by Meade Layne

The 
series 
of 
aerial 
phenomena 
which 
are 
here 
described 
under 
the term 
“ether‐ships” 
(Flying 
Saucers) 
first
 attracted 
public 
attention 
in 
the 
fall 
of
 1946. 
It 
was 
by 
no 
means 
the 
first 
appearance 
of 
these 
craft 
in 
the 
skies 
of 
our 
planet, 
but 
very 
few 
persons 
were 
aware 
of 
this 
fact, 
and 
the
 public 
as 
a 
whole 
at 
first 
refused 
to 
credit 
the 
reports 
at 
all.
 The
 newspapers,
 the 
radio, 
and 
many 
psychologists 
and
 scientific 
workers 
joined 
in 
discrediting 
the
 alleged
 facts, 
and 
in 
attributing 
them 
to 
delusion 
or 
deliberate 
falsifying. 
Nevertheless 
the 
evidence 
continued 
to 
accumulate, 
with 
most 
circumstantial 
and 
detailed 
reports 
from
 competent 
observers, 
until
 finally 
a 
systemic
 investigation
 was
 undertaken 
by 
the
 United 
States 
Air 
Force.

The 
outcome
 of
 this 
was 
indeed
 curious,
 since
 after
 some
 two
 years
 of
 study 
of 
the 
 phenomena, the
 Air
 Force
 has 
recently 
announced
 officially
 that 
there 
is
 no 
genuine 
and
 factual
 basis 
for 
the 
reports.
The 
explanation 
for 
this 
will 
doubtless 
become
 clear
 at
 some
 future
 time.
 The 
public, 
however, 
shows 
no 
sign 
of
 accepting 
this
 remarkable
 pronouncement.
 New 
reports 
of
 the
 strange 
sky 
visitors 
appear 
almost 
daily, 
and 
their
 existence
 is
 definitely 
established.

The 
purpose 
of 
these 
pages, 
therefore, 
is 
not 
to 
argue 
the 
case 
for 
the 
existence
 of
 the 
Discs
 or 
Saucers
 (since 
data
 would 
run 
to
 some 
hundreds 
of
 pages),
 but 
rather 
to
 present 
as
 simply 
as
 possible
 the 
true 
nature
 and 
meaning 
of
 the 
phenomena.
 It 
seems 
to 
us
 important, 
and
 in
 the 
nature
 of
 a
 public
 duty,
 that 
this 
be 
done. 
There 
is
 already
 apprehension 
in 
the 
minds
 of 
many,
 and
 if 
(as 
we 
expect) 
many
 more
 striking
 craft
 are
 attributed 
to 
some 
foreign 
and 
unfriendly 
government,
 hostility
 and 
fear
 might
 develop;
 and 
if
 they 
are 
believed
 to 
come
 from
 some 
other 
planet
 of
 our 
solar
 system, 
unreasoning
 and
 superstitious
 fear
 is
 to
 be 
reckoned
 with, 
perhaps 
with 
a
 considerable
 degree
 of 
social
 disintegration. 
This 
latter 
hypothesis, 
in 
fact,
 is
 already
 being
 advanced 
in 
all 
seriousness
 though
 for 
no
 better 
reason 
than
 that 
no
 other
 origin 
seems 
conceivable. Yet
 there 
is
 another 
possible 
source
 (and 
we 
are
 convinced 
the
 true
 source)
 for 
these 
strange 
craft, 
and
 the 
time 
has 
come 
when
 this 
explanation
 must 
be
 made
 available 
to
 every 
one, 
in 
the
 simplest 
terms
 possible.

Unfortunately, 
not
 everyone
 will 
find
 the 
explanation
 easily 
understandable.
 It 
cannot 
be
 disposed 
of
 by 
a
 word
 of 
one
 or 
two
 syllables 
only,
 such
 as
 Mars, 
Venus, 
or 
even
 Russia, 
but 
requires 
a
 little 
sustained 
attention
 and
 mental
 effort.
 
