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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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In
this
Editor
we
have
a
companion
for
Mr.
Symons
and
Dr.
Gray.
He
suggests
that
the
light
came
from
a
street
lamp--does
not
say
that
he
could
trace
it
to
any
such
origin
himself--but
recommends
that
the
police
investigate
neighboring
street
lamps.
I'd
not
say
that
such
a
commonplace
as
light
from
a
street
lamp
would
not
attract
and
excite
and
deceive
great
crowds
for
a
week--but
I
do
accept
that
any
cop
who
was
called
upon
for
extra
work
would
have
needed
nobody's
suggestion
to
settle
that
point
the
very
first
thing.
Or
that
something
in
the
sky
hung
suspended
over
a
London
Square
for
a
week.
21
Knowledge,
Dec.
28,
1883:
"Seeing
so
many
meteorological
phenomena
in
your
excellent
paper,
Knowledge,
I
am
tempted
to
ask
for
an
explanation
of
the
following,
which
I
saw
when
on
board
the
British
India
Company's
steamer
Patna,
while
on
a
voyage
up
the
Persian
Gulf.
In
May,
1880,
on
a
dark
night,
about
11:30
P.M.,
there
suddenly
appeared
on
each
side
of
the
ship
an
enormous
luminous
wheel,
whirling
around,
the
spokes
of
which
seemed
to
brush
the
ship
along.
The
spokes
would
be
200
or
300
yards
long,
and
resembled
the
birch
rods
of
the
dames'
schools.
Each
wheel
contained
about
sixteen
spokes,
and,
although
the
wheels
must
have
been
some
500
or
600
yards
in
diameter,
the
spokes
could
be
distinctly
seen
all
the
way
round.
The
phosphorescent
gleam
seemed
to
glide
along
flat
on
the
surface
of
the
sea,
no
light
being
visible
in
the
air
above
the
water.
The
appearance
of
the
spokes
could
be
almost
exactly
represented
by
standing
in
a
boat
and
flashing
a
bull's
eye
lantern
horizontally
along
the
surface
of
the
water,
round
and
round.
I
may
mention
that
the
phenomenon
was
also
seen
by
Captain
Avern,
of
the
Patna,
and
Mr.
Manning,
third
officer.
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