Multiple witnesses, including two women and a former army officer using binoculars, saw three mystery aircraft heading west at 6pm, one flashing a red light. At midnight a man heard an aircraft overhead.
Norfolk News, 8 February 1913, p. 11.
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An airship was seen, no further details.
Globe, 3 February 1913, p. 12.
Between 7pm and 8.30pm, an unidentified aircraft (described by some as an aeroplane) was watched by five people over this Liverpool suburb for some time. It carried a brilliant light and travelled at an estimated speed of 25 mph.
The Times, 28 January 1913, p. 13; Manchester Guardian, 28 January 1913, p. 6; Standard, 28 January 1913, p. 9.
An aircraft was seen by inhabitants of this village, south of Aberystwyth, at 8.25pm. It was heading for Cardigan Bay but ‘its searchlight, which swept the hills, evidently revealed the nearness of the sea, and it turned south’.
The Times, 30 January 1913, p. 12; Standard, 31 January 1913, p. 7.
An airship was seen, no further details.
Globe, 3 February 1913, p. 12.
At 7.30pm, several people saw an airship carrying a light.
Globe, 22 January 1913, p. 5.
Captain Lionel Lindsay, Chief Constable of Glamorganshire, and a bystander saw an object overhead through the fog at about 4.45pm, heading towards Swansea and leaving behind a dense trail of smoke. It was judged to be both larger and faster than the Willows airship, although its shape was indistinct. At 6pm, Stephen Morgan also saw ‘something resembling an airship’ with a light heading west, and trailing smoke. Further witnesses emerged to verify the story, adding that after leaving Cardiff it altered course from west to north-west, and that it travelled quickly and carried a light – in fact it was so fast that by the time ‘one observer ran to a telephone the airship had almost disappeared’. Another report noted that the sounds of its propellers had been heard in several districts of South Wales at night. One man, E. Morgan, thought it was oval-shaped.
The Times, 21 January 1913, p. 10, 22 January 1913, p. 19; Standard, 21 January 1913, p. 9, 22 January 1913, p. 9; Globe, 21 January 1913, p. 6, 22 January 1913, p. 5; Norfolk News, 25 January 1913, p. 10; Daily Herald, 22 January 1913, p. 7; Manchester Guardian, 23 January 1913, p. 12.
Between midnight and 1am, an airship or aeroplane was heard overhead by several residents, including Herbert A. Pertwee (partner of the witness in 1913-05). It passed very quickly and then returned three or four minutes later.
Globe, 22 January 1913, p. 5; Norfolk News, 25 January 1913, p. 10.
Between 2am and 3am, Walter Hack heard engine sounds overhead.
Norfolk News, 25 January 1913, p. 10.
Lights were seen in the sky over the Bristol Channel at night, believed to be an airship.
Standard, 21 January 1913, p. 9, 22 January 1913, p. 9.
At about 5am, town employee John Hobbs saw an aircraft carrying a light (which, it was thought, made it more likely to be an airship than an aeroplane), coming in from over the sea. It was moving very fast in a north-easterly direction, with strong winds coming from the west. He first heard the throb of its engines, which was also heard by police constable Pierce and a tradesman named Langley.
The Times, 6 January 1913, p. 6; Standard, 21 January 1913, p. 9, 22 January 1913, p. 9.
A light was seen, no further details.
Standard, 31 January 1913, p. 7.