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<xml><p> -Here's the lowdown on "ALTERNATIVE 3" from a TV-movie compendium.
"ALTERNATIVE 3" (GB 1977; 52m, colour)
Amusing spoof do commentary about the disappearance of various high-IQ
citizens, allegedly to form nucleus of a standby civilization on <ent type='LOC'>Mars</ent> against
the coming End of the World. Sly parodies of fashionable breathless TV
journalism sweetened the joke, ex-newscaster <ent type='PERSON'>Tim Brinton</ent> held it all
together with po-faced gravity and needless to say some supernature fanatics
refuse to this day to accept that it was anything but gospel truth, although
it was orignally scheduled for April 1st (1977). Written by <ent type='PERSON'>David Ambrose</ent>;
directed by <ent type='PERSON'>Chris Miles</ent>; for <ent type='GPE'>Anglia</ent>. Apparently the TV-movie was spawned by a
book (or assuming the date is accurate, vice versa) of the same name. Written
by <ent type='PERSON'>Leslie Watkins</ent>, it was published by <ent type='ORG'>Sphere Books Ltd</ent>. in 1978.</p>

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<p>ALTERNATIVE 003
by
<ent type='PERSON'>Leslie Watkins</ent></p>

<p>with
<ent type='PERSON'>David Ambrose</ent> &amp; <ent type='PERSON'>Christopher Miles</ent></p>

<p>Section 1</p>

<p>NO NEWSPAPER has yet secured the truth behind the operation known
as ALTERNATIVE 3. Investigations by journalists have been blocked by
governments on both sides of the Iron Curtain. <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent> are
ruthlessly obsessed with guarding their shared secret and this obsession, as
we can now prove, has made them partners in murder.</p>

<p>However, despite this intensive security, fragments of information have
been made public. Often they are released inadvertently by experts who do
not appreciate their sinister significance and these fragments, in isolation,
mean little. But when jigsawed together they form a definite pattern, a
pattern which appears to emphasize the enormity of this conspiracy of
silence.</p>

<p>On May 3, 1977, <ent type='ORG'>the Daily Mirror</ent> published this story:</p>

<p>President <ent type='PERSON'>Jimmy Carter</ent> has joined the ranks of UFO spotters. He sent
in two written reports stating he had seen a flying saucer when he was the
Governor of <ent type='GPE'>Georgia</ent>.</p>

<p>The President has shrugged off the incident since then, perhaps fearing
that electors might be wary of a flying saucer freak.</p>

<p>But he was reported as saying after the "sighting"; "I don't laugh at
people any more when they say they've seen UFOs because I've seen one
myself."</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Carter</ent> described his UFO like this: "Luminous, not solid, at first bluish,
then reddish. It seemed to move towards us from a distance, stopped, then
moved partially away."</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Carter</ent> filed two reports on the sighting in 1973, one to the
International UFO Bureau and the other to the National Investigations
Committee on Aerial Phenomena.</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Heydon Hewes</ent>, who directs <ent type='ORG'>the International UFO Bureau</ent> from his
home in <ent type='GPE'>Oklahoma City</ent>, is making speeches praising the President's
"open-mindedness."</p>

<p>But during his presidential campaign last year <ent type='PERSON'>Carter</ent> was cautious. He
admitted he had seen a light in the sky but declined to call it a UFO.</p>

<p>He joked: "I think it was a light beckoning me to run in the <ent type='GPE'>California</ent>
primary election."</p>

<p>Why this change in <ent type='PERSON'>Carter</ent>'s attitude? Because, by then, he had been
briefed on Alternative 3?</p>

<p>A 1966 Gallup Poll showed that five million <ent type='NORP'>Americans</ent> including several
highly experienced airline pilots claimed to have seen <ent type='ORG'>Flying Saucers</ent>.
Fighter pilot <ent type='PERSON'>Thomas Mantell</ent> has already died while chasing one over
<ent type='GPE'>Kentucky</ent> his F.51 aircraft having disintegrated in the violent wash of his
quarry's engines.</p>

<p>The U.S. Air Force, reluctantly bowing to mounting pressure, asked Dr.
<ent type='PERSON'>Edward Uhler Condon</ent>, a professor of astrophysics, to head an investigation
team at <ent type='ORG'>Colorado University</ent>.</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent>'s budget was $500000. Shortly before his report appeared in
1968, this story appeared in the <ent type='GPE'>London</ent> Evening Standard:</p>

