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...Willard J. Fisher will lecture on "Meteor and Fireball Research at the Harvard Observatory, 1925-26" at the Astronomical Colloquium which will be held this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Building A at the Harvard College Observatory...
...floating" meteor was vigorously described as "blue green about a foot wide with a red tail of red fire 30 feet long," and as "a ball of silver twice the size of a croquet, with a gold tail three yards long." According to an artist sketching on the Ipswich marshes, the meteor landed with a loud thud only a short distance away. A naval officer at Squantum, however, reported that he saw the meteor fall in the middle of Dorchester...
These widely differing accounts make it seem clear that more than one meteor fell, and accordingly Dr. Fisher has begun a scientific investigation of the phenomena. The Harvard Observatory has issued the following questionnaire...
...What was the apparent altitude of the meteor when first seen? When last seen? This does not ask for the altitude in feet, but for an estimate of the angular altitude, as such a fraction of the distance from the horizon to the zenith, or in degrees...
...many seconds would you say that the meteor was visible...