19 March 2010

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Grimsby, Lincolnshire

19 March 2010 in England, Globe, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, Night, Single witness, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

Date uncertain: late February or early March 1913. A ’scareship’ with two lights on either side of its dark body flew over the head of a Grimsby police constable at night, but he subsequently found that it was a box-kite flown by two young men.

Globe, 6 March 1913, p. 7.

North Sea, 170 miles from Spurn Head, East Riding of Yorkshire

19 March 2010 in At sea, Globe, Manchester Guardian, Multiple witness, Night, Standard, The Times, Visual by Brett Holman | No comments

At 8pm, the crew, including Captain J. H. Parker and the chief engineer, of the trawler Othello out of Hull saw an airship with a powerful searchlight. Initially it was distant, but within five minutes it was close enough to circle their trawler twice; in fact Captain Parker was afraid that it would crash into the mast. As it left to the west he saluted it with his siren and was answered by a flash from the searchlight. It had two lights aft. The Moon and stars were not visible.

The Times, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Manchester Guardian, 5 March 1913, p. 7; Standard, 5 March 1913, p, 8; Globe, 5 March 1913, p. 10.