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  Capt. Jim Hooton … confirmed a sighting of an airship near Texarkana, sketching the craft for the Daily Arkansas Gazette on April 22, 1897 (possibly a Hot Springs illustration; unconfirmed). Scan

  Photo courtesy of Brian Irby. - Submitted photo. ·from Captain Jim Hooton's airship landing near Homan, Arkansas (1897)
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  Enhanced scan of the front page of the Arkansas Gazette, 1897 Scan

  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette ·from The Gowrow: William Miller's Posse and the Searcy County Monster (1897)

  FIFTEEN LOUISVILLE OFFICIALS. INDATED FOR CORRUPTION. The Arkansas Gazette. SEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR LITTLE ROCK, SUNDAY, JANUARY 31, 1897.—SIXTEEN PAGES. SOUTHWESTERN TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE COMPANY. many of the principal towns and cities of Arkansas. Coll stations at the Central Office, Hotels and other …

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  Enhanced scan of page 16 of the Arkansas Gazette, 31 January 1897, with Elmer Burrus's drawing of the gowrow Scan

  Arkansas Democrat-Gazette; illustration by Elmer Burrus, 1897 ·from The Gowrow: William Miller's Posse and the Searcy County Monster (1897)

  THE GREEN GOWROW, KILLED IN SEARCY COUNTY. - From Photograph by Wm. Miller. Mr. William Miller, the well-known business man of this city, came a day from Seaway county. Mr. Miller tells a marvelous story of the life of a bitherto unknown man in the town of Blanco, in Calf Creek county. "For some tim…

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  Promotional image for the 2015 Old State House Museum lecture on 1897 UFO sightings in Arkansas Scan

  from The Hot Springs Airship Encounter (1897)
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  Portrait of John J. Sumpter of Hot Springs, former state legislator (likely the father of the constable) Scan

  Herndon, Centennial History of Arkansas (1922) ·from The Hot Springs Airship Encounter (1897)
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  Uncaptioned illustration on the Arkansas State Archives blog Scan

  from The Hot Springs Airship Encounter (1897)
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  Arkansas Gazette clipping of 22 April 1897 on the Hooton airship story near Texarkana Scan

  from The Hot Springs Airship Encounter (1897)

  SAW THE AIR SHIP Conductor Hooton, of the Iron Mountain, Tells of It. MOST AUTHENTIC STORY PRINTED He Ran Across the Aerial Ship in an Open Field Near Human and Talked With the Men Manning It—He Gives a Graphic Description of the Queer Looking Ship—Five Men Were Passengers in It—Mr. Hooton's Stateme…

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  Constable John J. Sumpter, a witness to an alleged UFO sighting in Hot Springs Scan

  From Arkansas and Its People, A History, 1541-1930, Volume III ·from The Hot Springs Airship Encounter (1897)
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  Eddie Apodaca's draft registration card Scan

  from The Trinity UFO Crash Claim (1945)

  REGISTRATION CARD—(Men born on or after January 1, 1922 and on or before June 30, 1924) SERIAL NUMBER | 1. NAME (Print) | ORDER NUMBER N 84 | Eddie C. Apodaca | 10 429 2. PLACE OF RESIDENCE (Print) P.O. 494 Hot Springs Sierra New Mex. [THE PLACE OF RESIDENCE GIVEN ON THE LINE ABOVE WILL DETERMINE LO…