The telescope is now being focused on the Moon and here on this large
screen we see our ship and all around it in such fine detail that we
can even recognize different ones of the natives who were left to care
for our things during our absence.
An adjustment is made on the telescope and here we see the Earth
focused upon the screen. This is a section of America. We see the
towers of different broadcasting stations and their letters. We see
cities just as clearly as if we were flying low over them. Now Los
Angeles comes into view. We see the city hall and the entire Civic
Center as though we were just above them. Moving on up into the
shipping district we see people clearly enough to be able to observe
their facial expressions as they walk along the sidewalks and in and
out of the stores.
It is no wonder they know so much about the Earth. They can see nearly
everything that goes on with the aid of this instrument. In fact, they
really know more about us than we know about ourselves.
Now the European section of the Earth is brought into view and here is
where our friend speaks up, saying, "see what you people on the Earth
do. You build and then you destroy. That is why there isn't any true
progress in your civilization. You have much to learn. You behave at
present as though you were just little children, not knowing the value
of each other."
The telescope is being moved again and this time we are told they are
going to focus on Pluto, the farthest planet away from the Earth. Here
comes Pluto into reflection on the screen. It is a large planet, half
again as large as our Earth planet, or planet Venus and almost two and
a half times as large as planet Mars, and they show us the whole of
Pluto at one time.
This planet, too, is inhabited, we can see, for they are bringing
portions of it into magnification showing us its inhabitation. The
people seems to be a dwarf type of people, around three and a half feet
to four feet tall at the most. They are built rather slender for their
height, but well formed.
The cities are built in what we would call miniature but corresponding
proportionately with the size of the people. These cities are
beautifully laid out, what we see of them, and very artistic, reminding
us of a fairyland.
Our host tells us that the inhabitants on planet Pluto really are
ahead of those on all the immediate planets in advancement, that they
are sort of masters of natural laws. Through being farthest out in
our system, they get much knowledge in regards to other solar systems
beyond ours and are more in relationship and contact with the near
solar systems to them than they are with their own.
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