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Unlock The Orb of Chatham and witness its mystery ... You MUST hold 'The Orb of Chatham' in your hands to FULLY access these features. LEARN more about 'The Chatham Five' witnesses READ news accounts of 'The Orb of Chatham' mystery LISTEN to audio interviews recalling the events of 1935 SEE amateur video of Orb sightings WITNESS postcards and photos that offer clues about the Orb BLOG with other 'Orb of Chatham' readers STUDY a map showing where the Orb may hide in Chatham's waters To BUY the book, please click here Email your friends about 'The Orb Of Chatham' web site! Just Click Here   Home I Sneak Peek I The Chatham Five I Buy The Book I FAQs I About The Author I The Art I Behind The Scenes I Press & Media I Book Signings & Events I Contact I Links I About Chatham I Blog I The Orb Store I About Chatham I Walking Tour I Help "A strange noir mystery that is truly baffling, yet curiously entertaining." -- Tim Wood, The Cape Cod Chronicle   'Middle-of-the-night black, moonlight white and cold gray have never been so eerily orchestrated as they are in Staake's superb drawings for his chilling tale, 'The Orb of Chatham'. Your eyes will feast and your skin will crawl." --Michael Keegan, The Washington Post Email your friends about 'The Orb Of Chatham' web site! Just Click Here   Unlock The Orb Code   If you hold 'The Orb Of Chatham' book in your hands, then click here to Unlock The Code   Are you brave and smart enough to go inside 'The Orb of Chatham'? Many secrets hide deep within the pages of the book -- and solving the clues will unlock the Orb itself. But to enter this secret area, you must first hold a copy of 'The Orb of Chatham' in your hands -- for the artwork in the book contains a mysterious code. Since the book includes a secret code in its artwork, it is impossible to unlock the mystery without holding the book in your hands. However, when you unlock the code, you will discover photos, research and disturbing evidence that proves the existence of 'The Orb Of Chatham'.     Here are some samples of what you will find when you unlock 'The Orb of Chatham' Code: Fascinating Vintage Postcards: After the publication of 'The Orb of Chatham', Bill Richards, the son of a printer's assistant for the 'American Postcard Company', discovered a rejected printer's "proof" that was never published -- until now. "Many people are familiar with the famous postcard showing the 1907 wreck of the S.S. Onondaga off the coast of Chatham", says Richards, "but while that the real postcard shows the grounded ship in the crashing surf, it does not include what appears to be a large ball near the shoreline -- as it does in this printer's proof. I can only assume my father was asked to retouch the photo and eliminate the ball -- probably for nothing more than aesthetic reasons -- but once I read 'The Orb of Chatham', I immediately recalled this image and thought you would be interested in seeing it. I can't verify that the object depicted in this photo is indeed 'The Orb of Chatham', but I can't disprove it, either." If you hold 'The Orb Of Chatham' book in your hands, then click here to Unlock The Code   Detailed Witness Biographies: On a summer night in 1935, five residents of Chatham, Massachusetts, reported witnessing a large, mysterious "orb" moving through the small fishing village on the elbow of Cape Cod. When the reports were made at sunrise, authorities immediately dismissed them as a hoax. Two months later, all five witnesses vanished -- on the same October 1935 evening -- never to be seen again. But the personal stories of the 'Chatham Five' witnesses are so eery, so mysterious, so disturbing that they are sure to make even the most skeptical a soul believer in 'The Orb Of Chatham'. Pictured at left: Margaret Snow. Of the five Chathamites who reported witnessing the Orb on August 14, 1935, she was the last to make an official report to town authorities. Which of the Chatham Five... ... was found to have sketchbooks filled with drawings of orbs in Chatham locations that were dated three yeears before the 1935 sightings? ... was given an Art Deco hat pin with a rare black (orb-like) pearl as a gift by one of the other witnesses? ... reported that when the clock tower rang and echoed off the hovering orb, it sounded like "an iron ship hull being clanged under water with an with anvil."? ... would pull lobster traps from Chatham's waters after the Orb sightings that appeared to have been 'crushed' by something "that had to weigh more than a ton"?   If you hold 'The Orb Of Chatham' book in your hands, then click here to Unlock The Code   The Depth Of Plot: A disturbingly odd photo depicting an unknown woman is found in the Snow mansion, on the back are pasted-on photos of barns, dirigibles, even a 1927 farthing. This singular piece of evidence could shed completely new light on 'The Orb Of Chatham' mystery - but did authorities ever see this curious item after the 'Chatham Five' disappeared? If you hold 'The Orb Of Chatham' book in your hands, then click here to Unlock The Code Puzzling "Evidence": Chatham's venerable Eldredge Public Library on Main Street. The library sits across the street from the First United Methodist Church where William "Gus" Nickerson reported to have seen the Orb hovering above the church tower. This hand-colored card was reproduced in 1938, but was not widely circulated. The postcard has been determined to be a hoax -- likely designed to capitalize on 'The Orb of Chatham' mystery. It was discovered being auctioned on ebay -- and was purchased for a mere $4. If you hold 'The Orb Of Chatham' book in your hands, then click here to Unlock The Code The Book Is Only The Beginning Of The Orb Of Chatham Story: Of the five who reported witnessing 'The Orb Of Chatham' in 1935, why would Margaret Snow be the last to file her report with the authorities, while her husband, Walter, was the first? Additional Information on 'The Chatham Five' can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter Why are so many orb shapes found in Chatham? The mysterious forms are commonly seen decorating gardens, placed in northeast corners of barns, and even used as book ends. Once people have read 'The Orb of Chatham', they report noticing even more Orb shapes within the quaint village. Additional photos of Orbs can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter What explains that orbs are often found near ship wrecks, particularly those occuring on nights with full moons? Unless you look closely at some of these mysterious photographs, you may not even notice the orbs that almost seem to hide from view. Additional shipwreck photos can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter Given the relative shallowness of Chatham's waters, why did divers feel it necessary in 1976 to use a titanium diving suit like this to search the ocean floor of Stage Harbor when lobster traps were discovered being mysteriously "crushed" by something? Additional photos can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter Why would this novelty song about 'The Orb Of Chatham' have been recorded in 1936 -- but banned from being played on the town's only radio station? Additional product photos can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter Is there a reason why orb sightings in the Chatham skies increase during the winter months -- even though the town's population drops considerably? And why do so many townspeople insist that 'The Orb of Chatham' events of 1935 never took place? Additional Sighting Photos can be found inside the Orb. Click here to unlock the code and enter   The Orb Of Chatham and OrbOfChatham.com is Copyright 2005 by Bob Staake - All Rights Reserved. The book was originally published by Commonwealth Editions. The text, images and content on this web site cannot be used without the expressed, written consent of the author. For licensing inquiries, please click here. Any similarity to charcacters living or dead is strictly coincidental Flash animation and music sequence by Ryan Staake -- Melonsoft.

, the reports were made upon daylight, though local authorities dismissed them a hoax.

Still, the witnesses' independent accounts were virtually identical; the orb appeared to be made of blackened metal, perhaps six feet tall, and traveled in absolute silence by rolling (though one witness reported spotting the orb "hovering" in the air above a local church).

Two months later, all five witnesses vanished -- on the same October evening -- never to be seen again.

Whether 'The Orb Of Chatham' is truth or fiction remains a mystery to this day.