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+- Fireball sailing from South to East and then to West. An illumination shows a kind of cigar surrounded by flames flying over green valleys. Incunable (printed book or phamplet) from 1493 from the library of Saint Atry. [Wartmann Schaeden < archives de Verdun < discovered by the canon Boulleaux, LDLN 329 < Costaglioga 1998]{.source}

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+- Chinese astronomers observe the supernova that will give birth to the Crab Nebula, in the constellation of Taurus.

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+- In Switzerland, "fiery torches, streaks of fire, and flying fire were often seen in the sky that year. And there were close to the stars, like swarms of butterflies and small strange fiery worms. They flew in the sky and darkened the sky as clouds would have done". [[Wolffart]]{.source}

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+- In England, a group of clerics from Laon travel from town to town in Wessex (southwest England), carrying with them the relics of the Virgin Mary, which allow them to perform miraculous healings. Arriving at the coastal town of Christchurch, in Hampshire, they are astonished to see a dragon emerge from the sea, breathing fire from its nostrils.

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+- **March 9:** At St Ostwyth, in Sussex (South East England), an incredibly large dragon was observed, leaving the Earth to fly into the air. The air was set ablaze by its action and a house was burned to ashes along with its outbuildings. [\[Ralph Niger, 12th century chronicler\]]{.source}

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+-   **October 27th, 0:00:** In Japan, an unusual, luminous object, similar to a clay bowl, flew from a mountain in the Kii province at midnight towards the Fukuhara mountain in the Northeast. After some time, the object changed direction, went South and was lost from sight, leaving behind a luminous trail. [\[as reported by ancient Japanese documents\]]{.source}

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+- He arrived in the town of Cloera (Ireland), on a Sunday, while everyone was at Mass, something wonderful. There is in this town a church dedicated to Saint Kinarus. It happened that an anchor was thrown from the sky, attached to a rope, and one of the beaks caught in the arch above the church door. People ran out of the church and saw in the sky a ship with men on board, which floated in front of the anchor cable, and they saw a man climb over the railing and jump to the anchor as if to free it. It seemed he was swimming in the water. People rushed to try to seize him but the bishop forbade them to catch the man because, he said, it could kill him. The man was left free and hurried to the ship; the crew cut the rope and the ship set sail until it was out of sight. It is said that the anchor was kept in the church. This story has been located in many other places the same year including Gravesend in Kent (England) or Bristol (Somerset). Other sources suggest that the Cloera story dates from 965 and appeared in the *Speculum Regale*. [Irish story telling the two incidents of Drake and Wilkin]{.source} [Mysterious Britain]{.source}

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+-   **November 30:** In London (England), "dragons" are observed above the city. After the observation, violent storms cause significant flooding. [\[Mysterious Britain\]]{.source}

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+-   **September 24:** In Japan, General Yoritsume camps with his army. Suddenly, his sentinels observe a curious phenomenon: mysterious sources of light come and go, swirl to the southwest, describing loops, and this until morning. General Yoritsume orders that a thorough scientific examination be carried out, and his collaborators get to work. It takes them little time to draw up their report: the phenomenon is quite natural. It is only the wind that moves the stars. [\[Yusuke J. Matsumura, from Yokohama\]]{.source} [\[Vallee 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **July 24:** As the Sun set, a great star appeared over Hereford and Worcester (towns in the west of England, close to the Welsh border), rising in the south and giving off a great light. It had the shape of a large head, the front part was sparkling and the back part was emitting smoke and flashes. And, it turned towards the north\... not quickly, nor fast indeed, but precisely as if it wanted to ascend to a place in the sky. [\[Matthew of Paris, British chronicler, Historia Anglorum - "History of the English"\]]{.source}

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+-   **1st January, 0h:** In Hertfordshire/Middlesex (England), monks from the abbey of Saint-Alban saw around midnight, a kind of large vessel of elegant shape, well rigged and of a wonderful colour, in a serene sky and in fine weather, the stars shone clearly and the moon was in its 8th day of its month; the monks contemplated it for a long time before it disappeared. [\[an English chronicler\]]{.source} [\[Wilding-White 1977\]]{.source}

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+-   **December 6:** At dusk, a strange cross-shaped brightness shone high in the sky and illuminated the city of Krakow. [\[Martin Cromer, History of Poland\]]{.source}

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+- **September 12:** In Japan, Priest Nichiren is about to be beheaded at Tatsunokuchi, Kamakura, when an object flying in the sky resembling a full [Moon](Moon.html), bright and shining, appears. The authorities are taken by panic and the execution does not take place. [\[Vallee 1969\]]{.source}

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+- Drawing by Gigi depicting the observation of Byland Abbey, see images/1290.jpg.

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+- An object flying described as drum-shaped, measuring about 6 m in diameter emerged from an island located west of Japan. [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+- **November-December:** A fire in the sky, like a spinning wheel and blazing, or a circular barrel of flames, emitting fire from above, and others in the form of long burning rays, were observed for much of the winter in Leicester County, and also in Northampton County. [\[Henry Knighton, *Continuation of the Chronicle of Leicester*\]]{.source}

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+-   **April:** In Leicester one lived in many places, in April, a flying dragon. [\[Henry Knighton, *Continuation of the Chronicle of Leicester*\]]{.source}

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+-   **September 2, 2am:** A strange object flew over Forli (Italy)
+    multiple times: At the beginning of the month of September, many
+    "asud" \[name given to celestial objects, notes Professor
+    Marzocchi\] appeared in the sky and shooting stars. The flying
+    object was observed by many witnesses: The same year, on the 2nd
+    day of the month of September, at the 2nd hour of the night, a
+    large asud appeared to men who were on the public square of Forli
+    and to others in other places assembled; it crossed the sky very
+    slowly and stayed in the sky for the time of 2 *Pater Noster*,
+    and it was large in length of one step and when it disappeared -
+    the men who were on the square reported it - it sent out a smell
+    of burning wood and we heard other people who assured that said
+    asud of iron was traversing the air in its own way; but then it
+    remained motionless for a time in space and after that time, it
+    gradually disappeared leaving in its place like a cloud and the
+    remains of vapor had taken the form of snakes, a thing quite
+    admirable. [\[Cronica Albertina, manuscript, years 1393-1394 \< Professor Marzocchi \< [Michel Bougard](BougardMichel.html), *La chronique des OVNI*, Delarge 1977, p.72\]]{.source}