<p>The <ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent> study is making headlines, but for all the wrong reasons. It
is losing some of its outstanding members, under circumstances which are
mysterious to say the least. Sinister rumors are circulating. At least four key
people have vanished from the <ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent> team without offering a satisfactory
reason for their departure.</p>

<p>The complete story behind the strange events in <ent type='GPE'>Colorado</ent> is hard to
decipher. But a clue, at last may be found in the recent statements of Dr.
James McDonald, the senior physicist at <ent type='ORG'>the Institute</ent> of Atmospheric
Physics at <ent type='ORG'>the University</ent> of Arizona and widely respected in his field. In a
wary, but ominous, telephone conversation this week, Dr. McDonald told me
that he is "most distressed." <ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent>'s 1485-page report denied the
existence of <ent type='ORG'>Flying Saucers</ent> and a panel of <ent type='ORG'>the American</ent> National Academy of
Sciences endorsed the conclusion that "further extensive study probably
cannot be justified."</p>

<p>But, curiously, <ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent>'s joint principal investigator, Dr. <ent type='PERSON'>David Saunders</ent>,
had not contributed a word to that report. And on January 11, 1969, the
Daily <ent type='ORG'>Telegraph</ent> quoted Dr. Saunders as saying of the report:</p>

<p>"It is inconceivable that it can be anything but a cold stew. No matter
how long it is, what it includes, how it is said, or what it recommends, it will
lack the essential element of credibility."</p>

<p>Already there were wide-spread suspicions that the <ent type='PERSON'>Condon</ent>
investigation had been part of an official coverup, that the government knew
the truth but was determined to keep it from the public. We now know that
those suspicions were accurate. And that the secrecy was all because of
Alternative 3.</p>

<p>Only a few months after Dr. Saunders made his "cold stew" statement a
journalist with the <ent type='GPE'>Columbus</ent> (<ent type='GPE'>Ohio</ent>) Dispatch embarrassed the National
Aeronautics and Space <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> by photographing a strange craft looking
exactly like a Flying Saucer at the <ent type='LOC'>White Sands</ent> missile range in <ent type='GPE'>New Mexico</ent>.</p>

<p>At first no one at <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> would talk about this mysterious circular craft,
15 feet in diameter, which had been left in the "missile graveyard" a section
of the range where most experimental vehicles were eventually dumped.</p>

<p>But the <ent type='ORG'>Martin Marietta</ent> company of <ent type='GPE'>Denver</ent>, where it was built,
acknowledged designing several models, some with ten and twelve engines.
And a <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> official, faced with this information, said, "Actually the engineers
used to call it 'The Flying Saucer."</p>

<p>That confirmed a statement made by Dr. <ent type='PERSON'>Garry Henderson</ent>, a leading
space research scientist: "All our astronauts have seen these objects but have
been ordered not to discuss their findings with anyone."</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Otto Binder</ent> was a member of the <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> space team. He has stated that
<ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> "killed" significant segments of conversation between <ent type='ORG'>Mission Control</ent>
and <ent type='ORG'>Apollo</ent> 11, the spacecraft which took <ent type='PERSON'>Buzz Aldrin</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Neil Armstrong</ent> to
the <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> and that those segments were deleted from the official record:</p>

<p>"Certain sources with their own VHF receiving facilities that by passed
<ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> broadcast outlets claim there was a portion of <ent type='LOC'>Earth</ent>-<ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> dialogue
that was quickly cut off by the <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> monitoring staff."</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Binder</ent> added:</p>

<p>"It was presumably when the two moon walkers, <ent type='PERSON'>Aldrin</ent> and <ent type='PERSON'>Armstrong</ent>,
were making the round some distance from the LEM that <ent type='PERSON'>Armstrong</ent>
clutched <ent type='PERSON'>Aldrin</ent>'s arm excitedly and exclaimed 'What was it? What the hell
was it? That's all I want to know.' "</p>

<p>Then, according to <ent type='PERSON'>Binder</ent>, there was this exchange:</p>

<p>MISSION CONTROL: What's there? malfunction(garble).Mission
Control calling <ent type='ORG'>Apollo</ent> 11.</p>

