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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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Iron
and
stones
that
fall
from
the
sky;
and
atmospheric
disturbances:
"There
is
absolutely
no
connection
between
the
two
phenomena."
(Symons.)
The
orthodox
belief
is
that
objects
moving
at
planetary
velocity
would,
upon
entering
this
earth's
atmosphere,
be
virtually
unaffected
by
hurricanes;
might
as
well
think
of
a
bullet
swerved
by
someone
fanning
himself.
The
only
trouble
with
the
orthodox
reasoning
is
the
usual
trouble--its
phantom-dominant--its
basing
upon
a
myth--data
we've
had,
and
more
we'll
have,
of
things
in
the
sky
having
no
independent
velocity.
There
are
so
many
storms
and
so
many
meteors
and
meteorites
that
it
would
be
extraordinary
if
there
were
no
concurrences.
Nevertheless
so
many
of
these
concurrences
are
listed
by
Prof.
Baden-Powell
(Rept.
Brit.
Assoc.,
1850-54)
that
one--notices.
See
Rept.
Brit.
Assoc.,
1860--other
instances.
The
famous
fall
of
stones
at
Siena,
Italy,
1794--"in
a
violent
storm."
See
Greg's
Catalogues--many
instances.
One
that
stands
out
is--"bright
ball
of
fire
and
light
in
a
hurricane
in
England,
Sept.
2,
1786."
The
remarkable
datum
here
is
that
this
phenomenon
was
visible
forty
minutes.
That's
about
800
times
the
duration
that
the
orthodox
give
to
meteors
and
meteorites.
See
the
Annual
Register--many
instances.
In
Nature,
Oct.
25,
1877,
and
the
London
Times,
Oct.
15,
1877,
something
that
fell
in
a
gale
of
Oct.
14,
1877,
is
described
as
a
"huge
ball
of
green
fire."
This
phenomenon
is
described
by
another
correspondent,
in
Nature,
17-10,
and
an
account
of
it
by
another
correspondent
was
forwarded
to
Nature
by
W.F.
Denning.
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