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The Golden-Haired, Bare-Skinned Alien of 1897
Witnesses
Unknown
Duration
Unknown
Source material
3
Timeline
3
Source context
Sparse context
Treat this as an exploratory lead until more source material arrives.
Source provenance
r/UFOs
Live sighting record 9adba550-306e-479c-b238-14d15c2f20d2.
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Correlations
Field Intelligence
Sunlight window
Daytime — sun above horizon
Sighting occurred during daylight hours
Solar window
Weather
Open-MeteoArea activity
Extracted details
Observed facts
Occurred
Apr 1, 2026, 12:00 AM
Timezone
Central Time
Location
Missouri
Witness account
Narrative
At the height of America's Mystery Airship craze, a respected traveling salesman claimed that he encountered the occupants of a strange flying machine in the Missouri countryside. His fantastic story reads like a UFO encounter from the 1950s... except it happened in 1897. https://preview.redd.it/set03i76x4nh1.png?width=1536&format=png&auto=webp&s=b0b69600b746d9c587e8d812635fe362844049af By Kevin J. Guhl On a sunny Friday in April 1897, W. H. Hopkins wandered through the hills a few miles east...
Case progression
Timeline
Witnesses place the encounter near Missouri.
r/UFOs carried the report into the source network.
Grouped into the 1950s incident dossier.
Ledger
Source material
media
Cover image
Visual reference carried with the original report.
source
Original report
Direct source material from r/UFOs.
telemetry
Environmental pass
Historical atmosphere, astronomy, and nearby infrastructure were resolved for this case.