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ball , was about the size of a D auphine c ar and b ad a cupola
on top. It stood on six extensions or legs. Wond ering if it was
some n ew kind of craft, Masse approached the object, where
upon he saw two small beings of generally human appear
a nce who were bending over a l avender pl ant. M asse walked closer to them, intending to talk to them, but when h e was
about fifteen-twenty feet away one of the cre atures noticed him, pointed a tube of some kind at him and he became paralyzed. Masse stood helpless, unable to speak or move. The two conversed between themselves making strange sounds which he could not recognize as ordinary speech and which did not seem to emanate fr-om their mouths. They looked at
Masse in a r ather scornful manner but did not demonstrate
any hostility as such. After a few minutes the two got into
the
craft
vi a
a
sliding
door,
and
the
craft,
emi tting
whistling sound, took off westward at gre at speed.
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M asse's description of the "l ittl e men" is somewhat un nerving although he was not frightened by them at the time. They were "about the s ize of eight-year-ol d children," he said, and had huge heads about three times the size of a adult's bead. They were completely bald, h ad no
n ormal
facial hair and had very white, smooth skin. Only their heads were visible for the rest of their bodies were encased in an overall-like suit of greenish-gray material. Their faces seemed normal except for the mouth which was a lipless hole. Masse's
experience is not uniqu e wh e n considered in the context of all the reports in which diminutive bipeds have figured. Although he gives a more definitive description of facial features, his report generally follows the oth ers as far as the small "men" and the type of craft d escribed.
The next in cident given wi de press exposure involved the
sighting by scientific and mil itary personnel of a strange obj ect m aneuvering over Antarctic bases. On July 2 and 3, Chilean, Argentinian and Engl ish b ases on Deception Island reported
the
presence
of
an unconventional
aeri al
obj ect
over the area. After the initial word about the sighting got out, the press pressured the Argentine Navy for more i n formation and on July 6 a report was issue d by the Ar gentine Navy Secretary. The basic inform ation was as foll ows : At 1 940 h ours ( local time, D eception Island ) , a giant l ens sh aped obj e ct, solid in appearance, mostly red and green in
color and changing at times to yellow, blue, white and o range, moved in a zigzagging traj ectory toward the e ast, occasionally changing course to the west and north with