1 00:00:04,800 --> 00:00:07,080 Hello and welcome to the program UFO Warning. 2 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:10,520 In this episode, we're talking about the Michigan airship of 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:13,960 1897. That's correct, the Michigan 4 00:00:14,040 --> 00:00:18,400 airship of 1897. What an interesting case. 5 00:00:18,400 --> 00:00:21,240 I found this over at clickondetroit.com. 6 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,480 And don't forget, if you're interested in this sort of 7 00:00:23,480 --> 00:00:26,160 thing, be sure to hit the like follow subscribe button. 8 00:00:26,160 --> 00:00:30,400 Doesn't cost a dime. The title says that time a UFO 9 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:33,800 maybe exploded over Michigan in 1897. 10 00:00:34,000 --> 00:00:37,840 A look at the airship hysteria of 1896 and 1897. 11 00:00:38,320 --> 00:00:40,360 Of course, if you follow UF OS much, you know that there are a 12 00:00:40,360 --> 00:00:45,080 lot of these airship sightings back in that time frame of 1896 13 00:00:45,080 --> 00:00:47,000 to 1897. Even a little before, a little 14 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:50,800 after, it says. A year before HG Wells iconic 15 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:54,120 The War Worlds was published in hardcover, thousands of 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,040 Americans saw mysterious lights in the sky. 17 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:01,120 The earliest UFO sightings in Michigan date back to April 18 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,600 10th, 1897. The Unidentified Flying Object 19 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:09,680 is defined as any real object or optical phenomena not readily 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:13,400 identifiable to the observer. Feds now preferred, refer to 21 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:16,240 them as Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena or UA. 22 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,880 PS Notice how they like to change the verbiage a little bit 23 00:01:18,880 --> 00:01:20,760 there. Like I always say, control the 24 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:23,200 language, control the narrative, control the people. 25 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,080 The Phantom Airship, it says from November 1896 to 8 May 26 00:01:28,080 --> 00:01:33,400 1897, thousands of people claim to have seen strange lights they 27 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,400 believed were airships. Hot air balloons date back 28 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:39,880 centuries and the precursor to blimps began to show up before 29 00:01:39,880 --> 00:01:41,400 this period. But these were different. 30 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:44,160 Now, before you just rush to the idea that, well, what they saw 31 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:47,080 was a hot air balloon, remember those scents cost a fortune to 32 00:01:47,080 --> 00:01:48,520 make. Even now that they're quite 33 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:52,840 expensive, those would have been out of reach financially for 34 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:55,800 most people. It says it started in 35 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,000 California, where most reports came from people who said they 36 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,400 saw lights moving east and the sky. 37 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:05,920 But some people claim they saw occupants inside the craft who 38 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,080 appeared human but had a natural movements and mannerism. 39 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,680 Some people said they had encounters with the pilots and 40 00:02:13,680 --> 00:02:16,040 crew who told them they came from Mars. 41 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:19,600 The signings moved across the country. 42 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:22,720 Newspapers at the time speculated it must have been an 43 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:25,840 inventor. He was flying a new experimental 44 00:02:26,880 --> 00:02:30,680 vehicle cross country to apply for a patent in Washington DC. 45 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:34,760 Others speculated it was a a top secret government project. 46 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:37,720 Boy, the more things that, the more things change and more they 47 00:02:37,720 --> 00:02:40,840 stay the same, huh? I mean, the idea that somebody 48 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:44,040 had just randomly invented this in their outbuilding somewhere 49 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,000 in 1897 seems pretty ridiculous on the face of it to me. 50 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,040 A witness in Arkansas claimed to have spoken with an airship 51 00:02:51,040 --> 00:02:54,520 pilot who said they were flying to Cuba to kill Spaniards. 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,160 Often times we hear about these supposed conversations with the 53 00:02:59,320 --> 00:03:03,200 with the pilots of these things saying some pretty wild stuff. 54 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:06,840 Michigan's at first sightings of the mysterious airship was April 55 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:11,880 10th, 1897 and Alma, roughly 50 miles north of Lansing. 56 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,000 Sightings then were reported the next day to Benton Harbor, 57 00:03:16,360 --> 00:03:20,240 Holland, Niles and Minden residents reported seeing 58 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:23,400 colorful flicking lights overlake Michigan. 59 00:03:23,720 --> 00:03:27,840 The lights were then spotted over Battle Creek and Kalamazoo 60 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:33,360 and Pavilion where an explosion reportedly spread airship debris 61 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:36,920 across the area. A witness said they saw an 62 00:03:36,920 --> 00:03:41,400 object with a bright light on the front, smaller lights on the 63 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:45,080 sides and propellers. They quickly speed across the 64 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:48,920 sky before they heard a large explosion quote. 65 00:03:49,040 --> 00:03:53,160 People of Pavilion have made some startling reports and if 66 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,360 true then the much talked to have airship was not only a 67 00:03:57,360 --> 00:03:59,960 reality but is something of the past. 68 00:03:59,960 --> 00:04:04,680 Wrote the Copper County Evening News April 21st 1897. 69 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:09,880 And one place there was found a large coil of heavy wire, 70 00:04:10,360 --> 00:04:13,960 evidently a part of some electrical appliance at some. 71 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,720 At another point a propeller blade of some very light 72 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:22,240 material was discovered in a partially fused condition. 