The Andreasson Affair by Raymond E. Fowler, J. Allen Hynek Page B

monster was unsettling, to say the least. Was there a relationship between the phoenix and the insignia of a bird on the aliens’ uniforms? Exactly who or what was the
voice
? These and many other questions would occupy our minds for months during our lengthy analysis and evaluation of the Andreasson Affair. However, Betty’s experience did not end with the bird. There was much more to come.

CHAPTER 7

The Return
    Betty’s sobbing gradually ceased. From the expression on her face, it was obvious that her fiery ordeal was now over and something else was about to occur.
    Betty: Somehow, I’m being turned around. Oh, and that feeling is in my hands. “Oh, help me not to fear!” My hands feel—my legs and my feet. I’m going back on that thing [the track], and, ah, I’m stopping. And those angels—I guess—one is getting in front of me, and one is in back of me. And we are going along, and we are going through those crystals again. And the crystals aren’t quite as shiny and like a rainbow as before.
    We listened intently as Betty and the two entities retraced their original path via the black track. Betty began speculating out loud concerning the heaviness that she felt in her legs. It seemed as if the force that kept Betty glued to a position just above the track was also responsible for her severe physical discomfort.
    Betty: I think maybe why my feet are like that—I must be, uh, glued to that thing, because there are no railings and there’s nothing holding me in. And I’m just gliding along that thing, and it’s not very wide. Maybe it’s so I won’t fall off or something or other. Oh, my legs feel so heavy. And we are just gliding along on thatthing. And we’re way up in the air. And that green and blue-colored atmosphere, it’s just beautiful. Somehow, I just don’t want even to leave. It’s just so beautiful.
    In a later debriefing, we tried to recover Betty’s impressions of this odd landscape on this, her “second time around.”
    Fred: When you were in the green place, was there a sky?
    Betty: The green atmosphere was the sky, and then it was also blue. It was green—beautiful green—and it was also blue.
    Ray: Was there a separation between the green and the blue?
    Betty: No, the green and blue were mixed. It was bright, bright green—emerald green—and then it was like blue.
    Fred: Were there shadows? In other words, I’m looking for a light source. Was there a light source?
    Betty: I don’t remember any shadows. The only thing that I remember is going in through the crystals. It was bright, and there was a rainbow all around, but going out it was not as bright, and the rainbow was much dimmer.
    Fred: Was there a horizon?
    Betty: Yes, there was. There was like a top, but it’s funny because—ah, what we were traveling on had no girders or anything. It was just in the air.
    Fred: Suspended?
    Betty: Yeah.
    Fred: Did you feel weightless at that point?
    Betty: My legs felt heavy, my hands felt heavy. The rest of me just felt regular, I guess.
    The hypnotic impression of the landscape matched her previous description:
    Betty: And, uh, we are just going along on that thing. I see water all around, and it’s not as choppy as it was before. Oh, my legs feel just like bricks. Why? My hands and my legs, they just feel like they’re stone. Ah, but it’s like a sea, a clear calm sea. Oh, mylegs! And, uh, we are just going
down
. And I see mist to the side. And we keep on going. Seems like a long way, and I’m coming to—uh, there’s that pyramid again. Ah, it has that white on the edges. And that head and those bridges, or something or other. I don’t know.
    Later, during debriefing, Betty elaborated.
    Betty: There was—uh, there was water that was very choppy when I was going, like a big sea. There was land, but it was, if you call it a horizon, it was like there was