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Can I Keep A Compact Refrigerator In My Room
... is not a breeze!
If we make a trip to Florence, we can not go for a visit to the Uffizi Gallery, the magnificent treasure chest of wonderful works of art.
In the room devoted to Sandro Botticelli, we find "The Slander" (1494-1496 or so), small compared with other works by the artist who are in the same room as the "Birth of Venus" or "Spring" but in its 62x 91 cm, condensing all the meanings that the artist wanted to represent.
His reading is performed from right to left.
The table shows a large room overlooking the sea, gold encrusted with friezes and reliefs and statues of illustrious men and women. A king sits
Enthroned and the long donkey ears, in which two women, personifications of suspicion and ignorance, innuendo and whisper the king's arm tends towards a hooded man, the Livore, which is the same.
This is accompanied by a young girl with a burning torch, slander, where two other girls envy and fraud, adorn their hair with flowers and ribbons to make it more appealing and credible.
The Calumny drags his right hand to crown the maligned, naked and with hands clasped in prayer and the far left of the composition, are flanked by haggard old worn-out clothes, Penance (or Regret?) And a girl with the naked eye and the hand right hand raised to heaven, the personification of truth that comes from God and eventually triumphs. Since Vasari
we hear that Botticelli had given the painting "to his friend Antonio Segni" and maybe he would run to celebrate the rehabilitation of his wrongly accused for his past during the period of the republic filomedicei Savonarola.
Friday, May 7, 2010
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The British UFO in 1909: precursors?
Maurizio Verga (originally published in 'Arcana', 1979)
If by convention the first UFO sighting is dated June 24, 1947 by the American Kenneth Arnold, one can not be forgotten that observations of strange aerial phenomena, not traced to anything conventional from the relevant witnesses have been recorded before that date. Of course, in those times, in particular those between the end of the last century and early twentieth century, there was no talk of either "flying saucers" nor "UFO", even if more than one occasion someone spoke of "people of "Mars" to justify such apparitions. The reports are a main feature: that of referring to sightings of "flying objects" most often imagined to what concerns their forms, as seen at night in the form of more or less strong stray light in the sky. This led to a description of imagination "induced" aircraft that bears a strong resemblance to the aircraft (a type of airship) that represented the technological dream of 'era, complete with a hanging basket, motors and lights.
A series of sightings occurred quite limited in the light of day and mostly at close range seem to confirm this description, although, often, these episodes were later exposed as inventions by journalists or pranksters. The whole subject has been dealt with fairly in-depth mind-UFO enthusiasts, so that there is a substantial literature on the subject, however almost all available in foreign languages. In this article we will focus on one of the lesser known episodes, but more indicative of the whole matter: the wave of comments of "aircraft" in Britain, back in 1909. From early March to early June 1909, the British Isles there was a wave of "aircraft" (Airship), flying objects (not identified) of usually elongated shape, with structural features similar to the airship era: dark , or carrying a most powerful reflectors and aerial maneuvers difficult task with ease.
There were just over fifty comments, nothing compared to several hundred reports of the famous wave of American aircraft of 1896/97: from it, the English cases differed in two important aspects: the number of bassis-mum " close encounters "and the lower wealth of detail, often imaginative and truly amazing, but no doubt very fascinating. E'opportuno remember that in the early '900, there were other periods of "flap" of aircraft: 1908 (Denmark), 1909 (New Zealand and USA), 1913 (UK and USA).
The population of England at that time, it should be spelled out in living under the specter of a possible German invasion: it is therefore easy to imagine that the mysterious aircraft were immediately regarded as a German spy airships (the famous Zeppelin): According to statements gathered by the corres-ding of Berlin "Daily Express", the aircraft would had its base on a German battleship in the North Sea, on which it landed after each flight. The surge coincided, or even it was a part, with this climate of "collective hysteria", so that is not quite there may be an exaggeration to say that strictly psycho-sociological explanation of the origin stories in the press of the time . The conditional is of course a must: it can also Perhaps a first set of "real" sightings has given way to a second wave of stories resulting from the particular climate that prevailed at that time in Britain, but to eighty-five years later it is extremely difficult to reach some conclusions verifiable.
The only indisputable fact is the presence of a real climate of fear against Germany, widespread among the population in the newspapers of the time and the inevitable "rumors" that are known to the incredible speed of propagation and the hold on the popular beliefs. This fear is manifested in the conviction of the presence of spies and sabotage German-bulls, as well as in the supposed action of the laurels legendary "Zeppelin" German above the British territory. So much so that the same film over a film of the time devoted to this theme: one of them, in 1913, was significantly entitled "The Airship", that "the aircraft."
One of the first observations of the wave (a term for a period of intense UFO activity, so as to determine a particular psychological state in the population), took place on March 4 of that year and said the news' "Evening News" (London), 18 maggio.A Lambourne, Berkshire, Charles Maberly, an organist of the Church of St. Michael, was returning home. At about 20:25, his attention was attracted by a large flying object shaped like a torpedo, che volava verso Ovest, a circa 70 metri di quota. L'uomo notò che la misteriosa macchina aveva percorso circa un chilometro e duecento metri nel tempo in cui lui ne aveva percorsi 45. Nel momento in cui scomparve alla sua vista, il signor Maberly udì tre esplosioni, intervallate regolarmente una dall'altra. Una cospicua serie di avvistamenti avvenne nella zona della città di Peterborough, tanto che si cominciò a pensare che da quelle parti vi fosse la base segreta di queste misteriose aeronavi.
LA REALIZZAZIONE DI UN INVENTORE ?
