One of the strangest spectacles that man has documented is that of Phantom army. History records many instances of whole battalions of soldiers that simply appeared unexpectedly from nowhere to the amazement of witnesses, or floating cities that hover above water for hours at a time, cities that are so real you can see children and dogs playing in the street.Witness reports suggest that these phenomena appear to have a reality of their own, so what are they? In the past, this mysterious phenomena has been attributed to everything from the light of God to rips in the space-time continuum. Many thought them to be a supernatural event that forewarned of trouble ahead, while those of a more scientific bent have suggested they might simply be an example of mass hysteria or a trick of the light. It’s worth looking to see if there is a rational explanation for these supernatural events, because whether they can be explained or not, they are fantastic events worthy of investigation.Reports of phantom armies that have marched through countries have been recorded from as early as the seventeenth century, so this is not a modern day puzzle, it is one that has been witnessed many times.Scotland has a particularly well-documented history of phantom armies dating back to at least 1719. In January of that year, the Laird of Kingswells, Alexander Jaffray, and his riding companion both reported witnessing an army of some 7,000 soldiers west of Aberdeen.

It was early in the morning, and a clear sunny day. What he saw was so real that he could make out the battalions colours, see the drums carried by the drummers and clearly identify the commanding officer, who was riding a white horse. The two men watched the army for two hours until it eventually disappeared behind a hill.The same army, led by the same commander was sighted in October of the same year. Then it was said that smoke could clearly be seen from the muskets they had fired but no sound was heard to indicate shots had been fired.In 1774, another phantom army appeared, seemingly floating above a mountain in Scotland, it was witnessed by a man named D. Stricket - Stricket had witnessed a lone phantom horseman the previous year in the same area. Like the 1719 sighting, the apparition lasted for a couple of hours until again, the army disappeared behind a hill.

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hm... thats pretty creepy, yet makes you want to witness it yourself. if i ever saw something like this, I'd follow the army over the hill instead of letting them go over it and 'dissapear'

Fascinating, as Mr. Spock would say.

Is there any more info on this phenomena?

I remember seeing a similiar story, with a captain of a ship seeing a mysterious island appear in and around the bermuda triangle. He looked at his map time and time again, but saw no indication of the island. He ordered one of his fleet ships to dock on the Island, however upon doing that the island dis-appeared, taking the soliders and the ships with it.

I truly wish I could remember more on the story, perhaps the names, or the year it was said to happen, but I was unable to find anymore information on it. I originally saw the story on the Discovery channel. Quite intriguing though, I heard other accounts of "floating cities" in the sky. One theory says that the Greeks saw such a thing on top Mount Olympus, making them believe the Gods lived upon it.

Personally, I think the earth's Magnetic waves are memorizing "us" and playing us over and over....like a camera. I've heard about magnetic waves in this sort of thing too from some ghost hunter.

probably mirages...
Mirages in the Sky

nah, i don't think it was a mirage, I mean, i believe in mirages but I hardly think that this could be due to a mirage. firstly, the army were extremely detailed, as were the cities, and they were around for a long length of time until they went out of distance. now that site suggests mirages of mainly of objects further away but brought closer due to interacting air, sort of like a telescope - bringing objects closer than what they are. but since when have you seen an army of old uniform riding horses and firing muskits without any sound, not recently huh, and this has been going on 300 years, now if it were a performance you'd of thought they'd of hired different actors

so no, i don't think this can be placed as a mirage. a city upon olympus, you'd of thought the greeks would have recognized a building - built in their own style - from most surrounding areas, but alas no, it was a different city.

oh ive heard of this, objects recording happenings, sort of like a tree 'recording' a guy reading a book, replaying it every so often. but then theres the whole 'alternate reality' theory as well, hard to know which is correct, but then again it could all be a fuse of the theories.
but i remember seeing a programme a while ago about this, went into detail as well about it. but i can't remember a whole lot about it, but then again it was around a year ago now...

I'm for this in a way. It's not like they saw a futuristic army, or some unknown army, it was around their same time period with the same style.

This would also explain ghost...just when these recordings are played over in the exact same place it happened. Also a theory that their's a "life energy" that records itself and replays every so often.

Wow, that's really creepy yet interesting at the same time. I would sure like to see something like that in my lifetime.

I seriously doubt these people are seeing mirages. Like that article stated, that would possibly explain a current timeframe image. But a Victorian era scene in 1943? 300 year old ship in 2005? Makes you wonder. Especially an image appearing out in the middle of an ocean...

*gets the heebie jibbies*

this reminds me of the stories of roman soldiers seen marching but either walking on air, or you can only see them from waist up (as their standing on ground that used to be lower)

but i don't think its a mirage or mass hysteria as scientists put it

Glitches

This reminds me of some book I read about this group of bats who had a hollow under this tree that all the walls inside were smooth, so anything said in there stayed and was replyed back anytime someone went in there. It was fiction, but it still reminded me of that.

dejavu?