Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning.
In this episode, we're talking about the Michigan airship of
1897. That's correct, the Michigan
airship of 1897. What an interesting case.
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Doesn't cost a dime. The title says that time a UFO
maybe exploded over Michigan in 1897.
A look at the airship hysteria of 1896 and 1897.
Of course, if you follow UF OS much, you know that there are a
lot of these airship sightings back in that time frame of 1896
to 1897. Even a little before, a little
after, it says. A year before HG Wells iconic
The War Worlds was published in hardcover, thousands of
Americans saw mysterious lights in the sky.
The earliest UFO sightings in Michigan date back to April
10th, 1897. The Unidentified Flying Object
is defined as any real object or optical phenomena not readily
identifiable to the observer. Feds now preferred, refer to
them as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or UA.
PS Notice how they like to change the verbiage a little bit
there. Like I always say, control the
language, control the narrative, control the people.
The Phantom Airship, it says from November 1896 to 8 May
1897, thousands of people claim to have seen strange lights they
believed were airships. Hot air balloons date back
centuries and the precursor to blimps began to show up before
this period. But these were different.
Now, before you just rush to the idea that, well, what they saw
was a hot air balloon, remember those scents cost a fortune to
make. Even now that they're quite
expensive, those would have been out of reach financially for
most people. It says it started in
California, where most reports came from people who said they
saw lights moving east and the sky.
But some people claim they saw occupants inside the craft who
appeared human but had a natural movements and mannerism.
Some people said they had encounters with the pilots and
crew who told them they came from Mars.
The signings moved across the country.
Newspapers at the time speculated it must have been an
inventor. He was flying a new experimental
vehicle cross country to apply for a patent in Washington DC.
Others speculated it was a a top secret government project.
Boy, the more things that, the more things change and more they
stay the same, huh? I mean, the idea that somebody
had just randomly invented this in their outbuilding somewhere
in 1897 seems pretty ridiculous on the face of it to me.
A witness in Arkansas claimed to have spoken with an airship
pilot who said they were flying to Cuba to kill Spaniards.
Often times we hear about these supposed conversations with the
with the pilots of these things saying some pretty wild stuff.
Michigan's at first sightings of the mysterious airship was April
10th, 1897 and Alma, roughly 50 miles north of Lansing.
Sightings then were reported the next day to Benton Harbor,
Holland, Niles and Minden residents reported seeing
colorful flicking lights overlake Michigan.
The lights were then spotted over Battle Creek and Kalamazoo
and Pavilion where an explosion reportedly spread airship debris
across the area. A witness said they saw an
object with a bright light on the front, smaller lights on the
sides and propellers. They quickly speed across the
sky before they heard a large explosion quote.
People of Pavilion have made some startling reports and if
true then the much talked to have airship was not only a
reality but is something of the past.
Wrote the Copper County Evening News April 21st 1897.
And one place there was found a large coil of heavy wire,
evidently a part of some electrical appliance at some.
At another point a propeller blade of some very light
material was discovered in a partially fused condition.
Why wouldn't you like to get your hands on this stuff?
Talk about UFO meta material. Rumors of the crafts demise were
greatly exaggerated as lights in the sky continue to be reported
across the state including Flint, Saginaw, Battle Creek
well into May. The truth or fake news?
It says around the time that the lights were seen hovering over
Lansing, the truth became known. Flying paper lanterns.
Oh boy, here we go control the narrative.
The good old Chinese lanterns. Well, partially.
There was definitely a mixture of stars, planets and swamp gas
that explained most of the sightings and the rest just
run-of-the-mill mass hysteria. Boy, now this is some really
sloppy writing, I have to tell you.
I've been to Michigan a few times, been around the swamps,
never saw any swamp gas. All the sightings that describe
the craft matched how airships were described in fiction.
And again, this was before the War of the Worlds was published
as published as a book. Similar things happened decades
later when people started seeing flying saucers because that's
how they were described and shown in popular culture.
Boy, this guy's really something, you know, the first
flying saucers were described more like a Chevron shape, I
think, than a flying saucer. And then of course, it goes on.
It has a little bit of an article here about a jet
disappearing over, like, Superior written by Dean Kelly.
Yeah, I'm sorry, Dane, but not a very good job toward the end
there. It would have been much more
interesting if they could have just stuck with the facts.