<p><ent type='ORG'>APOLLO</ent> 11: These babies were huge, sir. enormous, Oh, God you
wouldn't believe it!
I'm telling you there are other space-craft out there
lined up on the far side of the crater edge.
They're on the <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> watching us.</p>

<p><ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent>, understandably, has never confirmed <ent type='PERSON'>Binder</ent>'s story but Buzz
<ent type='PERSON'>Aldrin</ent> was soon complaining bitterly about the <ent type='ORG'>Agency</ent> having used him as a
"traveling salesman."</p>

<p>And two years after his <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> mission, following reported bouts of heavy
drinking, he was admitted to hospital with "emotional depression."</p>

<p>"Traveling salesman", that's an odd choice of words, isn't it? What, in
<ent type='PERSON'>Aldrin</ent>'s view, were the <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> authorities trying to sell? And to whom?
Could it be that they were using him, and others like him, to sell their
official version of the truth to ordinary people right across the world?</p>

<p>Was <ent type='PERSON'>Aldrin</ent>'s <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> walk one of those great spectaculars, presented with
maximum publicity, to justify the billions being poured into space research?</p>

<p>Was it part of <ent type='ORG'>the American</ent>-<ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>n cover for Alternative 3?</p>

<p>All men who have travelled to the <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> have given indications of
knowing about Alternative 3 and of the reasons which precipitated it.</p>

<p>In May, 1972, <ent type='PERSON'>James Irwin</ent>, officially the sixth man to walk on the
<ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent>, resigned to become a <ent type='ORG'>Baptist</ent> missionary. And he said then, "The
flight made me a deeper religious person and more keenly aware of the
fragile nature of our planet."</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Edgar Mitchell</ent>, who landed on the <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> with the <ent type='ORG'>Apollo</ent> 14 mission in
February, 1971, also resigned in May, 1972 to devote himself to
parapsychology. Later, at the headquarters of his Institute for noetic
Sciences near <ent type='GPE'>San Francisco</ent>, he described looking at this world from the
<ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent>: "I went into a very deep pathos, a kind of anguish. That incredibly
beautiful planet that was <ent type='LOC'>Earth</ent>, a place no bigger than my thumb was my
home.. a blue and white jewel against a velvet black sky...was being killed
off."</p>

<p>And on March 23, 1974, he was quoted in <ent type='ORG'>the Daily Express</ent> as saying
that society had only three ways in which to go and that the third was "the
most viable but most difficult alternative."</p>

<p>Another of the <ent type='ORG'>Apollo</ent> <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> walkers, <ent type='PERSON'>Bob Grodin</ent>, was equally specific
when interviewed by a <ent type='ORG'>Sceptre Television</ent> reporter on June 20, 1977;</p>

<p>"You think they need all that crap down in <ent type='GPE'>Florida</ent> just to put two guys
up there on a bicycle? The hell they do! You know why they need us?
So they've got a P.R. story for all that hardware they've been firing into
space.
We're nothing, man! Nothing!"</p>

<p>On July 11, 1977, <ent type='ORG'>the Los Angeles Times</ent> came near to the heart of
the matter, nearer than any other newspaper, when it published a
remarkable interview with Dr. Gerard O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent>.</p>

<p>Dr. O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent> is a <ent type='ORG'>Princeton</ent> professor who served, during a 1976
sabbatical, as Professor of Aerospace at <ent type='ORG'>the Massachusetts Institute</ent> of
Technology and who gets nearly $500000 each year in research grants from
<ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent>. Here is a section from that article:</p>

<p>The <ent type='ORG'>United Nations</ent>, he says, has conservatively estimated that the
world's population, now more than 4 billion people, will grow to about 6.5
billion by the year 2000. Today, he adds, about 30% of the world's
population is in developed nations. But, because most of the projected
population growth will occur in underdeveloped countries, that will drop to
22% by the end of the century. The world of 2000 will be poorer and
hungrier than the world today, he says.</p>

<p>Dr. O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent> also explained the problems caused by the earth's 4000 mile
atmospheric layer, but presumably because the article was comparatively
short one, he was not quoted on the additional threat posed by the notorious
"greenhouse" syndrome.</p>

<p>His solution? He called it Island 3. And he added: "There's no debate
about the technology involved in doing it. That's been confirmed by <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent>'s
top people."</p>

