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Taken from: “Fátima, it’s proofs and it’s problems” Lisabon 1953. Written by padre Sebastião Martins do Reis, professor at Coimbra University (est.1290, 16º oldest university in the world).
Page 180, and I quote:
"We shall enumerate of various facts verified in the presence of the children, related to them, - facts proven by eye witnesses, prescinding of what the seers said:
1- Lightnings, that preceded the apparitions. Thunder, at the precise moment of the apparition, or at its term, with apparent origin in the “holly oak” [Quercus ilex].
2- Curvature of the bush, as if covered by a mantel, with the leaves pending in the same direction (second apparition).
3- Perfume, of new and unknown essence, volatiling from the branch of the “holm oak” cut at “Valinhos”, and felt by misses Maria Rosa and the people around, after the fourth apparition.
4- Cloudy shinning globe, moving from East to West, and gliding majestically through space, until touching the “holm oak” (fifth apparition).
5- Cloud candid and variegated, and of pleasant sight, that several times formed around the seers, with evaporation of rising smoke, to five or six meters of height. And, this, three quite distinct times, in the same apparition.
6- Evanescent rain of roses, with small white roses, larger when seen afar, and that, little by little, become smaller, with the falling to ground, until they vanish.
7- Diminishing of solar light, in high noon, without clouds or eclipses. The moon and the stars were visible. This phenomenon was verified in all apparitions, with exception of the last. As to the first apparition, it is not known.
8- Miracle of the Sun, that, according to witnesses consists of three phases: a) The Sun becomes opaque, with reflections of mother-of-pearl; you can stare without difficulty, having absolute absence of clouds or eclipse; b) Irradiation of colors, with rotation of iridescent beams, which diffuse across all the sky, similar to fire works; c) Motion of the solar disc, as if enlarging, at first, and giving the feeling of hastening to earth; next, translational movement of the disc over the firmament, at glance, both in a straight and broken line.
Page 180, and I quote:
"We shall enumerate of various facts verified in the presence of the children, related to them, - facts proven by eye witnesses, prescinding of what the seers said:
1- Lightnings, that preceded the apparitions. Thunder, at the precise moment of the apparition, or at its term, with apparent origin in the “holly oak” [Quercus ilex].
2- Curvature of the bush, as if covered by a mantel, with the leaves pending in the same direction (second apparition).
3- Perfume, of new and unknown essence, volatiling from the branch of the “holm oak” cut at “Valinhos”, and felt by misses Maria Rosa and the people around, after the fourth apparition.
4- Cloudy shinning globe, moving from East to West, and gliding majestically through space, until touching the “holm oak” (fifth apparition).
5- Cloud candid and variegated, and of pleasant sight, that several times formed around the seers, with evaporation of rising smoke, to five or six meters of height. And, this, three quite distinct times, in the same apparition.
6- Evanescent rain of roses, with small white roses, larger when seen afar, and that, little by little, become smaller, with the falling to ground, until they vanish.
7- Diminishing of solar light, in high noon, without clouds or eclipses. The moon and the stars were visible. This phenomenon was verified in all apparitions, with exception of the last. As to the first apparition, it is not known.
8- Miracle of the Sun, that, according to witnesses consists of three phases: a) The Sun becomes opaque, with reflections of mother-of-pearl; you can stare without difficulty, having absolute absence of clouds or eclipse; b) Irradiation of colors, with rotation of iridescent beams, which diffuse across all the sky, similar to fire works; c) Motion of the solar disc, as if enlarging, at first, and giving the feeling of hastening to earth; next, translational movement of the disc over the firmament, at glance, both in a straight and broken line.
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