CHAPTER 11 

 Other Universes

  When Edwin was again tuned in to the Koldasian thought-frequency in the prescribed manner and at the pre­arranged time (December l9th, 1974) he spoke rapidly,

 "Asa kaviendo anoy kisialda katauw viando kasau, This is Melchor, the satellite on the perimeter of your solar system."

 The words  just  rolled off his tongue. To us, it sounded just like Kashendo. So Valdar was not there to keep his appointment with us this evening.

'Greetings, my friends, this is Kashendo of Melchor here. I 'm sorry that Valdar can not make this transmission tonight as he is at a conference on Grandor. He regrets that he did not advise you of this through your radio and he has asked me to stand in for him. Valdar left a few notes with me and it is from these that I would like to speak to you tonight."

We were surprised to bridge the distance of 6,000 million kilometers directly to Melchor with a thought-transmission. Radio broadcasts from Melchor needed the presence of  a ship to relay and boost the signal to Edwin's receiver. This mode of communication gave us a foretaste of the possibilities of thought-transmissions. Kashendo  then added a few thoughts on space-travel to those Valdar had given in the previous contact.

 He said that he hoped to claryfy the confusion and misunderstanding on this subject.

He said, "As to travelling in time... our living in the future and you living in the past, I would like to stress that we are in your future and you are in our past.  Koldas is many Earth-years  ahead  in evolution. If we were to go back in time on Koldas, we would eventually reach the point where your Earth is at present. Many people have asked the question: if we are ahead of you in time, we must know your future. This is not so! Our planet is only more evolved. We have used the word time  for  convenience,  as  there  is no word that we know of in your language to describe our concept of space-travel. Our craft travel faster than the speed of light by using cosmic magnetic fields.(see pictures for better understanding here)

 

 

"Let me tell you more about these magnetic fields. Each planet has its own gravity and magnetic field. In space, there is hardly any gravity, only magnetic force. Earth's  magnetic  forcefield  is  invisible,  but  if you could see it,  it resembles a spherical shape which is drawn out to a long narrow tail by the solar-wind coming from your sun. There are currents in magnetic fields, which  now from a North pole to a South pole. These currents, or lines of force, now in large loops around the planet  from pole  to pole,  cradling the radiation belts which protect life from the solar wind and cosmic rays.

 “There are also currents in the narrow tail field which stretches into space where it joins the magnetic fields of other planets. These tail fields link together into  a magnetic web. We travel along strands of this web.  Our craft are carried by these magnetic currents. There  are  two opposing currents in these tail fields separated by a stagnant neutral zone.

nb; picture up is not from the koldasbook, but fit somehow to the txt

"With our magnetic motors, we are able to attract our craft to the current which will carry us to our desired destination. In the same manner, each solar system has a magnetic field with a tail field deflected even further  into  space,  linking  with  other  solar  and star systems. These magnetic fields run throughout your universe,  as  they  do  ours.  The  two  Universes  are also connected by a magnetic field. Without this universal-solar magnetic field, we could never have visited you in our spacecraft.

 "You  see,"  continued  Kashendo,  "our  craft  move along  the outer surface of these magnetic streams, as you would glide on ice, swept along by a stiff breeze. At the start of a journey, we direct our craft into the slower central region of the magnetic stream.

"To gain more speed, we move outwards until we reach the outermost layers where we attain maximum acceleration and where we dematerialise and travel many times faster than the speed of light.

"How this is done will not be understood on Earth. Some have suggested that we then exist in another dimension, but this is not so; we are just ahead of you in evolution. We do not differ from you in body. We merely have an advanced technology which you will also evolve to on Earth in your future." 

 

 

  

Kashendo mentioned that the Confederation had discovered a civilization which is even further ahead than theirs.  This advanced civilization exists on planets which Confederation craft cannot reach.

When I asked Kashendo to tell us about these beings he said, "We believe that there is yet another 'pair' of Universes, a third and a fourth. The beings that we know of are from the third. Their appearance is very human but you may consider their features to be oriental. They are tall, muscular, have long hair and when they speak, their voices have such a high pitch that it hurts one's ears to listen to them. They seldom speak as they communicate telepathically. I have seen such beings twice and on both occasions they were males. Their craft can 'travel' much faster than ours. I'm told that they make frequent visits to our mother planet, Grandor, the planet in the Confederation where telepathy is most widely practiced. At this moment, Valdar is attending a conference there where the problems of the Confederation are being discussed as well as the problems of Earth. A delegation from the Third Universe is usually present at these discussions."

 

Kashendo  paused for a few moments before  he continued,  "I have  just been alerted that a Sitonian Division of Astrael-craft is approaching this satellite. I shall have to end this thought-transmission soon as I have many things to attend to when the craft arrive. They have travelled far and stop here to rest and replenish their supplies before continuing on their way."

Before ending, Kashendo sent his best wishes on behalf of the Confederation for the Christmas and New Year season which was  then approaching.  I thanked him and asked when the equivalent season called Nixi Yacandi in the Confederation would be celebrated.

