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This section contains descriptions of unexplained facts provided by eyewitnesses or published in the media, as well as the results of their analysis by the group.

Angel Hair. United States

ID	#1522937287
Added	Thu, 05/04/2018
Author	July N.
Sources	my.mail.ru
Phenomena	Angel Hair
Status	Hypothesis

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

20.09.1892

Location:

Гейнсвилл, FL

United States

One of the known occurrence of "angel hair" is described as:

20 Sep 1892, fell in a huge number of "angel hair" seen in Gainesville (Florida) entomologist George Marx. Incomprehensible spider's web fell from the clouds. Sometimes bands have reached a size of 3km in length. A huge pile of "hair" lying on the ground, wrapped trees. The wind wore by surroundings large balls of an unknown substance.

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Hypotheses

List of versions containing features matching the eyewitness descriptions or material evidence

Flights web

In the fall, in late August and early September, flying in the air web. So the little spiders migrate to a hundred, thousand, or even tens of thousands of meters. Where especially a lot of spiders in South America for example, they sometimes soar from the earth such clouds, "all the sky seems to be these days with the web".