Newmarket & Thetford, England — 21 May 1646
Vertical pillar of light
“Betwixt Newmarket and Thetford in the foresaid county of Suffolk, there was observed a pillar or a Cloud to ascend from the earth, with the bright hilts of a sword towards the bottom of it, which piller (sic) did ascend in a pyramidal form, and fashioned it self into the forme of a spire or broach Steeple, and there descended also out of the skye, the forme of a Pike or Lance, with a very sharp head or point (…) This continued for an hour and a half.
Source: Signes from Heaven: or severall Apparitions seene and heard in the Ayre… (London: T. Forcey, 1646). Case: W201