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daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1917-09-21
Location: augusta, maine, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: daily kennebec journal (augusta, me.) 1870-1975 [microfilm reel] · 1917-09-21 · page 06
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1917-09-21 newspaper page contains wording relevant to “mysterious airship”. This is historical reporting or commentary preserved by the Library of Congress; it is not treated as verification that the described event occurred.

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... ple who have seen the mysterious airship which is cutting circles in air over the county, nights, says the Times. They i saw it Tuesday night at New Meadows, about seven o'clock. The light circled in a-large arc over the colony above New Meadows Inn and was plainly sen by the three people. A white crow has been making its head quarters on the Call road in Milford for some time and has been the envy of many huntsmen. Monday William Lahree, a millwright for the Milford Bundle Wood Co., meandered "but that way with his gun and returned with Mr Whitewings. It is now in the hands of Mr. Legasse of Old Town, the ...

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