1909: West Hobart, Tasmania Sighting?

THINK ABOUTIT ENTITY SIGHTING

Date: winter of 1909

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Day/Night: Night

Location: West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

Urban or Rural: -Street while leaving closing hotel.

No. of Entity(‘s): 1

Entity Type: Ghost

Entity Description: form of a figure in a big coat with a luminous body beneath the coat.

Hynek Classification: NL (Nocturnal Light) Point or extended luminous source observed at night.

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Shape of Object(s): Mystery lights

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Number of Witnesses: Multiple

Source: Chris Aubeck, Return to Magonia

Summary/Description: 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.