AIRSHIPCAT:

Date: November 1896
Time: None
Place: Not indicated
Narratives:

"[in spite of the reports of the month with commonplace explanations] it remained some puzzling episodes which took place in November 1896: [...] (2) A feast moving cigar-shaped object surrounded by a shifting luminosity and making small explosions was reported by the captain of a steamboat." [1]

Sources:

[1] Article par Loren Gross in "The mammoth encyclopedia of extraterrestrial encounters", compilé par Ronald D. Story, Robinson éditeur, page 18, 2001.

Notes: Sparse information.
Explanations: A meteorite reentry is definitely a possibility.

Counts:

Type of report:
Ufology book.
Number of witnesses:
1 at least.
Number of named witnesses:
0.
Witnesses occupations:
Ship captain.
Type of location:
Not indicated.
Coordinates:
N/A
Coordinates precision:
N/A

Description of "UFO":
Cigar shaped object with luminosity, small explosions.
Description of "manoeuvers":
Fast displacement.
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 indicated.

Strangeness:
None.
Reliability:
Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:
Aucune indiquée.

Type of report:	Ufology book.
Number of witnesses:	1 at least.
Number of named witnesses:	0.
Witnesses occupations:	Ship captain.
Type of location:	Not indicated.
Coordinates:	N/A
Coordinates precision:	N/A

Description of "UFO":	Cigar shaped object with luminosity, small explosions.
Description of "manoeuvers":	Fast displacement.
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 indicated.

Strangeness:	None.
Reliability:	Low.

Explanation(s) at the time:	Aucune indiquée.

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