Saarbriicken, Germany: Gray object — 1 April 1826
A grayish object, whose size was evaluated at over 1 meter, rapidly approached the
ground with a sound like thunder and “expanded like a sheet.”
Source: American Journal of Science and Arts 26 (July 1834): 133; The Quarterly Journal of Science, Literature, and Art, by the Royal Institution of Great Britain 24 (July to Dec. 1827): 488; E.F.F. Chladni, “Ueber eine merkwurdige meteorische Erscheinung, am 1. Case: W359