September 11, 1852🇬🇧Sighting
Historical
Four Oaks, England: Bright object near Venus vanishes and reappears for half an hour
From 4:15 to 4:45 a.m. on September 11, 1852, several observers at Four Oaks, Staffordshire, England, saw a bright object near the planet Venus that disappeared and reappeared several times.
Background
At 4:15 a.m. several observers at Four Oaks, Staffordshire, England, saw a bright object near the planet Venus. It disappeared and reappeared several times. At 4:45 a.m. it vanished completely. The observation is listed in Baden Powell's report on luminous meteors of 1852–53 for the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.