73 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,440 Why wouldn't you like to get your hands on this stuff? 74 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,480 Talk about UFO meta material. Rumors of the crafts demise were 75 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:33,480 greatly exaggerated as lights in the sky continue to be reported 76 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:38,440 across the state including Flint, Saginaw, Battle Creek 77 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:41,240 well into May. The truth or fake news? 78 00:04:41,240 --> 00:04:44,360 It says around the time that the lights were seen hovering over 79 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:48,840 Lansing, the truth became known. Flying paper lanterns. 80 00:04:48,960 --> 00:04:53,000 Oh boy, here we go control the narrative. 81 00:04:53,200 --> 00:04:56,200 The good old Chinese lanterns. Well, partially. 82 00:04:56,440 --> 00:05:01,200 There was definitely a mixture of stars, planets and swamp gas 83 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,840 that explained most of the sightings and the rest just 84 00:05:04,920 --> 00:05:11,760 run-of-the-mill mass hysteria. Boy, now this is some really 85 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:13,440 sloppy writing, I have to tell you. 86 00:05:13,440 --> 00:05:16,280 I've been to Michigan a few times, been around the swamps, 87 00:05:16,280 --> 00:05:19,320 never saw any swamp gas. All the sightings that describe 88 00:05:19,320 --> 00:05:23,160 the craft matched how airships were described in fiction. 89 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,160 And again, this was before the War of the Worlds was published 90 00:05:27,160 --> 00:05:30,000 as published as a book. Similar things happened decades 91 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,280 later when people started seeing flying saucers because that's 92 00:05:33,280 --> 00:05:36,680 how they were described and shown in popular culture. 93 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:39,480 Boy, this guy's really something, you know, the first 94 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:42,400 flying saucers were described more like a Chevron shape, I 95 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:45,080 think, than a flying saucer. And then of course, it goes on. 96 00:05:45,080 --> 00:05:46,720 It has a little bit of an article here about a jet 97 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:50,120 disappearing over, like, Superior written by Dean Kelly. 98 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:53,680 Yeah, I'm sorry, Dane, but not a very good job toward the end 99 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:55,120 there. It would have been much more 100 00:05:55,120 --> 00:05:57,040 interesting if they could have just stuck with the facts. 101 00:05:57,680 --> 00:06:00,360 But that's common introduction. And that's what we expect from 102 00:06:00,360 --> 00:06:05,360 mainline media folks that are too afraid to have an open mind 103 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:07,680 about any of this stuff. But we'll go ahead here and look 104 00:06:07,680 --> 00:06:11,840 at this next article. This is from says Lansing, MI, 105 00:06:12,080 --> 00:06:16,360 the State Republican at date April 17th, 1897. 106 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:18,720 So I'm assuming this is a reprint from an old newspaper. 107 00:06:19,160 --> 00:06:22,400 It says the following note was left at the Republican office 108 00:06:22,400 --> 00:06:25,280 this morning. I saw the airship last night, 109 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:29,200 10:30 PM over my barn, about 800 feet long. 110 00:06:29,480 --> 00:06:33,640 Now that's big. OK, big brute row of Japanese 111 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:39,240 lanterns all along top large white sail like a fantail dove, 112 00:06:39,760 --> 00:06:43,120 dark Bay and collar. And I heard voices from above. 113 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:45,600 Sounded like Jim Baird and Charlie Burcher. 114 00:06:45,840 --> 00:06:49,760 No fake Mick affidavit bid Osbourne. 115 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,720 Now, do you really think someone wants to fake this and and write 116 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:56,560 up a sworn affidavit if they hadn't actually saw something? 117 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,680 I don't. A dispatch from William Megveron 118 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,840 confirms that the airship was seen at Pine Lake Thursday 119 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:06,920 night. William deposes and says that in 120 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:11,480 the darkest hour of the night he was awakened by a tap on his 121 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:16,040 window, and the glare of light at first blinded him. 122 00:07:16,440 --> 00:07:21,160 On stepping out into the night he was accosted by a voice from 123 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,840 above which told him that the light was from the airship, that 124 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,160 during the afternoon the ship had been lying concealed behind 125 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:34,200 a Bank of clouds over the lake, and that a stray shot from the 126 00:07:34,200 --> 00:07:38,840 gun of some duck hunter had injured one of the ship's wings, 127 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:43,640 and they were lying for repairs. William then says that he was 128 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:48,760 directed to prepare four dozen egg sandwiches and a kettle of 129 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:53,400 coffee for the crew, and when prepared the preventer was 130 00:07:53,400 --> 00:07:58,320 hoisted on board with a scoop fully as large as a freight car, 131 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:01,800 and paid for in Canadian quarters. 132 00:08:02,160 --> 00:08:06,320 William further says that the aerial monster appeared about 133 00:08:06,640 --> 00:08:11,360 300 feet above the lake, but only the outlines were visible 134 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:14,400 on account of the brilliant Searchlight which made 135 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:18,360 everything below as bright as day and above as dark as 136 00:08:18,360 --> 00:08:21,040 midnight. During a cyclone he observed a 137 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:26,000 red light at each end and thinks the ship was fully 1/2 mile 138 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:29,000 long. All appeals to be taken on board 139 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:32,960 were met with a merry ha ha, but William thinks the occupants 140 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,960 held from either Kentucky or Milwaukee, as they asked for a 141 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:39,960 Corkscrew. Bill said if he knew their 142 00:08:39,960 --> 00:08:43,679 address he would have the whole crew arrested for violating the 143 00:08:43,679 --> 00:08:46,080 fish law. For the lights reflected so 144 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:49,760 strongly on the lake, it was no trouble for the occupants to 145 00:08:49,760 --> 00:08:52,640 pick out the biggest and best fish in the lake with a long 146 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:56,000 handled spear. Just before daylight the ship 147 00:08:56,000 --> 00:09:00,160 sailed off toward the city. The whir of machinery was 148 00:09:00,160 --> 00:09:03,200 plainly discernible for several moments. 