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- Nostradamus 1999 and the 'King Of Terror' Frequently
Asked Questions (FAQ) alt.prophecies.nostradamus
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- 1. What does the famous '1999' prophecy (X.72) say?
2. What interpretations have been put forward? 3. How might one interpretation
involve a asteroid impact? 4. When would the asteroid first be visible?
5. Are there any quatrains describing the comets approach? 6. How big
is the asteroid? 7. Which quatrains describe the impact and immediate
consequences? 8. Where would the asteroid strike? 9. What would be the
physical effects of the asteroid impact? 10. Does Nostradamus give any
other clues about the eclipse and the asteroid? 11. Do any other prophetic
sources support the idea of an asteroid impact? 12. Wouldn't astronomers
have seen the comet by now? 13. Does any scientific research support the
idea of an asteroid impact? 14. Where can I find out more information?
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- A1) What does the famous '1999' prophecy (X.72) say?
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- Century 10, Quatrain 72 "L'an mil neuf cens nonante
neuf sept mois, Du ciel viendra vn grand Roy deffraieur: Resusciter le
grand Roy d'Angolmois, Auant apres Mars regner par bon-heur."
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- Translations:
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- John Hogue (Nostradamus and the Millennium):
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- "In the year 1999 and seven months The Great King
of Terror will come from the Sky He will ressurect Ghengis Khan Before
and after war rules happily"
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- Erika Cheetham (The Final Prophecies of Nostradamus):
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- "In the year 1999, and seven months from the sky
will come the great King of Terror. He will bring to life the great king
of the Mongols. Before and after war reigns happily"
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- Leoni (source: <http://www.herne.nl/starcon5/cenx.htmhttp://www.herne.nl/starcon5/cenx.htm):
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- "The year 1999, seventh month, From the sky will
come a great King of Terror: To bring back to life the great King of the
Mongols, Before and after Mars to reign by good luck."
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- Michael Jordan (Nostradamus and the new millennium):
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- "In July 1999, a great and terrifying ruler will
come from the skies and revive the great king of the Angoulmois before
and after which Mars will rule with good fortune."
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- Stefan Palus (Nostradamus 2000):
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- "The year 1999, the seventh month, From the sky
will come a great King of Terror: Resuscitating the great King of the Mongols,
Before and after Mars to reign happily."
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- Alef (A.P.N. newsgroup):
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- The year nine hundred ninety nine seven month, From sky
will come one grand King of fright: Resurrect the grand King of Angolmois,
Before after Mars reign by good-luck.
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- It should be noted there is some small confusion over
the presence of an apostrophe and one or two commentators have presented
a contrary translation for line two. For example:
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- Peter Lemesurier (A.P.N. Alternate FAQ)
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- "When 1999 is seven months o'er Shall Heaven's great
Ruler, anxious to appease, Stir up the Mongol-Lombard king once more And
war reign haply where it once did cease."
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- Two distinguished posters, with exemplary French knowledge,
present the counter argument to this case:
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- Alef (a.p.n) comments "There is no such word as
( deffrayeur )in the French language. However the said word, is a look
alike of the word ( defrayer ) which some have for the sake of supporting
a story invented, a word which is not in the dictionary ( defraie ) and
given it a logical meaning. Than pushing this idea to the limit of argumentation.
However the word ( effrayeur ) is found as such and is clearly expressing
a ( fright ) the ( d' ) is a preposition to explicit the connection between
the previous word and the following ( d' ) for " of " in this
case. In English we say ' of fright'. "
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- He further comments on the issue of apostrophe/ no apostrophe
as follows:
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- "...the word still means ( fright ). Paying a dept
write with only one ( f ) as ( defraie ). and the verbs in this case is
not in French dictionaries, write as ( defrayer ) to defray, is been the
subject of a dept pay off.
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- The word ( defray ) is not in context with the text of
quatrain 10.72. The word can be found in the complete guide to conjugation
12000 French verbs By Bescherelle Hurtubise hmn."
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- Claude Latremouille (a.p.n), although considering the
quatrains were written to be decrypted not interpreted, agrees that the
"deffraieur" means "d'effraieur". He notes on this
matter: 'The two French words "de effraieur" become "d'effraieur"
and are printed as "deffraieur" in X-72. They mean "of great
fear". In modern French, they would be written: "de frayeur".(another
justification: Nostradamus uses "l effrayeur" in the Letter to
Henry and never uses "le deffraieur" to his knowledge).'
