“Mystery Flares”
An Auckland astronomer, Dr. C. A. Corban, said that he considered the mystery flares reported in the Bay of Plenty on Saturday morning were merely part of a meteoric shower, comprising particles from Halley’s comet, through which the earth passes annually from about May 4 to May 15. Dr. Corban said that he himself saw two meteors on Friday morning and three on Saturday morning. The “New Zealand Herald’s’’ astronomical correspondent agreed that this was a likely explanation of the reported flares. He said this annual meteor shower could provide a dozen bright meteors an hour. These were visible early this month in the north-eastern sky between about 3 a.m. and dawn.—(P.A.)
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Press, Volume XCVIII, Issue 28894, 14 May 1959, Page 21
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