UFO case
The Sheerness Airship
Sheerness, Kent
On the night of 14 October 1912, people at Sheerness heard an aircraft engine above the naval dockyard, and some saw a light. No British airship was flying.
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- When
- 14 October 1912
- Where
- 51.4400, 0.7600
- Group
- UFO cases
Visiting
The old dockyard town on the Isle of Sheppey.
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