MUIRHEAD`S MYSTERIES: "SMITHERS,OLD BOY,WHAT`S THAT CLOUD FORMATION,FLYING SAUCERS?!" "BY GUM,JONES, IT`S CHINESE FLYING CUPS!!"

Ladies and Gentlemen, have you heard of Flying Saucers? Yes,obviously,if you are the kind of person who`d read this kind of a blog.Well now you`re about to read about Flying Cups.

According to the Aberdare Times of 7^th January 1888 the phenomenon of Flying Silver once took place in China, or rather, flying cups. Read on:

“FLYING SILVER”. The Chinese paper Shih Pa prints the following paragraph. It is said that in ancient times the people saw silver cups floating in the air, and this fabulous story is still believed in certain parts of the empire. A reporter from Canton writes to tell us of a strange phenomenon which confirms the old fictitious story. On the day previous to the festival of the eighth moon [Mid-Autumn Festival - R] , a large number of people witnessed at sunset a flock of birds resembling silver cups, with the sound of ringing silver bells, flying at a great height, from west to east, the reflection of the sun`s rays on them being so dazzling as to blind the onlookers eyes. Many believed this must be the legendary flying silver cups because it answered to the ancient (word unclear.) We are a bit sceptical of this incredible story but if the writer had truly seen it with his own eyes, it might be possible because “strange wonders unintelligible to our feeble understanding do sometimes (?) this world” (1)

1. Aberdare Times 7/1/1888 via Welsh Newspapers Online   http://papuraunewyddcymru.llgc.org.uk/en/home