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Aurora's History: Aurora's History: Because of ever changing railroad lines, and Texas highways, it is a miracle that the small town of Aurora, Texas is still there. And not only that, but it is a legendary "historical site" as designated by the state of Texas. Why would a small farming community get such a distinction? One reason-an alien spacecraft crashed there in 1897. At least that's what the residents say, and what the newspaper reports claimed.
The Crash: These early ships were slow moving craft, and so was the one that crashed into an Aurora windmill on April 19. According to the legend, the craft was destroyed, and the remains of an alien pilot were discovered among the remains. Also found among the scattered debris was a strange material with hieroglyphic-type etching. The alien creature was given a proper burial in the one and only cemetery in town. The alien body has long since disappeared.
Local Newspaper Coverage: Local newspapers carried this story;
About 6 o'clock this morning the early risers of Aurora were astonished at the sudden appearance of the airship which has been sailing around the country. It was traveling due north and much nearer the earth than before. Evidently some of the machinery was out of order, for it was making a speed of only ten or twelve miles an hour, and gradually settling toward the earth.
UPI Coverage:
"Aurora, Tex. -- (UPI) -- A grave in a small north Texas cemetery contains the body of an 1897 astronaut who was 'not an inhabitant of this world,' according to the International UFO Bureau. The group, which investigates unidentified flying objects, has already initiated legal proceedings to exhume the body and will go to court if necessary to open the grave, director Hayden Hewes said Wednesday."
Not of this World: UPI also picked up the story, and the legend was spread far beyond the borders of Texas. There were a number of eyewitness accounts of the incident later published, and they all agreed with the basic facts. An unknown craft had crashed into the town, strange debris was found, and a being "not of this world" was found in the wreckage. One intriguing account, although second-hand, came from a 15-year-old girl. Her parents had visited the site, and claimed that the alien pilot was a "small man."
Military Cover-up: There is also evidence of a military cover-up. Soon after the crash, military personnel came to Aurora. Could they have been responsible for the removal of the alien body? For a time, there was a headstone for the body, but even it has disappeared. All that remains are photographs of the headstone.
Staying Afloat: For the time period, news of this event was spread wide and far. Many new visitors made their way to the little town to see what all the gossip was about. Second and third hand stories would soon morph into eye witness accounts. Where the information came from that supplied newspaper accounts is anyone's guess.
There have been, at times, lobbying to dig up the alien grave, and see what evidence may remain. But townsfolk have kept this from happening. What excitement would run through UFO circles if alien DNA was found there. Maybe it is best to leave the grave alone, and let the Aurora mystery remain.
Originally posted by ShAuNmAn-X
I know some about the Aurora crash. I've looked into some of the stories about it and I saw a documentary about it. If I can find the video I'll post it here. I think the Aurora crash is one of the UFO mysteries that can be solved being that the body was buried in the cemetery. The thing is every wttempt to try to find and exhume the body has been blocked(no surprise there)
Originally posted by ShAuNmAn-X
The thing is every wttempt to try to find and exhume the body has been blocked(no surprise there)
Originally posted by ShAuNmAn-X
I still find it alarming that the headstone was removed and all of a sudden lots of people are getting involved trying to block any research attempts. Really a fascinating story.
Originally posted by XPhiles
I think that Haydon dude made the whole story up, but hey it put the town on the map lol....
Originally posted by Dallas
According to certain other researchers, the grave marker's gone as was removed in the mid fifties. There is the possibility the grave was dug-up and whatever was there was gone at that time too.
Marrs has shown the site of the burial under a large tree branch. He claims to have seen the marker back in the early fifties.
Dallas
Kevin D. Randle is a professional, investigative journalist who, for more than twenty years, has been studying the UFO phenomenon.
kevinrandle.blogspot.com...
The final, fatal blow for the airship and Aurora crash comes from the original reporter. H.E. Hayden, a stringer for the Dallas Morning News, who claimed to have invented the story in a vain attempt to put his dying community back on the map. He hoped to draw attention, and people, to Aurora, Texas. He was successful. The problem was that he succeeded sixty years too late and those who arrived only wanted to learn about the airship, not settle down to rebuild the community as he had hoped.
Xphiles
Did some reading today.... If there was a crash it would of been in this book, it covers before the civil war all the way up to the 60's. It has doctors, judges, postmen, indians...ext. but no alien or aliens in the Aurora / Newark area.
The mysterious airship reports of 1896 and 1897 must all be viewed as suspect. That is not to say they should be thrown out as worthless. The basic evidence seems sound and indicative. And, of course, the similar sightings were to strongly reappear in Europe and Australia around 1910 and later in the late 1920s. The one self-evident fact which emerges from those early reports is that no person, company, or government ever stepped forward to reap the rewards of society for inventing a fabulous, new flying device. That situation, that link, has carried forward a hundred years, to this very day. It seems obvious to us today from our current "sophisticated positions in science and understanding" that the world's populace was not ready in those naive days for the owner's to come forward with their fabulous machines. Are we ready today? Or is that the wrong question? Are we waiting for them, or are they waiting for us? [unquote]
I have read the entire websites article and it does leave one to say "They admitted it was a hoax." but as you read down farther, you do see that the author is pretty predicated on the fact that there are some very startling simularities in discription and path location's around some of the USA sighting's of that time.
One common aspect of most of the airship sightings reported in the newspapers can be helpful in substantiating its reality despite the lack of integrity displayed by some reporters.
So, there may be some verifiable truth's to the event's taking place during this time, and there were some of those that were trying to reap the greatness of other paper's article's by fabricating, but for the one's that weren't in it for the glory of the story, there seem's to be some kind of indistinct tie of sort's.
It is very sad that we live in a society of politic's and neandorer's that think nothing of the intelligence's of individuals that wish to hear the "truth's" of such occurances, and when they try to "Grandstand" themselve's , they not only hurt who they represent, but actually , the people that really "Believe" and "Want to proove" the existance of exterrestrials in our midst.
Source:
www.elfis.net...
Originally posted by Allred5923
I really don't think that the information about the crash site would be mentioned as a regular register for that type of book.
Originally posted by Allred5923
I personally believe they didn't know what it was and left the mind to an absolute blank to the event. They were not of the era of being able to know what they were wittnessing and they definately wouldn't know what to call the alledged "UFO" for lack of the existance in thier vocabulary.
Originally posted by Allred5923
I also remember that they had picked up some strong radiation on a guiger counter around the area of the old well, which was convieniently covered by a concrete slab by the now owner's. I am almost certatin that the "Now" owner's agreed to allow the investigation to take place, but changed thier mind's for no apparent reason. Also , I believe that there was a living wittness to the sighting and event that was recorded on video tape , Which I also believe was part of the documentary.