Cathaway's Enchiridia

Children in 19th century dresses running through alley
Human body melting down, apparently by itself
Blizzard hitting a city of white marble
A perfectly smooth sphere (idea stolen from Three Body Trilogy) with almost no weight
Lines of Hawthorn trees
Hive consciousness, infectious through short-wave radio


March 1969, Soviet tank sank in the Amur River during the Sino-Soviet border conflict. The vehicle was retrieved by the Chinese for development of indigenous armaments.

That was the official story