The Andreasson Affair (7 page)

Betty's modesty clearly manifested itself as she timidly removed her clothes.

Betty:
And so I took off the first thing of my clothing, and I wondered if they've got something looking in there. And so I took that white garment, and I put it around me while I took off the rest of my underthings. And I slipped into that white garment. [See
Figure 17
on
page 56
.] And that white garment was open in the front…[
sigh
] and loose around the arms, and it went down to about my knees, and it was sealed around the edges somehow. It had sort of like a scoop neck thing. And it had a—like a silver clasp up at the top. It had slits on both sides and a little slit in the back. But the front was kind of wide open, so I sort of wrapped it around me. And I banged on the side there, and I said, “I'm ready!” And the door whooshed open again—went open somehow.

Outside the changing room, the entities awaited Betty. She became fearful and prayed frantically for help. “Ah,” she thought to herself. “What is all this about? What are they going to do to me?… Oh, Jesus be with me!”

Figure 17:
The white examination garment. June 17
.

The entity nearest the door seemed to sense Betty's fear.

Betty:
When I said that, that leader glanced at me quickly—sort of surprised or stunned. I guess he was reading what my thoughts were, and he seemed to move a little slower. I guess he saw that I was wondering what this was all about, ‘cause he said, “You'll be all right. Follow us. Please get in back of me again.” He seemed a little concerned, because he kept looking back checking to see if I was getting in back. And the other one just quickly got in back of me and we started off again. It seemed we were just gliding along on rollers or something or other. He came to the wall and he just stopped, and the door opened.…

Betty found herself entering a brightly lit room. (See
Figure 18
on
page 58
.) We asked her to describe it to us.

Fred:
How large is the room?

Betty:
Very large. Very high over my head. Very wide, but it closes in on you.

Fred:
Does it have corners?

Betty:
No, it's dome-shaped. It's rounded.

Jules:
Can you see the source of the illumination?

Betty:
It comes from all over the place.

Jules:
Is the ship moving?

Betty:
I don't feel as if it's moving. I couldn't tell—because I'm just in that room, that building, or whatever it is.

Jules:
Can you see any furniture?

Betty:
Yes. There's something like a desk or boxlike thing.

Jules:
Can you see any welded seams on the wall or some type of seam?

Betty:
No, it seems smooth all the way around…smooth.

Joseph:
How did you gain access?

Betty:
They put me in there.

Jules:
How did the being touch you?

Betty:
They didn't really touch me.… There was something that they had power that I
automatically
went.

Figure 18:
The examination room. May 7
.

When Betty entered the hemispherical compartment, the first thing that caught her eye was an elongated desk or table. A closer look revealed what appeared to be a control panel on its side. It reminded her of an operating table, and she shuddered.

Betty:
The two of them are there. And I see the table or that square thing, whatever it is, that's a—examining thing? “No! I don't want to get up there!” And on the side there are buttons. And that other one
glided
over to that other side there and…“I don't want to get up there!” And Quazgaa is coming in now, and he's in a different suit—with some others. And he comes over to me.…

“You're going to be all right,” Quazgaa said. “You are going to be okay.”

Betty:
And somehow they've got me—they are putting me on that flat center thing!

Harold:
All right, fine. You will have no apprehension, because this was all in the past. Did they actually put you on the table to examine you, or did you get on the table?

Betty:
No. It seemed like I
floated
up there somehow. I was just swept off my feet and laid there.

The alien creatures' physical examination of Betty was one of the most emotion-packed portions of the case. In the earlier hypnosis session devoted to this episode (on May 7, 1977), Betty was not allowed to relive this painful episode as a participant. Through hypnotic suggestion, she was removed from the role of active participant so that she could view the scene merely as an impassive observer.

Harold:
All right, now, I want you to relax. You can feel yourself settling, still more and more. All right; you will have nothing to fear. Did they have to tie you down in order to perform the examination? [
Betty remained silent
.] Were you strapped down or were you held?

