Found this in The China Mail(Hong Kong) of May 4th 1948:" STRANGE OBJECT OBSERVED. A ball of blush light about half the size of the moon in diameter streaked across a cloudless sky over Hong Kong late on Sunday [2nd] night,according to an observer`s report.The object,seen seen from the Praya, was travelling at high speed in a westerly direction. It disappeared behind the western end of the Peak in a few seconds. The ball did not have the characteristic tail of a meteor.