149 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:06,640 Now that is a story. You see how people are seem to 150 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,000 be couching these sightings in terms of how they relate to 151 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,680 people. It's almost like these things 152 00:09:12,680 --> 00:09:16,440 are appearing to people in the easiest way possible. 153 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:19,480 It's like their it's like their perception is following the path 154 00:09:19,480 --> 00:09:21,720 of least resistance. That's what I see here. 155 00:09:22,080 --> 00:09:25,040 I don't see that people are are thinking of these things because 156 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,680 of some book that was written or because of some societal 157 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,600 pressure. To me, people are seeing these 158 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,960 things the way they see them because it's the easiest way for 159 00:09:33,960 --> 00:09:37,920 their mind to deal with this strange extra dimensional thing 160 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,440 that's happening. This next article is from Bay 161 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,920 City, MI. It says the Times Press, April 162 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:47,920 17th, 1897. It beats all how that airship is 163 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:50,240 skylarking. Around Thursday night it was 164 00:09:50,240 --> 00:09:54,400 seen, in addition to the claim of Mug's Landing, in Bay City in 165 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,200 Lansing, Hudson, Battle Creek, Charlotte and at Pontiac. 166 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,200 At the latter place, boys hoisted lanterns up the 167 00:10:02,200 --> 00:10:06,480 Flagstaff at the Grove School, and the people are telling weird 168 00:10:06,480 --> 00:10:10,800 stories about what they saw. At Battle Creek, the aerial 169 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:16,160 monster descended to Earth and tied a letter to the door of a 170 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,720 newspaper office. All these facts are directly 171 00:10:19,720 --> 00:10:23,240 contradictory of the positive statement that the thing came 172 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:27,400 near to Earth and Essexville and plowed up a muskmelon patch. 173 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,600 Some things are born every minute. 174 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,200 That's strange. I would like to know what some 175 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,520 of these other strange stories are they were talking about. 176 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,040 Here's this is from Detroit, MI. The Evening News, April 17th, 177 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:42,040 1897. Ann Arbor airship seen here 178 00:10:42,040 --> 00:10:47,680 going toward Ypsilanti supposed to be manned by sky larking 179 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:50,160 students. So there again, you know, a 180 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,840 little bit of normalcy bias. Just imagine that these guys 181 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:55,000 were all just hanging out there in a hot air balloon of some 182 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:58,040 kind. Adrian MI The Evening Telegram 183 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:03,520 April 17th, 1897 headline that airship, various phases of its 184 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:07,360 appearance and Hudson just how the thing looked to some of the 185 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:10,040 citizens of that interesting city. 186 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:14,760 A special from Hudson to this paper conveyed the intelligence 187 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:19,280 that the famous airship had been there Thursday night by sundry 188 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:23,200 reputable citizens of that bird. We clip from the Hudson Gazette 189 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,520 of this week some private opinions of the matter. 190 00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:30,760 It's no hoax about the airship quote, UN quote, said Gene Knapp 191 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,800 Porter at the Comstock house. We had just drove down to the 192 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:38,080 depot when some of the boys called my attention to the 193 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,960 bright red lights which seemed to be sailing into town from the 194 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,280 West. It looked like a shooting star 195 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:48,240 at first, but when it got down opposite us on West Main Street, 196 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,520 we saw a green light about 25 feet from it. 197 00:11:51,920 --> 00:11:55,440 And sure, right there before our eyes, we saw the outlines of a 198 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,240 dark object against the sky. Some of them thought they could 199 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:03,280 see men aboard. It looked as if one of them was 200 00:12:03,560 --> 00:12:06,720 trying to wave his hat at us. Charlie Lane, proprietor of the 201 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:10,360 Hudson House, was one of the party at the depot and 202 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:15,040 collaborates the story. This is no mariner's yarn, said 203 00:12:15,040 --> 00:12:18,560 Mr. Lane to The Gazette. As sure as I live, I saw the 204 00:12:18,560 --> 00:12:21,400 airship last night. How high was it? 205 00:12:21,480 --> 00:12:23,920 About 400 feet from the ground, I should say. 206 00:12:24,200 --> 00:12:28,080 Shape, cigar shaped and covered with a canvas canopy. 207 00:12:28,360 --> 00:12:32,280 It sailed right along rapidly and easily against the wind, 208 00:12:32,480 --> 00:12:35,120 which did not seem to have any effect on it. 209 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:39,960 I was near the Lakeshore and Mr. Roy Bean and can say that the 210 00:12:39,960 --> 00:12:43,280 airship, or whatever it was, is in actuality. 211 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:49,080 Mr. Harvey Loyster was upon W Main St. and while he does not 212 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,600 furnish particulars to The Gazette, says the aerial visitor 213 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,120 is OK. Ed Southworth and Al Beach had 214 00:12:57,120 --> 00:13:01,080 just started for home when the exciting object came into view. 215 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:04,920 Mr. Southworth pointed it out to his companion. 