Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1-157
(Royal Meteorological Society, UK)
Source: waterufo.net
The whole article:
“EXTRACT from the log of the bark Lady of the Lake, by Capt. F. W. Banner: Communicated by R. H.
Scott, F.R.S.:
That, upon the 22nd of March, 1870, at Lat. 5° 47' N.,
Long. 27° 52' W., the sailors of the Lady of the Lake saw a remarkable object,
or ‘cloud,’ in the sky. They reported to the captain.
According to Capt. Banner, it was a cloud of circular
form, with an included semicircle divided into four parts, the central dividing
shaft beginning at the center of the circle and extending far outward, and then
curving backward.
Geometricity and complexity and stability of form: and
the small likelihood of a cloud maintaining such diversity of features, to say
nothing of appearance of organic form.
The thing traveled from a point at about 20 degrees
above the horizon to a point about 80 degrees above. Then it settled down to
the northeast, having appeared from the south, southeast.
Light gray in color, or it was cloud-color. ‘It was
much lower than the other clouds.’ And this datum stands out: That, whatever it
may have been, it traveled against the wind. ‘It came up obliquely against the
wind, and finally settled down right in the wind’s eye.’
For half an hour this form was visible. When it did
finally disappear that was not because it disintegrated like a cloud, but
because it was lost to sight in the evening darkness.
Capt. Banner draws the following diagram:”
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