India, location unknown: Disk with appendage — 1838
A flying disk, about the apparent size of the moon but brighter, from which projected a
hook-shaped appendage, was reported by G. Pettitt. It was visible about 20 minutes.
Source: Baden Powell. “A catalogue of observations of luminous meteors,” Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1849): 1-53, at 2, 44. 425. Case: W378