Filename: Omni-7.Art Type : Article Author : Paul McCarthy Date : 00/00/00 Desc. : Inside a UFO ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The following article was originally published in the science magazine OMNI. It is reproduced here exactly as it appeared in its original form, without so much as a misplaced comma, period, or question mark. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From "OMNI"--December 1990 TOUR OF A UFO by Paul McCarthy Ever wonder what an alien craft might look like inside? If the if the information collected by Temple University historian David Jacobs is correct, it may now be possible to know. After interviewing 50 UFO abductees who say they have been whisked off some 275 times, Jacobs has pieced together a picture of what's under the dome. It's incomplete, says Jacobs, because the atmosphere aboard a UFO is all business and no one is offered a guided tour. Abductees are there for a physical exam, he says, and they only see as much of the craft as is neccessary to get the job done. That's why they invariably describe spartan, efficient, and sterile surroundings with virtually no luxury features at all. These are clinical-looking rooms with domed ceilings, skylightlike windows, and gray or white walls, Jacobs explains. And the aliens are good housekeepers. "It is clean and neat. We have had some cases where people vomited and it was cleaned up immediately." Despite these broad similarities, Jacobs adds, there are at least two types of craft, "with the typical large UFO checking in at about two hundred feet in diameter and its smaller cousin at about thirty-five feet. If the craft is on the ground, abductees climb a staircase that is lowered from the object. But if the vessel is hovering, they are floated up." Accidental tourists find themselves in a hallway with metallic walls that are usually bare but sometimes contain a floor-to-ceiling window. Usually they are ushered along a curved corrider, which gives them the feeling that they are walking around the perimeter of the ship, although no one makes a complete loop, says Jacobs. Eventually they are led to the vessel's center, the "medical arena," where unpleasant physical examinations occur. Virtually all medical zones are illuminated by a mysterious light source that abductees cannot locate, Jacobs says. But they have pinpointed the position of voluminous medical equipment--attached to walls and ceilings, in drawers, or on rolling carts. As for the examination table, Jacobs says, it's generally "hard with very little give," and contains lighted, armlike devices snaking up from its sides. In many cases, Jacobs notes, the examination room resembles the hub of a wheel. The spokes, or hallways, lead from the hub to other chambers, revealed only to some abductees after the exam. Also circular, with domed ceilings, white or gray walls, and built-in benches, some of these seem to be "visiting rooms" in which human-alien hybrid babies are touched, held, or viewed. Finally, abductees may pass through a control room that sounds nothing like the bridge of the starship ENTERPRISE. There is a console with lights, an unpadded seat, and no windows. While all this is fascinating, equally interesting is what abductees don't report, Jacobs says. His witnesses are remarkably consistent in not describing living areas and other details expected to pop up in fabricated or imagined accounts. "Of course," Jacobs says, "that doesn't mean they don't exist in other parts of the UFO." Ever wonder what an alien craft might look like inside? If the if the information collected by Temple University historian David Jacobs is correct, it may now be possible to know. After interviewing 50 UFO abductees who say they have been whisked off some 275 times, Jacobs has pieced together a picture of what's under the dome. It's incomplete, says Jacobs, because the atmosphere aboard a UFO is all business and no one is offered a guided tour. Abductees are there for a physical exam, he says, and they only see as much of the craft as is neccessary to get the job done. That's why they invariably describe spartan, efficient, and sterile surroundings with virtually no luxury features at all. These are clinical-looking rooms with domed ceilings, skylightlike windows, and gray or white walls, Jacobs explains. And the aliens are good housekeepers. "It is clean and neat. We have had some cases where people vomited and it was cleaned up immediately." Despite these broad similarities, Jacobs adds, there are at least two types of craft, "with the typical large UFO checking in at about two hundred feet in diameter and its smaller cousin at about thirty-five feet. If the craft is on the ground, abductees climb a staircase that is lowered from the object. But if the vessel is hovering, they are floated up." Accidental tourists find themselves in a hallway with metallic walls that are usually bare but sometimes contain a floor-to-ceiling window. Usually they are ushered along a curved corrider, which gives them the feeling that they are walking around the perimeter of the ship, although no one makes a complete loop, says Jacobs. Eventually they are led to the vessel's center, the "medical arena," where unpleasant physical examinations occur. Virtually all medical zones are illuminated by a mysterious light source that abductees cannot locate, Jacobs says. But they have pinpointed the position of voluminous medical equipment--attached to walls and ceilings, in drawers, or on rolling carts. As for the examination table, Jacobs says, it's generally "hard with very little give," and contains lighted, armlike devices snaking up from its sides. In many cases, Jacobs notes, the examination room resembles the hub of a wheel. The spokes, or hallways, lead from the hub to other chambers, revealed only to some abductees after the exam. Also circular, with domed ceilings, white or gray walls, and built-in benches, some of these seem to be "visiting rooms" in which human-alien hybrid babies are touched, held, or viewed. Finally, abductees may pass through a control room that sounds nothing like the bridge of the starship ENTERPRISE. There is a console with lights, an unpadded seat, and no windows. While all this is fascinating, equally interesting is what abductees don't report, Jacobs says. His witnesses are remarkably consistent in not describing living areas and other details expected to pop up in fabricated or imagined accounts. "Of course," Jacobs says, "that doesn't mean they don't exist in other parts of the UFO."