SMELLS LIKE GARDENIAS

“Then his pale countenance is seen gazing into ground-floor windows, and his gaunt form is to be dimly discerned in the gloomiest corners.” – The Weekly Freeman, 8 Sep 1917 In early September 1917, a “spectral figure” was prowling the streets of Mullingar, in County Westmeath. Tall and thin and dressed in grey, it only …

THE PORTGLENONE INCIDENT

AT ABOUT 3PM on Tuesday, 24 June 1947, American businessman Kenneth Arnold accidentally discovered flying saucers. He’d been flying near Mount Rainier, Washington, in his CallAir three-seater aircraft, looking for a missing military aircraft at the time, when nine shiny objects, flying in formation, attracted his attention. Though he calculated that the objects were about …