On
 the
 other 
hand, 
the 
interest 
of
 most 
of
 our 
readers
 will 
not 
be 
in 
the 
physics
 and
 the
 speculative 
science 
involved, 
but 
in 
a
 few
 eminently
 practical
 questions,
 such
 as:

1. What 
are 
the
 Flying 
Discs?
2. Where 
do
 they 
come 
from?
3. Who 
operates 
them?
4. Why 
do 
they
 come 
into 
our
 skies?
5. Are
 they
 friendly,
 or
 are 
they
 dangerous?

An 
answer
 to these
 questions,
 if
 it
 can 
be
 given,
 will
 probably 
satisfy 
the
 active 
curiosity 
of 
most
 readers. 
To 
those 
of
 a
 more
 reflective 
mind,
 and
 to 
the 
scientist,
 philosopher 
and
 non‐dogmatic
 religionist,
 such 
answers,
 baldly
 put,
 will
 be
 only 
a
 shadowy 
beginning
 or 
perhaps 
too 
fantastic 
to
 reckon 
with
 at
 all. 
But 
for 
our
 present
 purposes
 we 
shall 
neglect
 these
 tough‐minded
 and 
critical
 folk,
 and 
answer 
our
 own 
questions 
in 
a
 more
 categorical 
way.

WHAT 
ARE 
THE 
FLYING 
DISCS?

First
 let
 us 
say 
what 
they
 are
 not.
 They
 are 
not 
delusions, 
fantasy, 
or 
lies.
 They 
are 
not
 constructed
 by
 any 
foreign 
government, 
or
 by 
our
 own.
 They 
do 
not 
come 
from 
the
 depths
 of 
the 
sea
 – 
though
 some 
of 
them
 may 
enter 
the
 sea 
at
 times.
 They
 do
 not
 come 
from
 the 
Polar 
regions, 
or 
from 
Tibet
 or 
Java 
–
 though 
it 
is 
conceivable
 that
 some 
temporary 
base
 on 
our 
earth may
 be
 utilized.
 They 
are
 not
 constructions
 of 
the 
Atlanteans 
or 
other 
ancient 
peoples,
 preserved 
in 
caverns 
against
 the
 coming 
day
 of
 need. 
We 
mention 
these 
hypotheses
 because 
they 
have 
all 
been
 seriously
 advanced. 
Our
 categorical 
denial 
should
 really
 be 
read 
this
 way:

“We 
have
 no 
evidence
 that 
any
 of
 these 
explanations
 is 
correct,
 and 
none
 of 
them 
coincide 
with
 what 
we
 believe
 to
 be
 the
 correct 
facts.
 But
 we
 offer 
the 
first 
word 
and 
not
 the 
last 
in
 this
 matter. 
 New 
data 
may 
appear 
at 
any
 time.”

To 
these 
denials 
let 
us
 add, 
the 
etheric 
craft,
 the 
Discs,
 do 
not
 come 
from 
any 
other 
planet
 (visible
 astronomical 
body 
only)
 of
 our 
solar
 system, 
or 
from 
any 
other
 heavenly 
body 
known 
to 
us. 
So 
far
 as 
a 
popular
 explanation 
exists,
 this 
planetary
 one 
is 
most 
in 
favor. 
The 
reason
 is 
obvious 
and 
the
 reasoning
 goes 
this 
way:
 The 
Discs 
are
 not
 made 
on 
this 
earth 
–
 yet 
they 
are 
real
 and 
not
 illusionary 
– 
therefore 
they
 must 
be
 made 
on
 some 
other 
planet, 
presumably
 Mars 
or 
Venus,
 since
 these
 are 
the 
nearest.
 This 
reasoning,
 however,
 suffers
 from 
what 
logicians
 call
 an 
“omitted
 middle”,
 or 
a 
third
 somewhat alternative
 which 
is
 overlooked. 
“Can
 you 
build
 a
 better 
 mousetrap?”
 asks 
a 
magazine 
writer 
recently,
 clearly 
distrusting
 his
 own 
planetary 
theory 
yet
 unable 
to 
think 
of
 anything
 else.
 We 
reply 
promptly,
 we 
certainly 
can. 
The 
simplest 
description
 of
 this 
“mousetrap” 
is 
our
 present
 objective, 
and 
if
 your
 patience
 permits
 we
 shall 
try 
to 
make 
the
 whole
 concept
 reasonably
 clear 
– 
though 
not 
necessarily
 acceptable 
to 
your 
personal 
thinking, 
of
 course.