"You have twelve months in your year," Kashendo replied.  "We  call months 'cydes'.  We  have  fifteen such cydes in a Koldasian year. Our Nixi Yacandi in the Confederation will be two of your Earth months ahead (of now). This is the time we commemorate the advent of the Divine One who walked our worlds. As on Earth, it is for us too a time for contemplation and celebration. We also make merry and there is much visiting between friends.

I asked,  "Could you tell us exactly what date on our calendar Nixi Yacandi would be celebrated?"

"It will be the third week in the month of February (1976). The Confederation celebrates the whole week as 'Christmas'  and  every planet (in the Confederation) joins in.Yes there is much merry-making." Kashendo ended the thought-transmission saying that our next transmission would be in a month's time when Valdar would be back to talk to us.

I made a mental note to do something special for Nixi Yacandi which would be representative of our civilization of man on Earth.  I decided that it would have to include extracts from a musical masterpiece.

 When Kashendo had gone it was quiet in the room for a short while. Elizabeth and I looked at Edwin expectantly. When he had 'returned', we asked him, half jokingly if he had had a good journey to Melchor.

He replied, "Carl, it gets more and more vivid. I know exactly where I have been.The last time it was more of a jumble but this time it was like watching a film-screen."

I asked Edwin to enlarge upon his experience and how it differed from the 'visit' he had made to Valdar‘s craft.

 

Edwin said, "This time I was in the communications center where Kashendo was; in a dome right on top of the satellite. Melchor is like a small planet; a miniature world.  It has many floor levels with observation windows all around it. There are airlocks with huge gates or doors so that visiting craft may enter. It is like  an oasis in space. Melchor's motto can be seen above the main airlock doors, written in Koldasian and it means 'Welcome to All'."

We chatted for another twenty minutes about Melchor before I left to drive home. We made a date for a month ahead to keep our appointment with Valdar. As usual, Kashendo‘s transmission had been very informative. His command of the English language is good, probably due to his extended training period on Earth and having married an Australian girl.

He is more fluent and not so repetitive as other communicators. He certainly added to our primitive comprehension of their method of space travel.

 As the ancient mariners used the trade winds, so the Confederation spacecraft use the magnetic currents of the Universe to advantage. These magnetic currents pulse and now continuously in a web of closed loops shaped like a dumbbell, a rather long drawn out dumbell, with the two rounded ends linked through the poles of the gravity centers. Even the Universes are  said to be in the shape of a big cosmic dumbell, with the magnetic field flowing  through the connecting bar. This is where the modern space-traveller sails along in the magnetic trade-winds without having to use propellants for fuels or expend any other form of energy.

 

Our next contact was with Valdar and it came just about the time when people on Earth were being alerted about Eros. This uneven and oblong-shaped asteroid approached Earth tumbling end-over-end  through  space on its orbit around our Sun. Eros is about the same size as Manhattan and it takes 21 months to orbit the Sun, and closes with our Earth at predictable intervals with radio and press speculating on the width of safety margins during its passes.

"Greetings, my friends," Valdar said in his usual jovial voice, "We are at present approximately halfway between Earth and Venus. We are observing an asteroid which is approaching. I'm sure you have heard of it."

I replied that we had read about Eros in the news­papers.

the eros asteroid - picture is not from the koldas-book

Valdar continued, "There is no danger of collision with Earth. It will by-pass your planet and so far it has not collided with any other. But who knows, one day when it passes through your solar system it might collide or be intercepted by a planet. At present, there are no obstacles in its path and it will pass Earth by a large margin. It is good to be speaking through Edwin again.  I would like you to relax as much as possible during  these  thought-transmissions.  Concentrate on my voice. Although it is Edwin's voice you are hearing, it is really mine. Eventually, you will receive my thought without any instrument. At this moment, I am seated in an Astrael-craft in space. All around me are stars. It is peaceful  and quiet. There is a darkness in space that you have never seen. Each star, each planet, hangs like a jewel in this void of velvet blackness. Try to visualize this scene."

"As I look through the observation windows, I see your Earth and as I turn in my seat,  I see Venus behind me.  It looms a little larger than Earth at the moment. I hope you can imagine this scene in your minds' eye.

 Valdar hinted at some future catastrophe and the changes  that  this  event would bring with it. But he gave no due as to when this cataclysm or cosmic upheaval would take place as this was unknown even to the scientists of the Confederation. They are certain that it will occur  as they have learned to interpret varous signs in their long history of cosmic observations.

Valdar said,  "The virgin lands where the ancient Atlanteans settled will one day be a haven for mankind again. For after the big change takes place, where the­re are now oceans, there will be land and where there is  now  land,  there  will  be  oceans.  The continents of America, Africa, Asia and Europe will no longer be there.  In their place will be these  'new' lands, now at the polar regions, and civilization will start again for  we  think  your  polar  regions  will  not  suffer in this big upheaval. They will remain more or less intact but the climate will change and the ice-caps will melt. On the rest of Earth's surface there will be drastic changes! The present polar regions are even now being prepared,  for they will be needed. You may have noticed that there is a lot of UFO activity there."