<p>But Dr. O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent>, a family man with three children who like to fly
sailplanes in his spare time, did not realize that he was slightly off target.
He was right, of course, about the technology.</p>

<p>But he knew nothing of the political ramifications and he would have
been astounded to learn that <ent type='ORG'>NASA</ent> was feeding his research to the <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>ns.</p>

<p>Even eminent political specialists, as respected in their sphere as Dr.
O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent> is in his own, have been puzzled by an undercurrent they have
detected in East-West relationships.</p>

<p>Professor G. <ent type='PERSON'>Gordon Broadbent</ent>, director of the independently financed
Institute of Political Studies in <ent type='GPE'>London</ent> and author of a major study of
U.S.-<ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent> diplomacy since the 1950s, emphasized that fact on June 20,
1977, when he was interviewed on <ent type='ORG'>Sceptre Television</ent>:</p>

<p>"On the broader issue of <ent type='NORP'>Soviet</ent>-U.S. relations, I must admit there is an
element of mystery which troubles many people in my field."</p>

<p>He added: "What we're suggesting is that, at the very highest levels of
East-West diplomacy, there has been operating a factor of which we know
nothing. Now it could just be and I stress the word 'could' that this
unknown factor is some kind of massive but covert operation in space. But
as for the reasons behind it we are not in the business of speculation."</p>

<p><ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>'s acute discomfort over O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent>'s revelations through the Los
Angeles Times can be assessed by the urgency with which a "suppression"
<ent type='PERSON'>Bill</ent> was rushed to the Statute Book.</p>

<p>On July 27, 1977, only sixteen days after publication of the O'<ent type='PERSON'>Neill</ent>
interview columnist <ent type='PERSON'>Jeremy Campbell</ent> reported in the <ent type='GPE'>London</ent> Evening
Standard that the <ent type='PERSON'>Bill</ent> would become law that September. He wrote:</p>

<p>It prohibits the publishing of an official report without permission,
arguing that this obstructs the Government's control of its own information.
That was precisely the charge brought against <ent type='PERSON'>Daniel Ellsberg</ent> for giving the
<ent type='ORG'>Pentagon</ent> papers to <ent type='ORG'>the New York Times</ent>.</p>

<p>Most ominous of all, the <ent type='PERSON'>Bill</ent> would make it a crime for any present or
former civil servant to tell <ent type='ORG'>the Press</ent> of Government wrong doing or pass on
any news based on information "submitted to the Government in private."</p>

<p><ent type='ORG'>Campbell</ent> pointed out that this final clause "has given serious pain to
guardians of <ent type='NORP'>American</ent> <ent type='ORG'>Press</ent> freedom because it creates a brand new crime."
Particularly as there was provision in the <ent type='PERSON'>Bill</ent> for offending journalists to be
sent to prison for up to six years.</p>

<p>We subsequently discovered that a man called <ent type='ORG'><ent type='PERSON'>Harman</ent> Leonard <ent type='PERSON'>Harman</ent></ent>
read that item in the newspaper and that later, in a certain television
executives' dining room, he expressed regret that a similar <ent type='PERSON'>Law</ent> had not been
passed years earlier by the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> government.</p>

<p>He was eating treacle tart with custard at the time and he reflected
wistfully that he could then have insisted on such a <ent type='PERSON'>Law</ent> being obeyed. That,
when it came to Alternative 3, would have saved him from a great deal of
trouble.</p>

<p>He had chosen treacle tart, not because he particularly liked it, but
because it was 2p(ence) cheaper than the chocolate sponge. That was
typical of <ent type='PERSON'>Harman</ent>.</p>

<p>He was one of the people, as you may have learned already through the
<ent type='ORG'>Press</ent>, who tried to interfere with the publication of this book. We will later
be presenting some of the letters received by us from him and his lawyers
together with the replies from our legal advisers.</p>

<p>We decided to print these letters in order to give you a thorough insight
into our investigation for it is important to stress that we, like Professor
<ent type='PERSON'>Broadbent</ent>, are not in the "business of speculation." We are interested only in
the facts.</p>

<p>And it is intriguing to note the pattern of facts relating to astronauts
who have been on <ent type='PERSON'>Moon</ent> missions and who have therefore been exposed to
some of the surprises presented by Alternative 3.</p>

