Episode 327
Phantom Airships of 1896–97: Lights, Hoaxes, and Martian Tales
Good Company in the Car: The Bigfoot and Murder and Everything Else Podcast
February 10, 202638m 59sExplicit
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Show Notes
This episode explores the 1896–1897 mystery airship wave across the United States: thousands of reported nighttime lights and dramatic accounts of airborne craft, alleged crews, and even Martian visitors.
It traces the sightings from Sacramento through the Midwest, examines explanations (hoaxes, misidentifications, secret inventors, and early aviation), and looks at how newspapers and later UFO enthusiasts shaped the story.