216 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:08,080 When asked how large it was, they thought it was about the 217 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,920 size of Doc Clements. Busted Boom. 218 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,360 It was quite a bit larger than the Republican majority in 219 00:13:14,360 --> 00:13:18,560 Hudson, said Plym Gilman, who had just started down Main 220 00:13:18,560 --> 00:13:21,000 Street. Yes, Sir, said Mr. Lawrence, 221 00:13:21,360 --> 00:13:24,480 Said Lawrence, who had just left the lodge for home. 222 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,760 It was certainly 25 feet long, had a rudder, was quite a 223 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,920 curiosity. We ought to have it for our next 224 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,200 street fair. Jazz Kerfus was leaving his 225 00:13:35,200 --> 00:13:39,400 milling office while the air vessel was disappearing over the 226 00:13:39,440 --> 00:13:44,080 Main Street bridge. It is no fisherman's yarn, both 227 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,960 he I saw it and I know it from the published accounts in all 228 00:13:47,960 --> 00:13:51,920 the papers. Pretty Deems was just rising the 229 00:13:51,920 --> 00:13:54,720 hill on the walk opposite of the Baptist Church. 230 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:56,520 What does it mean? Says Pretty. 231 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,920 Perhaps it was that long lost in overdue advance agent of 232 00:13:59,920 --> 00:14:04,320 prosperity and individual, who started on the road a long time 233 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:08,280 ago and hasn't got there yet. I've been in most every state in 234 00:14:08,280 --> 00:14:10,920 the Union, says Jim Peck. But I never saw an airship 235 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,280 before. Ours was the original and the 236 00:14:13,280 --> 00:14:17,280 only professor. Geoj Tripp, scientist and 237 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:20,600 Superintendent of the East Side schools, was questioned. 238 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:22,920 Considering the alleged nocturnal visitor, how do I 239 00:14:22,920 --> 00:14:24,240 account for it? Query. 240 00:14:24,280 --> 00:14:26,720 I don't try to. I think it was a star that 241 00:14:26,720 --> 00:14:29,360 people saw. I would like to have trained my 242 00:14:29,360 --> 00:14:32,240 telescope on it anyway. That would have settled it. 243 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,960 Of course I didn't see it at all, but I But how do I account 244 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:38,840 for this moving so fast? Hallucination. 245 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:40,960 Some men's minds move faster than others. 246 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:46,200 Lee Walcott, Bert Chandler, WN Derbyshire and Will Sweezy, A 247 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,400 party of duck hunters returning from Mallory Lake saw the 248 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:51,720 visitor. They say it resembled a whole 249 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:55,320 flock of ducks, but they had no field glasses and were unable to 250 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:57,680 make it out clearly. Sounds like maybe these guys 251 00:14:57,680 --> 00:15:00,120 were just trying to do a hedge their bets a little bit. 252 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:03,680 Pittsford, The operator here says that the airship sailed 253 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:06,680 over this place at 9:56 last night. 254 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:11,040 Clayton, JB Kessler and author Hawkins both say they are 255 00:15:11,040 --> 00:15:14,240 positive they saw the airship Passover Clayton last evening. 256 00:15:14,640 --> 00:15:17,000 Cadmus. This town is excited over the 257 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:18,640 appearance of the airship last night. 258 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:23,680 It was going due E 1 excited individual fired a shot at it 259 00:15:23,680 --> 00:15:27,600 thinking it was a flying dragon. John Greenwald thinks he has 260 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,240 seen the airship and the bow of the boat was a man trying to 261 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:34,200 beat John's record of 3 seconds on the Abbott voting machine, 262 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:37,880 and in the stern was a queer looking individual giving 263 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:40,240 lessons on how to break freight cars. 264 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:45,040 He could see nothing else on the vessel except page fence. 265 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:48,120 You go through these old 100 year old accounts and it's just 266 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:49,680 amazing how people are still people. 267 00:15:50,040 --> 00:15:54,440 Saginaw, MI The Evening News, April 17th 1897. 268 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:58,760 Title says people who saw it. Three citizens of Saginaw claim 269 00:15:58,760 --> 00:16:01,560 to have been favored. Others deny the honor. 270 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:04,880 Speculation continues to be rife considering the thing and the 271 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:07,120 reason it doesn't. Quit fooling. 272 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,040 The airship, or whatever it is which has been bobbling all 273 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,760 around the country and acting in a most mysterious manner, is 274 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:18,880 attracting much speculation. Many people are inclined to 275 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:22,840 treat it as fake or a good joke, while others are firm believers 276 00:16:22,840 --> 00:16:26,120 in the extension of the machine and that the course is directed 277 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:28,920 by human brains. However that may be, the thing 278 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:32,160 which is kicking up such a fuss has not been examined in this 279 00:16:32,160 --> 00:16:35,320 state by a reliable authority, and the identity of the person 280 00:16:35,320 --> 00:16:38,080 or persons running the thing, if indeed there is a person on 281 00:16:38,080 --> 00:16:40,280 board of it, has not been established. 282 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:44,800 Roundsman Hazley and Patrolman Foley of the police force are 283 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:48,360 sure they saw the machine. There's your reliable witnesses. 284 00:16:48,640 --> 00:16:51,880 They were standing on the corner of Aster and Jefferson Ave. 285 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,640 yesterday morning about 2:45 O clock, and were attracted by a 286 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:58,360 noise which sounded like the rattle of a drum. 287 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:01,520 Looking in the direction from which the sound came, the 288 00:17:01,520 --> 00:17:05,160 officers saw something which is described as a cigar shaped 289 00:17:05,160 --> 00:17:09,440 affair about 30 feet long, with nothing above it and something 290 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,359 hanging about 10 feet below the main body of the thing and 291 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:17,720 carrying a red and yellow light which seemed to be shining 292 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,079 through canvas. The affair was travelling about 293 00:17:21,079 --> 00:17:23,920 25 miles an hour in a subtly direction. 