 

Valdar concluded with the promise to make another contact at the end of the month cyde. He said, "I will be in this vicinity again before returning to Koldas for my rest period."

Following these words, Edwin returned to us after a brief interval of silence. He groaned while he opened his eyes. "Oh, my head feels heavy. You know, Carl, I could see Earth... but it was a little hazy, like looking at the sun through a cloud. I could make out some detail, but only dimly. There was a black spot. There may have been a heck of a storm raging there! I could faintly see the land masses and a bluish haze around it.                                                                            

It is a fantastic sight. I suppose that is why the Koldasians call Earth a "jewel".That's what it looks like; transparent,  like an opal,  in a way. It is the deepest blue you can imagine. It must be the oceans or the atmosphere."

His impressions  inside the craft were summed up thus, "It was very much the same as before. I was aware of Valdar and his radio technician who seemed to play a part of some sort this time. On my first thought-contact with Valdar, he was seated in his seat which was higher than those of his crew. But this time there were two seats, one on either side of him. Tonight there was Valdar and next to him was his radio technician. It seemed as though I was standing and looking over their shoulders all the time. They weren 't doing anything in particular;  they seemed to be seated the whole time looking at Earth. Don't ask me how I know that the oth­er person was his radio technician, I just know he was. If only one could register or record on some kind of instrument what one feels and sees. It is the queerest thing, coming back from the depths of space; you can feel yourself being pulled back; you can feel the ac­celeration !"

 

 

  

CHAPTER 12

 Two Confederations Meet          

 

The teleportation of “Peter and Frances” in Zimbabwe in May 1974  had an unexpected sequel at “Q” Base when we met for our next contact with Valdar (27 January 1975). The young couple were frightened out of their wits while on an all-night car tourney from Salisbury (now called Harare) via Fort Victoria to the South African border. That night they were in the grip of a strange power which hurled their car at break-neck speed on an unfamiliar road and through strange surroun­dings. Peter, who was driving, completely lost control of his vehicle; he could neither stop it nor steer it. At the end of their nightmare journey, when they reached the South African border at dawn, Peter discovered that his fuel tank was still full. No fuel had been used for their 280 kilometer trip! Later, when Peter was hypnotically regressed to the night in question, he relived the whole experience.

Apparently Zorottus, a being in an extraterrestrial spacecraft, was responsible for their weird encounter. Did this UFOnauts hypnotize the couple to make a personal contact with his chosen contactee during this teleported journey? Peter turned out to be a perfect instrument of communication with Zorottus although later he refused to be associated with him.

Valdar said at a previous contact that he did not know Zorottus nor did he have any knowledge of this en­counter with a UFO. But Peter and Frances asked if they could be present at one of Valdar's transmissions as there were many things that puzzled them. When Valdar announced his arrival from his spacecraft through Edwin, I introduced our two visitors to him.

 

I  then briefly outlined the story of Peter and Frances'  teleportation experience and asked him if he knew of any space-beings who might be responsible for such strange behavior.

"There are visitors from many extraterrestrial civilizations visiting your planet at the present," replied Valdar. "Some are known to us but there are many we are not aware of. The beings you describe are probably from outside the Confederation and use different methods of making contact with Earth's inhabitants. Some use remote controlled craft piloted by robots. Some personally make the initial contact and thereafter maintain contact from a distance. Some of them too, travel in time as we do, but  their distances may be different. We see others rarely and it is difficult for me to identify them without more details."

"All these contacts with space-beings have a purpose," Valdar continued. "In the future, when the great change takes place on Earth, the true purpose of these contacts will be apparent. You all have different tasks to perform. There are many ways in which you are being contacted, but in time to come you will find that you all fit into the scheme of things. Contactees will then be able to guide those who have not understood the signs of the times. There are many who have not had the time nor the inclination to consider a highly-evolved civilization beyond Earth."

 

He paused for a moment, then through Edwin, he ask­ed Peter a question. "Peter, if you feel that he who is presently in contact with you does not wish to communicate with me, please say so, my friend. We all have our work to do and we do not interfere with each other."

Peter replied,  ... "May I introduce you to.......Zorottus?"

Valdar replied that he would like to make mental contact with Zorottus through our contactees Edwin and Peter. "I am now getting a dear impression in my mind; without doubt, Zorottus is from the Outer Worlds."

Valdar then addressed himself to Zorottus via Edwin and Peter. "Commander Zorottus, having made contact with you this way, you can understand how I feel. You repre­sent a highly evolved civilization, for indeed I perceive powerful mental forces probing my ....... I am now projecting a question."  He paused for a  moment and said, "Peter, is there a reply"

After a further pause, Peter said, "There is wealth of information I receive for you."    Then Zorottus him­self took control of Peter and said, "There is now complete  coordination between  Peter  and myself. It has taken many months to find someone with the ability to relay in a conscious state. We are just starting on this method of communication and it has taken a lot of time and energy to get this far. This is the first time  that our two civilizations meet in a house on this planet to converse with each other and in such an unusual way. There is the increased level of mental energy to consid­er, but I do not think that there is any danger to any­one in this room. It is probably a good thing that we meet in this way. We both come here from different civ­ilizations,  each  with  different  plans  for  Earth I must admit that we stab around in the dark a great deal. Unfortunately, we have made mistakes and it is up to us to put these right. Have you any particular quest­ion for me, Commander Valdar?"