What 
are 
the
 Discs
 and
 where
 do
 they
 come 
from?
 We 
shall 
have 
to 
combine 
the 
questions 
and
 answers. 
They 
come 
from 
the 
region 
of
 existence 
called 
the
 Etheric
 Plane,
 or 
Etheric
 level 
– and
 by
 us
 with 
the
 name
 Etheria.

Who 
operates 
them?
 The
 Etheric 
People,
 the 
Etherians.

Are 
they
 friendly,
 or
 hostile, 
or 
dangerous? 
Neither
 friendly 
nor
 hostile 
on
 the 
whole, 
but
 mainly 
 indifferent 
towards
 us.
 But 
they
 are
 not 
indifferent
 if 
we 
attack 
them, 
or 
pursue 
and 
annoy 
them,
 or 
make 
them
 uncomfortable 
(apparently)
 by 
our 
atom bombs,
 the
 release 
of
 atomic
 or 
nuclear
 energies.

Further 
on 
this
 point:
 It 
is 
highly 
likely, 
not 
provable,
 that 
our
 Air
 Force 
has 
already
 lost
 more 
than
 one 
ship 
through 
their
 attempted 
interference 
with
 these 
etheric 
craft. 
It 
is 
believed
 and 
is
 probable 
that
 they 
are 
surrounded 
by
 a 
powerful 
magnetic 
field,
 or 
some 
force 
corresponding 
to 
it, 
 which 
easily 
disintegrates 
our
 own 
aircraft. 
It 
is 
likely 
that 
the 
release 
of 
atomic 
energies 
is
 felt
 on
 the 
etheric 
levels 
with
 some
 discomfiture. 
It 
is
 possible, 
though
 wholly 
conjectural, 
that
 they
 might
 intervene
 to 
prevent
 a
 world 
war 
with
 atomic 
weapons,
 and
 especially 
with
 such 
a 
weapon 
as 
the
 proposed 
hydrogen
 bomb.

But
 then,
 why
 do
 they 
come 
into 
our 
skies
 at 
all?
 Two 
reasons 
can 
be 
suggested, 
or 
two 
aspects
 of
 the 
same
 reason. 
These 
etheric
 craft 
have
 appeared 
at 
intervals 
throughout 
history,
 sometimes
 without
 a
 definite

 correlation 
with
 earth 
events,
 but
 always 
(it 
is 
said) 
when 
a 
civilization 
or
 culture 
had 
reached
 its 
peak
 and
 was
 entering
 upon 
a 
period 
of
 decline 
and
 fall. 
Their 
purpose
 was 
simply 
to 
observe
 and 
study 
the
 conditions 
and
 state
 of 
humanity, 
for 
their 
own
 information 
and
 their 
historical
 archives.
 They 
have 
also 
appeared 
prior
 to
 terrestrial 
convulsions,
 such
 as
 volcanic
 eruptions 
and 
earthquakes.
 In 
the 
present 
instance,
 it
 is
 likely 
that 
both 
reasons 
exist. 
The 
social
 and
 political 
state
 of
 the 
world
 is 
indeed 
perilous. 
Our
 weapons 
have 
become
 a 
menace 
to 
the
 Etherians
 themselves,
 and
 it 
is 
said
 that 
seismic 
disturbances 
are 
impending.
 Over 
the 
Pacific
 slope,
 for 
example,
 the
 flight
 of 
Ether
 ships 
has 
followed 
the 
magnetic 
meridians, 
north and south.
 It 
is
 said 
that 
the
 Etherians 
are 
doing 
this 
in
 order
 to
 observe 
the 
formation
 of 
the 
etheric
 vortexes
 which
 presage 
an 
earthquake;
 they
 are 
charting
 this 
area,
 and 
also
 the
 whole 
of 
the 
earth’s
 surface, 
for 
the 
same 
general
purpose 
of
 scientific
 study.