Una delle ipotesi formulate a proposito dell'origine delle airships, era quella secondo cui un solitario inventore avesse realizzato un velivolo del tipo osservato in quei giorni e stesse compiendo dei giri di prova, per sperimentare la sua geniale invenzione. Altre persone affermavano invece che era una nuova arma aerea del ministero della guerra, che veniva sperimentata di notte per tenere segreta la sua esistenza e le sue effettive capacità (ipotesi oggigiorno smentita dalla storia dell'aviazione). Altri ancora, specie certi giornalisti, credevano che una compagnia stesse compiendo dei voli sperimen- tali con le aeronavi (perciò di costruzione "umana"), per fini più o meno commerciali.
A convalidare questa ipotesi venne un articolo apparso sul "Northern Daily Mail" del 26 maggio, in cui si diceva che era stata trovata una strana struttura di bambù, delle potenti lampade ed altri rottami nei pressi di Dunstable. It was also found a document that he who would find it was rewarded with five pounds. Thereafter, the aircraft wreckage was removed: it was said that the aircraft belonged to the British agents of a mainland company, which he used for advertising purposes. There was even a Dr. MB Boyd said that in June 1909, he built an airship for about a year, after having spent eight to perfect it. Between
Airship project presented by Dr. Boyd and descriptions of the mysterious flying objects observed, but there are some differences of some significance, including: a speed average of 51.5 km / h, which is ill-suited to Fast disappearance seen by witnesses; una forma ovale, anzichè sigariforme; nessuna navicella sospesa che veniva invece spesso vista sotto i misteriosi ordigni; la presenza di ruote (così da potere essere guidata sul terreno al pari di una comune automobile; la pratica impossibilità al trasporto di riflettori potenti come quelli visti sulle "altre" aeronavi, in quanto richiedevano apparecchiature pesantissime (le lampade ad incandescenza esistenti all'epoca non potevano produrre l'esten- sione di illuminazione dichiarata dai testimoni). Simili furono le dichiarazioni di William Tillinghast, un autoproclamatosi inventore statunitense, fatte durante una serie di avvistamenti di misteriose aeronavi nella zona di Worcester, Massachusetts, nel dicembre 1909 (per non parlare dei numerosissimi "inventori" che comparvero negli Stati Uniti durante l'ondata del 1896/97): stando alle sue affermazioni, la "macchina volante" aveva una autonomia di 483 chilometri con una velocità di 193 Km/h. Anche a quell'epoca le ipotesi su questi misteriosi fenomeni si intrecciavano e,come oggi,venivano alla ribalta dei ciarlatani che speculavano su di essi, sfruttando l'arma del mistero.
Il 23 marzo, come riferisce il "Peterborough Advertiser" del 27 marzo, un poliziotto di nome Kettle sentì uno strano ronzio provenire dall'alto, mentre compiva il suo solito giro di guardia. Erano le 5.15 circa: I'agente alzò lo sguardo e vide una forte luce che veniva da uno strano oggetto scuro (che si stagliava contro il cielo stellato), oblong and about 180 meters long. The object, which was about four hundred meters, traveling at "tremendous" speed, so that when the witness saw it, the buzz (the "engines") issued by it, began to weaken rapidamente.L 'aircraft was view for about three minutes, then disappeared to the northwest. That night, Miss Gill, with two of his friends saw, as he was returning from a play, a bright flashing light, apparently attached to a dark object, which was heading slowly towards Cromwell Road (just where it was in the service ' Kettle agent): the strange vision almost immediately disappeared from sight, as told the 'Evening News "on 19 May.
E 'curious notare come alcuni casi del 1909 abbiano particolari simili, od uguali, a quelli contenuti nei rapporti "moderni" (?) di fenomeni aerei anomali. Per esempio, non tutte le aeronavi viste in Gran Bretagna, in quel periodo, avevano la forma di sigaro (potevano cioè essere paragonate almeno in forma, ai dirigibili dell'epoca): come riferisce l'"East Anglian Daily Times" del 18 maggio, il 2 di quel mese un noto costrutto re di Lowestoft, nel Suffolk, e la sua famiglia, videro uno stranissimo oggetto a forma di uovo, che, volando fra due banchi di nuvole, si diresse verso occidente. L'oggetto, che aveva la parte più larga rivolta verso il cielo, procedeva ad una forte velocità, tanto che sparì presto alla vista: erano 19.30.
other sightings
Dennybrook to May 20, near Dublin, just before 20 o'clock, many people saw a spherical object that moved quickly into the sky to the southeast: I gave notice the 'East Anglian Daily Times 22 May. There is, for example, a case with suspected electromagnetic effects (in particular events which are recorded interference on electric motors, or in conjunction with the observation of anomalous aerial phenomena presumption you): a man who lived at Wroxham (Norfolk) was coming home on a motorcycle. He had to reach a bridge, when the lighthouse went out of his vehicle visamente sudden, for no reason apparente.Erano about 23:30: I'uomo got out and began to explore the lighthouse, but was hit by a beam of light from above, which remained on him for about half a minute. He tried to look up to see the source of the light, but was dazzled by the strong light did not hear any noise. When he got home, his brother told him that while he was in Sproeston (a village a few miles) saw (that night) a strange light in the sky, but could not see the source ("East Anglian Daily Times, May 21 ).
in the series by the spring of 1909 there are not even the mysterious "men in black" (mysterious characters legend responsible for intimidation of witnesses UFO: modern folklore?), on which so much has been discussed. Note that were seen after the only two cases of "close encounter" cone-nised. The first AWENNE in Clacton on Sea, Essex, and was disclosed by the 'Evening News "on May 15 and by the' East Anglian Daily Times on May 18. At around 22:30 on May 7, 1909, Mr. Egerton St. Free saw a strange "airship" in the form of sausages, hovering at twenty to thirty meters, two hundred meters from the sea, over the cliff. She was not wearing any lights went off and after a few minutes to the northeast. The next day, the wife of Free found in the area where he had stationed the strange "flying machine", a strange "lot" of rubber and steel, five feet long and weighing sixteen chilogrammi.Su one hand you had printed the words "Muller Bremen Fabrik ', which had to assume that the object had fallen Free dall'aeronave (German).
