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UFO. Germany

ID #1632323464
Added Wed, 22/09/2021
Author July N.
Sources
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Initial data

Initial information from sources or from an eyewitness
Incident date: 
23.02.1916
Location: 
Germany

Springfield, Illinois, February 24, 1916, p.

Airships are flying to America

Berlin, February 23. "A large fleet of airships has been spotted flying to America and delivering food to Germany, which is possible if this war lasts a few years longer," the aeronautics authority said today.

"It's like a dream," he said. "But a war in which submarines moved from Wilhelmshaven to Constantinople, and zeppelins and planes played unexpected roles, can lead to even more amazing events, say, in three or five years."

 

Original news

Springfield, Illinois, STATE JOURNAL, 24 February 1916, page

ZEPP FLEET MAY FLY TO AMERICA

Berlin, Feb. 23. - A great fleet of Zeppelins, flying to America, and bringing food back to Germany is a possibility if this war lasts several years longer, an authority on aeronautics declared today.

"Seems like a dream," he said. "But a war that has seen submarines go from Wilhelmshaven to Constantinople, and Zeppelins and aeroplanes play unexpected roles, may see some even more startling developments in say three or five years."

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The airship

The aircraft lighter than air, which is a combination of the balloon with the mover (usually a screw with an electric motor or internal combustion engine) and the system of the orientation control (steering control), through which the airship can move in any direction regardless of the direction of air flow.
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