Now, 
whatever 
you 
think
 of 
the 
ideas
 and
 explanations 
here
 advanced,
 remember
 that
 there 
is
 nothing 
vague 
and
 uncertain 
about 
the 
presence
 of
 these
 strange 
craft,
 or 
about 
their 
remarkable
 speed 
and
 power 
and 
complete 
superiority 
in 
the 
air.
 This 
is
 an 
intensely 
practical 
matter – 
and
 how 
far‐reaching 
it 
may
 be, 
no 
one 
can 
say.
 This 
means
 that 
our 
personal 
attitude 
is
 also
 a
 matter 
of
 practical 
concern. 
Let 
us 
remember
 that 
the
 Etherians
 are
 not 
ill‐disposed
 toward
 us, 
that 
we
 should 
NOT 
fear
 them, 
should 
never 
attack 
them.
 Further 
phenomena 
are 
almost
 certain
 to 
occur
 – and 
may 
be 
of 
the 
most 
remarkable 
kind.
 Panic 
and
 superstitious
 fear 
may
 seize 
upon
 the
 masses.
 It
 may 
happen 
that 
a
 considerable 
measure 
of
 responsibility
 will 
fall 
upon 
those of 
us 
who 
have 
some
 measure 
of
 understanding 
of
 what 
is 
taking 
place. 
Heretofore 
the
 Etherians 
have
 withdrawn
 quietly
 when 
their
 mission 
was
 completed;
 men
 thought
 of 
them
 as 
Gods 
or
 Angels, 
or 
spirits
 of
 the 
air 
or 
demons, 
embodied 
them
 in
 folklore 
and 
mythology, 
and
 forgot
them 
little
 by 
little. 
So 
it
 may
 be, 
this 
time.
 They 
may
 withdraw 
from 
our 
skies, 
and 
in 
a 
few
 months 
men 
will 
have 
almost
 forgotten 
them. 
But 
there 
are 
reasons 
which
 cannot 
be 
elaborated
 here, 
for 
believing 
events
 may
 take
 another
 and
 more 
striking 
course.
 Neither
 your
 will
 nor
 mine 
can stay 
these 
events, 
but 
fear,
 fanaticism 
and
 panic 
may
 work 
incalculable 
woe. 
Panic 
is 
contagious,
 it 
engulfs
 one
 like 
an
 enormous
 wave, 
and 
at
 the 
moment
 we 
fancy 
ourselves 
cool, 
calm 
and 
superior
 of
 mind, 
are
 dragged
 under 
by 
it. 
No 
other
 considerations
 would
 lead 
us 
to 
write 
these 
pages,
 which 
will 
for
 the
 most 
part
 be 
read
 with 
derision
 or
 be
 wholly 
disregarded.

WHERE 
IS 
ETHERIA?

One
 matter
 of 
immediate 
practical 
interest,
 the
 inevitable
 question!
 Where 
is 
Etheria? 
(If
 you 
think
 where 
is
 an 
easy
 question, 
go
 put
 it 
to
 the
 philosophers!)
 But 
some 
answer 
must 
be 
made, 
so 
here
 is 
a 
reply 
in 
a
 few 
lines,
 to 
be
 elaborated
 perhaps
 on 
subsequent
 pages.

Etheria 
is 
here –
 if 
we 
know 
what 
here
 means! 
Along-side, 
inside,
 outside
 of
 our 
world.
 Because
 our
 world, 
that
 is,
 the 
so‐called 
dense 
matter 
of 
the 
objects 
in 
our 
world,
 is 
a 
rarefication.
 It 
is
 spaced
 out
 like 
a
 vast 
net 
–
 a 
net 
with
 enormous 
meshes.
 Imagine, 
if 
you
 will,
 a
 net 
of
 wire
 with
 meshes 
a 
mile
 wide. 
Would 
not 
wind
 and
 water 
flow
 through
 that 
net 
as 
if
 it
 did 
not 
exist? 
A
 little
 friction,
 very, 
very 
little!

