An airship with bright lights was observed to fly in from the Irish Sea over the local batteries. Its shape was seen.
Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
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Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
What initially looked like ‘an exceptionally bright star’ at a great height was soon revealed to possess the shape of an airship; ‘the throbbing of a motor and the whirring of a propeller’ was heard. This was observed by residents to circle overhead between 8.15pm and 9pm and disappeared in the direction of Seaforth to the north.
The Times, 27 February 1913, p. 6; Manchester Guardian, 1 March 1913, p. 9.
Between 7pm and 8.30pm, an unidentified aircraft (described by some as an aeroplane) was watched by five people over this Liverpool suburb for some time. It carried a brilliant light and travelled at an estimated speed of 25 mph.
The Times, 28 January 1913, p. 13; Manchester Guardian, 28 January 1913, p. 6; Standard, 28 January 1913, p. 9.