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By Jill Stefko
April 17, 1897: a slow flying UFO crashed into a windmill, shredding it into pieces. When people searched the debris they, allegedly, found an alien's body.
The town's history book called the community as "the town that almost wasn't," which is directly related to the alleged incident of the spaceship crashing into a windmill and the interment of the small alien, originally dubbed the "Martian pilot." This incident became the most important news item about of the small Texas town of Aurora that was designated a historical site by the state.
A bit of trivia: This incident was turned into a film, The Aurora Encounter, in 1986, starring Jack Elam.
Aurora UFO Crash
The news of the incident spread quickly for that era. There was a newspaper item about the incident, written by S. E. Haydon, a reporter for the Dallas Morning News. According to the article, about 6 AM, some citizens of Aurora were amazed by the sudden appearance of an airship, as UFOs were called then, which has been flying around the city. It was traveling north and much closer to Earth than it was before.
Its speed was ten or twelve miles an hour as it gradually travelled toward Earth. It flew over the public square and, when it reached the northern part of town, it collided with the tower of Judge Proctor's windmill and shattered into pieces, accompanied by a tremendous explosion, scattering debris over several acres of ground, destroying the windmill, water tank and the judge's flower garden.
The airship’s pilot was thought to have been the only one aboard. His remains were disfigured, but what remained was enough to evidence he wasn’t human..... continues
Copyright©Jill Stefko
Originally published on suite101 on 28th June 2012 and reproduced here courtesy of Jill Stefko
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