Waltham Abbey, Hertfordshire, England — 8 May 1775
Light ball
“At 8:30 P.M. a remarkable phenomenon was observed by a gentleman at Waltham Abbey. “A meteor, resembling a nebulous star, appeared just above the moon, passed eastward, with a slow motion, parallel to the ecliptic, through an arch of about 5 or 6 degrees, and then disappeared. It subtended an angle of 6 or 7 minutes, and was of the same brightness and colour with the moon.”
Source: The Annual Register (London, 1776): 116. Case: W311