Several weeks later, was identified as part of a target used by the Navy for artillery exercises: on that date, a far more strange incident had happened. The day after the case of Clacton on Sea had a national advertising (16 May), two strangers reappeared next to 'home of Mr. Free. They examined the surroundings, before heading to the nearby beach and then on the place where the mysterious airship was hovering: no then go behind the house of the witness, the stables, where Mr Free had previously held the object found. The two remained unknown in the area for five hours, up to 19.00: the home of the Free, going to church, heard them talking in a "foreign" language. As a result, the approaches Rono, one for each side, and one of the two spoke in a strange language: the girl was frightened to the point, and it ran immediately to mind his master's house. Two German spies? It seems that the British cases of 1909 are, in many ways, "closer" to those hereafter to those who after 1947-Avvenu you in previous years.
electromagnetic effects, difference in appearance of being observed, behavior no longer strictly "land" of the alleged UFO, helping to give birth the idea of \u200b\u200ba sort of "evolution" of the phenomenon, although it should be noted that, in contrast, the magnitude observed during the 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' that occurred in those years (especially during the great wave of 1896 American / 97), appeared to look completely human, even in dress and behavior, comple-tion giving the impression of being of normal individuals. In 'one case occurred in 1909 in Britain and the inherent' close observation of animate entities in association with unidentified flying objects, the occupants were so human in appearance, but they were dressed, behaved and spoke in a rather "strange" ( not to say the least).
The accident happened May 18 on Caerphilly mountain. Mr. C. Lethbridge, a quiet senior, winter working at the docks of the port of Cardiff, while traveling in the summer 'hinterland, giving puppet shows at local schools. Around 23.00 this May 18, 1909, was returning home from Senghenydd, Caerphilly through the mountain (an area desolate and lonely, with few houses). Turning the curve on the top of the hill, I'uomo was very surprised to see a large tubular object lying on the right side of the road. At the time, mistook him for a "big bird" next to it, there were two "young" senior and military aspect, so that mistook them for two "official". Wore large and heavy furs, with a cap of the same type: Although frightened, Mr. Lethbridge continued to walk toward them, dragging his cart. The two individuals were engaged in a mysterious sort of work on the side of the road and the witness did not notice, until he was about twenty-five yards away: it was the sound of his cart that drew them. When they saw the man, stood up abruptly, muttering furiously among themselves in a strange language, unknown to the witness. The two picked up something from the ground and jumped into a small capsule was suspended under the "cigar". The object took off, then, suddenly, zigzagging and when he reached the telegraph wires gave two lights similar to those produced incandescenza.Facendo lamps from a "terrible noise", the object gained altitude and turned away to Cardiff.
a strange case
After Mr. Lethbridge told her "adventure" in Cardiff, a team of investigators returned to the place of 'incidente.Sull' grass were found signs of compression: it was also discovered a small collection of curious objects: the first was a red card, attached to a chain and a metal pin, on which were printed some instructions in French. It was later established that it was a spare part for a valve of tires from Michelin: English pins of the same type were sold for a penny, at the time, but the pins bearing the French cards were not yet available in Britain. There was a piece of writing paper, cut in half, showing the header of an agency exchange in London. On the lower half of the paper, were visible the weak character of a typewritten message: "provincial centers ... rest assured that we do not ... .. oar the most complete confidence ... this point is amply justified."
The executive agency of London knew nothing, neither the letter nor the aircraft. On the place of the meeting between Mr. Lethbridge and the two "officers" were scattered about, many pieces of paper between them there were some newspaper clippings referring to the previous sightings of aircraft and several rolls of "paper". Also found were two dozen pieces of good blue card, bearing a number of figures and inscriptions. It would have been also found a metal cover. " After the story of Lethbridge was published in some newspapers ("South Wales Daily News" on 20/21 May: "Weekly Dispatch" of May 23, "Daily Mail" of May 20, "Daily Mirror" of 21 May, "Northern Daily Mail on 20 May), the secretary of a stockbroker Cardiff said he saw five foreigners in the morning the previous Sunday (May 16) in the area of \u200b\u200bCaerphilly Mountain.
were examining and photographing the entire area carefully: they were on board two carriages, which were attached to the seats of the cameras. At around 12:00 they left and, in Beulah, they separated, some went to Llanishen, Cardiff to other.
THE ROLE OF THE PRESS EPOC
This striking watch (it has in common with the corres-ding of the U.S. 1896/97, the variety and the strangeness of the "artifacts" found on the landing site) caused a great sensation in the press, but was greeted with skepticism and laughter from reporters. But we must say that two hours after the accident on Mount Caerphilly, Cardiff was seen in an airship. He called the news "South Wales Daily News" of May 20 and the "Weekly Dispatch" of 23: witnesses were several workers at the port of Cardiff and a second officer in the boat "Arndale". A Robert Westlake said: "At approximately 1:15, while I was doing my job, I saw a strange flying object. It seemed cigar, a buzzing sound and was lit by two powerful lights. He was traveling at high speed, coming from the east."
