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At 1640 Nov 8, 19h¢ Operstor Solera when making « OCT weather report Sew what appecred to be a comet in the southe: st quadrant of the sky, It hud a long cone of light which enced in a ster larger tian Yems, I¢ remained visible to the naked eye for ayproximately 4 nimtes umtil beginning of sunlight dimmed the brilliance of the phencmena and fv.) sunrise obliter: ted it. Appeared to uuve about four er ‘«s of intensity in the tail Om How 6, 1918 (Rov 5 ~ Usa time) Dr Harley Wood, astronower in Sidney, dastralia recognised a new an’! extraordinary comet which had u tai) extending for 15 million niles. Three days later early risers in the southern and western parts of the U. S, were able to observe the rére celestial body With the naked eye. Moving close to the eun but away from it at a speed of about 128,000 mph the comet won visible for a brief ©° mimtes before obscured bb by the sum's light, a See attached reproduction taken from Life (This to ve wubmitted to Dr Hynek for nis View.oint as to whether the object reported and the comet sentione; in this article are one and the same. /