1916: British A/c Encounters Object

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THINK ABOUTIT SIGHTING REPORT

Date: January 31, 1916

Sighting Time: 8:25 p.m.

Day/Night: Night

Location: Rochford, Essex, England

Urban or Rural: Rural

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

Duration: 20 mins

No. of Object(s): 1

Size of Object(s):

Distance to Object(s):

Shape of Object(s): linear object with a row of lights like the windows on a railway carriage with the blinds drawn.

Color of Object(s):

Number of Witnesses: 1

Source:

Summary: a UK pilot near Rochford reported a row of lights, like lighted windows on a railway carriage, that rose and disappeared. 

Full Report 

Fran Ridge: Jan. 31, 1916; Rochford; UK

Night. A British flight officer flying at 5,000 feet encountered a dark object with a row of illuminated windows. When he tried to close in for a better look his engine began malfunctioning, perhaps the first EM effect case on a human vehicle. This incident is the very first entry on the NICAP DBase for Category 11, Sightings From Aircraft. Mike Swords found additional information on the UFODNA site.

NARCAP:

One of the three oldest known pilot UFO sightings, of 1305 cataloged by NARCAP. On January 31, 1916, a UK pilot near Rochford reported a row of lights, like lighted windows on a railway carriage, that rose and disappeared.

Mike Swords:

8:25 p.m. Royal Flying Corps pilot Lt. Morgan was flying at 5000 feet over Rochford, Essex, England on this evening on the lookout for Zeppelins. At 8:25 p.m. he saw an object with a row of lights like the windows on a railway carriage with the blinds drawn. He tried to close but his airplane’s engine started malfunctioning. When he fired a pistol at the lights they rose rapidly into the heavens and disappeared out of sight. 20 mins. (UFODNA)

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An unusual object was sighted, that had unconventional appearance and performance. One linear object was observed in clear weather by one experienced male military witness in a warplane for 20 minutes (Morgan).