Decade File · 1890s 61 cases on file
Decade File

The 1890s · paranormal events

The Spooky Valley archive holds 61 documented paranormal cases during the 1890s. The earliest dates to 1890 and the most recent to 1899, a span of 9 years.

Reporting during the 1890s is led by the haunting, with 32 hauntings, 14 cryptid encounters and 5 UFO sightings on file. Of these, 28 are verified against primary-source documentation. Every entry below records what was reported and the sources behind it, rather than asserting a conclusion.

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UFO 1893

H.M.S. Caroline UFO Sighting (May 25, 1893) — FBI Files

H.M.S. Caroline

An 1893 maritime report from the H.M.S. Caroline describes unusual lights forming irregular lines and crescent shapes, later released via the PURSUE program.

Iron-hulled livestock steamer in heavy North Atlantic seas under storm sky
Other 1893

The SS Naronic and the Bottles in the Atlantic

North Atlantic Ocean, between Liverpool and New York

A six-thousand-ton White Star livestock carrier disappeared on a routine winter crossing with seventy-four souls aboard, its only trace a series of message bottles washed ashore on three continents over the following months, each describing a different account of her loss.

Artistic depiction of Great Airship Mystery of 1896-1897 — large blue-lit disc-shaped mothership
UFO 1896

The Great Airship Mystery of 1896-1897

United States (California to Midwest)

Before the Wright Brothers flew, thousands of Americans reported seeing cigar-shaped airships with lights and propellers cruising across the night sky.

Artistic depiction of Le Roy Cow Abduction — mothership flanked by smaller escort craft
UFO 1897

Le Roy Cow Abduction

Le Roy, Kansas, USA

Farmer Alexander Hamilton swore in an affidavit that he witnessed a cigar-shaped airship steal one of his cows with a rope. The story became famous before being revealed as a tall tale.

Armored figure rendered in dark tones evoking nineteenth century menace
Possession 1898

Joseph Vacher and the Demonic Defense

Lyon, France

The French serial killer Joseph Vacher, condemned to death in 1898, mounted what amounted to a possession defense, claiming that his crimes had been committed under the compulsion of a demonic force that entered him through a rabid dog's bite.

Artistic depiction of Black Knight Satellite — silver saucer with engraved glyph-like markings
UFO 1899

Black Knight Satellite

Earth Orbit

Conspiracy theorists claim an alien satellite called the Black Knight has been orbiting Earth for 13,000 years. It allegedly traces back to Nikola Tesla's radio signals in 1899. NASA photos from 1998 show a dark object that believers say is the satellite. NASA says it's a lost thermal blanket.

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