294 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:27,800 Thomas Prentice connected with the telephone company reports 295 00:17:27,839 --> 00:17:31,080 having seen the machine the same night from the West side of the 296 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:34,320 river. A report was circulated that ASA 297 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:39,200 W Field and VA Goddard had seen the machine, but Mr. Field said 298 00:17:39,200 --> 00:17:42,880 that it was simply a report concocted by Mr. Goddard to 299 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:48,080 stuff a newspaper with Oh boy. Ontagon, Michigan. 300 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:53,560 The Herald, April 17th, 1897. The airship, which has been seen 301 00:17:53,560 --> 00:17:57,320 by inhabitants of nearly every town in this state and Wisconsin 302 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,680 during the past 10 days, was cited by Doctor Gio Mccleveland 303 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,760 on Wednesday morning as he was taking on an early walk by the 304 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:08,200 aid of a powerful telescope. He made out the aerial monster 305 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,680 as it was sailing in a southerly direction and could see the 306 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:15,360 occupants, all of whom he recognized as former neighbors 307 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:18,200 and residents of UN. No doubt, he says, but it was a 308 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:21,560 delegate sent to Lansing to work for the county division. 309 00:18:21,560 --> 00:18:25,120 Bill, I kind of wondered if this guy wasn't just making that up. 310 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,880 It's weird. I mean, some people seem serious 311 00:18:27,880 --> 00:18:30,400 about this and some people just seem like they're kind of having 312 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:32,280 a little bit of fun with the newspaper reporter. 313 00:18:32,520 --> 00:18:37,400 Second on Michigan, the Curry Herald, April 17th, 1897 trip of 314 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:40,520 the airship seems to be more than a vision of the night. 315 00:18:40,560 --> 00:18:43,360 The flight witnessed by several seen at different points 316 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:46,920 throughout the state, as well as in other parts of the country. 317 00:18:47,480 --> 00:18:50,480 Additional particulars of the visit of the mysterious airship 318 00:18:50,480 --> 00:18:54,240 to this part of the country. War received yesterday. 319 00:18:54,600 --> 00:18:57,480 The ship approached from the southwest, and after passing 320 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:02,320 over Saginaw and Bay City, appeared to sink almost to earth 321 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:05,920 in the vicinity of Essexville. This was about 12:30. 322 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:09,400 The ship moved with great speed, went on its voyage north. 323 00:19:09,840 --> 00:19:11,880 What slowed as it approached Base city? 324 00:19:12,120 --> 00:19:15,960 Just before 2O clock yesterday morning the uncanny visitor was 325 00:19:15,960 --> 00:19:20,280 seen returning to the southeast. Roundsman Halsey and Officer 326 00:19:20,280 --> 00:19:24,440 Foley, who were on Porter St. near the city depot at the time, 327 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:27,400 first noticed it as it approached the city from the 328 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:29,320 north. They were attracted by the 329 00:19:29,320 --> 00:19:33,400 whirring noise which increased rapidly in volume, and looking 330 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:37,880 up into the sky they beheld a long cigar shaped vessel sailing 331 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:40,400 through the air. It was not very high above the 332 00:19:40,400 --> 00:19:45,360 earth, and there was a light on board that illuminated the whole 333 00:19:45,360 --> 00:19:47,960 vessel. The noise which they heard 334 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,600 resembled that made by a snare drum being played rapidly, and 335 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:55,960 was evidently caused by the movement of machinery aboard the 336 00:19:55,960 --> 00:19:58,720 airship. It was going in a southeasterly 337 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:02,240 direction and passed so quickly out of sight that a good 338 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,160 description could not be obtained. 339 00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:08,720 From the lower side, however, a long basket shaped object hung 340 00:20:08,720 --> 00:20:13,080 down, apparently a boat to be used in case the ship settled 341 00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:17,120 down over a body of water. Reports are coming from all over 342 00:20:17,120 --> 00:20:20,680 the country which indicate that there that there must certainly 343 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,760 be some truth in the many stories that are being told of 344 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:28,280 the airship. 1 is to the effect that it is owned by Ringling 345 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:31,880 Brothers Circus and is being used as an advertising scheme. 346 00:20:32,360 --> 00:20:35,160 That there is some strange object floating above the 347 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:39,080 country is beyond doubt, but it is no one has been able to 348 00:20:39,760 --> 00:20:42,320 ascertain. The following dispatches from 349 00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:46,480 the various show that the airship has traveled over a 350 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:48,880 great deal of territory in the past few days. 351 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,640 Collaboration of the visit of the flying airship to this city 352 00:20:52,640 --> 00:20:55,760 yesterday morning has been received from many sources. 353 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:59,520 Among those who vouch for its appearance is VA Goddard, who 354 00:20:59,520 --> 00:21:03,320 witnessed its flight Northwood at about midnight in the company 355 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:06,440 of AW Field. The night was cloudy, and 356 00:21:06,440 --> 00:21:10,200 therefore they were unable to see the ship plainly, but they 357 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,040 distinctly heard the humming noise, which they described as 358 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:15,400 resembling the noise of an electric Dynamo. 