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- The following is a report taken from
the North American Review, 3:320-322, 1816....a report which the author
E. Acharius was also taking to the Royal Academy.
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- Quoted from the "Handbook of Unusual
Natural Phenomena", by William R. Corliss. The event took place over
the village Biskophsberga.
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- "On the 16th of last May (1816),
being a very warm day, and during a gale of wind from south-west, a cloudless
sky, at about 4 O'clock, p.m., the sun became dim, and lost his brightness
to that degree, that he could be looked at without inconvenience to the
naked eye, (the sun) being of a dark red, or almost bright color, without
brilliancy. At the same time there appeared at the western horizon, from
where the wind blew, to arise gradually, and in quick succession, a great
number of balls, or spherical bodies, to the naked eye of the size of the
crown of a hat, and of a dark brown color. The nearer these bodies, which
occupied a considerable though irregular breadth of the visible heaven,
approached towards the sun, the darker they appeared, and in the vicinity
of the sun, became entirely black. At this elevation their course (speed)
seemed to lessen, and a great many of them remained, as it were, STATIONARY;
but they soon resumed their former, and accelerated motion, and passed
in the same direction with great velocity and almost horizontally. During
this course some DISAPPEARED, others fell down, but the most part of them
continued their progress almost in a straight line, till they were lost
sight of at the eastern horizon. The phenomenon lasted uninterruptedly,
upwards of two hours, during which time MILLIONS of similar bodies continually
rose in the west, one after another irregularly, and continued their career
exactly in the same manner (mentioned above). No report, noise, nor any
whistling or buzzing in the air was perceived. As these bodies slackened
their course on passing by the sun, several were linked together, three,
six, or eight of them in a line, joined like chain-shot by a thin and straight
bar; but on continuing again amore rapid course (speed), they separated,
and each having a tail after it, apparently of three or four fathoms length,
wider at its base where it adhered to the ball, and gradually decreasing,
till it terminated in a fine point (tapered tails). During the course,
these tails which had the same black color as the balls, disappeared by
degrees."
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- The author goes on to state that some
of the balls came to earth near one observer. As it neared the ground it
lost its black color and became hard to see until they reached the ground
and again became more visible, but this time as a ball of changing colors.
The people compared them to soap bubbles (plasma?) These then disappeared
leaving a thin film: "....a scarcely perceptible film or pellicle,
as thin as a cobwed, which (itself) was still changing colors, but soon
dried up and vanished.
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- Since this event took hours it was witnessed
by all the people of the village.
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- Bonnycastle, R. H.; American Journal
of Science, 1837 (Example of Earth Light)
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- At a quarter past nine O'clock on Sunday
night the eighth day of May, in the present year (1837), my attention whilst
regarding the heavens was forcibly attracted to the sudden appearance due
east of a shining broad column of light. At first, as my window overlooks
the bay of Toronto and the low island which separates it from the lake,
I took this singular pillar of light for the reflection from some steamboat
on the clouds, but having sought the open air on the gallery which commands
a full view of the bay and of Ontario, I was convinced that the meteor
was an effluence of the sky, as I now saw it extend upwards from the eastern
water horizon line to the zenith, in a well defined, equal, broad column
of white strong light, resembling in some degree that of the aurora, but
of a steady brightness and unchanging body, whilst there were few or no
clouds. Ursa Major, then near the zenith, was situated with regard to this
column, at a quarter past nine as below, the column passing nearly vertically
between (z) and (H) [the author refers to the Greek letters here]
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- There was no moon, as on that day it
rose at 2h. 4m. consequently it was dark, and the sky was not very cloudy
the meteor was seen to the greatest advantage as the night wore on. It
passed very slowly and bodily to the westward, continuing to occupy the
space from the horizon to the zenith, until the upper part first faded
slowly and then the whole gradually disappeared, after it had reached nearly
to due northeast...
