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ship in l963, they express their concern for the future of humans on earth, and report: ���Throughout the years we have walked this planet without harming anyone. Always, we have been willing to help, but not one seems to want our help.��� One of the most striking similarities between the two accounts is the emotional response of both Leo and Udo to their visitors. They both speak wistfully and even reverentially of their visitors. According to Warren Aston���s account, Udo stressed his impression that they were men, ���just like us, and very nice chaps.��� He felt remarkable ���love, or comfort��� in their presence and did not want to leave them. Leo wrote at length about their kindness and loving, helpful nature as mentioned in the Leo Dworshak chapter. According to the verbal account provided by Robert Grossnickle���s son Tim, and perhaps by his father as well, Udo asked the visitors ���if they knew of Jesus Christ and if they held the Priesthood?��� They replied, ���We would like to speak of these things, but are unable. We cannot interfere in any way.��� This statement suggests an allegiance to some kind of ethical cosmic law, and a deference to human free will on this planet. Udo���s and Leo���s accounts of their contact experiences are not unusual in being so positive. While there are troubling 52 and frightful reports of abduction by grays, Reptilian and even human-appearing abductors, there are also many reports of encounters with benevolent, wise and kind beings from off-planet, who urge us to end the development of nuclear weapons, and offer technologies and information to end poverty and illness on Earth. Though Udo never saw the ship or its crew again, he never stopped hoping. In one of his handwritten accounts, he says, ���everything was so clear, and still is . . . one time when I was in Portland, Ore. I thought I saw a man like the younger man, but by the time I had gone around the block he had gone. Then this summer when I was in Hawaii, I saw a man that looked just like him, though it wasn���t him.��� Udo was clearly deeply affected by his encounter for his entire life. I have heard tales of other sightings and even possible encounters in the Townsend area and nearby Elkhorn Mountains, but nothing with the detail that Udo committed to writing. Out of his desire to assist humankind, Udo left us a remarkable legacy. Sadly, his attempts to pass on this valuable information were seemingly as futile as the assistance offered from these cosmic travelers. Perhaps someday, in the not too distant future, these technologies will become available on Earth. D I ST I NCT LY M ONTANA ��� SPRI NG 2013

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