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The Book of the Damned
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Charles Fort
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That,
at
midnight,
Feb.
24,
1885,
Lat.
37
deg.
N.,
and
Long.
170
deg.
E.,
or
somewhere
between
Yokohama
and
Victoria,
the
captain
of
the
bark
Innerwich
was
aroused
by
his
mate,
who
had
seen
something
unusual
in
the
sky.
This
must
have
taken
appreciable
time.
The
captain
went
on
deck
and
saw
the
sky
turning
fiery
red.
"All
at
once,
a
large
mass
of
fire
appeared
over
the
vessel,
completely
blinding
the
spectators."
The
fiery
mass
fell
into
the
sea.
Its
size
may
be
judged
by
the
volume
of
water
cast
up
by
it,
said
to
have
rushed
toward
the
vessel
with
a
noise
that
was
"deafening."
The
bark
was
struck
flat
aback,
and
"a
roaring,
white
sea
passed
ahead."
"The
master,
an
old,
experienced
mariner,
declared
that
the
awfulness
of
the
sight
was
beyond
description."
In
Nature,
37-187,
and
L'Astronomie;
1887-76,
we
are
told
that
an
object,
described
as
"a
large
ball
of
fire,"
was
seen
to
rise
from
the
sea,
near
Cape
Race.
We
are
told
that
it
rose
to
a
height
of
fifty
feet,
and
then
advanced
close
to
the
ship,
then
moving
away,
remaining
visible
about
five
minutes.
The
supposition
in
Nature
is
that
it
was
"ball
lightning,"
but
Flammarion,
Thunder
and
Lightning,
p.
68,
says
that
it
was
enormous.
Details
in
the
American
Meteorological
Journal,
6-443--Nov.
12,
1887--British
steamer
Siberian--that
the
object
had
moved
"against
the
wind"
before
retreating--that
Captain
Moore
said
that
at
about
the
same
place
he
had
seen
such
appearances
before.
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