← Back to letters29/04/18 referred to many of those news stories from journalists which were people's hallucinations or confusions with airplanes or balloons. I repeat to you, Don Dionisio, what I told your wife; when I spoke with her, I was unsure what to make of this situation. If a year passes without us knowing anything about them, I will present my evidence and send it to a ministry. It is certain that I could be asked why I didn’t make my declaration earlier since you knew it was not moral. I have confessed these things to you and you can acknowledge that I was right. Please don’t be offended if I say that I have often thought, and I have discussed it with my wife, that you were a link between them and the government. For of all those to whom they wrote, the only police commissioner was you. If that’s the case, it relieves me because I prefer not to get involved in such a serious matter. However, I remember one day when Mr. Dei number ninety-eight showed up and answered me very curtly: your brother, - he was referring to you since they call us brothers among ourselves - is not involved in such relations with the Spanish government. This matter, Don Dionisio, has changed my whole life. Sometimes I wonder if it has all been just a dream, if it weren’t for my wife and my brother-in-law who witnessed everything. Occasionally my brother-in-law, who ended up believing them, starts to doubt and says to me: Could they not belong to the government? Or strangers with an unknown purpose to us? Haven’t you served as an alibi for a strange affair? I then doubt for a moment but I remember so many things that don’t fit, that don’t align with that viewpoint. Because then it seems so romantic to me, even more than the other, and there remain so many questions hanging that cannot be disputed if one believes another point of view. Furthermore, I say that if that were the case, they would not present themselves as coming from another planet, which provokes more skepticism than the other formulation and more suspicion of lying. It is also true that I have known them, that I have spoken with them, that I have seen their kindness, their understanding, and one realizes that it is impossible for them to lie. Others cannot understand this, as I told your wife. It is best to remain silent in front of others, as on this matter, one faces ridicule or gets labeled as crazy. Moreover, I would do the same if in two years a man came to tell me this tale. It’s better for everyone to live their life or become foolish; ever since this affair, I have greatly changed my mentality. Good; I promise to send you these documents. Although since I am dealing with several gentlemen, it may take a few days.
Lettre Ummite#840