Authentic Science Fiction Monthly No. 44 — page 73: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

x KR KR RR RK KR KX RX This manuscript was found on film in the middle of an Australian desert. Is it true? Or were both of them mad? THE STAR VIRUS by F. LINDSLEY I am writing this with desperate haste, trying to make my writing much larger than usual. It is vitally important that this information is taken to some influential scientist or medical organisation with ab- solutely no delay. Don’t take it to the police; their regard for official procedure could cause catastrophic delay. Try the heads of medical depart- ments at the universities. If Peter is right this is the most shattering thing since the atom bomb was developed— and much more dangerous. An ordinary aircraft engin- eer like myself never meets anyone of real importance, and I’m certain that Peter is unknown to anyone of sig- nificance except his bank and some firms in Sydney that supply scientific equipment. 72 He may be a member of some scientific society; please check up on this. At the moment it’s just Peter and myself, a couple of nonenti- ties, against the world. You must get a line on something to support all this, otherwise it might be regarded as a hoax or a phantasy. I know it’s hot out here, and I know I’ve been on the fringe of the désert for a long time. But this is the frightening truth—— ——I’ll move my car away from the house. I shall have to run all the way back but, while I’m gone, I'll try to think out how to get this down with some sort of logic and reason. It will be a calamity if whoever sees this thinks some insane person . is playing a practical joke—— Twenty vital minutes comicloooks.conn