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- Jul., 1868 Copiago (Chile). A strange
"aerial construction" bearing lights and making engine noises
flew low over this town. Local people also described it as a giant bird
covered with large scales producing a me- tallic noise. Although not an
actual landing, this is the first instance of close observation of an unknown
object at low altitude in the nineteenth century. (Fort 638; Anatomy 11)
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- Extract from: Symon's Monthly Meteorlogical
Magazine, 1869. (Strange cylinder of fire)
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- Our in Cheatham county [Tennessee] about
noon on Wednesday---a remarkably hot day---on the farm of Ed. Sharp, five
miles from Ashland, a sort of whirlwind came along over the neighbouring
woods, taking up small branches and leaves of trees and buring them in
a sort of flaming cylinder that traveled at a rate of about five miles
an hour, developing size as it traveled. It passed directly over the spot
where a team of horses were feeding and singed their manes and tails up
to the roots; it then swept towards the house, taking a stack of hay in
its course. It seemed to increase in heat as it went, and by the time it
reached the house it immediately fired the shingles from end to end of
the building, so that in ten minutes the whole dwelling was wrapped in
flames. The tall column of traveling caloric then continued its course
over a wheat field that had been recently cradled, setting fire to all
the stacks that happened to be in its course. Passing from the field, its
path lay over a stretch of woods which reached the river. The green leaves
on the trees were crisped to a cinder for a breadth of 20 yards, in a straight
line to the Cumberland. When the "pillar of fire" reached the
water, it suddenly changed its route down the river, raising a column of
steam which went up to the clouds for about half-a-mile, when it finally
died out. Not less than 200 people witnessed this strangest of strange
phenomena, and all of them tell substantially the same story about it.
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- Personal note: What travels at tree-top
level appearing as a "sort of flaming cylinder" and that burns
everything it nears for a great distance, and that is not part of a storm,
and is able to move in straight lines, and has so much sustained heat that
it can send up a vast cloud of steam for a distance of 1/2 mile once it
follows a river?
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- Dec. 07, 1872 Banbury (Great Britain).
At King's Sutton an object 0100 hours resembling a haystack flew on an
irregular course. Sometimes high, sometimes very low it was accom- panied
by fire and dense smoke. It produced the same effect as a tornado, felling
trees and walls. It sud- denly vanished. (Fort 189)
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- May. 15, 1879 Persian Gulf. Two very
large "wheels" were seen spinning in the air and slowly coming
to the surface of the sea. Estimated diameter: 40 m. Distance be- tween
the objects: 150 m. Speed: 80 km/h/ Duration: 35 min. Witnesses aboard
the ship "Vultur" (Round up 17; Anatomy 12)
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- 1880 Aldershot (Great Britain). A strange
being dressed in tight-fitting clothes and shining helmet soared over the
heads of two sentries, who fired without result. The apparition stunned
them with something de- scribed as "blue fire." (FSR 61, 3; Magonia)
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- 1880 Eastern Venezuela. A 14-year-old
boy saw a luminous ball descending from the sky and hovering near him.
He felt somehow "drawn" to it, but succeeded in backing away
in spite of his terror. (Lor. III 2O6)
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- Capron, J. Rand; Nature, 1882 (Auroral
"meteor" / UFO)
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- I happened to turn to the south, where
the moon (with a very pronounced lumiere cendree on its dark part) was
nearly on the meridian, when I saw a spindle-shaped beam of glowing white
light, quite unlike an auroral ray, had formed in the east. As I looked
this slowly mounted from its position, rose to the zenith, and passed it,
gradually crossing apparently above the moon, then sank into the west,
slowly lessening in size and brilliancy as it did so, and fading away as
it reached the horizon. The peculiar long spindle shape, slow gliding motion
and glowing silver light, and the marked isolation of this cloud from the
other portions of the aurora made it a most remarkable object, and I do
not recollect in any former aurora to have seen anything similar.