The object was red, a man on board dell'Arndale said they saw something like a "grateful" to it. It seemed to pass over the river a few seconds, then walked away: passing over the channel the lights went out suddenly. As previously said the case is twofold Lethbridge, typical of the observations of alleged UFO nature occurred during those years. Aircraft and aircraft appeared to be terrestrial (or form similar to the airships of the time, however, the concept of aircraft disclosed in the literature of anticipation, appearance and clothing of the two occupants, strange yes, but not excessively; exhibits typical "land" found at landing) and "outsiders" (the aircraft performance, behavior and language of the occupants). The case actually shows some points in common with the "modern" close encounters: just think the fact that the phenomenon can be found on their "road" of the witness, with the usual description of imaginary "work" by the occupiers.
But, ultimately, must take into account the role played by the press of such incidents in the report, in partnership with psychosis at the time (fear of German), to distort them in their own use and consumption, and probably inventing new ones to feed a stream of news that caught the 'public attention and could be suitably used also in political and economic. Public opinion was very shaken (in particular) from this observation: giàdetto as the most popular hypothesis among the population was the finding that the "Airships" were you coach-able German mission (and spy) on Great Britain.
An attempt to reassure the population was made by Representative Arnold Lupton (a known explosives expert), who declared on "Lincoln Leader" of June 5, that the destruction of London by aerial bombardment, would have been impossible, as it took at least 200,000 from 600,000 balloonists led Zeppelin, at a cost total of four billion pounds (huge figure for Germany at the time). There was another curious note, in that period so convulsed: Percival Spencer said that one in a position to provide (along the lines of its predecessors of overseas 1896/97), at moderate prices, the aircraft that were seen In those days the population. Leaving aside these simple curiosity (in reality, the consequences of a period of intense media coverage on a topic to the costume particularly felt by the public, just as it is today in relation to certain UFO sightings), it is appropriate to present the other four cases, all relating to the observation of "men" on board the aircraft.
May 13 at Kelmarsh (Northants) CW Allen was going by car with two of his friends when they passed through the village of Kelmarsh heard a loud noise, "like a car backfiring." Soon after they heard distinctly the "tock-tock" of the crackling of an engine and looked up. All three saw an oblong object with lights front and back, flying faster than about one hundred and eighty feet above the ground. He looked long at least thirty metri interessante avvistamento: sebbene le luci emesse dal velivolo non fossero molto brillanti, i tre testimoni poterono vedere distintamente la sua forma a "siluro" ed una piattaforma sottostante, su cui v'erano alcuni esseri.L'oggetto si dirigeva verso nord-est, a circa 32 Km/h (?), in direzione di Peter- horough, dove scomparve alla vista: il caso fu pubblicato sull' "East Anglia Daily Times" del 13 maggio. Nelle edizioni del 18 e del 19 maggio dello stesso giornale, apparve la notizia di un altro interessante avvistamento: a Lowestoft, nel Suffolk, una certa signora Wigg vide uno stranissimo oggetto volante. Erano le 1.30 del 16 maggio e la donna, mentre era a letto, fu svegliata da un rumore simile a quello prodotto da un'auto. Guardando through a window he observed an airplane pass rather quickly in the dark sky, heading south-west. He was at a fairly low and was in the form of a "bottle" large, traveling in a horizontal position. At the front of the object he saw Mrs. Wigg a "man" who seemed to "lead" I'aeronave. At the same time, several other people saw the vivid flashes of light or heard the noise of engines, still in the area of \u200b\u200bLowestoft.
Three days later (as reported by "South Wales Daily News, 21 May) to Maindee (Newport), the daughter of Mr. W. Neighton saw, at about 8.00. a kind of "big bird" that seemed, at times, beat the "wings". It came from the canale di Bristol: si fermò per lungo tempo, poi si allontanò verso le 8.30. Due altre persone videro l'oggetto: uno di loro, usando un telescopio, disse che il velivolo era lungo dagli undici ai quattordici metri e che stava trasportando tre "uomini". L'ultima osservazione di aeronauti (conosciuta) avvenne il 22 maggio a Maesteg (Glamorgan). Intorno alle 22.30, parecchie persone sentirono uno strano rumore: alzando gli occhi, alcune videro un'aeronave, altri solo delle luci. Un uomo, usando un telescopio, disse di aver visto delle persone a bordo dell' inusitato velivolo ("South Wales Daily News" del 24 maggio). Come si vede si tratta di presunti "incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo" in cui il fenomeno è sempre piuttosto distante dall'osservatore: sembra comunque che gli esseri visti a bordo dell'aeronavi avessero compiti (apparenti) di "pilotaggio" del velivolo stesso.
Col lavoro di ricercatori inglesi come Carl Grove, Nigel Watson, Paul Screeton sono venuti alla luce circa una cinquantina di avvistamenti avvenuti nel 1909 in Gran Bretagna: molti giacciono ancora sulle pagine dei giornali locali dell' epoca, molti altri non furono mai riportati pubblicamente, anche per paura del ridicolo con cui i giornalisti (ma non solo loro) trattavano i casi. Verso la fine dell'ondata giornalisti ed "esperti" incominciarono a "spiegare" le segnalazioni rice- vute sulla base di eventi convenzionali o naturali, come palloni, stelle, meteore, ecc ... , probabilmente because we had realized that many sightings had been led by the news disseminated by the press and the people were induced to scan the sky to search for the mysterious "airship". Sometimes it was not erroneous observations or interpretations, but the actual jokes organized to exploit the psychological climate of the moment: May 15, in Northampton, a policeman and other people saw an airship. backbone of the lights that passed over the city, at around 21.15. The head of the county of Northamptonshire Police investigated the case and concluded that the object seen was a balloon that carried Chinese lanterns lit, sent into the air, as a joke by some young people. The question of the observations of mysterious "airships" in the skies of some nations in the late nineteenth century and the early years of this century is still quite controversial and not at all clear. Too much time has passed to be able to have direct evidence from witnesses of the time and too little is the quality of information available (typically news source). Certainly it has gone from a "rediscovery" of these events uncritically and used to support the continued presence of the UFO phenomenon to a review in a more critical and disillusioned the whole subject, which has resulted in a decline of aura mystery surrounding these episodes. Their in-depth analysis by some researchers has uncovered how many were in fact inventions of journalists or jokes or, more frequently, errors of interpretation by the witnesses against conventional or natural phenomena occurring in those years (especially during the great wave of American 1896 / 97). 
