70,000 people may have witnessed the Sun move & fall in 1917 The Fatima Miracle

[astr0144]

70,000 people witnessed this in 1917...The Fatima Miracle

I had always been a skeptic to Biblical type Miracle stories maybe mainly as they were claimed to have occurred so long ago and maybe at some time believed that a lot of the bible may had been made up by those in power at that time to have some religious control on the masses. Although in more recent years after seeing certain TV programs that researched into them, I have since become aware of how there may be some possible explanations or even truth to some of them.

There have been some more modern time claims to Miracles...and I just came across one when I watched a TV  program "Unsolved Mysteries".

I have to admit after watching and listening to the facts that this does seem certainly one to question ones view on God and religion...that happened in 1917 in Portugal..

If it happened today, after what I have learned since being on PRC..I may have been thinking that what was witnessed may have been a type of holographic projection maybe created by the powers that be.
But I doubt that that would have been possible back in 1917..although other possibilities I suppose may be connected to ETs...

This was a case of initially 3 young girls claiming to witness a biblical type figure speak to them in the sky...that told them to come back on a few occasions over a few weeks, that led to it being seen again and telling them that on a set date.. that they would witness a miracle...the word spread and when the date arrived 70,000 people turned up and many claimed to witness the Sun move and fall out of the sky...later it returned to its original position..

I certainly have to say that does make me question what this may have been....it seems a very strange story or claim.........

Upon doing a quick google search, it appears there have been a film made about it..so it must be well known about to some...

Case File: Fatima Miracle
Location: Fatima, Portugal
Date: May 13 to October 13, 1917
Description: At the time, Fatima was a small rural farming village. The apparition or spirit they observed was described as a female figure in Biblical attire who spoke their native Portuguese to them.



Three children, siblings Jacinta and Francisco Marto and their cousin Lucia Santos, were herding sheep on May 13, 1917, near their home in the village of Fatima, Portugal, when a brightly lit woman appeared out of nowhere. She said that she was the Virgin Mary and told them that she would reveal three secrets to them. When they told their parents, they thought the children were lying. The same event occurred on August 13, 1917, and by then word had gotten out—thousands of people had flocked to Fatima. Witnesses said that the sun got brighter, but they did not see the Virgin Mary. However, the three children claimed that they saw her and that she had communicated with them "telepathically". The last incident occurred on October 13, 1917, which was similar to the second one. Several thousand people flocked again, along with reporters and photographers, and although the spectators did not see the Virgin Mary, the sun once again got brighter. Jacinta and Francisco died a few years after due to the 1918 flu epidemic, but Lucia survived and still had the Three Secrets of Fatima. The first was a vision of hell, and the second included the Virgin Mary's instructions on how to save souls from Hell and convert the world to the Christian faith. In 1925, Lucia claimed to have seen her again in Spain, and she later became a nun. Although the Third Secret of Fatima was allowed to be revealed to the public in 1960, it was withheld. To this day, Fatima is known as one of the most revered shrines in all of Catholicism.
Background: Fatima is a small village located in the country of Portugal. The population reached 10,302 in 2001, mostly due to the Fatima Miracle. Jacinta Marto was eight, her brother Francisco was seven, and their cousin Lucia dos Santos was nine when the first Fatima vision occurred.

Investigations: None
Extra Notes: This case first aired on the November 3, 1993 episode.
Results: Unsolved. In 2000, the Third Secret of Fatima was finally revealed. It was about the deaths of the Pope and other religious figures. Lucia passed away in 2005, and the Fatima visions remain a mystery


http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/The_Fatima_Miracle

[Amaterasu]

Hmmmm....  I am reminded of that guy that made a whole building "disappear..."  Wish I could remember His name.  Might such "miracles" be possible along the same line as that guy?

[sky otter]

Astro

there are so many things i have questioned thur the years...

this one, if i remember correctly was proven scientifically about the sun
i'll try to find the info



my mother  who is 92 and grew up catholic and in a small town has some stories that  are hard to believe....
only one of which is that during a 40 hours ..where the host is exposed on the altar...
some devout folk were in the church and saw the christ child in the host - arms outstretched..
they ran outside
as the miners were getting home from their shift and yelled for them to come and see
they did.. and  they saw (?)  and many folk  converted  from that..

can i prove it or disprove what they saw .?   .no....
.do i believe what they saw..?  does it matter ?  they believed it and converted..
what did they see ?...who knows but they obviously saw something

i can tell you that there are a lot of stories about that old church...before it was torn down