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+- When I was about 13 years old, I had a voice from God to help me govern myself. The first time, I was very scared. And the voice came around noon, in the summer, in my father's garden. I had not fasted the day before. I heard the voice on the right side of the church, and rarely did I hear it without clarity. (...) This clarity is on the same side where I hear the voice, and there is usually a great clarity there (...) - Master Beaupère: How was this voice? - Jeanne: It seemed to me that it was a worthy voice, and I believe that this voice was sent by God. When I had heard this voice 3 times, I knew that it was the voice of an angel. This voice has always kept me well, and I understood this voice well. - Master Beaupère: What teaching did this voice give you for the salvation of your soul? - Jeanne: It taught me to conduct myself well, to attend church (...). The voice told me to come to France, and I could no longer stay where I was (...) It told me 2 or 3 times a week that I had to leave and come to France... and I could no longer stay where I was... Jeanne identifies the voices as those of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret. [[Procès de Jeanne d'Arc, Jeudi 22 Février]]{.source}

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+-   **March 3, 1 AM:** A fire lamp in the air from one to three in the morning. [[Domenico Capranica, Bishop of Fermo]]{.source}

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+-   **2 January:** In Japan, a bright object in the sky resembling a full [Moon](Moon.html) is seen. This is followed by strange signs in the sky and on the ground. People remain baffled. [\[Vallee 1969\]]{.source}
+
+-   **March 7:** In Japan, 5 stars appear, forming a circle around the [Moon](Moon.html). They change color 3 times and suddenly disappear. The leaders, deeply troubled, believe that this sign is a harbinger of great turmoil throughout the country. All the inhabitants of Kyoto expect disasters to follow and the emperor himself is upset. [\[Vallee 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **November 1st:** Gregory of Tours. On the night of All Saints 1461, something burning like a bar of iron, long and thick as half the [Moon](Moon.html), was seen for a short quarter of an hour. It was clearly visible and suddenly this strange thing twisted and turned like a watch spring and went back up to the sky. [\[Jacques Duclarcq, advisor to Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, Memoirs of a Bourgeois of Arras, reported by Jacques Bassard, av. President Wilson, member of the French Astronomy Society, BSAF, 1954\]]{.source}
+
+- Bright great bar of fire, which spread a great splendor above Florence. Circles of fire in the sky of Bolzano. [\[Benvenuto Cellini, Memoirs, ch. 84\]]{.source}

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+-   Engraving of _The Flaming Celestial Object_ observed. See images/1463.jpg.

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+-   **March 8:** In Japan, a dark object making the sound of a wheel flew away at midnight from Mount Kasuga and headed west. The combination of the sound and the dark hue of the flying object is difficult to explain in common terms. [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **November 16:** At Ensisheim (Alsace), 1st well-observed fall of meteorites, and of which there are still samples. [\[[Etienne 1998](http://www.sat-net.com/spnews/meteorites_gen.html)\]]{.source}

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+- Birth of Paracelsus.
+
+-   **August 13:** Meeting of [Facius Cardan](temoins.html#CardanFacius).

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+-   **November 8**: A large, bright blue sign like the face of a man appears in the western sky above Moldavia. It stays there for a long time, after which it disappears again into the sky. [\[Letopisetul Moldovcenesc\]]{.source}

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+- During the siege of the city of Utrecht (Netherlands), a strange and cruel sign was seen in the sky --- the shape of a Burgundian cross, just above the city, of a yellow color and horrible to behold. [\[Wolffart\]]{.source}

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+- People from Franconia, between Pabenberp and the Thuringian forest, see a star of astonishing size. It descends lower and lower and then becomes a large white circle from which swirls and balls of fire escape. As they fall to the ground, the balls of fire melt the tips of spears and all that is made of iron, without causing any harm to humans or their houses.

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+- A large comet approached closer to the [Sun](Soleil.html) than any other, and the same thing will repeat in [1882](1882.html). These two comets penetrated into the Sun's belt which is given an absolute temperature of 1 million degrees, reports [George Hunt Williamson](WilliamsonGeorgeHunt.html). These comets traveled 1 million km in this incandescent crown and emerged unscathed, without any change in velocity or direction. If the Sun emits such intense heat, how is it that they did not disintegrate the moment they plunged into this 1 million °C. [\[*Other Languages, Other Natures*\]]{.source}

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+- German Conrad Wolffhart (known by the pseudonym Lycosthènes and author of a chronicle of cursed facts which makes him a sort of Charles Fort of the Renaissance) ensures the publication of existing fragments of Julius Obsequens' *Prodiges*, thus probably saving them from total disappearance.

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+-    **4 April:** [Observation at Nuremberg](1561-04-04_Nuremberg.html).

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+-   **December 24, 7:30pm to 9:00pm:** Just before Christmas. In Bergen (Norway), the priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer, with Christern Ulff and a goldsmith, as well as their respective wives and servants, observe a round, unnatural black "cloud" pass in front of the [Moon](Moon.html) and cover it. A jet of smoke and fire is then emitted from the black "cloud", and all hear a whistling. The "cloud" then moves from back to front, and then disappears. [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73\]]{.source}

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+-   **April, 6 PM:** Easter. In Bergen (Norway), Priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer and his wife see a "shining sword" that appears to touch the ground 3 times, then rises back into the sky and splits into 3 parts. [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 73-4\]]{.source}

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+- Engraving depicting the black globes seen in the sky of Basel. See images/1566-Bale_400.jpg.

