saw a strange sight. From a torpedo-shaped object overhead, dazzling
searchlights were pointing downward, sweeping the countryside. The
thing appeared to be about two hundred feet long, some thirty feet in
diameter, with stubby wings and red and green lights along the sides.
For almost ten minutes the aerial visitor circled the town, then it
swung eastward and vanished.

The next report was published in the U.S. Weather Bureau's monthly
Weather Review. On page 115 in the

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March 1904 issue, there is an account of an odd sighting at sea. On
February 24, 1904, a mysterious light had been seen above the Atlantic
by crew members of the U.S.S. Supply. It was moving swiftly, and
evidently at high altitude. The report was attested by Lieutenant
Frank H. Schofield, U.S.N.

On July 2, 1907, a mysterious explosion occurred, in the heavens near
Burlington, Vermont. Some witnesses described a strange,
torpedo-shaped device circling above. Shortly after it was seen, a
round, luminous object flashed down from the sky, then exploded,
(Weather Review, 1907, page 310.)

Another cigar-shaped craft was reported at a low altitude over
Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in 1905. Like the one at Sisterville, it
carried searchlights, which swept back and forth across the
countryside. After a few moments, the visitor rose in a steep climb,
and the searchlights blinked out.