Tillington, Sussex, England — 11 August 1855
Red wheel in the sky
At 11:30 P.M. a Mrs. Ayling and other witnesses watched in awe as a red wheel-like object with spokes emerged from behind some hills and remained visible in the sky for an hour and a half.
Source: Baden Powell, “Report on observations of luminous meteors, 1855-56,” Annual Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1856): 53-62, at 54-55. 460. Case: W413