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+-   **2 January:** In Bergen (Norway), priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer sees a strange sign in the sky. [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74\]]{.source}

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+-   **January 3:** In Japan, in the evening, a flaming star appears in the sky. It is interpreted as an omen announcing profound changes: the fall of the Chu dynasty. [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}
+
+-   **April 11 (perhaps 1570):** In Bergen (Norway), the priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer sees a ball of light, not as big as the Sun, with a white tail turning red at its end. [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74\]]{.source}
+
+-   **November:** In Oslo (Norway), priest Absalon Pederssøn Beyer reports seeing "burning rice" in the sky. [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 74\]]{.source}

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+
+
+-   **November 6:** W. Schuler sees a "new star" in the sky near the constellation of Cassiopeia, as bright as [Jupiter](Jupiter.html). It turns out to be a supernova.
+
+
+-   **11 November:** Tycho Brahe sees the same supernova as Schuler on 6 November.

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+
+
+-   **December 5th, 7am:** A few kilometers from Tübingen (Germany), the locals could see many black clouds around the sun, like those we see when big storms occur; and shortly after, other clouds of fire and blood emerged from the sun, and others yellow like saffron. From these clouds came light effects in the shape of hats, large, high and wide, and the earth itself appeared yellow and bloody and covered with high and wide hats that took different colors such as red, blue, green and, for the most part, black. [\[Pierre Boaistuau, *Histoires Prodigieuses*, 1594\]]{.source} [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **February 7:** In Chile, this night, we saw something round, vermilion red in color, rising into the sky and into the wind. This thing extended itself over a hill forming like a Lance up on the mountain and fixed itself like a half-moon with reddish colors. [\[Logbook of Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, Spanish navigator and founder of the two ports of the Magellan Strait\]]{.source}

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+- **May:** In Japan, balls of fire are constantly being observed above Kyoto and, one night, many samurai notice that a ball of fire similar to a red wheel is spinning and flying above the Nijo Castle. The next morning, the city is full of rumors and people are murmuring: This must be an omen. [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+- **August**
+
+- Between Genoa (Italy) and Marseille a series of demonstrations and aerial battles is observed. People die of fright. This is followed by rains of blood along the coast up to Marseille. The battle takes place between flying apparitions and others only partially emerging from the sea off Genoa. The soldiers of the fortress of this city try to disperse the intruders by firing no less than 800 cannon shots against them. These signs are interpreted as a warning from God who would be about to punish men. [[_Discourse of the Terrible and Dreadful Signs Appeared on the Sea of Genoa_](1608_Article.html), Pierre Ménier]{.source}
+
+
+-   **22nd and 27th August:** Other strange giant figures fight for hours in the sky of Martigues, characters whose weapons make a sound of the end of the world. Then they disappear in a black rush that leaves behind a smell of saltpeter.

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+-   **September 12:** In the evening, observation of a kind of aerial battle between balls and flying spears above Paris.
+
+-   **Mid October:** The south-east of France is the site of intense aerial activity revolving around the presence of a large and luminous Star with movements and presence far from natural. A monograph published in Nîmes shortly after the events reports very close observations in time of the same phenomena above Lyon, then Nîmes and finally Montpellier.

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+
+
+-   **August 5:** With the members of his expedition in Central Asia,
+    Nikolai Roerich, painter and scholar, observes with binoculars a
+    huge ovoid shining object that moves in the sky changing trajectory.

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+
+- The physicist Konstantine Tsiolkovski, one of the founders of Russian cosmonautics, in his work *Volonté de l'Univers, Forces intelligentes inconnues*, is convinced that evolved beings from the Universe can move from one planet to another to intervene. Throughout his life, Tsiolkovski will seek the means to make interplanetary trips. His ideas will often be invoked by Soviet scientists when they begin to see in the sky unknown objects of which they denied the existence.

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+- 5 suns seen in Rome in 1629. [\[Journal des savans, XIX, Monday 10 May 1666 p. 452; letter from Mr. Etienne de Chartres\]]{.source}

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+-   **Saturday, August 15th, mid-day:** Peasants from the village of
+    Robozero (in the county of Bolozero, Russia), among them Levka
+    Pedorov, are in the church when they hear a loud noise in the sky.
+    They leave the church to see what is happening, and see a flaming
+    ball descending from the clear blue sky of the South. The object
+    passes over the church and goes towards the nearby lake of
+    Bieloziero. It measures 40 or 45 m in diameter, and 2 jets of
+    "fire" come out of its front. After that the object leaves from the
+    South towards the West (500 m from Pedorov), then "disappears". It
+    reappears 1 hour later, above the same lake, which it flies over
+    for 1 hour and 30 minutes. A fishing company on a boat on the lake
+    1 mile from Pedorov is painfully burned by the light of the
+    "ball", which is so bright that one can see the bottom of the lake
+    at a depth of 8 or 9 m, which allows to see the fish moving away.
+    The water seems covered in rust under the glow. [\[Testimony of
+    Levka Pedorov, one of the witness peasants, transcribed by a scribe
+    from the monastery of Saint Cyril, Historical Archives of Saint
+    Petersburg, found by the archaeological commission part IV in
+    1842\]]{.source}
+
+
+-   **November 30**: Another case, in many ways similar to that of August 15, still above Robozero. [\[Brief mentions in the Historical Archives of Saint Petersburg, found by the archaeological commission, part IV in 1842\]]{.source}

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+-   **April 9, 9:30:** 3 circles in the sky, a very large one of D 100°, center near the zenith, a 4th much smaller. [\[Journal des savans, XIX, Monday 10 May 1666 p. 452; letter of P. Le Bossu, regular canon, abbey of Saint Chéron-lez-Chartres\]]{.source}

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+- 1700's. At Oslofjorden (Norway), people saw from afar a fence (barrier?) fall from the sky near a farm. People came from far away to see this "wonder" of the heavens. [DET UKJENTE, 2/1988, side 43]{.source} [Fort: The complete books of Charles Fort]{.source}