 

"I have listened to your words, Commander Zorottus and it pleases me that you can appreciate how I feel tonight. It is as you say, most unusual that we of two different civilizations,...meet in these circumstances. But this must happen as more and more people on this earth are being contacted by those from far away. I felt that I was intruding on the work that you are doing thr­ough Peter. But now that we have met, I should like to tell you about some of our activities. I am a Commander in the Corynthian Astrael Division of a Confederation of Planets. We have our magnetic fields to patrol and no doubt have passed each other at times, for on many occa­sions we have seen foreign craft on our travels... Comm­ander Zorottus, may I ask your mission?"

"Our mission is much the same as yours," replied Zorottus, "Where I come from,... We control our planet. as you do yours. We do not intrude on your territory a you do not on ours. There has been differences between us in the past, but now we ....... Our methods of commu­nication are different.. .There are a few things we could teach you in communications, if you are prepared to be taught."

  

"There is much we can learn and we are willing to share what we have in the way of our understanding  the  cosmic mysteries," Valdar replied through Edwin "Our  spacecraft  utilize  a  powerful  force  that  man on this planet could also use. We look upon it as a uni­versal force of divine origin. It is freely available for all mankind to use.  It  is  not  for  us  alone. This is why we come here to try to teach mankind on this planet a better way of life. On Earth, the conventional. power sources are dwindling, gradually but surely. When  the fossil fuels are exhausted, man looks to the energy in the atom. But there is a better way, without pollu­tion  and  a host  of  problems.  But first of all the countries of Earth must set aside their differences; the dividing line that runs across this planet must go. Then, when there are no wars, the key to the secret of this universal power will be given to man on Earth and many of their problems will disappear. This change is bound to come, .. .The old way of life must eventually go."

 

"We work in a different sphere," Zorottus replied, "You work for universal peace. Obviously, this is your aim for this planet. We do not. We are hungry for know­ledge.. Universal  knowledge.  We want to know why the person in front of us is there and why we are not there. Peace is not of extreme importance to us. Peace can be made and it can be broken. We are probably causing wars, ... and you are trying to stop them. So basically we have different objectives. This is probably why your civilization and ours do not sees eye to eye. But I think this is a very important occasion. It is the first time that we have met for a very long time.

"...We try to condition the minds of our contactee so that they may grasp what life means to us in the Con­federation," said Valdar, "You too, Zorottus, condition your contactees to follow your way of life. No doubt you will have discovered that there are many on Earth who reject completely the existence of intelligent life bey­ond their planet. It is these who have not exposed them­selves to 'conditioning', yet there are many millions of earth's inhabitants who need this form of contact. In the past, we have used their ordinary radio receiver but recently we have tried a new experiment. At times we send transmissions directly to the brain from great distance... Thought travels faster and we have success­fully communicated over interstellar distances with our people on earth... We have found however, that many people of Earth have erected a mental barrier which we fin almost  impossible to penetrate.  But  in some cases we found subjects suitable for  'thought communications' We are now using this form of communication almost exclusively, and so are you...."

 

The communication between the two extraterrestrial ended with them saying farewell to each other.

The two contactees behaved in different ways during the induced trance states. Peter sat bolt upright in his chair,  eyes wide open and smoking cigarettes while he relayed Zorottus' words, yet later he said he could not remember a word of what he said. Edwin, on the other hand, sat relaxed in his armchair, eyes closed, apparen­tly lost to the world. His remarks after he had 'returned' from his thought-transmission, were also recorded on the tape and underline the difference from the normal transmissions we have had in the past.

"You know,  it's strange," said Edwin,  "Normally when I'm in thought transmission with Valdar, I can see his face dearly.  But not tonight. It was if I were looking at him from some distance. I could feel the presence of the other power. It was strong. It felt as if two forces were on a collision course. I sensed the silence in Valdars craft and Valdar himself seemed like a statue. Every mental fibre of power he could muster was harnessed. It was a fantastic experience."

In spite of what Valdar had said, the two civilizations  seemed  to be  poles apart.  Other Confederation speakers were more outspoken about these differences.

 

There were expressions such as, "They relentlessly use force to infiltrate the Confederation in order to persuade it to its way of life," and "There is an on-going battle of wills between them and our superiors who are  determined  that such infiltration shall not take place."   "In  the  Confederation,  all people dwell in peace and harmony. We have a way of life where peace reigns and crime has been practically eliminated because the cause for it has been removed." There were other statements expressing similar sentiments.

 

An observation of an Outer World spacecraft was briefly touched on by Herranoah on December 12th, 1978. He said, "Although their craft are similar in appearance to ours, there are subtle differences. Their craft have a dull surface whereas ours have a metallic shine, most easily  seen  from  close  quarters.  The  observation dome on top is flatter in Confederation craft whereas theirs is higher."

