Paper: Nebraska State Journal City: Reno, Nevada Date: Wednesday, July 12, 1939 Page: 1 (of 11)
TERRIFIC BLAST ROCKS SECTION
Termed Most Brilliant Seen in Years
DETROIT, July 11 - (AP) - A huge meteor flashed through the sky over Detroit Tuesday night and was consumed with a terrific concussion at approximately 1,000 feet altitude 18 miles north of here near Mt. Clemons.
The meteor, a giant ball of flame with a tail trailing behind in the shape of a carrot, roared over the outlying metropolitan district with such force that thousands of residents believed it had struck the ground.
The sky lighted up at 8:50 p.m. for several seconds and the noise of the projectile was heard as it vanished in a great puff of smoke before it reached earth.
Felix Holt, news editor of radio state WXYZ, descried the meteor as a "tremendous ball of fire"
"It appeared to pass east a few blocks away from me while I was riding with my wife 12 miles north of the city,' Holt said, "It was a gigantic flame which lasted for several seconds."
Police headquarters was swamped with telephone calls inquiring about the meteor. The only information police had was what witnesses told them. A woman reported that a lake freighter had blown up on Lake St. Clair.
The flaming meteor, which once was a star that had wandered within range of the earth's atmosphere, was seen and heard over a radius extending at least 100 miles.
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This article is a lot like the last article, but has a different witness quote from Holt. I have about 20? Dresden papers, most versions of the same.....but diffferent witness quotes are always a good thing, and the reason I am posting this.
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