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+-   **September, 12 PM:** In Japan, the Sun takes on a color of blood which it retains for several days in a row and it seems that cotton threads fall from it. [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **Wednesday 5 February:** Here was a great sign in the sky (\...).
+    Two great columns of fire were revealed, one in the East, the other
+    in the West, and as they moved they formed the letter A.
+    They united after that and turned into a rainbow,
+    emitting a strong light for three hours, before their
+    disappearance. [\[Biblioteca Academiei, *manuscris slavon* 706, f.1.\]]{.source}

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+
+-   **March 19:** English botanist Sir Hans Sloane believes he sees a
+    shooting star. I suddenly saw a great light in the sky towards the
+    West. It shone with a much greater brightness than the
+    [Moon](Lune.html). He quickly realized his mistake, the object
+    progressing much too slowly and in a straight line. The object had
+    a singular shape: A kind of long luminous thread was attached in
+    the middle of this [meteor](Meteore.html) which resembled a pear
+    tapered upwards. The lower part was spherical, but smaller than
+    the full moon. It was white and blue in color, and its brilliance
+    as dazzling as that of the sun in full daylight (\...). It moved
+    for about thirty seconds and disappeared about 20° above the
+    horizon; behind it, it left a kind of faintly orange trail, a bit
+    like a glowing coal. It seemed to sparkle, but it did not fall. I
+    heard it was also observed in Oxford and Worcester?

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+- **April 5:** Easter day. Dutch navigator Jacob Roggeveen (who, according to Lyon Sprague de Camp, was not particularly skilled in latitude and longitude calculations) arrives at the island he will name *Easter Island*. The first Europeans to set foot on this island, located 4000 km from the Chilean coast and 2000 km from the nearest Polynesian island, discover an arid land, battered by the winds and sparsely populated. Remarkably, it is dotted with several hundred strange statues, called "moai" by the natives and many of which are erected on stone pedestals called "ahu". The size of the moai can reach almost 10 m high in the case of the moai *Te Pito Te Kura*, with an estimated weight of 80 t. This moai is the largest erected on an ahu but there is another, unfinished one, measuring almost 20 m for an estimated weight of 300 t. The moai were carved from the tuff of the island's volcano, *Rano Raraku*. On the other hand, the huge red tuff cylinder that often tops their heads comes from another volcano, Puna Pau. Last detail, the size of the gigantic statues seems to have suddenly stopped, as evidenced by many of them left in various stages of completion on the slopes of Rano Raraku.

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+- **December 6th, in the afternoon**: A large symbol appears in the West sky red as blood and very wide above Bucharest (Romania). After staying in the sky for 2 hours, it splits into 2 parts to later reunite in the same place as at the beginning. [\[Biblioteca Academiei, "manuscris romänesc" 2342, f. 3-4\]]{.source}
+
+-   [Edmund Halley](HalleyEdmund.html) had a stroke.

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+
+
+- On the east coast of Canada, first appearance of the Palatine Light phenomenon after the unexplained sinking of the Princess Augusta. Its degrees of brightness vary often, sometimes like a spot on the sea, sometimes like a fire. And, to note, it emits light rays just like the light wheels observed in the Indian Ocean or the Persian Gulf. The captain of the merchant ship Somerset, who saw it for the first time, describes the circumstances of the phenomenon in his logbook: This view impressed me so much that I gained the place where the burning ship had disappeared (\...), but found no survivors, no wreckage. Much effort is made by the port police, often alerted by people who claim to have witnessed a fire at sea, without any trace of anything, any clues of shipwreck or hoax.

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+- Near Holyhead (Anglesey, Wales), a farmer saw a "boat" sailing in the clouds at about 1500 feet. [\[FSR 1971\]]{.source}

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+
+
+-   **January 2nd:** In Japan, 3 round objects resembling the
+    [Moon](Moon.html) appear, and are visible for 4 days. Social
+    unrest breaks out, attributed to the mysterious celestial objects,
+    and the government takes action. Those who participated in the
+    riots are executed. However, confusion reigns when people notice
+    3 "moons" aligned in the sky and, a few days later, 2 suns.
+    [\[Vallée 1969\]]{.source}

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+-   **April 15:** In Stavanger (Norway), observation of a strange object, with 8 faces and sparking. [\[UFO-ORIENTERING., 1966, 7\]]{.source}

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+
+
+- A large, spindle-shaped object intrigues an astronomer from Basel, who describes it as being three times longer than wide, slowly moving across the disk at a speed barely equal to half of that of ordinary sunspots.

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+
+-   **September:** Goethe, then a young man of 16, travels to the
+    University of Leipzig with two passengers from Frankfurt. Most of
+    the journey takes place in the rain and the carriage sometimes has
+    difficulty climbing hills. As the travelers left their seats to walk
+    behind the horses, the young man noticed a strange and luminous
+    object on the ground: Suddenly, in a ravine to the right of the
+    road, I saw a kind of amphitheater wonderfully illuminated. In a
+    tubular space shone an incalculable number of small lights placed
+    one on top of the other; and they shone so brightly that the eye
+    was dazzled. But what troubled most in this vision was that the
+    lights were not fixed, they jumped here and there, went up and down
+    and vice versa, in all directions. The largest number of them,
+    however, remained stable and radiated. It was with the greatest
+    secrecy that I agreed, when I was called, to move away from this
+    spectacle that I would have liked to examine more closely\... It
+    remains to be seen whether this was a pandemonium of goblins or an
+    assembly of luminous creatures; I cannot decide. [\[6th book of his
+    autobiography according to Kenneth Anger, film director and occult
+    scholar\]]{.source}

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+-   **November 18, 12 PM:** In Arendal (Norway) Mr. Abo (lieutenant captain) and Mr. Drejer (controller) observe with binoculars a fog and spots on the solar disk. The spots do not move while they are observed. [\[KONGELIG PRIVELEGERT ADRESSE CONTOIRS EFTERRETNINGER, No.5 - 1769/70\]]{.source}

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+-   **June 17:** [C. Messier](scientifiques.html#MessierC) sees a number of round, black objects in the sky.
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+-   [Herschell](HershellWilliam.html) sees fireballs.

