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  Standard map of sighting locations, 17 May 1909 Scan

  Standard, via Airminded ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)
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  Illustration of a 1909 scareship Scan

  Uncredited, via Mysterious Britain ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)
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  Standard, 17 May 1909, p. 9, headline on the airship reports Scan

  Standard, via Airminded ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)

  AERIAL MYSTERY. SEEN BY OVER 20 PEOPLE. Although it is nearly two months since the mysterious airship, which is claimed to have been seen at night by many people in all parts of Eastern England, was first noticed, there is not the faintest clue to an elucidation of the mystery.…

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  Cardiff Weekly Mail, 22 May 1909, p. 7, with the Lethbridge story Scan

  Cardiff Weekly Mail, via Airminded ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)
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  Standard catalogue of sightings, 17 May 1909 Scan

  Standard, via Airminded ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)
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  Manchester Guardian, 20 May 1909, p. 7: "AIRSHIP MYSTERY. FLIGHT BY NIGHT OVER CARDIFF" Scan

  Manchester Guardian, via Airminded ·from The British Phantom Airship ("Scareship") Wave of 1909 (1909)

  AIRSHIP MYSTERY. FLIGHT BY NIGHT OVER CARDIFF. A WELL-SUBSTANTIATED STORY. THE AERONAUTS SEEN ON A MOUNTAIN. STRANGE DISCOVERIES (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) CARDIFF, WEDNESDAY NIGHT. In the early hours of this morning an airship was seen from the Cardiff docks coming from the direction of Newport. It …

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  Illustration of the airship's lights, probably modern Scan

  from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing by George McDuff of the airship seen at 5 p.m., 24 July Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing of the airship by Agnes Falconer Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Thomas Jenkins's drawing of the airship seen from below Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Group of those who saw the Kelso airship in daylight. Back: R. Russell, Mrs Russell, Agnes Falconer, T. McDonald. Front: T. Jenkins, Cyril Falconer, A. Russell, G. McDuff. Scan

  Otago Witness, 4 August 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing by Thomas McDonald, who saw the propellor whirling Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Shape indicated by Mrs Russell Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Drawing of the airship by Thomas Jenkins Scan

  Otago Daily Times, 31 July 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  View of [North] Kelso and neighbourhood where airship was seen Scan

  Otago Witness, 4 August 1909 ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Richard Pearse's aeroplane, the only local aviation of the period Scan

  from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)
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  Tony Brunt's 1967 composite sketch of the 1909 airship Scan

  Tony Brunt ·from The New Zealand Phantom Airship Scare of 1909 (1909)