Philadelphia – A fifth-grade elementary class on the fourth floor.

There were 15 pupils in Mr. Jones’ fifth-grade class. And it so happens, there were identical twin boys in this class. They were seated far apart from one another. At the time of this story, Mr. Jones was conducting an English lesson.

One of the twins needed a pen. Then a very strange thing happened. The pen rose up from the other twin’s desk and floated in the air to his brother’s desk. The students were amazed. Mr. Jones was amazed. They couldn’t believe what they saw. And, so, at the request of the teacher, one of the students was sent down to the principal’s office to explain what had happened in Mr. Jones’ class. The principal was all ears.

The principal sent for the twins. He said to them, “I am very proud to have you as students in this school. Your grades are magnificent.” The principal then went on to say, “A student from your class told me something about a floating pen. Can you show me something?”

The twins were sitting on chairs. All of a sudden, the chairs began to rise up to the ceiling and then floated back down to the floor. Having observed this strange happening very carefully, the principal was astonished. He said, “I have never in my life seen such an unbelievable demonstration!”

Well, the months and years passed by. The twins graduated from elementary school and then high school. Other happenings occurred along the way. Upon graduating from high school, the twins enrolled at Columbia University. Their goal--to study the human brain and strange phenomena.