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weaving about and stars do not weave around the heavens!"
Chicago Record, April 10, 1897: "_Airship Sighted Over Chicago And
Evanston!_ People are tripping over themselves these days trying to get
the best look at this green and white-lighted giant air-ship that has had
the people all over the mid-west in a dither. Some people think the end
of the world is near . . . Scientific minds have explained the whole
thing away by now. The mystery will surely be cleared up in a few days.
Mr. Carr, an aeronaut, has built an experimental balloon and is financed
by a New York theatrical wig manufacturing company . . . Mr. Carr
states his machine works marvelously, but cannot go against the
wind . . . power is storage battery with propeller! Professor Hough of
Northwestern University and head astronomer of the observatory stated
when asked to train his telescope on the object: 'I am busy with sights
on Jupiter and it would be too troublesome to change to look at this
new thing.' The next day, Hough said: 'The thousands of people that are
reporting this so-called strange airship are in reality looking at Alpha
Orionis in the Constellation Orion!"
This great scientist was too "busy with sights on Jupiter . . . it would be
too troublesome . . ." Too troublesome to view for the first time a ship

from another world! Although he refused to look at the object he
seemed to know exactly what thousands of other people were seeing!
How would he know since he only had the advantage of total
ignorance?
Chicago Record, April 12, 1897: "_Giant Airship Continues Over
Chicago And Environs!_ People all over the city are in an uproar, and
while everyone is viewing this grand sight on the south side, two
amateur photographers who are news dealers in Rogers Park, looked
out and saw the airship. Their photo shows the north Western Railway
station and above it the purported airship! The photographers are
Walter McCann and G. A. Overocker. This airship was seen to come in
over the lake and traverse the whole city for several days."
The same report with an Omaha date line of April 11th says: "A
gentleman brags he has mystery airship problem solved. He is an
inventor and desires that he be allowed thirty-five acres to demonstrate
his airship for the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. The gentleman didn't
sign his name, but the reporter hopes the dilemma will be settled by his
promises."
The same report again, with a Fort Dodge, Iowa date line of April 11th
says: "Old German residents say that this very same type airship came
over Germany thirty years before and the people were scared to
death . . . said the devil's army was approaching and these were his
vehicles!"
The same report again, with a Milwaukee, Wisconsin date line of April
11th says: "The residents of Milwaukee cannot be talked out of what
they are seeing . . . thousands report the authenticity of a giant,
beautiful airship with colored lights . . . the police records are full of
the story for they have been called to answer what it is!"
Chicago Record, April 13, 1897: "_Airship Called A Hoax!_ Several
notable citizens are known to have caused airship scene . . . remains of
paper and wood device in wreckage is in their yard. (No names given
of the 'notables')."

The device mentioned was supposed to have been in the wreckage, but
another column in the same paper said: "Airship seen in Rock Island,
Illinois and Elkhart, Indiana!" How could it have been seen if it was
wrecked?
Chicago Tribune, April 12, 1897: "One chap knows all about the
airship. He says: 'These thousands of people didn't see a steel hull
because this is the airship my friend has built in California and is on its
way here to Chicago. Although, I must say, he sure has made good time
for he isn't due until next week and the hull is paper, not steel. My
friend, O. Chanute is on board too and I will introduce all of you to him
when he arrives!' This chap is the Secretary of the Chicago
Aironautical Society, Max L. Harmar."
The same strange sightings were made at Sisterville, Virginia. In 1897
and other years, there were amazing observances in Texas. The same
old story, isn't it? Thousands of people in America observed this
gigantic space ship . . . authorities called it Venus or Alpha Orionis, or
a balloon. A balloon that couldn't go against the wind, yet the "airship"
did just that. Notice where the report says: "Scientific minds have
explained the whole thing away by now." That's exactly what they have
been trying to do since 1947 in the present saga.