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15. As seen from near Stevenson, Conn. (Lat. 41° 22', Long. 

 73° 13'). — Mr/Gr. W. Bradley was driving between Botsford 

 and Zoar with a friend. They saw a flash, looked up and 

 saw the meteor explode, and heard the noise. "In coming 

 over the hills of Zoar it must have nearly touched the trees 

 here." The time was 7 h 30 m and they were certain that when 

 it exploded it was not over J mile from them because they 

 heard the report in a few seconds. 



16. As seen and heard from Banbury \ Conn. (Lat. 41° 23'. 7, 

 Long. 73° 28'). — Mr. Marcel Foubert observed a flash of light 

 and looking upwards saw a meteor of unusual brilliancy. It 

 left a long luminous trail behind it. When the meteor 

 reached the vicinity of the Pleiades it exploded scattering 

 bright red pieces in every direction. The report of the ex- 

 plosion was very slight, and the interval between the explosion 

 and report was but a few (three or four) seconds. Its direc- 

 tion was northwest. 



17. On the 6th of April I went to Danbury and saw Mr. OK. 

 Curtis, an intelligent farmer living two and a half miles N.W. 

 of Danbury (Lat. 41° 25'.6, Long. 73° 29'). He was startled 

 on that evening by the bright flash of light, looked up and saw 

 the meteor overhead. It was perfectly stationary in the 

 heavens. This want of apparent motion was a surprise to 

 him. For a time it grew in brightness, and then diminished 

 and went out without changing place. The color was at first 

 white, but later was red. The duration of the phenomenon 

 he thought was about 12 seconds. He indicated at my request 

 the time, which by my watch was about 7 seconds. 



18. As seen from Bethel, Conn. (Lat. 41° 22', Long. 73° 25'). 

 — According to the Danbury News Mr. Louis Ohlweiler, of 

 Bethel, heard an explosion like the sound of a pistol shot, 

 though not as loud, directly overhead. Looking in the direc- 

 tion of the explosion he saw five balls of fire spread out like 

 the balls of an exploded rocket. To him the balls seemed 

 about the size of an es^g and blue-white in color, like electric 

 lights. He kept the balls of fire in view for three seconds, 

 when they vanished in darkness. 



19. As seen from Pawling, N . Y. (Lat. 41° 38', Long. 73° 

 36 / ). — Mr. J. Frank Smith saw it a little east of south, and its 

 course seemed to be nearly vertical. 



20. As seen from near Poughquag, JV. Y. (Lat. 41° 43', 

 Long. 73° 41').— Miss Statia C. Brill was driving with other 

 persons. They saw it a little east of south. It seemed to fall 

 somewhere near the mountains about West Pawling. The 

 explosion was accompanied with about as much sound as a 

 rocket would make, barely as much. 



