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.