Maurizio Verga (originally published in 'Arcana', 1979) If by convention the first UFO sighting is dated June 24, 1947 by the American Kenneth Arnold, one can not be forgotten that observations of strange aerial phenomena, not traced to anything conventional from the relevant witnesses have been recorded before that date. Of course, in those times, in particular those between the end of the last century and early twentieth century, there was no talk of either "flying saucers" nor "UFO", even if more than one occasion someone spoke of "people of "Mars" to justify such apparitions. The reports are a main feature: that of referring to sightings of "flying objects" most often imagined to what concerns their forms, as seen at night in the form of more or less strong stray light in the sky. This led to a description of imagination "induced" aircraft that bears a strong resemblance to the aircraft (a type of airship) that represented the technological dream of 'era, complete with a hanging basket, motors and lights.
A series of sightings occurred quite limited in the light of day and mostly at close range seem to confirm this description, although, often, these episodes were later exposed as inventions by journalists or pranksters. The whole subject has been dealt with fairly in-depth mind-UFO enthusiasts, so that there is a substantial literature on the subject, however almost all available in foreign languages. In this article we will focus on one of the lesser known episodes, but more indicative of the whole matter: the wave of comments of "aircraft" in Britain, back in 1909. From early March to early June 1909, the British Isles there was a wave of "aircraft" (Airship), flying objects (not identified) of usually elongated shape, with structural features similar to the airship era: dark , or carrying a most powerful reflectors and aerial maneuvers difficult task with ease.
There were just over fifty comments, nothing compared to several hundred reports of the famous wave of American aircraft of 1896/97: from it, the English cases differed in two important aspects: the number of bassis-mum " close encounters "and the lower wealth of detail, often imaginative and truly amazing, but no doubt very fascinating. E'opportuno remember that in the early '900, there were other periods of "flap" of aircraft: 1908 (Denmark), 1909 (New Zealand and USA), 1913 (UK and USA).
The population of England at that time, it should be spelled out in living under the specter of a possible German invasion: it is therefore easy to imagine that the mysterious aircraft were immediately regarded as a German spy airships (the famous Zeppelin): According to statements gathered by the corres-ding of Berlin "Daily Express", the aircraft would had its base on a German battleship in the North Sea, on which it landed after each flight. The surge coincided, or even it was a part, with this climate of "collective hysteria", so that is not quite there may be an exaggeration to say that strictly psycho-sociological explanation of the origin stories in the press of the time . The conditional is of course a must: it can also Perhaps a first set of "real" sightings has given way to a second wave of stories resulting from the particular climate that prevailed at that time in Britain, but to eighty-five years later it is extremely difficult to reach some conclusions verifiable.
The only indisputable fact is the presence of a real climate of fear against Germany, widespread among the population in the newspapers of the time and the inevitable "rumors" that are known to the incredible speed of propagation and the hold on the popular beliefs. This fear is manifested in the conviction of the presence of spies and sabotage German-bulls, as well as in the supposed action of the laurels legendary "Zeppelin" German above the British territory. So much so that the same film over a film of the time devoted to this theme: one of them, in 1913, was significantly entitled "The Airship", that "the aircraft."
One of the first observations of the wave (a term for a period of intense UFO activity, so as to determine a particular psychological state in the population), took place on March 4 of that year and said the news' "Evening News" (London), 18 maggio.A Lambourne, Berkshire, Charles Maberly, an organist of the Church of St. Michael, was returning home. At about 20:25, his attention was attracted by a large flying object shaped like a torpedo, che volava verso Ovest, a circa 70 metri di quota. L'uomo notò che la misteriosa macchina aveva percorso circa un chilometro e duecento metri nel tempo in cui lui ne aveva percorsi 45. Nel momento in cui scomparve alla sua vista, il signor Maberly udì tre esplosioni, intervallate regolarmente una dall'altra. Una cospicua serie di avvistamenti avvenne nella zona della città di Peterborough, tanto che si cominciò a pensare che da quelle parti vi fosse la base segreta di queste misteriose aeronavi.
LA REALIZZAZIONE DI UN INVENTORE ?
Una delle ipotesi formulate a proposito dell'origine delle airships, era quella secondo cui un solitario inventore avesse realizzato un velivolo del tipo osservato in quei giorni e stesse compiendo dei giri di prova, per sperimentare la sua geniale invenzione. Altre persone affermavano invece che era una nuova arma aerea del ministero della guerra, che veniva sperimentata di notte per tenere segreta la sua esistenza e le sue effettive capacità (ipotesi oggigiorno smentita dalla storia dell'aviazione). Altri ancora, specie certi giornalisti, credevano che una compagnia stesse compiendo dei voli sperimen- tali con le aeronavi (perciò di costruzione "umana"), per fini più o meno commerciali.
