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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: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 07:31:17 -0400
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Terry Harpold" <tharpold~at~english.ufl.edu>

> Yes, Ron, that would be swell (and I'd like to get my hands on the full
article, too, BTW). The 1897 "Airship flap" is of special interest to me (my
passion for "Forteana" showing here -- see <http://www.forteantimes.com> if
you don't know what that means); having just read _Robur_, it was was on my
mind again.

I read the Fortean Times every month!

> Good sources (more or less critical, more or less credulous) on the
flap -- I don't recall if the Bartholomew or Cohen mention Verne; I haven't
read the Busby yet:
>
> Bartholomew, Robert E. “The Airship Hysteria of 1896-97.” Skeptical
Inquirer 14.2 (1990): 171-81.
>
> Busby, Michael. Solving the 1897 Airship Mystery. Gretna, LA: Pelican
Publishing, 2004.
>
> Cohen, Daniel. The Great Airship Mystery: A UFO of the 1890s. East
Rutherford, NJ: Putnam Publishers, 1981.

I have all but the Busby book.

As soon as I am able, I will post my articles (or synopses of them)...

R
Received on Thu 08 Apr 2004 - 11:01:30 IDT

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