Quangxi prov., Linggui area, China — 27 January 1795

Crash of a large maneuvering light

A large “star” in the Southeast rose and fell three times, followed by another one that “crashed in a village.”

Source: C. B. Fergusson, ed., The Diary of Simeon Perkins 1790-1796 (Toronto: The Champlain Society, 1961), 430. Case: W322