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Mystery Airships Reported Over Nebraska in 1897
The Nebraska paper files recount 1897 sightings of bright, fast moving lights over Hastings Inavale York and other towns. Theories cited include illuminated kites and Venus. many reports likely exaggerated by editors. No definitive explanation exists today for the so called airships.
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Nebraska State Historical Society
Rudolph Umland
Prairie Schooner
Omaha Bee
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York
Creighton University
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Beatrice
Wymore
North Platte
Kearney
Grand Island
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