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
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April Falls
On April 10, 1869, according to Cosmos, 3-4-574, there was a fall of an enormous number of oak leaves at Autriche (Indre-et-Loire), France, on a very calm day. It lasted about ten minutes. According to La Nature, 1889-2-94, dried leaves of different species fell on a calm day, April 19, 1889, on the Loire. They were seen to fall for fifteen minutes, but the quantity was such … [Read more...] about April Falls
An earthy kind of coal
A substance fell near Alais, France, March 15, 1806, that was reported by Dr. Walter Flight in Eclectic Magazine, 89-71, and observed by the French Academy to be “an earthy kind of coal,” that when heated emits “a faint bituminous substance.” –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 76 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about An earthy kind of coal
Thick, viscous and putrid
The records of the French Academy relate that the town of Chatillon-sur-Seine witnessed, on March 17, 1669, the fall of a reddish substance described as “thick, viscous, and putrid.” –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 41 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Thick, viscous and putrid
Debris from inter-planetary disasters
On Dec. 19, 1903, a rain of lavender-colored substance fell at Oudon, France, according to Bull. Soc. Met. de France, 1904-124. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p39 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Debris from inter-planetary disasters