The following is based on a note found at the bottom of a 1858 Baptismal book...
March 1861.
Mrs. T. Richard Kinder awoke with a start. Another one of her nightmares came upon her. It was the same one she's had for the past week or so. Over and over again, it happened, but now she was losing sleep. She looked at the small clock on the bureau, which read midnight.
She got out of bed, careful not to wake her husband, and looked out the second-story window. The Church of Transfiguration was just east of their apartment, which was in the slums of Five Points; Baxter Street, Manhattan, to be precise. She had a clear view of the church and the moonless, starry sky.
As she gazed upon the dark city and thinking about why she had been inundated with such horrible dreams, she noticed a cross-like object moving across the sky. It was bright as if aflame and moved swiftly.
Was this a sign from God? Perhaps this was the night the bad dreams would seize. "Oh, please, God," she prayed.
At the same time Mrs. Kinder saw the fiery object streak across the sky above the church, six blocks away on Canal Street, a huge fire consumed a warehouse, a book bindary, and a laboratory, effectively leveling the entire block.
Sounds like a small meteor strike. The light from a meteor could appear as a cross if the humidity is high enough. And of course a fire can result from a small meteor strike.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a small meteor strike. The light from a meteor could appear as a cross if the humidity is high enough. And of course a fire can result from a small meteor strike.
ReplyDeleteYou know, you have a point. I didn't think about that when I wrote this one. Someone had made a comment that the fire could have reflected off the underside of the "invisible" UFO, but I think a meteor makes more sense.
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