He doesn't wear scratchy woolen robes or walk the downtown streets shouting; rather his voice is in his book. It's about the true identity of UFO's, which he believes is a threatening one. Malone's theory will get much consideration from the reader because of the user-friendly way that it is presented. He is not the stereo-typical fanatic that will fight non-believers to convert them. He speaks his truth, and lets the reader decide whether he is worth his grain of salt.

His theory, which is fact to him, chillingly strikes the heart. Even to the most cynical reader, his book has a ring of truth that is undeniable, and the sheer logic with which he makes his presentation silences most would-be critics. His message reads something like, "Beware, the aliens are real, and they're not as cute as E.T." With the new millennium approaching, and evidence of UFO sightings all over the press, this book is just the ticket for any who might be curious about whether aliens will play a role in humanity's last hurrah, or lead us into the next step of human evolution. It depicts UFO involvement with humans by using Biblical references, government cover-up theories and lots of references from popular culture - especially today's most popular movies. Malone's message is undeniably prophetic, but he doesn't want to force anyone to believe him. "I just want people to be exposed to what I am saying. They can believe me or not..."

If you don't agree with him, that's okay. Malone is headstrong about what he has to say, but surprisingly, he's not closed-minded. He says he is open to more convincing theories about the UFO phenomenon, but also says that whoever writes the next book better be able to present their theory with as much evidence as he gives.

And in the midst of today's millennium hype, he sits back and waits enthusiastically.

"If we are in the Final Days," he says, "I want to be around to see the end of the world. I don't want to be "raptured out" like so many other Christians do, and miss the good stuff. I believe the Church is heading for its most glorious times ever, more exciting even than the first century, and I want my part in what God is going to do then." This comes across as a very healthy statement for someone who was tormented as a child by "visitors," and lived a life mixed with both a private fear and curious awe of them, until his early twenties. Guy Malone has come a long way since his very first impressions of "little green men."

Long before Malone wrote Come Sail Away, he had experimented with many different forms of spirituality. He was exposed to some Christian beliefs as a child. After he went off to college ("loitering on school property is more like it," he admits), Guy practiced Eastern religions, particularly Buddhism, and was then drawn more toward New Age teachings, including Native American sorcery and astrology. The Bible itself is what actually converted him, rather than a particular church or denomination. "I figured, in order to honestly call myself a spiritually diverse person, I at least had to read it, just so that I could say I had, to all the Christians who were trying to convert me. But even in reading it, I set out to reject it, but then the opposite happened. Now I firmly believe everything it says. Go figure." (Currently, he worships at Harvest Christian Fellowship in Hermitage.)

Although Malone is a Christian, his book is targeted primarily to a non-Christian audience, particularly UFO believers, abductees, and New Agers in general. As one page declares, "I write now in the hope that there are those out there deep in the UFO culture, perhaps even those struggling to make sense of memories, who are searching for truth." That being his intended target audience, he has found in past months that his book is actually most enjoyed and received by the "undecided" category - those who are not fully convinced one way or another about alien life, or those not yet firmly committed to any particular expression of spirituality, either -   "...those multiudes, multitudes in the Valley of Decision..." he says, referencing the Old Testament Book of Ezekiel.

UFO believers are somewhat the misfit in today's society. As a whole, they are not readily accepted in most rational schools of thought, but the fact is, as Malone points out, the evidence is everywhere. He has been a long-time UFO believer, but is just now "coming out of the closet." He knows that he is headed for some pretty harsh criticism, from both the church and the rest of the world, for his beliefs, and especially his "close encounter" stories. "That's just part of the job description. It's a fear that I had to deal with in order to do this. Actually, I'm more afraid of those who only hear about the book, and form opinions of me, but never read it. I'm not worried about those who do."

Being a Christian writer is also tough for Malone. He is concerned that his use of the Bible in his book will scare people away. "I don't want to come across as a typical Bible thumping preacher (In his book, he doesn't). I just want people to know what God has to say about the supernatural."

To actually meet Guy Malone, as I did for this for this series of interviews, one might expect to encounter a strung-out lunatic who is constantly speaking his last words. Actually, he is as shockingly normal and sane as a person can get (we met at Bongo Java's, at his suggestion!).

His stocky figure is calmed down by a boyish face that continuously smiles. He does tend to point at you sometimes when he's speaking, but it's harmless. He's a good communicator who tells anything about himself that you may ask, including his UFO experiences. He credits God with healing those parts of him that may have led him toward absolute lunacy, or suicide.

He says that he was probably born with a desire to experience the supernatural, but that the churches he encountered as a youth didn't believe in, or practice, the supernatural aspects of God, "... the present-day ministry of the Holy Spirit," as he calls it. Meeting Christians who did is what it took to push him over the line of actual church attendance, and to worship and seek out the "deeper truths" about God. "People are drawn to the supernatural, simply because it's real, and they want to know the truth about what is really out there. Unfortunately, there's a lot out there that's real, but not good, and people are drawn to it as well. They don't know that there's a good side and a bad side to the supernatural. Sometimes people fall into the bad side without knowing it, because they at least find comfort in someone validating their experiences or desires as being real."

Most of his friends know him as a charismatic worshipper, but are just now finding out about his "close encounter" experiences. "I didn't know about his experiences until I read his book," said Rhonda Prater, high school teacher, and friend from church whom Malone has known for years. "He's definitely not the stereo-typical fanatic UFO believer. He's actually very normal and a great person to be around," said Jayson Ficili, bartender, and co-worker of Guy's at a local restauraunt.

