UFOs Over Indiana? Residents Saw Something

Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1909
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THINK AIRSHIP WAS SAILING ABOVE THE CITY

Residents of Bloomingdale See Supposed Machine High in Heavens.

Did an airship sail over Fort Wayne Friday a.m.? Half a score or more of Bloomingdale residents are declaring their confident belief that such was the case. They saw it.

One of the earliest to report the presence of the supposed aerial navigating machine was Oswald Brudi, clerk at the post office, who resides on Wells street. Others in the vicinity were also attracted by a glimpse of the object and there is a concurrence of conviction that it was actually an aeroplane of some variety whose owner was enjoying a spin high in the heavens.

The airship, if such it was, was first noticed about 8 o'clock and it seemed to come from over the city, sailing in a northwesterly direction. A little later it turned to a course due west, and was soon lost to view, having been visible not to exceed five minutes. The machine was very high in the air, and apparently too small to be one of the big creations which the big aviators have been using in their sensational performances.

--Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, Fort Wayne, Indiana, September 8, 1909, page 9.