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- So, it is fair to say that the "King of Terror/
fright/ great fear" is the overall consensus view which has stood
the test of time and is shared by most commentators.
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- A2) What interpretations have been put forward?
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- Once the correct translation has been established, we
next look at the meaning and possible interpretation. We have some event
occurring in the seventh month of 1999 (line 1). Firstly, the seventh month
may mean:
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- 1. July 2. July 14th - Aug 13th (seventh month in Nostradamus'
Julian calendar) 3. September (sept = seven in French) 4. The seventh month
in the Hebrew calendar, Ethanim--"Tishri" in the Hebrew civil
calendar--which begins September 11, 1999 and runs to Sunday, October 10
(till sunset).
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- This event will cause great terror and come from the
sky (line 2). It's effect is to revive or bring to prominence an empire/
kingdom in the East (line 3). War will be underway BEFORE and AFTER (line
4).
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- So what is this 'King Of Terror'? Some proposed candidates
include a nuclear exchange, an air attack, an alien landing, the Cassini
space Probe crashing etc.
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- Some deep thinking may reveal a little more. Something
'great' comes from the sky. It is visible for a long enough period of time
to create terror (terror take time to develop, unlike fear). The degree
and visibility of the event seem to rule out a man-made source, except
for nuclear war. However, in the case of nuclear war there would be many
'Kings' (nuclear missiles) and not just one. A Cassini probe crash may
also appear to fit the bill - yet it would hardly have time to promote
fear, it would simply crash with no warning (and if there were such a warning
counter measures could be taken). Both are possibilities, but is there
anything else?
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- Is there a connection with the total solar eclipse visible
throughout much of Europe this year? This eclipse occurs on the 11th August,
hitting the south-western coast of England at 11.11 am and proceeding through
France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia and
Romania, Bugaria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Pakistan and India (many other areas
will see a Partial Eclipse including eastern North America). The 11th August
falls within the seventh month according to the Julian calendar.
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- A3) How might one interpretation involve a asteroid impact?
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- A possibility (originally proposed in Charles Berlitz
in 'Doomsday 1999 AD' (1981) and taken up by Stefan Paulus in 'Nostradamus
2000 - who will survive' (1996)) is that the King of Terror refers to a
comet/ asteroid which will hit the earth causing devastation and a shift
of the east/west power balance, enabling the rise of the 3rd Antichrist.
Heavenly bodies have been treated in an anthropomorphic fashion throughout
history, hence the reference to a King. Most of the rest of this document
will explore this possibility.
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- A4) When would the asteroid first be visible?
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- Quatrain III.34
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- Quand le deffaut du Soleil lors sera Sur le plein iour
le monstre sera veu: Tout autrement on l'interpretera, Cherte' n'a garde
nul n'y aura pourueu.
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- When the eclipse of the Sun will then be, In broad daylight
the monster will be seen Everyone will differ on the interpretation, High
price unguarded: none will have prepared.
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- During the total solar eclipse of August 11th a comet
will be seen which is approaching Earth from behind the sun. It will have
been invisible upto this point, and will be after (the same happened in
1948 when comet 1948 XI was discovered). People will argue over the significance.
Is it a sign (line 3)? Panic buying will ensue (line 4).
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- What additional justification is there for the hypothesis
that this 'monster' is a comet? Johannes Hevelius' book, Cometographia,
published in Gdansk (formally Danzig) in 1668, includes drawings of several
different cometry forms seen between 1577 and 1652, and several are labelled
'monstriferous'. Two of these comets referred to in such a way have drawings
which indicate disconnected gaps in their tails indicating fragmentary
cometry pieces.
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- Hence, Nostradamus is warning this comet will carry one
or more asteroids in it's tail, and although the comet itself will miss
the earth one of these asteroids will impact.
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- A5) Are there any quatrains describing the comets approach?
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- Yes.
