AIRSHIPCAT:

Date: November 24, 1896
Time: Night
Place: Eureka, California
Narratives:

"In the night ... at Eureka" ... "On Tuesday the twenty-fourth, "a great white light flashed out from the heavens, almost within hailing distance" at Eureka;"
(The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [1]

October 24, 1896
Eureka (CA) Daily Humboldt Standard
"The Latest from Blocksburg"

Sources:

[1] "Close encounters of the earliest kind", article by Ron Genini, 2005.

[2] "The mystery airship log", newspaper articles listing, members.bainbridge.net/~cflood/TheArchives/index.htm

Notes: Insufficient information.
Explanation: Insufficient data.

Counts:

Type of report:
Second hand from newspaper.
Number of witnesses:
Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:
0.
Witnesses occupations:
Not indicated.
Type of location:
Not indicated.
Coordinates:
Lat. 40.802 N Long. -124.162 W
Coordinates precision:
5 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":
Large white light.
Description of "manoeuvers":
None 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 newspaper.
Number of witnesses:	Not indicated.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	Lat. 40.802 N Long. -124.162 W
Coordinates precision:	5 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Large white light.
Description of "manoeuvers":	None 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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