Airship Mystery of 1896 and 1897 (Mystery Airships, UFOs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World

In the late 1890s, there was a wave of sightings over the US of mysterious airships displaying unusual flight characteristics. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss these unusual airships and the theories that they were aliens, hoaxes, or maybe something else.

https://mysterious.fm/279

Further Resources:
• Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery: https://amzn.to/46zXvKn
• J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897: https://amzn.to/46Dn5hx
• Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News: https://amzn.to/3Q2fmnL
• UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas (historical lecture video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFkhH7t7e0w
• Jules Verne’s novel Robur the Conqueror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_the_Conqueror
• Judge Albert L. Love: https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=3546
• Appointment of Judge Love: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth18849/m1/4/zoom/