scareships » Hornsea http://airminded.org/scareships The British phantom airship scares, 1909-1913 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Hornsea, East Riding of Yorkshire http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/25/hornsea-east-riding-of-yorkshire/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/25/hornsea-east-riding-of-yorkshire/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 1913 09:19:44 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=126 An airship with a bright light was seen to the west for about an hour after 8pm by coastguards, who observed it with binoculars. A resident claimed it came in from over the North Sea, changing course frequently, and departed westwards at speed; another resident Falconer Jameson was able to discern a discern a cone-shaped airship through binoculars; a patch of red was visible.

The Times, 26 February 1913, p. 8; Manchester Guardian, 26 February 1913, p. 6, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Standard, 26 February 1913, p. 7; Globe, 26 February 1913, p. 2.

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