16 April 1897
(Deseret Evening News, Great Salt Lake City, Utah)
Source: University
of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah
Quote from the article:
“People in Kansas, Nebraska, Illinois and Iowa seem to have been
agitated lately over the appearance of something they believe to be an airship,
and others a star. A farmer living in the vicinity of Sioux City, Iowa
has given publicity to a story to the effect that he, about midnight on the 3rd (April 1897) of this month saw a strange light in a cornfield. He knew there was no house
there. As he came nearer he saw a cigar-shaped object about 35 feet long and under it a
gondola. The captain of the craft, the farmer says, suddenly discovered him,
gave an order and away went the airship.”
http://udn.lib.utah.edu/cdm/compoundobject/collection/den1895/id/67851/show/67813/rec/11
Satellite photo of Sioux City, Iowa
(tageo.com)
(tageo.com photo)
