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THE MYSTERY AIRSHIP LOG - JANUARY 1st, 1897 through MARCH 19th, 1897
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THE MYSTERY AIRSHIP LOG

January 1st, 1897 - March 19th, 1897


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DATE, PERIODICAL AND HEADLINE

  January 2, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  January 7, 1897 Seattle (WA) Times A New Airship.    
  January 7, 1897 Tacoma (WA) Daily News    
  January 8, 1897 Salt Lake City (UT) Deseret Evening News ASTRAL PHENOMENON. / Was It a Planet or Sun Spot on Old Sol's Face?    
  January 12, 1897 San Francisco (CA) Chronicle A Shower of Meteors. / A Brilliant Sight Witnessed at Butte, Montana.    
  January 15, 1897 Montesano (WA) Vidette Airship Invented in Pittsburg.    
  January 16, 1897 San Francisco (CA) The Call SHAPED LIKE A SPARROW-HAWK / General Hart Describes the Appearance of His Client's Airship. / Expects to Hear Any Day of the Destruction of Havana by Dynamite. / The Wondrous Aerial War Craft Are Equipped With Sails, Wings and Propellers.    
  January 22, 1897 Reno (NV) Evening Gazette    
  January 22, 1897 Sacramento (CA) Bee AND NOW LODI. / The Airship, It Is Said, Flies by Daylight.    
  January 22, 1897 Stockton (CA) Evening Mail AIRSHIP REPORTED AGAIN. / It Was Seen Just After Sundown by People at Acampo. / Electrical Observations at the Stockton High School Indicate That It Was the Mail's Asteroid.    
  January 23, 1897 Harrisburg (PA) Patriot CITY EXCITED OVER A STAR. / Some Fo[a]lks Thought Venus Was an Electric Light at Pittsburg.    
  January 23, 1897 Stockton (CA) Daily Record [airship at Lodi]    
  January 24, 1897 Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer AN ASCENSION WITH KITES. / Army Officer Demonstrates Their Practical Use in Warfare -- That Airship.    
  January 25, 1897 Phoenix (AZ) Daily Herald Mayor Monihon this morning received a letter from A.E. Douglass,..    
  January 28, 1897 Phoenix (AZ) Daily Herald WANDERING STARS. / The Peculiar Vagaries Recently Seen in Our Southern Sky.    
  January 29, 1897 Portland (OR) Evening Telegram LANGLEY'S FLYING MACHINE. / The Professor Reports Great Progress Toward Its Perfection.    
  February, 1897 Charlotte (NC) Monthly Weather Review Fall of an Aerolite in Arizona    
  February 2, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Gage County Democrat The "air ships" that have caused so much excitement of late..    
  February 2, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal Nebraska Notes.    
  February 2, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee See an Airship at Hastings.    
  February 2, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times    
  February 3, 1897 Norfolk (NE) News It would be interesting to know just what brand of liquor..    
  February 3, 1897 Quebec (QU) Le Courrier de Canada A Mysterious Star. / VISIBLE EVERY EVENING ABOVE THE MOUNTAIN. / WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF THE PHENOMENON?    
  February 4, 1897 Grand Island (NE) Daily Independent No Cause for Alarm.    
  February 4, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Evening Call    
  February 4, 1897 Montreal (QU) Le Monde A Mysterious Star / [Dreamed by] the "Soliel" of Quebec.    
  February 4, 1897 Sacramento (CA) Bee TOO MANY AIRSHIPS.    
  February 5, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune See an Airship at Hastings.    
  February 5, 1897 Montreal (QU) Le Monde The "Soliel" / And Its Mysterious Star.    
  February 5, 1897 Omaha (NE) Bee    
  February 6, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal Nebraska Notes.    
  February 6, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee Air Ship Is Seen at Inavale. / Thirty to Forty Feet Long and Conical in Shape -- Voices Heard.    
  February 8, 1897 Montreal (QU) Le Monde VENUS, THE BLONDE / Gives proof of inconstance / And leaves the "Soliel" of Quebec for the "Progres" of Sherbrook.    
  February 8, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times A LIGHT OF MYSTERY / Dazzling Light Seen in the Distance That Cannot Be Accounted For. / MAY BELONG TO A FLYING MACHINE / Two Reputable York Businessmen Tell of What They Saw Last Night -- Other Witnesses to the Mysterious Occurrence Also.    
  February 9, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express Bad Case of 'Em at Hastings.    
  February 9, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee See the Air Ship from York. / Public Curiosity Aroused by the Mysterious Bright Light.    
  February 10, 1897 Juniata (NE) Herald Juniata's Famous Airship.    
  February 10, 1897 Sacramento (CA) Bee Air Ships Again.    
  February 11, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Weekly Express Bad Case of 'Em at Hastings.    
