Strange Light in the Sky
Source: The Indianapolis Journal. November 30, 1899, Page 2. Indianapolis, Indiana.
Looked Like Half the Tail of the Great Ante-War Comet
Black River Falls, Wis., Nov. 29. – A very singular and remarkable phenomenon occurred here just after daylight this morning. What seemed to be the tail of an enormous comet appeared low down in the southwestern sky, but there was no head to it. It looked like about one-half of the tail of the great comet that appeared just before the Civil War. It was nearly as bright as the moon, but faded and dissolved entirely within three or four minutes. Some thought it was the train of a large meteor.