On 
the
 strands 
of
 those 
meshes 
we
 live. 
That
 is 
the 
so‐called 
dense 
matter 
of
 our
 world.
 We
 look
 out
 across 
the 
mesh 
and
 do 
not 
see
 anything 
in
 it, 
or 
hear 
or
 feel
 anything 
in
 it, 
and 
so 
call 
it 
empty
 space.
 Meaningless 
words 
in 
the 
abysses 
of
 folly! 
We 
see, 
hear, 
feel 
the
 other 
strands 
of
 the 
mesh,
 and
 call
 our 
world 
solid, 
firm
 and 
material!
 Call 
it 
a 
real
 and 
substantial
 thing!
 But 
the 
“spaces”
 of
 the 
mesh
 are 
a 
thousand 
and 
ten 
thousand 
times
 greater
 than
 the
 substance 
of 
the
 strands.
 What
 is
 in 
these
 spaces 
of 
the
 mesh
 of
 our
 “matter”? 
Space? 
Space 
is
 not
 nothing.
 Space 
is
 stuff, 
is 
matter.
 What 
kind
 of
 matter?
 The 
matter
 which
 makes 
the
 ethers. 
More 
dense –
 not
 less, 
but 
more dense
 by 
far 
than 
the 
rarefactions
 of 
our 
world. 
The 
matter 
of 
the 
Etheric
 world! 
Inside 
the 
molecules,
 inside 
the 
atoms,
 other 
atoms 
–
 still
 other 
atoms 
inside 
of
 those,
 or
 ten 
thousand 
Chinese
 eggs
 each
 inside 
of
 another. 
If 
you 
think 
that 
this 
is
 imagination,
 or 
that 
there 
is
 no
 room 
for 
these 
interpenetrating 
universes 
–
 ask 
the
 physicist
 and
 the
 mathematician. 
They 
will 
tell 
you 
there
 is
 nothing 
in
 the
 omniverse 
but 
room;
 and 
room, 
again,
 is
 space, 
is 
stuff,
 is 
basic 
world‐stuff,
 mind‐stuff, 
life‐stuff;
 and
 there 
is
 no 
emptiness
 anywhere 
–
 And
 that 
is 
why 
Etheria 
is
 here!
 But
 it 
is 
also
 everywhere. 
All
 heavenly 
bodies 
have 
an 
etheric 
realm.

A 
few
 lines
 more
 and
 we
 shall 
be 
done
 with 
the
 more
 practical 
and 
pressing
 aspects 
of
 our 
subject. 
The 
etheric 
“ships”, 
as 
everyone 
knows, 
are 
of 
many 
types,
 not 
all 
of 
them
 Discs 
by 
any
 means.
 Some 
are 
long 
and
 cigar 
shaped; 
many
 are 
shaped 
like 
balloons 
or 
dirigibles;
 some 
have
 wings 
or
 wing‐like 
attachments.
 Many
 of 
them 
appear 
to 
change 
shape 
while 
in
 the
 air.
 Their 
color
 varies 
also 
and 
has
 also 
been 
seen 
to
 change.
 Some 
of 
them
 resemble 
fireballs; 
others 
are
 accompanied 
or
 followed 
by
 smoke, 
vapor, 
and
 luminous 
appearances.
 Some 
are
 translucent, 
or 
seem 
to 
glow 
from 
within. 
They 
travel 
at 
all 
speeds,
 from
 zero
 (stationary) 
to
 thousands 
of 
miles
 an hour.
 They 
also 
vary 
widely 
in 
size, 
from 
a
 few
 feet 
or
 yards 
in 
diameter
 to 
nearly
 incredible
 dimensions; 
we 
have 
reports 
considered
 trustworthy 
of 
at
 least
 one
 craft 
ten 
miles 
in 
length.
 They
 have 
a 
curious 
way
 of
 disappearing 
suddenly
 when 
in 
plain
 sight,
 and 
also
 of
 rapidly 
dwindling 
in
 size 
without
 withdrawing
 in distance.
 It
 is 
well
 to 
bear 
all
 these 
items 
in 
mind,
 since 
any 
single
 explanation 
must 
obviously 
cover 
all 
of
 them;
 it 
is
 not
 enough
 to 
invent 
some 
theory
 for
 the 
disc‐shapes 
alone
 and 
then 
imagine 
that 
the 
whole 
matter 
is 
accounted 
for.
 Now, 
under 
the 
“etheric
 explanation”
 which 
we
 are 
presenting 
here,
 our 
understanding 
is
 briefly
 this:

