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Author: Robert Doherty
dwindling power the reactor put out had recently been supplemented by numerous human generators flown in, and the guardian was at full power; but nothing was happening that could be detected.
"Hell," Nabinger said, "we don't even know if the guardian is a computer.
We're calling it that because it's the closest piece of equipment we have that is like it, but the guardian can do so much more.
"They've tried everything in the last two days, including hypnosis, to get me back in contact with the guardian. The UNAOC people are banging their heads down there, trying to get that thing to work," Nabinger said. "I'm about ready to tear my hair out." Nabinger shrugged. "Maybe I was just lucky. Maybe it was set to be activated by any-
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thing living, but only long enough to ascertain the situation. Once it figured out that we weren't Airlia, it cut us out."
"Not before having its foo fighters obliterate Majestic-12's biolab at Dulce and the rebel computer in there," Reynolds noted. In the course of their search for the truth, Kelly and those with her had broken into the secret government lab at Dulce, New Mexico, where another, smaller guardian-type computer had been placed by the government after being uncovered under a massive earthen mound at Temiltepec in Central America.
They both looked up as a strong offshore breeze hit the tent and caused the canvas top to snap back and forth. The wind, the lack of trees, and the ocean completely surrounding them on all sides lent a disturbing air of isolation to the location.
Nabinger nodded at her comment. "Yeah, that's true. But there have been no foo fighter flights since then. We know the foo fighters are based under the ocean a couple of hundred miles to the north of here. I think the Navy is discreetly poking around out there, trying to pinpoint where exactly. You can be sure they're interested in that ray that was used to destroy Dulce."
"I haven't heard any of that," Reynolds said. "Does the Alien Oversight Committee know the U.S. Navy is doing that?"
"At first I thought the U.S. Navy was working for the Oversight Committee,"
Nabinger said, "but the UNAOC rep here says he doesn't know anything about it.
I've only heard rumors, but I think either someone in the U.S. government is 31
poking around with UNAOC's knowledge and tacit approval, or something else fishy is going on and they're cutting UNAOC out."
That brought a momentary silence to the tent, allowing them both to hear the nearby crash of waves on the rocky coastline. Nabinger shifted uncomfortably.
"There's more going on than UNAOC is letting out to the media," he said. "The Oversight Committee is trying to track down any other artifacts from the Airlia that might have been left here. It appears Majestic-12 wasn't the only ones keeping secrets. There's some talk the Russians might have had a crashed Airlia craft all these years and that some countries and perhaps even some international corporations uncovered other things the Airlia left behind and have been working on them in secrecy."
"Damn, I thought we were past that secret stuff." Reynolds looked at him. "You haven't been taken over by the guardian, have you?" She had a grin on her face, but there was an undercurrent to her words.
"If I was, would I know it?" Nabinger said. "General Gullick and the others on Majestic thought they were acting for the good of the country. According to the MRI scans of my brain nothing seems amiss."
"You said there's word others have artifacts?" Kelly asked. "How come they're not coming forward now that everything's in the open?"
"They, whoever they are, lose control if they do that. Think of the economic potential if someone cracks the secret to some of the Airlia technology. UNAOC
is trying, but it's not getting the greatest cooperation. I think the Navy is trying to uncover
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the foo fighter base because after what the fighters did to the lab at Dulce, anyone who controlled that power would be top dog on this
"Hell," Nabinger said, "we don't even know if the guardian is a computer.
We're calling it that because it's the closest piece of equipment we have that is like it, but the guardian can do so much more.
"They've tried everything in the last two days, including hypnosis, to get me back in contact with the guardian. The UNAOC people are banging their heads down there, trying to get that thing to work," Nabinger said. "I'm about ready to tear my hair out." Nabinger shrugged. "Maybe I was just lucky. Maybe it was set to be activated by any-
30
thing living, but only long enough to ascertain the situation. Once it figured out that we weren't Airlia, it cut us out."
"Not before having its foo fighters obliterate Majestic-12's biolab at Dulce and the rebel computer in there," Reynolds noted. In the course of their search for the truth, Kelly and those with her had broken into the secret government lab at Dulce, New Mexico, where another, smaller guardian-type computer had been placed by the government after being uncovered under a massive earthen mound at Temiltepec in Central America.
They both looked up as a strong offshore breeze hit the tent and caused the canvas top to snap back and forth. The wind, the lack of trees, and the ocean completely surrounding them on all sides lent a disturbing air of isolation to the location.
Nabinger nodded at her comment. "Yeah, that's true. But there have been no foo fighter flights since then. We know the foo fighters are based under the ocean a couple of hundred miles to the north of here. I think the Navy is discreetly poking around out there, trying to pinpoint where exactly. You can be sure they're interested in that ray that was used to destroy Dulce."
"I haven't heard any of that," Reynolds said. "Does the Alien Oversight Committee know the U.S. Navy is doing that?"
"At first I thought the U.S. Navy was working for the Oversight Committee,"
Nabinger said, "but the UNAOC rep here says he doesn't know anything about it.
I've only heard rumors, but I think either someone in the U.S. government is 31
poking around with UNAOC's knowledge and tacit approval, or something else fishy is going on and they're cutting UNAOC out."
That brought a momentary silence to the tent, allowing them both to hear the nearby crash of waves on the rocky coastline. Nabinger shifted uncomfortably.
"There's more going on than UNAOC is letting out to the media," he said. "The Oversight Committee is trying to track down any other artifacts from the Airlia that might have been left here. It appears Majestic-12 wasn't the only ones keeping secrets. There's some talk the Russians might have had a crashed Airlia craft all these years and that some countries and perhaps even some international corporations uncovered other things the Airlia left behind and have been working on them in secrecy."
"Damn, I thought we were past that secret stuff." Reynolds looked at him. "You haven't been taken over by the guardian, have you?" She had a grin on her face, but there was an undercurrent to her words.
"If I was, would I know it?" Nabinger said. "General Gullick and the others on Majestic thought they were acting for the good of the country. According to the MRI scans of my brain nothing seems amiss."
"You said there's word others have artifacts?" Kelly asked. "How come they're not coming forward now that everything's in the open?"
"They, whoever they are, lose control if they do that. Think of the economic potential if someone cracks the secret to some of the Airlia technology. UNAOC
is trying, but it's not getting the greatest cooperation. I think the Navy is trying to uncover
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the foo fighter base because after what the fighters did to the lab at Dulce, anyone who controlled that power would be top dog on this
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