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*Exactly forty miles north of Tucson, upon Sunset Mountain in the Coronado Forest. <ref>And it shall be Light at the evening time upon Sunset Mountain in the Coronado Forest, forty miles north of Tucson. Get on the map and see if Sunset Peak there. That's exactly where it happened. I never know it till the other day. (“What is the Attraction” (July 25, 1965)) </ref> | *Exactly forty miles north of Tucson, upon Sunset Mountain in the Coronado Forest. <ref>And it shall be Light at the evening time upon Sunset Mountain in the Coronado Forest, forty miles north of Tucson. Get on the map and see if Sunset Peak there. That's exactly where it happened. I never know it till the other day. (“What is the Attraction” (July 25, 1965)) </ref> | ||
[[Image:Sunset Peak.jpg|240px|thumb|East side of Sunset Peak.]] | [[Image:Sunset Peak.jpg|240px|thumb|East side of Sunset Peak.]] | ||
Based on the testimony of Gene Norman<ref>Gene Norman’s online audio testimony</ref> and Pearry Green <ref>Videos of Pearry Green’s testimony can be found on Youtube</ref>, William Branham was hunting on Rattlesnake Mesa | |||
Technically, there is no place called “Sunset Mountain”, although there is an area called “Sunset” just to the east of Sunset Peak. Rattlesnake Mesa was also where William Branham returned to in 1964, after which he told of a blast that prophesied judgment for the West Coast. The cloud appeared north of Flagstaff, around 200 miles away from Sunset Peak. | Based on the testimony of Gene Norman<ref>Gene Norman’s online audio testimony</ref> and Pearry Green <ref>Videos of Pearry Green’s testimony can be found on Youtube</ref>, William Branham was hunting on Rattlesnake Mesa, about 10 miles north of Sunset Peak, when the Angels appeared. Technically, there is no place called “Sunset Mountain”, although there is an area called “Sunset” just to the east of Sunset Peak. Rattlesnake Mesa was also where William Branham returned to in 1964, after which he told of a blast that prophesied judgment for the West Coast. The cloud appeared north of Flagstaff, around 200 miles away from Sunset Peak. | ||
Another interesting fact is that there was not just one cloud, but two. The second cloud is noted in the Life Magazine, and appears in a smaller photograph off to the north-west. | Another interesting fact is that there was not just one cloud, but two. The second cloud is noted in the Life Magazine, and appears in a smaller photograph off to the north-west. | ||
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The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base. Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. [[Image:AZRepMarch63SonicBoom 001.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | The March 1, 1963 edition of the Arizona Republic Newspaper includes an article called “Shaken Up By Sonic Booms”. This article tells of multiple sonic booms over the town of Springerville, Arizona that were being caused by aircraft from Williams Air Force Base. Some of these booms were so loud they cracked windows in the town. [[Image:AZRepMarch63SonicBoom 001.jpg|thumb|right|250px]] | ||
The Williams Air Force Base was operating F-5 Freedom Fighters and T-38 Talons in 1963, which | The Williams Air Force Base was operating F-5 Freedom Fighters and T-38 Talons in 1963, which were both supersonic jets. Springerville is around 120 miles east of Phoenix, Arizona, where the Williams Air Force Base was located. Rattlesnake Mesa is around 80 miles southeast of Phoenix. The speed of sound is 768 miles per hour. It is likely that the flight paths of these jets were in transition after the complaints from Springerville and therefore, an appearance over a relatively uninhabited area like Rattlesnake Mesa would preferred. | ||
William Branham described the same event in a sermon called “The Seventh Seal” on March 24, 1963. He said, “A little over a week ago I was up way back into the mountains, nearly to Mexico, with two brethren that's setting here, picking…sand burrs off of my trousers leg, and a blast went off that almost, looked like, shook the mountains down.” There is no mention of a cloud in this sermon. | William Branham described the same event in a sermon called “The Seventh Seal” on March 24, 1963. He said, “A little over a week ago I was up way back into the mountains, nearly to Mexico, with two brethren that's setting here, picking…sand burrs off of my trousers leg, and a blast went off that almost, looked like, shook the mountains down.” There is no mention of a cloud in this sermon. | ||