  February 12, 1897 Falls City (NE) Johnson County Journal Some citizens of Elwood, Kansas, declare they saw an airship pass over..    
  February 12, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune Hastings people are still waiting for the reappearance of the much talked about airship..    
  February 12, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune Juniata News.    
  February 12, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune Ships that fly in the night.    
  February 12, 1897 Niobrara (NE) Pioneer Was It an Air Ship?    
  February 12, 1897 North Platte (NE) Semi-Weekly Tribune Speaking of the night flights of a flying machine west of Hastings,..    
  February 12, 1897 Riverton (NE) Review    
  February 12, 1897 Stella (NE) Press    
  February 12, 1897 West Point (NE ) Republican    
  February 13, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee [flying machine inventors in legal fight]    
  February 15, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 16, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express No reports have been filed at this office today regarding reappearance of the airship..    
  February 16, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express Saw an Air Ship.    
  February 16, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  February 17, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express When people begin to see flying ships on moonlight nights..    
  February 17, 1897 Bloomfield (NE) Monitor Was It an Airship?    
  February 17, 1897 Juniata (NE) Herald Concerning the "airship" it may be stated without joking..    
  February 17, 1897 York (NE) Republican The light supposed to be supported by a vessel of the air..    
  February 17, 1897 York (NE) Republican And that airship is only poor soulful, passion consumed Venus..    
  February 18, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Weekly Express Saw an Air Ship.    
  February 18, 1897 Beaver Crossing (NE) Weekly Review    
  February 18, 1897 Fremont (NE) Tri-Weekly Tribune The air ship which has recently been seen at Grand Island..    
  February 18, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Seen Near North Platte. / The Air Ship Story Revised and Rehearsed in Western Nebraska.    
  February 18, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee South Omaha News.    
  February 19, 1897 Fremont (NE) Daily Herald THAT AIRSHIP.    
  February 19, 1897 Hastings (NE) Adams County Democrat A Juniata friend writes that the signal light in the sky over there..    
  February 19, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune The Hastings people still continue to tread their homeward way by the light of the moon and the airship..    
  February 19, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub NEAR KEARNEY NOW / An Air Ship Story Without the Usual Whiskeretes. / "LIGHT IN THE SKY" SEEN BY A CITIZEN. / Whether It was an Air Ship is Not Explained.    
  February 19, 1897 Pierce (NE) Pierce County Call And Niobrara has seen an airship..    
  February 20, 1897 Hastings (NE) Daily Republican Editor Rickel's airship is safely anchored by being tied to the paste pot..    
  February 20, 1897 Hastings (NE) Daily Republican That Airship.    
  February 20, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub AIR SHIP STORY AGAIN. / Many Kearney People See the "Lights in the Sky" Friday Eve.    
  February 20, 1897 Kinnard (NE) Blair Enterprise Herman Review: California is not the only state that can see airships..    
  February 20, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee [cartoon] A New Thing in Air Ship Bicycles    
  February 20, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times Minor Mention.    
  February 22, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 22, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 23, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express Beatrice Brevities.    
  February 23, 1897 Hastings (NE) Adams County Democrat The Papillion Times.    
  February 23, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub Chief Julian tried to stand in a slippery place this morning..    
  February 23, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 23, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal AN AIRSHIP OR ILL-OMEN. / Mysterious Light Sighted in the West by Kearney People.    
  February 23, 1897 Omaha (NE) Bee AIRSHIP IS SEEN FROM KEARNEY. / Responsible Citizens Are Witnesses of the Mysterious Lights.    
  February 23, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  February 23, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times Kearney is the latest town that is involved in throes of excitement over the mysterious light..    
  February 23, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times Kearney is the latest town that is involved in throes of excitement over the mysterious light..    
  February 24, 1897 Bowling Green (OH) Daily Sentinel What Was It?    
  February 24, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal [(Nov 24, 96?) Arsp over Cal.]    
  February 24, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal Light Surely Genuine.    
  February 25, 1897 Arapahoe (NE) Public Mirror Residents of South Omaha claim to have seen an airship..    
  February 25, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Weekly Express The mysterious light in the heavens, observed at Kearney,..    
  February 25, 1897 Blue Springs (NE) Weekly Sentinel    
  February 25, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 25, 1897 York (NE) Democrat The mysterious light which some York citizens allege they saw..    
  February 26, 1897 Fremont (NE) Daily Herald Briefly Told.    
  February 26, 1897 Grand Island (NE) Daily Independent Local and Personal.    
  February 26, 1897 Grand Island (NE) Independent    
  February 26, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune The airship has been seen near Kearney. That settles it..    
  February 26, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune O, that airship people see on high at night..    
  February 26, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  February 26, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal SAW A STRANGE LIGHT. / Nebraska Citizens are Startled by a Supposed Airship.    