But that's common introduction. And that's what we expect from
mainline media folks that are too afraid to have an open mind
about any of this stuff. But we'll go ahead here and look
at this next article. This is from says Lansing, MI,
the State Republican at date April 17th, 1897.
So I'm assuming this is a reprint from an old newspaper.
It says the following note was left at the Republican office
this morning. I saw the airship last night,
10:30 PM over my barn, about 800 feet long.
Now that's big. OK, big brute row of Japanese
lanterns all along top large white sail like a fantail dove,
dark Bay and collar. And I heard voices from above.
Sounded like Jim Baird and Charlie Burcher.
No fake Mick affidavit bid Osbourne.
Now, do you really think someone wants to fake this and and write
up a sworn affidavit if they hadn't actually saw something?
I don't. A dispatch from William Megveron
confirms that the airship was seen at Pine Lake Thursday
night. William deposes and says that in
the darkest hour of the night he was awakened by a tap on his
window, and the glare of light at first blinded him.
On stepping out into the night he was accosted by a voice from
above which told him that the light was from the airship, that
during the afternoon the ship had been lying concealed behind
a Bank of clouds over the lake, and that a stray shot from the
gun of some duck hunter had injured one of the ship's wings,
and they were lying for repairs. William then says that he was
directed to prepare four dozen egg sandwiches and a kettle of
coffee for the crew, and when prepared the preventer was
hoisted on board with a scoop fully as large as a freight car,
and paid for in Canadian quarters.
William further says that the aerial monster appeared about
300 feet above the lake, but only the outlines were visible
on account of the brilliant Searchlight which made
everything below as bright as day and above as dark as
midnight. During a cyclone he observed a
red light at each end and thinks the ship was fully 1/2 mile
long. All appeals to be taken on board
were met with a merry ha ha, but William thinks the occupants
held from either Kentucky or Milwaukee, as they asked for a
Corkscrew. Bill said if he knew their
address he would have the whole crew arrested for violating the
fish law. For the lights reflected so
strongly on the lake, it was no trouble for the occupants to
pick out the biggest and best fish in the lake with a long
handled spear. Just before daylight the ship
sailed off toward the city. The whir of machinery was
plainly discernible for several moments.
Now that is a story. You see how people are seem to
be couching these sightings in terms of how they relate to
people. It's almost like these things
are appearing to people in the easiest way possible.
It's like their it's like their perception is following the path
of least resistance. That's what I see here.
I don't see that people are are thinking of these things because
of some book that was written or because of some societal
pressure. To me, people are seeing these
things the way they see them because it's the easiest way for
their mind to deal with this strange extra dimensional thing
that's happening. This next article is from Bay
City, MI. It says the Times Press, April
17th, 1897. It beats all how that airship is
skylarking. Around Thursday night it was
seen, in addition to the claim of Mug's Landing, in Bay City in
Lansing, Hudson, Battle Creek, Charlotte and at Pontiac.
At the latter place, boys hoisted lanterns up the
Flagstaff at the Grove School, and the people are telling weird
stories about what they saw. At Battle Creek, the aerial
monster descended to Earth and tied a letter to the door of a
newspaper office. All these facts are directly
contradictory of the positive statement that the thing came
near to Earth and Essexville and plowed up a muskmelon patch.
Some things are born every minute.
That's strange. I would like to know what some
of these other strange stories are they were talking about.
Here's this is from Detroit, MI. The Evening News, April 17th,
1897. Ann Arbor airship seen here
going toward Ypsilanti supposed to be manned by sky larking
students. So there again, you know, a
little bit of normalcy bias. Just imagine that these guys
were all just hanging out there in a hot air balloon of some
kind. Adrian MI The Evening Telegram
April 17th, 1897 headline that airship, various phases of its
appearance and Hudson just how the thing looked to some of the
citizens of that interesting city.
A special from Hudson to this paper conveyed the intelligence
that the famous airship had been there Thursday night by sundry
reputable citizens of that bird. We clip from the Hudson Gazette
of this week some private opinions of the matter.
It's no hoax about the airship quote, UN quote, said Gene Knapp
Porter at the Comstock house. We had just drove down to the
depot when some of the boys called my attention to the
bright red lights which seemed to be sailing into town from the
West. It looked like a shooting star
at first, but when it got down opposite us on West Main Street,
we saw a green light about 25 feet from it.
