BRILLIANT METEOR.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 20 October 1922, Page 8

BRILLIANT METEOR.

— * : REMARKABLE DISPLAY. \BY TELEGRAPH —PBESS ASSOCIATION.) NATPIER, Oct. 2. ' A brilliant meteor lighted up Napier at 10.30 last night, and a flood of brilliant light came with the suddenness of an explosion, although there was no noise. The .meteor then became duller, but renewed its former brilliance and retained it for some "seconds. The meteor travelled in a northerly direction, and was visible for about fifteen seconds. Those who saw it were convinced that they had never seen a j brighter display. Blue in colour, the j meteor shone with an intensity that j was alarming to some people. i