The Airship Mystery of 1896/1897 remain a fascinating topic.
Earlier in the year I wrote a two part article concerning this still unsolved mystery. Jimmy Akin has don some excellent research and his two videos are worth the time if you are interested in this subject. This is video number one.
Video from Jimmy Akin
Airship Mystery of 1896 and 1897 (Mystery Airships, UFOs) - Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World
"In the late 1890s, there was a wave of sightings over the US of mysterious airships displaying unusual flight characteristics. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss these unusual airships and the theories that they were aliens, hoaxes, or maybe something else. https://mysterious.fm/279
Further Resources: • Michael Busby’s book Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery: https://amzn.to/46zXvKn
• J. Allan Danelek’s book The Great Airship of 1897: https://amzn.to/46Dn5hx
• Carlos Allende’s book Close Encounters of the Phantom Kind: The Ghost Airship Wave of 1896-1897 in the News: https://amzn.to/3Q2fmnL
• UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas (historical lecture video): • UFO Sightings in 1897 Arkansas • Jules Verne’s novel Robur the Conqueror: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robur_t...
• Judge Albert L. Love: https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/mem...
• Appointment of Judge Love: https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/675..
from video introduction