# The Balloon-Hoax

> newspaper article written by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844, originally presented as a true story, about Monck Mason's trip across the Atlantic Ocean in 3 days in a gas balloon; later revealed as a hoax

**Wikidata**: [Q3112607](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3112607)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Balloon-Hoax)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-balloon-hoax


## References

1. Internet Speculative Fiction Database
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013