Waves / 1896 to 1897 · United States
The mystery airship wave
From November 1896 to the spring of 1897, newspapers across the western and central United States carried reports of a lit airship crossing the night sky, years before any airship flew there. Sacramento saw it first. By April it was over Texas, where one small town buried its pilot.
November 17, 1896April 17, 1897
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