scareships » Lowestoft 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 Lowestoft, Suffolk http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/16/lowestoft-suffolk-2/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/16/lowestoft-suffolk-2/#comments Sun, 16 May 1909 12:11:04 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/?p=37 At about 1.30am, a Mrs. Wigg was awakened by the sound of an engine outside; looking out her window she saw a dark, bottle-shaped airship as well as its pilot, flying southwest. In the same house, Mr, T. Plowman was dazzled by a brilliant light at this time, while a number of other people also saw a bright light.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

]]> http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/16/lowestoft-suffolk-2/feed/ 0 Lowestoft, Suffolk http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/02/lowestoft-suffolk/ http://airminded.org/scareships/1909/05/02/lowestoft-suffolk/#comments Sun, 02 May 1909 09:30:01 +0000 Brett Holman http://airminded.org/scareships/2005/06/11/lowestoft-suffolk/ A builder and his family watched an egg-shaped airship (with the larger end pointing up) manoeuvring between clouds at about 7.30pm. It was estimated to be about 10 miles to the west and travelling quickly in that direction.

Norfolk News, 22 May 1909, p. 13.

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