Science Fiction or Science Fact? 7 5with coats of salt. You remember in Hiroshima and
Nagasaki, when the bodies were found, they had the
same layers of salt, or salitre, all over their skins.
"You're saying that this salt is the result of some kind
of chemical changes produced by the heat and atomic
radiation?"
"Exactly. After the angels completed their mission of
destroying those cities, they just flew away in their
spaceships. One thermonuclear bomb over each city and
the job was finished."
"That sounds pretty fictional."
"Let me tell you something. There are only 27 years
left before the year 2001. Within that period, lots of
things are going to happen on your planet. This is the
end of an era. Destruction is coming through wars,
terrorism, revolutions, racial uprisings, cataclysms such
as earthquakes, fiercely cold winters, cities falling into
the ocean. In fact, California will fall into the ocean. And
the world will suffer one of the most horrible natural
disasters ever known."
"I've heard that one before. It hasn't happened yet."
"Our mission here now is to collect some 144,000
people-the cream of the crop of all the millions of
people now walking on your planet."
"You're telling me the world is coming to an end and
you're here to save 144, 000 people from disaster?"
"Something like that, but you can't just take my word
for it. Research must be done. You11 need guidance to
see these things for yourself."
"If I decide to come back and talk further to you, will I
get to see your flying saucers?"
"That depends on a few things, like how fast you lose
your fear and how well you adjust to all the new things
you learn."
"If I'm going to write a book about all this, I need a lot
more information than you've given me so far."