MARCH 1909, PETERBOROUGH, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, U-K., A WELSHMAN:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
An author of UFO books reports in 1954, without providing sources, that in March 1909, aarrow, oblong object with powerful light seen was in the sky over Peterborough, Englands, with sounds of motor. The same object seen also in skies from Essex and Midlands to Wales.
The author considers it is the same object and computes that it must have had a speed of 210 miles an hour to have covered this distance in one night.
A Welshman said it was tube-shaped, and that he saw "creatures like monkeys emerge from it." The author indicates that this part of the story was not confirmed.
Basic information table:
Case number:
URECAT-000053
Date of event:
March 1909
Earliest report of event:
1954
Delay of report:
Unknown.
Witness reported via:
Not known.
First alleged record by:
Not known.
First certain record by:
Ufology book.
First alleged record type:
Not known.
First certain record type:
Ufology book.
This file created on:
January 27, 2007
This file last updated on:
July 18, 2007
Country of event:
U-K.
State/Department:
Northamptonshire. Uncertain.
Type of location:
Not reported.
Lighting conditions:
Night
UFO observed:
Yes
UFO arrival observed:
Uncertain.
UFO departure observed:
Uncertain.
UFO/Entity Relation:
Certain.
Witnesses numbers:
1
Witnesses ages:
Not reported.
Witnesses types:
Not known.
Photograph(s):
No.
Witnesses drawing:
No.
Witnesses-approved drawing:
No.
Number of entities:
1
Type of entities:
Humanoid
Entities height:
Small
Entities outfit type:
Like Monkeys.
Entities outfit color:
Not reported.
Entities skin color:
Not reported.
Entities body:
Not reported.
Entities head:
Not reported.
Entities eyes:
Not reported.
Entities mouth:
Not reported.
Entities nose:
Not reported.
Entities feet:
Not reported.
Entities arms:
Not reported.
Entities fingers:
Not reported.
Entities fingers number:
Not reported.
Entities hair:
Hairy or uncertain.
Entities voice:
Not reported.
Entities actions:
Came out of UFO.
Entities/witness interactions:
Not reported.
Witness(es) reactions:
Observed.
Witness(es) feelings:
Not reported.
Witness(es) interpretation:
Not reported or monkeys.
Explanation category:
Extraterrestrial beings or invention or confusion.
Wilkins cites the following text, without providing sources:
1909 (March): Narrow, oblong object with powerful light seen in sky over Peterborough, Eng. Sounds of motor. Same object seen also in skies from Essex and Midlands to Wales. Object must have had a speed of 210 miles an hour to have covered this distance in one night. Welshman said it was tube-shaped, and he saw "creatures like monkeys emerge from it."
He comments that the part with the creatures was not confirmed, and notes that airplanes were merely in pioneer stage then.
Ghost researcher Richard Senate mentions that on the evening of March 23, 1909 a British policeman in Petersborough, England, heard a loud engine noise in the sky.
When he looked up, he was shocked to see a large dirigible flying over the town, whereas in 1909 such flying machines were not common.
Points to consider:
It is obvious that Harold Wilkins, insisting on not quite advanced state of aviation, forgets about dirigibles.
A confirmation by sources of the time on the case of the "creatures like monkeys" emerging from a tube-shaped craft would make the case more interesting.
List of issues:
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Topic:
Severity:
Date noted:
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Description:
Proposal:
Status:
1
Data
Severe
January 27, 2007
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source unknown.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Extraterrestrial beings or invention or confusion. Insufficient data.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[hw1] * "Flying Saucers On the Attack", book by Harold T. Wilkins, Ace Star Books, U-K., page 213, 1954.
[rs1] * "The Coming of the Scareship: Ghosts As Holes In The Fabric of Time", article by Richard Senate, in Richard Senate's Ghostwatch Newsletter, U-K., fall 2006.
