Two years prior to the Phantom Invasion of 1915, Canada witnessed one of the most remarkable meteor trains of all time. Its path began over Saskatchewan, and it was last seen passing off Bermuda on the night of February 9, 1913. From the northwestern sky came a fiery red body which grew in size as it approached and was followed by a long tail. Some say it was a single body, whilst others claim to have seen two or three bodies travelling together, all possessing long tails. It was compared to a glowing rocket moving at a majestic pace on a horizontal flight path showing no sign of coming to earth. No sooner had this fiery body passed to the opposite horizon than smaller bodies with tails streaming behind followed the same path in groups of two, threes and fours at the same majestic pace.

The number of groups varied between observers under different viewing conditions. The number of seperate bodies seen ranged from between fifteen and thousands. Several reported that there was a "fine large star without a tail" in the middle of the procession and that another large fiery body like the first seen brought up the rear of the procession. It appears between ten and twenty major bodies or groups of bodies, comprised of forty or more smaller bodies, were observed over a path 2,500 miles long and took three-and-a-half minutes in passing (viewing conditions being tested in southern Ontario). Though some witnesses described the meteor train as like a flock of geese or a school of fish, Prof. C.A. Chant said, "Many compared them to a fleet of airships, with lights on either side and forward and aft; but airmen will have to practice many years before they will be able to preserve such perfect order." What became of the meteor train once it had passed Bermuda is not known. The number of groups seen were greatly reduced in number, but none were seen to come to earth.