Date: 1825: Kolomenskoye, Moscow, Russia
Date: 1825
Location. Poland, Ohio
Time:
Summary: A brilliant object was visible in the sky for more than an hour.
Source:
Date: January 2 1825
Location. Arezzo, Toscana, Italy
Time: Night
Summary: Altitude of 10 fathoms or less, a luminous object in form of truncated cone suddenly appeared, with globe of fire in fore part. Traveled 350 paces under 5 seconds. Lit up area like day. No smell, no explosion.
Source: Corliss, William R. Remarkable Luminous Phenomena in Nature The Sourcebook Project, Glen Arm, 2001
Date: August 12, 1825
Location. at sea near Hawaii, Pacific
Time:
Summary: English naturalist Andrew Bloxam and others saw a large red luminous object rise, illuminating everything. It fell out of sight, rose and fell again: “About half past 3 o’clock this morning the middle watch on deck was astonished to find everything around them suddenly illuminated. “Turning their eyes eastward they beheld a large, round, luminous body rising up about 7 degrees apparently from the water to the clouds, and falling again out of sight, and a second time rising and falling: it was the color of a red-hot [cannon] shot and appeared about the size of the sun.. .It gave so great a light that a pin might be picked up on deck.”
Source: The Diary of Andrew Bloxam (Honolulu, 1925). As reported in UFO Investigator (NICAP) 4, No. 5 (March 1968)
Date: December 18 1825
Location. Stapleton England
Time:
Summary: Objects were observed. Physiological effects were noted. An unidentified object at close range and its occupants were observed by two male witnesses in a forest.
Source: FSR
Date: 1825: Taganrog, Russia did Alexander the First not die and go to Heaven?
Date: 1826
Location. English Channel
Time:
Summary: Sailors in the Channel reported seeing a gray, torpedo-shaped object flying overhead.
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Date: April 1, 1826
Location. Saarbrucken, Germany
Time:
Summary: A grayish object, whose size was evaluated at over 1 meter, rapidly approached the ground with a sound like thunder and “expanded like a sheet.”
Source: American Journal of Science and Arts 26 (July 1834): 133; The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art, by the Royal Institution of Great Britain 24 (July to Dec. 1827): 488; E.F.F. Chladni, “Ueber eine merkwurdige meteorische Erscheinung, am 1. April 1826, nicht weit von Saarbriicken”, in Annalen derPhysik 83, no. 7 (Leipzig, 1826): 372-377
Date: 1827
Location. Tjerwerk, Friesland, The Netherlands
Time: night
Summary: A man named Lieuwe Klaasens together with a local pastor saw a fireball descending from the sky and land nearby. The fireball took the shape of a human; it then strolled towards a small “terp” (an ancient Frisian burial ground). There, the fiery human rolled itself up to a ball and disappeared in the air.
Source: M D Teenstra, K. ter Laan, Folkloristisch Woordenboek Van Nederland
Date: March 1828
Location. North of Wingen, Australia
Time: unknown
Summary: The Australasian Post reported that a large silvery cigar shaped object had landed at the Burning Mountain Nature Reserve setting fire to all the vegetation and killing nearby cattle. “The noise was dreadful and there was a serious of loud bangs.” Tall man-like strangers later appeared in the town. They never said a word but always pointed to the things they wanted. Around the same time several locals and domesticated animals disappeared.
Source: Strange Nation
Date: 1829
Location. Wandsworth, England
Time:
Summary: “A very strong sensation was excited a few days ago in the vicinity of Wandsworth, by the appearance of an extraordinary animal, who was observed floating slowly through the air nearly over the village. Its appearance, which was that of a fish of about 20 feet [6 m] in length, and proportionate bulk, excited alarm amongst many, and astonishment amongst all, who beheld it.
What it was? and how it came there? were questions very eagerly and naturally asked, but not so easily answered.
Conjectures were hazarded, without number, and without result. Nobody could give a satisfactory explanation of the phenomenon, though every body made the attempt.
“It was a fish–it was a serpent,–it was ‘very like a whale’ but something supernatural, portentous of strange and awful events: one or two of the more shrewd looded upon [called out] it is one of the visitations with which the country had been threatened in consequence of the passing of the Catholic Bill [Catholic MPs could sit in the British parliament for the first time since 1728].
But whatever it was, it seemed to be the general wish that it should if possible be removed from the neighbourhood. But then came the question–how? To take a monster of such dimensions alive, was an attempt which might be attented with much danger. It was therefore considered prudent to kill it first, if it could be killed.
