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The Tunguska Event: Eyewitness Account
Professor Fowler, South Kensington, England
“The Recent Nocturnal
Glows,”
The Times of London, Saturday July 4, 1908
The remarkably ruddy glows which have been seen
on many nights lately have attracted much attention and have been seen
over an area as far as Berlin, There is considerable difference of opinion
as to their nature. Some hold that they are auroral; their colour is
quite consistent with this view, and there is also the fact that Professor
Fowler of South Kensington predicted auroral displays at this time from
his observations, which showed great disturbances in the sun’s
prominences. There was a slight, but plainly marked disturbance of the
magnets on Tuesday night, and this materially strengthened the auroral
theory, as the two phenomena are very closely correlated. However, this
was shaken on the following night, when the glow was quite as strong,
but the magnets were exceptionally quiet....
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