359 00:21:15,720 --> 00:21:20,240 There were three lights visible, one at either end and suspended 360 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:22,600 above the vessel, apparently on a mast. 361 00:21:23,080 --> 00:21:26,280 The forward light was white and the others were red. 362 00:21:26,720 --> 00:21:30,440 It is impossible to tell anything as to a size or shape 363 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:33,600 of the vessel from the view obtained by these gentlemen. 364 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:36,440 This is crazy. This reminds me of the drone 365 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:38,960 sightings here in New Jersey. People can argue about what it 366 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,800 is, just like they argue about what these drones were, but the 367 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:43,320 fact is they were all over the place. 368 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:45,880 The number of sightings is just unbelievable. 369 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:47,920 Same thing here. It's not just Michigan, it's 370 00:21:47,920 --> 00:21:48,880 Wisconsin. It's all over. 371 00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:51,800 Across the country, actually. We'll do a couple more here and 372 00:21:51,800 --> 00:21:53,960 finish this up. Grand Rapids, The Evening Press, 373 00:21:53,960 --> 00:21:58,280 April 20th, 1897. A Middleville man not only saw 374 00:21:58,280 --> 00:22:01,560 the airship, but its outlines were so incredibly impressed 375 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,440 upon his memory that he sat down and drew a picture of it. 376 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,600 The sketch and all weirdness is on an exhibition in the window 377 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,200 of the Sun Office. Saginaw, MI. 378 00:22:10,360 --> 00:22:13,200 The Evening News, April 20th, 1897. 379 00:22:13,320 --> 00:22:17,880 The airship again says sailing. Residents of this village were 380 00:22:17,880 --> 00:22:21,720 startled yesterday by a severe explosion coming from mid air. 381 00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:26,400 Several persons a short way north of town say they made out 382 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:30,320 a large object high in the air, moving rapidly to the West 383 00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:33,400 against the wind. All agree that it was a visit 384 00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,320 from the airship hearing more about this explosion. 385 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,480 Maybe this thing was damaged somehow and they were just 386 00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:41,200 trying to get it out of here. Port Huron, MI, The Daily 387 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:45,400 Chronicle, April 20th, 1897. Headline That rapid airship 388 00:22:46,080 --> 00:22:49,280 since now the citizens of Grant, Newaygo County claim to have 389 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:52,800 spied it. Bailey, April 19th The people of 390 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:56,680 Grant Station say they have saw the famous airship over their 391 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:00,360 town Saturday evening. It was just ahead of the 392 00:23:00,360 --> 00:23:03,440 northbound evening train, so it was supposed to. 393 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:06,120 So it was supposed to. Airship was racing the train. 394 00:23:06,360 --> 00:23:08,720 It was seen by many citizens of that place. 395 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:12,360 It was supposed to have been nearly one mile from the earth 396 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,600 and the length was about 200 feet. 397 00:23:15,200 --> 00:23:17,040 You have this as cheap as we got it. 398 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:23,320 Saginaw, MI The Courier Herald April 21st, 1897 says that 399 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:27,040 airship again Saginaw has an attraction for the terrestrial 400 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,080 traveller. Several parties claim to have 401 00:23:29,080 --> 00:23:32,320 seen the much talked to have airship which they say passed 402 00:23:32,320 --> 00:23:34,960 over the city Monday evening between 8:00 and 9:00 O clock 403 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,080 moving in a northerly direction. 2 ladies claim to have witnessed 404 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:42,640 the phenomena, as well as several young men who are 405 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,600 strictly of temperate habits. Monroe, MI. 406 00:23:46,600 --> 00:23:51,240 The Democrat, April 22nd, 1897. Maybe Bill Kelly claims to have 407 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:55,080 seen a ship that has attracted so much attention recently in 408 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:58,800 Michigan and Wisconsin. He distinctly noticed several 409 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,720 men, one of whom took a drink from a short neck bottle. 410 00:24:03,360 --> 00:24:06,040 Detroit, MI. The Evening News, April 22nd, 411 00:24:06,040 --> 00:24:08,320 1897. That persistent airship. 412 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:12,760 Jackson, April 22nd. Joe Mitchell, a wide awake and 413 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:16,240 reliable citizen, positively saw the airship last evening. 414 00:24:16,480 --> 00:24:21,200 There were lights at each end. My goodness, it just goes on and 415 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,800 on here. Marquette, MI. 416 00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,840 The Mining Journal, April 24th, 1897. 417 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,760 Airship at Thomaston A railroad fireman by the name of Widowski, 418 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:36,640 whose run Inns at Thomaston, was in the city this week with the 419 00:24:36,640 --> 00:24:40,440 tale of the so-called airship, which he declared had been seen 420 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:42,720 at Thomaston by himself and seven others. 421 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:46,080 But Oski's friends assert that he is a teetotaler. 422 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,600 He was the man who first discovered the ship or star, or 423 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:52,240 whatever it may be. Monday night he spent the 424 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,520 evening at Wakefield, and a little before midnight started 425 00:24:55,520 --> 00:24:57,320 out to walk back to his home village. 426 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:01,040 He was walking hastily along with his eyes down to see the 427 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,720 path and stepping over a mud puddle. 428 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,320 The reflection of three brilliant lights caught his eye. 429 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,080 They swung slightly. A glance convinced him that the 430 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:13,840 lights did not come from the puddle and he looked up. 431 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:16,040 There in the sky were the lights. 