Knowledge and legends about hot air balloons

In the 18th century, French physicist and hot-air balloon pioneer Rozet invented a hot-air balloon and named it after him. Hot air balloon expert Cameron improved it 20 years ago. Hot air balloons widely used by aviators around the world today use two-layer air bags. The inner air bag is a helium balloon. The air bag is filled with air between the two layers of air bags and a burner is placed below. The helium bladder maintains a certain level of buoyancy throughout the flight. In addition, during the day, sunlight can be used to heat the air in the two-layer air bags to create buoyancy; at night, the burner can be turned on to heat the air. This saves fuel and is ideal for long distance flights. In the town of Aurora, Texas, USA

In 1897, in the town of Aurora, Texas, USA, an eyewitness reported that a flying airship was discovered! This time was 5 years before the Wright brothers' first airplane test flight. Newspapers claimed that a large explosion occurred locally and that the dead aliens were buried in the town of Aurora. Many UFO researchers are trying to uncover the truth about this incident.

It was the early morning of April 17, 1897. Someone saw a huge silver cigar-shaped object floating in the air over Worth Castle on the outskirts of Aurora, Texas, and then hit Plock. The windmill on Judge Special's farm exploded and its debris was scattered all over the ground. Among the wreckage, a small, severely deformed body of a creature was found, which local newspapers said was definitely not an earthly creature. People buried "him" locally, and a legend was born.

Could this be a hot air balloon or a human-piloted airship?

In fact, although hot air balloons were widely used at the end of the 19th century, they were unable to complete complex maneuvers such as right-angle turns described by eyewitnesses. Although the more advanced airship technology had been patented, there was no record of any actual flight during that period.

Two days later, on April 19, 1897, the "Dallas Morning News" reported the news. According to local legend, many Aurora residents rushed to Judge Proctor's farm after the incident, hoping to lend a helping hand. However, what they found was incredible. According to the "Dallas Morning News" report, there was an unknown object, or an unknown body, in the aircraft.

The pilot of the airship was the only occupant on board. "His" body was severely deformed. The collected remains showed that "he" was not a creature on earth. Weems, a local U.S. Army communications officer and astronomy expert, expressed his opinion: The pilots on the airship were residents of Mars.

The alien did not survive, and his remains were buried in the town's cemetery according to Christian rituals. A small stone slab was placed on the cemetery to indicate that it was the pilot's grave. But in the 1970s, this small stone slab was stolen.

Part of the wreckage from the explosion was left in the well beneath the windmill on Judge Proctor's farm. To this day, scientists and various UFO organizations hope to investigate the wreckage in the well, but due to the uncooperative attitude of the town residents, the plan has to be shelved. It is believed that when the wreckage in the well can be thoroughly investigated, the truth about this UFO incident will emerge.