I have seen that special also. But a few things, first off this took place along time ago. It's hard for me to think people of that small town would pull off a publicity stunt like that. They were just hard working farm folk. I believe people back then were more honest than today. Second there were alot of "airship" sightings back then. They were all over America during that time. See the bottom link above. I don't know exactly what was going on at that time, but seems like these ships were something out of a Jules Verne novel. They weren't you normal "UFOs". There were alot of people that saw people riding on these ships. Also I read some reports is some people heard a German language being spoken on them. It's very strange and until someone open up that well and check out what is down there the world may never know. Personally I believe whatever is there is gone by now. It seems like it happened and then when people started to get interested in it in the 70's, some people stepped in to make sure nothing could be found. There was too much publicity with it at the time, they should have went in quietly and did what they needed to do, get the evidence and then go public. But it is all ruined now. Still though the reports of the airships from the second link is a good read with many newspaper articles. A must read!