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+- During an eclipse, the [Moon](Moon.html) takes on a blood red hue.

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+- France organized one of the largest maritime expeditions in the Pacific Ocean, to New Zealand and Australia. Two magnificent ships filled with scientists, cartographers, astronomers, botanists, the *Boussole* and the *Astrolabe*, sailed the waters. After reaching Australia, they headed towards the New Hebrides to continue their exploration, when one day they were never heard from again. No trace of the ships was found. An investigation was unable to give an exact picture of the origin of the drama. The *Pérouse*, like so many others, experienced a destiny that remained obscure. It was not until the 1820s that Dumont d'Urville and then Peter Dillon found traces of the shipwreck; and much later, in 1962, the remains of the *Boussole* were discovered. [\[see Dominique Césari, *[Le naufrage au Port des Français](http://perso.club-internet.fr/cesarigd/parcsafabriques/mere/naufrageLPF.htm)*\]]{.source}

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+-   **October 22**: During a total eclipse of the [Moon](Moon.html), [Herschel](HershellWilliam.html) discovers more than 150 bright red points on the lunar surface, with a telescope that magnifies only 320 times.

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+-   **November 27**: Above Bucharest (Romania) the city is shaken by 3 earthquakes. A witness recounts that, while he was dining with his friend Constandin Poenaru in Floresti the following evening, the [Moon](Moon.html) performed a miracle - it made a journey across the sky in half an hour. [\[*Biblioteca romänesc* 2150, f. 111v.\]]{.source}

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+-   **August 10:** The *Journal of Natural History and Philosophy and Chemistry* describes the observation of an object of artificial appearance evolving in space.

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+- A resident of Block Island Sound described in a letter the phenomenon of phosphorescence to Pastor Samuel T. Livermore: The light is sometimes seen 800 m from the shore and it is strong enough to illuminate the inside of a room through the windows. Livermore will mention it in his book entitled *A History of Block Island*.

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+-   **At noon:** Stan Irinie from Sâcele-Brasov saw above the city of Bucovina (\...) a large star with many rays appear and in the night it rose higher and flew towards the Russians; afterwards it returned to the West, where the rays extinguished. Thus the star revealed itself for 4 months. This was during the war between the Russians, the French and the Germans [\[Biblioteca Academiei, "manuscris românesc" 1346 f:2V.\]]{.source} This could be a "mirror" of ejected explosives but is still interesting.

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+-   **October 9:** An unknown celestial body is reported to be traversing the solar disk. It is neither a comet, nor a [meteor](Meteore.html) or a meteorite, and this star does not belong to any known, discernible category.
+
+-   **November 2:** Red rain falls on a region of Holland.
+
+
+-   **November 9:** A black rain falls on [Canada](CA.html) during an earthquake.
+
+
+-   **November 19:** In [Canada](CA.html), there is suddenly an intense darkness in the middle of the day; celestial lights pass through the sky as a fall of black matter takes place simultaneously with seismic shocks.

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+-   **7 September:** A flight of objects in the shape of saucers passes over the town of Embrun (France). Suddenly they change direction and, without disturbing their formation, make a 90° turn. This event is described in *Astronomy, Annals of Physics and Chemistry*.
+
+
+- The body observed the previous year is reported near the [Earth](Earth.html) and it is seen crossing the solar disk. Everything suggests that it is the same one.

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+-   **November 13:** A large luminous square hovered for over 1 hour above Niagara Falls (United States).
+
+
+-   **December:** Swedish press begins to report mysterious gray planes without markings that are quickly nicknamed "ghost planes". These devices seem as comfortable in clear weather as in the heart of the worst snowstorm that grounds the Swedish air force planes. When the fighters manage to take off to chase the intruders, they prove unable to fulfill their mission. Over the weeks and accumulating testimonies, the ghost planes become a national affair. Witnesses speak of planes, sometimes biplanes and regularly assure that these aircraft that mock the military seem to cut their engine during their maneuvers. In several cases, the presence of a powerful projector has been mentioned, as for the aircraft of [1897](1897.html) and the pseudo-dirigibles of [1909](1909.html). The observation reports dry up with the arrival of spring, but similar cases will continue to appear from time to time in the following years. In [1978](1978.html), the Swede Anders Liljegren will discover that the Swedish air force had at that time created an investigation office.

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+- In the city of Szeged (Hungary), near the Romanian border, spherical lights and the appearance of what looks like a "lady in white" created a stir in a part of the city. [[Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, *UFO's Behind The Iron Curtain* 1972]]{.source}

