Hi Sterling -
Thanks much for the link. The Rev. Dick's work was
probably the ultimate source for the face on mars
stuff we see today. Incorporated into American
spiritualist movements, Dick's nonsense lives on to
today.
My favorite hoax was a trans-Atlantic balloon crossing
fabricated by Edgar
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Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] ill need more AGAIN
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 07:17:09 -0500 (EST)
Here's the article you requested:
New York Times, March 11 1897, p. 1
EXPLOSION OF A METEOR
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One Man Rendered Unconscious and the Head of a Ho
Here's the article you requested:
New York Times, March 11 1897, p. 1
EXPLOSION OF A METEOR
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One Man Rendered Unconscious and the Head of a Horse Crushed
Parkersburg, West Va., March 10. -
A meteor burst over the town of New Martinsville yesterday. The noise
of the explosion resembled the
Hi,
Mark is certainly correct about the hoaxing propensities
of 19th century (and early 20th century) newspapers. The
ultimate example is that is the "Great Moon Hoax" of 1832:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Moon_Hoax
You will note that Mark's list is of very dramatic accounts.
OK, th
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