http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/ Airpower and British society, 1908-1941 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:15:39 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-107771 Airminded · The phantom balloon scare of 1892 Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:10:27 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-107771 [...] a treacherous civilian minority combined to cause a phantom balloon panic, an early episode in the Scareship Age. Russians projected their fears onto the night sky. As for what actually triggered the sightings, [...] [...] a treacherous civilian minority combined to cause a phantom balloon panic, an early episode in the Scareship Age. Russians projected their fears onto the night sky. As for what actually triggered the sightings, [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-106466 Revisiting Ye Olde Airship Scare « Under the Hill Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:15:31 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-106466 [...] None of these ideas though were as interesting as Brett Holman’s take on the phenomenon of Scareships, phantom airships appearing over Britain in the early 20th century. Brett is blogging appearances [...] [...] None of these ideas though were as interesting as Brett Holman’s take on the phenomenon of Scareships, phantom airships appearing over Britain in the early 20th century. Brett is blogging appearances [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-105641 There Will Be Zeppelins Mon, 18 May 2009 13:01:10 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-105641 [...] month, Britain was bedeviled with a wave of mysterious zeppelin sightings. Brett’s written on the Age of Scareships before, but now he is actually walking through the panic day by day. It’s great. You could [...] [...] month, Britain was bedeviled with a wave of mysterious zeppelin sightings. Brett’s written on the Age of Scareships before, but now he is actually walking through the panic day by day. It’s great. You could [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-105378 Airminded · Post-blogging the 1909 scareships Wed, 13 May 2009 12:49:59 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-105378 [...] to try some more post-blogging. It’s 90 years since the phantom airship wave of 1909, when mysterious aerial visitors appeared in the night skies over Britain. Or at least, stories about mysterious aerial visitors [...] [...] to try some more post-blogging. It’s 90 years since the phantom airship wave of 1909, when mysterious aerial visitors appeared in the night skies over Britain. Or at least, stories about mysterious aerial visitors [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-96777 Brett Holman Tue, 10 Feb 2009 11:35:17 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-96777 I suppose there's always a chance. But as the <em>Daily Mail</em> wrote in 1913, 'The very multiplicity of these reports discredits them'. They can't all have been experimental aircraft, there were just too many of them, and there's no other evidence for the existence of such aircraft. Maybe they are alien craft, but why would they look like airships? At the very least, people were misperceiving objects which were really there, and once that's admitted it's hard to take any of the sightings at face value. I suppose there’s always a chance. But as the Daily Mail wrote in 1913, ‘The very multiplicity of these reports discredits them’. They can’t all have been experimental aircraft, there were just too many of them, and there’s no other evidence for the existence of such aircraft. Maybe they are alien craft, but why would they look like airships? At the very least, people were misperceiving objects which were really there, and once that’s admitted it’s hard to take any of the sightings at face value.

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-96616 Avinash Machado Sun, 08 Feb 2009 10:05:18 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-96616 Do you feel that there is a chance that the Phantom Airships might have been ET craft or early experimental aircraft? Do you feel that there is a chance that the Phantom Airships might have been ET craft or early experimental aircraft?

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-96467 Brett Holman Fri, 06 Feb 2009 06:06:01 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-96467 Thank you! I definitely have opinions as to the causes of these sightings (I am a sceptic, though perhaps of a fortean kind), but as an historian I'm not out to prove that one way or the other. To me they are fascinating and revealing accounts regardless of whether there was anything there to see or not. Thank you! I definitely have opinions as to the causes of these sightings (I am a sceptic, though perhaps of a fortean kind), but as an historian I’m not out to prove that one way or the other. To me they are fascinating and revealing accounts regardless of whether there was anything there to see or not.

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-96366 Alien Sightings Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:12:19 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-96366 A really interesting read and I commend you for not speculating on the cause of such Phantom objects in the skies. I agree with you that in relation to the passage of time that has elapsed the news paper reports of the time probably cannot be trusted to an extent. It does however show that unidentified objects in our skies have been around since humans have been able to look at the stars and even some Egyptian markings depict the presence of 'objects' in the skies so, the early 1900's are no surprise that sightings occurred. A really interesting read and I commend you for not speculating on the cause of such Phantom objects in the skies. I agree with you that in relation to the passage of time that has elapsed the news paper reports of the time probably cannot be trusted to an extent. It does however show that unidentified objects in our skies have been around since humans have been able to look at the stars and even some Egyptian markings depict the presence of ‘objects’ in the skies so, the early 1900’s are no surprise that sightings occurred.

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-95587 Airminded · Trust but verify Mon, 19 Jan 2009 15:28:41 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-95587 [...] question about the phantom airship scares which has bothered me for a while is, how accurate are the press reports of people seeing something [...] [...] question about the phantom airship scares which has bothered me for a while is, how accurate are the press reports of people seeing something [...]

]]> http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/comment-page-1/#comment-77780 Brett Holman Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:59:05 +0000 http://airminded.org/2006/12/22/the-scareship-age/#comment-77780 Thanks! That Papers Past is an excellent thing. Thanks! That Papers Past is an excellent thing.

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