Garrett affirmed that he was in his right mind and was not suffering from a hallucination.Īnd in fact everything, both near and far, had changed, taking on the color of old yellow damask. With my back still turned, I opened my eyes and saw that the landscape was the same purple color as before.Īt the end of it, Dr. An oak tree nearby threw a shadow of this color on the ground.įearing that I was suffering from an affection of the retina, an improbable explanation because in that case one could not see things purple-colored, I turned away and shut my eyes, keeping my hands before them to intercept the light. Objects around me, the sky and the atmosphere, were of the same color. I looked first at the nearest objects and then extended my glance further afield as far as the horizon.
Looking at the sun, I noticed that everything around was becoming darkened.
In Fátima it gave light and heat and appeared clear-cut with a well-defined rim.Īt first he feared what was happening and tried to turn away.ĭuring the solar phenomenon, which I have just described in detail, there were changes of color in the atmosphere. It could not be confused, either, with the sun seen through fog (for there was no fog at the time), because it was not opaque, diffused or veiled. It looked like a glazed wheel made of mother-of-pearl. It was not spheric like the moon, nor did it have the same color, tone, or shading. It did not in the least resemble the moon on a clear night because one saw it and felt it to be a living body. It was a clearer, richer, brighter color, having something of the luster of a pearl. I do not agree with the comparison which I have heard made in Fátima-that of a dull silver disc. I veered to the magnet which seemed to be drawing all eyes, and saw it as a disc with a clean-cut rim, luminous and shining, but which did not hurt the eyes. The sun, a few moments before, had broken through the thick layer of clouds which hid it, and shone clearly and intensely. It must have been nearly two o’clock by the legal time, and about midday by the sun. What happened next defied all scientific reasoning. Then I heard a shout from thousands of voices and saw the multitude suddenly turn its back and shoulders away from the point toward which up to now it had directed its attention, and turn to look at the sky on the opposite side. I was looking at the place of the apparitions, in a serene, if cold, expectation of something happening, and with diminishing curiosity, because a long time had passed without anything to excite my attention.
Garrett explains in his account that at first nothing extraordinary occurred. (As a note, some claim the account was actually given by Dr. Gonçalo de Almeida Garrett, Professor of Natural Sciences at Coimbra University, was there and later recalled what occurred. What they saw was widely reported at the time and became known as the “Miracle of the Sun.”Īccording to various sources, Dr. Thousands of individuals gathered near Fatima, Portugal, on October 13, 1917, to witness the next apparition of Our Lady. On October 13, 1917, a crowd witnessed a miraculous event that was recorded by journalists, lawyers and scientists.
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