Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, Ghost Airships, UFOs, 1896, 1897)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Origins of the Airship Phenomenon in California
Exploring the early reports of possible airship sightings in 1896, including a connected meteor and a comet-like object. Speculation arises that these sightings may have actually been airships, along with a hunter's account of seeing an airship prior to the main phenomenon.
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Transcript
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?
