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about the garage?
    Betty: I couldn’t see that, and I couldn’t see the opposite side of the house on this side.… I could just see on this left-hand side, the house, the corner of the house, the stone wall, and the tree. Even past that, it seemed misty. It seemed as if the ship took up most of the area, too much for me to see past it.
    Betty stood awestruck at the silent presence of the strange craft in the yard. Her initial shock quickly gave way to fear and apprehension. Quazgaa seemed to have sensed this and, to reassure Betty, did a remarkable thing.
    Betty: He says, “See, you can trust me. Look over at the ship.” And he made the bottom like glass. I could see through it!
    When the bottom of the craft suddenly became transparent, Betty recognized some of the things inside, which she had seen illustrated in the blue book.
    Betty: I see the—part of those things I saw in the book. There are glass balls on the bottom, cut glass like, and there are arms that come down and grasp on to it, and they go up.… And there’s that thing on the side. And they can rotate on an inner tube—with that gray matter and that water, I guess, or something. [See Figure 8 .]
    Betty sought in vain to find a comparative reference point to describe what she was observing. “What is it?” she breathed. “What is it, Quazgaa?

    Figure 8:
Apparatus in the bottom of the craft. May 5
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    â€œI have other things to show you,” he replied. “Come along, come along.”
    Betty: And the ship turned back so that it was not glass but like a… silver-gold. And I see the legs, and they are parked, sort of, on the hill.
    In other words, the length of the vehicle’s legs on struts were adjusted to the incline of the hill adjoining the backyard. (See Figure 9 on page 46 .) Quazgaa faced the alien vehicle and raised his left hand. Instantaneously an opening appeared in the craft.
    Betty: And, ah, that door is opening—automatically, I guess, or else he’s making it. He raised his hand. And we are getting all lined up. And he swoops right up! There are three stairs. Soon as he goes up, I’m swooped up, and the others are following.

    Figure 9:
The craft’s exterior. May 7
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    Betty found herself floating into a small room with curved walls. The door closed automatically behind them.
    Betty: We’re in like a half-bubble, or quarter of a bubble, room. And he [Quazgaa] has withdrawn himself with the others, and they are standing over there talking.… [See Figure 10 .] I’m just looking at this room. Something goes down on the sides of the bubble.… Where the steps come up, it goes down.… I feel very weightless and icky. My hands and my legs feel like they are asleep or something. And they are still talking over there, and they glance over at me once in a while.… Oh, hurry up! And I’m crossing my arms now. I’m tired of just standing there.… I feel weightless. Oh, my feet are pins and needles or something—even my arms and my hands. He’s still talking, and…about two or three of them are leaving. That door whooshed open, and they are going in—and it’s closing.

    Figure 10:
The entrance hall. May 7
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    Then Quazgaa came over to Betty. Two entities still remained in the room and stood watching her.
    Betty: …He brought me over to where they were, and…he is saying something to them about going and making himself ready. [
Sigh
.] Would they please bring me to the upper room?
    Betty and the entities left; Quazgaa stayed behind.
    Betty: And so, the two—one went in front of me and one in back of me, and we went over to the furthest right-hand end of the quarter bubble. And whoosh! Another door opened. And you can’t even see those doors. They just go up when they open. And there are stairs there—going around, somehow going around. They seem like they are floating up, but…my waist feels so heavy there. And