432 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:20,080 One was red, one was green, and the third one was white. 433 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,280 That was all he could see. If the lights were attached to 434 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,480 an airship, the body of the craft was not visible. 435 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:30,200 The lights moved rapidly across the sky but never changed their 436 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,040 relative position or distance they were going. 437 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:36,920 SW Modowski could hardly credit his senses. 438 00:25:37,480 --> 00:25:41,400 He thought at first that he was in a dream, that he was not 439 00:25:41,400 --> 00:25:45,200 walking home from Wakefield, but that he was lying in bed and and 440 00:25:45,200 --> 00:25:48,400 had had a nightmare. He shook himself and resorted to 441 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:51,480 various other expedients to convince himself that he was 442 00:25:51,480 --> 00:25:53,400 awake. The lights did not move in a 443 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,080 straight line across the heavens, but waved as if 444 00:25:56,080 --> 00:26:00,160 whatever carried them bobbled up and down to satisfy himself that 445 00:26:00,160 --> 00:26:03,200 it was not that he was not seeing double, but oski sight of 446 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,440 the lights over a stump. Still he bobbled. 447 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,760 He watched a strange specter of the lights until it disappeared 448 00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:11,520 from sight. Next morning he told friends of 449 00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:14,360 the sights he had seen, and of course was simply credited with 450 00:26:14,360 --> 00:26:18,000 having taken his first strength and was sympathetically told 451 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,560 that that it always did go to his head. 452 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:24,680 Determined to see if the strange lights would reappear, the 453 00:26:24,680 --> 00:26:28,280 fireman stayed up Tuesday night. About midnight he was again 454 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:30,720 rewarded by seeing them appear in in the heavens. 455 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:35,280 He Hurley awoke the Roundhouse foreman, a man called Minge, and 456 00:26:35,280 --> 00:26:38,680 his family beside some railroad men. 457 00:26:38,680 --> 00:26:41,600 They got up and the entire family watched the lights reward 458 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,720 across the sky. There were 7 witnesses in all 459 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,120 and each one was prepared to swear that he saw the red, white 460 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:51,760 and green lights and noted the peculiar undulating motion. 461 00:26:52,080 --> 00:26:55,520 Since the truth of the story has been attested by his number, by 462 00:26:55,520 --> 00:26:58,080 this number of witnesses, everyone in Thomaston believes 463 00:26:58,320 --> 00:27:00,920 that there is something new in the sky. 464 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:03,360 Opinion is divided only to what it is. 465 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,080 The original discoverer of the lights discredits the airship 466 00:27:06,080 --> 00:27:10,560 theory and thinks it and thinks it a peculiar celestial body. 467 00:27:11,240 --> 00:27:15,080 Various other railroad men claim to have seen the lights between 468 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:17,680 Thomaston and Saxton. Wow. 469 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,200 I'm talking about a mass sighting is literally what 470 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:22,960 people are seeing here. We'll do one last one here at 471 00:27:22,960 --> 00:27:25,800 this page. It's over at angelfire.com. 472 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,760 angelfire.com. It is just absolutely full of 473 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:34,560 these old UFO sightings in the newspapers from back in 1897. 474 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:38,360 This was the last one we're looking at is dated April 23rd, 475 00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:41,200 1897. Airship takes a cow. 476 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:46,360 The thrilling experience of a Woodson Stockman, His Honourable 477 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:50,280 Alessandra Hamilton, of Vernon, came to town last Wednesday, 478 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:55,360 April 21st, and created quite an excitement by announcing he had 479 00:27:55,360 --> 00:27:58,880 been having some experience with the much talked of airship. 480 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,320 Mr. Hamilton is an old settler, was a member of the legislature 481 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:07,000 in the early days, and is doing all over Woodson, Allen, Coffey 482 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:10,360 and Anderson counties. To a representative of the 483 00:28:10,360 --> 00:28:16,160 Advocate, Mr. Hamilton wrote. Last Monday night about 10:30 we 484 00:28:16,160 --> 00:28:18,600 were awakened by a noise among the cattle. 485 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,520 I arose thinking perhaps my bulldog was performing some 486 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:26,440 prank, but upon going to the door saw, to my utter amazement 487 00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:32,400 at airship slowly descending over my cow lot about 40 rods 488 00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:37,600 from the house. OK, calling Gid Heslop, my 489 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:41,760 tenant and my son. Well, we see some axes and rent 490 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,800 to the corral. Meanwhile the ship had been 491 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:48,640 gently descending until it was not more than 30 feet above the 492 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:52,400 ground and we came up within 50 yards of it. 493 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:57,960 It consisted of a great cigar shaped portion, possibly 300 494 00:28:57,960 --> 00:29:00,160 feet long, with a carriage underneath. 495 00:29:00,560 --> 00:29:03,960 The carriage was made of panels of glass and other transparent 496 00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:07,840 substances, alternating with a narrow strip of some other 497 00:29:07,840 --> 00:29:11,120 material. It was brilliantly lit within 498 00:29:11,120 --> 00:29:13,760 and everything was clearly visible. 499 00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,880 There were three lights, one like an immense Searchlight, and 500 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,400 two smaller, one red, the other green. 