CHAPTER XXVI 



\TOTES and Queries, 5-3-306: 



J. V About 8 lights that were seen in Wales, over an area of about 

 8 miles, all keeping their own ground, whether moving together 

 perpendicularly, horizontally, or over a zigzag course. They looked 

 like electric lights disappearing, reappearing dimly, then shining 

 as bright as ever. "We have seen them three or four at a time 

 afterward, on four or five occasions." 



London Times, Oct. 5, 1877: 



"From time to time the west coast of Wales seems to have 

 been the scene of mysterious lights. . . . And now we have a state- 

 ment from Towyn that within the last few weeks lights of various 

 colors have been seen moving over the estuary of the Dysynni 

 River, and out to sea. They are generally in a northerly direction, 

 but sometimes they hug the shore, and move at high velocity for 

 miles toward Aberdovey, and suddenly disappear. 



L'Annee Scientifique, 1877-45: 



Lights that appeared in the sky, above Vence, France, March 

 23, 1877; described as balls of fire of dazzling brightness; appeared 

 from a cloud about a degree in diameter; moved relatively slowly. 

 They were visible more than an hour, moving northward. It is 

 said that eight or ten years before similar lights or objects had 

 been seen in the sky, at Vence. 



London Times, Sept. 19, 1848: 



That, at Inverness, Scotland, two large, bright lights that looked 

 like stars had been seen in the sky: sometimes stationary, but occa- 

 sionally moving at high velocity. 



L'Annee Scientifique, 1888-66: 



Observed near St. Petersburg, July 30, 1880, in the evening: 

 a large spherical light and two smaller ones, moving along a ravine: 

 visible three minutes; disappearing without noise. 



Nature, 35-173- 



That, at Yloilo, Sept. 30, 1886, was seen a luminous object the 

 size of the full moon. It "floated" slowly "northward," followed 

 by smaller ones close to it. 



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