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©) OOPARTS (OOPARTS), have popped up in the most unlikely places, in the most unlikely circumstances. However, the greatest mystery about them is, why do they disappear after they have been sent to museums? 7 An 1851 issue of Scientific American reports an incident where a metallic vase had been dynamited out of solid rock. The Scientific American report was reprinted from the Boston NEXUS 46 Transcript. The story said that on putting the two parts together it formed a bell shaped vessel 4.5 inches ; high, 6.5 inches at the base, 2.5 inches at the top and about ‘/s” in tLinbLaann UUT UT Flace AMTaCcls Ine lwo pais logelner il jornmeda a SIone, Titeen feel below Ile (OOPARTS), have popped up bell shaped vessel 4.5 inches surface. in the most unlikely places, in the high, 6.5 inches at the base, 2.5 Noorbergen notes that the most unlikely circumstances. inches at the top and about ‘/s” in vase circulated from museum to However, the greatest mystery thickness. museum then vanished. about them is, why do they The body of the vessel disappear after they have resembles Zinc in Colour, or a 2 Morrisonville Times June 11 been sent to museums? composition metal in which there 1891. On 8th June 1891, Mrs is a considerable portion of silver. Culp,of Morrisonville, Illinois, was 7 An 1851 issue of Scientific On the sides there are six figures shovelling coal into her kitchen American reports an incident of a flower, a bouquet, beautifully stove when her attention was where a metallic vase had been inlaid with pure silver. drawn to one lump of coal which dynamited out of solid rock. The The chasing, carving and had broken in two revealing a Scientific American report was inlaying are exquisitely done by gold chain of intricate reprinted from the Boston the art of some cunning craftsman. | workmanship. thickness. The body of the vessel resembles Zinc in Colour, or a composition metal in which there is a considerable portion of silver. On the sides there are six figures of a flower, a bouquet, beautifully inlaid with pure silver. The chasing, carving and inlaying are exquisitely done by the art of some cunning craftsman. was blown out of the solid pudding stone, fifteen feet below the surface. Noorbergen notes that the vase circulated from museum to museum then vanished. 2 Morrisonville Times June 11 1891. On 8th June 1891, Mrs Culp,of Morrisonville, Illinois, was shovelling coal into her kitchen stove when her attention was drawn to one lump of coal which had broken in two revealing a watt obatn of gold chain of intricate workmanship. Out Of Place Artifacts This curious and unknown vessel