<p>A number, undermined by the strain of being party to such a
horrendous secret, suffered nervous or mental collapses. A high percentage
sought sanctuary in excessive drinking or in extramarital affairs which
destroyed what had been secure and successful marriages.</p>

<p>Yet these were men originally picked from many thousands precisely
because of their stability. Their training and experience, intelligence and
physical fitness all these, of course, were prime considerations in their
selection. But the supremely important quality was their balanced
temperament.</p>

<p>It would need something stupendous, something almost unimaginable
to most people, to flip such men into dramatic personality changes. That
something, we have now established, was Alternative 3 and, perhaps more
particularly, the night marish obscenities involved in the development and
perfection of Alternative 3.</p>

<p>We are not suggesting that the President of <ent type='GPE'>the United States</ent> has had
personal knowledge of the terror and clinical cruelties which have been an
integral part of the <ent type='ORG'>Operation</ent>, for that would make him directly responsible
for murders and barbarous mutilations.</p>

<p>We are convinced, in fact, that this is not the case. The President and
the <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>n leader, together with their immediate subordinates, have been
concerned only with broad sweep of policy.</p>

<p>They have acted in unison to ensure what they consider to be the best
possible future for mankind. And the day to day details have been delegated
to high level professionals.</p>

<p>These professionals, we have now established, have been classifying
people selected for the Alternative 3 operation into two categories: those
who are picked as individuals and those who merely form part of a "batch
consignment."</p>

<p>There have been several "batch consignments" and it is the treatment
meted out to most of these men and women which provides the greatest
cause for outrage.</p>

<p>No matter how desperate the circumstances may be$and we reluctantly
recognize that they are extremely desperate$no humane society could
tolerate what has been done to the innocent and the gullible.</p>

<p>That view, fortunately, was taken by one man who was recruited into
the Alternative 3 team three years ago. He was, at first, highly enthusiastic
and completely dedicated to the <ent type='ORG'>Operation</ent>. However, he became revolted by
some of the atrocities involved. He did not consider that, even in the
prevailing circumstances, they could be justified.</p>

<p>Three days after the transmission of that sensational television
documentary, his conscience finally goaded him into action. He knew the
appalling risk he was taking, for he was aware of what had happened to
others who had betrayed the secrets of Alternative 3, but he made telephone
contact with television reporter <ent type='PERSON'>Colin Benson</ent> and offered to provide <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent>
with evidence of the most astounding nature.</p>

<p>He was calling, he said, from abroad but he was prepared to travel to
<ent type='GPE'>London</ent>. They met two days later. And he then explained to <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent> that
copies of most orders and memoranda, together with transcripts prepared
from tapes of <ent type='ORG'>Policy Committee</ent> meetings, were filed in triplicate in
<ent type='GPE'>Washington</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Moscow</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Geneva</ent> where Alternative 3 had its operational
headquarters.</p>

<p>The system had been instituted to ensure there was no
misunderstanding between the principal partners. He occasionally had
access to some of that material although it was often weeks or even months
old before he saw it and he was willing to supply what he could to <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent>.
He wanted no money. He merely wanted to alert the public, to help stop the
mass atrocities.</p>

<p><ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent>'s immediate reaction, after he had assessed the value of this
offer, was that Sceptre should mount a follow up programme, one which
would expose the horrors of Alternative 3 in far greater depth.</p>

<p>He argued bitterly with his superiors at Sceptre but they were adamant.
The company was already in serious trouble with the government and there
was some doubt about whether its licence would be renewed. They refused
to consider the possibility of doing another programme. They had officially
disclaimed the Alternative 3 documentary as a hoax and that was where the
matter had to rest.</p>

<p>Anyway, they pointed out, this character who'd come forward was
probably a nut$ If you saw the documentary, you will probably realize that
<ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent> is a stubborn man. His friends say he is pig obstinate. They also say
he is a first class investigative journalist.</p>

<p>He was angry about this attempt to suppress the truth and that is why
he agreed to cooperate in the preparation of this book. That cooperation
has been invaluable.</p>

<p>Through <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent> we met the telephone caller who we now refer to as
Trojan. And that meeting resulted in our acquiring documents, which we
will be presenting, including transcripts of tapes made at the most secret
rendezvous in the world, thirty five fathoms beneath the ice cap of the
<ent type='LOC'>Arctic</ent>.</p>