Herranoah said that some of their personnel wear a two-piece uniform of white or gray with a circular emblem on the tunic. The emblem has a black background with a white kidney-shaped teardrop with its point up­wards.  In contrast,  Confederation personnel wear sky-blue  tight-fitting uniforms,  covering  the  feet, with long sleeves and a vee-neck. Both crews have space-helmets,  the  Confederation helmets being longer,  silver colored, with an emblem resembling the six-pointed star of David embossed in blue on front. The motif of the six pointed star also appears on the top of the transparent dome of the Confederation craft.

 

Footnote by Publisher - This unique development may seem bizarre and just too much for even seasoned students of the phenomenon. One must remember however, that Carl van Vlierden was observing this from a "front row seat", and he was no novice at investigating these things. Carl was well aware that Peter was very sceptical of Edwin, while Edwin at the same time thought he was the only one there with a genuine UFO contact, and it didn't include Peter. They were both amazed by the result. Carl happened to be the lead investigator in both cases and had personal reasons for believing that both were valid despite the feelings of the two contactees. He had spent a great deal of time running down dues that neither of the contactees knew anything about -- yet the UFOnauts in both cases seemed to be quite aware of what he was doing. I am sure that this will not come across too well to any­one who has not patiently investigated a few of these cases for himself. We simply document the event here for your own information. Whether you choose to accept it or not is entirely up to you.

 

 

 

CHAPTER 13

 

Earth Transmission

 

In the Confederation, the festival of Nixi Yacandi is the equivalent of our Christmas on Earth. There too it is held in honor of the birth of a Christ-like being. The festival lasts about one week of Earth-time and part of it is spent in  prayer and meditation and part in the reunion of  families  and  friends and the exchange of gifts. It is a joyful time for young and old and is cen­tered around the home and family. Relatives and friends visit one another, travelling from one planet to another in the Confederation in large cigar-shaped spacecraft.

In return for the many Christmas greetings which we had received in the past, we at "Q" Base decided to send a goodwill message for the forthcoming Nixi Yacandi sea­son on Koldas.  We made a tape-recording on which the four of us, Edwin, Elizabeth, Yvette (my wife) and my­self,  recorded a short message with musical excerpts taken from an LP record of Handel's "Messiah".

 

Nixi Yacandi fell in the last week of February and we transmitted our recording on a Friday evening,  (Feb­ruary I4th, 1975). This  was  accomplished  by  playing the tape through headphones on Edwin after he had been atuned by the usual procedure to the Confederation thought-frequency.

Could more be transmitted through Edwin than just our voices? For some time I had the feeling that the Confederation uses Edwin's eyes as well as his ears. If he could be made to open his eyes while listening to the spoken message, we could each take our turn before our camera,  in keeping with the personal message in the recording. To enhance the effect we used candles held in our hands, hoping that Edwin's own image would be trans­mitted by holding a mirror before him when his turn came to speak.

On Friday  evening  everything was ready for our transmission to go "on the air". Edwin was tuned in  the usual way, and to a gentle verbal request, he opened his eyes. Our Nixi Yacandi message to the Confederation began with the Hallelujah Chorus, "For the Lord God Om­nipotent reigneth, hallelujah..."

"This  'Q' Base on the planet Earth calls the Confederation of planets, from Grandor to Siton. Melchor on the perimeter of our solar system, all Astrael-craft and personnel everywhere." As these words faded, the Hallelujah Chorus continued with "He shall reign forever and eve...." So the message continued with music and our personal messages of goodwill. It closed with the choir singing the last "Amen" from the Oratorio. In conclusion I said a few words of thanks to all those who had made the transmission possible. I then removed the headphones from Edwin and waited...

 

A few moments later Edwin began to speak. We were in touch with the Astrael-craft which had intercepted our transmission and relayed it to Melchor.   "This is Taylanz, my friends, we have received your transmission while we hovered 80 kilometers above your "Q" Base. We thank you. Your message will bring much joy to us all. This craft was a relaystation and I have just heard that Melchor has had good reception and succeeded in making a recording of both voice and picture. I must now return to 535 kilometers altitude and from there, put you in contact with Melchor direct. Please stand by..."

There was a short pause again. Then we were in con­tact  with  Melchor.  "This  is  Kashendo  from Melchor. On behalf of the personnel of this satellite, I would like to thank you for your Nixi Yacandi message. The method you used was unique, as it enabled us to see and hear all of you. We were very surprised to receive a picture of Edwin during the transmission. I have recorded the sound and picture which will be sent to our Sup­eriors. I am sorry that at present we cannot reciprocate by sending you visual pictures of us, but who knows, this might well happen in time to come."

 

"Let me now describe some of the events that usually take place during this season. On Koldas there will be an astrael-craft display on a large scale.  Divisions from Siton, Koldas, Byronne and Triaxula will take part. Imagine  1,500 large silver discs performing intricate aerobatics in the sky. Valdar will be the leader of this display. He can always be relied upon to spring a sur­prise or two. The display will be watched by many thou­sands of Koldasians,  but visitors from other planets will be there also for Koldas is the only planet where this famous display is held."

