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Hello and welcome to the program
UFO Warning. 

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In this episode, we're talking 
about the Springfield, MO UFO 

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airship of 1897. 
That's correct. 

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Springfield MO UFO airship of 
1897. 

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Got this in the news again. 
Thought it'd be kind of fun to 

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go back over it. 
I got a little bit of a summary 

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from ChatGPT. 
They're pretty good at getting 

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this stuff gathered up and put 
together for you. 

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They've got some cool pictures I
think we've seen before. 

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Interesting how these things all
seem to look like these 

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futuristic blimps kind of mixed 
together with a with a steampunk

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theme. 
It says the Springfield, MO UFO 

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sighting of 1897 is part of the 
famous 1896 to 1897 mystery 

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airship wave, one of the 
earliest and most intriguing 

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mass sighting events in American
UFO lore. 

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It occurred decades before 
airplanes were widely used and 

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long before the modern UFO era. 
And then it goes on and says 

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below is what's known about the 
UFO, about the Springfield 

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incident, and how it ties into 
the larger national wave. 

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The Springfield, MO Airship 
Report April 1897 Newspapers 

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across Missouri, including in 
Springfield, reported sightings 

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have a strange cigar shaped 
airship traveling across the 

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region in April of 1897. 
These reports typically describe

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here's the common features. 
A bright light or Searchlight on

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the front of the craft. 
You know now a Searchlight would

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be pretty rare back then. 1897 a
long dark cigar shaped body, 

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wings or propellers seen by some
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Movement that was silent, slow 
or hovering unlike any 

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technology of the time. 
The ability to accelerate 

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quickly and change direction 
suddenly. 

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Now to me that's going to rule 
out any kind of a blimp or 

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airship. 
Witness descriptions, though 

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exact wording varies depending 
on the paper. 

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Missouri witnesses, including 
those in Springfield, often said

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the craft appeared quote like a 
great cigar with lights at each 

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end. 
Moving against the wind is if 

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propelled by some unknown force.
So apparently people were seeing

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these things move against the 
wind and they weren't seeing any

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propellers on them or anything 
like that. 

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Several newspapers also claimed 
that two airship operators were 

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seeing landing near farms in 
Missouri and speaking to locals,

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though these stories tended to 
be highly embellished. 

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Well, I guess we can assume 
they're embellished. 

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I don't know. 
It says context. 

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The 1890 airship wave. 
The Springfield sighting didn't 

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occur in isolation. 
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hundreds of reports appeared in 
newspapers from Missouri, 

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Kansas, Texas, Nebraska, Iowa 
and Illinois. 

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So all through the Midwest here 
and even down into Texas, people

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were seeing these things. 
The Midwest was hit spatially 

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hard, and Missouri, particularly
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and Joplin, produced some of the
most detailed accounts. 

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Newspapers at the time were 
known for sensationalism, but 

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the sheer number of consistent 
reports across states has kept 

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the wave alive in UFO 
discussions. 

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Well you got to think. 
I mean lots of people are 

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reporting these things. 
After all Missouri is a show me 

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state now It says what did 
people actually see? 

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There are 4 main theories. 1 
misidentified stars, planets. 

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Then they give this one a low 
probability. 

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Some reports describe complex 
mechanical features making pure 

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astronomical confusion unlikely.
And when someone tells you that 

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they see something that they 
describe as like I said, one of 

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these. 
Steampunk themed blimps. 

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It's not going to look like a 
star. 

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Hoax is a newspaper 
exaggeration. 

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Sensational journalism was 
common in the 1890s. 

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I think it still is today. 
Some interviews with airship 

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pilots were obvious 
fabrications. 

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Now they're making a little bit 
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I'd say early experimental 
aircraft. 

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Oh this is a funny one here. 
A popular idea is that inventors

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were secretly testing 
dredigables before the Wright 

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brothers. 
However, no documented inventor 

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claimed responsibility. 
Many maneuvers reported were far

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beyond 1897 aviation. 
We've talked before on the 

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podcast about how much went into
making, how many materials and 

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technology went into making a 
blimp, say that was used in 

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World War One. 
The old German blimps, and 

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you're now talking about they 
had to use hundreds of cows. 

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I think they use the stomach, 
the stomach casings and stuff 

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like this to to cover the 
framework of the blimp. 

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This, these things were so 
expensive to make. 

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It was something that had to be 
undertaken on a national level. 

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It wasn't like somebody could 
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garage and make one of these 
things a genuine unexplained 

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phenomena. 
This is a view held by many UFO 

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researchers who point out that 
who point out multi state 

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consistency, physical 
descriptions similar to modern 

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UFOs, and reports from credible 
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businessmen. 
And it goes on and says 

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Springfield's role in the wave. 
Springfield sets right in the 

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corridor where the airship was 
seen moving eastward across 

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Kansas into Missouri. 
Reports from the area describe a

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craft catching the broader 
pattern of sightings that week. 

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Some local papers treated the 
event seriously, while others 

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blended humor with observation, 
a typical style for the area. 