501 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:24,880 The larger 1 was susceptible was susceptible of being turned in 502 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:28,480 every direction. We stood mute in wonder and 503 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:31,560 fright, when some noise attracted their attention, and 504 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,600 they turned their light directly upon us. 505 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,760 Immediately upon catching sight of us, they turned on some 506 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:41,080 unknown power, and a great turbine wheel about 30 feet in 507 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:44,240 diameter, which was slowly revolving below. 508 00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,400 The craft began to buzz, sounding precisely like the 509 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:52,400 cylinder of a of a separator, and the vessel rose as lightly 510 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:54,960 as a bird. When about 30 feet above us, it 511 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,640 seemed to pause and hover directly over a three-year old 512 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:02,680 heifer, which was bawling and jumping, apparently fast in the 513 00:30:02,680 --> 00:30:03,960 fence. Going to hurt. 514 00:30:03,960 --> 00:30:08,880 We found a cable about half an inch in thickness, made of some 515 00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:13,920 red material fastened in a Slipknot around her neck, one 516 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:17,400 end passing up to the vessel and tangled in the wire. 517 00:30:17,520 --> 00:30:21,800 We tried to get it off but could not, so we cut the wire loose 518 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:27,800 and stood in amazement to see the ship, cow and all, rise 519 00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:31,760 slowly and sail off, disappearing in the northwest. 520 00:30:32,160 --> 00:30:34,320 Wow. So they cut the wire loose. 521 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,360 I'm not sure how they cut the wire loose, but the cow was 522 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:38,680 still taking off and it must have been tied around this poor 523 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:41,280 cow. We went home but I was so 524 00:30:41,280 --> 00:30:45,520 frightened I could not sleep, but rose early Tuesday morning, 525 00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:49,760 mounted my horse and started out to find some trace in my cow. 526 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:54,320 But coming to Leroy in the evening found that Lark Thomas, 527 00:30:54,400 --> 00:30:59,320 who lives in Coffey County about 3 or 4 miles West of Leroy, had 528 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:03,840 found the hide legs and head in his field that day. 529 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,760 He, thinking someone had butchered a stolen beast and 530 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,000 thrown the hideaway, had brought it to town for identification, 531 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:15,320 but was greatly mystified and not being able to find a track 532 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:19,120 of any kind on the soft ground. Sound like your first case of 533 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:21,160 cattle abduction there in Michigan. 534 00:31:21,640 --> 00:31:25,600 I went home last night, but every minute I would drop to 535 00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:29,440 sleep I would see the cursive thing with this big lights and 536 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:32,800 hideous people. I don't want any more to do with 537 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,440 them. Mr. Hamilton looked as if he had 538 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,880 not entirely recovered from the shock, and everyone who knew him 539 00:31:38,880 --> 00:31:42,120 was convinced he was sincere in every word. 540 00:31:42,760 --> 00:31:44,560 Now, this is somebody who's respected. 541 00:31:44,720 --> 00:31:47,960 They remember the legislature there in Michigan, one of the 542 00:31:47,960 --> 00:31:51,760 original settlers and an old timer, and he goes out there 543 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:54,560 with his kid and the guy who rents his property off of him, 544 00:31:54,840 --> 00:31:59,440 and they see this really large UFO hovering over the barn lot. 545 00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:02,480 This rope comes down. Must have been some kind of a 546 00:32:02,480 --> 00:32:05,760 wire with it. They've lassoed this poor cow. 547 00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:09,360 They're trying to get this stupid rope off its head. 548 00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,000 They say they cut the wire, but apparently that wasn't enough, 549 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,000 this ship. And he talks about these cursed 550 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:20,280 people he sees on it. So I guess he can see the ship. 551 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:22,560 Maybe he can see the portals on the side of it or something. 552 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:26,560 It takes his cow up. And then they found the remains 553 00:32:26,560 --> 00:32:31,200 of this cow two or three miles away where it it has mutilated 554 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:35,400 it and it leaves basically just it looks like the legs and and 555 00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,840 hide there. Everything else is pretty much, 556 00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:40,120 I guess, destroyed. We don't know if it was 557 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:43,000 bloodless or what, but the neighbor takes it in thinking 558 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:47,400 that somebody has has, you know, stolen this cow and and Burchard 559 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:49,840 it there. But like he says, I can't 560 00:32:50,160 --> 00:32:52,880 understand why there are any tracks around here. 561 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:56,040 Well, because the cow was dropped onto the ground, the 562 00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:58,360 same was picked up. Why they feel compelled to 563 00:32:58,360 --> 00:33:01,640 return these things is beyond me, unless it's just a way to 564 00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:04,040 taunt us. Very strange. 565 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,760 I really like going back in and comparing these old written 566 00:33:07,760 --> 00:33:11,000 accounts compared to some of the silly new stuff that we see 567 00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,160 today. People took this seriously. 568 00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:15,840 Of course, even then there were people that that were debunking 569 00:33:15,840 --> 00:33:18,840 this stuff, but you can see is something really did happen with 570 00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:22,520 these airship sightings over Michigan clear back there in 571 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:25,880 April 1897. Until next time, this is UFO 572 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:26,800 warning over and out.