Showing posts with label Airship. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Airship. Show all posts

Thursday, August 21, 2025

Huge UFO Emerges From The Ocean Wreaks Havoc - 1910

Huge UFO Emerges From The Ocean Wreaks Havoc - 1910 - www.theufochronicles.com



     An extraordinary phenomenon witnessed by several people in the isle of Donagh, North Donegal, has caused great harm among the people. Fisherman working at Crops saw a huge object like
By Georgia Chronicle
6-5-1910
an airship coming from the ocean. It crossed the mainland, re-entering the sea at Culdaff Bay. In its course several fisherman's boats were smashed. Cattie were injured and an embankment deeply furrowed. Crops lying in the path were ruined. Some superstitious people looked on the manifestation as associated with the king's death. Other theories are that it was a dismantled dirigible balloon, and others still that it was meteoric in origin.

The affair has created great commotion among the fishing population.

Monday, February 24, 2025

UFO Frightens Fisherman – 1899

UFO Frightens Fisherman – 1899 - www.theufochronicles.com



The Thrilling Experience of a Bean Creek Fisherman

A Large Funnel Shaped Object

Seen By Burlington People

Going Through The Air with the Speed of an Express Train and a Great Whirling Noise.



     On Monday afternoon, May 1st, Henry Altman, who lives a mile north of Lockport, had an experience that falls to the lot of few and created consternation in his soul for the space of a few minutes.
By The Bryan Democrat
5-11-1899

He was on John Wyse’s farm, back where a small stream empties into Bean Creek fishing. All was quiet and no sound broke the afternoon stillness, till he heard a distant whirling sound that grew louder and louder. At first he thought it was a sound of a flock of birds coming through the air. He looked around and guided by the sound finally saw an object coming through the air.

When he first saw it he thought of a large chicken hawk, but as it came nearer he thought of a meteoric rock. A nearer view showed it to be a funnel-shaped affair with the small end forward and at an angle of forty-five degrees. Along the top was what appeared to be a large fan shaped appliance.

The direction taken by this queer craft was south with a slight variation to the west.

It appeared to be about three of four times as high as the tree tops and from eighty to one hundred rods away and while it kept the same distance from te ground moved with incredible velocity. When the closest to him it looked to be about four feet long.

In describing his sensations he said he was frightened and wished he was not alone.

The same object was seen by people near Burlington and Mr. Altman is not one of the kind that carries “bait” that is apt to make a person “see things”

What was the thing anyway? Such and apparition must have been seen elsewhere because the noise that it made would have attracted attention. We would ask, “Was it an Air ship?”

* Special thanks to CE Severn

Friday, January 14, 2022

Alien Abduction Reported in 1897

Alien Abduction Reported in 1897


     The airship mystery is "solved" again. A few days ago a man was brought to the city hospital in St. Louis, having been found wandering aimlessly about the street.

By The Milan Republican
5-6-897
[...]

For a number of days he was kept a prisoner by the Martians, or whoever they were, during which time he suffered frightful torture, but finally effected his escape....

Thursday, August 01, 2019

"We Were Having Visitors From Out in Space" | UFO CHRONICLE – 1932



Airship From Another Planet - The Salt Lake Tribune 6-6-1936

     Mr. R.M. of St Louis writes that he's almost sure he saw an airship of some kind from another planet, three and a half years ago.

"On the afternoon of December 8, 1932," he says, "I was
By Uncle Ray
The Salt Lake Tribune
6-6-1936
driving east when I saw something in the sky. I t was blue-white, like an electric arc, and traveling south. As I watched, the light went on and off three times. Then I saw what seemed to be the side of a huge airplane fuselage, but bigger than any airplane we know.”

"Still later I saw what looked like a huge red hot object, about four times the size of the full moon. This disappeared, and then I saw the front end of it go straight up. There seemed to be four windows across the bow of the object. It was going up and away from the earth, but was making a left turn. The last I saw the light was turning southeast.”

"My personal opinion is that we were having some visitors from out in space...."

"I think there are people on other planets who are smarter than we are, and they might find a way to visit earth. Coming from cold outer space into the air around the earth may have been too much of a strain on them. If they landed, it was probably in some part of southern Illinois.”

