AIRSHIPCAT:

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

"Tuesday, December 24 [1896]" ... "The mysterious air ship travels in ... Oakland ..." [1]

November 25, 1896 Oakland (CA) Tribune
"YOU CAN'T MISS IT / Just Look at the Sky and You Will See the Airship / SO SAY THE CREDULOUS / It Was in Red Bluff and Also Oakland Last Night / EXPERIENCES ARE RELATED / All Sorts of Rumors Are Floating About the Town"
November 25, 1896 Oakland (CA) Times
"LIGHTS ALOFT / Seen in This Vicinity Several Evenings / By Various People at Widely Separated Points / As Yet However No One Has Had a View of the Nocturnal Visitor"
November 25, 1896 San Francisco (CA) The Call
MISSION OF THE AERIAL SHIP / Will Probably Be Used to Destroy the City of Havana / ITS DESTINY IN GENERAL HART'S HANDS / Interesting Details of the Powers of the Mysterious Conquerer of the Air / VAST FORTUNES IN EXPECTANCY FOR ALL CONCERNED / Oakland People Claim to Have Seen Intricate Evolutions in Midair - Venus and Jupiter as Fair Deceivers. [2]

Sources:

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

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

Notes: Insufficient information.
Explanation: Could be anything.

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. 38°31'N Long. 121°30'W
Coordinates precision:
10 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":
Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":
Intricate evolutions.
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:
Moyenne.
Reliability:
Moyenne.

Explanation(s) at the time:
Mars and Jupiter, airship test.

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. 38°31'N Long. 121°30'W
Coordinates precision:	10 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Intricate evolutions.
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:	Moyenne.
Reliability:	Moyenne.

Explanation(s) at the time:	Mars and Jupiter, airship test.

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