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To many minds

May 12, 2011 by Donna

To many minds there’s rest and there’s satisfaction in that expression “absolutely identified.” Absoluteness, or the illusion of it–the universal quest. If chemists have identified substances that have fallen in Europe as sand from African deserts, swept up in African whirlwinds, that’s assuasive to all the irritations that occur to those … [Read more...] about To many minds

Of a fetid odor

May 7, 2011 by Donna

A black rain fell in Ireland on May 14, 1849 on an area of 400 square miles. It was the color of ink, and “of a fetid odor and very disagreeable taste.” This was described in the Annals of Scientific Discovery, 1850, and the Annual Register, 1849. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 27 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Of a fetid odor

An aerial battle several hundred years ago

May 6, 2011 by Donna

According to Comptes Rendus, 56-972, on April 30, May 1 and May 2 [year?], a fall occurred of a reddish to yellowish substance in France and Spain. It was not pollen, but “carbonized and spread the odor of charred animal matter,” and “left a residue of resinous matter” in alcohol. Fort estimates that hundreds of thousands of tons of it must have … [Read more...] about An aerial battle several hundred years ago

Venus was in inferior conjuction

April 27, 2011 by Donna

According to the New York Sun and the New York Herald, on April 2, 11, 16 and 18, 1897, a mysterious light, like a powerful searchlight, was seen in the sky of Kansas City, Chicago, Evanston, Benton (TX) and finally in Sisterville, W. Va. The object associated with the light was variously reported as “shaped like a Mexican cigar… with great wings,” “two … [Read more...] about Venus was in inferior conjuction

Projecting from the moon

April 26, 2011 by Donna

From the Azores on April 1, 1893, a shaft of light was seen projecting from the moon by M. de Moraes, according to L'Astro., 13-34, similar to one seen at Paris the same year on Sept. 25. –Charles Fort, New Lands, p.466 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Projecting from the moon

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