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Date:November 18, 1896
Time:None
Place:Sacramento, California
Narratives:

" ... above ... and Sacramento, where one saw a dark object as equipped with a projector and four "large wings which seemed actuated by compressed air" (see drawing 25)." [1]

"On November 18 [1896], several witnesses observe, in Sacramento... , a strange machine to evolving in the sky." [2]

"... on November 18 [1896] a machine flies successively over the towns of Sacramento, ..." [3]

"November 18 [1896]: An object similar to that observed the day before, dark, equipped with a projector and 4 large wings which seemed actuated by compressed air passes above ... and Sacramento." [4]

Sources:

  • [1] "La chronique des OVNIS", book by Michel Bougard, Delarge publisher, 1977.
  • [2] "OVNI et extraterrestres dans l'histoire", book by Yves Naud, Famot publisher, 1977.
  • [3] "Le mystère des OVNIS", book by Paul Mauclair, Vernoy publisher, 1979.
  • [4] Jérôme Beau, www.rr0.org
Notes:Sparse information.
Explanation:Unexplained or hoax.


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:
Lat. 38°31'N Long. 121°30'O
Coordinates precision:
10 kilometers.
Description of "UFO":
Dark object with four large wings and a projectore.
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:
Not indicated.
Weather:
Not indicated.
Observation devices:
None.
Strangeness:
Medium.
Reliability:
Low.
Explanation(s) at the time:
.


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