| ID | #1524145355 |
| Added | Thu, 19/04/2018 |
| Author | July N. |
| Sources | “Meteor seen in Holland”, The Philosophical Magazine 36 (1810): 395-396
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| Phenomena | |
| Status | Hypothesis
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Initial data
A remarkable incident occurred in the Dutch village of Brazao. The 36th volume of the Philosophical magazine announced that from 17:00 to 18:00 "luminous meteor appeared to the South, at a distance of about quarter of a League from the small commune of Brazao.
A quarter of an hour he plaul over the place where it was first seen. When all the parts came together it turned into a fireball and flew North. The phenomenon of horrified villagers, who believed that their houses will be burned, and they die.
It was followed by thick fog. Curiously, when crossing a river it absorbed water, which then poured rain.
It is hard to imagine a natural phenomenon with these characteristics. Its duration is also an anomaly because it lasted forty-five minutes, before turning into a column of fire and ascend to the sky.
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Original news
A remarkable incident occurred in the Dutch village of Brazeau. The 36th volume of the Philosophical Magazine reported that between 5:00 P.M. and 6:00 P.M., “a luminous 208 meteor appeared to the south, and about the distance of a quarter of a league from the small commune of Brazeau: persons who attentively examined it assert that it was nearly a quarter of an hour in collecting, floating over the place where it was first seen; and that when all its parts had united, it appeared all at once as a very considerable globe of fire, taking a northerly direction.” The phenomenon “spread terror among the inhabitants of the village, who believed their houses would be burnt, and they themselves perish.” It was followed by thick fog. Curiously, “in crossing a river it absorbed water, of which some afterwards fell as rain.” It is difficult to imagine a natural phenomenon with these characteristics. Its duration is also an anomaly, as it lasted forty-five minutes before turning into a column of fire and rising towards the sky.
Hypotheses
Смерч (вихрь, торнадо)
Atmospheric vortex that occurs in cumulonimbus (thunderstorm) cloud and propagating down, often to the surface of the earth, in the form of a cloud sleeves or trunk diameter of tens to hundreds of meters. Tornadoes can appear in many shapes and sizes.
Investigation
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