150 BULLETIN OF THE 



25. 



W. J. McIntire, Corner of 12th and Pennsylyania Avenue, 

 Washington, D. C, p. 159. 



5. White, hot ; front, blue ; rear, dark red ; general effect blue ; 

 body well defined, blunt head ; breadth, one moon's dia- 

 meter, and length, three moon's diameter. 



7. Whizzing sound like bombshells. 



26. 



Isaac Lynch, Farragut Square, Washington, D. C, pp. 119- 



182. 



1. 1.50 P. M. 



2. 3 or 4 seconds. 



3. Due south ; last azimuth 60° west, or a little south of the 



moon. 



4. 60° ; last, 25°. 



5. Bright as a street-lamp at 20 feet ; diameter, ^ moon with 



tail 3 moons ; clear white, with rays of colors. 



6. 25 seconds. . 



7. Explosion followed by rumbling like thunder ; continued 



20 seconds. 



27. 



J. H. L. Eager, New Jersey Avenue and B Street, southeast, 

 Washington, D. C, p. 227. 



1. 8.40 or 7.40 P. M. 



3. First, east ; second, west. 



4. Last altitude about 22°. 



5. Pure white. 



28. 



E. S. HoLDEN, U. S. Naval Observatory, Washington, D. C, 

 pp. 239-246. 



1. 7.40. 



2. About 2 seconds. 



3. Last, south 68° west. Careful determination. 



4. Last altitude, 4° 45', or less. Careful determination. 



5. More yellow than moonlight, and cast distinct shadows. 

 7. No noise heard. 



29. 



Professors Newcomb, Hilgard, and Baird, Washington, 

 D C, pp. 199, 200. 



6. Newcomb estimates it at 1-^ minutes ; had his eye at 



telescope. 



7. Hilgard heard it within a closed I'oom ; Baird heard rattling 



of windows at 7.42. 



