Apparitions from heaven???

[Jehanne]

You think thousands of people, even if that figure is accurate, reporting having seen the Sun literally flying around off its axis with no physical effects is more convincing than literally millions of people on the rest of the planet not seeing anything at all?

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They weren't supposed to. That's why the kids were told to have people come to that spot.

Yeah, and they said that the miracle would occur at noon but it was not until 1:30, ninety minutes after its supposed "due time":

"It must have been 1:30 p.m when there arose, at the exact spot where the children were, a column of smoke, thin, fine and bluish, which extended up to perhaps two meters above their heads, and evaporated at that height. This phenomenon, perfectly visible to the naked eye, lasted for a few seconds. Not having noted how long it had lasted, I cannot say whether it was more or less than a minute. The smoke dissipated abruptly, and after some time, it came back to occur a second time, then a third time

"The sky, which had been overcast all day, suddenly cleared; the rain stopped and it looked as if the sun were about to fill with light the countryside that the wintery morning had made so gloomy. I was looking at the spot 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. The sun, a few moments before, had broken through the thick layer of clouds which hid it and now shone clearly and intensely.

http://www.fatima.org/essentials/facts/miracle.asp

Note what Dr. José Maria, the most often-cited witness, had to say:  1) It had been cloudy and raining, and then, around 1:30 PM, the Sun emerged behind the clouds, which means that the atmosphere was in a state of flux, perfect for all sorts of atmospheric phenomenon, and 2)  José Maria also claimed that there was a "column of smoke", which no one else had claimed, which attests to his state of mind.

It was Lucia herself, upon noticing the Sun emerging, who screamed, "Look at the sun!"  That's what got the crowd's attention, and like, provoked hysteria and panic among them:

https://www.ewtn.com/fatima/sixth-appari...r-lady.asp