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MAY 19, 1909, MAINDEE, MONMOUTHSHIRE, U-K., SOMEONE:

Brief summary of the event and follow-up:

Apparently, the South Wales Daily News newspaper for May 21, 1909, reported that on May 19, 1909, in Maindee, Newport, U-K., at about 8 a.m., W. Beighton's little girl pointed out a "big fowl" which would "flap" at times. It came from the Bristol channel, standing still on occasion, and moved away at about 8.30 a.m.

Two other people reportedly saw the object. One person using a telescope said the craft was 12 to 15 yards long and was carrying three men.

Basic information table:

Narratives:

[Ref. cg1:] CARL GROVE:

[Ref. mb1:] MICHEL BOUGARD:

This ufologist indicates that on May 19, 1909, near Cardiff, in Maindee, a little girl saw what she called "a big chicken sometimes flapping its wings"; which came from the coast and remained motionless for half an hour.

Two other witnesses also saw an object in the sky and one of them looked through a telescope and noticed three men on board.

[Ref. go1:] GODELIEVE VAN OVERMEIRE:

[Ref. ar1:] ALBERT ROSALES:

Albert Rosales indicates that in Maindee, Wales, on May 19, 1909, at about 08:00 a.m., "W Breighton’s little girl pointed out a 'big fowl' which would 'flap' at times. It came from the Bristol Channel, standing still on occasion, and moving away about 0830A. Two others saw the object, one, using a telescope, said that the craft was 12 to 15 yards long & was carrying 3 men."

Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Carl Grove, FSR Vol. 17 # 1"

[Ref. js1:] JEAN SIDER:

Jean Sider indicates that on 19 May 1909 at 08:00 Maindee, Newport, Wales, a little girl, W. Beighton, said he saw "a huge poultry" sometimes flapping wings. The thing that seemed to come from Bristol Channel sometimes remained motionless in the air, then spun in the distance at about half past eight. Two other witnesses also saw the object. One of them had even used a telescope that allowed him to estimate its dimensions: between twelve and fifteen yards long and he distinguished three men on board.

Jean Sider indicates that the source is "FSR, vol. 17, #1, 1971, p. 18, based on the South Wales Daily News, May 21, 1909".

[Ref. ud1:] "UFODNA" WEBSITE:

The website indicates that on 19 May 1909 at 08:00 in Maindee, UK, "An object was observed. Occupants of the craft were seen. One object, about 40 feet across, was observed by several witnesses at a house for 30 minutes (Beighton)."

The sources are indicated as "Webb, David, HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", "FSR, FSR (formerly Flying Saucer Review) FSR, London, 1966", "Rogerson, Peter, World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports", "Newspaper Clippings".

[Ref. pr1:] PETER ROGERSON:

Points to consider:

Ernest T. Willows had built his first airship "Willows 1" in 1905 as he was only 19 years old. Willows 1 had its first proper flight on September 5, 1905. His "Willows II" was built in 1909 at East Moors, Cardiff, Wales, and officially it was first flown on November 26, 1909. So there was an airship builder at work in Wales in 1909, but no record exist that he flew on May 19, 1909, above Maindee.

What the little girl - how young was she, how believable is a little girl talking about some big poultry in the sky? - saw remains uncertain, if she did see something. What the man with the telescope saw is also uncertain, but there is no reason to claim he saw an alien spaceship nor anything paranormal. Maybe it was a test flight of some locally built airship, maybe it was just a hoax.

To make things even worse, the man with the telescope is probably the person said to be a witness in the Maesteg sighting report 3 days later. If so this file should not even be seaparated from that other one...

List of issues:

Evaluation:

Airship of hoax.

Sources references:

* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.

• [---] ? Article in the newspaper South Wales Daily News, U-K., May 21, 1909.
• [cg1] * "The Airship Wave of 1909 - Part 2", article by Carl Grove, in the ufology magazine Flying Saucer Review (FSR), U-K., Volume 17, #1, page 18, January 1971.
• [---] ? "World-Wide Catalog of Type 1 Reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., in the ufology newsletter Merseyside UFO Bulletin (MUFOB), U-K., Volume 6, #1, July 1973.
• [mb1] * "La Chronique des OVNI", book by Michel Bougard, SOBEPS, Delarge publishers, France, page 208, 1977.
• [---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1977.
• [go1] * "Chronologie OVNI", web page compiled by Godelieve Van Overmeire, Belgium, circa 1999, was at users.skynet.be/sky84985/
• [ar1] * "1909 Humanoid Reports, compiled by Albert Rosales, circa 2006, at www.aforteanosla.com.ar/albert/anuarios/1909%20Humanoid%20Reports.pdf
• [js1] * "Les Extraterrestres avant les Soucoupes Volantes", livre par Jean Sider, JMG éditeur, France, page 182, 2007.
• [ud1] * "19 May 1909 - Maindee, UK", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2009, at thecid.com/ufo/uf00/uf3/003228.htm
• [pr1] * "INTCAT 1901 - 1919 - International Catalog of Entity Reports", by Peter Rogerson, U-K., 2013, at intcat.blogspot.fr/2012/08/intcat-1901-1920.html

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