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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.

UFO. Poland

ID	#1689082785
Added	Tue, 11/07/2023
Author	July N.
Sources	igap.dk
Phenomena	UFO
Status	Fact

Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness

Incident date:

17.06.1873

Location:

Poland

June 17, 1873. A fantastic glowing projectile flew from the planet Mars and exploded, reaching the Earth. He was seen simultaneously in Austria, Hungary and Silesia.

Astronomer Halle, watching him through binoculars, said he saw him "appear and separate from the disk of Mars." Dr. Sage from Rybnik, Poland, said that some object really broke away from Mars and exploded in the upper layers of our atmosphere. He was observing the planet "closely at the time."

Original news

1873

17. juniFantastisk, glødende projektil skød ud fra planeten Mars og eksploderede, da det nåede Jorden. Det blev set samtidig i Østrig, Ungarn og Schlesien. Astronomen Galle, der iagttog det i kikkert, sagde, at han kunde se det "komme frem og skille sig ud fra Mars' skive". Dr. Sage i Rybnik, Polen, sagde, at en eller anden genstand ganske rigtigt kom ud af Mars og eksploderede i de øvre lag i vor atmosfære. Han iagttog planeten "opmærksomt
på det pågældende tidspunkt".

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