[I] grew up as a disciple of science. I know its fascination. I have felt the godlike power man derives from his machines.

Man has risen so far above all other species that he competes in ways unique in nature. He fights by means of complicated weapons; he fights for ends remote in time.

What makes human power erupt like a volcano? What destroy's it? The civilizations of Rome, Greece, Egypt, China were all eruptions from a human core.

Man must feel the earth to know himself and recognize his values. God made life simple. It is man who complicates it.

These phantoms speak with human voices — friendly, vapor- like shapes, without substance, able to vanish or appear at will, to pass in and out through the walls of the fuselage as though no walls were there. At times, voices come out of the air itself, clear yet far away, traveling through distances that can't be measured by the scale of human miles; familiar voices, conversing and advising on my flight, discussing problems of my navigation, reassuring me, giving me messages of importance unattainable in ordinary life.

The greatest danger to this country lies in their large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our press, our radio and our government.

I learned that danger is relative, and the inexperience can be a magnifying glass.