WINTER 1909, WEST HOBART, TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA, PEOPLE:
Brief summary of the event and follow-up:
Local ufology group TUFOIC scanned old newspaper and found a story from winter 1909, about a ghost from Upper Warwick Street, in West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
The ghost appeared to people leaving an hotel at closing time in the form of a figure in a big coat with a luminous body beneath the coat.
TUFOIC apparently hints that the Press offered an explanation, but it still appears as unexplained in a recent humanoid encounters catalog.
A scan of old newspapers sometimes brings up reports of lights from long ago. Maybe most could be explained but now and again a more puzzling story appears. Winter 1909 saw talk of mystery lights even a ghost from Upper Warwick St (West Hobart) . The ghost appeared in the form of a figure in a big coat with a luminous body beneath the coat. Mystery lights were reported from Tasmania's North West Coast. Similar lights to those seen in New Zealand were also reported near Hobart. Explanations forthcoming were a conjunction of the planets Venus and Jupiter, or the witnesses leaving the local hotel at closing time. A check of astronomical data confirms that such a conjunction took place in 1909.
Albert Rosales indicates that in West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, in the winter of 1909 at night, "Witnesses reported seeing a 'ghost like' entity in the form of a figure in a big coat with a luminous body beneath the coat. No other information."
Albert Rosales indicates that the source is "Chris Aubeck, Return to Magonia".
Points to consider:
With so few data, not much can be said. But apparently it was explained in the Press then. And this liekly had nothing to do with UFOs.
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Data
Severe
April 2, 2013
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Primary source, the Press, not referenced and not available.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
Severe
April 2, 2013
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Not enough information.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
Severe
April 2, 2013
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Was apparently explained in the Press then.
Help needed.
Opened.
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Ufology
Severe
April 2, 2013
Patrick Gross
Patrick Gross
Not one named witness.
Help needed.
Opened.
Evaluation:
Was apparently explained, probable confusion.
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* = Source I checked.
? = Source I am told about but could not check yet. Help appreciated.
