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
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No balloon could be found
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
There was no longer doubt
According to Monthly Notices, 30-135, Lieut. Herschel of Bangalore, India, reported that, for two days (Oct. 17 and 18, 1870), dark bodies passed across the sun in a continuous stream, “varying in size and velocity.” The lieutenant explains, “As it was, the continuous flight, for two whole days, in such numbers, in the upper regions of the air, of beasts that … [Read more...] about There was no longer doubt
There was no longer doubt
According to Monthly Notices, 30-135, Lieut. Herschel of Bangalore, India, reported that, for two days (Oct. 17 and 18, 1870), dark bodies passed across the sun in a continuous stream, “varying in size and velocity.” The lieutenant explains, “As it was, the continuous flight, for two whole days, in such numbers, in the upper regions of the air, of beasts that … [Read more...] about There was no longer doubt
A super-Zeppelin
On August 9, 1762, M. de Rostan of Basle, France, as recorded in the Annual Register, 9-120, observed a “vast, spindle-shaped body” while taking altitudes of the sun. It advanced slowly across the disk of the sun, and was “about three of the sun’s digits in breadth and nine in length.” The object did not disappear until September 7, when it … [Read more...] about A super-Zeppelin