Brihat Samhita
उल्का शिरसि विशाला निपतन्ती वर्धते प्रतनुपुच्छा ॥ दीर्घा च भवति पुरुषं भेदा बहवो भवत्यस्याः ॥ ३३-०८ ॥
Tārā is a meteoric substance, a cubit in length and of white or copper colour, or of the colour of the stem of the lotus; it will appear to move either horizontally or vertically downwards or upwards as if dragged by some invisible force.
english translation
ulkA zirasi vizAlA nipatantI vardhate pratanupucchA ॥ dIrghA ca bhavati puruSaM bhedA bahavo bhavatyasyAH ॥ 33-08 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript