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In the Astronomische Nachrichten, No. 3477, Dr. Brendel, of 

 Griefswald, Pomerania, writes that Postmaster Ziegler and other 

 observers had seen a body about 6 feet in diameter crossing the 

 sun's disk. The duration here indicates something far from the 

 earth, and also far from the sun. This thing was seen a quarter of 

 an hour before it reached the sun. Time in crossing the sun was 

 about an hour. After leaving the sun it was visible an hour. 



I think he's a vast, black vampire that sometimes broods over 

 this earth and other bodies. 



Communication from Dr. F. B. Harris (Popular Astronomy, 20- 



398): 



That, upon the evening of January 27, 1912, Dr. Harris saw, 

 upon the moon, "an intensely black object." He estimated it to 

 be 2 50 miles long and 50 miles wide. "The object resembled a crow 

 poised, as near as anything." Clouds then cut off observation. 



Dr. Harris writes: 



"I cannot but think that a very interesting and curious phenome- 

 non happened." 



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