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  The museum building at the northwest corner of 9th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, in 1890, later home of the dime museum kangaroo exhibit. Scan

  Free Library of Philadelphia, record #98008, via PhillyHistory Blog ·from The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week (1909)
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  James Sackville, the Bristol officer who fired at the creature, outside Bristol Borough's old town hall in 1918. Scan

  Grundy Archive, via LevittownNow ·from The Jersey Devil's Phenomenal Week (1909)
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  Thomas Jenkins's drawing of the airship seen from below Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing of the airship by Agnes Falconer Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing of the airship by Thomas Jenkins Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Group of those who saw the Kelso airship in daylight. Back: R. Russell, Mrs Russell, Agnes Falconer, T. McDonald. Front: T. Jenkins, Cyril Falconer, A. Russell, G. McDuff. Scan

  Otago Witness, 4 August 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  View of [North] Kelso and neighbourhood where airship was seen Scan

  Otago Witness, 4 August 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Shape indicated by Mrs Russell Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing by George McDuff of the airship seen at 5 p.m., 24 July Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing by Thomas McDonald, who saw the propellor whirling Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Richard Pearse's aeroplane, the only local aviation of the period Scan

  from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Hand-tinted plate from Chant's 1913 JRASC paper; stars and meteors were added by hand Scan

  RASC Archives; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer (LSU) ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  RASC archive copy of the hand-tinted JRASC plate Scan

  RASC Archives ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)

  METEORIC DISPLAY OF FEBRUARY 9, 1913 (From a drawing by Gustave Hahn, Toronto). The above represents a portion of the display as observed by Mr. and Mrs. Hahn, in the vicinity of High Park, Toronto. The spaces between succeeding clusters were actually somewhat greater than shown here.…

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  Hand-tinted JRASC plate of the 1913 procession, high resolution Scan

  RASC Archives; Acknowledgement: Bradley E. Schaefer (LSU) ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  Gustav Hahn's painting of the procession as he saw it from near High Park, Toronto Scan

  Gustav Hahn, c. 1913 ·from The 1913 Great Meteor Procession (the Cyrillids) (1913)
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  Ilustração Portugueza no. 610, 29 October 1917, page 356 Scan

  from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)

  O povo ora ajoelhado e olhando o alto manifestações sobrenaturaes, sem temer que a invernia as prejudicasse, diminuindo-lhes o esp endor e a imponencia... Vi que o desalento não invadiu as almas, que a con iança se conservou viva e ardente, a despeito das inesperadas contrariedades, que a compo tura…

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  Modern comparison photo of an atmospheric optical phenomenon at Alvor; not the event Scan

  from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)
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  Ilustração Portugueza no. 610, 29 October 1917, pages 354 and 355 Scan

  from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)

  gem dos creentes foi aumentando de mez para mez, a ponto de se juntarem na charneca de Fátima, em 15 de outubro, umas cincoenta mil pessoas, consoante os calculos de individuos desaiponxa- Consulte os efeitos de milíduos desapaxionados. Nas precedentes reunidos de fie's, não falton quem tivesse supo…

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  Ilustração Portuguesa no. 610, 29 October 1917, page 353 Scan

  Text by Avelino de Almeida, photographs by Judah Bento Ruah; scan from the Hemeroteca Municipal de Lisboa ·from The Miracle of the Sun at Fátima (1917)

  Varios aspectos do povo ajoehidel e orando no momento de des`obrir o sol e de se dar o fenomeno que tanto impressionou a multilha. no vagalhão colossal d'aquile povo que ali se iuntou a 15 outubro. O teu racionalismo so'reu um formidível embate e quer-s estabelecer uma opinão segura sorocorrendo-te …

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  The site of the Min Min Hotel, famous for its connection with the Min Min lights, photographed in July 2019. Scan

  Kerry Raymond ·from The Min Min Lights of Western Queensland (1918)
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  The Min Min Light sign in Boulia, outback Queensland, August 2006. Scan

  www.gondwananet.com (Commons user Gondwananet) ·from The Min Min Lights of Western Queensland (1918)

  FOR THE NEXT 120km YOU ARE IN LAND the MIN LIGHT THIS UNSOLVED MODERN MYSTERY IS A LIGHT THAT AT TIMES FOLLOWS TRAVELLERS FOR LONG DISTANCES-IT HAS BEEN APPROACHED BUT NEVER IDENTIFIED ERECTED BY THE BOULIA SHIRE COUNCIL IN THE INTEREST OF TOURISM…

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  Dr Augusto Vaccari and an expedition cartoon, Caras y Caretas, 1922 Scan

  Caras y Caretas, via patagoniamonsters (Austin Whittall) ·from Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito (1922)

  Como ve el autor de Sarrasqueta la expedición que organiza el señor Onelli : CARICATURA DE REDONDO. El doctor Augusto Vaccari que, en representación de "Caras y Caretas" acompaña a la arriesgada y benemérita comisión exploradora que irá a la Patagonia en busca del plesiosauro, — el famoso animal de …

