Does a mysterious light betoken clearer May weather?

Morgon-Tidningen de Stockholm (Suède), 4 mai 1946, p. 1 s1Bartholomew, Robert: Magonia Exchange, 10 mai 2007

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A mysterious white shining light over the Stockholm horizon occasioned a lively inquiry on Friday evening both in the news-paper's telephone exchange and with the fire brigade. Some observers also heard reports [i.e., claps, peals], but they actually arose from some blasting work. [As far as the light is concerned], it is thought at the Saltsjobad Observatory that it probably could be some kind of aurora. People also observed the shining light [out there] in a northwesterly direction. It is believed that a changeover to clearer weather, which is now signalled has some connection with this celestial phenomenon.

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