Peterborough, England: Police constable sees buzzing light on dark oblong object

At 5:15 a.m. on March 23, 1909, Police Constable James Kettle of Peterborough, England, saw a powerful light about 1,200 feet in the air above Cromwell Road. The light made an engine-like buzz. It was mounted on a dark, fast-moving oblong object. The object was in view for about three minutes. The Peterborough Advertiser reported the sighting on March 27, 1909, and it was later treated as part of the British airship wave of 1909. 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.