At 2 pm on October 22, 1973, a child broke into a house in Sudbury, Massachusetts, calling for his mother to go out and see "the largest spider web in the world."
Mother discovered in her yard a silvery-white cobweb-like material covering bushes and hanging from trees. When she looked up into the sky, she saw a shiny, silvery, spherical object moving westward and even more of this spiderweb-like substance.
The woman took samples on construction paper and placed them in a glass jar and refrigerated to take them to a local laboratory for analysis. The material was white and translucent and shrinking rapidly.
These are 2 microscopic photos of the substance (NICAP, UFO investigator, March 1974.
The fall of strange, like a thin fabric, material from the sky has been reported many times, sometimes by ufologists, sometimes not. Its origin is mysterious, and because it is related to the sky, it has been named as "angel hair".
The fallout of this material is often considered to be part of the UFO phenomenon, especially close contact of the second kind, or an incident that involves physical evidence or some interaction with the environment. In a series of articles, it will be proven that angel hair, although rare, is indeed the real component of UFOs.
NASA scientist Paul Hill wrote in his book Unconventional Flying Objects:
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The series of articles will be devoted to 215 cases starting in 1947. While this is not a huge amount of data, every effort has been made to uncover all possible cases.
Episode "Quirindi"
Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia, August 10, 1998.
In the afternoon, Mrs. Eunice Stansfield, her daughter and son-in-law witnessed cobwebs falling from the clear blue sky along with silver spheres that performed very complex maneuvers. They were described as "bright metallic gray" and moved very close to each other. There were about 20 of them. They could stop and hover, or take quick turns.
What are the characteristics of angel hair?
Angel hair can be described as a fibrous, cobweb-like, or silky substance that sinks to the ground. UFO sightings are also reported in over half of the cases. There are cases of observation of a huge number, covering many square kilometers.
The substance is reported to have unusual physical properties such as sublimation or change in the state of a substance directly from a solid to a gas, bypassing a liquid state. This will be discussed in more detail later. Angel hair is usually described as pure white, but it can also be in various shades of gray, silver, or translucent. It has been reported that on a few rare occasions there has been an observation of gray, even black.
Odor was not reported except for a slight odor in some cases. There is also evidence of a taste test (in no case repeat) that turned out to be salty. It has also been reported to be extremely rigid, and attempts to break the substance have resulted in its complete sublimation. Of course, these features seem contradictory, but all this was reported by witnesses in different parts of the world. Angel hair reports have been extremely rare over the past several decades, but it is extremely difficult to trace incidents and UFO reports in general.
There have been at least a dozen cases of angel hair in recent years. And although this scanty amount cannot be argued that such a phenomenon does not exist. The witnesses were widely divided in both time and geography. All people reported exactly the same properties of the substance.
In addition, angel hair is quite sparse, which means the likelihood that several witnesses invented and adhered to the same thing is extremely small. In addition, the witnesses took samples of this material, which constitutes material physical evidence. Fifty-seven percent of angel hair cases are associated with UFO reports, which is a significant number that strongly links the two phenomena.
Angel hair and UFO types
The most common types of UFOs associated with angel hair loss correspond to classic types such as discs, balls, and cigars. More recent types such as triangles are rare. Generally, there are no sounds or smells associated with angel hair.
UFO * Shar *, Poland, Zdany, May 8, 2006, on the field * Angel Hair *.
UFO * Disc *, Croatia, Zagreb, June 8, 2006.
UFO * Cigar *, Iraq, Baghdad, May 2006.
The most common colors of UFO sightings:
- silver
- white
- Gray
- silvery white
- black and orange
- blue
- red
UFOs are commonly described as reflective, shiny, silvery, or bright. Of the 215 cases, 72 have descriptions that can be categorized. UFOs in the case of angel hair were always observed during the day. Angel hair fall times ranged from 1 hour to 11 hours, and the average fall duration is 3 hours. The data indicate that angel hair is mostly an afternoon phenomenon, with peak times between 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm.
Influence on the weather
Basic weather data was obtained from the National Climate Data Center in Asheville, North Carolina. I visited the NCDC Archives in Asheville to get LCD photocopies at a more reasonable cost, as well as overseas weather data. The results were somewhat disappointing as not all records were available in the US and foreign daily data was nearly impossible to obtain. Weather data were obtained for 54 US cases. Due to the limited number of hourly observations, some weather data can only be presented in general terms and therefore has limited value.
Moisture was only available for 15 cases. Values are ranged from 23% to 71%. In twelve cases (80%) the humidity was less than 50%, and on average for all 15 it was 40%. The total rainfall for all 54 cases was 1.48 mm; the total amount of all precipitation is 1.48 mm. The total rainfall in 53 cases is 0.21mm, which means that angel hair can only be seen in dry weather conditions.
Cloudiness data indicate that sunny days are much more common during angel hair loss. In 56% of cases, the sky was cloudless. Perhaps the most important weather data is the percentage of cloudless days indicative of high temperature, dew point, and low relative humidity.
