The article underneath has been published in the daily newspaper The Mining Journal, Marquette, Michigan, Sunday, May 1, 1897.
Warning: the airship stories must not be taken at face value as "UFO sightings." Evaluation of such stories is under way here.
AIRSHIP SEEN AT SIDNAWA correspondent at Sidnaw, "who will not subscribe his name for fear people will say he had taken a glass to much", sends a story of the airship which he claims to have seen on the night of the 26th. According to his account he had a better view than most of those who claim to have seen the strange craft have been favored with. He says: "Last night (Monday) I was taking a short walk before retiring for the night. As a rule, I am a person who retires early, but this night I happened to be out late. It was about 11:00 o'clock." "I happened to cast my eyes upward, and to my astonishment, I saw three large lights, red, green, and white. When I first noticed the strange object it seemed to be over Booth's mill, and was sailing in a southeasterly direction. It was going, perhaps, sixty miles an hour. I was near the Nester estate warehouse at the time, and before I could get anyone else to the site, the ship had disappeared from view." "It was a bright light and I could plainly discern a cigar shaped object and a basket below, somewhat resembling a street car. I should judge it was about 2,000 feet from the ground." |