And sure, right there before our eyes, we saw the outlines of a
dark object against the sky. Some of them thought they could
see men aboard. It looked as if one of them was
trying to wave his hat at us. Charlie Lane, proprietor of the
Hudson House, was one of the party at the depot and
collaborates the story. This is no mariner's yarn, said
Mr. Lane to The Gazette. As sure as I live, I saw the
airship last night. How high was it?
About 400 feet from the ground, I should say.
Shape, cigar shaped and covered with a canvas canopy.
It sailed right along rapidly and easily against the wind,
which did not seem to have any effect on it.
I was near the Lakeshore and Mr. Roy Bean and can say that the
airship, or whatever it was, is in actuality.
Mr. Harvey Loyster was upon W Main St. and while he does not
furnish particulars to The Gazette, says the aerial visitor
is OK. Ed Southworth and Al Beach had
just started for home when the exciting object came into view.
Mr. Southworth pointed it out to his companion.
When asked how large it was, they thought it was about the
size of Doc Clements. Busted Boom.
It was quite a bit larger than the Republican majority in
Hudson, said Plym Gilman, who had just started down Main
Street. Yes, Sir, said Mr. Lawrence,
Said Lawrence, who had just left the lodge for home.
It was certainly 25 feet long, had a rudder, was quite a
curiosity. We ought to have it for our next
street fair. Jazz Kerfus was leaving his
milling office while the air vessel was disappearing over the
Main Street bridge. It is no fisherman's yarn, both
he I saw it and I know it from the published accounts in all
the papers. Pretty Deems was just rising the
hill on the walk opposite of the Baptist Church.
What does it mean? Says Pretty.
Perhaps it was that long lost in overdue advance agent of
prosperity and individual, who started on the road a long time
ago and hasn't got there yet. I've been in most every state in
the Union, says Jim Peck. But I never saw an airship
before. Ours was the original and the
only professor. Geoj Tripp, scientist and
Superintendent of the East Side schools, was questioned.
Considering the alleged nocturnal visitor, how do I
account for it? Query.
I don't try to. I think it was a star that
people saw. I would like to have trained my
telescope on it anyway. That would have settled it.
Of course I didn't see it at all, but I But how do I account
for this moving so fast? Hallucination.
Some men's minds move faster than others.
Lee Walcott, Bert Chandler, WN Derbyshire and Will Sweezy, A
party of duck hunters returning from Mallory Lake saw the
visitor. They say it resembled a whole
flock of ducks, but they had no field glasses and were unable to
make it out clearly. Sounds like maybe these guys
were just trying to do a hedge their bets a little bit.
Pittsford, The operator here says that the airship sailed
over this place at 9:56 last night.
Clayton, JB Kessler and author Hawkins both say they are
positive they saw the airship Passover Clayton last evening.
Cadmus. This town is excited over the
appearance of the airship last night.
It was going due E 1 excited individual fired a shot at it
thinking it was a flying dragon. John Greenwald thinks he has
seen the airship and the bow of the boat was a man trying to
beat John's record of 3 seconds on the Abbott voting machine,
and in the stern was a queer looking individual giving
lessons on how to break freight cars.
He could see nothing else on the vessel except page fence.
You go through these old 100 year old accounts and it's just
amazing how people are still people.
Saginaw, MI The Evening News, April 17th 1897.
Title says people who saw it. Three citizens of Saginaw claim
to have been favored. Others deny the honor.
Speculation continues to be rife considering the thing and the
reason it doesn't. Quit fooling.
The airship, or whatever it is which has been bobbling all
around the country and acting in a most mysterious manner, is
attracting much speculation. Many people are inclined to
treat it as fake or a good joke, while others are firm believers
in the extension of the machine and that the course is directed
by human brains. However that may be, the thing
which is kicking up such a fuss has not been examined in this
state by a reliable authority, and the identity of the person
or persons running the thing, if indeed there is a person on
board of it, has not been established.
Roundsman Hazley and Patrolman Foley of the police force are
sure they saw the machine. There's your reliable witnesses.
They were standing on the corner of Aster and Jefferson Ave.
yesterday morning about 2:45 O clock, and were attracted by a
noise which sounded like the rattle of a drum.
