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UFO. Turkey

ID #1526478197
Added Wed, 16/05/2018
Author July N.
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Incident date: 
01.11.1885 21:30
Location: 
Константинополь
Turkey

Of "L'astronomie": M. Mavrogordato, draws our attention to the following strange observations which have been communicated to him.

"On 1 November at 21:30, West of Adrianople was seen glowing elongated object. He seemed to be floating in the air, and its apparent size was four to five times larger than the full moon. He moved slowly and shed light on the whole camp behind the station. The brightness is ten times as big light bulb.

In the morning, at dawn is a luminous flame, first bluish, then greenish, and moving at a height of five to six meters, made a series of turns around the ferry port at skutari. Its blinding luminosity lighted the street and filled the interior of the houses with light."

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From ‘L’Astronomie’: M. Mavrogordato, calls our attention to the following strange observations which have been communicated to him.  “On November 1, at 9:30pm, there was seen, west of Adrianople, an elongated object giving off a strong luminosity. It seemed to float in the air and its apparent disk was four or five times larger than the full moon. It traveled slowly and cast light on the whole camp behind the station with a brightness about ten times greater than a large electric bulb.  In the morning, at dawn, a very luminous flame, first bluish, then greenish, and moving at a height of five to six meters, made a series of turns around the ferryboat pier at Scutari. Its blinding luminosity lighted the street and flooded the inside of the houses with light.”

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