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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

As if to make the date of the eclipse more memorable

November 24, 2010 by Donna

On Nov. 16, 1910, a “meteor” appeared almost at the moment of totality of an eclipse of the moon, according to Eng. Mec., 92-430 and Nature, 85-118. The account in Nature reports that the object may have come from just below the eclipsed moon, ‘from an apparent radiant,’ according to an observer at Naas, Ireland. La Nature of Nov. 26 that same year … [Read more...] about As if to make the date of the eclipse more memorable

As if to make the date of the eclipse more memorable

November 24, 2010 by Donna

On Nov. 16, 1910, a “meteor” appeared almost at the moment of totality of an eclipse of the moon, according to Eng. Mec., 92-430 and Nature, 85-118. The account in Nature reports that the object may have come from just below the eclipsed moon, ‘from an apparent radiant,’ according to an observer at Naas, Ireland. La Nature of Nov. 26 that same year … [Read more...] about As if to make the date of the eclipse more memorable

Mirage of an unknown city

October 26, 2010 by Donna

June, 1801–a mirage of an unknown city, seen for more than an hour, at Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland. It was a representation of mansions, Fort says, surrounded by shrubbery and white palings, with forests behind. In October 1796, a mirage of a walled town had been seen distinctly for half an hour at the same town. The next year, in March, a walled town was also seen in … [Read more...] about Mirage of an unknown city

Mirage of an unknown city

October 26, 2010 by Donna

June, 1801–a mirage of an unknown city, seen for more than an hour, at Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland. It was a representation of mansions, Fort says, surrounded by shrubbery and white palings, with forests behind. In October 1796, a mirage of a walled town had been seen distinctly for half an hour at the same town. The next year, in March, a walled town was also seen in … [Read more...] about Mirage of an unknown city

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