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The Book of the Damned
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Charles Fort
335
L'Astronomie,
1891-312:
A
correspondent
writes
that,
in
October,
1891,
in
the
China
Sea,
he
had
seen
shafts
or
lances
of
light
that
had
had
the
appearance
of
rays
of
a
searchlight,
and
that
had
moved
like
such
rays.
Nature,
20-291:
Report
to
the
Admiralty
by
Capt.
Evans,
the
Hydrographer
of
the
British
Navy:
That
Commander
J.E.
Pringle,
of
H.M.S.
Vulture,
had
reported
that,
at
Lat.
26
deg.
26'
N.,
and
Long.
53
deg.
11'
E.--in
the
Persian
Gulf--May
15,
1879,
he
had
noticed
luminous
waves
or
pulsations
in
the
water,
moving
at
great
speed.
This
time
we
have
a
definite
datum
upon
origin
somewhere
below
the
surface.
It
is
said
that
these
waves
of
light
passed
under
the
Vulture.
"On
looking
toward
the
east,
the
appearance
was
that
of
a
revolving
wheel
with
a
center
on
that
bearing,
and
whose
spokes
were
illuminated,
and,
looking
toward
the
west,
a
similar
wheel
appeared
to
be
revolving,
but
in
the
opposite
direction."
Or
finally
as
to
submergence--"These
waves
of
light
extended
from
the
surface
well
under
the
water."
It
is
Commander
Pringle's
opinion
that
the
shafts
constituted
one
wheel,
and
that
doubling
was
an
illusion.
He
judges
the
shafts
to
have
been
about
25
feet
broad,
and
the
spaces
about
100.
Velocity
about
84
miles
an
hour.
Duration
about
35
minutes.
Time
9:40
P.M.
Before
and
after
this
display
the
ship
had
passed
through
patches
of
floating
substance
described
as
"oily-looking
fish
spawn."
Upon
page
428
of
this
number
of
Nature,
E.L.
Moss
says
that,
in
April,
1875,
when
upon
H.M.S.
Bulldog,
a
few
miles
north
of
Vera
Cruz,
he
had
seen
a
series
of
swift
lines
of
light.
He
had
dipped
up
some
of
the
water,
finding
in
it
animalcule,
which
would,
however,
not
account
for
phenomena
of
geometric
formation
and
high
velocity.
If
he
means
Vera
Cruz,
Mexico,
this
is
the
only
instance
we
have
out
of
oriental
waters.
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