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Re: The Airship Sightings Over the United States Between the Years 1896-1898 and Its Connection to Verne's Novel Robur the Conqueror!

From: Brian Taves <btav~at~loc.gov>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 19:43:45 -0400 (EDT)
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

If memory serves, this was discussed in one of the issues of Dakkar, the
ca. 1970 JV fanzine edited by forum colleague Ron Miller, tho it may have
been in the final, unpublished issue.

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Alex Michael Bonnici wrote:

>
> The Airship Sightings Over the United States Between the Years 1896-1898
> and Its Connection to Verne's Novel Robur the Conqueror!
>
> Hello Gang,
> One of the the greatest mysteries in the vast lore of the
> mysterious and unexplained is the Airship sightings that occurred over
> the United States between the years 1896-1898. Some investigators claim
> that that these alleged sightings were fuelled by sensational newspaper
> articles and "penny dreadful" tales connected with the possibility of
> heavier than air flying machines. Some even connect these sightings to
> the publication of Jules Verne's Novel "Robur the Conqueror" also known
> by its other title "The Clipper Ship of the Clouds" in the early 1890's.
>
> My question for this group is when, if ever, was this novel serialized
> in the popular press of the period? Does anyone here have information
> concerning the full publication of this novel in the United States?
>
> I welcome any feed back and ideas concerning the mysterious events of
> 1896-1898. Was their a real life Robur experimenting with secret
> airships? :-)
>
> Alex Michael Bonnici
Received on Wed 07 Apr 2004 - 02:43:59 IDT

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