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  Onelli's 'Lo del Animal Misterioso', Caras y Caretas No. 1224, 18 March 1922 Scan

  Caras y Caretas, via patagoniamonsters (Austin Whittall) ·from Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito (1922)
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  "An Antediluvian Monster", Scientific American, July 1922 Scan

  Scientific American, via patagoniamonsters (Austin Whittall) ·from Martin Sheffield's letter and Clemente Onelli's plesiosaur expedition, the origin of Nahuelito (1922)

  An Antediluvian Monster Is the Argentine Plesiosaurus a Fake or a Scientific Marvel? By Leonard Matters WHATEVER may be the opinion in scientific circles—and it is one of scornful skepticism—the fact remains that the report of the existence in Argentina of a living specimen of a race of mammoth rept…

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  Fred Beck, the miner who told the story of the Battle of Ape Canyon Scan

  Museum of Hoaxes ·from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Rant Mullens in 1982, the year he said he and his uncle had rolled rocks onto the miners Scan

  Bob Beck, The Columbian files ·from The Battle of Ape Canyon (1924)
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  Portrait of Nicholas Roerich, leader of the Central Asian Expedition Scan

  via Michael M. Hughes ·from The Nicholas Roerich Expedition Sighting, Kukunor District, 1927 (1927)
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  Aldie Mackay in the 1980s Scan

  Photographer not identified ·from Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness (1933)
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  Map of the Mackay sighting off Aldourie, near Abriachan Pier Scan

  Roland Watson ·from Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness (1933)
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  Rupert T. Gould's sketch of the Mackay sighting, drawn from Aldie Mackay's account Scan

  R. T. Gould, The Loch Ness Monster and Others (Geoffrey Bles, 1934) ·from Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness (1933)
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  The Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness report, The Inverness Courier, 2 May 1933 Scan

  The Inverness Courier; clipping posted by Roland Watson ·from Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness (1933)

  STRANGE SPECTACLE ON LOCH NESS What was it? (PROM A CORRESPONDENT). Loch Ness has for generations been credited with being the home of a fearsome-looking monster, but, somehow or other, the "water-kelpie," as this legendary creature is called, has always been regarded as a myth, if not a joke. Now, …

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  Plaque at Drumnadrochit marking Aldie MacKay's 1933 sighting Scan

  Mucklagh / Wikimedia Commons ·from Aldie and John Mackay's Strange Spectacle in Loch Ness (1933)
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  Press illustration of a nun being bricked up, from the article "A Corpse Still Haunts England". Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Garrett Collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Page 7 of the typed planchette transcript. Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Garrett Collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Planchette writing from the Borley séances. Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Garrett Collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  The Bull sisters. Scan

  Foxearth and District Local History Society collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  X-ray of the jawbone said to have been found in the cellar. Scan

  Foxearth and District Local History Society collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Portrait described as Rev. Henry Dawson Ellis Bull (Foxearth captions it as his son Harry Bull). Scan

  Unknown ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Ruins of Borley Rectory in 1944, from Life, 22 September 1947. Scan

  Listed as Noel F. Busch; likely LIFE staff ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)

  RUINS OF BORLEY RECTORY, most haunted house in England, provided the photographer who took this picture in 1944 with a puzzling bit of ghostcraft. At instant shutter was snapped a brick (white speck against dark shallow in room at right) rose from the floor, apparently nudged by unseen hands.…

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  The Nun's Walk in the rectory garden. Scan

  Foxearth and District Local History Society collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Period photograph of Borley Rectory. Scan

  Unknown, via Museo britannico del paranormale ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Photograph of Borley Rectory. Scan

  UMBC Special Collections, Garrett Collection ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Borley Rectory. Scan

  Uploader Rolldi ·from Borley Rectory: Harry Price's Year in the Most Haunted House in England (1937-1938) (1937)
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  Ruby Creek, scene or illustration accompanying the Texas Cryptid Hunter account Scan

  Texas Cryptid Hunter (Mike); original source not stated ·from Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter (1941)
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  The Chapman cabin at Ruby Creek Scan

  Texas Cryptid Hunter (Mike); original source not stated ·from Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter (1941)
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  John Green, who re-investigated the case in 1957 Scan

  Cryptomundo ·from Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter (1941)
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  Footprint tracing, probably Joe Dunn's outline as reproduced by John Green Scan

  Texas Cryptid Hunter (Mike); original source not stated ·from Ruby Creek Incident: The Chapman Family Sasquatch Encounter (1941)
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  Archival portrait labelled as photographer Garland D. "Frony" Fronabarger, circa 1967. Not an event photograph; URL reconstructed from a relative path and unverified. Scan

  from The Cape Girardeau Crash Before Roswell (Rev. William Huffman) (1941)
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  Roosevelt memo to Secretary of War Henry Stimson about the incident, 1942 Scan

  US government (copy via RationalWiki) ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)
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  Los Angeles Times article, 26 February 1942 Scan

  Los Angeles Times ·from Battle of Los Angeles (1942)