[From Uranus Vol.2 No.2, September 1955]
"ANGEL HAIR" (Fils de la Vierge)
(I imagine most of our readers have heard of the mysterious vanishing substance which (I believe) was first reported as having fallen at Gaillac and Oloron (France) after the passage of a considerable number of F.S. The following extracts from the B.S.R. "Clips, Quotes & Comments" will no doubt be of interest.)
THAT "SPUN GLASS" OR "ANGEL HAIR" BUSINESS. - Assoc. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas of Spokane, visiting BSR Headquarters lately, reported that there was a widespread fall of this tinsel-like stuff, about 50 miles south from Red Bluff, Calif. the upper air seemed filled with it but it did not accumulate on the ground, although a good deal adhered for a time to trees and shrubs. By breaking of twigs they were able to get some of it into a small jar, and we hope to get a sample of this, if it has not yet 'evaporated'. This "fall" was not accompanied by the appearance of any Saucers (these may have been present but invisible); but reports from Italy and elsewhere are that the 'spun glass' does appear as a trail or fall from the aeroforms. It may be a bye-product of some kind of propulsion process employed in our atmosphere - or maybe a means or a result of clearing our air of certain harmful elements. Or...it's your turn to guess. If you get a chance, pick up this stuff on a twig or stick wrapped in black cloth and put it in a covered bottle. It will discolour the hands temporarily, but is not known to be dangerous in any way. If it disappears from a closed container, it may still be present in a gaseous state and might respond to physical tests; or it may be borderland etheric stuff which cannot be confined. (C.12, dated 15th December, 1954).
SHEPPARTON THREADS - or Angel Hair, Preliminary Analysis: Australian Flying Saucer Bureau (& Magazine): In October 1954, substance was pure white, silky, odourless, warm, not sticky. Uniform threads of very fine type; disintegrates slowly in air. Not soluble in water. Soluble in strong caustic acid. Burns rapidly leaving no smell or ash (unlike wool, cotton, silk or cobwebs). Threads are dry and stretch easily at the ends. An important characteristic is the length of the original strands coming down from the sky - average length 30 ft. (Andrew P. Tomas in AFS Mag.) - (D.8, dated 15th April 1955).
ANGEL HAIR - We are told (by one of the Mark Probert controls) that one of the principal uses of this material, to the Etherian visitors, is for intercepting the radar beam - which seems to cause navigational difficulties to the discs. Instances have been reported where the stuff seemed to be given off from Discs in flight. The Communicator described it as "etheric material not beolonging to your plane", which may be supported by its disappearance when held in the hand - leaving a greenish stain. But samples here at BSR Headquarters disappear very slowly over a period of several months, and do not stain the hands. Apparently the different 'falls' vary in quality. Also, we were formerly told that the stuff was "dangerous", but as yet we have had no reports of bad effects. To be on the safe side, pick it up with a stick, preferably wrapped with a black cloth. - (E.I. dated 1st July 1955).
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