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

Egg-Shaped UFO Seen Over Two States in 1897 | UFO CHRONICLE

Egg-Shaped When Seen in Wisconsin - Chicago Tribune 4-10-1897

Mysterious Aerial Visitor Appears in Two States Within a Period of Half an Hour

     The airship made its appearance in Wausau last night about 10 o'clock and was viewed by at least 100 citizens. It came from the southeast, passing over the city going northwest. Lights could be seen, which appeared to be shaped like an egg.
By Chicago Tribune
4-10-1897

Wednesday, August 24, 2016

UPDATE: Huge, Futuristic, Hybrid Aircraft Crashes | VIDEO

UPDATE: Huge, Futuristic, Hybrid Aircraft Crashes

     Airlander 10, the world's largest aircraft, has crashed during its second test flight.

The huge ship – nicknamed "The Flying Bum" because of its pert,
By By Eric Limer
The Independent
8-24-16
round back – crashed as it landed at its base at Cardington Airfield this morning, at the end of its second attempt to fly. Its official name is the Martha Gwyn – however, it gained notoriety not just because of its huge size but the interesting shape of its back.

...It isn't clear if the ship itself took any damage during the crash.

The ship appears to have run into problems as it was making its way back onto the ground, when it flew into a telegraph pole and began running into problems....

Friday, August 19, 2016

Huge, Futuristic, Hybrid Aircraft Makes Maiden Flight | VIDEO

Airlander

After maiden flight in Bedfordshire, creators of world’s largest aircraft
say 100 could be in skies within five years

     Above a field in rural Bedfordshire, a shiny, futuristic craft the size of a football pitch ascends majestically into the evening sky, and gawping onlookers crane their necks for a better view. This could be the trailer for the latest Independence Day film, but it is the maiden
Rob Davies
www.theguardian.com
8-17-16
flight of the Airlander 10, a helium-filled craft aiming to kickstart a new age of the airship.

It has been a while coming – the first flight had been delayed several times and Wednesday’s takeoff was held up for hours – but once in the air, showing off its curves as it banks and soars for its audience, the Airlander is quite a spectacle.

At 92m long and 43.5m wide, this is the world’s largest aircraft, dwarfing heavyweights such as the Airbus A380 “superjumbo”. It is a bit cheaper, too, with a catalogue price of £25m, compared with $375m (£287m) for an A380.

It can also carry a 10-tonne payload, comparable with military transport helicopters such as the Boeing CH-47 Chinook, the US Air Force’s workhorse of choice. ...

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Air Force Unveils Hybrid Airship – The Lockheed Martin P-791 | VIDEO

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Air Force Unveils Hybrid Airship

     The us air force has unveiled a strange looking airship aircraft. The Lockheed Martin P-791 is an experimental aerostatic/aerodynamic hybrid airship, developed by Lockheed Martin. The first flight of the P-791 took place on 31 January 2006 at the company's flight test facility, located at Palmdale Air Force Plant 42.[1]
ArmedForcesUpdate
12-3-14

The P-791 has a tri-hull shape, with disk-shaped cushions on the bottom for landing. As a hybrid airship, part of the weight of the craft and its payload are supported by aerostatic (buoyant) lift and the remainder is supported by aerodynamic lift. The combination of aerodynamic and aerostatic lift is an attempt to benefit from both the high speed of aerodynamic craft and the lifting capacity of aerostatic craft.

The P-791 was designed as part of the U.S. Army's Long Endurance Multi-intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) program, but lost the program's competition to Northrop Grumman's HAV-3 design. The P-791 was modified to be a civil cargo aircraft under the name SkyTug, with a lift capability of 20 tons (40,000 pounds) and plans to scale larger.[2] [...]

Tuesday, July 07, 2015

Top Secret Spaceship-Like Aircraft To Be Unveiled By Russia

Airship By Augur RosAeroSystems

By Rebecca Perring & Will Stewart
www.express.co.uk
6-30-15
RUSSIA is set to unveil a top secret spaceship-like aircraft that promises to be "lighter than air" in the latest warmongering exercise by Vladimir Putin.
    Work is already underway on the hi-tech 130-metre-long Atlant, which is to be created by merging technology from planes, hovercraft and airships.

Capable of taking off and landing without a runway it will be able to carry 200 military personnel at speeds of up to 105mph.

The futuristic craft is equipped with sophisticated high-precision computer technology, with Russian officials claiming that the $15million (£9.5million) aircraft will be used by the Defence Ministry.

The company behind the 21st century model, Augur RosAeroSystems, say Putin's new toy will be ready for use by the army as early as 2018 . . ..

Monday, December 22, 2014

NASA's Manned, Solar-Powered Airships To Venus | VIDEO

NASA's Manned, Solar-Powered Airships To Venus

NASA Study Proposes Airships, Cloud Cities for Venus Exploration

By Evan Ackerman
spectrum.ieee.org
12-16-14


Should crewed exploration of Venus come before we try to go to Mars?

