Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 April 1911 — Have You Seen the Strange Light In the West or Northwest? [ARTICLE]

Have You Seen the Strange Light In the West or Northwest?

Who has an air ship over west or northwest of Rensselaer ? We don’t know how far, possibly a dozen and possibly fifty or more miles But some person out that way makes nightly flights to great heights, and the attention of many have been attracted thereby for the past month. Almost every evening shortly after dark strange -craft makes its ascension, and the pilot seems to have it under perfect control and swings about as gracefully as the most experienced aeroplane drivers. Jay Stockton seems to have sighted the strange light first and has watched it many evenings since the first discovery. ;One night last week a number of people were notified from the central office and were able to witness the light for about an hour. It seemed to move away in a direct line and grew smaller and fainter. Sunday night it was visible again. Possibly it will be again tonight. To all appearances it is an aeroplane. But how far it is away would be a difficult matter to tell. It may be that some inventive genius in west Jasper has constructed an air craft and it may be that the airship is being tried out nftny miles further from here. Look for yourself and help solve the mystery.