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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: <Rfbagby~at~aol.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2004 08:56:28 EDT
To: jvf~at~Gilead.org.il

In a message dated 4/6/04 6:49:39 PM, albonnici~at~vol.net.mt writes:

<< 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. >>
REPLY: Oh, one more note from the Cohen book -- that argues that another
source of this is American anxiety over the imminent Spanish-American War (many of
the Mystery Inventor theorists speculated such a person would come forward by
some spectacular demonstration like bombing Havana from the air.) This of
course is another parallel to Cold War interpretations of sky sightings, plus
other forgotten cases like WWII sightings of "phantom missiles."
Ross
Received on Thu 08 Apr 2004 - 15:56:39 IDT

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