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1966 Leonids: Dave Seibert
Dave Seibert was a dean of boys at a Seventh-day Adventist boarding school, Pine Forest Academy, near Meridian, Mississippi in 1966. He sent this account to me during November 1998--
Several of the boys, the principal and I, stayed on the roof of the Sanitarium/Nursing Home during the display. At it's height, three of us divided the sky into thirds, faced different directions and counted for one hour. Our individual counts totalled 1,200 per hour.
Finally, well after daylight, I went to the cafeteria for breakfast, but paused at the top of the hill to see just ONE more streaker. Sure enough, a large meteor shot across the sky, leaving a BRIGHT GREEN trail for several seconds. That was the outstanding thing about what we watched, that night: the glowing trails that stayed behind after many of the fireballs extinguished.
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