Kashendo then said that after the Astrael display, festivities would continue for three days and night with  the  Koldasian  cities  brightly lit with colored lights. Music and delicatessen to suit all tastes would be available from all over the Confederation. On the fourth day there would be a period of meditation where the population unite in a thanksgiving to the Divine Creator.  Then it  is time for families and friends to visit one another in their homes. This too is a fairly quiet day, but then the younger generation takes over. Children dressed in colored costumes dance in procession through  the  flower-decorated  streets,  while yet more flowers are thrown  from the high buildings and Astrael-craft hover over the city trailing bright colored streamers.

 

 

Kashendo said that everyone takes a holiday during this season, except those in essential services. He said that in the smaller centers the celebrations are much simpler but that there would be dancing and music every­where. Each of the planets had their own unique way of spending  the holiday and although customs differed, the underlying religious emphasis was the same.

Kashendo then changed the subject and said, "I have before me a report dealing with the launching of 'Pro­ject Fireball' by the Confederation. I see that Melchor is to play a key role in this vast operation. Let me explain briefly the purpose of the plan. It is to save as many as possible in the event of a major catastrophe occurring on Earth. This might be a nuclear war or the collision with an asteroid or some other cosmic disaster involving Earth.  This  includes the approaching embryo sun, Sola Kananda.* (*See Appendix III, Reciprocal Paradoxes, last part.) A code word has been given should such an emergency occur."

At that instant Kashendo paused. We heard Edwin's dog barking in the back yard. We wondered why the trans­mission was interrupted. Then he continued, "There is a message just handed to me; please stand by "Q" Base."

The  dog  continued barking  intermittently.  While Edwin sat in silence, we looked out of the main window, drawing aside the curtains, but we could see nothing un­usual. Then, after a few minutes, Kashendo resumed the thought-transmission through Edwin.  "This  is Kashendo returning to "Q" Base. We have just received a message From Taylanz, who is still above your home, keeping a dose watch on your surroundings. It  appears  that you have had a visitor who tried to eavesdrop on your meet­ing and we think that he must have alerted your dog. The­re are still  some aspects of this project "Fireball" that we do not wish to make public at this time. Therefore,  it  is best that we now end this transmission. Thank you again for your message for our Nixi Yacandi season. Farewell to you all."

Then, before disconnecting entirely, Taylanz said a few final words,  "We have monitored and relayed to Melchor all that took place at 'Q' Base and its immed­iate  vicinity  during  your  transmission.  We  thank you for your kind wishes and now say farewell."

 

 

 

 CHAPTER 14

Project  Fireball

In the event of a global catastrophe taking place on earth, the Confederation has devised a rescue plan called "Operation Fireball".  Its purpose is to save as many lives as possible in a mass evacuation of those of Earth's inhabitants who choose of their own free will to leave and be resettled on another planet with similar environmental conditions. Early in 1975 Valdar spoke to us at "Q" Base about the possibility of such a world disaster taking place.* (*In  1975 Dr.  Bonnie Marshick, Psychologist, living in Tucson, Arizona, received extensive "automatic typing" transmissions on a "dark sun" approaching our solar sys­tem from the direction of Cancer. The work was received in German and she can not speak or read any German. Her terminal stage breast cancer was cured during the auto­matic typing sessions in her home, in the early morning hours in the dark of night and with no lights.)

 

He (Valdar) - said, "At present the Earth has two major pro­blems. We have already mentioned Sola Kananda. Who have tried to divert it but without success so far. For the moment, let us ignore this second sun, since there are ways and means of overcoming its effects."

At "Q" Base we first heard about Sola Kananda app­roaching our solar system in 1973, when Wy-Ora visited at "Q" Base to alert the members.  Sola Kananda means a "sun that has not yet flared or blazed", we are told. It is approaching from the constellation of Cancer. As our solar system enters deeper into its sphere of influence, changes in our planetary magnetic fields have from time to time been observed by the Confederation. One of these disturbances reached its peak in June 1975. In the magnetic fields or "tunnels" that connect the planets in our solar system, the two opposing streams of magnetic flux short-circuited. Instead of flowing  along the length of the tunnel, in many places they jumped across to the returning stream.

 

 

As a result, the magnetic fields lost their continuity and magnetically propelled spacecraft were unable to pass through the normal traffic lanes. We lost contact with those Confederation craft which kept to pre-arranged times of communication with us. But we happened to make contact with a craft which was stranded in orbit around our planet with no power and unable to continue.

"But there is a far more serious problem," Valdar continued, "the nuclear explosions that have occurred in the past  in the various regions of your planet, have sent clouds of radiation upwards into your atmosphere and higher regions. This is very serious. Fallout from these explosions is the heavier material that finds its way downwards.  But  there are microscopic particles of carbon; minute and invisible to the eye, which are blown high up  into  the  ionosphere.  These particles are so light that they do not return to the Earth but remain up there.  In addition there  is air pollution.  Over the years,  carbon particles  from many terrestrial sources such as industry, fires and so on, have also collected at these higher altitudes where they remain and mix with the radioactive carbon particles. Here a reaction has been brought about by the radiation of your sun which has now created an inflammable and explosive layer around your planet. Do you realize what this could mean?"

