| out the centuries man has wondered about a | | | | Hail |
| mysterious phenomena that seems to have no | | | | The largest hailstones recorded have been about |
| answer, giant ice blocks falling from the sky. Many | | | | 5 inches in diameter with a maximum weight of |
| skeptics claim that there is no reason to wonder | | | | about 2 pounds. You need sustained updraft winds |
| about these strange occurances, there is a simple | | | | of 90 mph or more to create a hailstone of this |
| answer... They are falling off of airplanes flying | | | | size. Weather can't be completely ruled out, but, |
| overhead! Now mind you, I am not a close | | | | the average ice fall usually consists of 1 or 2 |
| minded person, I would be happy to accept this | | | | chunks, not hail storm quantities, and most of |
| explanation, but, I think I am going to need one of | | | | them occur on nice cloudless days, not during |
| these skeptics explain to me where the airplane | | | | inclement weather. Still, we don't know everything |
| came from on August 13TH of 1849 that the 1/2 | | | | about this mysterious place we call earth, so it's a |
| ton, 20 foot block of ice fell from in Scotland. Or | | | | possibility. Oh, and one other problem here, the ice |
| the one in India in 1800 that was reported "as | | | | that is analyzed is usually not from cloud water! |
| large as an elephant". I can go on and on, 15 feet | | | | Comets |
| long, 6 feet wide and 11 feet thick - England, | | | | Comets are composed of ice, dust, and rocks |
| 1888. One a yard wide in India - 1826! In 1802, a | | | | and it is possible that comets could enter the |
| lump of ice fell from the sky on Hungary that had | | | | Earth's atmosphere and strike the Earth before |
| a volume of 18 cubic feet! I think that one would | | | | exploding, as in Tunguska, or just simply melting. |
| be more curious about the aircraft itself than the | | | | Many theoris have been brought to the table to |
| ice falls at this point since there was no such thing | | | | explain away this idea such as, there are not |
| as an airplane at this time! | | | | enough pieces to be a comet or particles from it's |
| Ice falls have continued throughout the years up | | | | tail. Hmmmm, ok. |
| to modern times, with many reports in Spain in | | | | UFO's |
| the last year. But the question still remains, where | | | | Ummmmmm, yeah. This theory states that the |
| do these large chunks of ice come from? | | | | ice is falling off UFO's entering our atmosphere, or |
| There have been four standing answers to this | | | | perhaps that the UFO's are dropping them |
| question that I will address here and I will add an | | | | intentionaly as some sort of warning. Come on |
| answer of my own. | | | | people, I am not saying it's not impossible, but do |
| Airplane Ice | | | | you really think that a race smart enough to |
| The favorite answer of the skeptic - perhaps | | | | achieve intergalactic travel would have a problem |
| some ice falls off of aircraft, but, the pieces | | | | with ice build up when our own airplanes and |
| would not be very large. Modern aircraft are | | | | space shuttles don't? An quite honestly, why |
| equiped with wing heaters to prevent ice build up. | | | | would a alien civilization fly hundreds of light years |
| Also, in many cases there were no aircraft in the | | | | to our plnet just to throw ice cubes at us? What |
| area of the ice fall, and again, I may be going out | | | | possible message would that be? Bored alien |
| on a limb here, but I don't believe that there were | | | | college students pulling a prank? And people |
| any aircraft around during the previously cited | | | | wonder why the UFO and Paranormal community |
| reports in the 1800's. You may also want to look | | | | doesnt get taken seriously! |
| at what a 1/2 to, 20 foot block of ice would do | | | | Alright, we have gone over the most common |
| to the aircraft, one would have to assume that | | | | explanations short of random teleportation of ice |
| the ice fall would have been followed by the | | | | from colder climates, which is also a theory that |
| aircraft itself. An airplane would not be able to | | | | has been suggested. Now it's time to present my |
| stay aloft with a chunck of ice this large attached | | | | theory. |
| to it. | | | | |