| ID | #1526313539 |
| Added | Mon, 14/05/2018 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 12 October 1860.
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Research
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Initial data
After sunset Joel Draper and the ferryman Biba saw a bright object in the West.
In size, color, brightness, and shaped like one quarter of the Sun taken from its edge. After some time the witnesses noticed another spot on the right and a little higher. It was approximately one third of the size of the first, then another directly above parvum, and the third in size as the second. They moved South from its former position with great speed. At the same time, as they move, they all kept the same relative to each other, and when they first came out.
It happened after sunset, but thanks to the brightness of these tenebo retained brightness. There were no clouds in the sky in that direction. They couldn't be sun glare or halos.
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Original news
After sunset Mr. Joel Draper and ferryman Mr. Beebout saw a bright object low in the West. “While gazing with amazement at that, which in size, color, brightness and shape resembled one-fourth of the sun taken from its edge, we soon discovered another spot further to the right and a little higher, which was about one-third the size of the first; then another directly above the first, one-third the size of the second. All of these we soon discovered to be moving towards the south, or to the left of their former position, with great rapidity (…) as they moved, they all retained the same relation to each other as when they first appeared.” The account goes on: “This took place after sunset, but, by means of the brightness of these bodies, it was as light as some ten or fifteen minutes before sunset. There were no clouds or vapors in the sky in that direction. They could not have been sun dogs or mock suns, for (such phenomena) remain, as long as they continue, in the same relative position to the sun.”
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