     . . . At 50 kilometers above its surface, Venus offers one atmosphere of pressure and only slightly lower gravity than Earth. Mars, in comparison, has a “sea level” atmospheric pressure of less than a hundredth of Earth’s, and gravity just over a third Earth normal. The temperature at 50 km on Venus is around 75 °C, which is a mere 17 degrees hotter than the highest temperature recorded on Earth. It averages -63 °C on Mars, and while neither extreme would be pleasant for an unprotected human, both are manageable.

What’s more important, especially relative to Mars, is the amount of solar power available on Venus and the amount of protection that Venus has from radiation. The amount of radiation an astronaut would be exposed to in Venus’s atmosphere would be “about the same as if you were in Canada,” says Arney. On Mars, unshielded astronauts would be exposed to about 0.67 millisieverts per day, which is 40 times as much as on Earth, and they’d likely need to bury their habitats several meters beneath the surface to minimize exposure. As for solar power, proximity to the sun gets Venus 40 percent more than we get here on Earth, and 240 percent more than we’d see on Mars. Put all of these numbers together and as long as you don’t worry about having something under your feet, Jones points out, the upper atmosphere of Venus is “probably the most Earth-like environment that’s out there.” . . .

Wednesday, November 12, 2014

Pentagon Wants an 'Airborne' Aircraft Carrier | VIDEO

Pentagon Wants an Airborne Aircraft Carrier

By Dan Lamothe
www.washingtonpost.com
11-10-14

      In the 2012 movie “The Avengers,” Captain America, the Hulk, Iron Man and the rest of the gang flew on a massive aircraft carrier that carried dozens of planes through the air and disappeared from plain view with the help of a cloaking device. The idea that the U.S. military could develop something similar is still seen as far-fetched, but this much is true: a Pentagon agency has just launched a new effort to develop an airship sure to draw comparisons.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is exploring whether it would be possible to turn an existing plane into a flying fortress capable of launching and recovering numerous drone aircraft. Doing so would extend the range of drones that gather intelligence and perform other missions while saving money and limiting the risks pilots take, DARPA officials said Sunday. . . .

Friday, June 27, 2014

Father, Son Tried to Build Flying Saucer



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Father, Son Tried to Build Flying Saucer

By Jay Mark
The Republic
6-26-14

    Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!

It's a flying saucer dirigible! And it's over Mesa, Arizona.

Newspapers around the country dutifully followed the progress of the efforts of Clarence and Darwin Conrad, a father-and-son team who in the mid-'70s were actively engaged in reviving the age of zeppelins with modern lighter-than-air vehicles.

In the June 17, 1977, edition of the Mesa Tribune, readers were alerted to an impending UFO-like sighting.

"When people in the Valley area see an 80-foot flying saucer floating over the valley within the next few months," the paper wrote, "they won't be too alarmed or think it's an invasion from Mars."

The story begins about 1969 when Clarence Conrad, an electrical engineer and private pilot from Spokane, Wash., began to build an airship modeled on dirigibles popularized in Germany in the 1920s and '30s. It was a passion years in the making. . . .

Thursday, January 23, 2014

Massive Airship Test May Spur UFO Reports | VIDEO

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Massive Airship Test May Spur UFO Reports

Alejandro Rojas By Alejandro Rojas
OpenMinds.tv
1-21-14

     A massive airship prototype is about to begin testing in California, and one of the engineers who designed it thinks it is going to look so shocking that it may spur UFO reports.

The craft is a massive silver blimp-like airship made out of aluminum and carbon fiber. It is 36,000 pounds, and as big as it is, the prototype is a smaller version of the final vehicles. It is designed to carry large amounts of cargo to areas that do not have landing strips.

The huge airship is being built by Worldwide Aeros Corp. based out of Montebello, California. It was commissioned by NASA and the Pentagon, and will be used for military and humanitarian operations. The first test flights will be in the next couple of months.
Kenny says, “I’m sure people are going to be like, ‘Oh, there’s a UFO flying around.’”

Sunday, January 05, 2014

Cracking the 1896/97 Airships Mystery?


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Airship Drawing

Cracking the 1896/97 Airships Mystery? Toward a Psycho-Sociocultural Explanation (Long Version) - Part I

By Gilles Fernandez
skepticversustheflyingsaucers.blogspot.fr
1-1-14

      It is currently a draft format, and corrections, remarks, format, as fixing my bad English is under way.