Angel hair theory and nature
The most common theory regarding the nature of Angel Hair is spiders. Young spiders emit strands of silk that are long enough for the rising air currents to lift them up. These spiders can climb thousands of feet in height and travel great distances. Weavers (subfamily Linyphiinae) and crab spiders (Family Thomisidae) are most often blamed for the appearance of Angel Hair.
Spiders Linyphiinae, Australia.
However, a closer look at the data will show that this theory is meaningless. Spider silk is an albuminous protein composed of the amino acids glycine, alanine, glutamine, leucine and tyrosine, and it is one of the strongest natural fibers known to man. It is five times stronger than steel of the same diameter, but can stretch 130% of its normal length. Spider silk is being studied in the hope of making materials stronger than Kevlar. In the South Pacific, spider webs are used to make fishing nets and bird traps. A material with such characteristics is unlikely to be sublimated (dissolved). And imagine the chagrin of the poor arachnids, who could never complete their webs, as they would simply disappear!
Now let's ask ourselves what drives people to report UFO sightings 123 out of 215 (57%).
Other Theories
Angel hair is credited with various origins from natural materials to the remains of the chemical industry. Cotton, spurge, nylon, fiberglass or glass wool, rayon. There is speculation that Angel Hair is a product of alien life!
One of the earliest theories suggested that Angel Hair was atmospheric dust, particles of which were bound by static tension. As the charge dissipated, the Angel's Hair disappeared, and this could explain his sublimation.
Another popular theory involves the polymerization of nitrogen and oxygen in the strong electromagnetic fields surrounding UFOs. The bonds in these long chain polymers will be unstable, causing pronounced sublimation.
Possible example of ionization from UFOs. A strange atmospheric phenomenon. Czech Republic 2013.
Amy Michel writes about flying saucers and the theory of French Air Force Lieutenant Jean Plantier:
In fact, the principle of the origin of angel hair has been equated to the production of cotton candy. Cotton candy is produced by introducing molten sugar into a centrifuge, where it is squeezed out through small holes in the form of thin threads, which solidify upon contact with air. At the moment, there is no exact explanation for the origin of Angel Hair, but scientific analysis could shed light on this phenomenon.
Early research
Angel hair has confused many who have tried to analyze it. Entomologists say it's not biological fiber, but fiber experts say no, it's a spider's web. Very often the sample simply does not have time to reach the laboratory due to sublimation. Here's what we have at the moment:
Many witnesses picked up fragments of material that resembled silvery threads, clinging to each other, like a spider's web, which "faded" when touched. One sample was taken to the police and a chemist at Graulet tried to analyze it, but to no avail.
Expertise and research
Six scientists from the Commonwealth Research and Production Organization examined the samples and concluded that since the filaments tend to melt, this is even more perplexing …
“Fiber Specialist: Burlington Industries' tested angel hair sample showed it was not cotton, wool, or any commercial synthetic yarn. It is speculated that this could be spider webs or similar animal material. But a Greensboro Biologist examined a sample of "angel hair" under a microscope and said it was unlikely it was not a spider web."
“WSAV-TV collected some of the threads and took them to the state forensic laboratory. Toxicologist Charles H. Sullenger examined them under a microscope and did several tests. Then he announced that he did not know what substance it might be. " Interestingly, in many studies, the same elements were found: silicon, calcium, magnesium and boron. Angel hair was also called borosilicate glass because of its composition."
A closer look at Angel Hair.
October 1953, Victoria Grainberg, Australia: “The sample was recovered and submitted for laboratory analysis. Examination showed that the substance consisted of a nylon-like amorphous mass with traces of magnesium, calcium, boron and silicon. Then the material, which was in an airtight container, evaporated during the day
October 27, 1954, Florence, Italy. “Engineering student Alfredo Iacopozzi collected samples in a jar and presented them to Professor Cozzi at the Department of Chemistry, University of Florence; the substance contains such well-known elements as boron, silicon, magnesium and calcium"
January 17, 1963, Province of Entre Rios, Argentina: “The substance appeared over Entre Rios and the observers removed the vitreous particles that fell out. These particles turned out to be a mixture of silicon, boron, calcium and magnesium, just as it was in similar circumstances in other parts of the world."
Aerial footage: UFO and, presumably, Angel Hair in the fields.
Angel Hair Chemical Elements
Here's the thing - silicon, calcium and magnesium are common and frequent elements in the earth's crust, but boron is not among them. Boron absorbs neutrons and is often used to protect and control nuclear reactions. It can be assumed that boron arises from the operation of a UFO nuclear engine. (Interestingly, this fact can be traced back to J. Allen, who died sadly in March 1966 during a "swamp gas" incident at Hynek, Michigan. Analysis of the tragedy showed levels of radiation above normal, and the ground was contaminated with boron.)
Other elements found in Angel Hair are potassium, silicon, calcium, phosphorus, aluminum, oxygen, chlorine, iron, sulfur, manganese, potassium, sodium, zinc, lanthanum, cesium, and tritium.
