AIRSHIPCAT:

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

"On the night of November 24, 1896, for instance, it [the airship] was reported at ... Placerville, ..."
"...lights were seen in the heavens passing ... over [Placerville] ... and [were] declared by several reputable citizens who saw it to be an airship [which] traveled against the wind; ..."
(The author teaches California history at a Fresno high school and has published several articles on California history topics.) [1]

Sources:

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

Notes: Insufficient information.
Explanation: Insufficient data.

Counts:

Type of report:
Second hand from local newspaper.
Number of witnesses:
Several.
Number of named witnesses:
0.
Witnesses occupations:
Not indicated.
Type of location:
Not indicated.
Coordinates:
Lat. 38.729 N Long. -120.797 W
Coordinates precision:
5 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":
Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":
Flight.
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:
Middle.
Reliability:
Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:
.

Type of report:	Second hand from local newspaper.
Number of witnesses:	Several.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Not indicated.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	Lat. 38.729 N Long. -120.797 W
Coordinates precision:	5 kilometers.

Description of "UFO":	Lights.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Flight.
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:	Middle.
Reliability:	Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:	.

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