Would be a interesting to find out what the rednecks in 1897 invented and managed to crash into a windmill after getting airborne.
Maybe some sort of JATO rocket.
It was not rednecks.
These were very serious folks (scientists, engineers) based in Iowa who secretly tested several craft throughout the midwest and southwest.
Anyone who digs too deeply will immediately be branded a “conspiracy theorist” because it involves the government and big industry suppressing technology as part of a breakaway civilization.
Joseph Farrell is another author who writes a lot about this topic.