North Carolina — 16 March 1833
A very slow “meteor” changes course
- At 6:35 P.M., during twilight, a man observed an object as bright as Venus, about the same elevation but a little to the right of it. It was running in a northerly direction until it changed course, running parallel to the horizon. It assumed a serpentine shape and became stationary extending over 12 to 15 degrees and retaining its brilliance for about two minutes. The witness reports: “It continued gradually to fade, appearing more and more like a thin whitish cloud; and at 6:40 the last vestige of it disappeared, being visible just 5 minutes.”
Source: Boston (Mass.) Investigator, 17 May 1833. 413. Case: W366