AIRSHIPCAT:

Date: November 17, 1896
Time: Night
Place: San Francisco bay, California
Narratives:

"Later that night [of November 17, 1896], reports of lights in the heavens came in from the San Francisco Bay area." [1]

Sources:

[1] Article by Loren Gross in "The mammoth encyclopedia of extraterrestrial encounters", compiled by Ronald D. Story, Robinson publisher, 2001.

Notes: Insufficient information.
Explanation: Could have been anything.

Counts:

Type of report:
Second hand from unspecified newspaper.
Number of witnesses:
Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:
0.
Witnesses occupations:
Not indicated.
Type of location:
Not indicated.
Coordinates:
37°46N 122°26 W
Coordinates precision:
15 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":
Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":
Not indicated.
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:
None.
Reliability:
Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:
Not indicated..

Type of report:	Second hand from unspecified newspaper.
Number of witnesses:	Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	37°46N 122°26 W
Coordinates precision:	15 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Not indicated.
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:	None.
Reliability:	Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:	Not indicated..

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