Welcome to Calm History. I'm Harris, and this podcast is my quirky mix of education with sedation.

So go ahead, lean back, put up your feet, and settle into my time machine of tranquility.

I hope this episode distracts and relaxes your overactive brain squirrels.

In archive episode number 33, I covered the history of UFOs.

In this episode, I'm going to focus on just one part of that history,

the phantom airship invasion of the 1800s.

And don't expect boring descriptions of people staring at blimps and dirigible.

This phantom airship invasion is going to include sky serpents,

a lost tribe from Israel, a flying booze crews,

naked space aliens, seven-foot-tall aliens, A Flying Booze Cruise, Naked Space Aliens,

7-foot-tall aliens,

an abducted doctor, an abducted cow,

a lying attorney, a crazy dentist,

a coded cipher, Thomas Edison, and an electrician named Harris.

Yeah, phantom airships are going to be a hoot. In the near future, I'll stitch together

both of my episodes about the history of UFOs and Phantom Airships

into a one-hour extended bonus episode for my Sok Plus members.

So stay tuned for that.

But for now, the Phantom Airship Invasion of the 1800s.

There have been several moments in history with a surge of UFO reports.

One of those moments occurred in the late 1800s across the United States, although it may have started in South

America in 1868 near the city of Copiapo in Chile. The following quote was printed in

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