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+-   **29/30 August**, above Tîrgu-Neamt and Dorohoi: During this night a meteor was seen, or a physical phenomenon. It was a sphere, lit up, long of about 12 hands and wide (close to 3 m). It descended in the twilight and the whole field shone with a powerful and luminous light. [\[*Albina Românesca*, 2 September\]]{.source}
+
+- **September**:
+
+- Jack "Spring Heeled Jack". See images/SpringHeeledJack_2.jpg.
+
+-   **Later that night**: In London (England), Jack attacked a group of 3 women and 1 man. All managed to escape except Polly Adams. Jack ripped off the top of her corset, seized her breasts, and began to scratch her stomach, tearing her dress at the waist as if with iron-plated fingers. The attack left Adams unconscious, discovered later by a policeman. The victims would later describe Jack as able to spit blue flames: The intruder was tall, thin and strong. He had a prominent nose, bony fingers, extremely powerful, resembling claws. He was incredibly agile. He wore a long flowing cape, like those worn by people going to the opera, soldiers and wandering actors. On his head he had a high helmet, appearing to be made of metal. Under the cape, a tight-fitting suit of a shiny material like oilcloth or metal mesh. He had a lamp attached to his chest. The strangest of all: the creature's ears were short and pointed like an animal's. [[[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1988]]{.source}
+
+- **October**:
+
+- In London (England), Mary Stevens, a servant, is returning to her employers' house on Lavender Hill. As she crosses Cut Throat Lane in Clapham Common, a figure leaps out of an alley, tightly embracing her, kissing her face and beginning to put his hands in her corset. Stevens screams, causing the figure to flee. Men from the area are alerted by the screams and quickly arrive on the scene. They search for the assailant, without success.
+
+- The next day, "Jack Springheels" strikes again in a place near Mary Stevens' residence. He jumps in front of a moving car, causing the driver to lose control and have an accident. Witnesses of the scene report that Jack Springheels escaped by effortlessly jumping over a 3m (9 feet) wall. Shortly after the car incident, Jack accosted a woman near Clapham Church.
+
+-   Shortly after the carriage incident, Spring Heeled Jack accosted a woman near Clapham Church. The character left two deep footprints of 7.5 cm (3 inches), suggesting some kind of "spring" mechanism in the shoes.

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+
+-   **February 18, 8:30 PM:** Miss Scales, from Limehouse, passes through Green Dragon Alley (London), a poorly lit passage near a cabaret. When she sees a tall silhouette hiding in the shadows, she hesitates and waits for her sister who stayed behind. The latter arrives and sees the tall, slim and distinguished character who has thrown his long cape to the side and shone a lantern on the stunned young girl. She doesn't have time to scream when Jack spits a blue flame at the face of his victim who falls to the ground unconscious. Jack then calmly leaves. Sergeant Charles Pritchel will later tell the authorities that she was suffering from hysteria and great agitation, presumably due to fear. [[[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1988]]{.source}
+
+-   **February 20th, late at night:** At Old Ford (London), Jane Alsop, 18 years old, hears a violent ringing of the doorbell and shouting: "For the love of God, bring me a light, for we have caught Spring-heeled Jack in the alley!" In an instant, Alsop runs out with a candle and is confronted with the most hideous appearance of Jack. He wears shiny clothes and a flaming lamp on his chest. His eyes look like sparkling fireballs: when Miss Alsop screams, the intruder grabs her arm with his fingers like claws. The girl's sister rushes to the rescue to bring her sister back inside. The visitor sends a burning gas (blue and white flames) to Jane's face, who faints. Curiously, Jack knocks on the door several times and waits for an answer, before finally fleeing when the sisters call for help, dropping his cape which is immediately picked up by another shadow running after him.
+
+-   **February 28**: In Turner Street (London), Jack knocks on Mr. Ashworth's door and asks for him. The servant who opens the door starts to scream and Jack runs away.

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+- The *Rosalie*, a large French vessel bound for Havana, is found adrift with no one on board, but in perfect condition. There is only a half-starved canary in its cage left on board. Most of the sails are hoisted and the cargo is intact.

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+- Above Orenburg, a strange cloud hangs for a considerable amount of time. Afterwards, small metallic objects, perfectly hexagonal, fall from the sky. [\[Ion Hobana & Julien Weverbergh, UFO's Behind The Iron Curtain 1972\]]{.source}

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+-   **March:** A comet suddenly becomes visible and excites the public's curiosity to the highest degree. It can indeed be seen in broad daylight and very close to the Sun. What makes its tail so remarkable is its small size and uniform width. It is suspected of causing floods in the south of France and an earthquake in Guadeloupe. [\[Biblioteca Academiei "Manuscris românesc" 4043, f.1 et Albina românescâ, pp. 81-82\]]{.source}

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+-   **4 October:** Glaisier sees light signals as bright as [Jupiter](Jupiter.html) sending rapid waves of light.

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+- In Asia Minor, during a storm, large gelatinous masses fall.
+
+-   **March 16:** In Shanghai, a rain of olivaceous powder falls.
+
+
+-   **April 1st:** In Lithuania, a storm is accompanied by the fall of large gelatinous masses.
+
+-   **June 7:** An ordinary meteorite fall occurs in Darmstadt.
+
+
+-   **June 18:** From the brigantine *Victoria* off Adalie (Minor Asia), 3 luminous bodies were seen 40 m away and remained visible for 10 minutes.
+
+-   **October 16th and 17th:** A terrifying red rain falls on France.

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+- In Ireland, hundreds of people witness what they call the *Good People* fighting in the sky above Knoch Magh, and further towards Galway. The very poor potato harvest and the ensuing famine is attributed to these issues in what they call the fairy world.

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+- Astronomers record the passage of a celestial body of the size of the asteroid Vulcan passing through the solar disk.
+
+
+- In Ireland, hundreds of people witness what they call the *Good People* fighting in the sky above Knoch Magh, and further towards Galway. The very poor potato harvest and the ensuing famine is attributed to these issues in what they call the fairy world.

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+-   **March 19th:** The celestial body detected the previous year revealed its presence during a [Moon](Moon.html) eclipse, accompanied by unusual events: the [Moon](Moon.html) shone 3 times brighter than normal during an eclipse, then it turned a blood red color, as in 1780.
+
+
+-   **May 3rd, 6pm:** In Vienna (Dauphiné), 20 witnesses claim to have seen, for 2 hours, 3 lions, a general, a tricolor scarf, a Napoleonic hat, a bridge with multiple arches filled with anxious spectators, looking at an aerial city invaded by whirls of smoke; and more, a white lady placing a crown on the head of a white lion, an army of cavalry followed by infantry and gunners.
+
+
+- At the British Association of Sciences Congress, Sir W. S. Harris described the following observation: 2 fireballs, similar to rolling wheels of flame, approached a boat. A terrible crackling occurred when they were close. The tops of the masts were shattered. A strong smell of sulfur was reported...
+
+- Creation of the [AAAS](AAAS.html).

