Lincoln, Illinois: Over 50 people watch a light, one sees V-shaped object with searchlight
On the evening of April 12, 1897, more than 50 people on Pulaski Street in Lincoln, Illinois, watched a light moving to the northeast; John Fitzgerald saw a V-shaped object with a bright searchlight.
Background
At 8:00 p.m. on April 12, 1897, during a rainstorm, more than 50 people stood on Pulaski Street in Lincoln, Illinois, to watch a light moving to the northeast. John Fitzgerald saw a V-shaped object with a bright searchlight moving rapidly toward Lincoln. The object changed course, its light changed from white to green, and it disappeared behind clouds. The case belongs to the airship wave of 1897 and was reported by the Lincoln Daily Courier the next day. The account follows the entry in George M. Eberhart's chronology UFOs and Intelligence (CUFOS) and the sources cited there; it is not an independent determination by From Beyond Space.