air of expectancy and hope. This event is simultaneously
taking place in towns and cities all over the country.
(J.C., Atlanta, Georgia, summer, 1972)

     I am standing at a lectern in Friends' Meeting House. I
am giving a patriotic July 4th speech. I am very
enthusiastic about my subject and deliver the speech
with great joy. As I speak, I keep levitating into the air
and have to grasp the lectern to pull myself down. As I
finish my speech, the next phase of the program begins.
A movie projector is turned on and a cartoon of the
Chinese dragon flashes on the screen. (R.W.K., Virginia
Beach, Virginia, September 20, 1969)

     Three women are asking the President and three
cabinet officials about solar energy. The men give no
straight answer in reply. We take a break, and I tell the
women about a book just out, and about the now-existent
technology. When the President and the three officials
return, I mention the book to them and say that the data
for solar energy and its storage are available for various
sizes of farms, for example, using a combination of
windmills, solar panels and batteries. If they are really
interested, I say they should contact a man named Alva
Hill. They mutter a lifeless response, and I realize they
don't want to hear about it. My throat is dry and I go out
for a drink of water. (J.F.Y., Virginia Beach, Virginia,
August 28, 1975)

     On what seems to be a Holy Saturday, a cloudy, gray
day— I am walking in the vicinity of our church. Several
other people seem to be on their way to church, too.
Suddenly, someone notices a circular object floating
horizontally in the overcast sky— it's hovering directly
above the very center of the town's business district.
The person exclaims, "Look, there's an olive branch in
the sky!" We run towards this phenomenon, and it also
moves closer to us, stopping right above the trees. Now
it takes on the appearance of a stained glass window, but
the soft colors are animated, constantly shifting. As we

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