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Midlands Fireball 1910
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Title: Fireball in Sunshine
Authors: Denning, W. F.

On May 10, at 7h. 52m. a.m., a magnificent meteor was seen by many observers in the Midlands. I have read a considerable number of descriptions of the object, but they are not very definite. The meteor was witnessed by persons not well versed in astronomy and exact positions for the apparent flight. It was a brilliant object with a bluish nucleus and tail of red sparks; the observed velocity was moderate. Though the sun was shining the meteor shone with conspicuous effect, and more than one person supposed it to be Halley's comet, or, at any rate, a fragment of that body.

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