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Originally posted by epicvision
Every child present said they were alerted by a noise in the air and then they saw a silver, round ship, that was quite large hovering in the air. Also nearly every witness stated the SAME thing.. not typical of mass hallucination.
Originally posted by epicvision
Also, the events of the landing transpired over a period of time as well, - with mass hallucination the hallucination does not evolve with noises and sights so distinct over a period of time.
Source
At 11 a.m. on May 25, 1953, an estimated 150,000 people converged on a well at Rincorn, Puerto Rico, to await the appearance of the Virgin Mary as predicted by seven local children. Over the next six hours, a team of sociologists led by Melvin Tumin and Arnold Feldman (1955) mingled in the crowd conducting interviews. During this period, some people reported seeing colored rings encircling the Sun, and a silhouette of the Virgin in the clouds, while others experienced healings, and a general sense of well-being. Others neither saw nor experienced anything extraordinary. A media frenzy preceded the event, and a local mayor enthusiastically organized the visionaries to lead throngs of pilgrims in mass prayers and processions. Tumin and Feldman found that the majority of pilgrims believed in the authenticity of the children's claim, and were seeking cures for conditions that physicians had deemed incurable. Various ambiguous objects in the immediate surroundings (clouds, trees, etc.) mirrored the hopeful and expectant religious state of mind of many participants.
Originally posted by epicvision
an inherent lack of faith which exists in all die-hard skeptics.
Originally posted by CHA0S
That's highly unlikely... children of that age wouldn't get SO worried over such a complex topic unless perhaps one of the teachers was teaching them about all the harm we do to this planet in an overly dramatic fashion.
you have to wonder if they had some fear that mankind is destroying the planet, and since it seems quite likely that we are, I wouldn't say this is an unfounded fear.