“Sr. Lucia believed that an aurora borealis, which appeared in the sky on January 25, 1938, was the “unknown light” to which Mary had referred. The celestial phenomenon could be seen throughout Europe and as far south as Australia, and across the Atlantic to Bermuda and parts of the United States.”
“Northern lights disrupt radios in Maine, frighten Europeans” – [Maine Press Herald, January 26, 1938, p. 1]
“AUrora borealis startles Europe. People flee, call fireman” – [New York Times, January 26, 1938, p.25 ]
“Magnetic storms playing heck with news wires” – [Dalas Morning News, January 26, 1938, p.1 ]
“Aurora borealis cutting capers” – [Savanna Morning News, January 26, 1938, p. 1]
“Borealis over Tennessee valey” – [The Kansas City Star, January 27, 1938]
“Blame it on the sun” – [Rocky Mountain Herald, January 29, 1938, p.1 ]
“Europe upset at first aurora since 1709” – [Bismark Tribune, January 26, 1938, p.2 ]
“Aurora borealis glows in widest area since 1709” – [Chicago Daily Tribune, January 26, 1938, p.2 ]
“Northern lights give prize show” – [Boston Globe, January 26, 1938, p.1 ]
“Neon Lights in the sky: Display of aurora borealis viewed on two continents” – [Christian Science Monitor, January 26, 1938, p.1 ]
“Northern lights down south” – [London Times, January 26, 1938, p. 12]
“Aurora borealis abroad” – [London Times, January 27, 1938]
Science Journal Reports:
“A large sunspot” – [Nature, January 22, 1938, p.156]
“Aurora of January 25-26” – [Nature, January 29, 1938, p.192]
“The aurora of January 25-26” – [Nature, February 5, 1938, p.232-235]
“Cosmic rays and the aurora of January 25-26” – [Nature, April 16, 1938, p.686-7]
Nature 141, 156-156 (22 January 1938)
A Large Sunspot
Abstract
A BRIEF scrutiny of the sun’s disk on January 15, made possible at Greenwich in a break of persistent cloud, showed that a big sunspot had appeared. The approximate time of the central meridian passage was January 18·4, the latitude of the spot being 19° N. ; its area was estimated to be about 2,500 millionths of the sun’s hemisphere. The spot, which resembles the giant spot of last October, will reach the sun’s western limb on January 24. A magnetic storm was recorded at Abinger commencing on January 16 at 22·6h.