“For this purpose some of the best shots in the neighborhood were put in requisition. Several fowling-pieces were discharged at it, without any other effect than that of adding to the terror of many of the spectators. At last a gentleman brought out a long strand-piece [a gun for waterfowl], loaded with duck-shot, and took his aim, he was successful. Some of the shot pierced the animal’s side, when to the terror of crowds who looked on, it changed its form and sank to the earth….
“For a time no person was hardy enough to approach it; but at last, not seeing it move, the gentleman who brought it down, advanced, and to his surprise, and the great relief of many present from their alarms, found, that it consisted of a quantity of silk made in the shape of a fish inflated with gas. The phenomenon was now explained.”
The Wandsworth “flying monster” was a novelty hydrogen-filled blimp. It’d escaped from the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens, a fashionable amusement park in London and drifted a few miles to the village where it met its Waterloo. The press noted “The proprietors, it seemed, had prepared the monster, intending that it should rise from the waters of the Hydro-pyric Temple, and float amidst the fire-works over the heads of spectators. Having been properly inflated, it was slightly fastened to that part of the temple from which it would ascend, but, in the course of the night, the strings became loosened and it escaped!”
Source: London Standard 18 June 1829, p4. Sydney Monitor (NSW) 3 March 1830, p4 http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Balloon-Charles.html
Date: July 17, 1829
Location. Kensington, Pennsylvania
Time: Between 11 P.M. and midnight
Summary: Between 11 P.M. and midnight “a meteor of rather singular character” arose from the neighbourhood of the Schuylkill, passed over Kensington and the river Delaware, and disappeared behind the woods of Jersey. “A long trail of light, like that of a shooting star was seen to follow it in the beginning of its ascension; large sparkles that separated themselves from it and descended slowly, were distinctly visible until hidden from view by the tops of the houses. Its motions were rapid, irregular, and wavering, like the fluttering of a kite or the rocking of an air balloon. “Its appearance was of a deep red colour, and remarkably brilliant, seemingly about half the size of the moon. It arose until it crossed the Delaware, when it appeared but an inconsiderable speck scarcely discernable, and then descended with astonishing velocity until within a short distance of the horizon, where it remained stationary for a few moments. “Suddenly it became exceedingly large and brilliant, sparkles again separated from the main body, and descended as before. It soon after became dim and disappeared behind the trees. Altogether, I should suppose it was visible about fifteen or twenty minutes.”
Source: Hazard’s Register of Pennsylvania A, 3 (July 18, 1829): 48.
Date: 1820s:
Location: Joseph Smith and The “Angel” Moroni
Time:
Summary: Joseph Smith, at the young age of 14 or 15 in his hometown of Manchester, New York, reported that a “cloud of darkness” descended over him, but then a “pillar of light” suddenly appeared and two luminous beings stepped out of it. One of these visitors was the angel Moroni, who returned several times, and eventually led Smith to a set of golden plates which he translated through a pair of spectacles he called “Urim and Thummim.” These plates formed the basis of the Book of Mormon. The “angel” Moroni reported that there were many inhabited worlds in the cosmos, and that the God of the Bible was really a being which dealt near the star Kolob. Mormonism has a strange obsession with genealogy and some curious doctrines about the afterlife, and it also suggests that there may have been ancient advanced civilizations in the Americas which were destroyed in a cataclysm. Recently, some documents have come to light – many of which may have been forgeries – that suggest that, before he became a religious prophet, Smith may have been involved in “scrying” for gold (e.g. ‘gold-digging’), alchemy, occultism, and Freemasonry.
Source:
Date: 1830: Mermaid near Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Date: February 9, 1830
Location: Faridpur, India
Time: 12 o’clock P.M.
Summary: “I had been doing my work at a meadow, when I perceived at the hour of 12 o’clock the sky gather clouds, and began to rain slightly, then a large fish touching my back by its head fell on the ground. Being surprised I looked about, and behold a number of fish likewise fell from heaven. They were saul, sale, guzal, mirgal, and bodul. I took 10-11 fish in number, and I saw many other persons take many.”
Source: The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; December 1833.
Date: February 19, 1830
Location. Faridpur, India
Time: 12 o’clock P.M.
Summary: “On Friday, at 12 o’clock P.M., in the month of Phalgun…when I was at work in a field, I perceeived the sky darkened by clouds, began to rain a little and a large fish fell from the sky. I was confounded at the sight, and soon entered my small cottage, which I had there, but I came out again as son as the rain had ceased and found every part of my hut scattered with fish; they were bodul, mirgal and nouchi, and amounted to 25 in number.”
Source: The Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal; December 1833.
