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"... in the [New York] Times, of the 7th of July [1873] [1], I found something else noted.
A similar object [than in Bonham Texas] had been reported from Fort Scott, Kansas.
"About half way above the horizon, the form of a huge serpent, apparently
perfect in form, was plainly seen." [2]
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Twenty-four hours after the Bonham incident, a device of the same description
appeared at Fort Scott, Kansas. Panic-stricken soldiers fled the parade ground
as the thing flashed overhead. In a few seconds it disappeared, circling toward the north. [3]
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1873: "A similar one [similar to the disc that made three turns above the village of
Bonham and went away] is observed the next day, above Fort Scott." [4]
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The next day after the case in Bonham, Texas, in summer 1873, according
to Antonio Ribeira, "the same object" was seen in Fort Scott and caused a panic
among the soldiers of the garrison. [5]
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Michel Bougeard indicates that at the beginning of July the day after the
Bonham case in Texas, a phenomenon
completely similar to that case caused disorder in the garrison of
Fort Scott or Fort Riley in Kansas. [6]
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Loren Coleman indicates that a similar "sky serpent" was seen not long after
the case in Bonham above Fort Scott in Kansas by the US Calvary that were
stationed there, and by many civilians. [7]
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Lisa Hefner Heitz writes in her book on Kansas mysteries that in 1873,
a "great flying snake" was reported seen over Fort Scott, Kansas. [8]
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"Twenty-four hours after the sighting [of Bonham],
a device of the same description was sighted over Fort Scott, KS." [9]
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| Sources: |
- [1] "General Notes", Article in the New York Times, July 7, 1873, according to [3].
- [2] "Lo!", book by Charles Fort, 1934
- [3] "The flying saucers are real", book by Donald Keyhoe, 1950.
- [4] "Le livre noir des soucoupes volantes", book by Henri Durrant, Robert Laffont publisher, page 64, 1976.
- [5] "Ces mystérieux OVNIS", book by Antonio Ribeira, De Vechi publisher, page 449, 1976.
- [6] "La Chronique des OVNIS", book by Michel Bougeard, France-Loisir publisher, page 136, 1977.
- [7] "Mothman and other curious encounters", book by Loren Coleman, Paraview Press publisher, 1985.
- [8] "Haunted Kansas, Ghost Stories and Other Eerie Tales", book by Lisa Hefner Heitz, University Press of Kansas publisher, 1997.
- [9] "Trying to explain the 'unexplained'", article by Donna Hunt in the newspaper "Denison Herald Democrat", February 10, 2005.
| Notes: | Insufficient information.
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| Explanation: | Possible meteor.
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