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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
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We
now
have
several
observations
upon
cylindrical-shaped
bodies
that
have
appeared
in
this
earth's
atmosphere:
cylindrical,
but
pointed
at
both
ends,
or
torpedo-shaped.
Some
of
the
accounts
are
not
very
detailed,
but
out
of
the
bits
of
description
my
own
acceptance
is
that
super-geographical
routes
are
traversed
by
torpedo-shaped
super-constructions
that
have
occasionally
visited,
or
that
have
occasionally
been
driven
into
this
earth's
atmosphere.
From
data,
the
acceptance
is
that
upon
entering
this
earth's
atmosphere,
these
vessels
have
been
so
racked
that
had
they
not
sailed
away,
disintegration
would
have
occurred:
that,
before
leaving
this
earth,
they
have,
whether
in
attempted
communication
or
not,
or
in
mere
wantonness
or
not,
dropped
objects,
which
did
almost
immediately
violently
disintegrate
or
explode.
Upon
general
principles
we
think
that
explosives
have
not
been
purposely
dropped,
but
that
parts
have
been
racked
off,
and
have
fallen,
exploding
like
the
things
called
"ball
lightning."
Many
have
been
objects
of
stone
or
metal
with
inscriptions
upon
them,
for
all
we
know,
at
present.
In
all
instances,
estimates
of
dimensions
are
valueless,
but
ratios
of
dimensions
are
more
acceptable.
A
thing
said
to
have
been
six
feet
long
may
have
been
six
hundred
feet
long;
but
shape
is
not
so
subject
to
the
illusions
of
distance.
Nature,
40-415:
That,
Aug.
5,
1889,
during
a
violent
storm,
an
object
that
looked
to
be
about
15
inches
long
and
5
inches
wide,
fell,
rather
slowly,
at
East
Twickenham,
England.
It
exploded.
No
substance
from
it
was
found.
L'Annee
Scientifique,
1864-54:
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