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Id 29
Date 1897-04-23
Location USA / District of Columbia / Washington, D.C.
Database p airship

An airship was observed in Washington. It was shaped like an "oblong balloon floating upon its side, with a slight pitch in the direction in which it was going." The agricultural department suggested it was a kite sent up by the weather bureau for the purpose of meteorological experiments.

Sources

NEWSPAPER Daily News (Salem, Ohio, USA)

1897-04-24

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kite    airship   

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