Dundy County UFO hoax
The Dundy County UFO hoax was a hoax perpetrated by the
Report and revelation of hoax
According to the
The story was both widely believed to be a hoax or a joke by its author soon after its publication.[6] It was parodied throughout the campaign season of that year's presidential election.[6] The Laramie Boomerang of Wyoming, for example—though initially carrying the story—reported on June 14 that the story was a political allegory for the temperance movement.[7] It was published about a decade before the mass reports of mystery airships in the late 1890s, which included various sightings throughout Nebraska.[8]
Despite the Nebraska State Journal admitting that it was a hoax in 1927, some people continued to believe that the sighting was legitimate.
References
Citations
- ^ Daily Nebraskan 2007; Gaster 2013, p. 90.
- ^ Gaster 2013, p. 90; Loudon 1986, p. 11B.
- ^ a b c Gaster 2013, p. 90.
- ^ Bacon 2006, 28:00–31:00.
- ^ Gaster 2013, p. 90; McCook Gazette 2007.
- ^ a b c d e Gaster 2013, p. 92.
- ^ Gaster 2013, p. 96.
- ^ Gaster 2013, pp. 92, 99; Welsch 1979, p. 94.
- ^ McCook Gazette 2007.
- ^ Range 1997, pp. 1, 5A.
Bibliography
- Bacon, Dale (19 January 2006). UFOs, monsters, and other Nebraska oddities (Speech). Brown Bag Lecture Series. Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Nebraska. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- Gaster, Patricia C. (2013). "'A celestial visitor' revisited: A Nebraska newspaper hoax from 1884" (PDF). Nebraska History. 94: 90–99. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-11-10. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- Loudon, Betty (6 March 1986). "Sequel to 'UFO's visit Nebraska'". Out of old Nebraska. Schuyler Sun. p. 11B.
- Range, Stacey (30 June 1997). "Hundreds have claimed to spot UFOs across state". Lincoln Journal Star. pp. 1, 5A.
- Welsch, Robert L. (1979). "'This mysterious light called an airship': Nebraska saucer sightings, 1897" (PDF). Nebraska History. 60: 92–113. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-08-04. Retrieved 2022-06-17.
- "Nebraska may have had its own Roswell in 1884". Daily Nebraskan. 18 March 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- "UFO incident has a life of its own". McCook Gazette. 27 August 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2022.