Tharston, England: Cyclist dazzled by light, sees cigar-shaped airship heading to Norwich

At 12:00 midnight a Mr. Chatten, a grocer's assistant, was cycling home to Tharston, Norfolk, when a bright light with a bluish tinge overhead dazzled him. The light switched off for a few seconds, and he could see a long, cigar-shaped object 300–400 feet above him, moving rapidly toward Norwich. On its underside was a framework with a yellow light at each end. The case belongs to the British airship wave of 1909 and was reported in the London Daily Telegraph on May 21, 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.