> After all this there was something like a black spear, very long and thick, sighted; the shaft pointed to the east, the point pointed west. Sounds like a met

> After all this there was something like a black spear, very long and thick, sighted; the shaft pointed to the east, the point pointed west. Sounds like a meteor leaving a smoke trail. Perhaps a fireball that broke up into multiple smaller fireballs. The rest of the account could be embellishments on top of this.