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Montana���s UFOs and Extraterrestrials Udo���s visitors also told him they used energy from the sun and the stars, and could store it in batteries, though this was for emergency use. In one account, Udo writes they also said there was another energy source that was not explained. ���As time goes on these things will become clear to you... they will become known to you as you go on.��� Years later, Udo told his daughter Dana he believed the fuel source for the craft was hydrogen, extracted from water. These prescient comments about understanding more in the future seemed to take root in Udo, and perhaps gave him a sense of mission in wanting to share information he felt would be beneficial to mankind. Tim Grossnickle wrote that Udo���s wife Donna described him as an imaginative ���tinkerer.��� Udo was fascinated by the extraterrestrial technology, and believed it could be a solution to the energy crisis and our transportation problems. The letters he wrote to John Glenn in l976, and to UFO researcher Stanton Friedman in l981 both request help in relaying information about these technologies to those who could develop them. Counter-rotating wheels are often described in the UFO literature, and in anti-gravity technology currently being tested on Earth. Leo describes watching the outer shell of the ship rotating faster and faster just before the craft lifted off the ground, and both describe the amazingly rapid disappearance of the ship after take-off. While Udo did not experience the force field that originally kept Leo and his brother from approaching that ship, he does talk about ���how some type of energy had permeated the area and that he lost strength for several hours, being unable to walk. When his strength finally returned he walked back to the (mining company) base camp.��� Purpose and Character of the Visitors Curiously, Udo and Leo were both told not to tell anyone about their experiences, as no one would believe them at that time, but in years to come they would be able to talk and would be believed. This implies some understanding of the state of human awareness in the l930s and l940s, and perhaps some ability to see into the future. When Udo asked about their purpose in coming, they replied ���as you have noticed, we look pretty much as you do, so we mingle with you people, gather information, leave instructions, or give help where needed.��� Leo���s visitors had similar comments. In his last boarding on the Report your UFO sightings here! DISTINCTLY MONTANA | DIGITAL www.distinctlymontana.com/ufo132 w w w. d i s t i n c t ly mo nt a na .co m 51

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