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Then ask why the Springfield 
1890 UFO is still discussed 

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today. 
It's one of the earliest large 

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scale UFO waves in American 
history. 

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The descriptions match modern 
aeronautical UFO sightings. 

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Despite occurring before powered
flight, the case remains 

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unresolved, with no proven 
hoaxer or aircraft builder ever 

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identified. 
Well, just imagine what? 

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Imagine the value of these 
sayings if somebody was able to 

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cheaply build one of these 
blimps in 1897 and they were 

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able to control it and guide it,
take it from point A to point B.

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That's the kind of thing that 
they're going to be that they're

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going to be wanting to patent. 
They're not going to want to 

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hide this. 
They're going to want to exploit

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it and basically just become 
instant millionaires. 

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Now I went ahead and took a look
at this article here from 

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yahoo.com. 
It says Springfield's forgotten 

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UFO, the bizarre 1897 airship 
seen over Missouri, written by 

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Catherine Skopic. 
It stated December 9th, 2025. 

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It's got a pretty cool 
illustration here, almost like 

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this dragonfly looking blimp. 
It's got these four giant wings 

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coming off of it and lights 
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Like portals along the ship. 
Different multiple colors, but 

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these really bright lights shine
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This what looks like a steam 
powered train, says Springfield,

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MO. 
In the spring of 1897, residents

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across southwest Missouri 
describe sightings of a 

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mysterious airship, a craft they
said resembled a giant 

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mechanical dragonfly and 
appeared to drift silently over 

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trains, towns and backyards. 
This was years before the 

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powered airplane was invented. 
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Springfield Weekly Republican, 
contains detailed descriptions 

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from Judge JA Frank, a respected
and trustworthy man who told the

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newspaper he spotted the craft 
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1897, near Kabul. 
Fink was riding a train when it 

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stopped so abruptly that it 
roused sleeping passengers and 

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startled the more nervous ones. 
Frank said he stepped onto the 

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platform to investigate. 
He reported that instead of 

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standing in the pale moonlight, 
he found himself in a Shadow 1 

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cast not by a cloud but by a 
large airship overhead. 

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With bright lights illuminating 
the craft. 

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Frank said he could compare its 
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He described 2 sets of wings 
shaped like those of a 

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dragonfly, an upper pair about 
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long as a passenger coach, and a
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extending to the rear. 
This thing's sizable. 

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The vessel's main body, he said,
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passenger coach, but was not as 
deep and was cigar shaped with a

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So this thing's the size of a 
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The tail section housed lighting
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On either side of the tail were 
fixed wings that rose or fell as

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a ship changed altitude. 
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formed the hull and that hollow 
plates may have been filled with

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hydrogen gas. 
He said there was no ballroom in

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the usual sense, though a large 
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breeze and may have held a 
gravitation resisting gas. 

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Electricity appeared to power 
the craft, which with wires 

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running from what Frick 
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the rest of the to the rest of 
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Two rotating searchlights were 
mounted at the front, capable of

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instantly shifting collars 
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blue. 
Lamps with collared incandescent

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globes lined both sides of the 
deck, and the tail could glow 

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like something phosphorescent, 
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A captain briefly appeared on 
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the train. 
He reportedly carried a 

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horoscope with modifications 
allowing him to use it outdoors,

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enabling him, witnesses said, to
see through the darkness and 

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even through rooftops as easily 
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The craft made little noise, 
though a crackling like that of 

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a Troy car in rainy weather was 
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Almost sounds like static 
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The only sound was a gentle 
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The train had stopped because a 
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struck and killed on the tracks.
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earlier, leaving some to 
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have fallen or been thrown from 
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These animals are picked up, 
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whatever, and then just dumped 
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The craft was reported over 
Springfield, where several 

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residents came forward with 
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George Pepperdine said he and 
his family watched the airship 

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for half an hour from their back
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As it approached, he said it 
descended to about 30 feet above

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his yard, where he observed the 
captain and tipped his hat. 

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Pepperdine said he asked the 
captain his mission and the man 

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replied We are shooting ducks 
and canvassing for Bryan's book 

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on the first battle and 
Mimestelism. 

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According to Pepperdine, the 
captain tossed him a copy before

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ascending. 
That literary gift is likely a 

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reference to William Jennings 
Bryan's 1896 book about the 

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years United States presidential
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Where bymstellism. 
This is parentheses free silver 

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was a central issue. 
The book is a first hand account

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of Byram's run against William 
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OK, Well, William, William 
Jennings Bryan, he was a big 

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advocate of using silver for 
money. 

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And I think it was some kind of 
a coin, Jack, I believe 1873 

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where the federal government 
came in and basically said we're

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on a gold standard only and 
silver is no longer going to be 

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considered money for extra large
debts and that sort of thing. 

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It really, it really hammered 
the working class people and the

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farmers in particular and 
consolidated the money in the 

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hands of the wealthy folks who 
had all the gold. 

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So that was, it was a hot, it 
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1890s. 
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Charles J Wright, said he was on
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Springfield when the machine 
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Wright said he spoke briefly 
with the operator at the 

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controls, who told him that 
President McKinley was 

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dissatisfied with reports from a
recent municipal election in 

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Springfield's fourth warden had 
sent the airship to investigate.

