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The Book of the Damned
·
Charles Fort
360
They
fled,
or
they
evaded,
or
they
turned.
They
went
up
into
the
clouds
below
which
they
had,
at
first,
been
sighted.
Their
unison
of
movement.
But
they
were
of
different
sizes,
and
of
different
susceptibilities
to
all
forces
of
this
earth
and
of
the
air.
Monthly
Weather
Review,
August,
1898-358:
Two
letters
from
C.N.
Crotsenburg,
Crow
Agency,
Montana:
That,
in
the
summer
of
1896,
when
this
writer
was
a
railroad
postal
clerk--or
one
who
was
experienced
in
train-phenomena--while
his
train
was
going
"northward,"
from
Trenton,
Mo.,
he
and
another
clerk
saw,
in
the
darkness
of
a
heavy
rain,
a
light
that
appeared
to
be
round,
and
of
a
dull-rose
color,
and
seemed
to
be
about
a
foot
in
diameter.
It
seemed
to
float
within
a
hundred
feet
of
the
earth,
but
soon
rose
high,
or
"midway
between
horizon
and
zenith."
The
wind
was
quite
strong
from
the
east,
but
the
light
held
a
course
almost
due
north.
Its
speed
varied.
Sometimes
it
seemed
to
outrun
the
train
"considerably."
At
other
times
it
seemed
to
fall
behind.
The
mail-clerks
watched
until
the
town
of
Linville,
Iowa,
was
reached.
Behind
the
depot
of
this
town,
the
light
disappeared,
and
was
not
seen
again.
All
this
time
there
had
been
rain,
but
very
little
lightning,
but
Mr.
Crotsenburg
offers
the
explanation
that
it
was
"ball
lightning."
The
Editor
of
the
Review
disagrees.
He
thinks
that
the
light
may
have
been
a
reflection
from
the
rain,
or
fog,
or
from
leaves
of
trees,
glistening
with
rain,
or
the
train's
light--not
lights.
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