25 January 1913

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Clubmoor, Merseyside

25 January 1913 in Clubmoor, Manchester Guardian, Merseyside, Multiple witness, Night, Standard, The Times, Visual | No comments

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.

Chancery, Ceredigion

25 January 1913 in Ceredigion, Chancery, Multiple witness, Night, Standard, The Times, Visual, Wales | No comments

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.