A convalidare questa ipotesi venne un articolo apparso sul "Northern Daily Mail" del 26 maggio, in cui si diceva che era stata trovata una strana struttura di bambù, delle potenti lampade ed altri rottami nei pressi di Dunstable. It was also found a document that he who would find it was rewarded with five pounds. Thereafter, the aircraft wreckage was removed: it was said that the aircraft belonged to the British agents of a mainland company, which he used for advertising purposes. There was even a Dr. MB Boyd said that in June 1909, he built an airship for about a year, after having spent eight to perfect it. Between
Airship project presented by Dr. Boyd and descriptions of the mysterious flying objects observed, but there are some differences of some significance, including: a speed average of 51.5 km / h, which is ill-suited to Fast disappearance seen by witnesses; una forma ovale, anzichè sigariforme; nessuna navicella sospesa che veniva invece spesso vista sotto i misteriosi ordigni; la presenza di ruote (così da potere essere guidata sul terreno al pari di una comune automobile; la pratica impossibilità al trasporto di riflettori potenti come quelli visti sulle "altre" aeronavi, in quanto richiedevano apparecchiature pesantissime (le lampade ad incandescenza esistenti all'epoca non potevano produrre l'esten- sione di illuminazione dichiarata dai testimoni). Simili furono le dichiarazioni di William Tillinghast, un autoproclamatosi inventore statunitense, fatte durante una serie di avvistamenti di misteriose aeronavi nella zona di Worcester, Massachusetts, nel dicembre 1909 (per non parlare dei numerosissimi "inventori" che comparvero negli Stati Uniti durante l'ondata del 1896/97): stando alle sue affermazioni, la "macchina volante" aveva una autonomia di 483 chilometri con una velocità di 193 Km/h. Anche a quell'epoca le ipotesi su questi misteriosi fenomeni si intrecciavano e,come oggi,venivano alla ribalta dei ciarlatani che speculavano su di essi, sfruttando l'arma del mistero.
Il 23 marzo, come riferisce il "Peterborough Advertiser" del 27 marzo, un poliziotto di nome Kettle sentì uno strano ronzio provenire dall'alto, mentre compiva il suo solito giro di guardia. Erano le 5.15 circa: I'agente alzò lo sguardo e vide una forte luce che veniva da uno strano oggetto scuro (che si stagliava contro il cielo stellato), oblong and about 180 meters long. The object, which was about four hundred meters, traveling at "tremendous" speed, so that when the witness saw it, the buzz (the "engines") issued by it, began to weaken rapidamente.L 'aircraft was view for about three minutes, then disappeared to the northwest. That night, Miss Gill, with two of his friends saw, as he was returning from a play, a bright flashing light, apparently attached to a dark object, which was heading slowly towards Cromwell Road (just where it was in the service ' Kettle agent): the strange vision almost immediately disappeared from sight, as told the 'Evening News "on 19 May.
E 'curious notare come alcuni casi del 1909 abbiano particolari simili, od uguali, a quelli contenuti nei rapporti "moderni" (?) di fenomeni aerei anomali. Per esempio, non tutte le aeronavi viste in Gran Bretagna, in quel periodo, avevano la forma di sigaro (potevano cioè essere paragonate almeno in forma, ai dirigibili dell'epoca): come riferisce l'"East Anglian Daily Times" del 18 maggio, il 2 di quel mese un noto costrutto re di Lowestoft, nel Suffolk, e la sua famiglia, videro uno stranissimo oggetto a forma di uovo, che, volando fra due banchi di nuvole, si diresse verso occidente. L'oggetto, che aveva la parte più larga rivolta verso il cielo, procedeva ad una forte velocità, tanto che sparì presto alla vista: erano 19.30.
other sightings
Dennybrook to May 20, near Dublin, just before 20 o'clock, many people saw a spherical object that moved quickly into the sky to the southeast: I gave notice the 'East Anglian Daily Times 22 May. There is, for example, a case with suspected electromagnetic effects (in particular events which are recorded interference on electric motors, or in conjunction with the observation of anomalous aerial phenomena presumption you): a man who lived at Wroxham (Norfolk) was coming home on a motorcycle. He had to reach a bridge, when the lighthouse went out of his vehicle visamente sudden, for no reason apparente.Erano about 23:30: I'uomo got out and began to explore the lighthouse, but was hit by a beam of light from above, which remained on him for about half a minute. He tried to look up to see the source of the light, but was dazzled by the strong light did not hear any noise. When he got home, his brother told him that while he was in Sproeston (a village a few miles) saw (that night) a strange light in the sky, but could not see the source ("East Anglian Daily Times, May 21 ).
in the series by the spring of 1909 there are not even the mysterious "men in black" (mysterious characters legend responsible for intimidation of witnesses UFO: modern folklore?), on which so much has been discussed. Note that were seen after the only two cases of "close encounter" cone-nised. The first AWENNE in Clacton on Sea, Essex, and was disclosed by the 'Evening News "on May 15 and by the' East Anglian Daily Times on May 18. At around 22:30 on May 7, 1909, Mr. Egerton St. Free saw a strange "airship" in the form of sausages, hovering at twenty to thirty meters, two hundred meters from the sea, over the cliff. She was not wearing any lights went off and after a few minutes to the northeast. The next day, the wife of Free found in the area where he had stationed the strange "flying machine", a strange "lot" of rubber and steel, five feet long and weighing sixteen chilogrammi.Su one hand you had printed the words "Muller Bremen Fabrik ', which had to assume that the object had fallen Free dall'aeronave (German).