ETHERIC 
EXPLANATION 
OF
 FLYING
 SAUCERS

All 
of
 the
 types 
of 
craft 
just 
mentioned 
come 
from
 the
 same 
source.
 All 
are 
constructed 
by
 Etherians. 
Their
 variety 
arises 
from 
the 
fact 
that 
many
 of 
them 
are
 experimental,
 and 
that
 different
 types
 of 
them
 serve 
different 
technical 
purposes.
 These
 craft 
are
 built 
in 
matter 
of 
the 
etheric
 plane 
and 
are 
imperceptible
 to 
us, 
since
 they
 exist 
in 
what 
we 
call
 “empty
 space”.
 They 
enter
 our
 plane
 or 
our
 level
 of
 perception 
by
 a 
process 
of 
materialization. 
The
 extremely 
dense 
matter
 which
 fills
 in
 the 
pattern 
of 
Etheria 
is 
replaced
 by
 matter 
of 
the 
kind
 that
 is 
visible 
to 
us
 – 
or
 better, 
its
 vibration 
rate 
is 
lowered
 until
 it 
becomes 
visible. 
A
 little 
like
 slowing
 down
 a 
very 
fast
 fan 
until 
one 
can 
see 
its 
blades.
 This 
is 
closely 
similar 
to 
what 
happens 
in 
the
 phenomenon 
or
 apportation
 (where
 objects, 
of 
any 
kind
 or 
size, 
are
 “miraculously” 
transported 
into 
and 
out
 of
 sealed 
rooms,
 sealed 
containers
 and
 the 
like).
 Many 
people, 
and 
most 
scientists,
 take 
no 
stock
 in
 this
 alleged
 phenomenon,
 but 
it
 is
 well
 attested
 and
 cannot 
be
 surrendered
 on 
that
 account.
 Neither 
the
 pattern 
nor
 the
 molecular 
filling 
is 
destroyed;
 the
 object 
becomes
 invisible 
because
 the
 atomic 
motion 
is 
speed 
up,
 and 
it 
can 
pass
 through 
other 
matter
 (a
 wall, 
e.g.) 
because 
of 
this 
same
 fact. 
This 
is
 equivalent 
to 
an 
increase
 in
 density 
when
 an
 object
 on 
our
 plane 
is 
being 
apported
 from 
one
 place 
to
 another. 
To 
an
 Etherian,
 an
 object 
materializing
 on 
our 
plane 
would
 dematerialize 
on 
his; 
to
 us
 it 
materializes 
in 
our
 field 
of
 perception,
 and 
dematerializes 
when
 it
 returns
 to 
its
 etheric 
state.

If
 we
 understand 
this, 
we 
are 
on 
the
 way 
toward
 accounting
 for 
many 
odd 
items 
of
 behavior, 
such
 as 
have
 been 
mentioned
 above.

