Still Salvador did not feel that there was anything wrong. During the night, his strange new friend showed by his conversation that he knew far too much for an ordinary man not only about this world, but about others, too. He spoke of places, cities, and people that made Salvador a little afraid.
Salvador asked him what part of the earth he came from. He answered, We do not live on this planet. We come from another planet far away, but we know much about your world. Of course Salvador did not believe him right away. In fact, thought these two men were playing a joke on him. Besides, the second man’s smile annoyed him. Several times he thought they were making fun of him.
Poor Salvador ! By the time dawn broke he did not know what to think. After sunrise his companions said they had to leave. They invited him to go to see their machine. Salvador accepted their kind invitation and followed them through the bushes across a very wet piece of land. Onwards they walked, his two visitors leading the way. The ground became much wetter. Frequently he sank into muddy water almost up his knees. But he was surprised to observe that the men in front of him did not sink at all. On the contrary, when their feet, which were inside the grey suit, touched the muddy places, the mud sprang away from them as if pushed by some invisible force. They remained clean, but Salvador’s boots were covered with mud.
Salvador wonder how they could walk over the muddy pools without getting dirty and what strange force make their belts shine brightly each time this happened. At last they stepped out of the bushes into a wide field.
There the simple Mexcican saw a great shining machine unlike anything he had ever seen. It was shaped like two huge soup plates joint together at the outer edge. The top was a small dome with round windows in it. The entire machine, about forty feet in diameter, stood on three giant metal landing balls. As they approached, a faint sound started to come from within the machine and a lower part of it opened outwards to from a short flight of stairs up which the two men walked into the machine. At the top of the steps they turned and one said, Would you like to come inside with us? Salvador could only shake his head. He thought of his wife, his seven children, his home, his job….all the things he knew and loved suddenly seemed important to him. He turned and ran as fast as he could. When he reached the road he was out of breath.
When finally he looked back to see what was happening among the bushes, he saw something glowing white slowly rise. Then, gaining speed, it moved backward and forward like a pendulum. After it reached an altitude of several hundred feet it glowed more brightly and,making a faint swishing sound, shot straight up into the air with unbelievable speed. In a few seconds it had disappeared.
Salvador told no one. It was the next night before he got back home. His wife noticed at once the worried look on his face and asked him what was wrong. First he made sure that none of the children were listening and then he told her what had happened. He was sure that she would think him mad. But to his surprise, she said, You are my husband. I know you and I don’t think that you would deceive me. But others…… others will certainly never believe you. Promise me that you will tell no one.
This is why Salvador never told anybody his story until one day a Mexican newspaper printed some stories about strange flying saucers that different people had seen in different place. Salvador decided to tell his story to a newspaper man.
Since then many people talked to him about his unusual visitors, and they came away convinced that he had been telling the truth.