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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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In
the
Observatory,
35-168,
it
is
said
that,
according
to
a
newspaper,
March
6,
1912,
residents
of
Warmley,
England,
were
greatly
excited
by
something
that
was
supposed
to
be
"a
splendidly
illuminated
aeroplane,
passing
over
the
village."
"The
machine
was
apparently
traveling
at
a
tremendous
rate,
and
came
from
the
direction
of
Bath,
and
went
on
toward
Gloucester."
The
Editor
says
that
it
was
a
large,
triple-headed
fireball.
"Tremendous
indeed!"
he
says.
"But
we
are
prepared
for
anything
nowadays."
That
is
satisfactory.
We'd
not
like
to
creep
up
stealthily
and
then
jump
out
of
a
corner
with
our
data.
This
Editor,
at
least,
is
prepared
to
read--
Nature,
Oct.
27,
1898:
A
correspondent
writes
that,
in
the
County
Wicklow,
Ireland,
at
about
6
o'clock
in
the
evening,
he
had
seen,
in
the
sky,
an
object
that
looked
like
the
moon
in
its
three-quarter
aspect.
We
note
the
shape
which
approximates
to
triangularity,
and
we
note
that
in
color
it
is
said
to
have
been
golden
yellow.
It
moved
slowly,
and
in
about
five
minutes
disappeared
behind
a
mountain.
The
Editor
gives
his
opinion
that
the
object
may
have
been
an
escaped
balloon.
In
Nature,
Aug.
11,
1898,
there
is
a
story,
taken
from
the
July
number
of
the
Canadian
Weather
Review,
by
the
meteorologist,
F.F.
Payne:
that
he
had
seen,
in
the
Canadian
sky,
a
large,
pear-shaped
object,
sailing
rapidly.
At
first
he
supposed
that
the
object
was
a
balloon,
"its
outline
being
sharply
defined."
"But,
as
no
cage
was
seen,
it
was
concluded
that
it
must
be
a
mass
of
cloud."
In
about
six
minutes
this
object
became
less
definite--whether
because
of
increasing
distance
or
not--"the
mass
became
less
dense,
and
finally
it
disappeared."
As
to
cyclonic
formation--"no
whirling
motion
could
be
seen."
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