Life on Moon
Strange as it may seem, the existence of life on the moon is common knowledge since the 19 century. On August 1835 the news were in the American newspapers and created a real sense. For at least 15 days the people of New York were reading the sensational revelations made by the New York Sun. The newspaper presented in series the results of incredible observations.
New York Sun was a small New York newspaper with a circulation of 4.000 daily. On August 25 and in the 2nd page of the newspaper there was an article titled “Celestial Discoveries” that reported a line of shocking discoveries – observations. These observations had been made by sir John Herschel, via a telescope of new technology that had been set up somewhere in the Cape of Good Hope, and had been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science.
Herschel’s observations revealed the existence of a variety of animal forms on the surface of the moon. Bisons, beavers, rich flora, but also traces of artificial structures with smoke coming out of them, implying the existence of intelligent life. On the 4 day of the series of articles the newspaper presented the batmen.:
«… They averaged four feet in height, were covered, except on the face, with short and glossy copper-colored hair, and had wings composed of a thin membrane, without hair, lying snugly upon their backs from the top of the shoulders to the calves of their legs. …
… We could perceive that their wings possessed great expansion and were similar in structure of those of the bat. … The wings seemed completely under the command of volition, for those of the creatures whom we saw bathing in the water spread them instantly to their full width, waved them as ducks do theirs to shake off the water, and then as instantly closed them again in a compact form …»
On the day that the story about the batmen was presented the NY Sun reached the astonishing, for that time, circulation of 19.360, the largest of any newspaper in the world. However, while the
New York Sun was a small New York newspaper with a circulation of 4.000 daily. On August 25 and in the 2nd page of the newspaper there was an article titled “Celestial Discoveries” that reported a line of shocking discoveries – observations. These observations had been made by sir John Herschel, via a telescope of new technology that had been set up somewhere in the Cape of Good Hope, and had been published in the Edinburgh Journal of Science.
Herschel’s observations revealed the existence of a variety of animal forms on the surface of the moon. Bisons, beavers, rich flora, but also traces of artificial structures with smoke coming out of them, implying the existence of intelligent life. On the 4 day of the series of articles the newspaper presented the batmen.:
«… They averaged four feet in height, were covered, except on the face, with short and glossy copper-colored hair, and had wings composed of a thin membrane, without hair, lying snugly upon their backs from the top of the shoulders to the calves of their legs. …
… We could perceive that their wings possessed great expansion and were similar in structure of those of the bat. … The wings seemed completely under the command of volition, for those of the creatures whom we saw bathing in the water spread them instantly to their full width, waved them as ducks do theirs to shake off the water, and then as instantly closed them again in a compact form …»
On the day that the story about the batmen was presented the NY Sun reached the astonishing, for that time, circulation of 19.360, the largest of any newspaper in the world. However, while the