12 August 1863, Madrid, Spain:

Maneuvering object "The night before last there was observed on the horizon a luminous body that appeared towards the east, and it was promptly thought to be a comet. Its colour was reddish, and on the top part there could be seen an appendix or crown, that was doubtlessly ablaze. It was stationary for a long time; but later it began to move quickly in different directions: horizontally, rising, and lowering." The comet hypothesis is not tenable in this case.

Source: Gaceta de Madrid, 14 August 1863 (issue 226). Recorded by Franck Marie and Daniel Villain archives. Cited by Charles Garreau in Alerte dans le Ciel, 142.

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