Several weeks later, was identified as part of a target used by the Navy for artillery exercises: on that date, a far more strange incident had happened. The day after the case of Clacton on Sea had a national advertising (16 May), two strangers reappeared next to 'home of Mr. Free. They examined the surroundings, before heading to the nearby beach and then on the place where the mysterious airship was hovering: no then go behind the house of the witness, the stables, where Mr Free had previously held the object found. The two remained unknown in the area for five hours, up to 19.00: the home of the Free, going to church, heard them talking in a "foreign" language. As a result, the approaches Rono, one for each side, and one of the two spoke in a strange language: the girl was frightened to the point, and it ran immediately to mind his master's house. Two German spies? It seems that the British cases of 1909 are, in many ways, "closer" to those hereafter to those who after 1947-Avvenu you in previous years.
electromagnetic effects, difference in appearance of being observed, behavior no longer strictly "land" of the alleged UFO, helping to give birth the idea of \u200b\u200ba sort of "evolution" of the phenomenon, although it should be noted that, in contrast, the magnitude observed during the 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' that occurred in those years (especially during the great wave of 1896 American / 97), appeared to look completely human, even in dress and behavior, comple-tion giving the impression of being of normal individuals. In 'one case occurred in 1909 in Britain and the inherent' close observation of animate entities in association with unidentified flying objects, the occupants were so human in appearance, but they were dressed, behaved and spoke in a rather "strange" ( not to say the least).
The accident happened May 18 on Caerphilly mountain. Mr. C. Lethbridge, a quiet senior, winter working at the docks of the port of Cardiff, while traveling in the summer 'hinterland, giving puppet shows at local schools. Around 23.00 this May 18, 1909, was returning home from Senghenydd, Caerphilly through the mountain (an area desolate and lonely, with few houses). Turning the curve on the top of the hill, I'uomo was very surprised to see a large tubular object lying on the right side of the road. At the time, mistook him for a "big bird" next to it, there were two "young" senior and military aspect, so that mistook them for two "official". Wore large and heavy furs, with a cap of the same type: Although frightened, Mr. Lethbridge continued to walk toward them, dragging his cart. The two individuals were engaged in a mysterious sort of work on the side of the road and the witness did not notice, until he was about twenty-five yards away: it was the sound of his cart that drew them. When they saw the man, stood up abruptly, muttering furiously among themselves in a strange language, unknown to the witness. The two picked up something from the ground and jumped into a small capsule was suspended under the "cigar". The object took off, then, suddenly, zigzagging and when he reached the telegraph wires gave two lights similar to those produced incandescenza.Facendo lamps from a "terrible noise", the object gained altitude and turned away to Cardiff.
a strange case
After Mr. Lethbridge told her "adventure" in Cardiff, a team of investigators returned to the place of 'incidente.Sull' grass were found signs of compression: it was also discovered a small collection of curious objects: the first was a red card, attached to a chain and a metal pin, on which were printed some instructions in French. It was later established that it was a spare part for a valve of tires from Michelin: English pins of the same type were sold for a penny, at the time, but the pins bearing the French cards were not yet available in Britain. There was a piece of writing paper, cut in half, showing the header of an agency exchange in London. On the lower half of the paper, were visible the weak character of a typewritten message: "provincial centers ... rest assured that we do not ... .. oar the most complete confidence ... this point is amply justified."
The executive agency of London knew nothing, neither the letter nor the aircraft. On the place of the meeting between Mr. Lethbridge and the two "officers" were scattered about, many pieces of paper between them there were some newspaper clippings referring to the previous sightings of aircraft and several rolls of "paper". Also found were two dozen pieces of good blue card, bearing a number of figures and inscriptions. It would have been also found a metal cover. " After the story of Lethbridge was published in some newspapers ("South Wales Daily News" on 20/21 May: "Weekly Dispatch" of May 23, "Daily Mail" of May 20, "Daily Mirror" of 21 May, "Northern Daily Mail on 20 May), the secretary of a stockbroker Cardiff said he saw five foreigners in the morning the previous Sunday (May 16) in the area of \u200b\u200bCaerphilly Mountain.
were examining and photographing the entire area carefully: they were on board two carriages, which were attached to the seats of the cameras. At around 12:00 they left and, in Beulah, they separated, some went to Llanishen, Cardiff to other.
THE ROLE OF THE PRESS EPOC
This striking watch (it has in common with the corres-ding of the U.S. 1896/97, the variety and the strangeness of the "artifacts" found on the landing site) caused a great sensation in the press, but was greeted with skepticism and laughter from reporters. But we must say that two hours after the accident on Mount Caerphilly, Cardiff was seen in an airship. He called the news "South Wales Daily News" of May 20 and the "Weekly Dispatch" of 23: witnesses were several workers at the port of Cardiff and a second officer in the boat "Arndale". A Robert Westlake said: "At approximately 1:15, while I was doing my job, I saw a strange flying object. It seemed cigar, a buzzing sound and was lit by two powerful lights. He was traveling at high speed, coming from the east."
The object was red, a man on board dell'Arndale said they saw something like a "grateful" to it. It seemed to pass over the river a few seconds, then walked away: passing over the channel the lights went out suddenly. As previously said the case is twofold Lethbridge, typical of the observations of alleged UFO nature occurred during those years. Aircraft and aircraft appeared to be terrestrial (or form similar to the airships of the time, however, the concept of aircraft disclosed in the literature of anticipation, appearance and clothing of the two occupants, strange yes, but not excessively; exhibits typical "land" found at landing) and "outsiders" (the aircraft performance, behavior and language of the occupants). The case actually shows some points in common with the "modern" close encounters: just think the fact that the phenomenon can be found on their "road" of the witness, with the usual description of imaginary "work" by the occupiers.