  February 26, 1897 Omaha (NE) World-Herald SEE THE "AIRSHIP." / Residents of Kountze Place Glance at the Puzzler.    
  February 26, 1897 York (NE) Daily Times TELLS OF HIS KITE. / L.R. McLean of Juniata Writes the Times About His Wonderful Kite.    
  February 27, 1897 Atchison (KS) Daily Globe The supposed Kansas airship…    
  February 27, 1897 Lawrence (NE) Locomotive    
  February 27, 1897 Lexington (NE) Dawson County Pioneer    
  February 27, 1897 Raymond (NE) Review    
  February 27, 1897 St. Joseph (MO) Daily Herald 3 States.    
  February 28, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee His Hobby Is Flying Kites. / Juniata Man Who May Be Able to Explain Air Ship Stories.    
  March 1, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub MORE AIR SHIP LORE / A Beatrice Paper Tells a Queer Air Ship Story. / A JUNIATA KITE FLYER WHO SENDS UP LANTERNS. / More Strange Lights Seen by Kearney People.    
  March 2, 1897 Omaha (NE) World-Herald EXPERTS ON THE "AIRSHIP" / Some Nebraska Landsmen Size Up the Apparition of the Celestial Craft. / Each Has an Opinion That Is Copy righted, Original and Nobody Else's / A City Jailer, A Union Pacific Trainman and a Western Cattleman Give Opinions Upon It.    
  March 2, 1897 Topeka (KS) Semi-Weekly Capital    
  March 3, 1897 Denver (CO) Daily News    
  March 3, 1897 Gothenburg (NE) Times Al Abel..    
  March 3, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub HOW IT STARTED / Stories of Seeing the Airship in Western Nebraska. / A TRAINMAN AND A RANCHER TELL ALL ABOUT IT. / Explanations That Are Not Satisfactory nor Plausible.    
  March 3, 1897 St. Joseph (MO) Daily Herald    
  March 4, 1897 Atchison (KS) Daily Globe Globe Sightings    
  March 4, 1897 Blue Springs (NE) Weekly Sentinel The "airship" which has caused so much wonder and comment of late..    
  March 4, 1897 Burton (NE) Burtonian J.R. McLean, a station agent at Juniata, flies kites..    
  March 4, 1897 Burwell (NE) Mascot    
  March 4, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  March 4, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  March 4, 1897 Litchfield (NE) Monitor The citizens of Litchfield and vicinity are interested in the appearance of a strange light..    
  March 4, 1897 St. Joseph (MO) Daily Herald The mysterious air ship has been seen again..    
  March 4, 1897 Stockton (CA) Evening Mail THE MOONS OF MARS.    
  March 4, 1897 Tecumseh (NE) Johnson County Journal The "Air Ship" or "What Is It" was visible to our citizens last Friday night..    
  March 5, 1897 Bellwood (NE) Gazette People out in the vicinity of Hastings, Kearney and Minken..    
  March 5, 1897 Fairmont (NE) Tribune Geneva.    
  March 5, 1897 Falls City (NE) Johnson County Journal The unusual light in the heavens which was seen in the western part of the state some time ago..    
  March 5, 1897 Falls City (NE) Johnson County Journal THE AIRSHIP / Seen by a Number of Falls City People.    
  March 5, 1897 Falls City (NE) News Was It An Air Ship.    
  March 5, 1897 Hastings (NE) Adams County Democrat The airship which is reported to have been seen by so many people..    
  March 5, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune KENESAW ITEMS.    
  March 5, 1897 Hastings (NE) Tribune The State Journal says..    
  March 5, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal [can see Venus in broad daylight]    
  March 5, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee Air Ship May Be a Falling Star. / Bright and Mysterious Light Seen in the Heavens by Clarks People.    
  March 5, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  March 5, 1897 Stanton (NE) Register    
  March 5, 1897 Steinauer (NE) Star PAWNEE CITY.    
  March 5, 1897 Stella (NE) Press Air Ship Seen at Stella.    
  March 5, 1897 Wood River (NE) Interests The flying machine which has been seen in various parts of the state..    
  March 5, 1897 Wymore (NE) Arbor State    
  March 5, 1897 Wymore (NE) Arbor State A STRANGE AIRSHIP.    
  March 6, 1897 Aurora (NE) Hamilton County Register Saw a Strange Light.    
  March 6, 1897 Aurora (NE) Sun Some think the lights which have appeared in the heavens..    
  March 6, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Daily Express Beatrice Brevities.    
  March 6, 1897 Gothenburg (NE) Independent Al Abel..    
  March 6, 1897 Lexington (NE) Dawson County Pioneer THE AIR SHIP.    
  March 6, 1897 Lexington (NE) Dawson County Pioneer Farnam is not a whit behind in anything..    
  March 6, 1897 Lexington (NE) Dawson County Pioneer    
  March 6, 1897 Wymore (NE) Weekly Wymorean The air ship passed over the city last night..    