It 
is 
probably
 well 
known
 by
 this
 time,
 that
 several
 of 
these 
ether
 ships 
have
 fallen, 
and 
their
 contents 

carefully 
studied 
–
 although 
with
 utmost 
secrecy.
 We
 cannot
 enter 
here 
upon 
this
 part
 of which 
has
 been 
printed 
in 
other
 BSRA 
publications; 
we 
wish 
to 
refer
 only
 to 
the 
“little
 people”,
 dwarfs
 about 
30 
inches 
in
 height, 
whose 
bodies 
were
 found 
within 
the
 Discs. 
We 
have 
reason 
to
 believe
 that 
the
 Etherians,
 who 
must
 operate 
in
 their 
bodies
 just 
as 
they
 do
 on 
the 
etheric
 substance
 of 
the
 disc, 
in 
order
 to
 accompany 
them, 
choose 
to 
materialize
 in
 small
 forms, 
simply 
for
 the 
convenience 
of
 operation
 and 
flight. 
This, 
like
 everything 
else 
set
 forth
 here, 
is
 according 
to
 our
 best
 knowledge 
and
 belief 
at 
this
 writing.
 We
 repeat, 
that 
we 
are
 offering 
the 
first
 words 
and
 not
 the 
last 
on 
this 
extraordinary 
problem.

The
 propulsion
 of
 the
 etherian 
craft
 is 
beyond
 the
 present
 concepts 
of
 our
 science 
– 
yet
 we
 have
 a
 good 
clue 
to 
its
 nature,
 and
 shall
 comment 
on 
it 
on 
a 
later
 page.
 (There 
is
 no 
motor, 
propeller 
or
 other
 mechanism 
inside
 the 
fallen 
discs, 
so
 far 
as
 we 
have 
been
 able
 to 
learn.)

We
 must
 add
 the 
extraordinary 
fact, 
that
 under
 certain
 conditions,
 or 
at 
certain
 states
 of
 materialization,
 or
 at
 certain
 altitudes
 and 
pressures, 
the
 substance 
of
 the
 ether
 ships 
is 
jelly‐like and 
actually
 does
 change 
in 
shape 
and
 apparent
 size. 
(The
 outer 
skin 
of
 the
 fallen 
discs, 
however,
 is
 harder 
than 
steel, 
and
 of
 unidentified 
substance.)

It 
is
 our
 information 
that 
certain 
types 
of 
the
 ether 
ships 
are 
and 
have 
long 
been
 used 
for 
interplanetary 
travel. 
Those
 who 
persist 
in 
the 
belief
 that 
they
 come
 from 
visible 
planets 
of 
our
 system,
 will 
eventually
 seize
 upon
 this
 as 
a
 confirmatory
 fact. 
But 
the
 ether
 ships 
do 
NOT
 originate 
on
 visible 
planets, 
as 
we
 have 
said. 
Interplanetary 
travel 
is 
simply
 one
 of
 their 
innumerable
 uses, 
and
 this 
fact
 should 
not 
mislead
 us.
 The 
craft 
are 
made 
in 
Etheria,
 and
 Etheria 
is
 in 
and 
around
 all
 visible 
objects. 
It 
is
 also 
the
 home 
and 
motherland 
of 
our
 plane,
 all 
the 
objects 
we 
see
 about 
us
 derive 
from 
that
 source,
 and 
our
 own
 bodies 
also.
 We
 ourselves
 are
 Etherians 
by
 ancestry
 and
 descent;
 for 
Etheria
 is 
the 
home 
of
 the 
human 
race. 
That
 we
 should 
be
 so
 grossly 
ignorant 
of
 it 
is
 strange 
indeed.

SOME 
WILL 
UNDERSTAND

It 
is 
this 
ignorance, 
and
 the 
kind
 of
 understandable 
intolerance 
which 
must 
accompany
 it,
 which 
makes
 it
 so
 difficult, 
almost 
impossible
 to 
explain 
this 
matter 
to 
many
 readers, 
not
 excluding 
the
 average 
scientific
 worker, 
the 
professional 
man,
 and
 the 
so‐called 
intellectuals 
generally. 
The
 obscurantist 
effects 
of 
the
 academic 
and
 professional 
background
 are 
in
 fact 
well‐known, 
except 
to
 those
 afflicted 
by 
them. 
There
 are, 
however,
 some
 millions
 of
 people,
 less
 victimized
 by
 the
 hypnotic
 dreams
 of 
our 
pseudo 
culture,
 who 
will
 well 
understand 
what 
we 
are
 trying
 to 
set 
down.

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