"Three white aircraft drop a yellow substance; a line forms from Prague to the bay. Where it falls nothing lives any more — no man, no animal, no tree; everything turns black and withers. "

"Three great cities will be ruined: one destroyed by water, the second standing so deep in the sea that only the church tower is visible, and the third collapses. "

"The southern part of England slips into the water when the thing the pilot drops falls into the sea. "

"There will come three days of darkness; a poisonous dust will fall, and whoever goes into the open air will die. "

"All stagnant water becomes poisonous, and also all open food that is not in closed containers. Do not open a window during these 72 hours; whoever breathes in the dust gets cramps and dies. "

"The cattle fall, the grass turns yellow and dry, and the dead humans turn quite yellow and black. Where the dust falls there is no tree, no bush, no animal, no blade of grass left. "