Passport to Magonia: From Folklore to Flying Saucer by Jacques Vallee

Author:Jacques Vallee [Vallee, Jacques]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780987422484
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Published: 2007-10-22T18:34:28+00:00

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PASSPORT TO MAGONIA

tallic noise. Although not an actual landing, this is the first instance of close observation of an unknown object at low altitude in the nineteenth century.

(Fort 638; Anatomy 11)

Dec. 7,1872

Banbury (Great Britain). At King’s Sutton an object 0100 hours

resembling a haystack flew on an irregular course.

Sometimes high, sometimes very low, it was accompanied by fire and dense smoke. It produced the same effect as a tornado, felling trees and walls. It suddenly vanished. (Fort 189)

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1877

Aldershot (Great Britain). A strange being dressed in tight-fitting clothes and shining helmet soared over the heads of two sentries, who fired without result.

The apparition stunned them with something described as “blue fire.” (FSR 61, 3; Magonia) M a y 15,1879

Persian Gulf. Two very large “wheels” were seen 2140

spinning in the air and slowly coming to the surface of the sea. Estimated diameter: 40 m. Distance between the objects: 150 m. Speed: 80 km/h. Duration: 35 min. Witnesses aboard the ship “Vultur.” (Round-up 147; Anatomy 12)

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1880

Eastern Venezuela. A 14-year-old boy saw a luminous ball descending from the sky and hovering near him.

He felt somehow “drawn” to it, but succeeded in backing away in spite of his terror. (Lor. Ill 206) 6

Mar. 26,1880

Lamy (New Mexico). Four men walking near Galis-evening

teo Junction were surprised as they heard voices coming from a “strange balloon,” which flew, over them.

It was shaped like a fish and seemed to be guided by a large fanlike device. There were eight to ten figures aboard. Their language wras not understood. The object flew low over Galisteo Junction and rose rapidly The celestial chariots. Engraving of “The Vision of Zacharias” by

toward the east. (FSR 65, 3)

Gustave Dore.

June 11,1881

Between Melbourne and Sydney at sea (Australia).

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The two sons of the Prince of Wales, one of (hem

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