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Airmen Saw It
"blob of brilliant whiteness "
and a " sheet of white h~=r==~-·1ots of four jet aircraft of . e
m etal "
Royal Auxiliary Air Force corru g
in to land at Llandaw, near C r-
Chairman of Chard F.C., Mr.
d •fI renorted a flash of llght t
William Taunton, sitting in the
l5,o·oort: to the north-east of the
stand, said : "It came right over
airne:d.
the top of us like a brilliant streak
At a football match at Easton­
~~1 ~~:~ ..seemed to dissolve before
ln-Gordano, near Bristol, specta­
tors saw a flash. Mr. M.y. Perrett,
S n k
Sh
of H::1m Green, said:
It looked
a e -
ape
like a rocket coming_ down frqm
Miss Myra Scott, who was watch-
2,000ft. There was an 1ntense whit~
ing a football match at Perry
flash which left a trail of vapour.
Street, three miles south of Chard,
Spectators at the match between
said she saw a "low-flying, silvery
Shaftesbury and Longfleet _st.
star with a tail " shortly before
Mai·y reported what appeared hke
four o'clock.
a gi:.1.nt rocket. It seemed to fall
At North Petherton, near Bridg­
from the sky.
water, spectators at another match
Bovlngdon airport In Hertford­
saw an object in the north-west
shire 150 miles east of Llandaw.
sky shortly before four o'clock.
also 'reported to the_Air Ministry
It was described as "a Jong
that a brilliant white light was
snake-shape thing which streaked
senn a long way to the west at
through the sky at a terrific rate."
4.5 n.m
Observers estimated that
Mr. T. Hollinghurst, of North
it ,i:>.s at about 20,000ft. anrt say
Petherton, said : "It appeared sud-
th, t it vanished in a trail of smoke.
denly and went away suddenly,
A'.r Ministry said last, night:
leaving a _creamy smoke.
There
" A thorough check _has b_eei:i made
was no noise and there were no
and no aircraft is missii:ig or
planes about."
b:1'.eved to have blown up m the
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Channel Explosio n
·:, It is most unlikely that an un­
scheduled private flight could have
A few minutes later a- flash, as
ta'.~en place at such a height. We
seen at a great height over the
though from an explosion, was
.can:1ot explain the phenome_non.
Bristol Channel. 50 miles to the
"No aircraft was flying m the
north of Chard.
Port'.she3.d area.."
Repo~ts from plates as much as
Game Stopped
at the Air Ministry.
130 miles apart were received
At Towyn, near Rhyl, North
Portfshead (near Bristol) police
W 0 ,ies, Rugb.v players dropped the
rel)orted that' a white flash was
b ?.ll a!ld, with spectators, sta_red
seen between 4.5 and 4 10 p.m.
in!o the sky as a yellow ob,Ject
which appeared to be an explo­
t1
,: s~c1.:·,·, flas:ied ar.i·oss rt.
s10n.
It turned pink and dis­
It vanished over Tower Hill.
integrated. The estimated height
Ab?rge!e, within ten seconds.
was 20.000ft.
At about 4 o'clock spectators at
Weston•super-Mare
police
re-
Amersham: ~uc~inghamshire, f9ot­
ted to the Air Ministr,Y tha t
ball ground saw a brilliant obJect
y saw a similaa· flash m the
" like a huge star " flash across ti:ie
•tishead direction at the same
sky, leaving a volume of smoke m
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- ~ its wake.
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~ Another sighting was re;;;ted r
Among people who saw the obJeet
f rom as far away as Durham.
at Launceston, Cornwall, were r~o
ex-R.A.F. officers who were wa c •
ing a Rugby match.
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The object. which was _c11cula1,
ga ,e off a bright bluish-white light.
•s •o•n<Jte : One theory advanced
1- . - n'l(ht by Profea.,sor F. A.
F '. ~·'i•(P"ofessor of Chem:stry at
:c; •:7!';im Unlvers:ty a:1d a lea~l'.ng
e o:n o:i m"teorites> :,yas that the
obiect w~s a meteor.
If pi~es..of
mi:eor:Le are found," he said.
1t
w'll be only the tenth to have
fi:len in this country
" I would like to appea_J to any­
one in the areas from which it was
r eported to report at once if the:y
notice a hole in the ground or a
damaged tree that was ,nf?t.l!lfile
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