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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: Ron Miller <spaceart~at~worldnet.att.net>
Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 21:19:42 -0400
To: "Jules Verne Forum" <jvf~at~Gilead.org.il>

Several years ago I wrote a long magazine article on this very subject, the
conclusion of which was that Robur the Conqueror had a major influence on
the 19th century airship sightings. If I can't post the entire article to
the group, I will at least post a synopsis.

RM


>
> 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 - 04:20:56 IDT

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