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- Quatrain V.32 (Cheetham)
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- When all is good and all abundance, in the Sun and Moon
its ruin approaches. It comes from heaven as you boast of your fortune,
in the same state as the seventh rock.
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- Line 1: Conditions are good (consider from Nostradamus'
view). Line 2: From the heavens some ruin approaches. Line 3: It comes
from deep space as many seem content. Line 4: the comet itself is not the
cause, but is in the same 'state' (i.e. appearing together) as the rock.
the seven connection relates to the seventh month in X.72.
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- Quatrain II.46 (Cheetham)
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- Apres grat troche humain plus grad s'appreste Le grand
moteur les siecles renouuelle Pluye, sang, laict, famine, fer & peste,
Au ciel veu feu, courant longue estincelle.
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- After great misery for mankind an even greater one approaches,
when the great cycle of the centuries is renewed. It will rain blood, milk,
famine, war and disease. In the sky will be seen a fire, dragging a tail
of sparks.
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- Line 1: may refer to the world wars of the century. Line
2: the millennium is renewed. Line 3 and 4: the events which will accompany
the comet.
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- Quatrain II.41
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- The great star for seven days will burn, The cloud will
cause two suns to appear: The big mastiff all night will howl, When the
great pontiff changes countries.
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- The great star will burn for seven days and the cloud
will make the sun appear double. The large mastiff will howl all night
when the great pontiff changes his abode.
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- Line 1 & 2: The great star is a comet, and the cloud
the coma. The comet will burn so brightly in the sky it appears that we
have two suns. (Alternative translation :'The great star for September
days will burn'). Since it is visible at the same time as the sun (a daylight
comet such as the Great Daylight Comet of 1910) we can conclude it approaches
from the sun's sector of the sky. It's brightness indicates a close approach.
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- Line 3: Nostradamian scholars usually identify the mastiff
as representing Britain - so we have a period of national distress in Britain.
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- Line 4: Events necessitate the Papacy's relocation from
Italy.
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- Quatrain VI.6
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- There will appear towards the North, Not far from Cancer
the bearded star: Susa, Siena, Boeotia, Eretria, The great one of Rome
will die, the night over.
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- Line 1: comet more visible from Northen hemisphere Line
2: Aug 99 sun will be nearly out of Cancer and moving into Leo, so comet
is approaching Earth from behind the sun. Line 3: Seismically active areas
Line 4: Pope will die, along with many.
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- A6) How big is the asteroid?
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- Quatrain I.69
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- La grande mortagne ronde de sept stades, Apres paix,
gueere, faim, inondation, Roulera loin abimant grands contrades, Memes
antiques, et grande fondation.
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- The great mountain round of seven stadia, Afterwards
peace, war, famine, flood, It will roll far away sinking great countries,
Even antiquities, and great foundation.
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- Line 1: What type of mountain is round? A good reference
here is to the burning mountain of Revelations which John describes as
being thrown into the oceans - a clear reference to an asteroid or comet
[Revelations 8:8]. So it appears we have a meteor or asteroid which AFTER
(i.e. the hit) causes war, famines, floods, great countries to be sunk.
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- Seven stadia equals 4,250 feet (a stadion in Greek measurement
was 607 feet). So, if this is the circumference (dividing by Pi) gives
the diameter - ~1350 feet, slightly more than a quarter of a mile.
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- Such an asteroid (given an oceanic impact, as line 3
intimates) would impact with the energy of 130,000 Hiroshima-sized bombs
(assumptions: perfect sphere, mainly stony asteroid with density 2g per
cubic centimetre, 60 km/sec impact speed - see <#palusPaulus for full
calculation). As a comparison, this is approximately 600 times the energy
of the Tunguska event over Siberia in 1908. However, the impact of 65 million
years ago in the Yucatan Peninsula, was likely a body of approximately
6 miles in diameter - having 50,000 times more energy than the postulated
asteroid.
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- As a side note, in his letter to the Governor of Provence
concerning the Salon meteorite of 1554 Nostradamus: * Refers to the Meteorite/
comet as 'terrifying' 3 times (cf. X.72).* Uses the 'stadium' measure to
indicate breadth in the sky. This refutes some authors insistence that
the use of the Greek Stadia MUST indicate Mount Olympus in I.69.
