#dropping science knowledge

[wtfnancydrew]

"The Anderson brothers retired from teaching some time ago," Mr. Blake went on. "Since studying our silversword plant and finding that it grows nowhere else in the world, they have come up with a very interesting theory." Mr. Blake said the professors believed that the original seeds had been shot from space when the planet earth was being formed, and that they had lain dormant in this locale until the Hawaiian Island group was erupted.

p. 140 of The Secret of the Golden Pavilion (#36)

[wtfnancydrew]

Nancy said, "When the flying saucer took off, its antigravity rays may have been so hot they burned the ground. Let's dig up a little of the soil and take it back to camp for a lab analysis." "Good idea," Ned replied. ... She said to Ned, who had followed her up the slope, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if chemists found something in this sample different from anything known on earth?" "Boy, would it ever!" Ned replied. "It might revolutionize our whole concept of the universe."

page 94 of The Flying Saucer Mystery (#58)