scareships » Dorset http://airminded.org/scareships The British phantom airship scares, 1909-1913 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 St. Alban’s Head, Dorset http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/26/st-alban%e2%80%99s-head-dorset/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/26/st-alban%e2%80%99s-head-dorset/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 1913 11:21:14 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=138 A coastguard saw lights in the sky.

The Times, 28 February 1913, p. 5

]]> http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/26/st-alban%e2%80%99s-head-dorset/feed/ 0 Portland Harbour, Dorset http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/26/portland-harbour-dorset/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/26/portland-harbour-dorset/#comments Wed, 26 Feb 1913 11:05:45 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=136 An airship was seen by a postman, a government official, and a nurse; all the usual elements were present — the brilliant searchlight, the whirring propeller and the ‘clear outline’ of the airship itself. The lights sometimes went out.

The Times, 28 February 1913, p. 5; Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.

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