Episode 3 – Aliens in Rural Nebraska

This episode takes us to Dundy County, Nebraska in 1884 when they had a crazy alien sighting by a group of cowboys heading out for a local roundup. The details of the crash landing and multiple witnesses (including a couple who were severely hurt) were documented well.

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A Celestial Visitor. A Startling and Curious Story from the Ranges of Dundy County. A Blazing Aerolite Falls to the Astounded Earth. It is Evidently a Machine of Human Manufacture. State Journal. June 8, 1884.

Flashback Friday: “A Celestial Visitor” Revisited: A Nebraska Newspaper Hoax From 1884 - Patricia C. Gaster.” History Nebraska. Summer 2013. Accessed February 22, 2022. https://history.nebraska.gov/blog/flashback-friday-celestial-visitor-revisited-nebraska-newspaper-hoax-1884-patricia-c-gaster

Patricia C Gaster. “'A Celestial Visitor' Revisited: A Nebraska Newspaper Hoax From 1884.” Nebraska History 94 (2013): 90-99.

Sehnert, Walt. Lime Jello with cottage cheese -- from the sky? McCook Gazette. July 13, 2009. Accessed March 15, 2022. https://www.mccookgazette.com/story/1554245.html

The Magical Meteor, It Dissolves Like a Drop of Dew Before the Morning Sun. State Journal. June 9, 1884.

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