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il； often the very next day； written in block letters。 Some of these replies covered several pages。 Third； I was sometimes able to speak to the entities by telephone！ A contactee would call me and inform me that an entity was present in his or her house and wished to speak to me。 Sometimes I just asked questions and the alleged entity whispered the answer to the contactee who relayed it to me。 Sometimes a strange voice would e on the line and speak to me directly。 In some； if not all； of these instances the contactee probably entered a trance state and the voice came from their own vocal chords just as 〃spirits〃 speak through mediums at seances。
As soon as I entered this munication phase my problems with the mails and telephone intensified。 Important letters of a non…UFO nature went astray 。。。 or arrived days late and had obviously been opened by someone en route。 My telephone rang at all hours of the day and night with beeping calls； eerie electronic sounds； and； most interesting of all； frantic calls from people who were superb actors and who described UFO incidents containing those secret details in cases I was working on； but when I tried to check out these people I found the addresses they had given me were nonexistent and the phone numbers they gave were false。
Someone somewhere was just trying to prove that they knew every move I was making； listened to all my phone calls； and could even control my mail！ And they were succeeding。
II
On July 20； 1967； the Vatican announced that the pope was planning a trip to Turkey。 He would be flying to Istanbul where he would be greeted by a huge mob at the airport。 Several of my contactees had been gravely concerned with the prediction of the pope's impending death and the three days of darkness that would follow。 The accuracy of earlier predictions led me to take this one seriously。 Very seriously。
The assassination was supposed to take place on July 26。 It would be preceded by a violent earthquake。
On July 22 more than one thousand people were killed in an earthquake in Adapazari； Turkey； one hundred miles southeast of Istanbul。 The news really shook me up。 The whole prophesied scenario was being carried out to the letter！
The night before the quake； there were a rash of telephone hoaxes throughout the Northeast。 These calls consisted of two people talking indistinctly for the most part； but certain names were clearly audible。 Ivan Sanderson received such a call on his unlisted phone in the mountains of New Jersey at midnight。 My call came through at 11：40。 A UFO buff on Long Island received one at 1 A。M。 He heard； 〃Hang up； John 。。。 and I'll turn off the recorder。〃 On my call the name 〃Jim〃 was used。
These calls were part of a broader nationwide pattern which had successfully disrupted； even destroyed； many local UFO groups。 The receiver heard the name of a fellow UFO enthusiast and regarded it as proof that the other person was responsible for all the hoax calls he or she was receiving。 The very same ploy was used against the civilians quietly investigating the Kennedy assassination！ Penn Jones； a Texas newspaper editor who has been investigating the death of JFK for years； received similar calls； including the playing of a tape of his phone conversations with other investigators 。。。 proof positive that his phone was being tapped by someone and they wanted him to know it。 This playback of taped conversations also happened on my phone。 The object of such gimmicks is clearly to incite paranoia。 Since many of the UFO enthusiasts are very unstable to begin with； the device has been very effective。
I was now receiving many messages phrased in biblical terms。 Some came from unknown elderly ladies who phoned me late at night claiming to be from Western Union。 Then they would read long Bible quotations that were supposedly telegrams。 But Western Union disavowed any knowledge of these messages。 I had hooked up a tape recorder to my own phone so I could keep track of all these things。
〃If it is the days of darkness；〃 said a message received on July 23； 〃behold there will be voices； thunder and earthquakes and disturbances upon the earth。 And at their cry all nations shall fight one against the other。 And fear shall fall upon the earth and the sky shall be darkened except for the illuminating round lights that will be the only sparks of light。 And rain shall e at the end of the happening。
〃John： Do not trouble yourself over trivial matters such as strange calls。 We're in greater danger than you can imagine。 Not only is your world involved； but many others too。〃
I am an amateur herpetologist and once kept three…fanged cobras in my New York apartment 。。。 until my concerned neighbors squealed to the Board of Health。 Some of the descriptions of the entities impressed me as resembling some kind of reptile rather than human mammals。 I didn't mention this reptile notion to anyone。 But on July 24； Lia visited Jane and refused to talk about anything but eggs。 She took some eggs from Jane's refrigerator and sucked out the contents like a reptile！ Jane was perplexed by this exhibition and called me soon afterward。
That evening I received a phone call from Harold Salkin； a Washington； D。C。； UFO researcher。 He wanted to tell me that people all over Washington had been receiving strange phone calls during the past week。 We had a perfect connection until I started to ask him if he had heard any rumors about Pope Paul。 We were instantly drowned out by heavy static。 As soon as I changed the subject； the static went away。 Later in the conversation I tried again。 The moment I named the pope the static resumed。 When I again dropped the subject； the line cleared instantly。
Now they were even controlling my phone conversations！
Convinced that Pope Paul was about to be knifed to death at the Istanbul airport； I rented a car； loaded it with flashlights； candles； food； and bottled water； and drove out to the Mount Misery area to await the blackout。 On the way I stopped to see one of my contactees and he informed me that a spaceman had just been to see him and had left a silly message。
〃Tell John we'll meet with him later and help him drink all that water。〃
The contactee had no idea that I had several quarts of spring water in the trunk of the car。
Near Mount Misery I picked out a motel at random （I thought）。 The motel clerk asked to see my identification （very unusual）。
〃We've got a lot of messages here for you； Mr。 Keel；〃 she said； pulling out a sheaf of message slips。 I started to protest since I had not even known I was going to stay at that motel until minutes before。 The messages were all nonsensical； meant only to prove once more that my movements were being anticipated。
The pope landed in Istanbul safely。 There was no three…day blackout。 The whole episode served no purpose other than to demonstrate to me how and why so many contactees and prophets go and sit on hilltops to await the end of the world。
Three years later； on November 27； 1970； Pope Paul VI arrived at the Manila International Airport in the Philippines and the scene described to me in 1967 suddenly became a reality。 A man dressed in the black garments of a priest came out of the crowd and sprang at the pope with a long black knife in his hands。 Fortunately； security guards wrestled him to the ground and the pontiff was unhurt。 The would…be assassin was a Bolivian painter named Benjamin Mendoza who allegedly practiced black magic and witchcraft。 Witnesses said that he had glassy eyes and seemed to be in some kind of trance during the attack。
The entities had correctly described the general circumstances of the attempt； but their dates were all wrong； and it took place in the Far East rather than the Middle East。
（In January 1968； I received a phone call informing me that the Reverend Martin Luther King would be murdered on February 4。 He would be shot in the throat； I was told； while standing on a balcony in Memphis。 I took the prediction seriously and spent some frantic hours trying to contact King by phone to warn him。 I never got through。 He was not assassinated on February 4； but on April 4； exactly as described to me four months earlier。）
III
August 3； 1967。 Jaye P。 Pare was awakened at 3 A。M。 by the sound of a baby crying。 There were no babies in her house。 She got out of bed and searched for the source of the sound without success。
Reports of telephone hoaxes； beeping and electronic sounds； tapes being played back； etc。； reached me from as far away as Seattle； Washington。 Flying saucer enthusiasts from coast to coast were suddenly having identical problems。 Obviously this was not the work of a few random pranksters。 It was more like a well…organized； well…financed campaign。 On the night of July 21 between the hours of 10 P。M。 and 1 A。M。 hoax calls were received in Florida； Illinois； Michigan； Ohio； Massachusetts； California； New Jersey； Pennsylvania； Washington； and probably many other places that I never learned about。 Unlisted phones were no protection。 Were these call