!

Many people might well envy the Martian, his ability to see the overall picture by means of his extended vision but more his ability to speak his mind with impunity, for tyranny and slavery have not yet vanished from off the earth and in many places behind the iron and bamboo curtains it is not possible to air one’s views. Fortunately we have some freedom here in our own country, but we should nevertheless remember “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Our liberties have been hard won and should not be lightly surrendered. What happens when that is done is quite apparent in the world today. But humanity as a whole is not to blame. The crafty and unscrupulous will doubtless always find their victims and take the lion’s share, but the villains need not always get the upper hand. Soon the day shall come when their deeds shall all be known and there will be no longer any place to hide!

Small wonder that so many hope and pray for the day of deliverance, of divine intervention, or perchance, for a fleet of spacecraft to take them to a a place of safety before the day of reckoning when few men shall survive.

But now let us see how it looks to a Martian spaceman, as communicated to our correspondent, while camping in that lonely spot high in the mountains of Austria. His letter follows:

THE LETTER

“Nothing much seems to happen here, yet I had an experience which towers above all else.

“I have told you in former letters that I have a great love for sleeping in the open, especially during my occasional wanderings which take me over meadows, mountains, rocks and woods. And always I make it a point to spend the night in the open. The woods, as you know, is a great source of ozone, and the ozone of the mountains and woods refreshes my entire body, heart and soul. I awaken in the early morning hours, and a new joy fills my heart and new forces flow through my whole being. Then I hurry over the meadows, wet with morning dew, through the awakening woods, even before the sun sends down its glowing rays of light.

“Now the border line between Austria and Styria is composed of an ancient massive rock formation, having an altitude of about 4600 feet. The name of this vast mountain range is “Change” or “Highchange,” because the weather there is always changing. On one side you will see the sun shining and on the other side it will be raining. On this mountain there stand, separated at great distances, only three tourist homes. The tourists here keep very much to the beaten paths and seldom wander off alone on the paths that lead to the Alp meadows. Therefore the territory around this region is very lonely and you could spend weeks without ever seeing a human being.

“About a month ago I was up there under the dwarf pines, and that particular evening after I ate the supper I had brought with me, I used the last rays of the sun to make some notes in my diary, and then wrapped myself in my tent blanket and thought about the happenings of the day and made plans for the following one. The purpose of my wanderings is the study of lonely places of which there are told tales of mysterious and occult happenings. I try to collect mood pictures. I lie relaxed and still in the great stillness about me and await the appearance of the stars. The deep gazing into the starry heavens makes one realize the smallness of man and keeps one humble and thoughtful.

“I was not yet asleep. I was too tired after my long march which requires strength and endurance. Nor was I dreaming with open eyes. I am aware of the slightest noise. And when I today re-read in my diary about the incredible happening that was about to take place, and to think about it, I can scarcely believe it myself, that I should have experienced this wondrous strange event only a short time ago, and that I should be a witness of an event that, for me, has become of outstanding significance.

“I was gazing at the evening sky. Already twilight had set in and nature was enveloping itself in an opalescent veil. Yet I could still make out the trees in my immediate vicinity, clearly and distinctly, and the first stars were just appearing.

“Then it happened. . . .

“Slowly, and absolutely without the slightest noise, a strange object lowered itself gently towards the earth and landed about 150 feet away from me.

“It was a strange beautiful thing that had the shape of one of those circular, luminous balls one hangs on Christmas trees, but of gigantic size. It was about 20 feet across, and silvery in color. As the twilight deepened, its luminosity increased. At first it had been quite dim.

“I jumped up, staring at this wonder as one transfixed. Its reality could not be doubted. There, in my immediate vicinity – in the midst of all the night’s loneliness, miles away from any human habitation – upon the ground before me, there was a Flying Saucer, a secret mysterious flying machine from another world.

“Now we have been hearing about these strange and “unidentifiable flying objects” in the newspapers, a curious mixture of truth and fancy. America has recently been known to have issued the news that beings from other planets are visiting our earth for some reason. I recall having read strange descriptions of these beings which the journalists describe. Some describe them as overdeveloped frogmen of human size. Others have made an elephant’s nose of their noses. Others described them as human beings, but of all sorts of grotesque shapes and sizes.

“All of this was revolving in my head as I stood gazing at the Flying Saucer, when all of a sudden, the lid of this strange machine was lifted, and a luminous being issued forth. Slowly and carefully he stepped from his machine, which grew more and more luminous. But he too was luminous. His entire body seemed to be enveloped by a sort of aura which radiated a deep and most beautiful shade of blue. This color had a most soothing effect on my eyes, and on my whole being, so that I opened my hands and with outstretched arms proceeded to approach this wondrous being with slow and measured steps. Then I began to see his face. It was a human face, similar to ours, but in expression like that of an angel, and of a strange but mild beauty. The eyes were larger than those of us humans, but they radiated power, kindness and goodness simultaneously. The nose was smaller and the mouth seemed barely indicated. On the forehead I could see a round and very luminous dot, which seemed to grow larger and take on the shape of an antenna, somewhat like that of a giant snail. Actually this luminous ethereal feeler seemed to grow larger and larger, and moved about as though seeking in the air in the direction in which I stood, now motionless. Then he too remained still and thus we both stood still, as though hypnotized.

