Cryptids and UFOs in Nebraska

Creatures reported in Nebraska

Walgren Lake Monsteraka Alkali Lake Monster, Giganticus BruterviousA 40-foot, horned, alligator-like beast said to live in a small Nebraska sandhills lake, probably a newspaperman's hoax.Reptiliansaka Reptoids, Reptilian aliensScaly, reptile-like humanoids from some abduction reports, and a notorious conspiracy theory.

Famous cases

1. 1935Old Jules mentions the monster
   Walgren Lake Monster · Walgren Lake, Hay Springs, Nebraska
2. 1938The tall-tale version
   Walgren Lake Monster · Walgren Lake, Hay Springs, Nebraska
3. 1967Herbert Schirmer encounter
   Reptilians · Ashland, Nebraska

UFO files

• 69 US Air Force Project Blue Book files from Nebraska, 1947 to 1969
• 24 FAA pilot reports of lights and objects over Nebraska, 2007 to 2024
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From the old newspapers

Strange creatures, sea serpents and mystery airships reported in Nebraska papers before 1927.

1. 1897Prayer-meeting crowd hears voices from the sky
   Inavale
2. 1897A ball of fire crosses Omaha
   Omaha
3. 1897Omaha sees it for the third time
   Omaha
4. 1897A light hanging from a canoe-shaped bag
   Omaha
5. 1897Footprints where it landed near Red Cloud
   Red Cloud
6. 1897Passing over Ponca
   Ponca
7. 1897A wild man caught asleep in the Nebraska pines
   Crawford
8. 1907A 40-foot snake throws a farmer twenty feet
   Valley
9. 1921The Alkali Lake monster of Hay Springs
   Hay Springs

All 9 newspaper reports from Nebraska

Places to visit

• Bigfoot Crossroads of AmericaHastingsHarriett McFeely, the "Bigfoot Lady", opened this three-building museum in 2018 with skulls, casts and a sightings map that includes Nebraska reports.

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