Case file · Sighting

'Indian canoe' airship at Everest, Kansas

On 1 April 1897 people at Everest, Kansas, described an object shaped like an Indian canoe, up to thirty feet long, sweeping a multicoloured searchlight.

1897 CE · 39.68, -95.42 · status: disputed

The account

The next night thousands in Kansas City reported a dark object with a penetrating light, which was said to reappear over Everest about an hour later.

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Sources

  1. Wikipedia: Mystery airship
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