An airship was seen manoeuvring high up at dusk; it disappeared with nightfall.
Globe, 20 May 1909, p. 7; Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.
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At 11.20pm a woman, H. M. Boville, saw an ‘almost motionless’ ‘large, black object, oblong in shape’ about a quarter of a mile above the houses. It suddenly rose in the air after a minute or two, and then moved very fast towards London, briefly showing two brilliant lights.
Norfolk News, 15 May 1909, p. 15; Standard, 17 May 1909, p. 9.
