Airship Invasion! Mystery Sightings from the 1890s

Starting in November 1896, California residents starting seeing mysterious cigar shaped craft with bright lights passing over their cities. The airship sightings continued across the US and Canada, and a media frenzy began. Was it evidence of new technology appearing years ahead of its time, or was it a media hoax generated by yellow journalism to increase sales? Or maybe visitors from outer space?

Learn more about the mysterious Victorian airship sightings:

The airship wave of 1896-1897 Wikipedia article

“Mystery Airship” Sightings, 1896 – 1897
by Think Anomalous

The Great Airship of 1897
by J. Allan Danelek

Unexplained!
by Jerome Clark