“He wore a tight garment, closely adhering to his body, that enveloped head, hands and feet. Only the face was uncovered and free. The material of the suit seemed as though made of spun glass. His legs were very thin and the arms like our own. His hands and fingers seemed to be very muscular.

“Now, all of a sudden, the figure came to life. Slowly he approached me, lifted his arms high and as he came close to me, laid his hands upon my head. And thus we remained standing a long time. Then I felt as though his feeling organ touched me on the forehead between the eyes, directly above the nose. And it was as though a new sense had awakened within me. I could comprehend the thoughts and messages, which his mouth did not pronounce, perhaps could not. But I knew immediately, intuitively, what this being had to convey to me. Yet no speech was necessary. I understood immediately, just as long as he touched me with his antenna, which was perceived by me, not as cold or moist, but of extraordinary delicacy and pleasantness, and I sensed his thoughts as a stream of fire pouring through me.

“As I later realized, he used the short duration of a dream, so quickly did it all happen. Then he lowered his hands, remained motionless for a short time, and then placed his right hand over my heart and turned away, stepped into his wondrous flying machine which slowly arose and disappeared quickly before my very eyes.

“Now I must emphasize the fact that I definitely understood his inaudible speech – if it may be so called – and I shall endeavor to clothe the context of his speechless message in words. One thing is certain, thinking as such is never bound by any language.

“I sense that you are differently constituted from your fellowmen. Therefore I will reveal to you who we are and what our purpose is on earth. Yes, we came from the star that you call Mars. Why do you name our planet after a God of War? Why do you fear that we will bring disaster and new wars? Yes, it is true that our planet is older than yours and more highly evolved. We have progressed further in science, but also further in our inmost being. We love peace above all things and know vaguely that in the hoary past there was such a thing as war, in which human beings, for the sake of unimportant and worthless things, wound and dismember each other – and only because a few so-called Supermen have willed it. I am astonished to learn that you are still living in this most primitive condition and that this most unholy and sinful thing is clothed in words of virtue, so that men may more quickly become excited about it. You speak of honor, of necessary sacrifice on the battlefield. You speak of love to your rulers and of tyrants who kill those who do not and cannot understand. But he who makes the sacrifices demanded by war and loses his all – he is forthright forgotten after the war has ended.

“I feel the question in your heart, ‘How have we come to know all this?’ Surely you know that we have been coming to earth for a long time, that we encircle the earth, and we do not have to learn the various languages of men. We have evolved to the point where we can read thoughts and this is due to the fact that we possess an organ which you also possess but have neglected until it has atrophied. It is the third eye. Just as you can expand your vision by means of optical instruments and thus can see into immense distances, so we also have tools and instruments by means of which we can see immense distances. But we also have the third eye, and this single eye is not merely used for seeing, but with it we can also hear, or rather, we can become aware of everything that transpires in men’s hearts – whether it be joy, happiness, irritation, dissatisfaction or anger.

“We do not come as your enemies. We want to help you to ban these unholy crises on earth that occur again and again, so that you poor human beings shall at last attain to that lasting peace and happiness which we possess. You have remained backward in science to such an extent that you use it mainly to destroy mankind. And this is not the fault of humanity, but solely the fault of a few human beings who enslave you and feed you with false words and concepts, and who do not live in Truth. They have given you great ideals and systems of religions, but none of these so-called lords live according to these ideals. On the contrary, they sneer at them and drag them around in the mud. But woe be unto you if you do likewise, for then you shall stand before the tribunal and you shall be burnt like living torches for having desecrated a God. And the judges themselves do not believe in a God. They only know the dead letter of their law books. O how unhappy you are, because your so-called free will is forever being shackled with new speeches and high sounding words while being derided. And so that you shall more easily succumb to this disgrace, they give you alcohol and tobacco, which are taxed by these high lords, so that you have to earn and pay for your shame and disgrace.

“My friend, all this have we become aware of by witnessing the radiations or vibrations that issue forth from the hearts of men. We know everything that is transpiring on this earth, and we often have to go back into our own past in order to understand these horrors, which devour the tiny little bit of happiness you have here, just as ants eat up what is strewn in their path.

“We will help you. And in the near future you will stand face to face with events that shall fill you with wonder, but which you will greet with joy as soon as you comprehend their true significance. And so that you may do so, we will help you. And now, good-bye! That which I have made known to you in my own way, that freely, give out to others after what you would call a month. God bless you!”

“These were the words, or rather the vibrations, that he conveyed to me and which I have endeavored to put into words. I repeat – he did not speak. I have only tried to translate his message into our language.

“Dear friend, this was the greatest experience that I have ever had in this life – that I was privileged to experience. The following day – and I remained in this selfsame spot two days longer, for I had brought food with me – I wrote down my observations in my diary. And about these I would like to add a few personal comments.

Excerpt from We Come In Peace!

To continue reading see full pdf book download here.