Oh yes, this story has a bit of everything!! Back to the 1909 sightings and in 1909 a report states that the skipper of the Suffolk based fishing smack Superb.

J.H. Stockman, told of how in October the previous year (1908), when fishing in the North Sea 30 to 40 miles off Lowestoft he had seen what at first appeared to be, "A large star rising out of the water" which then began approaching his ship.

After calling one of his crew, Stockman decided to signal to the "airship" with a red flare, and to his surprise he was immediately answered by a red flare from above his ship. He then showed a white flare, and received a blue flare in response. The "airship" appeared to be sausage shaped, and carried a single light and after quite some time it eventually disappeared out to sea.

Possible Explanation?

Some argued that the airship reports were actually exactly that, i.e. airships. Airships with controlled manoeuvrability had been publicly flown in the US since 1863. Coupled with the fact that numerous inventors were working on airship and aircraft designs, in fact the Wright Brothers who are generally credited with building the world's first successful airplane and making the first controlled, powered and heavier-than-air human flight did so on December 17, 1903.

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