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the universe so you see the universe respond as if in confirmation, would you ask who his parents were? If the words he speaks are living symbols of light, would you stop to inspect his credentials and thereby miss the essence of the words? This I know. If one thousand people on earth were to un- derstand what Adam told me in toto we may rest assured that earth’s redemption is more than hypothetical; it is certain. How did I meet Adam? Why was it essential that I meet him? Let us begin at the beginning. Adam had gone into the sun and had emerged out of it without a burn. Other than normal perspiring, he had suffered nothing physically. I was trying to absorb this whole idea while gazing unrelentingly at his handsome, inscrutable, honest face. At the same time, the idea that he had only seven months to live, as he had told me, needed to be digested. The weight of these two thoughts made me oblivious to everything else around me. I had come to this desert valley for one reason: to work here, and in time bring my family to reside here permanently. In fact, the day I arrived I found work with a furniture store laying floor tiles. It was November 1, 1954. It was a wonderful feeling to be in my own line of work and situated in a community that I more than just “liked.” Behind me were my recent years of lecturing on “flying saucers” and their impact on our future space age. These lectures and magazine articles had brought me in contact with many people by mail and in person. Among them was a young man named Earl Brewer, of Seattle, Washington, who had met me through driving a friend to my home. Somewhat frail-looking, of Scandinavian descent, he possessed gleaming, childlike, blue eyes which were completely disarming. Although he had only a casual interest in my space visitor contacts, we liked each other from the start and became fast friends. here, and in home. Somewhat In September of 1954, Brewer again came to my home in Los Angeles. This time he came south to stay, as doctors ad- vised a dry climate for his health, and he inquired if I knew 15 ADAM IN THE DESERT