Donna K. Fitch

Renaissance Soul, Octopus Outlook

Scotland

Scottish Showers

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The first of the “black rains of Slains” fell on Jan. 14, 1862, as recounted by Rev. James Rust in his book Scottish Showers. In all, eight black rains fell between 1862 and 1866 in Slains. –Charles Fort, The Book of the Damned, p29-30 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about Scottish Showers

As large as the light at Girdleness

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On Dec. 10, 1881, three men left from Bath in the balloon Saladin. The balloon descended at Bridport on the coast of the English channel and two of the men got out. The balloon shot up into the air with one man, Walter Powell, still on board, and was apparently lost. However, reports came in about a luminous object seen on the evening of the 13th, according to the London Times, … [Read more...] about As large as the light at Girdleness

May not be fire-balloons

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In December 1882, a discussion commenced in the Dundee Advertiser and later in Knowledge, 2-489, about an unknown luminous body near and a little above the sun. It was initially reported on Dec. 22, 1882. The sighting occurred between 10 and 11 a.m. by a correspondent at Broughty Ferry, Scotland. Another letter was published on Dec. 25 from someone who had also seen it, and … [Read more...] about May not be fire-balloons

No balloon could be found

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The New York Sun of Dec. 13, 1909, said that reports had come in throughout the autumn of 1908 of “a mysterious light that moved rapidly in the sky,” seen in various locations in Connecticut. –Charles Fort, New Lands, p508 (The Complete Books of Charles Fort, Dover, c1974). … [Read more...] about No balloon could be found