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One of the strangest cases of aerial activity above West Virginia happened near Point Pleasant on October 10 ,1931 when around 2:50 PM a local doctor Charles E. Holzer observed a Dirigible about 300 ft up in the air go over his Hospital .
Several others also observed it and then witnessed as it broke in 2 and burst into flames and crash into the Ohio River near an area known as Galopolis Ferry ,
Several people reported seeing what they thought was parachutes opening and 3 survivors floating to the ground.
https://themothman.fandom.com/wiki/Unidentified_Dirigible_Reported_Down_In_Blaze_In_West_Virginia
https://anomalien.com/the-ghost-in-the-sky-mystery-of-the-ghost-blimp/
At first they thought it was the USS Akron because it had been requested for a foot ball championship but it was not and no trace of the craft or people who parachuted out was ever found .
Of course search technology back then was very limited compared to today.
and Army Air Corp reported all blimps accounted for.
So what was it a UFO disguised as a blimp?
Maybe it was Nazis conducting secret surveillance after all it caught fire and Germany used Hydrogen in their blimps to keep costs down compared to Hydrogen. and their where already regularly scheduled flights coming from Germany. We don't know what weather was like but they could have easily snuck thru during the night and stormy skies
But what about the jumpers ? well if they where on a secret mission and they successfully landed on shore they would have hidden their chutes and just disappeared into the community. Hit the icy cold river they would not have survived and been dragged down quickly
Since dirigibles are made of Duralunimum and canvas not much would have been left to find and floated down the river . an Ice Cold River probably flowing high and fast since it was late fall.
So what do you think it was?