21 March 2010

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Tregare, Monmouthshire

21 March 2010 in Manchester Guardian, Monmouthshire, Multiple witness, Night, Tregare, Visual, Wales by Brett Holman | No comments

Monmouth auctioneer Oliver Jones and his wife saw an airship at 10.30pm while driving from Tregare with two passengers. They watched it for about half an hour and could clearly discern its cigar shape, apparently travelling faster than the 8 to 10 miles an hour of the motor car. It came from the direction of Raglan, heading towards Chepstow; it then turned around and headed back towards Raglan.

Manchester Guardian, 21 May 1909, p. 7. The place name is given as Tregarog, but this appears to be a garbled reference to Tregare.

North Walsham, Norfolk

21 March 2010 in Auditory, England, Night, Norfolk, Norfolk News, North Walsham, Single witness, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

A solicitor’s clerk named Edwards who had missed the last train and was walking home from Sheringham to Lowestoft spied an airship just after midnight over North Walsham; he initially saw two or three lights a short distance above the ground, but only paid close attention after hearing a ‘peculiar noise’ and then saw a ‘glaring light’. He was able to observe ‘a dark object ascending’ which headed in the direction of Yarmouth or Lowestoft.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

Lowestoft, Suffolk

21 March 2010 in Auditory, England, Lowestoft, Multiple witness, Night, Norfolk News, Suffolk, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

At about 1.30am, a Mrs. Wigg was awakened by the sound of an engine outside; looking out her window she saw a dark, bottle-shaped airship as well as its pilot, flying southwest. In the same house, Mr, T. Plowman was dazzled by a brilliant light at this time, while a number of other people also saw a bright light.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

Broome, Norfolk

21 March 2010 in Broome, England, Night, Norfolk, Norfolk News, Single witness, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

At 7.30pm Captain Hervey, a local government board inspector, witnessed a cigar-shaped balloon at a height of a quarter of a mile and some three of four miles distant, flying east against the wind.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

Belfast, County Antrim

21 March 2010 in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, Multiple witness, Night, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

A score of people all over the city observed ‘a long cigar-shaped object’ with a ‘brilliant headlight’ at 10pm for about 15 minutes. That it was occupied was ‘conclusively proven’ by a flashing red light. The object was moving rapidly at a height of about two or three thousand feet then slowed and disappeared to the northeast.

Manchester Guardian, 18 May 1909, p. 7, 20 May 1909, p. 7; Standard, 18 May 1909, p. 8.