scareships » North Walsham http://airminded.org/scareships The British phantom airship scares, 1909-1913 Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:49:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 North Walsham, Norfolk http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/16/north-walsham-norfolk/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/16/north-walsham-norfolk/#comments Sun, 16 May 1909 12:38:54 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=38 A solicitor’s clerk named Edwards who had missed the last train and was walking home from Sheringham to Lowestoft spied an airship just after midnight over North Walsham; he initially saw two or three lights a short distance above the ground, but only paid close attention after hearing a ‘peculiar noise’ and then saw a ‘glaring light’. He was able to observe ‘a dark object ascending’ which headed in the direction of Yarmouth or Lowestoft.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

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