
Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, Ghost Airships, UFOs, 1896, 1897)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
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The Mysterious Airship Sighted in California
This chapter discusses the accounts of the mysterious airship that began appearing in newspapers all over the Pacific Coast. It explores sightings of the airship in various cities in California, including the Napa Valley area and San Francisco. The chapter also introduces a new figure named George D. Collins, a prominent attorney in San Francisco, who asserts that the airship exists and will soon be navigated in daylight for everyone in San Francisco to see.
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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?