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+-   **0 h :** One evening, near the banks of the Egray river, a group of women who had been chatting outside were returning to the village. They had just crossed a bridge when they heard a terrible noise and saw something that froze them with terror. An object, which they would describe, not finding a better expression, like a cart with creaking wheels, climbed the hill with astonishing speed. The terrified women huddled together at the sight of the apparition. One of them, although scared to death, made the sign of the cross. The strange cart leapt over the vineyard and disappeared into the night. The women hurried home and told the story to their husbands, who decided to investigate. They went to the scene... as soon as the sun rose. There was nothing to see anymore.
+
+
+- On the coast of Durham (England), one can see quite low glows above the ground. Ships, confusing these glows with lighthouses or beacons, run aground one after the other, so much so that the fishermen are accused. One of the witnesses finally describes these glows as considerably high above the ground, but without anyone finding their account.
+
+
+- Farmers and fishermen living in a village of Easron Beach, near Newport (Rhode Island), spot a ship, the *Seabird*, heading straight for the coast. The sails are unfurled and the flags are flapping in the wind. The ship is heading towards a sandbank. It glides ashore without damage in front of the crowd that has gathered. Several people board the ship, but there is no one alive. Yet, the coffee is boiling in the stove and breakfast for the crew is ready. The logbooks are up to date and the navigation instruments remain in perfect condition. Only a small dog is quietly sitting on the deck. Not only is everything in order, but the smell of tobacco still lingers in the crew quarters. No bodies were washed ashore in the weeks that followed.

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+
+-   **16 h :** Observation of 3 round objects flying from West to East in Norway. [\[Flying Saucer Review, February 1956\]]{.source}

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+-   **February 26:** The three-masted *James B. Chester* is found by the *Marathon*, southwest of the Azores, completely deserted. The sails are in bad condition. Tables, chairs are overturned, drawers pulled out, clothes and personal items are scattered on the deck. No traces of blood, weapons, or evidence of struggle are noticed. Neither water nor provisions are missing, the cargo is intact, and the ship is in excellent condition.

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+-   **11 February:** Meeting of [Bernadette Soubirous](SoubirousBernadette.html).

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+-   **Summer:** A vast superconstruction hovers over India. [\[Fort\]]{.source}

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+-   **April 27:** In Zurich, Wolf observes a large number of bright discs coming from the East.

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+- **September**
+
+
+-   A [meteor](Meteore.html) is observed in Leavenworth (Galena) in multiple parts or exploding.
+
+-   A [meteor](Meteore.html) is observed by Colonel Bonneville in Cincinnati.
+
+-   James Lumley, an old Rocky Mountain trapper, set out to trap in the mountains about 75 or 100 [miles](unites.html#Mile) above the Great Falls of the Upper Missouri, near the Cadotte Pass. Shortly after sunset one evening, he saw a brightly lit body in the sky, moving very rapidly eastward. It was perfectly visible for at least 5 seconds, then suddenly split into several parts like the explosion of a rocket in the air. A few minutes later, he heard a loud explosion, which shook the ground very distinctly, followed shortly after by a loud rumbling, as if a tornado were passing through the forest. A strong wind arose at this moment, but subsided just as suddenly. The air was also filled with a peculiar smell, somewhat sulphurous.<br/><br/>The next day he found that about 2 miles from his camp, as far as he could see in every direction, a path had been cut through the forest, several rods wide --- giant trees uprooted or broken off at their base --- the tops of hills shaved off, and the ground plowed in many places. Enormous and extensive ravages are visible everywhere. Following the trace of this desolation, he quickly finds its origin by observing the shape of an immense stone sent onto the side of a mountain. An examination of this stone, or at least of its major visible part, shows that it has been divided into fragments, and that, in various places, it is marked with curious hieroglyphs. Lumley also finds other fragments of a substance resembling glass, and here and there dark spots, as if caused by a liquid. He thinks that the hieroglyphs are made by human hands, and that the stone itself, although a fragment of an immense body, must have been used for some purpose by animated entities.

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+-   **October 19:** The Saint Louis Democrat reports the story of James Lumley from September 1864.
+
+
+-   **30 October:** The Cincinnati Commercial reports the story of James Lumley from September 1864 according to the St. Louis Democrat.

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+-   **June 6:** At the Radcliffe Observatory (Oxford), an object of light was observed moving in the sky, stopping, changing its course to the west, then to the south. [\[Trouvelet\]]{.source}
+
+
+-   **July:** At Atacamena in the Copiago zone (Chile), a strange
+    aerial construction pointing lights and producing engine sounds
+    flew low over the city. The local population also described it
+    as a giant bird covered in large scales producing a metallic
+    noise. Although it did not land, this object is the first case
+    of close observation of an unknown object at low altitude in
+    the 19th century. [\[Fort 638\]]{.source} [\[Anatomy 11\]]{.source}

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+- Members of the Royal Society in Britain observe on the [Moon](Moon.html) lights arranged geometrically in the *Sea of Crises*.

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+- Photo taken in the winter of 1870-1871 above Mount Washington. See images/1870-Winter_MtWashington_NewHampshire.jpg.
+
+-   **22 March:** Captain Banner and the crew of the *Lady of the Lake*, a steamship, observed for 30 minutes a luminous halo disk with a sperm-like tail. Drawing by Banner.
+
+- **Spring:** In Ålen, Norway, Lars Lillevold's grandmother sees something she will later describe as a flying object. She also states that someone waved at her from this object. [\[Krogh: HESSDALSRAPPORTEN., 1984, 11\] \[THE HESSDALEN REPORT., 1985, 7\] \[THE HESSDALEN REPORT., 1971, 7\]]{.source}
+
+- **Winter**: Photograph of a cigar-shaped object in front of a cloud formation above Mount Washington (New Hampshire). [*Summit Mt. Washington, Winter 1870-1871 Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1871, by Clogh & Kimball, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington*, Detail of a 3D/stereo view > [UFO Updates](http://www.virtuallystrange.net/ufo/updates/2002/mar/m06-023.shtml)]{.source}

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+-   **29 August:** In the United States, formations of complex objects are seen, some triangular, some round, others of various shapes; some seem to hover, one seemed to be in difficulty, falling and oscillating from side to side.

