(meteorobs) the entire sky, from horizon to horizon, suddenly light up with Meteors

[Richard Taibi]

What you describe sounds like a meteor storm and the two that occurred near the 1950s, were a decade earlier and later: the Draconid/Giacobinids in October 1946 (slow meteors) and the Leonid storm of November 1966 (fast meteors).  You might check Gary Kronk's online website http://meteorshowersonline.com to explore other possible showers for the years you recall.  However, these two would have been the ones many people would have seen and made the newspapers. Rich
> From: jsalsburg at bellsouth.net
> To: meteorobs at meteorobs.org
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 22:34:44 -0500
> Subject: (meteorobs) the entire sky, from horizon to horizon,	suddenly light up with Meteors
> 
> Inquiry
> 
> When I was a boy, in early grammar school, I was going somewhere in my
> Grandmother's car late one night. I saw out the window, the entire sky, from
> horizon to horizon, suddenly light up with hundreds of Meteors, all going
> straight down toward the ground in the same direction; no fireballs, just
> thin streaks with very little contrail and not very high speed. This had to
> be in the late 1950s. Is there anywhere on the Internet I can search to see
> if there is a record of this because it had to have been widespread seen by
> many people.
> 
> Jay Salsburg
> 
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