BRIGHT METEOR SEEN
TORY CHANNEL REPORT ’(P.A.) WELLINGTON, March 15. ‘ An exceptionally bright meteor which Was orange in colour and is said to have lighted the whole seascape was observed at 10.30 p.m. on Saturday from the yacht Hope in Tory Channel. The director of the Carter Observatory, Mr. I. L. Thomsen, said the display was obscured by cloud, the meteor being seen only when it emerged, lighting the scene as by a flash of lightning. Any further reports would be welcomed by the observatory, he added.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 2
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87BRIGHT METEOR SEEN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22587, 16 March 1948, Page 2
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