THE AIRSHIP AGAIN?

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 896, 16 August 1910, Page 6

THE AIRSHIP AGAIN?

. --...iSTEANOE.LIGHTS AT SEA. . : , The mysterious uirship, so frequently seen in New Zealand last year,' now appears to be visiting foreign parts, as , witness the following from, the "Sydney Morning Herald's" Adelaide correspondent on August 4:-.- ' • "Captain Nelsson, of the coastal steamer ' Wookata, the second engineer, Mr. S. , Arnold, and helmsman, Mr. G. Eudd, are at a complete' loss to explain the meaning of curious lights which they witnessed ■ when the vessel was passing Althorps ■ Island on the way to Tort Adelaide early t.he other morning. .'Bright lights ,aa distinct as masthead lights of a steamer, but high up in air,' were observed by the trio, and a strange thing was that they circled around the Wookata in -a tantalising way. 'It was about 3 o'clock,' says Captain Nelsson, 'that the man at the wheel remarked, "Do you see theso lights flying about i" I replied, "Yes, there are a great many more lights about than I have ever seen hero." Just then I saw a mysterious light bit Cape Spencer, which disappeared as suddenly as it came into view. Presently the helmsman said, "It is strange, .but I have seen lights on the port bow, then right ahead, then on tho ' starboard side." I stepped inside the wheclhousc, and on coming out again saw two lights just over the starboard . bow, no distance away, hut high up. They seemed to pass us. They were as bright as' our masthead lights, and as far as I could judge were' 200 or . 300 . yards distant. The lights appeared to ibe; 10 yards apart, one a little above the other. .1 could not make it out. .1 said-, to the man at the wheel. "Did you see them?" He answered, "Yes, they, are like German airships flying about." I ' did not know what to tbiiik. 1 feel sure. I saw something unusual—something which in my 45 years' experience at sea ~ 1 had never observed . before.'- ■ "The second engineer also declares he saw tho strange lights.' , ' ■ . ■