PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 149 



20. 



H. C. Hallowell, Sandy Spring (18 miles north ofWashing- 

 ington), Montgomery Co., Maryland, pp. 153, 187, 189. 



1. About 8 P. M. 



3. First in the south ; last, southwest. 



4. First, 50°; last, 10°. 



5. Body ^ size of full moon ; of elongated shape, and of intense 



greenish-white light, with the head of red and blue, with 

 scintillations, followed by trail 3° long ; shadows over- 

 came lights in the house. 



6. Interval from 1^ to 4 minutes. 



T. Noise, a sharp report that shook the windows. 



21. 



J. A. Hopkins, 121 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D. C, 

 pp. 5, 135. 



2. 4 seconds. 



7. Like rattling of a door. 



22. 



Dr. Peter Parker, Corner 11th and Pennsylvania Avenue, 

 Washington, D. C, p. 19. 



L 7.30 P. M. 



5. Wedge-shape, with pale violet point ; like a vibrating veil 

 of light. 



23. 



H. Inman, Corner of Pennsylvania Avenue and 13th Street, 

 Washington, D. C, pp. 95-99, 163. 



1. 7.42, minus 4 minutes? (7.38 Washington time). 



2. 20 seconds. 



3. First directly over the Capitol dome [E. 20° S.]; last, due 



west. 



4. First, about 45°; passed within 5 or 10° south of the 



zenith; disappeared behind a building; altitude less 

 than 5°. 



5. Yellow base, 1^ times the moon's diameter; length 2|- 



times the moon's diameter ; apex dull ; moved with its 

 base in front. 



6. 45 seconds after the disappearance. 

 T. A dull thud. 



24. 



Dr. T. H. Gill, Corner of lOth and Canal streets, Washing- 

 ton, D. C, p. 151. 



6. 145 or 150 seconds between the first sight and the explosion. 

 [Reliable.] 