The goal of this paper is to present the first elements toward a Psycho-Sociocultural Explanation for the famous airship wave of 1896-97; in other words, an explanation without resorting to mysterious or Fortean entities, and in accordance with the economy of hypotheses principle (Occam's Razor).

Note: the bibliography is available at the end of this document when it concerns paper sources. When the source or help is available online, we use hypertext links or notes.

Introduction and Problematic

The first and probably most famous of the so-called Airships waves is the great one of 1896/1897. The problematic is that there is a large number of testimonies, mainly in newspapers, of sightings of such aircraft. However, until scientific evidence to the contrary comes to light, man-made airship flights at this time and place are unknown to aeronautical history.

In other words, there are no historic or scientific evidence of the realization(s) and flight(s) of 1896/97 of such designs explaining what was observed. The historiographical material for the investigator consists in contemporary gazettes and newspapers. Despite some earlier press announcements, the wave really started with the mass sighting of November 17, 1896 around 6-7 PM. A strange light is alleged to have overflown above the city of Sacramento in California, and dozens of individuals seem to have observed, allegedly, an airship of egg-shape/cigar-shape design. The second foremost sighting occurred at Oakland/San Francisco (California again), the 20 November 1896. The narratives are also describing an airship. Such news were published by newspapers daily, and reports of airship sightings came from about twenty states by the end of the spring 1897. . . .

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Pre-Arnold UFO Sighting in Nebraska | UFO CHRONICLE – 1897


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Was Seen in The Early Dawn (1 & 2) - Kearney Daily Hub (Kearney Nebraska) 3-11-1897

By Kearney Daily Hub
3-11-1897


See Also:

Hometown History: UFO Sighting Never Fully Explained

Airships | The Beginning - 1896

UFO CHRONICLE | Small (Human) Body & Silver Plate Etched with Hieroglyphics Found in Aerolite 8-16-1878

* Special Thanks To Kay Massingill & The Magonia Exchange Project





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Friday, October 04, 2013

Large UFO, Flying Low at Great Speed Causes Excitement | UFO CHRONICLE - Feb. 1915

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Large UFO Flying Low with Great Speed Causes Excitement

By St Albans Messeger
2-18-1915


* Special Thanks To Kay Massingill & The Magonia Exchange Project

See Also:

Many See Strange 'Airship'
February 27, 1913


UFO CHRONICLE | 6-5-1910: Object Resembling Airship (UFO) Emerges From Ocean

Report a Mysterious Airship
December 10, 1901






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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Meteorite Brought Life Ingredients To Earth




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Meteorite Brought Life Ingredients To Earth

By Charles Q. Choi
The huffington Post
9-10-13

      Scientists have discovered unexpected ingredients for life — organic molecules never seen before in meteorites — inside a chunk of space rock that fell to Earth over California last year, scientists say.

The discovery comes from an analysis of the so-called Sutter's Mill meteorite, which lit up the California night sky with a dazzling fireball in April 2012. Meteorite fragments from the event may shed light on the primordial ooze that helped give rise to life on Earth, researchers said.

Meteors that streak across Earth's sky mostly are fragments of the asteroids that lie between Mars and Jupiter. Meteorites can be rich in organic compounds, including some found among life on Earth.

"Their composition therefore has always been seen as an indication that the precursors to the evolution that led to the origins of life could have come from the extraterrestrial material of meteorites," study lead author Sandra Pizzarello, a biochemist at Arizona State University in Tempe, told SPACE.com. "Since the origins of life are utterly unknown, the idea has its merits." . . .

Monday, December 24, 2012

Santa Claus Builds A Flying Machine

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Santa Claus of The Future - 1908

By blogs.smithsonianmag.com
12-20-12

     Some people are up in arms over a recent update to Santa Claus that excised his smoking habit. However you feel about Santa losing his pipe, let me assure you that this won’t be the last time that Santa gets a makeover. It’s easy for some people to forget that every generation has “updated” Santa to fit with the times — or in some cases to fit with the future.

As the 1800s gave way to the 1900s, many Americans felt like perhaps Santa Claus needed a new way of getting from house to house. Since the early 19th century, old Saint Nick had been using a sleigh and reindeer to deliver his presents. But by the 1890s some Americans thought an automobile would be a more modern form of transportation for the jolly old man. However, some illustrators didn’t think that the automobile was quite modern enough and wanted to blast Santa into the future with his very own flying machine.

The postcard above (sent in 1908) shows Santa smoking his pipe in his flying machine and dropping a doll down some lucky kid’s chimney. . . .