Fortean Mars

The strange things observed on, near, or related to Mars in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
* 1864 and 1865: Red lights on the dark part of Mars were seen
* June 1892: A beam resembling a searchlight was seen projecting from Mars
* August 1892: mysterious flashes appear in the skies over Manchester.
* 1893: the Scottish astronomer Andrew Barclay observed Mars as a double planet, surrounded by a ring of smaller bodies.
* 1895: New York Herald reports that the features on the face of Mars spell out the Hebrew word for God.
* December 1900: Lowell Observatory described a whole series of flashes appearing on the face of Mars, long flashes alternating with short ones in what seemed to be a code sequence lasting more than an hour. Nikola Tesla reports receiving radio messages from Mars.
* Charles Fort uncovers a pattern of strange events (flashing lights) happening on Earth whenever Mars is at opposition. These flashes observed at oppositions in July 1813, 1875, 1877, and 1909.
==References==
* GURPS Mars pg 45
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