Just before sunrise on the early cloudless morning of April 12, 1864, strange detonations were heard likened to that of cannon shots or guns firing. Others reported hearing persistent buzzing sounds. At the farmhouse Poghel, Jahn Kasak and his three servants, Jehkab Wilister, Leepin Dahn, and Peter Grunwald were constructing a barn when an object struck the ground, only 375 steps away, throwing grass up into the air. Read more