Let’s look into the Century+ mystery of the 1896 Airship that cruised over Sacramento & then San Francisco, eventually within 6 months it had soared all the way to Michigan!

Was this Americas first Ufo/UAP & did it spark the modern light in the sky craze?

Do you live in one of the dozens of towns that spotted this phenomenon??

Thousands of folk across America reported this Airship & hundreds of newspapers published its appearances but there are many descriptions from Giant metal bird to a 150ft cigar shaped craft that had 3 spotlights so what exactly was it? & why did William Randolph Hearst accuse this Airship flap as a product of Yellow Journalism & Journalistic hoaxes? But it was him caught masterminding events to come!

Learn about the Airship craze, explore & speculate on the answer to the classic American mystery & discover if your live near one of its many landings / sightings today on Fringe History!