<p>For obvious reasons, we cannot reveal the identity of Trojan. Nor can
we give any hint about his function or status in the <ent type='ORG'>Operation</ent>.</p>

<p>We are completely satisfied, however, that his credentials are authentic
and that, in breaking his oath of silence, he is prompted by the most
honourable of motives.</p>

<p>He stands in relation to the Alternative 3 conspiracy in much the same
position as the anonymous informant "<ent type='PERSON'>Deep Throat</ent>" occupied in the
<ent type='EVENT'>Watergate</ent> affair. Most of the "batch consignments" have been taken from the
area known as the Bermuda Triangle but numerous other locations have also
been used.</p>

<p>On October 6, 1975, <ent type='ORG'>the Daily Telegraph</ent> gave prominence to this
story: </p>

<p>The disappearance in bizarre circumstances in the past two weeks of
20 people from small coastal communities in <ent type='GPE'>Oregon</ent> was being intensively
investigated at the weekend amid reports of an imaginative fraud scheme
involving a "flying saucer" and hints of mass murder.</p>

<p>Sheriff's officers at <ent type='GPE'>Newport</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Oregon</ent>, said that the 20 individuals had
vanished without trace after being told to give away all their possessions,
including their children, so that they could be transported in a flying saucer
"by UFO to a better life."</p>

<p>"Deputies under Mr. <ent type='PERSON'>Ron Sutton</ent>, chief criminal investigator in
surrounding <ent type='GPE'>Lincoln County</ent>, have traced the story back to a meeting on
September 14 in a resort hotel, the Bayshore Inn at <ent type='GPE'>Waldport</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Oregon</ent>$
Local police have received conflicting reports as to what occurred (at the
meeting).</p>

<p>But while it is clear that the speaker did not pretend to be from outer
space, he told the audience how their souls could be "saved through a UFO.</p>

<p>"The hall had been reserved for a fee of $50 by a man and a woman who
gave false names. Mr. <ent type='PERSON'>Sutton</ent> said witnesses had described them as "fortyish,
well groomed, straight types."</p>

<p>The <ent type='ORG'>Telegraph</ent> said that "selected people would be prepared at a special
camp in <ent type='GPE'>Colorado</ent> for life on another planet" and quoted Investigator <ent type='PERSON'>Sutton</ent>
as adding:</p>

<p>"They were told they would have to give away everything, even their
children. I'm checking a report of one family who supposedly gave away
150-acre farm and three children."</p>

<p>"We don't know if it's fraud or whether these people might be killed.
There are all sorts of rumours, including some about human sacrifice and
that this is sponsored by the (Charles) <ent type='PERSON'>Manson</ent> family."</p>

<p>"Most of the missing 20 were described as being "hippie types"
although there were some older people among them."</p>

<p>People of this calibre, we have now discovered, have been what is
known as "scientifically adjusted" to fit them for a new role as a slave
species.</p>

<p>There have been equally strange reports of animals, particularly farm
animals, disappearing in large numbers. And occasionally it appears that
aspects of the Alternative 3 operation have been bungled, that attempts to
lift "batch consignments" of humans or of animals have failed.</p>

<p>On July 15, 1977, <ent type='ORG'>the Daily Mail</ent> under a "Flying Saucer" headline
carried this story:</p>

<p>Men in face masks, using metal detectors and a geiger counter,
yesterday scoured a remote <ent type='ORG'>Dartmoor</ent> valley in a bid to solve a macabre
mystery. Their search centred on marshy grassland where 15 wild ponies
were found dead, their bodies mangled and torn.</p>

<p>All appeared to have died at about the same time, and many of the bones
have been inexplicably shattered. To add to the riddle, their bodies
decomposed to virtual skeletons within only 48 hours.</p>

<p>Animal experts confess they are baffled by the deaths at Cherry Brook
Valley near Postbridge.</p>

<p>Yesterday's search was carried out by members of the Devon
Unidentified Flying Objects centre at <ent type='ORG'>Torquay</ent> who are trying to prove a link
with outer space.</p>

<p>They believe that flying saucers may have flown low over the area and
created a vortex which hurled the ponies to their death. Mr. <ent type='PERSON'>John Wyse</ent>,
head of the four-man team, said:</p>

<p>"If a spacecraft has been in the vicinity, there may still be detectable
evidence. We wanted to see if there was any sign that the ponies had been
shot but we have found nothing. This incident bears an uncanny
resemblance to similar events reported in <ent type='GPE'>America</ent>."</p>

