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COMSEP Magazine, received a most unusual letter from Arnold White, which tends to confirm the above account. Arnold White wrote:

   "’I relate my story to you now because I do not know how long I may have to live. Rick has since passed on (he was only 29) due to 'unknown' illness which I later found out had all the characteristics of radiation sickness. Don, as far as I know, is still alive, but I have been unable to locate him for more than a year now, and none of his friends know where he is. He has stopped writing to me for apparently no reason. I have told our story to many reputable scientists, but they all think I'm crazy. They just won't believe me. But I know my story is true... it did happen, without a doubt.’

“...Arnold White's story is so interesting that we must present it here word for word:

     "’It is with great reluctance and hesitation that I relate my story to you. It may be denied, questioned, and vilified, but it is nevertheless true. To protect the families and relatives of those involved, their names have been changed, but the rest is solid fact. Names of the places referred to are the real ones.

    “‘On the 21st of March, 1961, I and a fellow spelunker friend of mine found ourselves in Canada at the invitation of another amateur underground explorer. Point of interest: the iron mines of Newfoundland Province.

     “‘Although not generally known, one of these mines - one of the deepest by the way - had caused much concern and controversy among the local populace.     

    “‘Shortly after it had been dug to its maximum depth, strange things began to happen. Miners working late at night in small groups of six to tens began hearing noises, not rumbling or other natural mine noises but what some described as "strange music." It seemed to come from all around them, sometimes faint