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THE BRILLIANT FIREBALL OF EASTER SUNDAY.- Mr. W. F. Denning writes: On the evening of Easter Sunday, April 12, at 2ih 40 G.M.T., a fireball of large size and dazzling brilliancy was seen by hundreds of observers in the south-west of England. A great number of descriptions have been received from spectators in Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Pembroke, Glamorgan, and other places. According to most of the estimates, the fireball moved rather slowly and passed over the sea between Cornwall and Pembroke. It concluded its path when about twenty-five miles west-north-west of Strumble Head, near Fishguard. The fireball may have fallen into the sea when it had traversed another twenty-five miles, but it is doubtful if it survived, and no reports have come in that it was actually seen to fall.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 115, 616 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/115616a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/115616a0