Looking in the direction from which the sound came, the
officers saw something which is described as a cigar shaped
affair about 30 feet long, with nothing above it and something
hanging about 10 feet below the main body of the thing and
carrying a red and yellow light which seemed to be shining
through canvas. The affair was travelling about
25 miles an hour in a subtly direction.
Thomas Prentice connected with the telephone company reports
having seen the machine the same night from the West side of the
river. A report was circulated that ASA
W Field and VA Goddard had seen the machine, but Mr. Field said
that it was simply a report concocted by Mr. Goddard to
stuff a newspaper with Oh boy. Ontagon, Michigan.
The Herald, April 17th, 1897. The airship, which has been seen
by inhabitants of nearly every town in this state and Wisconsin
during the past 10 days, was cited by Doctor Gio Mccleveland
on Wednesday morning as he was taking on an early walk by the
aid of a powerful telescope. He made out the aerial monster
as it was sailing in a southerly direction and could see the
occupants, all of whom he recognized as former neighbors
and residents of UN. No doubt, he says, but it was a
delegate sent to Lansing to work for the county division.
Bill, I kind of wondered if this guy wasn't just making that up.
It's weird. I mean, some people seem serious
about this and some people just seem like they're kind of having
a little bit of fun with the newspaper reporter.
Second on Michigan, the Curry Herald, April 17th, 1897 trip of
the airship seems to be more than a vision of the night.
The flight witnessed by several seen at different points
throughout the state, as well as in other parts of the country.
Additional particulars of the visit of the mysterious airship
to this part of the country. War received yesterday.
The ship approached from the southwest, and after passing
over Saginaw and Bay City, appeared to sink almost to earth
in the vicinity of Essexville. This was about 12:30.
The ship moved with great speed, went on its voyage north.
What slowed as it approached Base city?
Just before 2O clock yesterday morning the uncanny visitor was
seen returning to the southeast. Roundsman Halsey and Officer
Foley, who were on Porter St. near the city depot at the time,
first noticed it as it approached the city from the
north. They were attracted by the
whirring noise which increased rapidly in volume, and looking
up into the sky they beheld a long cigar shaped vessel sailing
through the air. It was not very high above the
earth, and there was a light on board that illuminated the whole
vessel. The noise which they heard
resembled that made by a snare drum being played rapidly, and
was evidently caused by the movement of machinery aboard the
airship. It was going in a southeasterly
direction and passed so quickly out of sight that a good
description could not be obtained.
From the lower side, however, a long basket shaped object hung
down, apparently a boat to be used in case the ship settled
down over a body of water. Reports are coming from all over
the country which indicate that there that there must certainly
be some truth in the many stories that are being told of
the airship. 1 is to the effect that it is owned by Ringling
Brothers Circus and is being used as an advertising scheme.
That there is some strange object floating above the
country is beyond doubt, but it is no one has been able to
ascertain. The following dispatches from
the various show that the airship has traveled over a
great deal of territory in the past few days.
Collaboration of the visit of the flying airship to this city
yesterday morning has been received from many sources.
Among those who vouch for its appearance is VA Goddard, who
witnessed its flight Northwood at about midnight in the company
of AW Field. The night was cloudy, and
therefore they were unable to see the ship plainly, but they
distinctly heard the humming noise, which they described as
resembling the noise of an electric Dynamo.
There were three lights visible, one at either end and suspended
above the vessel, apparently on a mast.
The forward light was white and the others were red.
It is impossible to tell anything as to a size or shape
of the vessel from the view obtained by these gentlemen.
This is crazy. This reminds me of the drone
sightings here in New Jersey. People can argue about what it
is, just like they argue about what these drones were, but the
fact is they were all over the place.
The number of sightings is just unbelievable.
Same thing here. It's not just Michigan, it's
Wisconsin. It's all over.
Across the country, actually. We'll do a couple more here and
finish this up. Grand Rapids, The Evening Press,
April 20th, 1897. A Middleville man not only saw
the airship, but its outlines were so incredibly impressed
upon his memory that he sat down and drew a picture of it.
The sketch and all weirdness is on an exhibition in the window
of the Sun Office. Saginaw, MI.
The Evening News, April 20th, 1897.
The airship again says sailing. Residents of this village were
startled yesterday by a severe explosion coming from mid air.