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The man added that his supply 
was limited. 

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Strange. 
JB Cunningham described hearing 

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music, horns and drums before he
and his wife saw the ship 

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descending toward their home. 
Cunningham said it hovered about

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15 feet above the ground and the
captain called down asking 

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whether he had a Republican 
available because he wanted to 

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know how Springfield County 
Council had decided the slot 

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machine question. 
Cunningham said he invited the 

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captain inside, but the man 
declined, saying he had a pile 

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of Missouri presidential 
appointments on the ship. 

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Moments later, the vessel 
ascended. 

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Not everyone claimed to first 
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Frank B Parker said he didn't 
see the aerial visitor, though 

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he believed his friends 
consistent stories meant they 

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must have seen something or had 
been affected similarly as 

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something they had had for 
supper. 

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Parker added he believed there 
is something in the air over our

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country since the 1st of March 
more of a substantial reality 

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than people imagined and 
something all would soon see, no

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matter how blind to it they may 
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Whether the 1897 studies were 
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the accounts remain one of 
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that swept across the Midwest 
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I find it very strange, the 
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supposed captain very 
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And this may kind of go back to 
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observer effect today. 
People seem to talk to aliens 

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about global warming or the 
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power, a lot of stuff like that.
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the important lessons were that 
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Missouri. 
Was the silver dollars in their 

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pockets going to be worth 
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Who was going to be the elected 
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What kind of effect would that 
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So here again, we see things 
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time send me to dominate the 
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with whatever these things are. 
And maybe that's just a cover 

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for them. 
I don't I don't know. 

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Now I did look around and with 
the help of ChatGPT, I found a 

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couple original articles talking
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It's tough when you go back to 
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accounts from 1897. 
This one is dated March 29th 

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1897. 
It says Omaha sees the ship the 

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airship viewed the third time by
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reputable citizens and quotes. 
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reputable and non reputable 
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dateline. 
The mysterious airship was seen 

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again last night for the third 
time by a number of Omaha's 

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reputable citizens. 
It Hove insight about the time 

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that church was over and in half
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heavens and had once more 
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It was seen by people in all 
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This time the airship in quotes 
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southeastern portion of the 
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It was in the shape of a big 
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balloon, and glowed steadily. 
It sailed over the city to the 

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North East, and there 
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and Bluffs. 
It moved very slowly and seemed 

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to be quite near the earth. 
Nothing but the light was 

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visible. 
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streets watched the trip of the 
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Now, that does sound very much 
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have today. 
No one's talking about it being 

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an airship or, you know, talking
to a captain or having, you 

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know, moving parts on it. 
They just described as this 

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large glowing light moving 
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This is no time before 
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Very, very interesting. 
And that article is from the 

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Topeka State Journal, if you 
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Pretty cool. 
I mean, to compare the 

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contemporary accounts at the 
time to what we know about these

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things today. 
I did find a few other reports 

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around this is what's weird 
trying to get to this stuff, 

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man. 
Like ChatGPT listed several 

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articles from like Dallas, San 
Francisco, I think even and 

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Nebraska. 
And they're just not, they're 

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not going to let you see the 
newspapers for free or some of 

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them have been taken over by the
state, the in the archives. 

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And then you've got to contact 
them and e-mail them for a copy 

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of, of an article written about 
a UFO sighting 130 years ago. 

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Weird. 
This is a pattern you see over 

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and over again. 
This is stuff that happened 100 

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and what, 28 years ago or 
something? 

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And we still can't get to source
material. 

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We're being told that it's being
kept in the confines of a state 

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vault somewhere. 
This is the sort of stuff that 

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Google seems to have no problem 
copying every book out there and

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sharing it with the world, but 
they can't get a hold of these 

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newspaper articles from 1897 and
copy those and make those 

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publicly available. 
Somebody still owns the 

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trademark or the patents or 
whatever on these sayings. 

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Does that seem strange to you? 
It's the same thing that you 

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went into when we try to get 
FOIA's from things that happened

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back during the Korean War or 
before. 

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And the DoD sends blacked out 
pages about UFOs 7080 years ago.

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It's like there's there's a 
total blackout in this stuff. 

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And if the government had a hand
in it, they just make a top 

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secret and you're never going to
see it again. 

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And if you do get the files or 
just blacked out, and if it's if

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there's a account written in the
newspaper about it, these 

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newspapers have been defunct for
4050, sixty years. 

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But somehow the state ends up 
with the original newspapers and

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locks them away in a vault 
somewhere. 

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And then you have to go through 
all kinds of hoops to see if you

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might have a chance at reading 
the article. 

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I mean, isn't the whole point 
about having the state library 

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to make stuff publicly available
for people to read? 

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Wow, Crazy stuff, man. 
Yeah, what a great sighting that

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was back in 1897. 
It seems to me like all these 

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years later, we're still up 
against a brick wall and we're 

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trying to find out what really 
happened and what these things 

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were. 
You know what they say, the more

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things change, the more they 
stay the same. 

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