August 12, 2026

Cape Ann

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Colonial settlers and garrison soldiers encountering unidentified strangers who survive gunfire near Cape Ann, Massachusetts, summer 1692
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1692: The Cape Ann Strangers | Ebenezer Babson’s Encounters, Massachusetts

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A brilliant fireball-like object with a trailing tail hovering over Leipzig, Germany, observed and recorded by astronomer Gottfried Kirch, July 9, 1686
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1686: The Gottfried Kirch Object | Leipzig, Germany

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A huge hair-covered creature with a white, blue, and red tail emerging from a black cloud and outrunning pursuers near Lisbon, Portugal, September 17, 1680
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1680: The Lisbon Hairy Creature | A Speed-Defying Entity Encounter

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A golden, four-winged ship descending outside a London window while silent figures stand motionless and a translucent second figure runs toward it, February 9, 1678
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1678: Jane Lead’s “A Transport” | The Golden Ship of London

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