A Strange Planet in the News

The Colour Out of Space

This flow traces how claims about Yuggoth and Pluto turn astronomy into a final, uneasy extension of the Vermont mystery.

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Akeley Names Yuggoth Akeley Names Yuggoth from "The Colour Out of Space". A Cosmic Explanation Beyond Earth Akeley says the beings travel between the stars and identifies a remote planet as their immediate outpost.

Akeley Names Yuggoth from "The Colour Out of Space". A Cosmic Explanation Beyond Earth Akeley says the beings travel between the stars and identifies a remote planet as their immediate outpost.

A Cosmic Explanation Beyond Earth Akeley says the beings travel between the stars and identifies a remote planet as their immediate outpost. A Hypothesis with Consequences His claim expands the local mystery into a question about life and intelligence beyond Earth.

The Lost Stone The Lost Stone from "The Colour Out of Space". Evidence Disappears A Risky Shipment Akeley sends the black stone toward Wilmarth through a complicated rail route.

The Lost Stone from "The Colour Out of Space". Evidence Disappears A Risky Shipment Akeley sends the black stone toward Wilmarth through a complicated rail route.

Evidence Disappears A Risky Shipment Akeley sends the black stone toward Wilmarth through a complicated rail route. No Trace in Transit The package never arrives, and reports of a strange-voiced man leave the loss open to supernatural or human explanation.

A Visit to Vermont A Visit to Vermont from "The Colour Out of Space". The Outpost Feels Near Journey into the Hills Wilmarth travels from Brattleboro to Akeley’s farmhouse through remote, forested country.

A Visit to Vermont from "The Colour Out of Space". The Outpost Feels Near Journey into the Hills Wilmarth travels from Brattleboro to Akeley’s farmhouse through remote, forested country.

The Outpost Feels Near Journey into the Hills Wilmarth travels from Brattleboro to Akeley’s farmhouse through remote, forested country. A Familiar Threat Tracks on the road suggest that the cosmic claim is connected to the local landscape in a physical way.

Pluto's Discovery Pluto's Discovery from "The Colour Out of Space". Astronomy Echoes the Story A New Planet Astronomers identify Pluto beyond Neptune, recalling Akeley’s description of a distant world called Yuggoth.

Pluto's Discovery from "The Colour Out of Space". Astronomy Echoes the Story A New Planet Astronomers identify Pluto beyond Neptune, recalling Akeley’s description of a distant world called Yuggoth.

Astronomy Echoes the Story A New Planet Astronomers identify Pluto beyond Neptune, recalling Akeley’s description of a distant world called Yuggoth. Suspicion Without Proof Wilmarth interprets the discovery as confirmation, while recognising that it cannot demonstrate the beings’ presence.

A Warning That Persists A Warning That Persists from "The Colour Out of Space". The Cosmos Remains Uncertain A Possible Design Wilmarth wonders whether the beings influenced the timing or interpretation of the discovery.

A Warning That Persists from "The Colour Out of Space". The Cosmos Remains Uncertain A Possible Design Wilmarth wonders whether the beings influenced the timing or interpretation of the discovery.

The Cosmos Remains Uncertain A Possible Design Wilmarth wonders whether the beings influenced the timing or interpretation of the discovery. Uneasy Knowledge The astronomical fact increases his fear without resolving whether the events in Vermont were real.

May 1928

July 1928

September 1928

After Wilmarth's escape, in 1930

After the discovery of Pluto