Betty:
I was held somehow, because I didn't want that examination.

Harold:
Fine. Just relax. Deeper and deeper.

Fred:
Were the beings all of the same kind?

Betty:
They were all the same kind, but one was taller than the others.

Fred:
Were they dressed alike?

Betty:
In that room, they seemed to be in different clothes—shiny white silver clothes. [See
Figure 19
on
page 60
.]

Fred:
Were these different beings than the ones you met in the kitchen?

Betty:
Their skin seemed whiter. Maybe it's because of the bright light in there. It didn't seem so claylike gray.

Fred:
The leader was the same as the one you had in the kitchen?

Betty:
Yeah, he's the same.

Harold:
What happened next?

Betty:
There's a big block—long block-thing they had me on, and… lights coming from the walls, and…wires,
needle
wires. They took those long silver needles—they were bendable—and they stuck one up my nose and into my head!

Jules:
Did you feel the pain?

Betty:
Yes, but they touched the top of my head and took it away—touched my forehead. They said they were
awakening
something…

Harold:
Just relax for a moment, okay? Just relax, relax, just relax. You're going deeper and deeper into a beautiful place of peace, of quiet—your whole body is relaxing as you go still deeper and deeper.… All right, continue now, Betty.

Joseph:
Are there any sounds associated with this particular experience?

Figure 19:
The entities in the examination room. May 18
.

Betty:
When they stuck that needle up my nose, I heard something break like a membrane or a veil or something—like a piece of tissue or something they broke through.

Jules:
When this object was inserted in your nostril—was it a drilling effect, or just a penetrating?

Betty:
Just a penetrating-pushing.

Jules:
Which nostril?

Betty:
My left…left.

Fred:
Did they leave you alone for a while?

Betty:
No. They were getting it over and done with. And they inserted another long silver thing through my belly button—my navel. And when they did, they started talking with each other.

Fred:
What was this long thing connected to?

Betty:
I really can't see it, ‘cause I'm lying down straight.

Joseph:
Did they tell you what the purpose was for the penetration of your navel? What was that examination for?

Betty:
Something about
creation
, but they said there were some parts missing.

Joseph:
Can you explain to us what was meant?

Betty:
It was because I had a hysterectomy, I guess.

Shortly after young Cindy's birth, Betty had had to enter the hospital for suspected cancer. The operation was even more complex because Betty was four months' pregnant. Because the state of her health would have precluded her carrying the baby to term, the surgeons performed a hysterectomy. (Happily, the operation was a success, and Betty soon returned home.)

Harold:
Betty, just relax. I want you now to tell yourself within your mind exactly how you're going to feel when you awaken. And then awaken yourself, feeling exactly that way.

When Betty awakened from hypnosis, Harold asked her, “What do you think?”

“It's kind of unbelievable to me,” she replied.

Later, at the June 4 session, it was decided to let Betty actually relive examination as a
participant
. We began at the point when Betty had been somehow swept off her feet into the air and slowly lowered onto the table.

“What are you going to do, Quazgaa?” she asked.

“Just want to measure you for light,” Quazgaa said.

“That's what you are going to do? Just measure me for light?”

“We are just going to measure you for
light
.”

Betty:
And, ah, I'm lying there, and he, ah, has this thing—ah, two bars to the side, and like a fan and tulips on the end. [See
Figure 20
.] And, ah—[
long sigh
] I don't [
sigh]…He's
waving it over me, and, ah, he says…

“You have not understood the word that you have,” Quazgaa told her. “You've misunderstood some places.… There are spots there from it.… You are not completely filled with the light.”

“I believe I am filled with the light!” Betty strongly protested. “I believe—I believe that I'm filled with the light!”

“We will have to measure you physically,” Quazgaa replied.

“You told me that I wouldn't have to be measured physically…that you have measured others in the past physically, but you wouldn't have to measure me because of the light.”

“But we have to, because there are some spots there.”

“Is this going to hurt?” Betty asked. “I thought that you would only measure me for light.”