Fatima - ongoing Review

13 October 1917 - Fatima, Portugal

Many sources: Press reporters & photographers and priests present, meteorological events witnessed over area of several miles, and massive inquiries made by religious "authorities".

Up to 70,000 (but most estimates say about 60,000) people from all over Portugal had assembled, many walking barefoot through a night of torrential rain, to witness an expected "miracle" at Fatima, north of Lisbon, Portugal. It was still raining heavily just before the event.

At the height of their excitement a `large silver-gray disk' was seen to descend erratically from the heavy clouds, revolving, becoming multi-hued, brighter, `flashing different colors' until the crowd thought they would be crushed by its descent,

However the disk stopped above them, hovered, then climbed away and disappeared behind the (clearing) clouds. Lasting `no more than 15 minutes' the event had other physical effects.

During the `flashing colors' period the crowd felt pulses of great heat coming from the craft, so much so that the ground all around - and nearby tracks - and even their sodden clothing, were all dry and warm `within about ten minutes'.

"Perceptions" note - photographs were taken, or attempted, by the attending journalists (and some skeptical clerics). Some are available - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Fatima#History and there may be others on the Internet - you could try search for < Fatima October 13 1917 UFO >

When Lucia (main visionary child) reached the oak tree - on which she was reported (by the Church?) to have `seen the Virgin' - Monsignor John Quareman observed - "To my surprise, I saw clearly and distinctly a globe of light advancing from East to West, gliding slowly and majestically through the air".

Investigator / author D. Scott Rogo wrote "Most writers on Fatima claim that the disc _was_ the sun. But judging by the descriptions we have ... the disc was at the wrong elevation and azimuth to have actually been the sun" - ("Miracles" - 1982).

The Vatican launched an intensive inquiry which lasted about 13 years. They concluded that, as there were witnesses of the meteorological events - the craft, the lights, the heat etc. - from several miles away and outside of the crowd, the actual sighting could not be dismissed as "mass hysteria" (whatever that term might mean).

"Perceptions" note re `mass hysteria' - No evidence has ever been admitted by scientists of a human brain influencing another human brain at any distance. Therefore there are no grounds for saying that simultaneous and identical `hallucinations' can be caused by any science cop-out called `mass hysteria'.

The term is a science cheat - like `instinct', which is another example of circular reasoning: in effect replacing one mystery with another.

Scientists routinely want to cover-up (ignore) evidence from Fatima and suchlike events. Because the evidence seems contrary to the assumptions of science.

More assumptions at Blind Science page.

UPDATE July 2005 - Portuguese historians Joaquim Fernandes and Fina d'Armada seem to share our opinion of the events at Fatima: their new book "Heavenly Lights" (EcceNova Editions; July 2, 2005), tells the story of the apparitions of Fatima.

`Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon'

Press release: "The first history of Fatima to be written by Portuguese historians based on the original documents, Heavenly Lights is the result of a 25-year odyssey by the authors in search of the actual facts of the Fatima case. Fernandes and d'Armada began their investigation in 1978, when they were given access to secret archives held at the Sanctuary of Fatima."

Source - mail from authors.

Below is a summary of Fatima apparition descriptions (from Page 18 of `Heavenly Lights, The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon' by Dr. Joaquim Fernandes and Fina D'Armada.

She was an apparently feminine and very beautiful figure. She was wrapped in a light "that blinded."

She measured approximately 3 ¹/₂ feet tall.

She appeared to be between 12 and 15 years old.

She wore a skirt, a coat, and maybe a cape, which were white.

Her skirt and robe had a checkered pattern of gold thread.

She had two or three cords at her waist.

She wore something on her head that covered her ears and hair.

She had black eyes.

She had a strand of beads resembling a rosary, some type of hoop earrings at her neck, and a luminous ball at her waist.

She came from above and disappeared, little by little, back up into the sky.

She made no facial movements and did not move her legs.

She spoke without moving her lips.

She moved only her hands, once in a while.

She turned her back to the children when she rose up in the sky.

The Being of Fatima, Portugal, in the 1917 oak tree apparitions, as interpreted by the authors, according to the first description provided by Lucia to the Parochial Inquiry.

Source: `Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon' © 2005 by Joaquim Fernandes, Ph.D. and Fina D'Armada.

UPDATE June 2006 - those Portuguese historians, Joaquim Fernandes and Fina d'Armada have now gone a step further.

Their new book `Celestial Secrets' apparently "reveals Fatima cover-up" and describes how "Jesuits conspired to conceal the original text of the Fatima Secret during the famed 1917 apparitions."

"Celestial Secrets: The Hidden History of the Fatima Cover-Up" - July 2006 EcceNova Editions.

Source - 2nd mail from authors