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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
336
Scientific
American,
106-51:
That,
in
the
Nautical
Meteorological
Annual,
published
by
the
Danish
Meteorological
Institute,
appears
a
report
upon
a
"singular
phenomenon"
that
was
seen
by
Capt.
Gabe,
of
the
Danish
East
Asiatic
Co.'s
steamship
Bintang.
At
3
A.M.,
June
10,
1909,
while
sailing
through
the
Straits
of
Malacca,
Captain
Gabe
saw
a
vast
revolving
wheel
of
light,
flat
upon
the
water--"long
arms
issuing
from
a
center
around
which
the
whole
system
appeared
to
rotate."
So
vast
was
the
appearance
that
only
half
of
it
could
be
seen
at
a
time,
the
center
lying
near
the
horizon.
This
display
lasted
about
fifteen
minutes.
Heretofore
we
have
not
been
clear
upon
the
important
point
that
forward
motions
of
these
wheels
do
not
synchronize
with
a
vessel's
motions,
and
freaks
of
disregard,
or,
rather,
commonplaces
of
disregard,
might
attempt
to
assimilate
with
lights
of
a
vessel.
This
time
we
are
told
that
the
vast
wheel
moved
forward,
decreasing
in
brilliancy,
and
also
in
speed
of
rotation,
disappearing
when
the
center
was
right
ahead
of
the
vessel--or
my
own
interpretation
would
be
that
the
source
of
light
was
submerging
deeper
and
deeper
and
slowing
down
because
meeting
more
and
more
resistance.
The
Danish
Meteorological
Institute
reports
another
instance:
That,
when
Capt.
Breyer,
of
the
Dutch
steamer
Valentijn,
was
in
the
South
China
Sea,
midnight,
Aug.
12,
1910,
he
saw
a
rotation
of
flashes.
"It
looked
like
a
horizontal
wheel,
turning
rapidly."
This
time
it
is
said
that
the
appearance
was
above
water.
"The
phenomenon
was
observed
by
the
captain,
the
first
and
second
mates,
and
the
first
engineer,
and
upon
all
of
them
it
made
a
somewhat
uncomfortable
impression."
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