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1888-75:
    That, Dec. 13, 1887, there fell, in Cochin China, a substance like blood, somewhat coagulated.
    Annales de Chimie, 85-266:
    That a thick, viscous, red matter fell at Ulm, in 1812.
    We now have a datum with a factor that has been foreshadowed; which will recur and recur and recur throughout this book. It is a factor that makes for speculation so revolutionary that it will have to be reinforced many times before we can take it into full acceptance.
    Year Book of Facts, 1861-273:
    Quotation from a letter from Prof. Campini to Prof. Matteucci:
    That, upon Dec. 28, 1860, at about 7 a.m., in the northwestern part of Siena, a reddish rain fell copiously for two hours.
    A second red shower fell at eleven o’clock.
    Three days later, the red rain fell again.
    The next day another red rain fell.
    Still more extraordinarily:
    Each fall occurred in “exactly the same quarter of town.”

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    It is in the records of the French Academy that, upon March 17, 1669, in the town of Châtillon-sur-Seine, fell a reddish substance that was “thick, viscous, and putrid.”
    American Journal of Science, 1-41-404:
    Story of a highly unpleasant substance that had fallen from the sky, in Wilson County, Tennessee. We read that Dr. Troost visited the place and investigated. Later we’re going to investigate some investigations—but never mind that now. Dr. Troost reported that the substance was clear blood and portions of flesh scattered upon tobacco fields. He argued that a whirlwind might have taken an animal up from one place, mauled it around, and have precipitated its remains somewhere else.
    But, in volume 44, page 216, of the Journal, there is an apology. The whole matter is, upon newspaper authority, said to have been a hoax by Negroes, who had pretended to have seen the shower, for the sake of practicing upon the credulity of their masters: that they had scattered the decaying flesh of a dead hog over the tobacco fields.
    If we don’t accept this datum, at least we see the sociologically necessary determination to have all falls accredited to earthly origins—even when they’re falls that don’t fall.
    Annual Register, 1821-687:
    That, upon the 13th of August, 1819, something had fallen from the sky at Amherst, Mass. It had been examined and described by Prof. Graves, formerly lecturer at Dartmouth College. It was an object that had upon it a nap, similar to that of milled cloth. Upon removing this nap, a buff-colored, pulpy substance was found. It had an offensive odor, and, upon exposure to the air, turned to a vivid red. This thing was said to have fallen with a brilliant light.
    Also see the Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, 5-295. In the Annales de Chimie, 1821-67, M. Arago accepts the datum, and gives four instances of similar objects or substances said to have fallen from the sky, two of which we shall have with our data of gelatinous, or viscous matter, and two of which I omit, because it seems to me that the dates given are too far back.
    In the American Journal of Science, 1-2-335, is Professor Graves’ account, communicated by Professor Dewey:
    That, upon the evening of August 13, 1819, a light was seen in Amherst—a falling object—sound as if of an explosion.
    In the home of Prof. Dewey, this light was reflected upon a wall of a room in which were several members of Prof. Dewey’s family.
    The next morning, in Prof. Dewey’s front yard, in what is said to have been the only position from which the light that had been seen in the room, the night before, could have been reflected, was found a substance “unlike anything before observed by anyone who saw it.” It was a bowl-shaped object, about eight inches in diameter, and one inch thick. Bright buff-colored, and having upon it a “fine nap.” Upon removing this covering, a buff-colored, pulpy substance of the consistency of soft-soap, was found—“of an offensive, suffocating smell.”
    A few minutes of exposure to the air changed the buff color to “a