The South Wales Daily News newspaper for May 24, 1909, apparently told that on May 22, 1909, in Maesteg, Glamorgan, U-K., at 10:30 p.m., a rumour spread through Commercial Street about an airship being overhead. Many saw lights only. One person using a telescope claimed he had seen people on board.
41. May 22. Maesteg, Glamorgan. At 10.30 p.m., a rumour spread through Commercial Street that the airship was overhead. Many saw lights only. One, using a telescope, claimed to see people on board. (South Wales Daily News, May 24.)
Albert Rosales indicates that in Maesteg, Wales, on May 22, 1909, at 22:30, "Lights were seen over Commercial Street, Maesteg. One man, with a telescope, reported an aerial craft, with occupants. No other information."
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Carl Grove, FSR Vol. 17 # 1".
Jean Sider indicates that on 22 May 1909 at 10:30 p.m., in Maesteg, Glamorgan, Wales, a rumor was spread in Commercial Street saying that the airship passed over the town. Many people distinguished lights, but people with a telescope claimed they saw people on board.
Jean Sider indique que la source est "FSR, vol. 17, n° 1, op. cit. p. 19, selon le South Wales Daily News du 24 mai 1909".
The website indicates that on 22 May 1909 at 22:30 in Maesteg, UK, "An object was observed using optical instruments. Occupants of the craft were seen. One object was observed by a male witness in a city."
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", "Hatch, Larry, *U* computer database, Author, Redwood City, 2002".
Lights were seen over Commercial Street. One man with a telescope reported an aerial craft with occupants.
Grove op cit citing South Wales Daily News 24 May 1909
Points to consider:
The "one" who claimed to have seen people on board an airship probably indicates that this is the same case as three days earlier in Maindee.
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, though no record exist that he flew on May 19, 1909, above Maindee or Maesteg.
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Airship of hoax.
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[---] ? Article in the newspaper South Wales Daily News, U-K., May 24, 1909.
[cg1] * "The Airship Wave of 1909 - Part 2", article by Carl Grove, in the ufology nmagazine 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.
[---] ? "HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports", compiled by David F. Webb and Ted Bloecher, USA, circa 1977.
[mb1] * "La Chronique des OVNI", book by Michel Bougard, SOBEPS, Delarge publishers, France, page 208, 1977.
[---] ? "*U* Computer Database", compiled by Larry Hatch, USA, circa 2002.
[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 183, 2007.
[ud1] * "22 May 1909 - Maesteg, UK", web page by the UFOdna website, circa 2009, at thecid.com/ufo/uf07/uf0/070315.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
