#mysterious objects

On this day:

PHOSPHORESCENT SPIDER WEBS AND STRANDS FROM THE SKY

On November 21, 1898, in Alabama, large amounts of a luminous, cobwebby material fell to earth. The gossamer threads were as strong as asbestos and sometimes formed in pieces several inches square. In 1971, in California, "spaceships" oscillating in the sky above the Monterey Bay were reported emitting an exhaust of floating fibers, which fell from behind them. In 1973, in Massachusetts, a woman witnessed a glowing, globe-shaped object in the sky simultaneous to shimmering strands sticking to the leaves and wires outdoors.

In 1970, in New Jersey, strands of a mysterious material were seen hanging down from the sky—not straight down, but "stretched taut at angles of between thirty and fifty degrees to ground level." The ends were never located. One strand fell, tangled, into someone's yard. Four boys discovered a line that had drooped low enough to grab. Reeling for over an hour revealed no end, and then the strand broke off from the sky and curled up into a spool on the ground. A university professor examined specimen and discovered a hollow tube running down the center of the strand. The tube was empty in the first analysis, but filled with a solid substance in the next.

In 1972 a single fiber strand was seen dangling from the sky in Georgia. The "kite string" sighting was investigated by a newspaper reporter, who discovered a man who had climbed onto his roof to reach the lowest point of the loop. The man was yanking in yards and yards of the incredibly strong fiber. There were two kinds of material in the strand; one was "fluffy, shiny, white" threads, and the other threads were a "tiny, hard-finished green material."

In 1978, in Ohio, a man discovered a single strand snagged on a bramble in his backyard. After he called in his neighbors, they began to gather the line and filled up eight fishing reels with 1,000 feet of the stuff before the thread broke and floated away.

remember 2001: A Space Odyssey...?

here's hoping Big Change is coming

Item #27 — what a strange looking door.

Went outside to install the windshield on my Vespa and discovered this Mars Rover and Lunar Module on the seat.

"FREAKISH FIND - Milford Bradt, R.R. 1. Hannon, is shown in the above picture exhibiting two almost perfectly rounded spheres of granite-like texture which he removed from the first stomach of a cow. Much doubt exists as to whether the objects were swallowed whole or whether they were formed in the stomach." - from the Hamilton Spectator. October 7, 1943. Page 7. ///

"Set of Heavy Lawn Bowls Found in Stomach of Cow," Hamilton Spectator. October 7, 1943. Page 7. ---- Veterinary surgeons of this district have been trying to solve the riddle caused when Milford Bradt, R.R. 1, Hannon, discovered two seven-pound objects resembling granite lawn bowls in the first stomach of a cow. Mr. Bradt butchers carcasses unfit for human consumption but which are suitable food for mink and other fur-bearing animals. Almost perfect spheres, the objects are five inches in diameter.

Mr. Bradt explained that the cow from which the curios were removed belonged to Frank Lee, whose in the stomach and that the lines farm is just east of Stoney Creek. The animal had been ill several days before death occurred. Amazed at the size and heaviness of the stones, he shared the opinion with others that they had been bowls, to which the cow had been attracted by a salty coating. To those who thought it incredible that anything so large could pass through the cow's gullet, Mr. Bradt expressed the opinion that, with a smooth surface and the cow's saliva, they might easily have slipped from the mouth to the stomach.

Many who saw the spheres were the opinion that they might be formations of calcium. Each ball shows, on the greater part of its surface, a network of black streaks. On each are two small areas which are unstreaked. Because of the markings, it was suggested that the two eventually became stationary were imprints from the inner lining of the stomach.

AI art rendering. Image: STM Daily News China’s Shenlong robotic space plane has added another layer of mystery to its mission. Shortly after its third launch, the space plane deployed six enigmatic objects into Earth’s orbit, captivating the attention of amateur spacecraft trackers worldwide. These objects, designated as OBJECT A, B, C, D, E, and F, have been closely observed, and intriguing…