Date: Summer 1830
Location. Paris, France
Time: night
Summary: 24-year old novice of the Sisters of Charity, Catherine Laboure, was awakened by a young child, about five years old, dressed in white who called to her: “Catherine, Catherine, wake up. Come to the chapel, the Blessed Virgin is waiting for you.” Catherine decided to follow the child down to the chapel. The candles were burning as if at a midnight Mass. About 30 minutes later, at midnight, she heard a noise that sounded like the rustle of a silk dress. When she looked up she saw a beautiful young woman surrounded by a blaze of white light sitting in the Father Director’s chair. The child who brought her to the chapel told her: “Here is the Blessed Virgin!” Catherine fell to her knees and placed her hands on Mary’s lap. During this discourse with the Blessed Mother, Catherine was warned of dire future occurrences. Mary told her: “The times are very evil. Sorrows will befall France; the throne will be overturned. The whole world will be plunged into every kind of misery.” Catherine was to have another encounter that same November.
Source: Our Lady of The Miraculous Medal
Date: June 30, 1830
Location. England (southern part)
Time:
Summary: I will never forget one day when he told us about about an occurence in 1830, long before planes, in southern England on a clear summer afternoon that he claims was reported to the authorities by peasants working in the fields of a large cigar shaped craft that came floating across the clear blue sky above the field they were working in and that it had what appeared to be some type of windows on each side. It appears this caused much talk in the area and was written up in the publications of the time.
Source: NUFORC
Date: October 23, 1830
Location. Comrie, Scotland
Time:
Summary: Objects were observed. Metallic traces found. An unidentifiable object was observed at close range and caused physical effects.
Source: British Assn Advancement of Science
Date: 1831: Large man-like figure near Zarnow, Germany
Date: 1831
Location. Thuringia, Germany
Time:
Summary: It was reported that a brilliant luminous disc was seen in the night sky.
Source:
Date: May 31 1831
Location. Puget Sound, Washington
Time: 20:10
Summary: A hovering object was observed. One object was observed on the ocean for 80 minutes.
Source: Aerial Phenomena Research Organization
Date: May 5 1832
Location. Lisboa, Portugal
Time:
Summary: An unidentified object was sighted, but with appearance and behavior that most likely would have a conventional explanation. One object was observed by one male witness (Fisher).
Source: Contact U.K.
Date: November 14, 1832
Location. Tyrol, Germany???????????
Time:
Summary: A ball of bright light accompanied by “falling stars” hovered for 15 minutes. Our primary source is based on a letter received from Bruneck (Tyrol, Germany). While it is true the phenomenon occurred at the usual time of the Leonids meteor shower, the event does not naturally involve a ball of light suspended in the sky for a quarter of an hour, so the case merits our attention.
Source: The Annual Register or a view of the History, Politics and Literature of the year 1832 (London, 1833): 444-445.
Date: 1833
Location. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Time:
Summary: A large, square, luminous object was seen for more than an hour over Niagara Falls.
Source:
Date: March 16, 1833
Location. North Carolina
Time: 6:35 P.M.
Summary: At 6:35 P.M., during twilight, a man observed an object as bright as Venus, about the same elevation but a little to the right of it. It was running in a northerly direction until it changed course, running parallel to the horizon. It assumed a serpentine shape and became stationary extending over 12 to 15 degrees and retaining its brilliance for about two minutes. The witness reports: “It continued gradually to fade, appearing more and more216 like a thin whitish cloud; and at 6:40 the last vestige of it disappeared, being visible just 5 minutes.”
Source: Boston (Mass.) Investigator, 17 May 1833.
Date: 1833: Mermaid off of Isle of Yell, Scotland
Date: November 13, 1833
Location. Poland, Ohio
Time: 0500
Summary: Luminous object in northeast for several minutes, possibly as long as an hour. Very brilliant, shaped like a “pruning hook” observed by a male witness for over 15 minutes (Pease).
Source: Fort, Charles Book of the Damned Boni-Liveright, 1919
Date: November 13, 1833
Location. Niagara Falls, New York
Time: night
Summary: A large luminous square object was observed in the sky for an hour. It remained stationary, and then went away slowly. shaped like a “square table” stationary in sky, emitted large rays of light.
Source: American Journal of Science 25: 391.
Date: November 13, 1833
Location. West Point, New York
Time: Dawn
Summary: A woman milking her cow at sunrise saw an object descend “with a sposh” sound. She discovered a flattened, jelly-like transparent mass. By 10 AM it had sublimed.
Source: Lore, Jr., Gordon I. R. Mysteries of the Skies: UFOs in PerspectivePrentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, 196
Date: 1834
Location. Cologne (Koln), Germany
Time:
Summary: Bright object flying NE-N parallel to the horizon, reappeared and split in two.
Source: Frangois Arago, Astronomie Populaire, vol. IV (Paris, 1840): 266.
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