scareships » Gosport 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 Gosport (near Portsmouth), Hampshire http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/24/gosport-near-portsmouth-hampshire/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1913/02/24/gosport-near-portsmouth-hampshire/#comments Mon, 24 Feb 1913 08:38:25 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=119 At 8pm (or possibly 9.30pm) an airship carrying a bright light was seen by two police constables, Jenkins and Boyers, and a Royal Marine sergeant, among others. It was observed to hover above the Marine barracks, and arrived from and returned to the north or north-east. The airship’s shape was dimly perceived by the Marine to be a ‘dirigible of considerable size’.

The Times, 26 February 1913, p. 8; Manchester Guardian, 26 February 1913, p. 6, 27 February 1913, p. 7, 1 March 1913, p. 9; Daily Herald, 26 February 1913, p. 3; Norfolk News, 1 March 1913, p. 12; Standard, 26 February 1913, p. 7, 27 February 1913, p. 9.

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