There was no report for 1909 in America, though an odd aerial object
was sighted near the Galapagos Islands. But in 1910, one January
morning, a large silvery cigar-shaped device startled Chattanooga.
After about five minutes, the thing sped away, appearing over
Huntsville, Alabama, shortly afterward. It made a second appearance
over Chattanooga the next day, then headed east and was never seen
again.

In Popular Astronomy, January 27, 1012, a Dr. F. B. Harris described
an intensely black object that he saw crossing the moon. As nearly as
he could tell, it was gigantic in size--though again there was no way
to be sure of its distance from him or the moon. With careful
understatement, Dr. Harris said, "I think a very interesting and
curious phenomenon happened that night."

A strange shadow was noted on the clouds at Fort Worth, Texas, on
April 8, 19, 3. It appeared to be caused by some large body hovering
motionless above the clouds. As the cloud layer moved, the shadow
remained in the same position. Then it changed size, diminishing, and
quickly disappeared, as if it had risen vertically. A report on this
was given in the Weather Bureau Review of that year, Number 4-599

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By 1919, dirigibles were of course well known to most of the world.
When a dirigible-shaped object appeared over Huntington, West
Virginia, in July of that year, there was no great alarm. It was
believed to be an American blimp, though the darkness--it was eleven
at night--prevented observers from being sure. But a later check-up
proved it was not an American ship, nor was it from any country