A pyramidal stone fell at Segowolee, India, on March 6, 1853. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 123 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Some peculiar tension in the cooling
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An unknown grain
A fall of grain occurred during a thunderstorm on March 24, 1840, at Rajkit, India, according to Col. Sykes of the British Association in American Journal of Science, 1841-40. The natives were excited, “because it was grain of a kind unknown to them.” Botanists were unable to identify it as well. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p. 66 (The Complete Books … [Read more...] about An unknown grain
Some were much larger than others
The Jour. Asiatic Soc. of Bengal, 2-650, and the Amer. Jour. Sci., 1-32-199, record a fall of fishes near Feridpoor, India, on Feb. 19, 1830. They were of varying sizes. Some were “whole and fresh,” while others were “mutilated and putrefying.” In witness depositions, some fish were reported as fresh, while others were “stinking and … [Read more...] about Some were much larger than others
Between Venus and Mars
On Jan. 22, 1898, according to Jour. Leeds Astro. Soc., 1906-23, Lieut. Blackett of the Royal Navy saw an unknown body between Venus and Mars during a total eclipse of the sun. He was assisting Sir Norman Lockyer at Viziadrug, India. –Charles Fort, New Lands, p. 489 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Between Venus and Mars
Take the Super-Sargasso Sea into full acceptance
At Poorhundur, India, on Dec. 11, 1854, flat pieces of ice, “‘large ice flakes,’” many of them weighing several pounds, fell from the sky (Report of the British Association, 1855-37). –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p187 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Take the Super-Sargasso Sea into full acceptance