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the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 — mysterious airship

Date of account: Newspaper page published 1909-12-23
Location: missoula, montana, united states
Source: Chronicling America paranormal and anomalous-report excerpts
Reference: the daily missoulian (missoula, mont.) 1904-1961 · 1909-12-23 · page 01
Rights: public_domain
Language: English OCR
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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A 1909-12-23 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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... though his condition is grave. MYSTERIOUS AIRSHIP IS SEEN VEHICLE OF THE AIR CIRCLES FOUR TIMES OVER WOR CESTER, MASS. Worcester, Mass.. Dec. 3.--Plying at a speed of from 3u to 40 miles an hour, a mysterious airship tonight appeared over Worcester, hovered over the city for a few minutes. disappeared for for about two hours and then re turned to cut four circles above the city. using a searchlight of tremend ous power. Thousands of persons thronged the streets to watch the mys terious visitor. The airship remained over the city for 15 minutes. all the time at a height which most observers set at about ,000 feet, too far to enable even its ...

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