 

Valdar stressed again the seriousness of this matter. "Yes, solar radiation has now created an inflammable ionosphere around the Earth. These layers have become impregnated with various forms of carbon, dispersed in clouds over large areas of many thousands of miles."

"This has also brought about temperature changes in some areas.  Although the sun's rays can still filter through them,  some regions are becoming warmer while others are becoming colder. But the greatest danger is the explosion of nuclear warheads in or near this inflammable  region!  On  a  few  occasions  already,  guided missiles with explosive warheads have been stopped by us and  the  mechanism  rendered  harmless.  The  purpose of these missiles was to explode nuclear devices high above your planet. If this inflammable layer were ever ignited, your planet could become a ball of fire!"

Obviously, Valdar was deeply concerned for the saf­ety of the population of Earth. He continued, "If you detonated a bomb of a certain strength, or if a nuclear war broke out on Earth, the whole planet could eventual­ly burn  up. If there is anything that we of the Confed­eration have succeeded in doing on earth, it is to in­still a healthy respect in the minds of your military' and government leaders of such a calamity being touched off by a high level test or a nuclear war. But some irr­esponsible  leader might  start  a conflict which might escalate."

 

He paused,  then continued,  "There is a planet in the constellation (you call) Cetus which destroyed it­self thousands of years ago. It can still be seen from earth: today it looks like a red giant and is now at its brightest. At the time, that planet in Cetus was at the same stage as Earth is at present. They exploded a nuclear device high above  their surface. We think it is possible that Earth could suffer a similar fate."

"Operation Fireball" had been conceived and imple­mented by the Superiors of the Confederation. It could be put into action for Earth or any other planet should the need arose for an emergency mass evacuation. Spec­ially trained crews with craft are permanently on standby on each of the Confederation planets to respond imm­ediately to a Fireball emergency situation anywhere.

Valdar continued, "They all respond to a code word to alert them. High above Earth, the Confederation has placed many artificial satellites in orbit to monitor those critical regions. Equipped with sensitive instruments  and  warning devices,  these  satellites could be great  lifesavers  for the population of Earth. If the inflammable layers were ignited, a warning signal would be relayed by radio transmitters via booster stations to Melchor, which as you know is on the perimeter of your solar system."

 

 

"Melchor will be a vital link in 'Operation Fireball'. An emergency code will be relayed via the Confederation thought-communication system to all the planets in the Confederation. Before all the inflammable material could burn, quick thinking and fast action by the res­cue teams, who would come in the thousands, might save and  evacuate  at  least  a  part  of  the  population We  estimate that it would take  several more days for the  fire  to spread to all the flammable layers around Earth and we hope that in such an event most of the wor­lds  population  could be evacuated,  though  there is possibility that in certain areas some of them may be lost. Without this rescue plan, the Confederation would not be able to do much for your planet in such an emer­gency, which could happen at any time."

 

"Initially 'Operation Fireball' was set in motion about  twelve years  ago  (1963). But where to take the population of Earth? that was the problem. Heeding the warning indicated by the planet in Cetus, a suitable home had to be found and prepared for the Confederation. An expedition was organized and a planet was found which resembled Earth in many ways. It has the same atmosphere and ground conditions and this new young planet was na­med EPICOT. Cities were planned and houses were built and laid out in spacious suburbs. Each house was placed on an acre of ground and the building and gardens styled on the pattern of those on Earth. At present (1975) these garden cities on Epicot have reached the stage where much of Earth's population could be accommodated... Arti­ficial holding planets such as Triton have been built and placed in orbit... We have had previous experience in the mass evacuation of a population from a planet in distress," Valdar added.

 

To the question of where such a mass evacuation had taken place, Valdar replied that Mars  in our solar sys­tem was one! Apparently a disastrous war had broken out on Mars devastating the planet to such an extent that life was no longer possible on its surface... He said... "Yes, Mars... the destruction of the Red Planet. I will ask Zyloo to give you a special transmission on Mars. How the planet became uninhabitable and how the popula­tion had to start life again elsewhere. Their new planet is called Siton and is now a thriving part of the Con­federation.

Valdar kept his word and on June 4th, 1975, we rec­eived a radio transmission, but not by Zyloo. This came from Atra, a Koldasian who spoke English very well... He said,"Valdar has asked me to contact you and tell you of the destruction of the red Planet, Mars. It was intended that Zyloo, who himself happens to be a descendent of the ancient Martian race, should give you the story. But he is at present on a mission which has taken him away. But I have been given all the facts as recorded in the memory banks or archives on Grandor. Even in ancient times Mars was called the  'god of war' and rightly so for it was indeed a warlike planet. Its present desolate appearance is the result of nuclear warfare which brought life on the surface to an end. Our scientists are of the opinion that Mars is now slowly recovering its balance or equilibrium and one day it will again be able to support life as it did in the past."