Malone has made the best of his experiences to tell a first-hand account of extra-terrestrial phenomenon. His experiences began when he was a child, growing up "in and around" Nashville. They would appear to him, usually, in his sleep. In the book, he recounts multiple images of the now famous alien face, with the large oval black eyes, white skin, and small mouth. Most of these experiences occurred while he was sleeping, which makes it tough for even him to distinguish between his experiences as being dreams or reality. Without making the call himself, he leaves the reader to draw his or her own conclusions on that.

"... The visitors appear and communicate with us most often while we are in a stage of sleeping or dreaming, that is ripe for other-wordly experience," he writes. However, he does recount at least one experience that occurred in broad daylight. "I remember talking to a being that looked a lot like a large praying mantis, which very much resembles the alien profile that is popular today." For much of his life, the memories remained repressed, probably because of the trauma associated with them. Once his remembering began, as the result of certain "triggering" (described in the book), it was not exciting to him to be specially "chosen" for the visits.

From the book - "When it's you who have to wonder if tonight's the night you're going to be dragged from your bed, when it's you who have to think about getting married and settling down, only to know that at any time your serene family existence could be shattered by beings of unknown origin and purpose, then come tell me how exciting it is..."

Much of his search for the supernatural, and especially his journey into the New Age, was inspired by the need to understand what actually happened to him. Was he just crazy, or did he really get "abducted?" He never told anyone about the experiences until much later, and based on what happened with those he first told, he confesses that he wished then that he never had. After accepting the Christian faith, he believes that he was finally able to figure out much of the truth behind his experiences. After that, the burden to tell this truth rested on him for many years, but he now admits that his fear of people's opinions kept him silenced. The Heaven's Gate suicide finally forced him to no longer worry about what people would say, and he began writing in June of 1997.

"Could I have made a difference?" he thinks to himself. Up until this point, he had been afraid to write, but had wrestled privately with the burden for years. Now, Malone feels responsible for the death of the 39 individuals in the Heaven's Gate cult. Had he written the book by then, one or more of them might have read it, and changed their minds about their involvement with the group. "When I got to that part in writing the book, I had to stop writing, and wound up on my floor crying for three hours that night, picturing their deaths, cursing my fears, and asking God to forgive me. These were intelligent, internet-surfing people, who were spiritually hungry for UFO truth. And I had it - in spades - but wouldn't share it, because I was a coward." As a result of that night, the entire book can be read for free on the internet (www.seekye1.com).

He says that the hardest part about writing the book had to do with sharing his own experiences. He could have written most of the book and left them out (that part is only about 25 pages, of 137), but knew that if he did, he would only come across as the unfeeling Bible thumping preacher. "Agree or disagree with me, believe me or not, but it's that part of the book, and my life, that earns me the right to speak on this subject." It's an extremely confessional story, about everything in his life that turned him around, and everything that tormented him.

"At first it was difficult, then it became therapeutic," he says. For the reader, we get to know more than we may want to about his deep dark secret. His courage to be this open is what Guy's friends whom I contacted commend him for. "Everyone needs to tell their deepest secrets. It's inner healing for one's soul," said Malone's church friend. Much to his surprise, so far Malone has kept all the friends who have read his book, and now know his bizzare history. But he freely admits, "...it's a story that definitely forces the reader to decide - 'Do I really want to hang out with this person, or not?' But now that I've done it, if I knew it was going to feel this good, or be this much fun, I would have done it years ago."

Currently, Malone is using Express Media, a small local printer to self-publish his book. "I wanted to self-publish, so that I can have complete control over the rights, including the read-it-for-free aspect. I won't risk a larger publisher buying me out, and then taking it off the 'net, in the fear that it could hurt their sales." This would appear to make his job tougher, but it hasn't. The first printing of 100 sold out in less than two weeks. As sales grow, or as money is donated by outside sources, he hopes to contract Thomas Nelson to print larger quantities and make the book available in bookstores nationally, and even advertise the book and website in the National Enquirer. Until then, look for smaller ads in local underground newspapers, magazines, and of course, the internet, where 15-20 "hits" per day appear on his website.

Today, he spends much of his time working as a waiter in a (Nashville) Second Avenue restauarant, and doing nonprofessional computer services for his church. While money is obviously not his prime motivation, he hopes to eventually sell enough copies of his current book to write full-time. His next project will involve Psychics and Sorcery, and what the Bible has to say about those topics. He also has ideas for some fiction novels. His views, however, set him apart from most of your conventional Christian types. He believes in a supernatural relationship with God, that will by it's very nature bleed into the physical realm. Besides fasting, speaking in tongues, and other charismatic practices, he mixes almost too well (for some) with non-Christians, in order to understand and keep in touch with all kinds of people. A self-confessed "friend of sinners," he's also very quick to admit his faults. "Many Christian writers, and Christians in general, are not transparent with people about their struggles. That's why they probably come off as aliens to normal people, because they won't allow themselves to be perceived as real humans."

Whether you agree with his findings or not, the book is a must-read, even for those who would normally care nothing about the subject(s). As the back of the book says, "Whether you're a Bible reader, a Bible scholar, or a Bible burner, you wont be able to resist turning the page..." And that much, at least, is true. Malone's writing has a way of really working on your soul, touching its most sensitive parts. He has a heart for people, especially the UFO and New Age subculture, and if nothing else, he just wants to stop the next Heaven's Gate suicide from happening.

He'll turn his head quickly and look away if you say it, but it is a prophet's mission.