... At 6 PM on December 26 of last year, a big fiery sphere like the Moon, flew like lightning across the sky from the southeast to the northwest above the whole of Ivanov Region. ...
... Novaya Yerga and in the hamlets many folk saw in the sky a fearful sign: The sun had just gone down and from that place, the still-glowing west, a thing like unto a star, great and long, rapidly emerged and showed itself across the sky like unto lightning ...