All,
Here's an interesting story I found in a book I bought at
Amazon.com:
In Alec Maclellan's book, THE HOLLOW EARTH ENIGMA, is an account
he found of a man of German descent who immigrated to America
where he became interested in the flying saucer phenomena.
Reinhold Schmidt was interviewed by reporter Charles Longcroft
of the Los Angles Examiner who wrote, "This is was the first
time I have ever been face to face with someone who claims to
have contacted space men or to have been inside a saucer ... My
impression is that the man has definitely seen something and is
not making the whole story up as a publicity stunt."
Reinhold Schmidt relates that at age 38 he was contemplating on
the subject of flying saucers after reading Frank Scully's book,
BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCERS (1950) when on August 14, 1958 he had
what he thought was a dream telling him drive to a quarry in
Bakersfield, California. After sitting around several hours, he
saw a silverly circular craft come down from the sky. Access to
it was by sliding doors and a ramp lowered to the ground. A
figure appeared in the doorway and flashed a ray on him
apparently to synchronize his body's electromagnetic field to
that of the craft. Others appeared and escorted him into the
craft. They also drove his car up the ramp so as not to leave
it in the quarry. They then took off and flew north towards
Alaska and up over the polar regions.
The crew consisted of four men and two women. Reinhold
described them as tall, with noble features dressed in gray,
one-piece, skin-tight suits. The women were especially
beautiful. They appeared in all respects as humans as we are.
They spoke in what Reinhold recognized as "high German" which
had been taught him by his parents. However, throughout the
entire trip, he was addressed in perfect English.
The craft appeared to be transparent which allowed him to look
out in all directions except where obscured by machinery,
control panels, couches, chairs or small tables. The latter did
not seem to be attached to the floor, but never moved with all
the crafts maneuvering. He was able to see out the
transparent walls of the craft throughout the journey up to the
Arctic Ocean, where he said, "We seemed to go under the Arctic
Ocean and enter a huge hole." They then passed over strange
earth landscapes, but never landed.
Reinhold stated that his "hosts" never told him exactly where
they came from, although he became convinced that their homeland
was somewhere in the region of the pole. He could see that they
were highly advanced in technology, but seemed to be a rather
peaceful people. He said that if their mission had a purpose,
from what he gathered, it was to observe mankind and to keep us
from destroying the planet.
Schmidt's flying saucer trip lasted for 5 days. He remembers
seeing a land which was lit by a glowing sun rather different
from our Sun, and twice had the impression of crossing a large
curve of ocean where the horizon dipped and fell and then
righted itself. (This would be a perfect description of having
passed into and out of polar opening. So I believe Schmidt was
actually taken to the hollow earth via the North Polar Opening.)
On August 18, 1958, Reinhold was returned by his flying saucer
friends to the Bakersfield quarry with his Buick. It was then
he noticed the paint on his car had turned luminous.
Note that Reinhold knew nothing of the earth being hollow. Yet
his description of where he went fits the hollow earth theory
very well.
Rod