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- Noble, William; Knowledge, 1883
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- Can any of my brother readers of 'KNOWLEDGE'
offer a feasible explanation of a very remarkable phenomenon which I witnessed
at 10h. 35m. p.m. on Tuesday, August 28? I was just coming out of my observatory
when, on the E. N. E. point of the horizon beneath the Pleiades, I saw
a bright light. My first thought was that the moon was rising, but an instant's
reflection sufficed to remind me that she would not be up for the next
two hours. As I watched the light becoming brighter and brighter, I saw
that it threw a kind of radial illumination upward, the effect of which
I have tried to reproduce in the accompanying rough little sketch. As will
be seen, a few distant cumulo-stratus clouds, close to the horizon, crossed
it. For a moment I imagined that I was viewing the apparition of a new
and most glorious comet; but, as I watched, the "tail" disappeared
and what would represent the nucleus flashed up brilliantly. Then I made
up my mind that some distant house, barn, or haystack was on fire, and
returned to the observatory for a 3 inch telescope, which I keep for looking
over the landscape. Before I had time, however, to enter the door, every
vestige of illumination disappeared as suddenly as it had come into view,
and after waiting in vain for some time, I left the observatory and came
into the house. I have diligently inquired if there was a fire anywhere
in this part of Sussex on the night of which I am speaking, but there was
none.
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- Nov. 02, 1885 Scutari (Turkey). A luminous
object circled the har- bor. Altitude: 5-6 m. Illuminated the whole town.
Duration: 1 1/2 min, as a bluish-green flame. Then plunged into the sea.
Made several circles above the ferry-boat pier. (LDLN 48; Anatomy 14)
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- Nov. 12, 1887 Cape Race (Atlantic Ocean).
A huge sphere of fire was observed rising out of the ocean by witnesses
aboard the "Siberian." It rose to an altitude of 16 m, flew against
the wind, and came close to the ship, then "dashed oft" toward
the southeast. Duration: 5 min. (LDLN 48; Anatomy 14)
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- Mar. 28, 1897 Omaha (Nebraska). The majority
of the population observed an object arriving from the southeast. It looked
like a huge light, flew northwestward slowly, came to low altitude. A crowd
gathered at a street corner to watch it. (185)
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- Apr. 01, 1897 Everest (Kansas). The whole
town saw an object fly under the cloud ceiling. It came down slowly, then
flew away very fast to the southeast. When directly over the town it swept
the ground with its powerful light. It was seen to rise up at fantastic
speed until barely discernible, then to come down again and sweep low over
the witnesses. At one point it re- mained stationary for 5 min at the edge
of a low cloud, which it illuminated. All could clearly see the silhouette
of the craft. (FSR 66, 4)
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- Apr. 12, 1897 Nilwood (Illinois). On
the property of Z. Thacker, 19 km north of Carlinville, an unknown object
landed. Before the three witnesses could reach it, the craft, which was
shaped like a cigar with a dome, rose slowly and left majestically toward
the north. Witnesses: Edward Teeples, William Street and Franklin Met-
calf. (186; Anatomy 12)
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- Apr. 12, 1897 Girard, near Green Ridge
(Illinois). A large crowd of miners saw an unknown object land 3 km north
of Green Ridge and 4 km south of Girard. The night operator of the Chicago-and-Alton
Railroad, Paul Mc- Cramer, stated that he came sufficiently close to the
craft to see a man emerge from it to repair the ma- chinery. Traces were
found over a large area. The object itself was elongated like a ship with
a roof and a double canopy. It left toward the north. (186,187)
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- Apr. 14, 1897 Gas City (Indiana). An
object landed 2 km south of Gas City on the property of John Roush, terrifying
the farmers and causing the horses and cattle to stampede. Six occupants
of the ship came out and seemed to make some repairs. Before the crowd
could approach the object, it rose rapidly and flew toward the east. (188)
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- Apr. 15, 1897 Linn Grove (Iowa). A large
object was seen to fly slowly toward the north. It seemed ready to land
and five men (F. G. Ellis, James Evans, David Evans, Joe Croaskey, Benjamin
Buland) drove toward it. About 7 km north of Linn Grove, they found the
craft on the ground, came within 700 m of it but it "spread its four
giant wings and rose towards the North." Two strange figures aboard
the craft made efforts to con- ceal themselves. Witnesses were surprised
at the length of their hair. Most residents of Linn Grove saw the craft
in flight. (190)
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- Apr. 15, 1897 Howard-Artesian (South
Dakota). A flying object coming closer and closer to the ground followed
a train, as reported by the engineer, Joe Wright (FSR 66,4)
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- Apr. 15, 1897 Perry Springs (Missouri).
