In 1971 or there about, a Police
constable based at Tynemouth Police Force, was driving a
panda car along the Tynemouth Road when he noticed a
bright white circular disc hovering in the sky above
Knott's Flats, the constable pulled into Oxford Street car
park and got out of his car in order to get a better look
at the object. The disc like shape appeared to hover for
about five minutes before rising incredibly fast, within a
few seconds the "ship" was out of sight.
Two years later, the same PC was travelling along the Tyne
Tunnel road in a northerly direction during the small
hours of the morning, when he noticed a bright light
travelling parallel to his vehicle on the left side of the
road. The object kept pace with the car all the way along
the road, the P.C. pulled into a lay-by a little further
on, and got out of his car, the light stopped, hovering
some 150 yards above him making no noise at all.
The P.C.
was certain it was not a plane or helicopter, so he got
back in the car and travelled further still, heading north
toward Seaton Burn, with the light travelling just ahead,
when he reached the Seaton Burn flyover, the P.C. stopped
again and watched as the light moved back and forth over
the main A1 motorway, after a few minutes, the light
turned north and disappeared out of sight. The Policeman
promptly reported what he had been a witness to, but was
laughed at by his colleagues. However a little while later
a second report of a similar light behaving in the same
way was called in by a Policeman in Morpeth.
