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a caller identifying himself as Captain Video-a TV space character of the time-
was properly interpreted as a prank or a coded communication from their rescuers.
In keeping with the admonition to carry nothing metallic aboard the saucer,
the believers wore clothing from which all metal pieces had been torn out. The
metal eyelets in their shoes had been ripped away. The women were braless or
wore brassieres whose metal stays had been removed. The men had yanked the
zippers out of their pants, which were supported by lengths of rope in place of belts.
The group's fanaticism concerning the removal of all metal was vividly experi-
enced by one of the researchers who remarked, 25 minutes before midnight, that
he had forgotten to extract the zipper from his trousers. As the observers tell it, "this
knowledge produced a near panic reaction. He was rushed into the bedroom where
Dr. Armstrong, his hands trembling and his eyes darting to the clock every few
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