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by
Ian Simmons, Fortean Times
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.
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