Sighting

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Path of Light in Night Sky

Mysterious Phenomenon Is
Puzzle to Syracuse Theater
Crowds.

The unusual phenomenon of a
pale band of bluish light across the
northern sky about midnight last
night attracted thousands of Syracusans
returning from the theaters.
Telephone inquiries came from all
parts of the city and several adjacent
villages besieging The Herald
office for information.

That the light was a form of the
Aurora Borealis was admitted by
Dr. Edward D. Roe, Jr., professor
in charge of the Syracuse University
Observatory.

In his discussion of the queer
light Dr. Roe said that it was far
too steady to be the true phenomenon
known to laymen as the Northern
Lights. Its peculiar steadiness,
much like the beam of a
powerful searchlight was one trait
making a sharp distinction, as the
Aurora Borealis is constantly flickering,
shooting high, retreating,
glowing and flashing like a monster
electric spark.

Color, too, of the usual aurora is
different than that which attracted
so much attention last night. There
is far more white light in the Aurora
Borealis that appeared last
night.

That the phenomenon was an
aurora was admitted by Dr. Roe,
but the classification, he said, was
a mystery to him at the present
time. Notations made at the time
will be used in a study of the queer
light by local observatory authorities.

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