In 1896 and 1897, Mystery Airships were reported from California to the Mississippi, which some believed were alien ships. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli eliminated many theories about the airships, and now address the final mystery: what were the airships, who made them, and was the government involved?AI-powered
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Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, Ghost Airships, UFOs, 1896, 1897)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
Encounter with Captain Acres and Wilson
Wilson and Sheriff Baylor discuss their meeting with Captain Acres in Fort Worth in 1877, confirming that one of the people involved with the airships was named Wilson.
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