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Since the mysterious light in the sky was reported in the second linked article as having begun in England around 7 pm and lasting until 1 am the next day, that would have been 11 am to 5 pm in California and 2 pm to 8 pm in New York. Therefore, since that is broad daylight all over the Pacific Time Zone, no one in California could have seen anything. And in New England, only the fading vestiges of the light would have been possible to see in the first hour or two of nightfall, before the light disappeared completely.
Therefore, Europe would have been the only place to see it. It's interesting to see that footnote 53 on p. 21 has: "On January 25, 1938, the sky became a brilliant blood-red, not only over Europe, but in parts of North America and Africa."
Now, it would be great to know how often Africa is a place to go to see the Northern Lights. I would guess, never. So where does Fr. Kramer get this "Africa" in that footnote 53? I didn't see Africa showing up in any of the 4 linked PDF files.
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