THAT MYSTERIOUS LIGHT.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9556, 31 July 1909, Page 5

THAT MYSTERIOUS LIGHT.

YET ANOTHER EXPLANATION "JACK IN THE LANTERN/' By Telegraph—Press Association. TIMARU, July 30. The mysterious light alleged to be an airship passed over Timaru at 10 o'clock, h-jt evening, Ths Ihrbout* '.iiasfcsr, Cap*ain Taifc, said that he sarf the light and it was nothing more than a ball of concentrated electricity known to sailors as "Jack in the Lantern," a frequent accompaniment of fogiry weatner.

WHAT TWO L'REDGE HAND? SAW. By Telegraph—Press Association. July 30. Two dredge hands engaged on night shift on the Syndicate No. 2 Dredtje were accorded a view of the airship at 5 a.m. at close quarters. They state that the ship lowered through the mist, and circled rou'd in the vicinity, and th? y , two figures were plainly discernahle on board. She was carrying lights at both ends. After the visitors had manoeuvred she shot upwards. A yellow glare was noticed, and th» weather clearing a little the airship was last seen travelling in a south-easterly direction. . WESTPOKT, July 30. A resident of the Bulier district the other morning at 4 o'clock saw four times a mysterious object floating over Mt. Rochfort, somewhat re sembling a fire balloon, but he was too far off for him to judge accurately what the object was.