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Podcast episodes about Mystery airships

Also called Phantom airship, Mystery airship, Airship wave of 1896-97

The 10 best episodes we found about Mystery airships, from 9 different shows. Recent and well-loved episodes first.

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America’s First UFO Panic: The Mystery Airships Before Roswell
Unexplained History Jun 24, 2026 · 60 min
Before Roswell, before flying saucers, and even before the Wright brothers, Americans were already looking up at the night sky and reporting strange craft, glowing lights, secret pilots, impossible machines, and visitors from Mars. In this episode of…
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Ep.11 The Mystery Airships of the 1800s
UFO Chronicles Podcast Jun 3, 2025 · 7 min
Welcome to Brief Encounters, where history’s strangest moments collide with the unexplained. The automobile is still a novelty. The Wright brothers haven’t yet flown. Electricity lights up only a few cities. Yet, across the skies of America, something…
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"Mystery Airships" w/ Pam Murphy
Bigfoot Collectors Club Nov 25, 2020 · 77 min
Episode #139 | PAM MURPHY (I Will Write Your Book, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) reminices about growing up near the Pig Lady, her superstitious mother, the hair she once found in a wall and much more! Then, Michael looks back on the MYSTERY AIRSHIP flap of 1896-1897!…
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Secret Origin of the Mystery Airships! (Phantom Airships, Ghost Airships, UFOs, 1896, 1897)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 13, 2023 · 116 min
In 1896 and 1897, Mystery Airships were reported from California to the Mississippi, which some believed were alien ships. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli eliminated many theories about the airships, and now address the final mystery: what were the airships…
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Airship Mystery of 1896 and 1897 (Mystery Airships, Phantom Airships, Ghost Airships, UFOs)
Jimmy Akin's Mysterious World Oct 6, 2023 · 92 min
In the late 1890s, there was a wave of sightings over the US of mysterious airships displaying unusual flight characteristics. Jimmy Akin and Dom Bettinelli discuss these unusual airships and the theories that they were aliens, hoaxes, or maybe something…
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Mystery Airships: Galisteo, New Mexico - 45
Phantom Journey's Podcast May 15, 2024 · 75 min
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to this week's episode. Sorry we skipped a week, it's been a crazy few days. Luckily we've set the date and we'll be back in the studio on Saturday. New mics and a mixer! again thank you to everyone who helped out! We hope you enjoy…
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REWIND: The Mystery Airships of 1896-1897
Ohio Mysteries Feb 19, 2024 · 22 min
In November of 1896, California residents reported seeing ships in the air sailing over the homes - a sight all the more puzzling since airships hadn't been invented yet, and the Wright Brothers wouldn't fly their first plane for another seven years. Those…
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Mystery Airships
Great Lakes Lore Jan 17, 2022 · 63 min
Episode Notes Aaron and Samantha travel back to the nineteenth century to explore the mystery airships that were spotted throughout the country in 1896/97. What started as a trio of lights above Sacramento, California, grew to reported sightings of actual…
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Mystery Airships, Marauding Lions, and Nancy Drew
Futility Closet Apr 7, 2014 · 35 min
In 1896 a strange wave of airship sightings swept Northern California; the reports of strange lights in the sky created a sensation that would briefly engulf the rest of the country. In this week's episode of the Futility Closet podcast we'll examine some of…
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1. THE MYSTERY AIRSHIPS
ALIEN LA: Terror in the Air! Feb 4, 2022 · 13 min
What was spotted in California skies years before the Wright brothers’ first flight? Did people really believe that Martians were invading their communities, sending the country into a mass-panic? And what hovered above Los Angeles one evening in 1942…
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