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saucer-shaped vehicles in detail, which he thought were made of alumi- num. (A commercial process for manufacturing aluminum was not invented until 1886.) He also told his audiences (he lectured widely) that the folks who rode around in aluminum airships looked very much like us. His narratives were, in many respects, identical to those of the modern contactees. Dotted lines represent poltergeist reports. Heavy lines represent UFO reports for the same period. 1800's 1842 1843 1844 1845 1846 1847 1848 1849 1850 No. of Reports 8 or more 1800's 1 1878 1879 | 1880 | 1881 | 1882 ° 1883 | 18: 1885 | 1886 The Cosmic Jokers / 215 Comparison Chart—UFO Reports and Poltergeist Cases (Jessup’s “Incredible Decade’’)