 Which of these does Dr. Niemand believe to be true about the cause of the attacks?
This, be it understood, is fiction—nothing but fiction—and not, under any circumstances, to be considered as having any truth whatever to it. In the closing days of December, 1957, at the meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in New York, Dr. Niemand delivered a paper entitled simply, "On the Nature of the Solar S-Regions." Owing to its unassuming title the startling implications contained in the paper were completely overlooked by the press. These implications are discussed here in an exclusive interview with Dr. Niemand by Philip Latham. I suppose you might say my main job today is to find out all I can between activity on the Sun and various forms of activity on the Earth. What do you mean by activity on the Sun? NIEMAND. Well, a sunspot is a form of solar activity. Just what is a sunspot? I'm afraid I can't say just what a sunspot is. It means you can only approximately predict the future course of sunspot activity. Haven't there been a great many correlations announced between sunspots and various effects on the Earth? There is unquestionably a correlation between sunspots and disturbances of the Earth's magnetic field ... Now, Dr. Niemand, I understand that you have been investigating solar and terrestrial relationships along rather unorthodox lines. I think our biggest advance was the discovery that sunspots themselves are not the direct cause of the disturbances we have been studying on the Earth. Whereas the real cause is an invisible filterable virus. In the solar case it turned out to be these S-Regions. It is extremely doubtful, however, if the radiation we detect is the actual cause of the disturbing effects observed. In the Sun? NIEMAND. I suppose the oldest problem in the world is the origin of human evil. Philosophers have wrestled with it ever since the days of Job. And like Job they have usually given up in despair, convinced that the origin of evil is too deep for the human mind to solve. Generally they have concluded that man is inherently wicked and sinful and that is the end of it. Well, disputes over boundaries ... economic rivalry ... border incidents.... NIEMAND. The truth of the matter is that men go to war because they want to go to war. They are impelled by forces over which they have no control. Such a syndrome is characteristic of menopausal women and some men during the climacteric, but these people failed to fit into this picture.
 Is it an event on the Sun that causes the attacks
 The second world war brought out violent tendancies which caused a spread of emotional effects  It is the humans' development & use of radio technology that is causing the solar events  It is the innate evil of humankind that is causing the emotional disruptions  Is it an event on the Sun that causes the attacks