About this episode

This episode explores the mystery of the U.S Navy Ghost blimp known as L-8 and the disappearance of its crewmen.

Send us Fan Mail For this episode of Brewstilled, Barrel Aged Mysteries continue as we’ll be exploring the mystery of the U.S Navy Ghost blimp known as L-8. L-8 was a United States Navy L-class airship whose two crewmen disappeared over the Pacific Ocean on August 16, 1942. Several hours after L-8 took off from Treasure Island, San Francisco, California, it reappeared off the shore of Ocean Beach near Fort Funston. L-8 briefly made contact with the ground at Ocean Beach, causing damage to the...

Topics covered

• mystery
• U.S Navy
• airship

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: U.S Navy

Books & works: L-8

Places: Pacific Ocean, Treasure Island, San Francisco, Ocean Beach, Fort Funston

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