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+- A very modern ship for its time, the *Iron Mountain*, 60 m long, 10 m wide, carrying 55 passengers plus crew, vanished in the Missouri (United States).
+
+- The Mary Celeste found abandoned near the Azores, see images/MarieCeleste_300.jpg.
+    
+- **November 24th, 11am:** The
+    *Dei Gratia*, a brigantine, cuts through the waters near the
+    Azores when it encounters a seemingly helpless ship. The sea is
+    calm. It is the British brigantine, the *Mary Celeste*, drifting
+    slowly, all sails out. The *Dei Gratia* sends a boat and some
+    men, who board the ship. The ship is deserted. An uneasiness
+    takes hold of the new arrivals. Laundry is still drying on the
+    deck and, in the cabin, teacups are still arranged, ready to be
+    drunk. In the cabins, a small harmonium is open, with a sheet of
+    music on the music stand. Children's toys are scattered on the
+    floor and, in the captain's office, his gold watch is found. On a
+    cushion, the imprint of a small child's head can be guessed. As
+    no boat is missing, the sailors scan the sea in the hope of
+    seeing a body or a head, floating, but in vain. No other ship
+    was crossing in the area and yet, all these traces of abandonment
+    are recent. Nothing is floating. It seems that the cabins had been
+    abandoned in a hurry, the second of the *Dei Gratia*, Oliver
+    Deveau, who boarded the *Mary Celeste*, would later declare. The
+    crew seems to have acted in panic. The men had indeed left their
+    personal possessions, that is to say that their clothes were
+    still in their place\... Nothing is missing, not even their pipes,
+    one of which is still warm and smoking, so dear to any sailor.<br/><br/>The
+    captain was accompanied by his wife and daughter. A half-hemmed
+    skirt is still engaged on the table of a sewing machine. Only the
+    chronometer, the sextant and the logbooks, including the
+    nationality certificate, are missing. Only a cat emits faint
+    meows and it is neither hungry nor scared. The cargo --- 1700
+    barrels of raw alcohol --- has not been touched. The total value
+    of the boat and its cargo is estimated at around 8500 £. Traces
+    of boarding with something are found on the *Mary Celeste*:
+    grooves from a cutting instrument, *on both sides* and a few feet
+    from the bow, about fifty centimeters above the flotation, are
+    judged to be very recent, and not due to the action of time. A
+    deep cut is also found on the starboard railing. Oliver Deveau
+    declared that he had no idea of the origin of this cut. Near this
+    cut, brown spots are found on the deck, directly above, seeming
+    to have been caused by blood. It is then suspected that Captain
+    Moorehouse, of the *Dei Gratia*, and his crew, had massacred the
+    crew of the brigantine in order to receive the reward for any
+    discovery of a drifting wreck and its contents.<br/><br/>However, the
+    report of the doctor who performed an analysis from the blood
+    spots remained in a sealed envelope and was not revealed until 14
+    years later (which did not prevent the suspects from being
+    prosecuted on mere presumptions). The doctor, Doctor Patron,
+    declared to have removed with a pair of scissors several brown
+    red spots, thick 1 mm and about 1 cm in diameter, on the deck
+    and on the railing. After these negative experiments, I feel
+    authorized to conclude that, in the current state of our
+    scientific knowledge, there is no blood, neither in the spots
+    found on the deck of the *Mary Celeste*, nor in those found on
+    the blade of the sword I examined. The origin of these brown red
+    spots is not revealed. A sword is found, covered with the same
+    brown spots. In the bosun's cabin, on his table, there is a
+    slate where the temperature, the time, the notes of the dial
+    were written: November 24th, 11am, 36° north latitude, 27° west
+    longitude, fine weather. A line passed, one can read: Strange,
+    my dear wife..
+
+-   **December 7th, 1am:** In King's Sutton, Banbury (Great Britain), an object resembling a haystack flies in an irregular trajectory. Sometimes at high altitude, sometimes very low, it is accompanied by fire and dense smoke. It produces the same effects as a tornado, causing trees and walls to fall, then suddenly disappears. [\[Fort 189\]]{.source}

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+- Birth of [Charles Fort](FortCharlesHoy.html).
+
+
+- A Professor Schafarick sees a strange, lit and shining object passing slowly in front of the Moon and remaining visible for some time afterwards. I don't know what to make of this... [[Vallée, *Anatomy of a Phenomenon* p. 28]{.source}

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+-   **March:** Through a clear sky, in a strip of land in a Kentucky village, chunks of beef 5 to 10 cm square fall like a shower on the ground and trees, but only within a strip of land 100 m long and 50 m wide. [\[New York Times\]]{.source}
+
+
+-   **Winter (or Winter 1877):** In Christiania (Norway), large worms crawl along the streets while the ground is particularly frozen (possible wormfall). [\[Armand/Holm-Hansen: UFOER OVER NORGE., 1971, 22\]]{.source}

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+-   **May 15:** At Aldershot (Hampshire), a being in tight-fitting clothes (like tights) wearing a shiny helmet rises into the air above two sentinels who shoot at him, to no avail. The apparition has paralyzed them with what they describe as a blue fire. The character is identical to that of "Jack Spring-heeled" who made a name for himself in [1837](1837.html) and [1838](1838.html). [\[FSR 61.3\]]{.source} [\[[Vallée](ValleeJacques.html) 1988\]]{.source}
+
+
+- At Coney Island (Brooklyn), a winged human figure performed aerial acrobatics above the crowd of bathers. This strange being would be seen again until [1880](1880.html). [\[Letter from W. H. Smith on September 18th to the *New York Sun*\] \[Keel 1975\]]{.source}