England, exact location unknown — 20 December 1689
Strange object
About 4:45 A.M., a fiery object shaped like a half-moon changed into a bright sword and “ran westward.”
Source: “Diary of Jacob Bee of Durham,” reprinted in Six North Country Diaries, vol. CXVIII, J.C. Hodgson, ed. (Durham: Surtees Society, 1910). Case: W255