Apparitions from heaven???

[Jehanne]

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:

Which is frighteningly easy to induce in a group of people prone to superstitious thinking. Again, people from my village at the time "miracles" were happening would claim they saw such things as apparitions of Jesus and Mary, faith healings, icons dripping oil, cross of Jesus shaking, and so on.

For the record, the cross of Jesus was indeed shaking (as me and my friends at the time clearly saw it), but according to some people who went to the back of the room at the church, it was some idiot banging the wall from behind causing the cross attached to the wall from the other side to shake. It didn't stop gullible people from kneeling down before it and praying, though. And insisting to others that it was a miracle, of course.

Here's a great article on Lucia's psychology:

http://www.csicop.org/si/show/real_secrets_of_fatima

And, Francisco:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinta_an...pparitions

who apparently did not hear the angel or Mary:

It has always been a point of interest that Francisco never heard the angel or Our Blessed Mother speak but he saw them. One time he said to Lucia: "You spoke to the angel; what did he say?" His question surprised Lucia. "Didn't you hear the angel speak then?" she asked. "No, I saw that he spoke to you. I heard what you said but I didn't hear what he said."

http://www.ewtn.com/library/MARY/FMARTO.htm