through a small panel unit. The readings would then be tracked on moving graph paper, which he placed beside the machine on the desk. The parallel graphs on the paper would then be correlated and interpreted by Mr. Reid, with the "expert" assistance of Dr. Wilcox, to determine whether or not I was lying. Both Mr. Reid and Dr. Wilcox asked me a series of
innocuous questions to begin, which advanced into a more pointed interrogation about my interviews with Airl. Here is what I remember about the questions What is your name" Matilda O'Donnell", I replied. What is your date of birth" June 12th, 1924", I said. What is your age"
"Twenty-three". Where were you born" Los Angeles, California, I said. And soon, and so forth) Are you able to communicate by telepathy" No. I have never been able to do this with anyone except Airl." I said. Were any of the statements you made to
the stenographer falsified No, I answered. Have you intentionally or unintentionally imagined or fabricated any of the communication you claimed to have had with the alien" No, of course not, I said. Are you intentionally attempting to deceive anyone" No" Are you attempting to obstruct this test" No" What color are your eyes"
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Blue. Are you a Catholic" Yes" Would you tell the same stories to your parish priest in a Catholic church confessional that you told to the stenographer here at the base" Yes" Are you trying to hide anything from us" No. Nothing" Do you believe everything the alien communicated to you" Yes" Do you consider yourself to be a gullible person" No" The questions continued in this manner for more than an hour. Finally, I was unhooked from the polygraph machine and allowed to return to my quarters, still under guard by the MPs. Later in the afternoon I returned to the interview room. This time the desk was replaced by a hospital gurney. Dr. Wilcox was accompanied by a staff nurse this time. He asked me to lie down on the gurney. He said that he had been requested to ask me the same series of questions that I answered for the lie detector test.
This time, however, I would respond to the questions under the influence of a "truth serum,
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