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Show 61. "JD," Mr. Corrigan looked uneasily toward the hostess who had been kept hopping all evening. "I think we're taking up space here. Would you mind coming back to my room to put a couple of answers on tape? Have you got fifteen more minutes?" "Sure," JD slid out of the booth, leaving a nickel tip under the saucer for Sylvie to cry over. "Mr. Gillispie let me off early tonight." He felt like adding "with half-pay," but thought better of it. Seated on a small sofa in Mr. Corrigan's room, JD watched him open a bottle and mix himself a nightcap. "An old Wyoming custom," he winked. He offered JD a soft drink, but it didn't sound good right then. With the tape recorder set up, JD gave his name and address and attested to his own truthfulness. They went back over four or five of the important questions and then Mr. Corrigan switched off the tape and stretched out in the easy chair. "Someday maybe it'll happen to me," he smiled. "I'd like a trip to Venus out of it, like George Adamski claimed he got." "You mean you've never seen a UFO?" JD couldn't believe it. Then why are you doing this for NICAP?" "It's interesting. Or maybe I'm curious. You don't conduct many interviews before you join ranks with the believers. I've heard some stories of actual landings, JD, that would make your hair stand on end. And then there are the contact stories . . ." "What do you mean?" "Well, a meeting in which there was intentional contact, supposedly. Some people believe they've been given messages. From the humanoids, as we call them." "Has anybody ever claimed to be taken into a UFO?" JD asked, feeling his way. "Oh, yes. There's a recent case in Mississippi. And the men's story held up under hypnosis and repeated questioning. There's another one from New England that has a lot of validity in my mind. Perfectly reliable people with high I-Q.'s, a man and his wife, think they were taken aboard a UFO and examined." "Let me ask you," JD noticed his hands were sweating. During the time I blacked out, you know . . . is it possible that those humanoids |
