Laurance
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Post by Laurance on Oct 26, 2010 19:13:48 GMT 1
THE FIRST KNOWN PRINTED REFERENCE TO A MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP WAS ON MARCH 29TH 1880 .,ISSUE OF THE SANTE FE WEEKLY NEW MEXICAN , THE NEWSPAPER REPORTED THAT LATE ON THE EVENING OF THE 26TH OBSERVERS IN THE VILLAGE OF GALISTEO JUNCTION HAD OBSERVED THE PASSAGE OF A LARGE BALLOON AND HEARD THE MERRY SHOUTS OF ITS PASSENGERS , FROM THE CRAFT WERE DROPPED A CUP OF VERY PECULIAR WORKMANSHIP AND A MAGNIFICENT FLOWER WITH A SLIP OF EXCEEDINGLY FINE SILK -LIKE PAPER , ON WHICH SOME CHARATERS RESEMBLING THOSE ON JAPANESE TEA CHESTS , THE NEXT EVENING A CHINESE AMERICAN VISITOR SAID HE RECOGNISED THE PAPER AS A MESSAGE FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND , A PASSENGER ON THE SHIP , WHICH HE SAID WAS ON ITS WAY TO NEW YORK CITY . {NOTE ; POSSIBLY FICTIONAL} AN OUTBREAK OF AIRSHIP REPORTS OCCURRED ALONG THE BORDER OF GERMANY AND RUSSIAN POLAND IN EARLY 1892 AS WOULD BE THE CASE WITH LATER AIRSHIP SCARES THE GERMANS WERE THOUGHT TO HAVE DEVELOPED ADVANCED AIRCRAFT WHICH COULD FLY AGAINST THE WIND (UNLIKE BALLOONS) AND HOVER FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME , NO SUCH AIRCRAFT EXISTED AT THAT TIME NOR HAD ANY BEEN DEVELOPED (DESPITE NUMEROUS CONTEMPORARY RUMORS TO THE CONTRARY) BY 1896 WHEN THE GREAT AMERICAN AIRSHIP SCARE ERUPTED IN CALIFORNIA .
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