1897: A Year of UFO Sightings

Most history buffs who read about the frontier west don’t expect to encounter tales of “airships” and “strange lights.” However, if you’ve seen the film “Cowboys & Aliens,” and you believe everything you see on the big screen, you’ll know that these things do happen.

Once such event took place at the Silver Lake Mine, east of Kendall Mountain near Silverton, Colorado. Continue reading