The Europa Beacon archive, 1985
The archive ยท 1985
Front pages from the Rock's morning paper, from New Year's Day to the week after the sky lit up. Pick up any paper to read it.
Key events of 1985
The night it all began
What lit up the sky?
Saturday 14 December 1985. For one second the night before, a web of golden light crossed the sky over the Rock. Nobody can say what it was.