  March 7, 1897 Broken Bow (NE) Custer County Beacon There have been stories aired concerning an airship..    
  March 8, 1897 Arapahoe (NE) Public Mirror A few airships have been invented, and they are all successful, too.    
  March 8, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub The Air Ship Again.    
  March 9, 1897 Grand Island (NE) Daily Independent Wood River News.    
  March 9, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal Nebraska Notes.    
  March 9, 1897 North Platte (NE) Semi-Weekly Tribune Events in Nebraska.    
  March 10, 1897 Juniata (NE) Herald Several parties thought they saw the mysterious light one evening last week..    
  March 10, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub The Strange Light Seen.    
  March 10, 1897 St. Joseph (MO) Daily Herald    
  March 11, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Weekly Express Beatrice Brevities.    
  March 11, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Weekly Express [Venus visible in daytime]    
  March 11, 1897 Broken Bow (NE) Custer County Beacon The air-ship which was seen by a number of people at Litchfield and Ansley last Thursday night..    
  March 11, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub LIGHT SEEN AGAIN / C.W. Hodges Sees a Strange Phenomenon in the Sky. / LIGHT SEEN TRAVELS RAPIDLY TOWARD THE NORTHWEST. / Was Seen in the Early Dawn of Thursday Morning.    
  March 11, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub [article: Venus mistaken for airship]    
  March 11, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal Nebraska Notes.    
  March 11, 1897 McCook (NE) Weekly Courier Quite a little excitement has been caused in our city by the appearance of a strange light in the west..    
  March 11, 1897 New York (NY) Times    
  March 11, 1897 Oakland (NE) Republican    
  March 11, 1897 Washington Court House (OH) Cyclone & Fayette Republican METEORIC PHENOMENON / Witnessed During the Recent Rain.    
  March 12, 1897 Adams (NE) Weekly Globe The airship which has been reported from different towns of the state..    
  March 12, 1897 Auburn (NE) Granger Several parties in Auburn caught a glimpse of the supposed airship on Sunday evening..    
  March 12, 1897 Auburn (NE) Nemaha County Herald    
  March 12, 1897 Bloomington (NE) Echo Several people in this city report that they recently noticed the airship..    
  March 12, 1897 Nemaha (NE) Nebraska Advertiser The "air ship" or "what is it" was visible to our citizens…    
  March 12, 1897 North Platte (NE) Daily Telegraph NEBRASKA NEWS.    
  March 12, 1897 Wymore (NE) Arbor State The airship passed over the city again last Friday evening..    
  March 13, 1897 Atchison (KS) Daily Globe It is believed…    
  March 13, 1897 Fremont (NE) Daily Herald World-Herald: About 9 o'clock Thursday night..    
  March 13, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub Spice of Local Life.    
  March 15, 1897 Kansas City (MO) Times Those citizens of Kansas towns who have seen a strange looking air ship…    
  March 15, 1897 Kearney (NE) Hub The Strange Light Again.    
  March 16, 1897 Curtis (NE) Enterprise    
  March 16, 1897 Fremont (NE) Daily Herald Briefly Told.    
  March 16, 1897 Lincoln (NE) Nebraska State Journal That Strange Light Again.    
  March 16, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee VISIONS OF AN AIRSHIP. / It Carried a Huge Light, but Form of the Ship Not Distinct. / Heavenly Visitor Seen at South Omaha. / Wanderer Through Space Said to Have Appeared to Parties Who Were Returning Home From Church.    
  March 16, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  March 17, 1897 Atchison (KS) Daily Globe We have noticed…    
  March 17, 1897 Juniata (NE) Herald The airship was seen at South Omaha last Sunday night..    
  March 17, 1897 Omaha (NE) Daily Bee    
  March 17, 1897 Sioux City (IA) Journal [airship at Omaha]    
  March 18, 1897 Chicago (IL) Tribune Omaha People See An Airship. / Observe a Light Resembling an Immense Searchlight Hover Over the City from the Southwest.    
  March 18, 1897 Coleridge (NE) Blade    
  March 18, 1897 Madison (NE) Chronicle    
  March 18, 1897 Papillion (NE) Times Little Locals.    
  March 18, 1897 Plainview (NE) Republican    
  March 18, 1897 Stanton (NE) Weekly Picket For several days an unusually bright star has been visible in the west..    
  March 19, 1897 Aurora (NE) Republican    
  March 19, 1897 Bancroft (NE) Blade Omen of Evil.    
  March 19, 1897 Beatrice (NE) Gage County Democrat And now the Wymore fellows are seeing airships in the sky..    
  March 19, 1897 Kearney (NE) Daily Hub AIRSHIP TESTIMONY. / Tom Gass Tells a Few Things About Air Ships Not Generally Known    






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