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The Phantom Airships

Peterborough, Cambridgeshire

Mysterious airships with searchlights are seen across East Anglia.

In March 1909 a Peterborough police constable reported a large object with a bright light moving across the night sky. Within weeks, sightings of phantom airships came in from all over eastern England and Wales.

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When
Spring 1909
Where
52.5700, -0.2400
Group
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UFO Cases of Britain

Fifty-four real and closely examined British UFO cases, weighed with honesty rather than hype. From Rendlesham Forest, the best-documented UFO case the United Kingdom has ever produced, to the Berwyn Mountains, the Broad Haven schoolchildren, the Calvine photograph and the Bonnybridge hotspot, each case sets out what was seen, who saw it and what the explanations are.

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