Post by alicecoopersgirl on Nov 8, 2006 10:02:06 GMT
In 1909 Britain found itself in the grip of an early UFO panic - the great phantom airship scare.
All over the country, and particularly in East Anglia, people reported seeing huge airships flying overhead, despite the fact that no such airships existed that could reach Britain.
On 19 May, 1909, a phantom airship was sighted from Wroxham Bridge at 11.30 pm. Shortly afterwards, a Mrs Turner of New Catton, Norwich was attracted by a flash of light "which made the street look like day" and heard a sound like the whirring of wheels.
She remembered "...I looked up an there I saw a big star of light in front and a big searchlight behind, it was coming from the NNE direction from the direction of the Angel Road School and flying very low, so low it would have touched the pinnacle of the school had it passed directly over it."
Later, a similar object was seen from Tharston, and later still, over Framlingham in Suffolk.
All over the country, and particularly in East Anglia, people reported seeing huge airships flying overhead, despite the fact that no such airships existed that could reach Britain.
On 19 May, 1909, a phantom airship was sighted from Wroxham Bridge at 11.30 pm. Shortly afterwards, a Mrs Turner of New Catton, Norwich was attracted by a flash of light "which made the street look like day" and heard a sound like the whirring of wheels.
She remembered "...I looked up an there I saw a big star of light in front and a big searchlight behind, it was coming from the NNE direction from the direction of the Angel Road School and flying very low, so low it would have touched the pinnacle of the school had it passed directly over it."
Later, a similar object was seen from Tharston, and later still, over Framlingham in Suffolk.