But, ultimately, must take into account the role played by the press of such incidents in the report, in partnership with psychosis at the time (fear of German), to distort them in their own use and consumption, and probably inventing new ones to feed a stream of news that caught the 'public attention and could be suitably used also in political and economic. Public opinion was very shaken (in particular) from this observation: giàdetto as the most popular hypothesis among the population was the finding that the "Airships" were you coach-able German mission (and spy) on Great Britain.
An attempt to reassure the population was made by Representative Arnold Lupton (a known explosives expert), who declared on "Lincoln Leader" of June 5, that the destruction of London by aerial bombardment, would have been impossible, as it took at least 200,000 from 600,000 balloonists led Zeppelin, at a cost total of four billion pounds (huge figure for Germany at the time). There was another curious note, in that period so convulsed: Percival Spencer said that one in a position to provide (along the lines of its predecessors of overseas 1896/97), at moderate prices, the aircraft that were seen In those days the population. Leaving aside these simple curiosity (in reality, the consequences of a period of intense media coverage on a topic to the costume particularly felt by the public, just as it is today in relation to certain UFO sightings), it is appropriate to present the other four cases, all relating to the observation of "men" on board the aircraft.
May 13 at Kelmarsh (Northants) CW Allen was going by car with two of his friends when they passed through the village of Kelmarsh heard a loud noise, "like a car backfiring." Soon after they heard distinctly the "tock-tock" of the crackling of an engine and looked up. All three saw an oblong object with lights front and back, flying faster than about one hundred and eighty feet above the ground. He looked long at least thirty metri interessante avvistamento: sebbene le luci emesse dal velivolo non fossero molto brillanti, i tre testimoni poterono vedere distintamente la sua forma a "siluro" ed una piattaforma sottostante, su cui v'erano alcuni esseri.L'oggetto si dirigeva verso nord-est, a circa 32 Km/h (?), in direzione di Peter- horough, dove scomparve alla vista: il caso fu pubblicato sull' "East Anglia Daily Times" del 13 maggio. Nelle edizioni del 18 e del 19 maggio dello stesso giornale, apparve la notizia di un altro interessante avvistamento: a Lowestoft, nel Suffolk, una certa signora Wigg vide uno stranissimo oggetto volante. Erano le 1.30 del 16 maggio e la donna, mentre era a letto, fu svegliata da un rumore simile a quello prodotto da un'auto. Guardando through a window he observed an airplane pass rather quickly in the dark sky, heading south-west. He was at a fairly low and was in the form of a "bottle" large, traveling in a horizontal position. At the front of the object he saw Mrs. Wigg a "man" who seemed to "lead" I'aeronave. At the same time, several other people saw the vivid flashes of light or heard the noise of engines, still in the area of \u200b\u200bLowestoft.
Three days later (as reported by "South Wales Daily News, 21 May) to Maindee (Newport), the daughter of Mr. W. Neighton saw, at about 8.00. a kind of "big bird" that seemed, at times, beat the "wings". It came from the canale di Bristol: si fermò per lungo tempo, poi si allontanò verso le 8.30. Due altre persone videro l'oggetto: uno di loro, usando un telescopio, disse che il velivolo era lungo dagli undici ai quattordici metri e che stava trasportando tre "uomini". L'ultima osservazione di aeronauti (conosciuta) avvenne il 22 maggio a Maesteg (Glamorgan). Intorno alle 22.30, parecchie persone sentirono uno strano rumore: alzando gli occhi, alcune videro un'aeronave, altri solo delle luci. Un uomo, usando un telescopio, disse di aver visto delle persone a bordo dell' inusitato velivolo ("South Wales Daily News" del 24 maggio). Come si vede si tratta di presunti "incontri ravvicinati del terzo tipo" in cui il fenomeno è sempre piuttosto distante dall'osservatore: sembra comunque che gli esseri visti a bordo dell'aeronavi avessero compiti (apparenti) di "pilotaggio" del velivolo stesso.
Col lavoro di ricercatori inglesi come Carl Grove, Nigel Watson, Paul Screeton sono venuti alla luce circa una cinquantina di avvistamenti avvenuti nel 1909 in Gran Bretagna: molti giacciono ancora sulle pagine dei giornali locali dell' epoca, molti altri non furono mai riportati pubblicamente, anche per paura del ridicolo con cui i giornalisti (ma non solo loro) trattavano i casi. Verso la fine dell'ondata giornalisti ed "esperti" incominciarono a "spiegare" le segnalazioni rice- vute sulla base di eventi convenzionali o naturali, come palloni, stelle, meteore, ecc ... , probabilmente because we had realized that many sightings had been led by the news disseminated by the press and the people were induced to scan the sky to search for the mysterious "airship". Sometimes it was not erroneous observations or interpretations, but the actual jokes organized to exploit the psychological climate of the moment: May 15, in Northampton, a policeman and other people saw an airship. backbone of the lights that passed over the city, at around 21.15. The head of the county of Northamptonshire Police investigated the case and concluded that the object seen was a balloon that carried Chinese lanterns lit, sent into the air, as a joke by some young people. The question of the observations of mysterious "airships" in the skies of some nations in the late nineteenth century and the early years of this century is still quite controversial and not at all clear. Too much time has passed to be able to have direct evidence from witnesses of the time and too little is the quality of information available (typically news source). Certainly it has gone from a "rediscovery" of these events uncritically and used to support the continued presence of the UFO phenomenon to a review in a more critical and disillusioned the whole subject, which has resulted in a decline of aura mystery surrounding these episodes. Their in-depth analysis by some researchers has uncovered how many were in fact inventions of journalists or jokes or, more frequently, errors of interpretation by the witnesses against conventional or natural phenomena occurring in those years (especially during the great wave of American 1896 / 97).
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