<p>The Mail report concluded with a statement from an official
representing The <ent type='ORG'>Dartmoor</ent> Livestock Protection Society and the Animal
Defence Society:</p>

<p>"Whatever happened was violent. We are keeping an open mind. I am
fascinated by the UFO theory. There is no reason to reject that possibility
since there is no other rational explanation."</p>

<p>These, then, were typical of the threads, which inspired the original
television investigation. It needed one person, however, to show how they
could be embroidered into a clear picture.</p>

<p>Without the specialist guidance of that person the Sceptre television
documentary could never have been produced, and Trojan would never have
contacted <ent type='PERSON'>Colin Benson</ent>.</p>

<p>And it would have been years, possibly seven years or even longer,
before ordinary people started to suspect the devastating truth about this
planet on which we live. That person, of course, is the old man$</p>

<div> </div>

<p>Section 2</p>

<p>THEY Realize now that they should have killed the old man.</p>

<p>That would have been the logical course to protect the secrecy of
Alternative 3. It is curious, really, that they did not agree to his death on
that Thursday in February for, as we have stated, they do use murder.</p>

<p>Of course, it is not called murder, not when it is done jointly by the
governments of <ent type='GPE'>America</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Russia</ent>. It is an Act of Expediency.</p>

<p>Many Acts of Expediency are believed to have been ordered by the
sixteen men, official representatives of the <ent type='ORG'>pentagon</ent> and the <ent type='ORG'>Kremlin</ent>, who
comprise the <ent type='ORG'>Policy Committee</ent>.</p>

<p>Grotesque and apparently inexplicable slayings in various parts of the
world in <ent type='GPE'>Germany</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Japan</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent> and <ent type='GPE'>Australia</ent> are alleged to have been
sanctioned by them.</p>

<p>We have not been able to substantiate these suspicions and allegations
so we merely record that an unknown number of people, including
distinguished radio astronomer Sir <ent type='PERSON'>William Ballantine</ent>, have been executed
because of this astonishing agreement between the super-powers.</p>

<p>Prominent politicians, including two in <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent>, were among those who
tried to prevent the publication of this book. They insisted that it is not
necessary for you, and others like you, to be told the unpalatable facts.</p>

<p>They argue that the events of the future are now inevitable, that there is
nothing to be gained by prematurely unleashing fear.</p>

<p>We concede that they are sincere in their views but we maintain that
you ought to know. You have a right to know.</p>

<p><ent type='ORG'>Attemps</ent> were also made to neuter the television programme which first
focused public attention on Alternative 3. Those <ent type='ORG'>attemps</ent> were partially
successful. And, of course, after the programme was transmitted, when
there was that spontaneous explosion of anxiety, <ent type='ORG'>Septre Television</ent> was
forced to issue a formal denial.</p>

<p>It had all been a hoax. That's what they were told to say. That's what
they did say.</p>

<p>Most people were then only too glad to be reassured. They wanted to
be convinced that the programme had been devised as a joke, that it was
merely an elaborate piece of escapist entertainment. It was more
comfortable that way.</p>

<p>In fact, the television researchers did uncover far more disturbing
material than they were allowed to transmit. The censored information is
now in our possession. And, as we have indicated, there was a great deal
that <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent> and the rest of the television team did not discover, not until
after their programme had been screened. </p>

<div>------------------------------------------------------------------------ </div>

<p>Copies of Alternative 3 are rare. There is a source in <ent type='GPE'>ENGLAND</ent> which
we do not currently know, however, you may purchase an imported copy for
about $11.00 from <ent type='ORG'>Metaphysical Book Store</ent>, 9511 E. Colfax, Aurora, CO
80010 (303) 341-7562. Please mention that you got the address from VANGARD
SCIENCES or the KeelyNet Bulletin Board System. Thanks.</p>

<p>Placed in the public domain from the</p>

<p><ent type='ORG'>VANGARD SCIENCES</ent> archives on October 28 1989.
Our mailing address is PO BOX 1031, <ent type='GPE'>Mesquite</ent>, TX 75150.
Voice phone (Jerry 214-324-8741...Ron 214-484-3189
KeelyNet (214) 324-3501</p>

<div>======================================================================</div>

