Topic: Amos Dolbear

Historical figures Colonel Samuel Tillman and Professor Amos Dolbear were reportedly identified as pilots of a mysterious airship in the 1890s. Tillman was a chemist and explorer who later became the Commandant of West Point, while Dolbear was a noted inventor who challenged Alexander Graham Bell's telephone patents. Their involvement suggests the U.S. War Department continued developing Solomon Andrews' technology in secret following the Civil War.