A passenger train on the Wabash line, going toward Quincy, was followed
by a low-flying object for 15 min between Perry Springs and Hersman. All
the passengers saw the craft, which had a red and white light. After Hersman
it flew ahead of the train and disappeared rapidly, although the train
was then running at 65 km/h. (190)
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- Apr. 16, 1897 Downs Township (Illinois).
Approximate date. While working in his field, Haney Savidge saw an aerial
craft land near him. Six people emerged from it and spoke to him for a
few minutes before leaving again. (191)
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- Apr. 17, 1897 Williamston (Michigan).
At least a dozen farmers saw an object maneuver in the sky for an hour
before it landed. A strange man near 3 m tall, almost naked and suffering
from the heat, was the pilot of the craft. "His talk, while musical,
seemed to be a repeti- tion of bellowings." One farmer went near him
and received a blow that broke his hip. (196)
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- Apr. 19, 1897 Leroy (Kansas). Alexander
Hamilton was awakened by a noise among the cattle and went out with his
son and his tenant. They saw an elongated cigar- shaped object, about 100
m long with a transparent cabin underneath showing narrow reddish bands,
hovering 10 m above ground. They approached within 50 m of it. It was illuminated
and equipped with a searchlight. Inside it were "six of the strangest
be- ings" the witness had seen, also described as "hid- eous."
They spoke a language no witness could understand. A cow was dragged away
by the object with the help of a strong red cable; it was found butchered
in a field the next day. (Anatomy 16; Ma- gonia)
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- Apr. 22, 1897 Rockland (Texas). John
M. Barclay was intrigued when his dog barked furiously and a high-pitched
noise was heard. He went out, saw a flying object circling 5 m above ground.
Elongated with protru- sions and blinding lights, it went dark when it
landed. Barclay was met by a man who told him his purpose was peaceful
and requested some common hardware items to repair the craft. He paid with
a ten-dollar bill and took off "like a bullet out of a gun."
(192; Magonia)
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- Apr. 22, 1897 Josserand (Texas). Frank
Nichols, who lived 3 km 2400 east of Josserand and was one of its most
respected citizens, was awakened by a machine noise. Looking outside, he
saw a heavy, lighted object land in his wheat field. He walked toward it,
was stopped by two men who asked permission to draw water from his well.
He then had a discussion with a half-dozen men, the crew of the strange
machine. He was told how it worked but could not follow the explanation.
(193; Magonia)
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- Apr. 23, 1897 McKinney Bayou (Arkansas).
Judge Lawrence A. Byrne of Texarkana, Arkansas, was surveying a tract of
land when he saw a peculiar object anchored on the ground. "It was
manned by three men who spoke a foreign language, but judging from their
looks one would take them to be Japs." (Farish, in Allende Letters
(Award Special, 1968) )
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- Apr. 25, 1897 Merkel (Texas). People
returning from church ob- served a heavy object being dragged along the
ground by a rope attached to a flying craft. The rope got caught in a railroad
track. The craft was too high for its structure to be visible but protrusions
and a light could be distinguished. After about 10 min a man came down
along the rope cut the end free, and went back aboard the craft, which
flew away toward the northeast. The man was small and dressed in a light-
blue uniform. (194; Magonia)
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- Apr. 26, 1897 Aquila-Hillsboro (Texas).
Approximate date. A law- yer was surprised to see a lighted object fly
over. His horse was scared and nearly toppled the carriage. When the main
light was turned off, a number of smaller lights became visible on the
underside of the dark object, which supported an elongated canopy. It went
down toward a hill to the south, 5 km from Aquila. When the witness was
on his way back one hour later he saw the object rising. It reached the
altitude of the cloud ceiling and flew to the northeast at a fantastic
speed with periodic flashes of light. (195)
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