This is an old post from PPF about Fatima. Im only gonna post the part that desibes what the kids were seeing. Below is a summary of Fatima apparition descriptions from Page 18 of
a 2005 book by Portugal historians entitled: Heavenly Lights, The
Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon.
The authors are Dr. Joaquim Fernandes and Fina D’Armada.
She was an apparently feminine and very beautiful figure. She was
wrapped in a light “that blinded.”
She measured approximately 3 ½ feet tall.
She appeared to be between 12 and 15 years old.
She wore a skirt, a coat, and maybe a cape, which were white.
Her skirt and robe had a checkered pattern of gold thread.
She had two or three cords at her waist.
She wore something on her head that covered her ears and hair.
She had black eyes. She had a strand of beads resembling a rosary, some type of hoop
earrings at her neck, and a luminous ball at her waist.
She came from above and disappeared, little by little, back up
into the sky.
She made no facial movements and did not move her legs.
She spoke without moving her lips.
She moved only her hands, once in a while.
She turned her back to the children when she rose up in the sky.
The Being of Fatima, Portugal, in the 1917 oak tree apparitions, as
interpreted by the authors, according to the first description provided
by Lucia to the Parochial Inquiry.
Source: Heavenly Lights: The Apparitions of Fatima and the UFO Phenomenon
© 2005 by Joaquim Fernandes, Ph.D. and Fina D'Armada.
full article:
http://www.perceptions.couk.com/uef/fatima1.txt