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Long Red Trail ’ “ They passed swiftly,” he said, “in a southerly direction and ap- peared to be ‘in line astern’ with a long red trail to the rear... both lights seemed to fizzle out as I watched them—they were in a clear patch of sky when this hap- pened ...I heard no sound.” “Two large circular objects travelling south in a horizontal Posen looking something like arge white flames” is the descrip- tion given in the Western Morning News of what Mr, Arthur N. Bearne, 55-year-old estate agent, of Southfield-avenue, Preston, Devon, Saw at Paignton at 11 p.m. on Monday. Members of the crew of a libert boat plying between Flagsta Steps, Devonport Dockyard, and H.M.S. Defiance are also’ reported Bluish Light Frederick Bray, fisherman, age 39, was lying in the bunk of h boat in Torquay outer harbour when he saw a “bluish-white light” appear over Princess Pier at about 11 p.m. “I watched the flames for about ten seconds. They seemed to surround a roundish ob- ject which was travelling towards Thatcher Rock” (to the East). While walking along the sea front to Torquay Station, Mr. D. Jeffery, of Winner-street, Paignton, saw something in the LN, Sear thought at first it was a rocket fire- work,” he told the Herald Express. “Then I noticed it was maintain- ing a constant speed at a constant height. . . It was absolutely silent. It seemed to disintegrate suddenly and disappear.” A “ball of bluish-white light ” was seen at about 11 p.m. in the sky above? Paignton travelling towards Brixham. Mr. Harry Cove-Clark, of Marine-drive, Paignton, said: “The ball of light was preceded by a thin blue blur which was overtaken by the main ody. ‘Like Feeble Rocket’ “Then another bluish-white light appeared and a broken stream of lif ts Seemed to fall from it. The all seemed to be following eac other straight across the sky, then there was a spurt. of flame’ from the end of the broken pieces—just like a feeble rocket.” The last, of the witnesses, Mr. H. Warren, of East-street, Torre, Tor- quay, saw from his bedroom win- Ow an object “going towards Brixham, due south of Torquay.” Describing it in a letter to the @per, he said: “I thought it was its three stars with a long tall of | || light trailing behind them .. . in the Western Morning News as having seen “circular objects travelling at an incalculable speed and emit pe trail of fire” late on Monday night. < The —resquay Herald Prnrogs quotes four other people who saw Similar objects.