Dr. Nagy I. Zoltán szerk.: Fragmenta Mineralogica Et Palaentologica 6. 1975. (Budapest, 1975)

"Observers at the two ends of the line in question are giving evidence on very different phenomena; those at the western end of the path experienced only optical events; acoustical ones (a detonation) were lacking. However, at the Knahina end of the path observers experienced a mighty detonation; and then when searching for its origin in the atmosphere, they experienced the spectacle of a black cloud. From above (accompanied by a sharp siffling tune) stone fragments of smaller or greater sizes were falling to the earth; from these emanated in turn a dust-cloud of grey colour, which has been carried, by the locally prevailing northerly wind, along the valley of the Ung river toward the South in the direction of Ungvár. Thus, the later mentioned observers experienced, no sight of a fireball, but only of its extinguished and exploded remains. . ." "Observers at the intermediary section of the line in question experienced both phenomena. At first they have seen a firy ball which initially has been smaller and then increased in size: finally, they heard a detonation and the light (of the fire-ball) has gone out. People at the eastern end of the line heard a stronger detonation than those located at the middle section. And the whole chain of events described here took place within some few seconds", in the words of SZABÓ. Of course, the-phenomenon has been observed not only people along the path-line Liptószentmiklós - Knahina but also by a great number of people living within a wide band of territory on both sides of the path. On the northern side, the observations were impeded by the presence of the Carpathian Mountains, and, as a consequence, the fire-ball was seen by nobody in Galicia. On the side of the Hungarian Lowlands however, the data are spreading over a wide territory. We are citing, as an interesting feature, that though at Tokaj (as a consequence of orographical screening) nobody has remarked the event, on the other hand, at Rakamaz, located on the other side of the mountain, several people observed both the fire-ball and the detonation. At Erdobénye, again the fireball was seen to appear on the western sky and to desappear as a dark spot in the East, and even a faint acoustical effect (in the form of a muffled noise) has been observed. SZABÓ, receving the first news on the phenomenon from the town Eperjes, where "people have seen the fire-ball in its full glory and heard its explosion", travelled at once to Eperjes. According to news received, the meteorite fall in a neighbouring village and killed some cows. This proved, of course tobe incorrect and SZABÓ took a cart for visiting the whole territory of the counties Sáros and Zemplén. However, hearing rumours that the fire-ball must have fallen in Galicia, he ended his journey and sought other methods for the collection of scientific data on the phenomenen, solving this problem very successfully. Returning to the Hungarian capital, he requested, through the intercession of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, an order to be emitted by the Regency Council for finding out and questioning all the people in the counties Zemplén, Ung, Abauj-Torna, Szepes and Sáros who were witnesses of the phenomenon. The witnesses deposited their testimonies with the local authorities. The protocols were sent to the secretary of the Academy of Sciences, the great poet János ARANY, who transmitted to SZABÓ (VENDL, 1960). In the search for the exploded fragments of the fire-ball and in the careful mapping of the spots where they were retrieved SZABÓ was strongly aided by György DUMA, tea-