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/u/Starhazenstuff
Did a UFO witness in 1896 accidentally describe spacetime warping?
Witnesses
2 witnesses
Duration
Unknown
Source material
2
Timeline
1
Source context
Limited context
Interesting, but still missing stronger corroboration or harder source material.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 7cfb9411-3982-4d33-a84b-c3c552ff8644.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Moon phase
5% illumination
Waning crescent — darker sky
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Jun 13, 2026, 4:26 AM
Timezone
Eastern Time
Location
Woodbridge Canal
Observers
2 witnesses
Witness account
Narrative
Somebody on another post here linked to an article written in 1896 well before modern UFO culture. The link is: https://web.archive.org/web/20240525111137/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-evening-mail/91983371/ Here is the breakdown of Colonel H.G. Shaw's (one of the two witnesses) specific account of the craft: When Shaw and his companion tracked what he described as “three strange beings” back to the Woodbridge Canal, they found the craft hovering 20 feet above the water. Shaw noted a...
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Original report
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telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.