1897 UAP Cases

Aurora, Texas 1897 — Airship Wave and Alleged Crash

The Great Airship Wave of 1896–1897 involved hundreds of reports across the United States of large cigar-shaped airships — years before controlled powered flight. The Aurora, Texas incident on April 17, 1897 reported a crash of an unidentified craft on a local judge's property and an alleged non-human occupant buried in the Aurora cemetery. Texas state historical records document the incident; the Dallas Morning News published the original account. Modern ground-penetrating radar surveys of the grave site found anomalous metallic material.