 

Atra then briefly sketched the early history of the race that once inhabited Mars. Where the Martians came from  was  only  later  explained.  He  described  Mars as a thriving planet in spite of its meager water resources. It never had the seas and oceans of Earth, but almost waterless encircling deserts with the inevitable dust-storms,  which  divided Mars  into two  inhabitable regions. These were centered around the two poles... The Martian civilization was therefore divided into two sections,  the  North  and  the  South,  each  with  its own cities, industry and agriculture however there were distinct differences between them. The North had more abundant water and more fertile soil yielding better  harvests. The South was rich in minerals and metals, and their industry and technology outstripped these developments in the North. The South also developed space travel  earlier,  and although  they did not travel deeply into space, they did travel to the two moons. Eventually intense rivalry and friction developed between these two regions. The South, the more aggressive, developed atom­ic power before the North, and a struggle for control of the whole planet developed. The Northemers feared their opponents' superior weapons and an arms race was the result which turned into an explosive situation when the South gained complete control of the two moons from wh­ere guided missiles were trained on the North."

"Then  one  terrible night," continued Atra,  "the Southnation struck!" A giant warhead containing missiles, each of which was capable of destroying an area of at least 160 kilometers in diameter, was launched from one of the moons. More missiles were launched from the other moon. It was almost total destruction for the North and the  South  thought  they had  triumphed.  But somehow an unexpected chain reaction exploded large stocks of such weapons  which  the  South  had  stored.  As  the  giant arsenals exploded, shock after shock rocked the planet. Fires started by the devastation raged for weeks. When these died down the greater ordeal began for those who survived the initial blasts. Radiation killed many, and more died from starvation as the food and water supplies were contaminated. Then intense radiation storms scarred the planet, searing its surface.

 

 

"The handful of survivors,  shocked and stunned by the ghastly ordeal, then began 'Operation Survival'. All they could do at  the  time was  to go underground -beneath the surface to escape the poisons of destructive radiation. Settlements, and later cities, were built below the surface and power was generated to illuminate the underground cities. Food was grown underground in sealed transparent  containers  to  prevent  contamination. The entire underground world was sealed off from the surface of the planet."

Atra said that due to these new conditions the Mar­tian race changed and a new subterranean civilization emerged. What had been the surface was left to the elements and the harsh atmospheric conditions which changed the face of Mars to that which man on earth sees today. The devastating dust-storms which now rage there have long since erased all traces of the ancient Martian civilizations. In the polar regions, the large icecaps disappeared  although  there  is  still  a certain amount of frost. After many generations of subterranean existence, it seemed that human beings could adapt to the dire en­vironmental conditions with scant food and water supp­lies.  But the pressure of increasing population forced their leaders to look for a new planet.

New space vehicles, capable of entering deep space, had  been  developed  and  exploratory  expeditions  were launched  in all  directions.  Atra said  that Earth too was considered. They marvelled at our planet, the green plains  and  hills  and  the  mountains  and... all  that water!  But  they decided  to continue  their search and after seven years, with the help of the Confederation, a virgin planet was found. It was named Siton, the plan­et of hope.

 

"Imagine people who have never seen rain, clouds and the blue sky above," Atra continued. "What an exper­ience it must have been for them to walk on their new planet and feel for the first time the warmth of their sun and the blessings of rain. They could plant seed in good soil and harvest fruit and vegetables, and cereals they had never tasted before! Children playing in the light of their own sun. Truly this could only be a gift from the Divine One. The Martian, or Sitonian, civilization which survived and which prospers  today,  is one where  the word  'war'  still conjures up memories of a tragic past. They have realized the importance of living in peace. They have no monetary system. Trading is by barter, as they are now part of the large Confederation. Their craft travel the magnetic fields and they are now at peace with all the planets.  On Earth, you have rea­ched the nuclear age, the power of destruction you now posses could very well destroy this beautiful planet of yours.

"Why destroy a young planet which still has 500 million years to go....? Why destroy yourselves?     The Confederation earnestly asks you to change your ways and live in peace. The key to the harnessing of universal power is harmony, goodwill, peace... You may find this hard to accept, but it is the truth. Not the energy from the atom!..."

 

 

 

CHAPTER 15

 

Earth Rescue

 

During the period when the severe magnetic distur­bance interfered with Confederation contact with "Q" Bases on Earth,  an unexpected interlude occurred. The magnetic  storm within our solar system started on the 24th of June  1975, and ended about nine months later. But on the evening of the 27th, we at "Q" Base were not aware that anything was amiss and we expected a routine transmission. After Edwin was put into a receiving con­dition, instead of hearing Valdar or one of the others, we heard, to our astonishment, words in a strange language

.......

 

"Kasiendo... Katauw, viso, viso.. .kiaka, kiaka...

Sianda katauw, sivi kiaka kanando .......

Viaka, viaka..."

 

We were rather taken aback by this, as we usually heard the English language, and a reply in English did nothing to stern the torrent of strange words.

 

"Viso kialda katauw, visi kiaka kasalundo katauw, si ....... Kialda, kialda..."

 

It sounded like a plaintive cry for help. The last two words were familiar. We knew "Ceto Kialda" to mean "emergency people". What was the emergency?