Date: | November 24, 1896 |
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Time: | Night |
Place: | Placerville, California |
“On the night of November 24, 1896, for instance, it [the airship] was reported at ... Placerville, ...” “...lights were seen in the heavens passing ... over [Placerville] ... and [were] declared by several reputable citizens who saw it to be an airship [which] traveled against the wind; ...” (The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [rgi1] |
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Type of report: | Second hand from local newspaper. |
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Number of witnesses: | Several. |
Number of named witnesses: | 0. |
Witnesses occupations: | Not indicated. |
Type of location: | Not indicated. |
Coordinates: | Lat. 38.729 N Long. -120.797 W |
Coordinates precision: | 5 kilometers. |
Description of "UFO": | Lights. |
Description of "manoeuvers": | Flight. |
Reactions: | Not indicated. |
Occupants: | None. |
Occupants keywords: | N/A. |
Communication: | N/A. |
Language: | N/A. |
Content: | N/A. |
Daylight/nocturnal: | Nocturnal. |
Weather: | Not indicated. |
Observation devices: | None. |
Strangeness: | Middle. |
Reliability: | Low. |
Explanation(s) at the time: |