St. Paul, Minnesota: Airship with white, red and blue lights seen near Fort Snelling
On the night of April 15, 1897, an airship with a bright white light and two smaller red and blue lights was seen about 1,500 feet up near Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota, moving northwest before reversing direction and disappearing.
Background
At night on April 15, 1897, an airship appeared about 1,500 feet in the air near Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota. It showed a bright white light and two smaller lights, one red and one blue. The object moved northwest, then reversed direction and disappeared. The St. Paul Globe reported the observation on April 17, 1897, under the headline 'Seen at the Fort'. 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.