About February 1930, Frant, Sussex, U-K., three people:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
About 2016, appeared in "skeptical" British ufologist Peter Rogerson's INTCAT catalog of encounters with "entities", a case came apparently from a 1948 or 1952 ghost stories book by Elliott O'Donnell, apparently first published as a letter in a newspaper called Morning Post for February 21, 1930:
At the approximate date of February 1930, in Sussex, England, three people driving towards Frant on the road from Lamberhurst through a wooded area, saw what looked like a car parked on the side of the road about 150 meters ahead.
After some moments, the thing just vanished. There were no turn offs at the site.
I note that obviously no entties were reported in this case.
Three people driving towards Frant on the road from Lamberhurst, through a wooded area saw what looked like a car parked on the side of the road about 150m ahead. After some moments the thing just vanished. There were no turn offs at the site.
O’ Donnell 1948 p67 citing letter in Morning Post 21 February. 1930
Points to consider:
Elliott O'Donnell (1872-1965) was an author known primarily for his books about ghosts. He claimed to have seen a ghost, described as an elemental figure covered with spots, when he was five years old. He also claimed to have been strangled by a mysterious phantom in Dublin, however, no permanent effect would seem to have been suffered.
He wrote numerous books about ghosts stories and the supernatural:
For Satan's Sake (1904)
Unknown Depths (1905)
Some Haunted Houses (1908)
Haunted Houses of London (1909)
Reminiscences of Mrs.E. M. Ward (1910)
Byways of Ghostland (1911)
The Meaning of Dreams (1911)
Scottish Ghost Stories (1912)
The Sorcery Club (1912)
Werewolves (1912)
Animal Ghosts (1913)
Ghostly Phenomena (1913)
Haunted Highways and Byways (1914)
The Irish Abroad (1915)
Twenty Years' Experience as a Ghost Hunter (1916)
The Haunted Man (1917)
Spiritualism Explained (1917)
Fortunes (1918)
Haunted Places in England (1919)
Menace of Spiritualism (1920)
More Haunted Houses of London (1920)
Ghosts, Helpful and Harmful (1924)
The Banshee (1907)
Strange Disappearances (1927)
Strange Sea Mysteries (1926)
Confessions of a Ghost Hunter (1928)
Great Thames Mysteries (1929)
Famous Curses (1929)
Fatal Kisses (1929)
The Boys' Book of Sea Mysteries (1930) Dodd, Mead & Company
Rooms of Mystery (1931) London: Philip Allan and Co. Ltd.
Ghosts of London (1932)
The Devil in the Pulpit (1932)
Family Ghosts (1934)
Strange Cults & Secret Societies of Modern London (1934)
Spookerisms; Twenty-five Weird Happenings (1936)
Haunted Churches (1939)
Haunted Britain (1948? 1952?)
Ghosts with a Purpose (1952)
Dead Riders (1953)
Dangerous Ghosts (1954)
Phantoms of the Night (1956)
Haunted Waters, and Trees of Ghostly Dread (1958)
I found out that soe Elliott O'Donnel biblighraphies date his "Haunted Britain" book of 1948, others of 1952.
The story is far too vague for us to say much about it. Was it a "ghost car" or an unidentified craft? But one thing seems clear to me: no figure, no entity had been reported, so I do not understand why Peter rogerson included this in his INTCAT catalog which by its definition is supposed to be a ufological catalog of encounters with entities or UFO occupants.
List of issues:
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Data
Severe
September 17, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source [mp1] not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
2
Data
Severe
September 17, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Secondary source [ed1] not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
Severe
September 17, 2018
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Totally insufficient information: hour, size, witnesses, descritopns are not given.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Unexplained, not a CE3.
Sources references:
* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
[mp1] ? Article in the newspaper Morning Post, U-K., February 21, 1930.
[ed1] ? "Haunted Britain", book by Elliott O'Donnell, U-K., page 67, 1948 or 1952.
[pr1] * "INTCAT - International Catalogue of close encounters and entity reports", compiled by Peter Rogerson, U-K., not dated, circa 1971-1972, updates 2005-2018, available at http://intcat.blogspot.com/2012/08/intcat-1930-1939.html
