Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-10-11 | Page 13 | The Weather

The Telegram astronomer's reputation was saved Wednesday. Wed-nesday. Three Salt Lakers saw one of the heralded Giacob-Inld Giacob-Inld meteors or something that looked like a meteor., anyway. any-way. The meteor, which "looked like a great, round ball of brilliant blue." was sighted In the northwestern sky at 12:02 a. m. by Mr. and Mrs. John P. ' XU Back man of 1184 Fifteenth East I .1 It2 street and Mrs. J. E. Webb of 1174 .'' Fifteenth East street, Mrs. Back- fllth6r roThePeobservers were riding In the Backman automobile and had reached the top of Center street when the brilliant orb sailed, across the sky from west to east and disappeared. 'The trio did better than attaches of the weather bureau, the University of Utah astronomer or The Telegram star gazer, who were sleeping soundly at 12:02 a. m. and who pre-: dieted appearance of a meteoric shower. Which Is a far cry from the weather forecast .The forecast: fore-cast: Fair Wednesday night and Thursday, little change In temperature, with frost tonight. A