Edmond Halley November 1656 – 14 January 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist and physicist who is best known for computing the orbit of the eponymous Halley's Comet. He was the second Astronomer Royal in Britain, following in the footsteps of John Flamsteed. He would recall two accounts involving unidentified crafts. His first experience was in March of 1676, when he saw a, as he said, "Vast body apparently bigger than the moon."
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Sir Edmund Halley, noted for discovering Halley's Comet
He estimated it at 40 mi. above him. He also stated that it made a noise, "Like the rattling of a great cart over stones." After estimating the distance it traveled in a matter of minutes, he came to the conclusion that it moved at a speed greater than 9,600 m.p.h.
Of all the the people of his time he is the one to know the difference between a comet and a UFO.
Edmund Halley UFO Case 1676, Estimate Speed of UFO at 9,600 MPH, Comet
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