<p>The Truth about Alternative 3
from its author, <ent type='PERSON'>Leslie Watkins</ent></p>

<p>(This article is taken from the $<ent type='ORG'>Windwords</ent>$ newsletter)
address not available</p>

<p>In our June issue, we told you about the controversial book Alternative
3, by <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> author <ent type='PERSON'>Leslie Watkins</ent>. In out attempt to find out if the
shocking theories in the book were true, we called <ent type='ORG'>Avon Books</ent>, the
<ent type='NORP'>American</ent> publisher; they said the book was out of print in the states. We
called <ent type='ORG'>Penguin Books</ent> in <ent type='GPE'>London</ent> and found that it was listed on their
NON-FICTION list. A senior editor there told us that it was officially
classified as FICTION BASED ON FACT. The author's agent told us it was
most definitely fiction. We wrote to the author himself to try to get the
real story, and here is the letter he sent us.</p>

<p>Dear Ms. <ent type='PERSON'>Dittrich</ent>:</p>

<p>Thank you for your letter, which reached me today. Naturally, I am
delighted by your interest in Alternative 3 and by the fact that you plan to
sell it in the <ent type='ORG'>Windwords</ent> bookstore. I will certainly cooperate in any way I
can.</p>

<p>The correct description of Alternative 3 was given to you by the
representative from <ent type='ORG'>Penguin Books</ent>. The book is based on fact, but uses that
fact as a launchpad for a HIGH DIVE INTO FICTION. In answer to your
specific questions:</p>

<p>1) There is no astronaut named <ent type='PERSON'>Grodin</ent>.
2) There is no <ent type='ORG'>Sceptre Television</ent> and the reported <ent type='PERSON'>Benson</ent> is also
fictional.
3) There is no Dr. <ent type='PERSON'>Gerstein</ent>.
4) Yes, a "documentary" was televised in June 1977 on <ent type='GPE'>Anglia</ent>
Television, which went out to the entire national network in <ent type='GPE'>Britain</ent>.
It was called Alternative 3 and was written by <ent type='PERSON'>David Ambrose</ent> and
produced by <ent type='PERSON'>Christopher Miles</ent> (whose names were on the book for
contractual reasons). This original TV version, which I EXPANDED
IMMENSELY for the book, was <ent type='PERSON'>ACTUALLY</ent> A HOAX which had been
scheduled for transmission on April Fools' Day. Because of certain
problems in finding the right network slot, the transmission was
delayed.</p>

<p>The TV program did cause a tremendous uproar because viewers
refused to believe it was fiction. I initially took the view that the
basic premise was so way-out, particularly the way I aimed to
present it in the book, that no one would regard it as non-fiction.
Immediately after publication, I realized I was totally wrong. In fact,
the amazing mountains of letters from virtually all parts of the world
including vast numbers from highly intelligent people in positions of
responsibility-convinced me that I had <ent type='PERSON'>ACCIDENTALLY</ent> trespassed
into a range of top-secret truths. </p>

<p>Documentary evidence provided by many of these
correspondents decided me to write a serious and COMPLETELY
NON-FICTION sequel. Unfortunately, a chest containing the bulk of
the letters was among the items which were mysteriously LOST IN
TRANSIT some four years when I moved from <ent type='GPE'>London</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>England</ent>, to
<ent type='GPE'>Sydney</ent>, <ent type='GPE'>Australia</ent>, before I moved on to settle in <ent type='GPE'>New Zealand</ent>. For
some time after Alternative 3 was originally published, I have
reason to suppose that my home telephone was being tapped and my
contacts who were experienced in such matters were convinced
that certain intelligence agencies considered that I probably knew
too much.</p>

<p>So, summing up, the book is FICTION BASED ON FACT. But I now feel
that I inadvertently got VERY CLOSE TO A SECRET TRUTH. I hope this is of
some help to you and I look forward to hearing from you again.</p>

<p>With best wishes,
<ent type='PERSON'>Leslie Watkins</ent></p>

<p>Unfortunately, Alternative 3 is no longer available. We (<ent type='ORG'>Windwords</ent>)
bought all the remaining copies from the <ent type='NORP'>British</ent> publisher and those quickly
sold out. If the book is reprinted, you can be sure we'll let you know and
we'll carry it in the <ent type='ORG'>Windwords</ent> bookstore.</p>

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