Haqiqatul-Wahi (The Philosophy of Divine Revelation) — Page 659
A BRIGHT SIGN-SIGN NUMBER 197 659 Now, before producing the eyewitness testimony of others about these burning meteorites, I quote below the report of the Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, as given in its issue dated 3 April 1907 con- cerning this fireball. It is as follows: Several correspondents have written to tell us of the aërolite which was seen on Sunday afternoon about a quarter to five o'clock. It was of great brilliancy, and its fall from the sky was followed in Lahore by an immensely long double train of what looked like smoke. It was seen at Rawalpindi in a south-easterly direction from that station. There was bright sunshine at the time. Some of our correspondents inquire if there are any cases on record of a meteorite being visible under such conditions, and other point out that if the phenomenon had occurred after dark the sight must have been surpassing brilliancy. (Civil and Military Gazette, Lahore, dated 3 April 1907) Similarly the Army News of Ludhiana in its issue dated 6 April 1907, page 11, column 3, reports about this same meteor as follows: The shooting meteor came down from the sky at about 3:00 PM on 31 March 1907 the details of which are as follows: At a distance of about half a mile to the south-west corner of the village Panwana, Tehsil Pasrur, a meteor was seen which imme- diately upon falling from the sky assumed the shape of some twenty-five yards long flame of fire and headed from the jun- gle towards the village. There is a Hindu crematorium about a quarter mile away from the village wherein is an acacia tree, over which, at a height of some ten yards, (the flame) hov- ered for about five minutes, then it turned white and became thick like a big bamboo stick. Five minutes later, this fireball burst into three parts, resulting in a loud crash encompassing the whole jungle and the village, as if a number of cannons