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November 13, 2025 112 mins
Before Roswell made UFOs a household name, strange craft were already haunting our skies. In the early 1900s, from the battlefields of World War I to quiet farmlands across the globe, witnesses reported encounters with mysterious airships, glowing discs, and their otherworldly occupants. We’ll look at UFO sightings and encounters from 1900 thru 1930 – and there are a lot more than you’d expect.

CHAPTERS & TIME STAMPS (All Times Approximate)…
00:00:00.000 = Lead-In
00:02:18.129 = Show Open
00:03:38.205 = UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1900s (Part 1)
00:20:30.205 = ***UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1900s (Part 2)
00:35:17.123 = ***UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1910s (Part 1)
01:03:56.725 = ***UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1910s (Part 2)
01:25:33.274 = ***UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1920s (Part 1)
01:37:49.569 = ***UFOs and Extraterrestrials in the 1920s (Part 2)
01:50:41.188 = Show Close

SOURCES AND REFERENCES FROM THE EPISODE…
Photo of Edward Pline UFO: https://weirddarkness.com/Early1900sUFOs, or https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/wp-content/gallery/bestufos/1870-03.jpg
Marcus Lowth for UFO Insight: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yckt2jzd, https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/yjh86ksd,https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/2p9a8xbh
Three Red Objects Sighted From USS Supply, NICAP http://www.nicap.org/040228pacific_dir.htm
The Democrat-Herald newspaper, August 27 1973
Saw An Airship, Columbus Republican, August 18, 1906 (page 5)
Emery County Progress, September 15 1906
The Burlington Free Press, June 3, 1907
Our Strange World, Mark Chorvinsky, Fate Magazine, Vol. 45, No. 8, August 1992
Daimonic Reality: A Field Guide to the Otherworld, Patrick Harpur, ISBN 9780937 663097
Modern Mysteries of Britain, Janet Bord and Colin Bord, ISBN 9780586 065297
HUMCAT: Catalogue of Humanoid Reports, David Webb and Ted Bloecher
UFOs: The Whole Story, Coral Lorenzen, ASIN B0006CDZPY
Earth Lights Revelation: UFOs and Mystery Lightform Phenomena – The Earth’s Secret Energy Force, Paul Devereux, ISBN 9780713 722093
NTCAT 1910 – 1919 – International Catalog of Entity Reports”, by Peter Rogerson http://intcat.blogspot.com/search/label/1911%20-%201919
From Airships to Arnold: A Preliminary Catalogue of UFO Reports in the Early 20th Century (1900-1946), Richard Hall, ISBN 192895 7013
Unexplained!: Strange Sightings, Incredible Occurrences and Puzzling Physical Phenomena, Jerome Clark, ISBN 9781578 590704
The Soviet UFO Files, Paul Stonehill, ISBN 9781858 338583
Book of Space Contacts, Timothy Beckley, ISBN 9780938 294054 (page 26-27)
UFO!: The Complete Sightings Guide, Peter Brookesmith, ISBN 9780713 725834 (page 31)=====(Over time links may become invalid, disappear, or have different content. I always make sure to give authors credit for the material I use whenever possible. If I somehow overlooked doing so for a story, or if a credit is incorrect, please let me know and I will rectify it in these show notes immediately. Some links included above may benefit me financially through qualifying purchases.)= = = = ="I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in me should stay in darkness." — John 12:46= = = = =WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2025, Weird Darkness.=====Originally aired: November 26, 2024
EPISODE PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/BeforeRoswell
ABOUT WEIRD DARKNESS: Weird Darkness is a true crime and paranormal podcast narrated by professional award-winning voice actor, Darren Marlar. Seven days per week, Weird Darkness focuses on all thing strange and macabre such as haunted locations, unsolved mysteries, true ghost stories, supernatural manifestations, urban legends, unsolved or cold case murders, conspiracy theories, and more. On Thursdays, this scary stories podcast features horror fiction along with the occasional creepypasta. Weird Darkness has been named one of the “Best 20 Storytellers in Podcasting” by Podcast Business Journal. Listeners have described the show as a cross between “Coast to Coast” with Art Bell, “The Twilight Zone” with Rod Serling, “Unsolved Mysteries” with Robe
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