| Date: | November 17, 1896 | 
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| Time: | Night | 
| Place: | Folsom, California | 
 
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			 «Soon after the light passed out of sight, it was reportedly seen over the city of Folsom, some twenty miles to the west.» [lgs1]  | 
	
Insufficient information.
Could be anything.
| Type of report: | Second hand from unspecified newspaper. | 
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| Number of witnesses: | Not indicated. | 
| Number of named witnesses: | 0. | 
| Witnesses occupations: | Not indicated. | 
| Type of location: | Not indicated. | 
| Coordinates: | Lat. 38°38'59" N Long. 121°8'52" W | 
| Coordinates precision: | 5 kilometers. | 
| Description of "UFO": | Light. | 
| Description of "manoeuvers": | Not 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. |