Location of the first UFO landing in The War of the Worlds

Location of the first UFO landing in The War of the Worlds
Horsell, United Kingdom (GB)
This spot in Horsell, Surrey, England was the location for the first UFO landing in H G Well's novel The War of the Worlds.

"But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. An enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. The heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn."
This spot in Horsell, Surrey, England was the location for the first UFO landing in H G Well's novel The War of the Worlds.

"But very early in the morning poor Ogilvy, who had seen the shooting star and who was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere on the common between Horsell, Ottershaw, and Woking, rose early with the idea of finding it. Find it he did, soon after dawn, and not far from the sand pits. An enormous hole had been made by the impact of the projectile, and the sand and gravel had been flung violently in every direction over the heath, forming heaps visible a mile and a half away. The heather was on fire eastward, and a thin blue smoke rose against the dawn."
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By: kjfitz

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@ 2009-09-18 10:04:19
That Is Strange!!

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