Apparitions from heaven???

[Jehanne]

Never underestimate the human capacity for self-delusion, or the orchestration and manipulation thereof. Take a group of people who may already be eager to be part of something other (and in this kind of case, the more really is the merrier, since the group is self-reinforcing), prime them that they're actually going to experience something, and I'd be most surprised if at least a majority percentage don't see anything. What would the odds rise to if you direct them to some action geared to distort their perception; say, staring at the Sun for several minutes?

Bravo!  But, also, remember it was not sunny that morning.  It was only after the Sun began emerging from the clouds that Lucia started screaming, and at that time, the atmosphere was in a complete state of atmospheric flux:



http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap160302.html