The article below is from The Pittsburgh Press.

"The Dropa came down out of the skies in gliders. Our men, women and children hid in the caves 10 times before sunrise. When at last they understood the sign language of the Dropas, they realized the newcomers had peaceful intentions." Another disc expressed regret over the loss of the spaceships and the failure to construct a replacement.

The Chinese archaeologist stated : 'The Bayan-Kara-Ula discs are so mysterious and so controversial in their implications that their interpretation and analysis for scientific research should proceed only under the utmost care." It would be easy to scoff at the so-called translation of the hieroglyphs, but in fact other Oriental legends support the story on the grooved discs. Tibetan and Chinese folklore refers to small pygmy-like people who dropped from the skies and "were about the size of 8-year-old human children but their heads were larger than ours."

The Chinese myths say space vicitnr armmaonpH snHmt spftlp- CHINA, the Asiatic giant, straddles the ages. One foot edges her into the modern present but the other always stays close to the past Which is fine. There is still much of the old China waiting to be discovered, and coming explorations and excavations will uncover great works of art and some fascinating mysteries. .However, that past is still in the future. So while we await developments, let's do a recap of some existing Chinese puzzles. .

Over 40 years ago a strange treasure was found in the Bayan-Kara-Ula Mountains, one of the most isolated areas in the world. These Tibet-China mountains are inhabited by the Han and Dropa tribes, pygmy people who are difficult to classify either racially or ethnically. Oriental scientists went to study these mysterious people and discovered that about 10 years previously a group of archaeology students had found 716 stone discs scattered in various caves in the area.

A report by a Chinese archaeologist published in 1965 by the German magazine Das Vegetar-ische Universum said each disc looked like a phonograph record. Each had a hole in its center from which a double groove spirated out to the circumference. The grooves are not soundtracks but the oddest writing in China and indeed the rest of the world.

Banned In Peking For 20 years the strange writing defied deciphering by scholars and experts, but finally they found the answer. The results were so startling it is said the Peking Academy of Prehistory banned publication of the archaeologist's papers.

The censorship and ban were fought by the translator-professors and eventually their report was published under the title "Groove Writing Relating to Spaceships Which, As Recorded on the Discs, Existed 12,000 Years Ago." Spaceships?

hik ments and attempted to talk with the elders of the villages, but there was no enlightened welcome for them. Quite the reverse, the aliens were considered omens of evil and were either killed or chased into the hills.

Western scientists have not been allowed into that area since before World War II

And so have had to rely on accounts which may or may not be factual. Such as the report that about I5 years ago an expedition of Chinese archaeologists went back to the Bayan-Kara-Ula region and found a subterranean cavern that contained several skeletons. The bones were approximately 12,000 years old and the skeletal remains had large, overdeveloped craniums and tiny frail bodies. Now that the Chinese have relaxed and revised their attitude of the West, it might just be possible to. mount an expedition to this intriguing area. Maybe find a few early stones, too. To our disc collectors they could well be of "platinum" value.