There could be Meteors, but it wasn't a meteor because it went too slowly and changed course and stood still in the air and went upward.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster
"I just chart the courses of Meteors," repeated Soames.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster
It spots Meteors coming in from space, records their height and course and speed, and follows them down until they burn up in the air.
"Long Ago, Far Away"
William Fitzgerald Jenkins AKA Murray Leinster