AIRSHIPCAT:

Date: November 22, 1896
Time: None
Place: Alameda, California
Narratives:

[On November 22, 1896] "a curious object of cigar shape was seen again ... " in [Alameda.] [2]

Fred R. Varner indicates that on Sunday, November 22, 1896, Selby Yost, motorman for the Alameda Electric Railway Line, and his passengers watched a light moving in an undulating fashion through the air. He notes that Alameda is about eight miles east-southeast of San Francisco. [2]

Sources:

[1] "La chronique des OVNIS", book by Michel Bougard, Delarge publisher, 1977.

[2] Article by Fred R. Warner, circa 2001.

Notes: Insufficient information.
Explanation: Could have been a meteor, or erroneous date.

Counts:

Type of report:
Ufology book.
Number of witnesses:
Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:
0.
Witnesses occupations:
Not indicated.
Type of location:
Not indicated.
Coordinates:

Coordinates precision:
10 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":
Not indicated.
Description of "manoeuvers":
Not indicated.
Reactions:
.
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:
None.
Reliability:
None.

Explanation(s) at the time:
Not indicated.

Type of report:	Ufology book.
Number of witnesses:	Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:
Coordinates precision:	10 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Not indicated.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Not indicated.
Reactions:	.
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:	None.
Reliability:	None.

Explanation(s) at the time:	Not indicated.

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