Airship sightings in United States and Great Britain
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Tens of thousands of witnesses across the United States and Great Britain reported sightings of flying machines resembling modern dirigibles equipped with searchlights and propellers, decades before such technology was actually manufactured.
“During these years, tens of thousands of witnesses sighted flying machines resembling modern dirigibles, which were not produced by factories until twenty years later. In most cases, it was a matter of fairly voluminous, fusiform, vessels equipped with powerful searchlights, often emitting engine sounds, and, in some cases, even seeming to have propellers.”
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Case details
- Date
- 1890-01-01
- Precision
- decade
- Location
- United States and Great Britain, also Spain, Germany, Sweden, and Russia
- Branch
- NASA
- Sensors
- eyewitness
- Shape
- fusiform vessels resembling dirigibles
- Size
- fairly voluminous
Resolution
Sightings occurred before dirigibles were manufactured; majority of U.S. sightings between 1896-1897, second wave in Great Britain at turn of century.
Source document
Agency: NASA
File: 255_413270_UFO's_and_Defense_What_Should_we_Prepare_For
Case ID: 1890-NASA-9A83F3
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