Alien Base: The Evidence for Extraterrestrial Colonization of Earth: BILOCATION
One of Howard Menger’s more exotic claims, one ‘endorsed’ by a court of law, relates to an incident which occurred one night in the spring of 1957. This incident suggests that during his contacts with the extraterrestrials, he seemed to become imbued with some of their phenomenal abilities.
During a coffee break at a gathering of his study group in Plukemin, he allowed his mind to wander back sentimentally to his light-green 1950 Plymouth station wagon which he had recently traded for a new model. ‘In my mind’s eye I drove it along on a blacktop road, picturing many things in vivid detail. Then I left the reverie, returned mentally to the group, and becoming aware of the discussion, joined in, without giving another thought to my vivid mental experience.’
At the next meeting, the police station in Bedminster Township, a few miles from Plukemin, telephoned to advise Menger that he had a driving summons awaiting collection. ‘Sergeant Cramer claims you were speeding and went through a red light in his district about 11.40 p.m. on [he named the date of the last meeting],’ Menger was informed. ‘It couldn’t have been me,’ Menger responded, ‘because I was here at that time and there were at least twenty people here with me. Besides, I do not have a 1950 station wagon, sir; I have a 1957 Plymouth station wagon, and incidentally, it could not have left the premises because it was blocked in by other cars, and I had the keys in my pocket.’
The police officer was unconvinced: finally, the summons was delivered personally to Menger by Police Chief Kice. Menger opted to appear in court, taking along seven witnesses, and pleaded not guilty. According to Sergeant Cramer, he saw a light-green Plymouth station wagon (licence number WR E79) speed past him. With Cramer in pursuit, the car went straight through the red light without stopping, then ‘disappeared’! After commenting tersely on the ‘phantom car’ and listening to the testimony of the witnesses, the judge declared a verdict of not guilty.
A check with the auto agency in Philadelphia where Menger had traded in the 1950 Plymouth established the fact that it was still in the shop undergoing repairs prior to resale. So what had happened? In view of the fact that he had been thinking about driving his old station wagon at the precise time it was spotted ‘speeding’, Menger believes in the possibility that his thoughts ‘had manifested into an actual projection’.