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2010-03-23

1719-01-01	meteor
Bologna (Italy)
In 1719, in Bologna, Papal States (now Italy), a fireball was seen. It was shining like the rising sun and its surface bore four gaps which diffused smoke and flames. Its altitude above the earth's surface was estimated 16,000 to 20,000 "footsteps" and its true diameter 3560 feet. It diffused a stro... [read more]

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2009-12-09

1756-03-03	meteor
Avignon (France)
A luminous meteor was seen from Avignon (and Cannes). [read more]

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2010-04-11

1758-12-29	meteor
Colchester, Essex, England (United Kingdom)
Ball of Fire apparently "about the Size of a common Football" was seen a few miles from Colchester. Seen by a second person located six miles away. [read more]

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2009-12-05

1762-12-04	meteor
Biddeford, London (United Kingdom)
A meteor with a long tail was seen at night. [read more]

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2010-04-11

1765-11-11	meteor
Hoechst, Frankfurt (Germany)
"A phaenomenon was observed, on the 11th past, between three and four in the morning, at Hochst, about two leagues from Frankfort on the Mayne. The heavens seemed to emit a torrent of fire, which was so bright, that the smallest characters might have been read. It continued about five minutes. After... [read more]

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2010-07-24

1795-07-21	meteor
Halifax (United Kingdom)
Meteor seen over Halifax. [read more]

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2010-04-11

1795-12-13	meteor
Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England (United Kingdom)
Fall of a meteorite stone. Wold Cottage meteorite aka Wold Newton meteorite. Wikipedia: "The Wold Cottage meteorite was the first meteorite observed to fall in Britain and is the second largest ever recorded to land in the United Kingdom." [read more]

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2009-12-05

1853-04-20	meteor
New London, Connecticut (USA)
"We noticed at about 12 o'clock at night, in the direction of New-London, what we supposed to be the light of a meteor. It extended from the horizon to the zenith, and in form resembled a half closed fan, the widest part being overhead. The edges were sharp and well defined, as are the outer lines o... [read more]

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2010-06-19

1855-12-19	meteor
Gateshead (United Kingdom)
A very bright and sparkling pillar of blue light appeared to stand up from the horizon. Transcription of the newspaper clip: A Curious Meteor, Or Electrical Phenomenon. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir, - A very curious phenomenon was observed here about 6h. 15m. this ... [read more]

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2010-03-23

1857-06-19	meteor
Carbondale, Pennsylvania (USA)
Meteor-like object struck the earth and became highly luminous. During its fall it "melted stone", destroyed a barn, brushes and under wood, "making a complete road, of a rod or more in width." [read more]

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2010-03-23

1860-07-20	meteor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (USA)
Brilliant luminous globe like a sky rocket was seen from different locations dozens of miles apart. Aurora borealis was visible two or three nights before. [read more]

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2011-08-29

1860-07-27	meteor
New York (USA)
"Double meteor" observed from different locations. Transcription from the article: Wonderful Meteoric Phenomenon. On Friday evening last, about twenty minutes before ten o'clock, one of the most remarkable phenomena of the heavens that has occurred during the present century, was witness... [read more]

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2010-03-24

1880-03-22	meteor
Kattenau (Germany)
"A singular phenomenon was lately observed at Kattenau, Germany. Just before sunrise an enormous number of luminous bodies rose from the horizon and passed in a horizontal course from east to west. Some of them seemed of the size of a walnut, while others resembled the sparks flying from a chimney. ... [read more]

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2009-12-09

1881-07-17	meteor
Morgantown, Pennsylvania (USA)
A meteor was seen. [read more]

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2010-03-24

1890-07-15	meteor
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
Many people in Chicago observed the luminous fall of a meteor at night. [read more]

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2010-03-24

1896-08-14	meteor
Chicago, Illinois (USA)
"A stream of light, almost regular in shape, showed in the southern horizon, and with an amazingly rapid motion streaked across the sky and disappeared in the north." It lasted three minutes. [read more]

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2012-01-16

1907-01-23	meteor
Tiffin, Ohio (USA)
Transcription of the Elyria Daily Chronicle article: Strange Lights Mystify Inhabitants of Tiffin on Recent Morning A Tiffin, O., despatch [sic], printed in several northern Ohio papers stated that on a recent morning early many residents of that city were awakened by strange lights. Four e... [read more]

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2012-01-16

1920-02-01	meteor
Vernal, Utah (USA)
Side effects of a meteor observed in Vernal and Jenson, including electrical lights going repeatedly off and on. Nobody saw the meteor directly but many hear it and observe the light created by it. [read more]

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2009-12-09

1921-11-25	meteor
Manresa (Spain)
Rectangular meteor with luminous tail. [read more]

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