Episode 2.25 // All Aboard The Ghost Blimp!

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, the United States employed an old method of surveillance along its west coast: blimps. And when two pilots took off in one high above San Francisco Bay one summer morning in 1942, no one could have predicted its wild and wacky ride. A crash landing followed by the discovery of an empty cabin confused onlookers and navy personnel alike. What happened?

SOURCES:

• https://www.historynet.com/mystery-of-the-ghost-blimp/

• https://allthatsinteresting.com/ghost-blimp

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1942-ghost-blimp-that-bewildered-a-california-town

• https://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/L-8_crash_site.htm

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19805653/ernest-dewitt-cody

• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/126112450/charles-ellis-adams

• https://www.check-six.com/Crash_Sites/L-8_crash_site.htm

• https://www.ifr-magazine.com/technique/ceiling-and-visibility/

• https://www.sfgate.com/sfhistory/article/SF-Ghost-blimp-Daly-City-15739903.php

• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/liberty-ship

• https://www.blimpinfo.com/learn/fun-facts/glossary/\

• https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1970/march/mystery-l-8

• https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Ghost-blimp-s-enduring-mystery-How-did-crew-

• https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-1942-ghost-blimp-that-bewildered-a-california-town

• Patrol Blimp Lands Crewless. The New York Times. 16 Aug 1942.

• https://apnews.com/article/35969cd5c1de47118d8c0d7c240521a6

• https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/ERNEST_D._CODY,_LT,_USN

• https://twitter.com/ottokgross

• https://www.planeandpilotmag.com/news/the-latest/2021/03/03/ghost-blimp/

TRANSCRIPT:

The Ghost Blimp.pdf

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