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A Texas Historical Commission marker outside the Aurora Cemetery, alleged burial site of the UFO pilot, which briefly mentions the incident.. On April 19, 1897, an article in the Dallas Morning News written by S.E. Haydon [a] described the UFO crash. [2]
Aurora is known for a purported UFO crash in April 1897, and the ongoing legend that the UFO's pilot is supposedly buried in the local cemetery. [10] Although the town has embraced the legend to a point (the city's website mentions the legend), [11] the cemetery association has refused all requests to exhume the alien's purported gravesite.
1897-04-17 Aurora, Texas, UFO incident • NA, United States; Aurora, Texas: Local correspondent S.E. Hayden reported the crash of an airship piloted by an alien. According to Hayden, the pilot was buried in the local cemetery. Residents of Aurora embrace the story without taking it seriously. [34] [35]
Aurora, Texas. Year: 1897 In the “Year of the Great Airships,” so called due to sightings from Illinois to Texas, Dallas Morning News contributor S.E. Haydon filed a report about a UFO that ...
An account from Aurora, Texas, [42] related in the Dallas Morning News on April 19, 1897, reported that a couple of days before, an airship had smashed into a windmill belonging to a Judge Proctor, then crashed. The occupant was dead and mangled, but the story reported that the presumed pilot was clearly "not an inhabitant of this world."
NASA has taken steps to study UFO sightings. Here’s how Texas fits in.
While some sightings can be explained, such as a 2012 incident involving a drone used for aerial photography by Swing Wing Productions, the data reveals that West Texas accounts for nearly half of ...
1896–1897: Multiple: Multiple: Mystery airships: Alleged sightings of airship-like vehicles across the United States. April 17, 1897: Aurora: Texas: Aurora, Texas, UFO incident: Local residents alleged that an airship crashed here, with the dead alien pilot being subsequently buried in the local cemetery. February 24, 1942: Los Angeles ...