Quantum field theories are the most recent quantum magicians’ sleights of hand for the creation and annihilation of matter and energy. The following are quoted from Abraham Pais’ book entitled: ‘Inward Bound: of Matter and Forces in the Physical World’, Chapter 15, Pages 324-5.

“At a moment which (quantum mechanics tell us) cannot be predicted an excited atom makes a transition to its ground state by emitting a photon. Where was the photon before that time? It was not anywhere; it was created in the act of transition.

At a moment which cannot be predicted a β–radioactive nucleus decays into another nucleus, an electron, and a neutrino. Where were the electron and neutrino before that time? They were not anywhere; they were created in the act of β–disintegration.

An atom absorbs a photon and goes into an excited state. Where is the photon after absorption? It is not anywhere; it is extinct, annihilated.”

These words strongly suggest the existence of quantum vacuum reality as squares of energy.