Flying saucers, telekinesis, sudden showers of fish from the sky, stigmata, poltergeists, spontaneous combustion: these are a few of the unexplained phenomena Charles Fort (1874-1932) labeled damned, his term for mysteries ignored or dismissed by scientific orthodoxy. This volume, based on 27 years of research, explores this gray area between science and fantasy. Fort's research and interpretations became the prototype for latter-day extra-terrestrial speculations and helped promote the development of science fiction.