The tritium content is particularly interesting, and was found in a Angel Hair sample in Sonora, California on October 12, 1976. Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen and is rarely found in nature. Tritium is used to enhance the power of nuclear warheads. For example, on February 21, 1955, white, stringy Angel Hair covered half a square kilometer in Horseheads, New York. This substance was described as a "badly damaged" radioactive cotton fiber that was soaked in dirt and odorless and disappeared quickly. For some reason, no one blamed this incident on spiders.
Analysis problems
Photo archive of Phyllis Badinger.
A classic example occurred on October 8, 1969, in St. Louis, Missouri, when a vast area covering most of the city was covered in a white, sticky substance ranging in size from 10 cents to 10 meters in length. Most of the substances sublimated on contact with the ground. Despite the fact that only one spider was found, the Smithsonian Institution and the Center for Transient Events concluded that the causative factor was spider activity. When the sample was tested by Dr. Wayne E. Black of the St. Louis County Division, he concluded that spiders had nothing to do with it, and it was not clear what took place in this particular example. Laboratory tests on fibrous material were negative for protein, which is the main chemical composition of spider webs.
Another example occurred in October 1957, when a huge amount of substance in the form of cobwebs fell over a wide area in New Mexico. Strands up to 50 meters long covered the area from Portales to Hobbs, a distance of 150 km. The News Tribune reports: "Dr. William Kister, Biologist from New Mexico, allegedly explained the phenomenon as a spider web, without studying the material, and keeping all the data secret."
The most obvious problem with any analysis is that Angel Hair will sublimate, sometimes in minutes, making analysis impossible if the sample is not stored in an airtight container. Then gas chromatography can be used if the sample is stored in an airtight container. This leads to the conclusion that the substance is not the cobweb.
A Texas sample on October 23, 1973 was analyzed by students at the University of Texas, Austin and found to contain some unusual constituents, including zinc and the rare earth element lanthanum. Even if the sample was not contaminated, the presence of elemental constituents is not enough to tell us the exact nature of the origin of Angel Hair.
Paul Hill writes:
Lab Badinger Analysis
Phyllis Badinger in her laboratory.
We now have an up-to-date analysis that could shed light on the molecular makeup of Angel Hair. Phyllis Badinger, a highly experienced analyst scientist capable of performing Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometry (FT-IR) with a Nicolet Avatar 360 Spectrometer and Gas Chromatography + Mass Spectrometry (GC / MS), has completed this work. Here are her results from a sample recovered in Sacramento, California on November 11, 1999:
The sample is positively identified as containing secondary amide bonds. What can be a residual result from contact with radioactive substances. Likewise, the identification of volatile substances, contrary to the "theory of spiders", and can explain sublimation. Moreover, Badinger argues that the substance is not a cobweb.
So what is it? Is it really a product of the operation of nuclear engines or any other technology that is unknown to us based on the radioactivity of elements?
Sublimation
Angel hair sublimation is reported in 40% of cases. A bias in angel hair sublimation reports would be similar to a bias in reports of electromagnetic effects or track detection incidents associated with UFO reports. One case, with an undeniably credible witness, is worth summarizing here.
A snapshot of an angel's hair under a microscope.
In the summer of 1957, Craig Phillips, then a biologist with the US Fisheries and Wildlife Service and curator of the Miami Aquarium, was off the coast of Miami on the Sea Horse, which collected samples of a strange substance up to two meters long falling from the clear sky. Interested in biology, he took some of this material.
From his report to NICAP:
The degree of sublimation reported is likely due to many variables. As mentioned earlier, angel hair is not one substance, but a complex polymer that can be composed of various substances, including volatile ones. Chilling or freezing angel hair is also known to slow or prevent sublimation. This may be due to the fact that angel hair is formed in cooler air at a height where it can be stable.
Witnesses report that the angel's hair does sublimate, as it disappears before reaching the ground. The property of sublimation can be used to distinguish "real" angel hair from fallout from industrial waste or natural sources. Witnesses, separated by decades and continents, report that angel hair sublimated in their presence in minutes.
Taken samples of angel hair.
Is UFOs related to sublimation?
We know for sure that just over half of the non-sublimation cases involved UFO sightings, and about two-thirds of the sublimation cases involved UFO sightings. We know that almost exactly half of the sublimation cases occur during the October waves (1954 and 1973), and half - during other waveless periods. In addition, UFO information is likely underreported in angel hair cases, although UFOs have been observed in 57% of all angel hair cases. This is due to the fact that UFOs can pass and drop the angel's hair, in which case observers will only see the angel's hair when it falls to the ground.
Below is a diagram. On it, we see that the October peak is very noticeable, 45% of all cases. October and November account for 63% of all cases. Of the 123 UFO reported cases in October 56, 45% were UFOs. November 24 - 20%.
A quantitative chart about claims of sighting angel hair in 1956.