Several persons a short way north of town say they made out
a large object high in the air, moving rapidly to the West
against the wind. All agree that it was a visit
from the airship hearing more about this explosion.
Maybe this thing was damaged somehow and they were just
trying to get it out of here. Port Huron, MI, The Daily
Chronicle, April 20th, 1897. Headline That rapid airship
since now the citizens of Grant, Newaygo County claim to have
spied it. Bailey, April 19th The people of
Grant Station say they have saw the famous airship over their
town Saturday evening. It was just ahead of the
northbound evening train, so it was supposed to.
So it was supposed to. Airship was racing the train.
It was seen by many citizens of that place.
It was supposed to have been nearly one mile from the earth
and the length was about 200 feet.
You have this as cheap as we got it.
Saginaw, MI The Courier Herald April 21st, 1897 says that
airship again Saginaw has an attraction for the terrestrial
traveller. Several parties claim to have
seen the much talked to have airship which they say passed
over the city Monday evening between 8:00 and 9:00 O clock
moving in a northerly direction. 2 ladies claim to have witnessed
the phenomena, as well as several young men who are
strictly of temperate habits. Monroe, MI.
The Democrat, April 22nd, 1897. Maybe Bill Kelly claims to have
seen a ship that has attracted so much attention recently in
Michigan and Wisconsin. He distinctly noticed several
men, one of whom took a drink from a short neck bottle.
Detroit, MI. The Evening News, April 22nd,
1897. That persistent airship.
Jackson, April 22nd. Joe Mitchell, a wide awake and
reliable citizen, positively saw the airship last evening.
There were lights at each end. My goodness, it just goes on and
on here. Marquette, MI.
The Mining Journal, April 24th, 1897.
Airship at Thomaston A railroad fireman by the name of Widowski,
whose run Inns at Thomaston, was in the city this week with the
tale of the so-called airship, which he declared had been seen
at Thomaston by himself and seven others.
But Oski's friends assert that he is a teetotaler.
He was the man who first discovered the ship or star, or
whatever it may be. Monday night he spent the
evening at Wakefield, and a little before midnight started
out to walk back to his home village.
He was walking hastily along with his eyes down to see the
path and stepping over a mud puddle.
The reflection of three brilliant lights caught his eye.
They swung slightly. A glance convinced him that the
lights did not come from the puddle and he looked up.
There in the sky were the lights.
One was red, one was green, and the third one was white.
That was all he could see. If the lights were attached to
an airship, the body of the craft was not visible.
The lights moved rapidly across the sky but never changed their
relative position or distance they were going.
SW Modowski could hardly credit his senses.
He thought at first that he was in a dream, that he was not
walking home from Wakefield, but that he was lying in bed and and
had had a nightmare. He shook himself and resorted to
various other expedients to convince himself that he was
awake. The lights did not move in a
straight line across the heavens, but waved as if
whatever carried them bobbled up and down to satisfy himself that
it was not that he was not seeing double, but oski sight of
the lights over a stump. Still he bobbled.
He watched a strange specter of the lights until it disappeared
from sight. Next morning he told friends of
the sights he had seen, and of course was simply credited with
having taken his first strength and was sympathetically told
that that it always did go to his head.
Determined to see if the strange lights would reappear, the
fireman stayed up Tuesday night. About midnight he was again
rewarded by seeing them appear in in the heavens.
He Hurley awoke the Roundhouse foreman, a man called Minge, and
his family beside some railroad men.
They got up and the entire family watched the lights reward
across the sky. There were 7 witnesses in all
and each one was prepared to swear that he saw the red, white
and green lights and noted the peculiar undulating motion.
Since the truth of the story has been attested by his number, by
this number of witnesses, everyone in Thomaston believes
that there is something new in the sky.
Opinion is divided only to what it is.
The original discoverer of the lights discredits the airship
theory and thinks it and thinks it a peculiar celestial body.
Various other railroad men claim to have seen the lights between
Thomaston and Saxton. Wow.
I'm talking about a mass sighting is literally what
people are seeing here. We'll do one last one here at
this page. It's over at angelfire.com.
angelfire.com. It is just absolutely full of
these old UFO sightings in the newspapers from back in 1897.
This was the last one we're looking at is dated April 23rd,
1897. Airship takes a cow.
The thrilling experience of a Woodson Stockman, His Honourable
Alessandra Hamilton, of Vernon, came to town last Wednesday,
April 21st, and created quite an excitement by announcing he had
been having some experience with the much talked of airship.