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- A7) Which quatrains describe the impact and immediate
consequences?
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- Quatrain II.43
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- During the bearded star's appearance, The three great
princes will be made enemies: Hit from the sky, peace earth trembling,
Pau, Tiber overflowing, serpent on the brink placed.
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- (Cheetham)
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- During the appearance of the bearded star, the three
great princes will be made enemies. The tremulous peace on earth will be
struck from the skies; the Po, the winding Tiber, a serpent on the shore
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- Line 1: Comets were called bearded stars. Line 2: Three
great nations - only 3 possible major powers are USA, China and Russia.
So they are possible candidates Line 3: A strike from the sky shatters
peace (asteroid in comets tail) Line 4: Earthquakes in Italy/ France resulting
from impact causing flooding.
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- Quatrain II.70
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- The arrow from heaven will make it's journey. Dead while
speaking; a great execution. The stone in the tree, the pond nation brought
down. The rumour of a human monster, purge and expiation.
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- Line 1: The asteroid approaches from the heavens like
an arrow. Line 2: The death toll of the impact - people die unexpectedly.
Line 3: stone is the asteroid, pond nation probably England/ Britain (see
next quatrain) Line 4: May possibly refer to the Anti- Christ
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- Quatrain II.62
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- Mabus will soon die and there will happen a dreadful
destruction of people and animals. Suddenly, vengeance will appear, a hundred
hands, thirst and hunger, when the comet passes.
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- Line 1: The identity of Mabus is still unclear. He is
not necessarily the AntiChrist. One strong candidate is Saddam Hussein
(invert his first name in a mirror, by which he is universally known).
Line 2: The effects of the impact Line 3: Note the use of suddenly Line
4: The comet PASSING is the cause of the turmoil and misery.
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- Quatrain III.70
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- The whole of Great Britain, including England, will be
covered by very deep floods. The new league in Ausonne will declare war
so that they will ally against them.
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- Line 1 & 2: Continuing the theme, Britain will suffer
flooding from the impact. Line 2 & 4: Italy (Ausonne in south of Italy,
stand for whole) involved in war.
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- A8) Where would the asteroid strike?
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- Briefly, the probable location is: Atlantic Ocean, east
of Mid-Atlantic Rise (near junction of African and European tectonic plates).
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- What is the justification? First, a note that the exact
location is not specifically given. However, there are several clues.
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- * Britain seems to be affected especially (II.41, II.70,
III.70)
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- * Italy suffers badly with earthquakes, with the papacy
relocating. (II.41)
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- * Other quatrains (along with Revelations and other sources)
indicate oceanic impact (I.69, II.43, letter to Cesar etc.)
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- * The general trend of the Arab invasian of Europe indicates
a weakening of the European powers, especially the western nations.
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- Another quatrain ties all these points together:
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- Quatrain IX.31
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- "The trembling of land at Mortara, Tin St, George
half sunk, Peace drowsy the war will awaken, In the temple at Easter abysses
open."
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- Line 1: Mortara in northern Italy, 35 miles SW of Milan
(located on African- European plate border). Line 2: St. George refers
to England, also 'Tin' refers to Scilly Islands, off the coast of England,
also called Tin Islands
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- Nostradamus is here adding together an earthquake in
Italy, and a flooding of half of England (note that England, unlike Scotland
and Wales, is mainly near sea level). So the likely ocean for impact is
the Atlantic, near the undersea border of the European and African plates,
hence setting off quakes on the boundary in Italy and surroundings. The
tsunami floods more than half of England.
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- Line 3: After mankind being fairly drowsy with peace,
major war will start up.
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- Line 4: The following Easter sees another major earthchange.
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Ocean could also be a possibility. Since Nostradamus wrote from a very
Europecentric view, he would concentrate on the effects upon England, Italy,
France etc.
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- A9) What would be the physical effects of the asteroid
impact?
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- So, the hypothesis is that late September/ early October
1999 the earth passes through a comets dust tail. This tail contains many
fragments - some large, some small. One of the largest, just over 1/4 mile
in diameter, strike the earth at an estimated impact speed of 60 km per
second.
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