Mr. Hamilton is an old settler, was a member of the legislature
in the early days, and is doing all over Woodson, Allen, Coffey
and Anderson counties. To a representative of the
Advocate, Mr. Hamilton wrote. Last Monday night about 10:30 we
were awakened by a noise among the cattle.
I arose thinking perhaps my bulldog was performing some
prank, but upon going to the door saw, to my utter amazement
at airship slowly descending over my cow lot about 40 rods
from the house. OK, calling Gid Heslop, my
tenant and my son. Well, we see some axes and rent
to the corral. Meanwhile the ship had been
gently descending until it was not more than 30 feet above the
ground and we came up within 50 yards of it.
It consisted of a great cigar shaped portion, possibly 300
feet long, with a carriage underneath.
The carriage was made of panels of glass and other transparent
substances, alternating with a narrow strip of some other
material. It was brilliantly lit within
and everything was clearly visible.
There were three lights, one like an immense Searchlight, and
two smaller, one red, the other green.
The larger 1 was susceptible was susceptible of being turned in
every direction. We stood mute in wonder and
fright, when some noise attracted their attention, and
they turned their light directly upon us.
Immediately upon catching sight of us, they turned on some
unknown power, and a great turbine wheel about 30 feet in
diameter, which was slowly revolving below.
The craft began to buzz, sounding precisely like the
cylinder of a of a separator, and the vessel rose as lightly
as a bird. When about 30 feet above us, it
seemed to pause and hover directly over a three-year old
heifer, which was bawling and jumping, apparently fast in the
fence. Going to hurt.
We found a cable about half an inch in thickness, made of some
red material fastened in a Slipknot around her neck, one
end passing up to the vessel and tangled in the wire.
We tried to get it off but could not, so we cut the wire loose
and stood in amazement to see the ship, cow and all, rise
slowly and sail off, disappearing in the northwest.
Wow. So they cut the wire loose.
I'm not sure how they cut the wire loose, but the cow was
still taking off and it must have been tied around this poor
cow. We went home but I was so
frightened I could not sleep, but rose early Tuesday morning,
mounted my horse and started out to find some trace in my cow.
But coming to Leroy in the evening found that Lark Thomas,
who lives in Coffey County about 3 or 4 miles West of Leroy, had
found the hide legs and head in his field that day.
He, thinking someone had butchered a stolen beast and
thrown the hideaway, had brought it to town for identification,
but was greatly mystified and not being able to find a track
of any kind on the soft ground. Sound like your first case of
cattle abduction there in Michigan.
I went home last night, but every minute I would drop to
sleep I would see the cursive thing with this big lights and
hideous people. I don't want any more to do with
them. Mr. Hamilton looked as if he had
not entirely recovered from the shock, and everyone who knew him
was convinced he was sincere in every word.
Now, this is somebody who's respected.
They remember the legislature there in Michigan, one of the
original settlers and an old timer, and he goes out there
with his kid and the guy who rents his property off of him,
and they see this really large UFO hovering over the barn lot.
This rope comes down. Must have been some kind of a
wire with it. They've lassoed this poor cow.
They're trying to get this stupid rope off its head.
They say they cut the wire, but apparently that wasn't enough,
this ship. And he talks about these cursed
people he sees on it. So I guess he can see the ship.
Maybe he can see the portals on the side of it or something.
It takes his cow up. And then they found the remains
of this cow two or three miles away where it it has mutilated
it and it leaves basically just it looks like the legs and and
hide there. Everything else is pretty much,
I guess, destroyed. We don't know if it was
bloodless or what, but the neighbor takes it in thinking
that somebody has has, you know, stolen this cow and and Burchard
it there. But like he says, I can't
understand why there are any tracks around here.
Well, because the cow was dropped onto the ground, the
same was picked up. Why they feel compelled to
return these things is beyond me, unless it's just a way to
taunt us. Very strange.
I really like going back in and comparing these old written
accounts compared to some of the silly new stuff that we see
today. People took this seriously.
Of course, even then there were people that that were debunking
this stuff, but you can see is something really did happen with
these airship sightings over Michigan clear back there in
April 1897. Until next time, this is UFO
warning over and out.